Proven Investments closed at a 52 weeks’ high of J$54.
Trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange resulted in declines in the two primary market indices on Friday as rising stocks edged out decliners after volume of shares traded rose sharply at just over half of the value that exchanged on Thursday.
At the close of trading, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index dropped 3,190.45 points to end at 553,941.96, the JSE Market Index lost 2,824.34 points to close at 504,241.70 and the JSE Financial Index declined by 0.43 points to finish at 136.97.
The market closed, with 43 securities changing hands in the Main and US dollar markets, with 18 advancing, 16 declining and the prices of 9 stocks closed unchanged. JSE Main Market activity ended, with 39 securities accounting for 37,939,404 units with a consideration of $92,284,016, in contrast to 22,307,168 units amounting to $166,924,750, on Thursday, from 38 securities changing hands.
Wigton Windfarm returned to dominate trading, with 17.8 million shares and 50 percent of volumes traded followed by Sagicor Select – Manufacturing and Distribution fund with 10 million units for 26.4 percent of the day’s trade and Sagicor Select – Financial Fund with 6.2 million shares for 16.4 percent market share.
The market closed, with an average of 925,351 units at $2,250,830 for each security traded, in contrast to 587,031 units at $4,392,757 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 490,445 units for $9,371,834 and previously, an average of 458,316 units for $9,936,556 for each security changing hands. The market closed out November, with an average of 653,621 units valued at $8,699,916 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 10 stocks ending, with bids higher than their last selling prices and one closed, with a lower offer. The PE ratio of the market ended at 19.1, with the Main Market ending at 18.7 times the current year’s earnings.
In the premier market, Caribbean Cement declined by $2.50 to end at $75 with a transfer of 30,265 stock units, Carreras lost 22 cents to end at $8.17, in trading 78,931 stock units. Grace Kennedy climbed $4.50 to end at $69, trading 12,262 shares, JMMB Group gained 77 cents to settle at $47.80 with 189,281 shares changing hands, Kingston Wharves dropped $1.50 to settle at $61, in trading 1,518 units. Mayberry Jamaican Equities fell by $2 to end at $12, with 36,200 stock units trading, MPC Caribbean jumped $29 to end at $231 with an exchange of 175 stock units, NCB Financial Group advanced by 60 cents to close at $203, in swapping 86,379 shares. PanJam Investment rose 99 cents to end at $101.99, with 35,128 shares crossing the exchange, Proven Investments jumped $5 to land at a record high of $54 while trading 3,466 stock units, Pulse Investments had 29,041 changing hands and lost 40 cents to close at $4.10. 
Sagicor Group dropped $2 to $66 with 17,851 shares changing hands, Salada Foods traded just 18 shares after rising 95 cents to end at $30.95, Scotia Group lost 70 cents to end at $54, in transferring 29,645 shares. Seprod recovered the $2 lost on Thursday in trading 12,567 stock units to close at $50, Sygnus Credit Investments put on $1.87 to close at $27, with 72,065 units crossing the market and Wisynco Group rose 20 cents to $24.30, with 54,141 shares changing hands.
Trading in the US dollar market closed, with 364,656 units amounting to $111,725 units, with the market index falling 7.54 points to close at 222.13. Proven Investments traded 336,610 shares to close at 34 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments exchanged 28,046 stock units to close at 14 US cents.