NCBFG closed at a record of $77 and helped push the old market index to a new record on Thursday.
Big movement in some Jamaica Stock Exchange prices on Thursday saw the JSE Market Index jumping 3,189.90 points to surprisingly end at an all-time record high of 240,950.44, bettering the previous record of 240,759.97 at the close of May 17 this year.
The All Jamaica Composite Index surged 3,501.11 points to 264,457.18, closing within 1,000 points of the all-time record close reached in May this year. The JSE US dollar market index fell 1.47 points to close at 188.42 with 2 trading in the US dollar market.
At the close of trading, 24 securities changed hands in the main market, leading to 12 stocks advancing and 7 declining. The main market ended with 4,006,769 units valued at $51,512,263 changing hands compared to 2,974,171 units valued at $46,072,557 at the close on Wednesday. Trading in the US dollar market accounted for 38,672 units valued at US$14,600 bringing the total of all trades to J$70,317,063.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and US dollar markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices, while there was none closing with lower offers.
The main market ended trading with an average of 166,949 units valued at $2,146,344 for each security traded compared to an average of 123,924 units valued at $1,919,690. The average volume and value for the month to date ended at 119,521 units with an average value of $2,389,059 compared with an average of 116,886 units with an average value of $2,402,544 on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for June ended at 218,951 units with an average value of $3,871,959.
In market activity, Berger Paints traded $1 higher to close at $17 in exchanging 34,353 shares, Cable and Wireless closed at $1.02, with 99,771 stock units switching owners, Caribbean Cement traded $2.25 higher to close at $30 trading 144,675 shares, Carreras gained 6 cents, to close at $91.61 in trading 25,614 units, Grace Kennedy closed at $41.95, with a loss of 4 cents exchanging 2,711 shares. Jamaica Broilers closed at $19, gaining 50 cents and trading 480 units, Jamaica Producers gained 37 cents, closing at $14.97 with 2,011 shares traded. Jamaica Stock Exchange lost 13 cents to close at $6.30 exchanging 2,449 shares, JMMB Group added 50 cents, closing at $20, with trades of 614,326 shares, Kingston Properties traded 474 units at $7.20, Kingston Wharves closed $2.50 higher to $30, with 200 units switching owners. 
Mayberry Investments closed at $4.61, with a gain of 6 cents trading 368,918 shares, NCB Financial Group traded $1.79 higher to a record close of $77, after exchanging 17,804 shares, 1834 Investments closed at $1.50, rising 10 cents with 11,205 shares traded, PanJam Investment gained $2 to $33 trading 24,727 shares, Portland JSX closed at $10 exchanging 3,700 shares, Radio Jamaica traded 6,898 shares at $1.30. Sagicor Group lost 50 cents, with an exchange of 30,292 shares, to close at $31.50, Sagicor Real Estate Fund declined 14 cents, closing at $10.50 while trading 2,472,421 shares, Scotia Group closed at $44.99, with trades of 1,000 shares, Scotia Investments traded $1.49 lower to close at $35.50, with an exchange of 1,260 shares, Seprod added 5 cents, closing at $30 with 580 units traded,Supreme Ventures lost 32 cents to close at $7.68 with 97,400 shares exchanged. Proven Investments US ordinary shares closed at 24 US cents trading 32,628 units, JMMB Group US 6% preference share closed at US$1.12 exchanging 6,044 units and JMMB Group 7.5% preference share gained 8 cents to close at $1.19 trading 43,500 units.
