JSE took another dive – Tuesday

Main market stocks collectively got severely hit on Tuesday, with declining stocks being out-numbered by advancing ones 2 to 1. For the overall market, 32 securities changed hands, in all market segments with 9 rising and 17 declining. The market closed with 7,475,295 units valued at $127,553,861 changing hands in all markets. The junior market accounted for 310,507 units changing hands, valued at $1,653,369.
The JSE Market Index shed 1,962.29 points to end at 151,473.49, the all Jamaica Composite Index dropped 2,192.97 points to end at 168,236.46 and the JSE combined index dived 1,429.27 points to close at 160,542.54.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading was 10 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
At the end of the market activities, Berger Paints lost 55 cents and ended with 14,612 shares trading at $3.40, Cable & Wireless closed with a loss of 5 cents at $1.37 with 1,317,035 units changing hands, Caribbean Cement gained $1 to end at $20 with 23,847 shares trading. Carreras lost 49 cents to close at $64.50, while trading 14,840 units, Gleaner lost 10 cents to close at $2.10 with 5,000 shares changing hands, Grace Kennedy closed with 50,000 shares trading with a loss of 1 cent at $83.49, well below the $97 equivalent, it last traded at in Trinidad. Jamaica Broilers traded 3,323,214 units to close at $14.50, Jamaica Stock Exchange traded 90,000 units to close at $22.50, JMMB Group had 72,435 units changing hands but fell 10 cents in closing at $10.30, Kingston Wharves traded 34,654 shares trading with a loss of 5 cents at $11.45. National Commercial Bank with 547,321 shares changing hands, to close at $41, Proven Investments ordinary share traded 530,450 units and fell 2 US cents in closing at 20 US cents, Radio Jamaica ended with 29,880 units changing hands at 40 cents higher to close at $4.35. Sagicor Group lost 90 cents with 94,090 shares changing hands at $22.10, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 17,343 shares to close at $10, Scotia Group had 296,974 shares changing hands to close at $30 after falling by $1, Scotia Investments rose $1.49 to close at $29.49 with 503,451 units trading. Supreme Ventures closed with a gain of 55 cents at $5.15 with 33,900 units changing hands, JMMB 7.5% preference share traded 8 million units but fell 13 cents to close at $1.07 and JMMB 7.5% preference share traded 50,000 shares to close at $2.15.