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Wisynco Group traded 15,104,462 units and accounted for 79.18 percent of the day’s volume of 19,076,584 units valued at $210,708,799, in main market activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Monday.
The main market closed with 27 securities changing hands and ended with 8 securities rising, 8 falling and 11 trading firm. At the end, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index climbed 1,544.61 points to 324,039.68 and the JSE Index rose 1,407.32 points to 295,236.78.
In main market activity, Barita Investments closed 28 cents higher at $9.45, with 2,593 shares, Berger Paints ended at $17.95, with 1,100 stock units, Cable & Wireless concluded trading with a loss of 1 cent at $1.15, with 84,826 units, Carreras finished at $10.90, with 186,565 shares, Caribbean Cement settled with a loss of $1 to close at $41, with 13,331 shares. Ciboney Group ended trading at 12 cents, with 1,013,952 shares, 
Grace Kennedy traded with a loss of $1.50 at $48, with 11,033 stock units, Jamaica Broilers finished trading with a loss of 75 cents at $19.25, with 14,298 units, Jamaica Producers closed at $15.15, with 13,306 shares. Jamaica Stock Exchange ended 2 cents higher at $7, with 60,400 shares, JMMB Group fell $1.30 cents to $24.70, with 154,141 shares, Kingston Wharves settled at $40, with 56,687 units, Mayberry Investments ended trading with a loss of 3 cents at $6.25, with 4,338 shares. NCB Financial Group traded 50 cents higher at $99.85, with 28,618 shares, 1834 Investments finished trading at $1.15, with 32,418 shares, PanJam Investment ended at $41.65, with 18,597 units, Pulse Investments finished 10 cents higher at $1.75, with 221,312 shares. Radio Jamaica settled 4 cents higher at $1.10, with 48,935 shares, Sagicor Group finished trading $36.05 higher at $36.05, with 633,364 shares changing hands, 
Sagicor Real Estate Fund settled with a loss of 45 cents at $15.05, with 16,661 shares. Scotia Group traded with a loss of 42 cents at $53.05, with 175,666 units, Seprod finished trading at $33.50, with 4,692 shares, Supreme Ventures ended 49 cents higher at $11.99, with 500,720 shares. Victoria Mutual Investments concluded trading 10 cents higher at $4.50, with 659,569 stock units and Wisynco Group finished at $10.50, with 15,104,462 units. In the main market preference segment, JMMB Group 7.5% gained 8 cents and closed at $1.10, with 5,000 shares and Proven Investments settled at $5.15, with 10,000 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “Record run falters for JSE majors – Monday.”
that has languished just above the $30 level for months has broken into the $40 range and moved down to the second half of the list. The sharp price change follows an announcement that the company signed an agreement to buyback leased assets during this year. The buyback is set to save around $2 billion per annum before tax.
Revenues for the half year to December last year grew 11 percent to $493 million and profit rising 138 percent, continuing the normal annual growth. Revenues will hit the billion mark for the first time in the company’s history, for the current fiscal year and remain over that level going forward. The performance of the economy is critical to the future fortunes and to a lesser degree, the quality of films. Data shows that with tight economy, patronage in Kingston suffered badly with the fall in the economy from in 2008 onwards. At the same time strong growth said to be around 7 percent per annum in the Montego Bay economy, shows up in strong revenues gains there compared to Kingston. With the overall economy recovering, Palace is benefitting.
The group is expected to continue to enjoy increased earnings in 2018 and the focus on expansion of new projects will be beneficial to them going forward.
Trading resulted in an average of 250,826 shares valued at $5,575,103 for each security traded, compared to 210,118 shares valued at $2,542,832 on Thursday. For the month to date an average of 674,192 units with an average value at $23,762,597 traded, compared to 674,192 units with an average value at $23,762,597 changing hands on the previous trading day. In contrast, February closed with average of only 213,336 units valued at $3,392,475 for each security traded.
Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading 26 cents higher at $15.50, with 42,650 shares, Scotia Group finished trading $1.47 higher at $53.47, with 304,907 shares, Seprod closed $3.50 higher at $33.50, with 4,774 shares, Supreme Ventures concluded trading with a loss of 26 cents at $11.50, with 37,631 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments finished with a loss of 10 cents at $4.40, with 524,181 units, Wisynco Group settled at $10.50, with 611,295 shares and in the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market 7.5% traded 5 cents higher at $1.95, with 229,077 stock units changing hands.
For the month to date, an average of 706,388 units with an average value at 25,336,441 traded, compared to 576,343 units with an average value at 10,044,835 changing hands on the previous trading day. In contrast, February closed with average of only 213,336 units valued at $3,392,475 for each security traded.
Portland JSX concluded trading with a loss of 25 cents at $9.70, with 2,500 shares, Radio Jamaica settled with a loss of 5 cents at $1, with 561,044 shares, 
Main market activity ended with 27 securities changing hands, with 10 securities rising, 13 falling and 4 trading firm as trading closed with 5,286,653 units valued at $240,796,595 being exchanged. 
Kingston Properties finished at $6.25, with 1,440 stock units, Kingston Wharves settled 7 cents higher at $39.07 with 7,690 units, Mayberry Investments ended trading with a loss of 50 cents at $6, with 11,790 shares changing hands, NCB Financial Group traded $1 higher at $99, with 2,044,781 shares. 1834 Investments finished trading with a loss of 2 cents at $1.17, with 10,500 shares, 138 Student Living ended with a loss of 8 cents at $5.50, with 5,000 shares, PanJam Investment added 50 cents in closing at $43, with 229,220 units, Pulse Investments finished at $1.85, with 100 shares, Radio Jamaica settled with a loss of 2 cents at $1.05, with 569,681 shares. Sagicor Group ended trading with a loss of 65 cents at $35.60, with 7,769 stock units,
Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading 25 cents higher at $15.30, with 1,550 shares, Salada Foods traded with a loss of $1.33 at $10.72, with 112,000 units, Scotia Group finished trading with a loss of $2 at $52, with 71,423 shares, Seprod closed with a loss of 5 cents at $30, after 29,045 stock units changed hands. Supreme Ventures declined by 50 cents to $11.50, with 132,190 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments finished with a loss of 4 cents at $4.50, with 907,199 units, Wisynco Group settled with a loss of 5 cents at $10.65, exchanging 227,597 shares and in the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market 7.5% traded at $1.95, with 8,000 stock units changing hands.
JSE main market activity ended on Monday with 26 securities changing hands, of which 11 rose, 10 declined and 6 traded firm. Trading closed with 6,657,188 units valued at $155,508,071 being exchanged, up from the $31 million traded on Friday. 
Carreras finished at $10.10, with 168,334 shares, Grace Kennedy fell by $1 to $50, with 160,875 stock units. Jamaica Broilers rose 1 cent to 420, with 8,482 units, Jamaica Producers closed trading at $15.50, with 1,205 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with a gain of 5 cents at $6.05, with 8,530 shares, JMMB Group dropped 31 cents to $26, with 3,017,431 stock units. Kingston Wharves traded 900 shares at $39, Mayberry Investments ended trading with a rise of $1 to end at $6.50, with 469,349 units, NCB Financial Group traded at $98, with 502,244 shares, 1834 Investments finished trading 4 cents higher at $1.19, with 20,000 shares, 138 Student Living ended 22 cents lower at $5.58, with 100 stock units, changing hands. 
Palace Amusement closed at $1,300, with 300 stock units, PanJam Investment rose 50 cents to end at $42.50, with 2,475 units. Radio Jamaica declined by 1 cent to $1.07, with 13,000 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading 20 cents higher at $36.25, with 94,710 stock units, Scotia Group finished trading with a rise of $2 to $54, with 13,023 shares trading, Supreme Ventures concluded trading at $12, with 185,389 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments rose 4 cents and finished at $4.54, with 718,287 units and Wisynco Group gained 20 cents and settled at $10.70, with 449,497 shares trading.
Trading results in an average of 140,053 shares valued at $1,194,310 for each security traded, compared to 516,184 shares valued at $9,104,430 on Thursday. For the month to date, an average of 627,970 units with an average value at 10,417,767 traded, compared to 668,629 units with an average value at 11,259,206 traded on the previous trading day. In contrast, February closed with average of only 213,336 units valued at $3,392,475 for each security traded.