JSE trading volume slips – Friday

Trading on Jamaica Stock Exchange the pulled back when trading ended on Friday to 4,761,651 shares valued at $85,619,819, in contrast with 5,854,377 shares valued at $100,038,878 trading on Thursday.
Market activity closed with 25 securities changing hands, leading to the prices of 6 stocks rising, 10 declining and 9 trading firm.
At the close of the market the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index increased by 309.91 points to 315,465.77 and the JSE Index advanced by 282.36 points to 287,424.99.
In main market activity, Berger Paints closed at $17.35, with 834 shares changing hands, Cable & Wireless ended at $1.35, with 1,181,313 stock units, Carreras concluded trading with a loss of 2 cents at $11.15, with 24,490 units, Caribbean Cement finished with a loss of $1 at $33.50, with 250 shares, Grace Kennedy ended trading with a loss of 50 cents at $43, with 270,534 shares. Jamaica Broilers traded 50 cents higher at $18.40, with 50,332 stock units, Jamaica Producers finished trading with a loss of $1 at $16, with 249,118 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange closed at $6.50, with 7,160 shares, JMMB Group ended with a loss of 50 cents at $24.50, with 794,325 shares. Kingston Wharves finished at $34, with 486 stock units, Mayberry Investments settled with a loss of 20 cents at $5.80, with 83,551 units, NCB Financial Group ended trading with a loss of 60 cents at $100, with 78,413 shares, 1834 Investments traded at $1.30, with 33,568 shares. PanJam Investment closed 50 cents higher at $40, with 75,105 stock units, Pulse Investments concluded trading at $1.80, with 18,100 shares, Radio Jamaica finished at $1.05, with 33,883 shares, Sagicor Group settled with a loss of 75 cents at $35.25, with 76,055 shares. Sagicor Real Estate Fund settled at $14.50, with 10,181 shares Salada Foods ended trading at $10.50, with 49,471 stock units, Scotia Group traded 50 cents higher at $53.50, with 429,195 units, Seprod finished trading 50 cents higher at $34, with 9,415 shares, Sterling Investments closed with a loss of $1.90 at 52 weeks’ low of $11.10, with 500 shares. Supreme Ventures ended with a loss of 44 cents at $11.56, with 22,220 shares, Victoria Mutual Investments concluded trading 7 cents higher at $4.20, with 585,229 stock units and Wisynco Group finished 44 cents higher at $10.75, with 677,923 units trading.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “JSE main market in moderate gain – Friday.”