PanJam traded at a record high of $77.
Trading ended with 7,677,766 units valued at $240,095,42, compared with 3,443,415 units valued at $195,803,075 on Monday. A total of 32 securities changed hands in the main and US dollar markets, with prices of 12 rising, 16 declining and 4 remaining unchanged compared to 36 securities trading on Monday. At the end of trading, Barita Investments and PanJam Investment ended at record closing highs.
At the close, an average of 274,206 units valued at over $8,574,837 traded, in contrast to 114,781 units valued at over $6,526,769 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 134,585 units with a value of $5,187,011, compared to 122,630 units with a value of $4,870,814, previously. November closed, with an average of 405,528 valued at $7,755,942, for each security traded.
Carreras led trading for the second consecutive day with 2,160,966 units in accounting for 28.2 percent of the day’s volume, followed by Mayberry Equities with 1,138,231units or 14.8 percent of the overall volume and Scotia Group with 952,302 units and 12.4 percent of the day’s volume.
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In main market activity, Barita Investments climbed $1.01 and ended at an all-time closing high of $33.50, with an exchange of 7,764 shares, Berger Paints dropped $4.20 to ended at $19 with 1,770 stock units changing hands, Caribbean Cement dived $4.02 to close at $38.50, with 50,000 shares traded, Grace Kennedy shed $2.50 and ended trading at $59.50, with 112,478 shares. Jamaica Producers jumped $4.35 finished trading 14,340 units at $26.85, JMMB Group lost 45 cents in trading 110,925 shares to close at $32.05. Kingston Wharves finished at $77, after jumping $4 in trading 256,450 stock units, Mayberry Investments finished with a loss of 80 cents at $9.10, with 16,891 stock units changing hands. Mayberry Equities rose 49 cents at $10, with 1,138,231 stock units changing hands.
PanJam Investment rose $1 to close at a record high of $75, with an exchange of 7,023 stock units, Sagicor Group lost 99 cents and finished at $40, with 545,715 shares trading, Sagicor Real Estate Fund lost 50 cents to end at $10 in exchanging 302,950 units, Scotia Group dropped $3.98 and ended trading 952,302 stock units at $52.02 and Seprod traded 541,759 units and rose $1.49 to end at $31. In the preference sector Productivity Business Solution dropped $2.99 and ended trading of 115,000 shares to close at $105.01.Trading in the US dollar market amounted to 90,900 units valued at over $50,904 with Proven Investments ended trading of 2,530 shares with a rise of 3 cents to end at 23 US cents Sygnus Credit Investments traded 15,643 stock units and lost 2 cents and settled at 9 US cents. In the preference sector JMMB Group 5.75% concluded trading of 1,028 shares with a fall of 6 cents and completed trading at US$2 and JMMB Group 6% fell 2 cents to completed t trading at $1.05 with 2,035 stock units. The JSE USD Equities Index rose 5.18 points to close at 171.73.
