Trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, closed on Monday with 20 securities changing hands. 9 advanced, 7 declined and 2 traded firm resulting in 8,452,293 units valued at $389,568,108 trading as Jamaica Producers with 4.36 million shares and NCB Financial with 3.14 million shares, dominated trading.
At the close, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index declined by 238.01 points to close at 304,534.13 and the JSE Index shed 216.86 points to close at 277,465.02.
In the market activity, Berger Paints finished at $16, with 200 shares changing hands, Cable & Wireless settled 5 cents higher at $1, with 205,419 shares, Caribbean Cement ended trading with a loss of $1.30 at $31.70, with 4,243 stock units, Carreras traded with a loss of 51 cents at $10.99, with 117,938 units, Grace Kennedy closed 51 cents higher at $42.50, with 12,713 shares.
Jamaica Broilers ended with a loss of 50 cents at $17.50, with 255,683 stock units, Jamaica Producers concluded trading 5 cents higher at $15.20, with 4,355,410 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange finished with a loss of 50 cents at $6.50, with 74,200 shares, JMMB Group settled 51 cents higher at $24.01, with 19,804 shares. Kingston Wharves traded with a loss of $1.95 at $30.05, with 5,927 units, Mayberry Investments finished trading 25 cents higher at $5.95, with 4,915 shares, NCB Financial Group closed with a loss of 1 cent at $98.99, with 3,140,031 shares, PanJam Investment concluded trading with a rise of $1 to $45, with 5,967 units.
Radio Jamaica ended trading 4 cents higher at $1.05, with 134,756 stock units, Sagicor Group traded with a loss of $1.50 at $35.50, with 3,440 units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished trading at $15, with 1,718 shares, Scotia Group ended with a gain of $1.89 to $51.90, with 76,666 stock units and Supreme Ventures settled 69 cents higher at $10.70, with 13,469 shares. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% traded 394 units at $1.90 and JMMB Group 7.5% ended trading at $1.50, with 19,400 stock 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 declines on Monday.”