Trading ended with the market index moving higher and continuing to reverse the fall below the year’s opening position on Tuesday after trading 80 percent fewer shares on Thursday than Wednesday at the close of the US dollar market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, resulting in more stocks falling than rising.
Trading ended with eight securities changing hands, compared to seven on Wednesday, with the price of one rising, three declining and four ending unchanged.
The JSE USD Equity Index gained 2.67 points to end at 191.21. The PE Ratio, a measure that computes an appropriate value for a stock, averages 11.9 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast. Overall, 250,508 shares traded for US$61,050 compared to 1,274,755 units at US$54,331 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 31,314 units at US$7,631, compared to 182,108 shares at US$7,762 on Wednesday. Month to date trading averages 122,568 units for US$9,438 in contrast to 131,928 units at US$9,624 on the prior trading day. June ended with an average of 87,444 units for US$6,162.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, First Rock Capital dipped 0.1 of a cent in ending at 7.9 US cents with an exchange of 1,078 shares, 
Margaritaville dropped 0.99 of a cent to 9 US cents, with 3,000 stocks crossing the market, Proven Investments ended trading at 24 US cents, with 235,128 stock units trading, Sterling Investments closed trading at 2.15 US cents in switching ownership of 227 units. Sygnus Credit Investments exchanged a mere 6 shares in ending trading at 16 US cents, Sygnus Credit Investments climbed 1.6 cents to 13.8 US cents after trading 100 stocks and Transjamaican Highway lost 0.05 of a cent after ending at 0.75 US cents in an exchange of 8,469 stocks.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 6% remained at US$1.03 while exchanging 2,500 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Volume falls on JSE US$ market
Trading plunges on TTSE on Thursday
Trading ended on Thursday, with the market declining after 64 percent fewer shares with a 68 percent lower value than on Wednesday, resulting in more stocks falling than rising at the close of the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange.
In the end, 17 securities traded compared to 18 on Wednesday, with three rising, five declining and nine remaining unchanged. The Composite Index fell 3.99 points 1,420.25, the All T&T Index slipped 4.72 points to 1,937.44 and the Cross-Listed Index lost 0.45 points to close 121.47.
A total of, 44,028 shares traded for $1,232,479, down from 122,999 units at $3,878,814 on Wednesday.
An average of 2,590 units traded at $72,499 compared to 6,833 at $215,490 on Wednesday. The average trade for the month to date amounts to 21,872 units at $248,086 versus 23,183 units at $260,037. The average trade for June amounts to 45,770 units at $724,455. The actual average value for June at $724,497.
The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and none with lower offers.
At the close, Agostini’s ended at $24.55 in exchanging 940 stocks, Angostura Holdings shed 5 cents to close at $16.44, with 1,107 units crossing the exchange, Ansa Mcal remained at $60 with an exchange of 200 shares, Clico Investment Fund popped 55 cents in closing at $27.50 with an exchange of 3,685 units. First Citizens Bank fell 30 cents to $50 in an exchange of 2,031 units, GraceKennedy remained at $5.98, with 400 stock units clearing the market, Guardian Holdings lost $1.25 to end at $32.50 trading 9,997 stocks. 
JMMB Group closed trading at $2.05 after exchanging 1,000 shares, L.J Williams B share settled at $1.50, after 9 stock units changed hands, Massy Holdings closed at $80.60, with the swapping of 228 shares. NCB Financial Group popped 1 cent to $8.01 after 9,252 stocks crossed the exchange, Republic Financial Holdings remained at $135.50, with an exchange of 1,851 shares, Scotiabank remained at $59.75 after 1,276 units traded. Trinidad & Tobago NGL dropped 14 cents to $18 with the swapping of 7,368 stocks, Trinidad Cement rallied 10 cents to end at $3.50 with an exchange of 2,000 units, Unilever Caribbean dipped 2 cents to $16.30, with 100 units crossing the exchange and West Indian Tobacco settled at $32.49 crossing the market 2,584 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Rising stocks push up market
Main Market stocks enjoyed a day when stocks gaining bettered those declining as trading activity ended on Wednesday with the market indices rebounding after more stocks rose than declined, with the volume of shares traded falling 83 percent and valuing 60 percent less than on Tuesday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market.
At the close, the All Jamaican Composite Index advanced 1,662.75 points to 455,560.97, the JSE Main Index climbed 2,127.16 points to end at 418,464.25 and the JSE Financial Index rose 0.88 points to 103.24.
Trading ended with 54 securities compared to 49 on Tuesday, with 23 stocks rising, 17 declining and 14 remaining unchanged. The PE Ratio, a measure that determines an appropriate relative stock value, averages 16.4 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2021-22 earnings.
Investors traded 7,532,755 shares, down sharply from 45,475,975 units on Tuesday after spending $103,655,179 versus at $256,468,028 previously. Transjamaican Highway led trading with 28.9 percent of total volume for an exchange of 2.18 million shares, followed by Radio Jamaica with 11.2 percent for 842,024 units and Barita Investments 11.1 percent, with 839,640 units.
Trading averaged 139,495 units at $1,919,540, down from 928,081 shares at $5,234,041 on Tuesday. Trading month to date averages 349,306 units at $21,057,034, in contrast to 365,726 units at $22,554,751 on Tuesday. June ended with an average of 249,610 units at $3,877,606.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading has 12 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close, Barita Investments shed 59 cents to end at $83.41 with a transfer of 839,640 shares, Berger Paints spiked 90 cents to $13.90 in exchanging 20 stock units, Caribbean Cement popped $1.25 to $92.75 with 1,654 units crossing the market. Eppley Caribbean Property Fund spiked $1.85 to $43 with the swapping of 27 stocks, Grace Kennedy lost 49 cents to close at $99.50 in switching ownership of 12,187 units. Guardian Holdings surged $24 to $670 in trading 526 stocks, Kingston Properties rallied 85 cents to $9.90 in exchanging 6,700 stock units, Kingston Wharves declined $2.32 to $47.60, with 11,630 shares changing hands. Margaritaville fell 25 cents to $14.50 with 8,513 units crossing the exchange, Mayberry Investments shed 45 cents to $5.70 with the swapping of 3,760 shares, Mayberry Jamaican Equities fell 25 cents to $9.05 in switching ownership of 36,860 stocks. NCB Financial rose 99 cents to $139.99 in switching ownership of 21,567 stock units, Palace Amusement climbed $40 to $1,100 in trading 124 stocks, PanJam Investment slipped $1 to $64 after an exchange of 6,052 units. Portland JSX rose 83 cents to $8 in trading 179 stock units, Proven Investments picked up 40 cents to close at $34.50 after trading 31,665 stocks, Radio Jamaica popped 5 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.05 while exchanging 842,024 shares.
Sagicor Group advanced $3 to $55 in switching ownership of 61,758 shares, Seprod fell 80 cents to $69.19 with 17,791 shares changing hands, Sterling Investments gained 20 cents to end at $3 with 163,311 units crossing the market and Sygnus Credit Investments lost 38 cents after ending at $14.72 in trading 20,833 units.
In the preference segment, Eppley 8.75% preference share rallied 30 cents to $7.50, with 17,757 stocks crossing the market, Eppley 7.5% preference share spiked $1.64 to $12.64 with an exchange of 6,210 stock units and JMMB Group 7.35% – 2028 gained 25 cents in ending at $3.50 after trading 1,000 units. In the Corporate Bond market Guardian Holdings 6.5% due 2025 rose by $1.63 to $102.91 in exchanging 14 million units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
More fall for Junior Market on Wednesday
Trading closed on Wednesday with the Junior Market index falling as the volume of stocks traded decreased by 16 percent and the value falling 26 percent from Tuesday levels as declining stocks clobbered those rising.
Market activity led to 34 securities trading compared to 37 on Tuesday and ended, with nine stocks rising, 23 declining and two closing unchanged. At the close, the Junior Market Index fell 22.01 points to settle at 3,347.07.
The PE Ratio, a measure used to compute an appropriate stock value, averages 13.2 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast.
A total of 3,516,276 shares changed hands for $8,817,575 down from 4,167,111 units at $11,943,035 on Tuesday.
Future Energy Source led trading with 62 percent of total volume after exchanging 2.18 million shares, followed by Lumber Depot 14.8 percent, with 520,691 units and Tropical Battery 4.2 percent, with a transfer of 146,716 units.
Trading averaged 103,420 units at $259,340 in contrast to 112,625 shares at $322,785 on Tuesday. Month to date averages 158,552 units at $454,006, compared to 162,286 units at $467,191 on Tuesday. June closed with an average of 225,705 units at $644,459.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close, Blue Power dropped 20 cents to $3.40 with an exchange of 2,498 shares, Caribbean Assurance Brokers fell 19 cents to $1.86 with 3,467 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream lost 9 cents to finish at $6.39, with 10,003 stocks traded. Caribbean Flavours rose 5 cents to $2.11, with a transfer of 22,965 shares, Consolidated Bakeries rallied 29 cents to a 52 weeks’ high of $1.99, with investors switching ownership of 3,500 units, Elite Diagnostic shed 29 cents to $3.20 with an exchange of 24,034 stocks. Express Catering declined 11 cents to $5.50, with 13,000 shares changing hands, Fosrich fell 12 cents to $8 with 40,000 units traded, General Accident advanced 34 cents to $5.60 with a transfer of 41,099 stocks. GWest Corporation slipped 5 cents to $1.01, with 1,234 shares passing through the market, Indies Pharma rallied 13 cents to $3.79 with an exchange of 16,895 units, KLE Group dropped 24 cents to $1.05 with 100 stocks changing hands. Knutsford Express spiked $1.20 to $8.40, with 1,572 shares traded, Lasco Distributors lost 9 cents to close at $3.90 with a transfer of 6,791 units, Lasco Financial slipped 5 cents to $3.15 with 3,669 stocks passing through the market. 
Lasco Manufacturing shed 25 cents to $5 with an exchange of 37,462 shares, Limners and Bards fell 15 cents to $3.15, with 37,367 units changing hands, Lumber Depot lost 5 cents to settle at $3.40 with 520,691 stocks traded. Main Event dropped 20 cents to $5.20 with a transfer of 1,500 shares, Medical Disposables climbed 23 cents to $4.99 with investors switching ownership of 8,653 stocks, SSL Venture declined by 22 cents to 73 cents with 11,397 units changing hands and Stationery and Office Supplies fell 10 cents to $7.40 with 19,493 shares crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Mixed trading for TTSE stocks
Market activity ended on Wednesday, with the market declining after investors traded 85 percent fewer shares, with 17 percent greater value than on Tuesday, resulting in more stocks rising than falling at the close of trading on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange.
At the close, 18 securities traded compared to 16 on Tuesday, with six rising, four declining and eight remaining unchanged. The Composite Index dipped 1.97 points to settle at 1,424.24, the All T&T Index fell 7.22 points to close at 1,942.16 and the Cross-Listed Index popped 0.51 points to end at 121.92.
Only 122,999 shares traded compared to 799,412 on Tuesday, but the value rose to $3,878,814 from $3,311,324.
An average of 6,833 units traded at $215,490 compared to 49,963 at $206,958 on Tuesday. The average trade for the month to date amounts to 23,183 units at $260,037 versus 24,452 units at $263,493. The average trade for June ended at 45,770 units at $724,497.
The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with lower offers.
At the close, Agostini’s closed at $24.55 in exchanging 400 shares, Ansa Merchant Bank shed 50 cents in closing at $41 in switching ownership of 7,290 shares, Clico Investment Fund rose 5 cents to $26.95 with the swapping of 835 stocks. First Citizens Bank rallied 28 cents to $50.30 in trading 260 stock units,
Guardian Holdings closed at $33.75 with 6,998 stocks changing hands, Guardian Media remained at $3.10 in exchanging 229 units. JMMB Group popped 5 cents to $2.05 in switching ownership of 44,649 shares, Massy Holdings closed at $80.60 with 61 units crossing the market, National Flour Mills slipped 1 cent to $2.04 with a transfer of 50 stocks. NCB Financial Group remained at $8 with 20,250 shares crossing the exchange, Point Lisas settled at $3.15, exchanging 1,000 stocks, Prestige Holdings ended at $7.25 with the swapping of 2,425 stock units. Republic Financial Holdings dropped $2.50 to $135.50 after trading 18,367 units, Scotiabank climbed 5 cents to $59.75 with the swapping of 5,830 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose 62 cents to $18.14 in exchanging 7,107 stocks. Trinidad Cement gained 10 cents to $3.40 with 6,206 stock units crossing the exchange, Unilever Caribbean lost 1 cent to close at $16.32 with an exchange of 245 shares and West Indian Tobacco remained at $32.49 in transferring 797 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Stocks push lower in Junior Market
Trading closed on Tuesday ended with a sizable fall in the Junior Market Index of 37.32 points to 3,369.08, with the volume of stocks traded rising 43 percent and the value traded rising by 34 percent over Monday trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange.
A total of 37 securities traded, up from 33 on Monday and ending with 12 rising, 13 declining and 12 closing unchanged, while Paramount Trading closed at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.14.
The PE Ratio, a measure used to compute an appropriate stock value, averages 13 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast.
Overall, a total of 4,167,111 shares traded for $11,943,035, up from 2,922,552 units at $8,935,750 on Monday.
Jamaican Teas led trading with 33.2 percent of total volume after an exchange of 1.38 million shares, followed by Future Energy Source 29.1 percent, with 1.21 million units and Lumber Depot 10.3 percent with an exchange of 428,347 units.
Trading averaged 112,625 units at $322,785 in contrast to 88,562 at $270,780 on Monday.
Trading month to date, averages 162,286 units at $467,191, versus 166,238 units at $478,681 on Monday. June closed with an average of 225,705 units at $644,459.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ending with the bid higher than its last selling price and four with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial climbed 67 cents to $21.50 with an exchange of 2,325 shares, AMG Packaging advanced 11 cents to $1.64 with a transfer of 10,101 units, Blue Power dropped 11 cents to $3.60 with 5,000 stocks traded. Cargo Handlers surged 88 cents to $8.49 with 249 stock units changing hands, Caribbean Assurance Brokers popped 14 cents to $2.05 with 3,947 shares passing through the market, Caribbean Cream shed 27 cents to $6.48 with an exchange of 15,063 units. Consolidated Bakeries rose 5 cents to $1.70 with a transfer of 26,147 stocks, Express Catering fell 43 cents to $5.61 with 9,500 stock units traded, Fosrich rallied 7 cents to $8.12 with 2,863 shares traded. Future Energy Source rose 5 cents to $1.69 with 1,211,153 units traded, Honey Bun dropped 24 cents to $6.53 with 10,000 stocks changing hands, iCreate popped 8 cents to 86 cents with investors switching ownership of 240,000 stock units. 
Knutsford Express dropped $1.20 to $7.20 in an exchange of 789 shares, Lasco Financial lost 10 cents to settle at $3.20 with a transfer of 3,331 units. Lasco Manufacturing fell 12 cents to $5.25 with 35,979 stocks traded, Limners and Bards spiked 18 cents to $3.30 with a transfer of 118,679 stock units and Medical Disposables shed 43 cents to $4.76 with 35,421 shares crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Main Market pull back
Rising stocks just edged out those declining on Tuesday, with the market indices declining for a second consecutive day, with the volume and value of shares traded climbed 219 percent and 273 percent, respectively compared to Monday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market.
At the close, the All Jamaican Composite Index fell 587.12 points to 453,898.22, the JSE Main Index shed 595.66 points to end at 416,337.09 and the JSE Financial Index slipped 0.30 points to 102.36.
Trading ended with 49 securities similar to Monday, with 20 stocks rising, 19 declining and 10 remaining unchanged, as Radio Jamaica closed trading at a 52 weeks’ high of $2 after hitting an intraday high of $2.10. The PE Ratio, a measure that determines an appropriate relative value of each stock, averages 16.2 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2021-22 earnings.
The market closed with 45,475,975 shares trading for $256,468,028, up from 14,266,703 units at $68,667,411 on Monday. Stanley Motta dominated trading with 76.3 percent of total volume after an exchange of 34.70 million shares followed by Transjamaican Highway 7.4 percent with 3.35 million units, Wigton Windfarm 2.9 percent, with 1.34 million units, Radio Jamaica accounted for 2.7 percent, with 1.23 million units and Sagicor Select Financial Fund ended, with 2.4 percent after exchanging 1.09 million units.
Trading averaged 928,081 units at $5,234,041, compared to 291,157 shares at $1,401,376 on Monday. Trading month to date averages 365,726 units at $22,554,751, in contrast to 322,738 units at $23,878,799 on Monday. June ended with an average of 249,610 units at $3,877,606.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading has thirteen stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, Barita Investments spiked $1.90 to $84 with 6,516 shares crossing the market, Berger Paints shed 85 cents to $13 with an exchange of 4,205 stocks, Caribbean Cement rallied 50 cents to $91.50 in trading 1,980 shares, First Rock Capital dipped 28 cents to $13.72 after transferring 46,395 units, GraceKennedy picked up 29 cents in ending at $99.99 with 35,976 units crossing the exchange, Guardian Holdings declined $10 to $646 in an exchange of 1,552 shares. Jamaica Broilers shed 83 cents to $36.03 with the swapping of 13,891 units, Jamaica Producers fell $1.50 to $21 in switching ownership of 705,137 stock units, JMMB Group gained 35 cents to finish at $38.50 in an exchange of 129,470 stocks, Mayberry Investments rose 61 cents to $6.15, with 2,503 units crossing the market, Palace Amusement declined $40 to $1,060 in transferring 87 shares. 
PanJam Investment popped $3.99 to $65 after exchanging 1,110 stock units, Sagicor Group slipped $3 to $52 with the swapping of 110,420 stocks, Sagicor Select Manufacturing & Distribution Fund popped 5 cents to 90 cents, with 440,711 stock units crossing the market. Scotia Group dipped 25 cents to $38.75, with 12,993 units crossing the exchange and Victoria Mutual Investments lost 49 cents after ending at $6 with 107,913 shares changing hands.
In the preference segment, Eppley 8.75% preference share lost 29 cents in closing at $7.20 after exchanging 4,083 stocks.
In the corporate bond market, Guardian Holdings 2027 7% traded 4.99 million units at $110 after falling 28 cents.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
JSE USD market falls
Trading on Tuesday ended with the market declining after the volume of shares traded plunged 99 percent bellows Monday levels as the value nosedived by a similar percentage at the close of the US dollar market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange.
Similar to trading on Monday, five securities traded, with one rising, three declining and one remaining unchanged. The JSE USD Equity Index slipped 0.61 points to end at 184.41.
The PE Ratio, a measure that computes an appropriate stock value, averages 11.9 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2021-22 earnings.
Just 14,874 shares traded for US$1,480, plunging from 2,078,672 units at US$107,586 on Monday.
Trading averaged 2,975 units at US$296, compared to 415,734 shares at US$21,517 on Monday. For the month to date, trading averages 126,980 units at US$9,807 in contrast to 136,375 units at US$10,528 on Monday. June ended with an average of 87,444 units for US$6,162.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ending, with the bid higher than the last selling price and three with lower offers.
At the close, First Rock Capital investors traded 3,899 shares at 8 US cents, Margaritaville popped 0.97 o a cent in closing at 9.99 US cents, with 1,000 stock units changing hands, Proven Investments declined 0.65 of a cent to 24.05 US cents in switching ownership of 2,902 units. Sterling Investments fell 0.15 of a cent and ended at 2.15 US cents with the swapping of 5,000 stock units and Sygnus Credit Investments lost 1.79 US cents to end at 12.2 US cents trading 2,073 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trinidad trading surges on Tuesday
The volume of stocks trading on Tuesday surged 261 percent higher than on Monday while the value was double than amount last exchanged on a day when declining stocks were inched out by those declining at the close of trading on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange.
At the close, 16 securities traded compared to 17 on Monday, with four stocks rising, five declining and seven remaining unchanged as Ansa Mcal traded at a 52 weeks’ high. The Composite Index increased 3.03 points to 1,426.21, the All T&T Index rallied 8.36 points to 1,949.38 and the Cross-Listed Index lost 0.38 points to settle at 121.41.
A total of, 799,412 shares traded, for $3,311,324 up from 221,255 units at $1,654,117 on Monday.
An average of 49,963 units traded at $206,958 from 13,015 at $97,301 on Monday. The average trade for the month to date amounts to 24,452 units at $263,493 versus 22,562 units at $267,681. The average trade for June amounts to 45,770 units at $724,497.
The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, Agostini’s traded 2,185 shares at $24.55, Angostura Holdings ended at $16.49, with 363 shares crossing the exchange, Ansa Mcal popped $2 in ending at a 52 weeks’ high of $60, with 100 stocks crossing the market, Clico Investment Fund ended at $26.90 exchanging 4,656 stocks. First Citizens Bank dropped 28 cents to $50.02 with the swapping of 1,245 shares, FirstCaribbean International Bank remained at $6.50 while exchanging 689 stock units, GraceKennedy rose 1 cent to $5.98 after exchanging 841 shares.
Guardian Media rose 5 cents to $3.10 with the swapping of 42,218 shares, L.J Williams B shares closed at $1.50 with the swapping of 259 shares, Massy Holdings ended at $80.60 in switching ownership of 10 shares. National Enterprises popped 10 cents to $3.60, with 703,943 stock units clearing the market, NCB Financial Group declined 5 cents to $8 after trading 32,570 units, One Caribbean Media lost 1 cent to close at $4.50, with 4,425 units changing hands. Prestige Holdings traded 678 shares at $7.25, Scotiabank fell 3 cents to $59.70 with the swapping of 40 stocks and Trinidad & Tobago NGL shed 73 cents to $17.52 and ended trading 5,190 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Gains & losses shared for JSE Main Market
Market activity ended on Monday with the main indices losing significant ground after an equal number of stocks advanced and declined after trading ended with an exchange of 10 percent fewer shares valued 24 percent higher than on Friday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market.
The All Jamaican Composite Index tumbled 3,626.92 points to 454,485.34, the JSE Main Index plunged 3,138.91 points to 416,932.75 and the JSE Financial Index fell 0.63 points to 102.66.
Trading ended with 49 securities compared to 48 on Friday, with 20 stocks rising, 20 declining and nine remaining unchanged. The PE Ratio, a measure that determines an appropriate relative value of each stock, averages 16.2 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2021-22 earnings.
The market closed with 14,266,703 shares trading for $68,667,411 versus 15,819,699 units at $55,510,412 on Friday. Radio Jamaica led trading with 57.9 percent of total volume for an exchange of 8.25 million shares followed by Sagicor Select Financial Fund 15.8 percent with 2.25 million and Mayberry Jamaican Equities with 4.9 percent for 705,539 units changing hands.
Trading averaged 291,157 units at $1,401,376, compared to 329,577 shares at $1,156,467 on Friday. Trading month to date averages 322,738 units at $23,878,799, versus 325,352 units at $25,739,261 on Friday. June ended with an average of 249,610 units at $3,877,606.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 15 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, Barita Investments fell $1.90 to $82.10, with 29,322 shares trading, Caribbean Cement shed $1 to $91 in an exchange of 56,037 shares, GraceKennedy slipped 30 cents to $99.70 in trading 27,020 stock units, Jamaica Producers fell $1.70 to $22.50 in switching ownership of 249,763 shares, JMMB Group skidded 85 cents to $38.15 with a transfer of 81,182 stock units. Kingston Properties spiked $1.05 to $9.05 with the swapping of 1,495 shares. Margaritaville picked up 25 cents to end at $14.75, with 1,600 units crossing the exchange, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy rallied $2.29 to $119.49 in trading 700 stocks. Palace Amusement advanced $5 to $1,100 in an exchange of 99 stock units, PanJam Investment declined $2.99 to close at $61.01 in switching ownership of 41,437 shares, 
Radio Jamaica spiked 32 cents to finish at a 52 weeks’ high of $1.99 with 8,253,929 shares changing hands, following the release of full year’s results, showing profits jumping from $38 million to $171 million and Seprod lost 55 cents after ending at $70 in transferring 11,666 stocks.
In the preference segment, Eppley 8.75% preference share rose 98 cents to $7.49 in switching ownership of 5,985 units and JMMB Group 7.35% – 2028 lost 30 cents to $3.20 with 290,403 shares crossing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
