Monday, 6th January 2014 | The Jamaican stock market lost ground in trading as 31 stocks were active with the advance decline ratio being equally matched at 10 each as 11,404,344 units changed hands with a value of $10,332,376.
The JSE Market Index declined by 471.33 points to close at 80,531.48, the JSE All Jamaican Composite declined by 714.90 points to end at 81,695.23. The JSE Junior Market Index bucked the trend of the others and advanced by 8.12 points to 768.49.
Main Market | The stocks with the main impact in trading were Cable & Wireless with 10,000,000 units, the price closed at 17 cents; Caribbean Cement 178,160 units to close at $3.45; Carreras lost $1.20 to close at $36.80 with 10,000 shares; Grace Kennedy had 25,806 units, the price closed at $54.01; Hardware & Lumber swapped 10,279 units to close at a new 52 weeks high of $8.50; Jamaica Broilers 9,390 units as the price rose 5 cents to end up at $4.66; Jamaica Money Market Brokers with 23,049 shares to close at $7.54; Kingston Wharves 10,000 closing firm at $6.06; Mayberry Investments 211,935 units closing firm at $2; National Commercial Bank 10,000 shares closing at $16.50,up by 35 cents; Sagicor Group 151,832 units at $8.05, off by 23 cents; Sagicor Investments 108,445 shares at $15.66 down by $1.34; Scotia Group 18,651 units as the price close up 42 cents at $20.42 and Seprod 13,000 units to close at $13.50 by gaining 50 cents.
Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference shares traded 174,500 firm at $3.
Junior Market | Caribbean Producers Jamaica 241,130 units traded firm at $2.70; Cargo Handlers held firm with 9,246 units to close at $13.50; Consolidated Bakeries traded firm with 92,267 shares at $1.20; Jamaican Teas traded 10,700 units at $3.60, down 40 cents; Lasco Financial Services traded 37,000 units to close at $1.27 and Medical Disposables & Supplies 27,000 shares at $2.14.
IC bid-offer Indicator | At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 7 stocks with bids higher than the last selling prices versus 4 stocks with lower offers.
