
Bulls still at large in down town Kingston
At the close of trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index surged 1,972.76 points to close at 320,805.88 while the JSE Index jumped by 1,797.41 points to 292,290.45.
A total of 23 securities changed hands in the main market leading to 11 advancing, 4 declining and 6 traded firm while the US dollar market saw 4 securities trading resulting in 84,731 units changing hands valued at US$48,586 with the index remaining unchanged.
In the main activity, Berger Paints closed with a loss of 1 cent at $14.50, with 92,500 shares, Cable & Wireless ended at $1.10, with 158,331 units, Caribbean Cement ended 99 cents higher at $32, with 17,500 stock units. Carreras ended at $11.50, with 289,081 shares, Grace Kennedy closed $1 higher at $43, with 95,433 shares,
Jamaica Broilers ended at $18.99, with 68,325 stock units, Jamaica Producers traded at $15.60, with 33,353 units. Jamaica Stock Exchange traded 17 cents higher at $6.99, with 66,743 shares, JMMB Group ended trading 86 cents higher at $29.36, with 175,289 shares, Kingston Wharves ended trading 50 cents higher at $33, with 5,600 units, Mayberry Investments settled 5 cents higher at $5.05, with 1,811,830 shares. NCB Financial Group finished trading $1.70 higher at $108, with 96,989 shares, 138 Student Living settled at $6, with 6,634 shares, 1834 Investments closed 10 cents higher at $1.30, with 9,934 stock units, PanJam Investment traded at $43, with 338,780 units, Radio Jamaica ended with a loss of 2 cents at $1.13, with 45,746 stock units,
Sagicor Group finished with a loss of 60 cents at $37.60, with 45,779 units. Sagicor Real Estate Fund concluded trading 36 cents higher at $15, with 9,883 shares, Scotia Group finished 81 cents higher at $51.80, with 392,849 stock units, Seprod concluded trading with a loss of 25 cents at $29.75, with 400,000 units and Supreme Ventures traded 70 cents higher at $12.50, with 193,750 shares. In the main market preference segment, JMMB Group 7.5% preference share closed at $1.85, with 1,000 units traded. In the US dollar market, JMMB Group 6% preference share closed at $1.121, after a modest gain with 26,500 units, Margaritaville traded just 100 units at 30 US cents, Productivity Business Solutions end up with 15,881 shares trading at 57.51 US cents and Proven Investments traded 42,250 units at 23 US cents.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

but it traded during the week as high as $18.

Trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Friday with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index declined by 1,443.17 points to close at 320,147.12 and the JSE Index declined by 1,314.89 points to close at 291,690.24.
Trading ended with an average of 164,730 units for an average of $2,707,923 in contrast to 294,264 units for an average of $4,940,664 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 200,104 units valued at $3,492,546 and previously 218,920 units valued at $3,909,899. In contrast, October closed with average of 1,185,251 units valued at $16,528,582 for each security traded.
In contrast, October closed with average of 1,185,251 units valued at $16,528,582 for each security traded.
Mayberry Investments finished trading 5 cents higher at $4.35, with 306,697 shares, NCB Financial Group ended $2.99 higher at a record close of $109, with 60,063 shares, 138 Student Living closed with a loss of 10 cents at $5.40, with 22,900 shares, 1834 Investments finished with a loss of 20 cents at $1.15, with 109,594 stock units, PanJam Investment closed at $42, with 82,529 units, Pulse Investments concluded trading with a loss of 6 cents at $1.90, with 4,064 shares. Radio Jamaica settled at $1.15, with 161,673 stock units, Sagicor Group settled 95 cents higher at $39, with 407,273 units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund settled 30 cents higher at $14.50, with 75,122 shares, Salada Foods Jamaica settled with a loss of $1.30 at $8.50, with 10,000 shares. Scotia Group ended $1.28 higher at $51.79, with 131,230 stock units and Supreme Ventures settled at $11.80, with 42,177 shares. In the main market preference segment, JMMB Group ended with a loss of 1.19 cents at $28.51, with 84,297 stock units, and in the US dollar market Productivity Business Solutions traded 402 units at 58 US cents and Proven Investments traded 5,400 units at 23.99 US cents.
The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index declined by 2,335.17 points to close at 319,134.35 on Wednesday as the JSE Index declined by 2,127.60 points to close at 290,767.49 and the JSE US dollar Index rose 0.43 points to 185.70.
In contrast, October closed with average of 1,185,251 units valued at $16,528,582 for each security traded.
JMMB Group traded $1.95 higher to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $29.70, with 11,000 units, Mayberry Investments concluded trading at $4.30, with 4,000 shares, NCB Financial Group lost 99 cents and ended at $106.01, with 317,087 shares, 138 Student Living ended trading 10 cents higher at $5.50, with 1,400,000 stock units, PanJam Investment settled 40 cents higher at $42, with 173,919 stock units, Pulse Investments settled with a loss of 1 cent at $1.96, with 6,500 shares, Radio Jamaica settled at $1.15, with 21,330 units, Sagicor Group concluded trading 5 cents higher at $38.05, with 57,923 units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading 6 cents higher at $14.20, with 6,544 shares, Scotia Group closed 1 cent higher at $50.51, with 4,000 units and Supreme Ventures finished at $11.80, with 42,564 shares. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers traded at $1.85, with 67,869 units, JMMB Group ended at $1.15, with 2,000 stock units and in the US dollar market Productivity Business Solutions traded 598 units and rose 0.50 cent to 58 US cents.
stock units, Jamaica Broilers concluded trading 10 cents higher at $18.60, with 188,364 shares. Jamaica Producers concluded trading at $16, with 6,919 stock units, Jamaica Stock Exchange closed 45 cents higher at $6.90, with 1,800 units, JMMB Group closed with a loss of 35 cents at $27.75, with 908,504 stock units, Kingston Wharves traded with a loss of 35 cents at $32.65, with 59,517 shares, Mayberry Investments settled at $4.30, with 16,385 units. NCB Financial Group lost $1 to end at $107, with 159,165 shares trading, 1834 Investments concluded trading with a loss of 2 cents at $1.35, with 21,592 units, PanJam Investment fell $2.40 to end at $41.60, with 110,977 shares changing hands, Pulse Investments concluded trading 7 cents higher at $1.97, with 22,705 stock units trading, Radio Jamaica closed at $1.15, with 1,732,474 units. Sagicor Group
traded with a loss of $1 at $38, with 46,295 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished with a loss of 26 cents at $14.14, with 20,818 units, Scotia Group finished with a loss of $1.50 at $50.50, with 112,944 stock units, Seprod ended with a loss of $2 at $28, with 3,800 shares and Supreme Ventures finished with a loss of 20 cents at $11.80, as 237,350 units traded. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% concluded trading at $1.85, with 2,769,878 shares, JMMB Group 7.5% concluded trading 4 cents higher at $1.15, with 198,200 units. In the US dollar market Proven Investments rose 0.49 US cents in trading 415,521 ordinary shares at 23.99 US cents and Productivity Business traded 15,881 US dollar denominated ordinary shares at 57.5 US cents and JMMB Group 6% US dollar preference share traded 6,300 units at $1.12.
Sharp gains in the prices of
Berger Paints fell $1 to end at $16, with 55,939 stock units trading, Cable & Wireless ended trading with a loss of 3 cents at $1.03, after trading 372,654 units, Caribbean Cement traded 85 cents higher at $36.95, with 27,939 shares, Carreras concluded trading at $11.50, with 323,179 stock units. Grace Kennedy traded 17 cents higher at $43, with 3,100 shares, Jamaica Broilers closed 44 cents higher at $18.50, with 84,500 stock units, Jamaica Producers ended trading at $16, with 12,221 units, JMMB Group closed 10 cents higher at a new closing high of $28.10, with 177,182 shares, after it traded at a new intraday high of $29.99 in early trading activities. Kingston Wharves settled at $33, with 2,980 stock units, a $3 jump in the price of
NCB Financial pushed it to a record close of $108 while trading 25,163 shares, PanJam Investment climbed $1.99 to $44, with 2,000 shares, Radio Jamaica ended trading 526,148 stock units at $1.15, Sagicor Group closed at $39, with 30,015 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading with a loss of 10 cents at $14.40, with 8,498 shares, Scotia Group traded $2 higher at $52, with 107,093 shares, Seprod finished trading at $30, with 3,884 shares and Supreme Ventures settled at $12, with 161,330 shares. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers finished trading with a loss of 5 cents at $1.85, with 14,454 shares, JMMB Group settled 1 cent higher at $1.11, with 54,700 stock units changing hands and 8,700 units of JMMB 6% US dollar preference shares traded with a gain of 2 cents at US$1.12.

The market is well clear of resistance around 300,000 points on the all Jamaica Index and continues heading to the next major resistance at the 360,000 points range, on its way to the 500,000 points mark in 2018.
The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange surged on Friday to the fourth week record closing in as many weeks. At the end the All Jamaica Composite Index pushed sharply higher by 4,673.29 points to close at record 321,000.17.
Cable & Wireless rose 4 cents and closed at $1.06, with 539,939 stock units, Caribbean Cement ended $3.10 higher at $36.10, with 22,557 units, Carreras ended with a loss of $1.50 at $11.50, with 129,369 shares. Ciboney Group ended trading with a loss of 3 cents at 15 cents, with 10,600 stock units, Grace Kennedy ended at $42.83, trading 6,745 units, Jamaica Broilers finished with a loss of 43 cents at $18.06, with 7,883 shares, Jamaica Producers closed at $16, with 2,637 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange traded with a loss of 5 cents at $6.45, with 9,838 shares. JMMB Group concluded trading at $28, with 224,609 stock units, Kingston Properties finished 80 cents higher at $8, with 1,244 units, Kingston Wharves gained 50 cents to end at $33, with 20,949 stock units, Mayberry Investments concluded trading 10 cents higher at $4.30, with 2,993 stock units. NCB Financial lost 65 cents and closed at $105 with 157,631 shares trading, 138 Student Living settled at $5.40, with 2,119 units,
1834 Investments ended with a loss of 3 cents at $1.37, with 22,200 stock units, PanJam Investment finished 1 cent higher at $42.01, with 250,435 shares, Portland JSX settled at $9.15, with 2,000 units. Pulse Investments finished 10 cents higher at $1.90, while trading 34,000 stock units. Radio Jamaica added 2 cents and ended at $1.15, with 123,400 shares, Sagicor Group jumped $4.47 to $39, with 29,209 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished 10 cents higher at $14.50, with 18,319 shares, Scotia Group ended trading at $50, with 139,016 units and Supreme Ventures ended 1 cent higher at $12, with 45,257 shares.
The
traded 75 cents higher at $16.75, with 149,835 units, 54 percent above the Ansa Coatings offer price. Cable & Wireless closed 1 cent higher at $1.02, with just 6,715 shares, Caribbean Cement traded $3.99 higher to $33, with 55,758 stock units trading, Carreras rose $1.50 to $13, with 375,369 shares, Grace Kennedy concluded trading 7 cents higher at $42.83, with 100,966 shares, Jamaica Broilers ended with a gain of 49 cents to $18.49, with 1,126,834 units. Jamaica Producers closed 40 cents higher at $16, with 109,041 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended trading with a loss of 47 cents at $6.50, with 4,072 units, JMMB Group ended trading 40 cents higher at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $28, with 110,531 shares, Kingston Wharves ended with a loss of 49 cents at $32.50, with 5,657 shares,
NCB Financial lost 36 cents and closed at $105.65 with 157,631 shares trading, 138 Student Living closed at $5.40, with 10,000 units, PanJam Investment traded 50 cents higher at $42, with 1,500 shares, Pulse Investments finished 19 cents higher at $1.80, with 105,000 units, Radio Jamaica ended trading with a loss of 1 cent at $1.13, with 125,960 shares, Sagicor Group finished trading with a loss of 3.47 cents at $34.53, with 24,735 units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading with a loss of 10 cents at $14.40, with 21,217 stock units, Scotia Group traded with a loss of $2 at $50, with 281,355 units, Seprod traded $1.25 higher at $30, with 12,346 shares changing hands, Supreme Ventures ended trading at $11.99, with 67,955 stock units and in the main market preference segment, JMMB Group 7.5% closed at $1.10, with 20,000 stock units, while Productivity Business Solutions traded 1,100 US dollar denominated ordinary shares at 57.5 US cents.