Friday, 22nd November 2013 | The Jamaica Stock Market recorded more gains on Friday and recorded two new highs and one new low with Sagicor Real Estate X Fund increasing 10 percent since last week’s listing to close at $5.50. Paramount Trading was the other to hit a new high.
A total of 26 securities traded on Friday amounting to 5,463,219 units valued at $10,046,554 as the prices of 11 stocks increased and 8 declined still positive but a little less so than on Thursday.
The JSE market index gained 297.10 to end at 77,384.08; the all Jamaica index closed at 76,339.89 for a gain of 516.50 and the junior market index closed up to 725.48 with a gain of 6.70 thus continuing the gains from Thursday.
Main Market trades | Cable & Wireless traded 1,808,024 shares to close at firm at 15 cents; Caribbean Cement 27,800 units as it gained 10 cents to close at $2.30; Carreras exchanged 9,518 units as the price moved up 30 cents to close at $36; First Caribbean International Bank delivered 16,553 units to new investors at $90.01, up a cent but the offer closed at $90; Jamaica Broilers Group 671,556 units traded to close at $4.20, down 4 cents; Jamaica Money Market Brokers traded 21,910 units to close down 10 cents at $8; Radio Jamaica 65,392 units at $1.30, down 4 cents; Sagicor Life exchanged 25,850 units at $7.80; Sagicor Real Estate X Fund added 10,989 units while closing at a new high of $5.50, up 30 cents; Scotia Group traded 107,442 shares to close at $17.06 down 44 cents; Seprod surprisingly, gained 50 cents while trading 3,374 units at $12.50.
Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% exchanged 74,677 units at $2.90.
Junior Market | Start up C2W Music that has earned little income since listing in 2012 hit a new all-time low in trading on the stock market on Friday, as 2 million units changed hands, at 74 cents with the price falling by 19 cents. Caribbean Producers traded 92,000 units to close up 15 cents at $2.10; Consolidated Bakeries traded 215,000 shares to close at $1.35 for a loss of 4 cents; General Accident Insurance exchanged 63,915 units to close at $1.60; Lasco Distributors traded 18,300 units as the price moved up 5 cents to close at $1.50; Lasco Financial Services exchanged 20,200 shares to close at $1.03 up 3 cents; Lasco Manufacturing had 201,700 units changing hands at $1.25, down 15 cents; Paramount traded 900 units at a new high of $3.65, up 5 cents.
IC bid-offer Indicator | At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator is pointing to a fluid situation between advancing and declining stocks early into next week as there were bids for 6 stocks higher and 6 stocks with offers lower than their last selling price.
