Victoria Mutual Investments and Wisynco Group that listed in late December on Jamaica Stock Exchange main market, continue to dominate trading with the highest volume, accounting for 7 million of the 9.4 million units traded on Tuesday up from 5.1 traded on Monday out of 7.4 million units.
Market activity ended with 25 securities changing hands, of which 11 advanced, 5 declined, 9 traded firm and Mayberry Investments trading at a 52 weeks’ high. A total of 9,412,814 units valued at $83,130,402 traded on Tuesday.
At the close of trading the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index slipped by 75.69 points to 314,379.50 and the JSE Index fell 68.97 points to close at 286,435.26.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments ended at $8.59, with 600 stock units,
Berger Paints closed 20 cents higher at $18, with 51,279 shares, Cable & Wireless concluded trading at $1.31, with 285,660 units, Carreras finished with a loss of 13 cents at $11.30, with 39,486 shares, Caribbean Cement closed $1.38 higher at $35, with 14,545 shares trading. Grace Kennedy traded 50 cents higher at $43.50, with 42,979 units, Jamaica Broilers finished trading at $18, with 18,482 shares, Jamaica Producers closed 20 cents higher at $16.70, with 9,000 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended at $7, with 27,000 stock units. JMMB Group concluded trading 65 cents higher at $25, with 294,549 units, Kingston Wharves settled 99 cents higher at $33.99, with 3,344 shares, Mayberry Investments ended trading 61 cents higher at $7.40, with 40,003 stock units, NCB Financial Group traded 80 cents higher at $99.80, with 48,329 units. PanJam Investment climbed $1.50 to $41.50, with 13,715 stock units,
Pulse Investments finished 10 cents higher at $2.20, with 14,722 shares, Radio Jamaica settled at $1.10, with 27,986 shares traded, Sagicor Group ended trading 84 cents higher at $35.49, with 59,960 stock units. Scotia Group finished trading with a loss of $2.90 at $50.10, with 40,490 shares, Seprod closed at $30, with 157 shares, Supreme Ventures concluded trading at $12, with 127,053 units, VM Investments finished with a loss of 2 cents at $3.98, with 2,053,519 shares. Wisynco Group settled with a loss of 19 cents at $10.20, with 4,981,783 shares and Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading at $14.50, with 19,661 stock units.
In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market 7.5% traded with a loss of 20 cents at $1.80, with 35,000 units, JMMB Group 7.5% closed at $1.16, with 1,163,512 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “Advancing stocks 2 to 1 over decliners – Tuesday.”

Cable & Wireless settled with a loss of 8 cents at $1.31, with 93,684 shares, 
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The average PE for the overall main market is 15 and 13.6 for the Junior Market, based on 2017 estimated earnings.
their highs this past week with FosRich hitting $2.50 in trading on Friday, this one could see some rebounding but GWest Corporation could decline some more. Others to be watched are, CAC2000, General Accident, Cable & Wireless, NCB Financial, Berger Paints, JMMB Group, Main Event, Lasco Financial, Paramount Trading and Stationery and Office. Wisynco pulled back this past week to $10.80 and may well trade around this level for a while with a PE of 15 times 2018 earnings, as profit taking continues.
Newly listed Victoria Mutual Investments and Wisynco Group are two of 6 main market stocks to pull back on Friday with 2.96 million and 1.85 million units traded respectively.
Trading ended with 8,660,030 units valued at $83,892,685 from 27 securities changing hands, of which 12 advanced, 6 declined and 9 traded with prices unchanged.
Portland JSX jumped $1.05 to close at $11, with 164,468 shares, Pulse Investments settled 9 cents higher at $2.19, with 68,456 shares trading, Radio Jamaica ended trading at $1.05, with 100,000 stock units. Sagicor Group traded 10 cents higher at $34.75, with 46,157 units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished trading 50 cents higher at $15, with 2,640 shares, Salada Foods closed with a loss of $2 at $11, with 30,000 shares, Scotia Group ended $1 higher at $52, with 2,832 stock units changing hands. Sterling Investments finished at $13, with 3,202 shares, Supreme Ventures settled 10 cents higher at $12, with 48,904 shares, VM Investments Limited ended trading with a loss of 33 cents at $4.07, with 3,594,152 stock units and Wisynco Group traded with a loss of 70 cents at $10.80, with 2,698,773 units. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% traded 100 units at $1.80 and JMMB Group 7.5% traded 600 units to close at $1.15.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange All Jamaican Composite Index declined by 70.24 points to close at 316,887.86 and the JSE Index declined by 64.00 points to close at 288,720.67. A total of 24 securities changed hands, down from 29 on Wednesday, 10 advanced, 11 declined and 4 traded firm.
Caribbean Cement ended trading with a surge of $4.03 to $35.50, with 542,827 stock units, Carreras traded with a loss of 14 cents at $11.31, with 480,831 units. Grace Kennedy fell 50 cents to close at $43, exchanging 13,031 shares, Jamaica Broilers ended 79 cents higher at $18, with 26,916 stock units, Jamaica Producers concluded trading with a loss of 5 cents at $16.50, with 28,306 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange finished at $7, with 11,514 shares. JMMB Group fell $2 to $25, with 57,836 shares, Kingston Wharves traded with a loss of $1.99 to end at $31.01, with 9,101 units, Mayberry Investments finished trading $1 higher at $6, with 41,781 shares, NCB Financial Group rose 50 cents to $99.50, with 10,100,229 shares. PanJam Investment concluded trading with a loss of $3 to $40.50, with 88,698 units, Pulse Investments settled with a loss of 29 cents at $2.10, with 35,000 shares, Radio Jamaica ended trading with a loss of 5 cents at $1.05, with 1,303,046 stock units,
Sagicor Group traded with a loss of 35 cents at $34.65, with 21,110 units. Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished trading at $14.50, with 83,143 shares, Scotia Group ended with a loss of 10 cents at $51, with 398,181 stock units, Supreme Ventures settled 31 cents higher at $11.90, with 133,694 shares, VM Investments ended trading at $4.40, with 2,964,142 stock units and Wisynco Group traded with a loss of 50 cents at $11.50, with 1,851,366 units. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% fell 10 cent in trading 50,418 units at $1.80 and JMMB Group 7.5% traded 119,440 units and slipped 1 cent to close at $1.15.
Grace Kennedy closed at $43.50, with 82,650 shares, Jamaica Broilers ended with a loss of 59 cents at $17.21, with 3,555 stock units. Jamaica Producers concluded trading 5 cents higher at $16.55, with 6,000 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange finished with a loss of 5 cents at $7, with 88,166 shares, JMMB Group jumped $3 t0 $27, with 18,530 shares trading, Kingston Wharves traded 50 cents higher at $33, with 476 units. Mayberry Investments finished trading with a loss of $1 at $5, with 26,370 shares, NCB Financial Group closed at $99, with 13,121 shares, 1834 Investments ended at $1.30, with 20,000 stock units, PanJam Investment concluded trading with a loss of $1.50 to close at $43.50, with 378,000 units, Portland JSX finished with a loss of 5 cents at $9.95, with 2,000 shares. Pulse Investments settled 59 cents higher at $2.39, with 6,500 shares, Radio Jamaica ended trading 8 cents higher at $1.10, with 100,000 stock units,
Sagicor Group traded with a loss of 30 cents at $35, with 4,100 units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished trading 50 cents higher at $14.50, with 595 shares. Salada Foods closed $1.50 higher at 52 weeks’ high of $13, with 1,000 shares, Scotia Group ended with a loss of $1.90 at $51.10, with 26,000 stock units, Seprod concluded trading at $31, with 10,600 units, Supreme Ventures settled $1.58 higher at $11.59, with 7,304 shares. VM Investments Limited ended trading 40 cents higher at $4.40, with 1,911,097 stock units and Wisynco Group traded with a loss of 50 cents at $12, with 3,785,911 units. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% traded 27,300 units at $1.90 and JMMB Group 7.5% traded 14,787 units at $1.16.
Caribbean Cement ended trading with a loss of 50 cents at $32, with 9,800 stock units, Carreras traded 5 cents higher at $11.45, with 234,822 units. Ciboney Group finished trading with a loss of 4 cents down to 37 cents, with 728 shares, Grace Kennedy closed with a loss of 25 cents at $43.50, with 16,000 shares, Jamaica Broilers ended 10 cents higher at $17.80, with 26,937 stock units, Jamaica Producers concluded trading with a loss of 20 cents at $16.50, with 1,683 units. Jamaica Stock Exchange finished at $7.05, with 12,000 shares, JMMB Group settled with a loss of $1 to end at $24, with 65,054 shares trading, Kingston Properties ended trading at $7.70, with 3,100 stock units, NCB Financial Group closed with a loss of $1 to $99, with 50,823 shares. 1834 Investments ended 5 cents higher at $1.30, with 459,937 stock units, PanJam Investment concluded trading 25 cents higher at $45, with 5,341 units, Pulse Investments settled at $1.80, with 94,172 shares,
Radio Jamaica ended trading with a loss of 3 cents at $1.02, with 159,905 stock units, Sagicor Group traded with a loss of $2.70 at $35.30, with 7,563 units. Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished trading with a loss of $1 to $14, with 5,589 shares, Salada Foods closed 25 cents higher at $11.50, with 117,951 shares, Scotia Group ended with a loss of 85 cents at $53, with 104,683 stock units, Seprod settled $1 higher at $31, with 3,250 shares. Supreme Ventures traded with a loss of $1.49 to end at $10.01, with 131,005 units, VM Investments finished trading 76 cents higher to a record close of $4, with 2,353,026 shares trading and WISYNCO Group closed 51 cents higher at $12.50, with 5,546,728 shares changing hands. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.25% traded 4,266 units at $2.49, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% traded 6,981 units at $1.90.
Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with the All Jamaican Composite Index jumping 4,310.37 points to close at 316,516.11 for a gain of 50.6 percent for the year and the JSE Index advancing by 3,927.24 points to 288,381.97 ending 2017 with a rise of 50 percent.
Trading ended with an average of 392,700 units for an average of $4,819,591 in contrast to 211,302 units for an average of $3,166,567 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 686,156 units valued at an average of $8,654,832 and previously 701,126 units valued at an average of $8,851,977. In contrast, November closed with average of 349,084 units at an average of $5,801,440 for each security traded.
Trading ended with the All Jamaican Composite Index surging 4,310.37 points to 316,516.11 for a gain of 50.6 percent for the year and the JSE Index jumping by 3,927.24 points to 288,381.97, ending 2017 with a rise of 50 percent versus 22 securities trading on Thursday.
Radio Jamaica settled at $1.05, with 185,174 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading 1 cent higher at $38, with 136,913 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded at $15, with 8,817 units, Salada Foods finished trading with a loss of 25 cents at $11.25, with 32,049 shares. Scotia Group closed $3.75 higher at $53.85, with 76,440 shares, Sterling Investments gained $1 and closed at $13, with 7,470 shares, Supreme Ventures ended trading at $11.50, with 515,544 stock units and Wisynco Group traded $1.90 higher to end at a closing record high of $11.99, with 5,090,376 units. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% traded 550,000 units at $1.90, JMMB Group 7.5% traded 94,000 units at $1.15 and Proven Investments 8.25% ended with 1,227 units trading at $5.90.
Caribbean Cement ended trading 99 cents higher at $32.50, with 111,545 stock units, Carreras traded at $11.40, with 65,754 units, Grace Kennedy closed at $43, with 139,950 shares. Jamaica Broilers ended at $18, with 20,988 stock units, Jamaica Producers concluded trading at $16.70, with 19,010 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange finished at $7, with 64,203 shares, JMMB Group settled with a loss of 1 cent at $23, with 404,504 shares. JMMB Group ended trading with a loss of $1 at $23, with 404,504 stock units, Kingston Wharves finished trading at $32.50, with 215 shares, Mayberry Investments closed at $6, with 250,000 shares, NCB Financial ended with a loss of 50 cents at $98.50, with 122,721 stock units. PanJam Investment finished at $44.80, with 12,141 shares, Pulse Investments ended trading at $1.80, with 16,992 stock units,
Sagicor Group finished trading $2.24 higher at $37.99, with 43,400 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund closed at $15, with 2,000 shares. Salada Foods ended $1 higher at a 52 weeks’ high of $11.50, with 102,000 stock units, Scotia Group concluded trading with a loss of $1.90 at $50.10, with 43,810 units and Supreme Ventures ended trading 80 cents higher at $11.50, with 15,000 stock units. In the main market preference segment, JMMB Group 7.5% traded 133,300 units at $1.15 and Proven Investments 8.25% ended with 48,773 units trading with a rise of 60 cents at $5.90.