Trading slipped on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Tuesday, but the market indices rose sharply on the back of a strong advance decline ratio of more than 2 to 1.
At the close, the All Jamaican Composite Index jumped 3,715.37 points to close at 405,070.18 and the JSE Index climbed 3,381.47 points to close at 369,073.83.
Main market activity ended with 3,483,939 units valued at $97,848,026, compared to 7,589,172 units carrying a value of $145,956,290 on Monday.
The main and US markets traded a total of 29 securities, with prices of 12 rising, 5 declining with 12 remaining unchanged, compared to 33 securities trading on Monday.
Seprod led trading with 1,103,785 units for 31.7 percent of the day’s volume, followed by JMMB Group 7.5% preference share with 470,000 units accounting for 13.5 percent of the total main market volume changing hands and PanJam Investment with 388,297 units and 9 percent of the day’s volume.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the reading showing 13 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 closing with lower offers.
An average of 129,035 units valued at an average of $3,624,001 traded, in contrast to 244,812 units valued at $4,708,267 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts 98,833 units valued at $2,713,553 compared to 97,469 units valued at $2,670,351, previously. Trading for December ended, with an average of 835,037 units with a value of $25,906,477, for each security traded.
In main market activity, Carreras rose 27 cents and concluded trading at $9.49, with 123,016 units trading, Grace Kennedy rose 45 cents trading 9,817 stock units to close at $58.50, Jamaica Producers shed $1.20 and closed at $21.80, with 1,767 shares changing hands, JMMB Group fell 40 cents to close at $32.10 trading of 12,850 shares. Kingston Wharves gained 50 cents and settled at $69.50, with 2,556 units changing 
hands, PanJam Investment rose 80 cents and ended at $72, with 388,297 units trading, Pulse Investments rose by 60 cents and finished at $4, with an exchange of 79,840 shares,the stock traded earlier in the day at a record high of $4.50. Sagicor Group added $1.19 trading of 30,849 stock units, to close at $40, Scotia Group gained 75 cents to end trading of 15,520 shares at $52.25, Seprod lost 85 cents to end at $31.50 with an exchange of 1,103,785 shares and Sygnus Credit Investments Jamaica dollar denominated shares, gained 90 cents in trading 1,400 units to close at $11.
Trading in the US dollar market resulted in 23,850 units valued at $3,437, changing hands. Proven Investments traded 10,750 units at 21 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments Jamaica dollar denominated shares traded 33,100 units to close at 9 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index advanced by 0.64 points to close at 165.07.
