Thursday, 12th December 2013 | The Jamaica stock market recorded another day of very low trading as the indices moved down and 5 stocks advanced in price to 7 that fell. There was trading of only 890,346 shares with a value of $18,037,940.
Indices | The two main market indices fell by the end of trading with the JSE Market Index closing at 78,096.31 down by 569.13; the All Jamaican Composite closed at 77,582.40, having a fall of 989.41 and the Junior Market Index closed at 762.58, up by 8.99.
Stocks trading comprise Cable & Wireless 169,348 units at 16 down a cent; Carreras 10,940 shares at $36.10, up 30 cents; Grace Kennedy 196,211 units at $56 down by $1.03; Jamaica Broilers 12,800 shares closing up at $4.30, an increase of 7 cents; Mayberry Investments 77,431 shares to close up 4 cents at $$2; National Commercial Bank 125,200 shares to close at $16.01; Sagicor Real Estate X Fund 10,000 units closing unchanged at $6; Scotia Group 11,154 units as the price closed down $1 at $19; Scotia Investments 113,838 units as the price retreated by 5 cents to $26.95 and Seprod lost 30 cents to close at $10.70 while 4,250 shares traded.
Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share traded 100,000 units at $2.
Junior Market | Only stocks of three companies traded in the junior market with extremely low volume. Lasco Financial traded 31,934 units at $1.30, Caribbean Producers closed up 30 cents to $2.50 with only 3,970 shares.
IC bid-offer Indicator | At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows bids for 9 stocks higher and 2 stocks with offers lower than their last selling prices.
