Seprod shares dropped $3.99 on Tuesday.
The main market indices suffered major reversal as a result of the negative advance decline ratio of nearly 1 to 1, leading the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index, to drop 898.61 points to close at 305,710.13 and the JSE Index to 818.74 points, to close at 278,536.50.
Trading ended on Tuesday with 28 securities changing hands of which 11 advanced, 11 declined and 3 traded firm with 3,569,794 units valued at $75,294,915 changing hands.
The major contributors to the sharp fall are declines of $1.30 in the price of Grace Kennedy, Salada Foods fell $1.19, Scotia Group jumped $2.64, Seprod dropped $3.99, on the other hand National Financial rose $1 and Scotia Group rose $2.64.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments concluded trading 50 cents higher at $8.50, with 25,000 units, Berger Paints finished with a loss of 9 cents at $16.11, with 29,075 shares, Cable & Wireless settled 2 cents higher at 97 cents, with 51,499 shares, Caribbean Cement ended trading 1 cent higher at $32.01, with 4,240 stock units. Carreras traded with a loss of 4 cents at $11, with 2,009,745 units, Ciboney Group finished trading 5 cents higher at 50 cents, with 65,000 shares, Grace Kennedy closed with a loss of $1.30 at $41.70, with 141,575 shares, Jamaica Broilers ended with a loss of 1 cent at $17.50, with 70,380 stock units. Jamaica Producers concluded trading with a rise of 20 cents to $16.20, with 60,592 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange finished with a loss of 38 cents at $6.60, with 21,679 shares, JMMB Group settled with a loss of 50 cents at $27.50, with 16,763 shares, Kingston Properties ended trading 1 cent higher at $8.01, with 1,300 stock units. Kingston Wharves traded 50 cents higher at $33, with 2,857 units, Mayberry Investments finished trading with a loss of 19 cents at $5.01, with 6,000 shares, NCB Financial Group closed $1 higher at $95, with 35,601 shares, 1834 Investments ended at $1.30, with 20,872 stock units, 
PanJam Investment concluded trading at $40.75, with 2,895 units. Portland JSX finished with a loss of 50 cents at $8.50, with 500 shares, Radio Jamaica ended trading with a loss of 4 cents at $1.05, with 2,000 stock units, Sagicor Group traded 4 cents higher at $36.54, with 6,100 units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished trading at $14.50, with 1,000 shares. Salada Foods Jamaica closed with a loss of $1.19 at $8.81, with 2,000 shares, Scotia Group ended $2.64 higher at $53.94, with 727,189 stock units, Seprod finished with a loss of $3.99 at $30.01, with 400 shares and Supreme Ventures ended trading with a loss of 42 cents at $10, with 110,204 stock units.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Trading on the Main Market of the 
Ciboney Group finished trading 19 cents higher at 52 weeks’ high of 45 cents, with 60,000 shares, Grace Kennedy closed with a loss of 44 cents at $43, with 968 shares, Jamaica Broilers ended 1 cent higher at $17.51, with 25,872 stock units, Jamaica Producers concluded trading at $16, with 5,440 units. Jamaica Stock Exchange finished with a loss of 27 cents at $6.98, with 15,018,321 shares, JMMB Group settled 5 cents higher at $28, with 154,344 shares, Kingston Wharves traded with a loss of 50 cents at $32.50, with 36,215 units, Mayberry Investments finished trading 10 cents higher at $5.20, with 1,023,177 shares. NCB Financial Group lost $1 at $94, with 58,498 shares trading, 138 Student Living closed with a loss of 5 cents at $6, with 4,290 shares, PanJam Investment concluded trading with a loss of 75 cents at $40.75, with 12,620 units, Portland JSX finished at $9, with 3,900 shares, Radio Jamaica ended trading 2 cents higher at $1.09, with 45,693 stock units. 
Sagicor Group traded with a loss of $1.60 at $36.50, with 2,026,098 units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished trading at $14.50, with a mere 1,515 shares, Scotia Group closed trading 10 cents higher at $51.30, with 21,850 stock units, Seprod climbed $1.80 to $34, with 1,600 units but ended with the stock on offer at $32. Sterling Investments finished at $12, with 8,000 shares and Supreme Ventures settled with a loss of 8 cents at $10.42, with 17,370 shares. In the main market preference segment, JMMB Group ended trading at $1.10, with 938 stock units.
Derrimon Trading reentered the TOP 10 last week but has spent just one week rising during the week from $6.50 to $8 and is replaced by Caribbean Cream, the only new entrant to the TOP list. 
Junior Market Top stocks is at 9.2 and a PE at 8.6 for the main market TOP 10. The average PE for the overall main market is 14.7 and 14.4 for Junior Market, based on 2017 estimated earnings.
much during the week ahead, but that is difficult to know. Investors should nevertheless keep a keen eye on Caribbean Cement for which supply seems to be declining fast, Cable & Wireless that appears scarce under $1, NCB Financial, Berger Paints, JMMB Group, Main Event, Lasco Financial, Paramount Trading and Stationery and Office. 
It was an all reds day in trading on the 
The US dollar market index fell 9.06 points to 168.15 as 2 securities traded lower with a volume of 26,719 units valued at US$29,135. Trading in both markets lead to a volume of 10,417,539 units valued at J$$342,761,884.
PanJam Investment concluded trading at $41.50, with 4,370,132 units, Portland JSX finished with a loss of 10 cents at $9, with 10,749 shares, Radio Jamaica ended trading 7 cents higher at $1.07, with 5,605 stock units, Sagicor Group traded $1.10 higher at $38.10, with 3,011,732 units. Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished trading 50 cents higher at $14.50, with 11,669 shares, Scotia Group ended at $51.20, with 327,028 stock units, Seprod concluded trading 20 cents higher at $32.20, with 2,489 units and Supreme Ventures settled at $10.50, with 1,109,526 shares.
Trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Thursday with the market indices slipping moderately as 21 securities changing hands, of which 7 advanced, 7 declined and 5 traded firm with 3,984,045 units valued at $54,400,232 changing hands. 
Carreras traded at $11.50, with 91,328 units. Grace Kennedy closed at $43, with 5,561 shares, Jamaica Broilers ended with a loss of 40 cents at $18, with 47,667 stock units, Jamaica Producers concluded trading 50 cents higher at $15.50, with 80,157 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange finished 23 cents higher at $7.25, with 7,660 shares. JMMB Group settled 30 cents higher at $28.35, with 335,902 shares, Kingston Wharves traded with a loss of 40 cents at $32.50, with 12,116 units, NCB Financial Group closed $1.90 higher at $99.40, with 94,324 shares, PanJam Investment concluded trading at $41.50, with 46,281 units. 
Radio Jamaica ended trading with a loss of 9 cents at $1, with 2,210,747 stock units, Sagicor Group traded 50 cents higher at $37, with 607,088 units, Salada Foods closed with a loss of 80 cents at $10, with 2,000 shares, Scotia Group ended with a loss of $1.30 at $51.20, with 42,816 stock units changing hands. Sterling Investments finished with a loss of $1 at $12, with 3,702 shares and Supreme Ventures settled at $10.50, with 200,528 shares. In the main market preference shares segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.25% traded 4,091 units to close at $2.49, JMMB Group 7.5% ended at $1.10 with 43,000 units, JMMB Group 7.5% preference share ended trading at $1.10, with 50,000 stock units, in the US dollar market JMMB Group US 6% preference share ended trading at $1.121, with 14,159 stock units, Productivity Business lost 2 US cents in trading 3,600 units at 55 US cents and Proven Investments traded 103,248 ordinary shares at 23.97 US cents after rising 4 cents.
Barita Investments concluded trading with a loss of $1 at $8, with 3,078 units, Berger Paints finished 50 cents higher at $16.50, with 1,680 shares, Cable & Wireless settled with a loss of 7 cents at $1, with 469,227 shares, Caribbean Cement ended trading with a loss of $2.92 at $32.08, with 91,341 stock units. Carreras traded with a loss of $1.18 cents at $10.02, with 206,700 units, Ciboney Group finished trading at 27 cents, with 466,000 shares, Grace Kennedy closed with a loss of 10 cents at $43, with 6,997 shares, Jamaica Broilers ended 10 cents higher at $18.90, with 10,480 stock units changing hands. Jamaica Producers concluded trading with a loss of 50 cents at $15, with 33,650 units, JMMB Group settled with a loss of 90 cents at $28.50, with 36,774 shares,
Kingston Wharves traded with a loss of 10 cents at $32.90, with 10,210 units, Mayberry Investments finished trading 10 cents higher at $5.30, with 424,589 shares. NCB Financial Group closed with a loss of $3.50 at $99.50, with 5,452,901 shares traded, 1834 Investments ended at $1.30, with 4,761 stock units, Portland JSX finished at $9.10, with 1,273 shares, Pulse Investments settled at $1.80, with 12,000 shares, Radio Jamaica ended trading at $1.10, with 62,500 stock units. Sagicor Group traded $1.90 higher at $37.50, with 530,438 units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished trading 50 cents higher at $15, with 61,620 shares, Scotia Group ended 27 cents higher at $52.27, with 127,574 stock units, Seprod concluded trading 1 cent higher at $32, with 9,358 units and Supreme Ventures settled 25 cents higher at $11.05, with 13,895,672 shares. In the main market preference segment, JMMB Group 7.5% preference share rose 5 cents and ended at $1.05, with 6,272,469 stock units.
The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Wednesday with 27 securities changing hands, of which 7 advanced, 12 declined and 8 traded firm leading to 4,352,178 units valued at $47,081,186 changing hands.
Jamaica Stock Exchange finished 2 cents higher at $7.02, with 1,952 shares, JMMB Group settled with a loss of 45 cents at $28.05, with 88,942 shares, Mayberry Investments finished trading with a loss of 30 cents at $5, with 142,076 shares. NCB Financial Group closed with a loss of $2 at $97.50, with 48,675 shares, 1834 Investments ended at $1.30, with 13,000 stock units, 138 Student Living closed 5 cents higher at a 52 weeks’ high of $6.05, with 1,500 shares, PanJam Investment concluded trading with a loss of 49 cents at $41.50, with 21,728 units, Pulse Investments settled at $1.80, with 126,800 shares, Radio Jamaica ended trading with a loss of 1 cent at $1.09, with 52,970 stock units. 
Sagicor Group traded with a loss of $1 at $36.50, with 13,678 units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund fell $1 to $14, with 29,497 shares, Salada Foods jumped $2.30 to $10.80, with 16,250 shares, Scotia Group gained 23 cents to end at $52.50, with 8,897 stock units and Supreme Ventures settled with a loss of 55 cents at $10.50, with 745,984 shares. In the main market preference segment, JMMB 7.25% traded just 500 units to close at $2.49, JMMB Group 7.25% ended at $1.50 with only 200 units, JMMB Group 7.5% preference share ended trading at $1.10, with 50,000 stock units, Proven Investments 8.25% preference share traded 177,000 units and rose 30 cents to $5.50. Proven Investments traded 750 ordinary shares in the US dollar market at 20 US cents after slipping 4 cents.
Trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Tuesday with 23 securities changing hands, 9 advanced, 8 declined and 5 traded firm with 28,191,292 units valued at $755,323,320 compared to 4,115,612 units valued at just $48,667,070 on Monday. 
Trading on the Main Market and the US dollar market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange concluded trading on Monday with 26 securities changing hands, 8 advanced, 12 declined and 6 traded firm. 
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 292,432 units valued at $3,440,509 and previously 292,432 units valued at $3,440,509. In contrast, October closed with average of 185,251 units valued at $16,528,582 for each security traded.
