Carreras traded at a 52 weeks’ high of $52
Stocks trading at new 52 weeks’ high in the main market are, Carreras traded of $52 to gain $2 but with only 800 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaica Broilers and Pan Jamaican.
TheJSE Market Index gained 908.09 points to 99,674.46, theJSE All Jamaican Composite index climbed 1,015.00 points to close at 110,348.21 and
the JSE combined index gained 850.26 points to end at 101,869.93. The close on Monday, places the all Jamaican index back to July 2008 levels.IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 11 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with offers that were lower.
Cable & Wireless closed with 341,888 shares trading at 50 cents, Caribbean Cement had 61,057 shares trading at $5, to record a gain of 40 cents. Desnoes & Geddes had 15,250 units changing hands at $7.55, in putting on 12 cents, Jamaica Broilers traded 115,000 units at $5.55 with a 5 cents gain, Jamaica Stock Exchange traded 10,000 units at a new high of $4.50. JMMB Group lost ground by falling 55 cents, with 22,350 shares to close at $8.45 after the investment bank posted earnings of $1.18 per share for the year to March, compared with $1.74 in 2014. The company only made $76 million in the quarter compared to reach $1.93 million compared with $1.85 million at the end of December.
Mayberry Investments traded 127,350 units at $3.10, as the price moved up 10 cents, Pan Jamaican Investment traded 6,473 shares at $60.50 to gain 50 cents, for a new 52 weeks’ high. Radio Jamaica traded 55,622 shares and gained 40 cents to close at $3, the company released results of 32 cents per share for the year to March after trading closed compared with 17 cents in 2014. Sagicor Group had 308,000 units trading at the end at $12, the company Real Estate Fund ended with 3,933,104 units trading 7 cents high at $7.58, Scotia Group traded 261,103 units at $25.30 Seprod 23,580 shares as the price slipped 95 cents to $16.55 and Supreme Ventures added 487,217 shares at $3.80.
