NCB jumped to $30 on Tuesday.
At the close, the JSE Market Index rose 745.81 points to 98,029.56. The JSE All Jamaican Composite index jumped 833.61 points to 108,509.71 at support level on the downside and the JSE combined index added 634.94 points to end at 101,053.14.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had a reading of 10 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 7 with offers that were lower.In trading, Cable and Wireless rose just 1 cent with 2,494,634 units and closed at 46 cents. At the close, visible bids ranging between 40 cents and 45 cents totalled 2.6 million units. On offer between 48 and 50 cents, are 6 visible offers to sell 3.27 million shares. Desnoes & Geddes traded 2,337 shares at $6.40 with a fall of 40 cents, Grace Kennedy had 108,148 units changing hands at $64, Jamaica Broilers closed at $6.40 with just 38,000 shares changing hands. The price rose to $6.99 in the morning session before falling
back to the closing price. Mayberry Investments ended up rising 50 cents to $3.40 with 83,868 units, but the stock closed with an offer at $3.05 to sell 100,000 units. National Commercial Bank traded 163,714 shares and closed with a gain of $1.25 at $30, the price also jumped in Trinidad to reach J$30. Sagicor Group with 21,500 shares changing hands, closed at $13. Scotia Group traded 4,825 units to close with a gain of 60 cents at $23.76, Scotia Investments ended down 79 cents at $27 while only 1,000 units traded and Proven Investments ordinary share, traded 15,245 units at 21 US cents and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share traded 25,000 units at $2.
