NCB Financial hits new high of $208 on Tuesday.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange record breaking run, stalled out at the close of trading on Tuesday, with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index diving 2,940.46 points to 509,473.57 and the JSE Index dropping 2,672.11 points to 463,966.69.
At the end market activity on the main and US dollar markets, the prices of 19 securities advanced, 10 declined and 9 traded firm, as a total of 38 securities traded, compared to 34 on Monday.
Eppley ordinary share traded at a new high of $20, the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended at a new closing 52 weeks’ high of $28.50, after it traded as high as $30.10, Victoria Mutual Investments closed at a new high of $5 and Sygnus Credit Investments USD shares closed at a 52 weeks’ high of 12 US cents. NCB Financial Group hit an intraday record high of $208 but pulled back by the close to $190 and Sagicor Group traded at an intraday high of $55.90 but closed at $52.
Market activity ended with 76,708,401 units valued $390,249,935, in contrast to 43,150,805 units at $221,184,702 changing hands, on Monday.
Wigton Windfarm led trading with 73 million units or 95 percent of total main market volume, NCB Financial Group with just 1.38 million shares changing hands, equating to 19 percent of total trades, followed by Supreme Ventures with 360,750 stock units for 0.5 percent of the day’s trades.
The market closed with average of 1,273,639 units for an average of $3,415,383 for each security traded, in contrast to 1,348,463 units valued at an average of $6,912,022 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,615,561 shares, with a value of $22,192,801, compared to 1,593,766 shares, with a value of $23,947,275 previously. May closed with an average of 2,248,261 units at an average of $12,751,529 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 9 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 closing with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Caribbean Cement gained $1.99 in trading 17,953 units at $79.99, Eppley ended trading with 950 shares and jumped $1.20 to close at a record $20, Grace Kennedy jumped $2.50 to $63 while trading 12,636 shares. Jamaica Broilers traded 16,410 units and rose $1.25 to $33, Jamaica Producers jumped $2.99 and closed at $29.99, trading 47,519 shares Jamaica Stock Exchange rose $1 to end at a record high of $28.50, with 110,488 shares trading. JMMB Group rose 75 cents in trading 134,362 shares to end at $38.75, Kingston Wharves declined by 75 cents to settle at $67.30, with 10,401 units, NCB Financial Group dived $12 to close at record $190, with an exchange of 1,377,021 stock units. 
PanJam Investment gained 90 cents to finish at $96.90, trading 45,117 shares, Portland JSX lost 50 cents and ended trading 9,000 stock units at $8, Sagicor Group added 97cents to finish at $52 with 128,496 shares crossing the exchange, Sagicor Real Estate Fund fell 40 cents to close at $9.60 while trading 13,006 units. Salada Foods rose 30 cents to $31.30, with an exchange of 2,081 shares, Seprod rose 45 cents and ended trading 30,776 shares at $47.50, Sterling Investments gained 30 cents to finish trading 1,180 shares at $3.90 and Victoria Mutual Investments climbed 30 cents to a record $5, with 17,400 shares changing hands.
Trading in the US securities market resulted in 619,380 units valued at US$137,706 changing hands. Market activity ended with Margaritaville trading 1,031 shares at 25 US cents, Proven Investments lost 1 cent in trading 530,329 shares to close at 24 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments USD shares closed at a 52 weeks’ high of 12 US cents after rising 1.5 cents and trading 88,020 shares. The JSE USD Equities Index rose 0.22 points to close at 184.56.