Monday, 17th September 2013 | In another slow day of trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, 10,033,867 shares changed hands valued at $41,529,935. Proven Preference 8 percent shares accounted for 4,555,000 valued at $23,184,950 as the price closed firm at $5.09. There were 8 stocks that closed with increased in prices versus 6 that fell. The junior market index climbed 5.62 to close at 787.49 but the two main market indices fell quite a bit with the all Jamaica index going down 819.45 points to 85,064.08 and the main market index falling 465.72 to 84,893.83.
Carreras 22,532 units resulted in the stock closing at $47.60 down by 10 cents; Gleaner Company 178,398 units traded at $1.17 and was off by 3 cents at the close; Jamaica Broilers Group 23,082 units traded at $5 but slipped 10 cents; Jamaica Money Market Brokers traded 171,892 units firm at $8; Jamaica Producers Group 12,890 units traded firm at $18.25; National Commercial Bank 107,550 units closed trading at $18.65 up 4 cents; Pan Jam traded 44,294 units firm at $51; Sagicor Life Jamaica 21,500 units closed firm at $9 and Scotia Group Jamaica contributed 216,865 units as it traded at $21.30 up 10 cents.
Junior market | Caribbean Cream traded 48,093 firm at $1.03; Caribbean Producers exchanged 150,000 shares to close at $2.15 up 5 cents; while Lasco Distributors put in a good volume of 191,670 at $1.45, down 5 cents for a value of $1,726,670; Lasco Financial Services contributed 2,618,867 firm at $1.25 and valued at $3,273,584 and Lasco Manufacturing just exchanged 126,264 units as it closed firm at $1.60.
IC bid-offer Indicator | At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator showed that there were bids for 8 stocks being higher and 2 stocks having offers lower than their last selling price.
