Caribbean Cement lost $2 after positing a loss in Q3.
At the close 5,240,652 units valued at just $17,874,079 changed hands, compared to 9,303,791 units valued at $32,857,021 changing hands on Friday. The junior market accounted for 865,115 units trading valued at 3,986,807 of the stocks traded.
The average trade for the day in the main market ended at 189,771 units, compared to an average for the month to date of 220,811 units. On Friday, an average of 337,427 units, compared to an average for the month to date of 251,850.
The market closed with 35 securities trading as the prices of 17 gained while 9 declined in the overall market, including 6 stocks rising and 1 falling, in the junior market.IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 20 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
In market activity, Barita Investments traded 25,000 units and gained 5 cents to close at $4.45, Cable & Wireless rose 5 cents to close at 85 cents with 100,000 units trading. Caribbean Cement traded 92,177 shares but dropped $2 to close at $31, after the company reported a loss of $81 million in the third quarter partially as a result of closure of its plant for upgrading. Trading in 1834 Investments resulted in 3,344,179 shares changing hands at $1.25, Jamaica Broilers gained 31 cents and closed at $14.51 with 22,132 shares switching owners. Jamaica Producers lost 1 cent to end at $8.19 with 154,746 units trading,
Jamaica Stock Exchange rose 50 cents and ended at $27.50 while trading 22,004 shares. JMMB Group traded 6,359 shares and rose 5 cents to end at $13.30, Kingston Wharves traded 81,500 shares to close at $17.50 after gaining 50 cents, Mayberry Investments fell 37 cents and ended with 11,938 shares trading at $4, National Commercial Bank traded 13,471 shares to close with a fall of $1.29 at $43.70. Pan Jamaican Investments gained 79 cents and closed at $23.29 after trading 5,887 shares, Sagicor Group had 9,320 shares changing hands and lost 30 cents to close at $22.90, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 158,087 shares to close at $10.20 after losing 3 cents. Scotia Group gained 98 cents in trading 2,985 shares to close at $31.50, Seprod traded 13,414 shares to end at $25, Proven Investments traded 5,820 units at 19.90 US cents down from 19.50 US cents and JMMB Group 7.50% preference shares traded 290,100 units at $1.08.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 13 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Pan Jamaican Investments gained 1 cent and closed at $22.56 after trading 84,165 shares, Portland JSX traded 549,651 units with the price falling 6 cents to $11.04, Pulse Investments traded 20,000 shares and lost 60 cents to close at $3.30, Radio Jamaica traded 400,000 units and gained 5 cents to end at $1.40. Sagicor Group had 48,361 shares changing hands and closed with a fall of 45 cents at $22.55, Scotia Group rose 2 cents and closed at $30.04 with 1,179,017 shares changing hands. Scotia Investments dropped $2.91 with 28,735 units changing hands to close at $31.04. Seprod had 18,853 units changing hands to close at $24.60, Sterling Investments lost 1 cents in trading 38,000 shares to close at $14.99, Supreme Ventures traded 2,215,656 shares buy fell 2 cents to close at $4.50 after the company’s Chief Executive passed over the week end and Proven Investments traded 150,800 units at 18 US cents after rising 1.5 cents.
Blue Power that last traded at $24.50 and is outside the Top 5, is also in category of a potential stock split.
The average trade for the day in the main market ended at 241,975 units, compared to an average for the month to date of 138,002 units.
At the close 1,362,599 units valued at $11,379,949 changed hands, compared to 4,654,511 units valued at $50,143,006 changing hands on Thursday. The junior market accounted for 647,967 units valued at $3,787,554 of the stocks traded.
Caribbean Cement traded just 5,400 shares and lost 85 cents to close at $31.15. Trading in 1834 Investments ended with 13,200 shares changing hands as the price rose 4 cents to close at $1.24, Grace Kennedy rose 21 cents and closed with 17,384 shares changing hands at $41.99. JMMB Group added 50 cents in trading 72,721 units to close at $14. Kingston Wharves dipped 10 cents in trading 2,071 shares to close at $17, Pan Jamaican Investments rose 5 cents to close at $23.30 after trading 28,628 shares, Sagicor Group rose 18 cents in trading 4,951 shares to end at $24, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 17,290 shares to close at $10.18. Scotia Group lost 20 cents to close at $31 with 49,983 shares changing hands, Scotia Investments had 6,100 units changing hands to close with a loss of 5 cents at $30, Seprod traded 105,000 shares and gained 16 cents to close at $22.76.
Stocks ended trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange with the main market closing with a gain of 11 percent year to date, the market indices dropped more than 1,293 points. The market closed with 38 securities trading as the prices of 16 gained while 11 declined in the overall market, including 4 stocks rising and 5 falling, in the junior market. 
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with a lower offer.
Kingston Wharves lost 45 cents in trading 22,970 shares to close at $17.50, Mayberry Investments traded 3,943 shares to close with a gain 10 cents at $3.50, National Commercial Bank traded 728,535 shares and gained 25 cents to end at $42.40, Pan Jamaican Investments rose 30 cents to close at $23.30 after trading 421,985 shares. Portland JSX traded 3,334,455 units with the price rising by 9 cents to end at $11.06, Sagicor Group gained 15 cents in trading 178,182 shares to end at $24, Scotia Group gained 19 cents to close at $30.20 with 486,698 shares changing hands. Scotia Investments had 476,900 units changing hands to close at $30, Seprod traded 12,010 shares to close at $23.50, Supreme Ventures lost 1 cent and closed at $4.79 with 45,090 shares changing. Proven Investments closed at 20 US cents with 20,300 shares trading and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% preference share gained 1 cent in trading 355,130 units at $2.10.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 15 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
JMMB Group jumped 99 cents in trading 177,324 units to close at 52 weeks’ high of $15.51, Kingston Wharves traded 1,585 shares to close at $17.50. Mayberry Investments traded 200,000 shares to close at $3.60, National Commercial Bank traded 400 shares and rose 5 cents to end at $42.30, Pan Jamaican Investments lost 10 cents to close at $23.30 after trading 2,600 shares. Radio Jamaica fell 15 cents in trading 71,572 shares to close at $1.55, Sagicor Group traded 3,000 shares to end at $23.85, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 12,981 shares to close at $10.18, Scotia Group dropped $1.69 to close at $30.50 with 17,118 shares changing hands. Scotia Investments had 62,948 units changing hands to close at $30, with a gain of $3, Supreme Ventures traded 101,166 shares to close with a loss of 10 cents at $4.70 and Proven Investments closed at 19.99 US cents with 155,700 shares trading.
closure on Monday due to the threat of hurricane. With more than an hour’s trading only 14 securities changed hands. 
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