JSE majors’ late pull back on Wednesday

The Jamaica Stock Exchange main market enjoyed gains for most of the trading session on Wednesday, but pulled back later in the day, to record losses at the close with only 25 securities traded versus 29 on Tuesday.
At the end of trading, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index shed 421.16 points to 324,188.17 and the JSE Index declined by 383.73 points to 295,372.07.
Trading resulted in the prices of 12 stocks rising, 7 falling and 6 trading firm, in the main and US dollar markets.
Securities closing with sizable price changes include, Caribbean Cement with a rise of $2.50 to $38.50, JMMB Group rising 90 cents to $26.50, NCB Financial Group trading $1.76 to $99.25, Sagicor Group jumped $2.85 higher to $39, Scotia Group finished with a loss of $2.99 to $51 and Seprod closing $1 higher at $34.
Main market activity ended with 2,346,923 units valued at $42,062,008 changing hands compared to 2,989,332 units valued at $34,924,721 on Tuesday. Victoria Mutual Investments with 771,188 units that accounted or 32.86 percent of the overall market volume and Carreras with 298,389 units and 12.7 percent of total volume traded.
Trading resulted in an average of 97,788 shares valued at $1,752,584, for each security traded, compared to 110,716 shares valued at $1,293,508 on Tuesday. The average for the month to date is 2,887,284 shares with a value of $2,486,402. In contrast, March closed with an average of 626,526 units with an average value at $20,492,207 for each security traded.
The US dollar market closed on Wednesday with 510,900 units valued at over $102,180 as Proven Investments was the only stock trading in the sector, closing unchanged at 20 US cents and leaving the market index unchanged at 161.45 points.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with a lower offers.
For more details of market activities see – Light trading on JSE main market – Wednesday