Tuesday, 19th November 2015 | Scotia Group was by far the dominant stock to traded days ahead of 2013 final results as 5,598,433 units traded as the price closed down 39 cents at $17.11. It also accounted for the bulk of the value of trading with $97,970,828 out of a total of $113.15 million.
Trading activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange resulted in 7 stocks advancing to 6 that declined as the indices mostly rose with JSE Market Index closing at 77,428.29 up 241.79, JSE All Jamaican Composite closed at 76,416.74 up 420.34 and JSE Junior Market Index closed at 719.97 down 5.11.
Main Market stocks | Cable & Wireless traded 213,611 units unchanged to close at 15 cents; Desnoes & Geddes put through 504,974 shares to close firm at $4.80; First Caribbean International Bank had 2,404 units trading at $90.01; Grace Kennedy 66,104 at $56.51; Jamaica Broilers traded only 7,623 shares and it closed unchanged at $4.19; Jamaica Money Market Brokers lost 5 cents as it traded 479,609 units to close at $7.85; Mayberry Investments had 20,000 units changing hands at $1.91, unchanged at the end of trading; National Commercial Bank had only 15,540 units as the price closed at $17.80 the same as the day before; Sagicor Life put in 111,256 units and closed at $7.75, for a gain of 5 cents; Sagicor Real Estate X Fund traded 23,628 units to close at a new high of $5.20 as the price put on 5 cents.
In the preference shares segment Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.50% traded 102,200 units at $3.50.
Junior Market | Caribbean Producers 100,001 at $1.95; Consolidated Bakeries 9,000 at $1.20; Dolphin Cove 19,406 units helped in pushing to price 50 cents to $7.50; General Accident Insurance swapped 10,000 units at $1.60; Lasco Distributors had a good day with 555,966 units trading to close at $1.45. Lasco Financial Services traded well with 1,979,075 units to close at $1, up 3 cents and Lasco Manufacturing traded 55,253 units and closed down 2 cent to $1.38.
IC bid-offer Indicator | At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator showed that there were bids for 6 stocks higher and 4 stocks with offers lower than their last selling price.
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