Wednesday, 20th November 2013 | Trading activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange resulted in 4 stocks advancing to 9 that declined as the indices mostly fell with JSE Market Index closing at 77,001.06 down 427.23; JSE All Jamaican Composite closed at 75,674.02 down 742.72 and JSE Junior Market Index closed at 705.23 down 14.74. KLE Group hit $1.10 and Caribbean Cream 88 cents, new all-time lows for both. Trading was for 1,648,532 units valued at $12.7 million.
IC bid-offer Indicator | At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator showed that there were bids for 10 stocks higher and 2 stocks with offers lower than their last selling price, one of the strongest indicator for some time.
Main Market stocks | In main market trading, Cable & Wireless traded 213,611 units unchanged to close at 15 cents; Caribbean Cement stock price lost 22 cents to close at $2 with 84,800 having changed hands; Jamaica Money Market Brokers traded 32,514 units to close at $7.86 up a cent; National Commercial Bank had only 6,150 units as the price closed at $17.50, down 30 cents; Sagicor Life put in 32,561 units and closed at $7.80, for a gain of 5 cents; Sagicor Real Estate X Fund traded 28,912 units to close firm at $5.20. Scotia Group exchanged 595,250 units to close at $17, down 11 cents.
Proven Investments traded 15,400 to close up at 12 US cents.
In the preference shares segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% traded 8,470 units at $2.90 down 10 cents and Proven Investments 8% traded 60,000 units to close unchanged at $5.09.
Junior Market | Trading picked up in the junior market with 9 companies involved in trading with KLE Group trading 7,187 units to close at a new low of $1.10 off by 20 cents; Blue Power Group traded 9,000 units, the price held firm at $9.28; Caribbean Cream traded 15,500 units to close 14 cents lower at a new all-time low of 88 cents; Caribbean Producers exchanged 37,055 units at $1.94 down a cent; Consolidated Bakeries had just 1,000 units trading at $1.39 up 19 cents; General Accident Insurance swapped 37,750 units at $1.60; Lasco Distributors had a reasonable day with 260,000 units trading to close firm at $1.45; Lasco Financial Services traded 183,220 units to close firm at $1 and Lasco Manufacturing traded 221,000 units and closed down 13 cents to $1.38.
