JSE stocks down again – Friday

The Jamaica Stock Exchange main market retreated for the second day when trading ended on Thursday with the All Jamaican Composite Index dropping 471.19 points to 333,056.79 while the JSE Index slipped 429.31 points to close at 303,452.35 as declining stocks dominated trading.
Market activities in the main and US dollar markets resulted in 28 securities trading, compared to 30 on Tuesday of which 9 advanced, 16 declined and 3 traded firm.
At the close of market activity 2,827,566 units valued at $112,242,230 traded compared to 4,703,010 shares valued at $61,534,534 changed hands, on Thursday.
Trading volume was dominated by NCB Financial Group with 766,949 units followed by Victoria Mutual Investments with 568,164 units and Caribbean Cement Company with 289,511 units.
Stocks with major price changes are, Berger Paints lost 50 cents to $20.50, Caribbean Cement rose $2 to $42, Grace Kennedy rose 50 cents to end at $50.50, Jamaica Broilers declined by 90 cents trading 25,789 stock units to end at $22.10, Portland JSX lost 87 cents to end at $9.25, Sagicor Group lost 95 cents and settled at $38.15 and Sterling Investments climbed $2.50 to close at $9.50.
Trading resulted in an average of 108,753 units valued at an average of $4,317,009 for each security traded. In contrast to 180,885 units valued at an average of $2,366,328 on Thursday. For the month to date 195,519 units traded with an average value of $6,383,337 and on the previous day 203,633 units traded with an average value of $6,596,529 on average. May closed with an average of 589,414 shares with a value of $16,532.367, for each security traded.
In the US dollar market, 87,503 units valued at US$13,558 traded with Proven Investments ended trading with 46,245 units at 20 US cents, Sterling Investments lost 1.10 cents and ended trading at 10.4 US cents with 41,268 shares changing hands. The JSE USD Equities Index rose 0.50 points to close at 162.28.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 closing with lower offers.