The main market of the Jamaica Stock exchange closed down for a second consecutive day with big declines in the market indices on Thursday as trading volume contracted sharply, to a third of the levels in August with the value falling to just 13 percent.
At the close, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index dived 3,064.72 points to close at 565,832.01. The JSE Index dropped 2,728.69 points to 514,927.20 and the JSE Financial Index lost 62 points to close at 141.28.
Trading ended with 35 securities changing hands in the main and US dollar markets with 8 advancing, 15 declining and 12 trading firm. Main market activity ended with 31 securities trading resulting in 17,528,310 units valued at $59,397,804 in contrast to 20,815,331 units valued at $96,905,471 on Wednesday.
Wigton Windfarm led trading with 7.5 million shares for 43 percent of total volume, followed by Sagicor Select Funds with 4 million units accounting for 23 percent of the day’s trade and newly listed, QWI Investments with 3.8 million shares for 22 percent of the market’s trade.
The Market closed with an average of 547,760 units valued $1,856,181 for each security traded, in contrast to 578,204 units for an average of $2,691,819 on Wednesday. 
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,108,042 shares at $2,903,957 for each security traded and previously 1,350,326 units valued at $3,357,049 for each stock traded. The market closed out September with an average of 1,585,081 units valued at $14,071,562 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 12 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
In main market activity, Barita lost 50 cents to close at $80 with 83,575 units traded, Carib Cement ended $3 lower at $77 with 9,157 shares changing hands, Eppley Caribbean Property gained $1 with an exchange of 5,480 shares to close at $36, Jamaica Broilers closed $1 higher in trading 31,441 shares and ending at $38. Jamaica Producers lost $1.49, to settle at $23.51 with an exchange of 9,544 shares, JMMB Group lost 55 cents to close at $45.40, after trading 28,070 shares, Kingston Wharves dropped $1.70 to $58.30 with 12,081 shares changing hands. 
NCB Financial gained $1 to settle at $210 with 41,841 units trading, Proven Investments lost 80 cents, to close at $40.20 with 4,358 units changing hands, Sagicor Group closed $2 lower to settle at $70 in trading 68,949 shares. Scotia Group lost 38 cents to end at $61.60 with 33,671 shares changing hands, Supreme Ventures ended at $24.70, after losing 35 cents trading 20,791 shares and Sygnus Credit Investments closed 84 cents lower at $23.01, with 46,885 shares traded.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with 9,804 units valued US$3,194 with the market index advancing 2.10 points to close at 200. Proven Investments exchanged 5,934 shares, gaining 0.9 US cent to close at 27 US cents, Sygnus Credit Investments traded 2,680 units and gained 1 cent to end at 15 US cents and JMMB Group 6% preference share traded 1,190 shares, to close at US$1.
Junior Market suffers minor fall – Thursday
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange traded 30 securities on Thursday with the prices of 12 securities advanced, 13 declined and 5 remained unchanged leading the market Index to dipped just 4.40 points to 3,422.55.
Market activities, resulted in an exchange of 2,444,430 units valued at $10,669,698 compared to 5,067,017 units valued at $23,716,252 from 28 securities changing hands on Wednesday.
Trading ended with an average of 81,481 units for an average of $355,657 in contrast to 180,965 units for an average of $847,009 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 109,660 units at $517,835 compared to 124,236 shares valued at $601,721 previously, in contrast, September closed with an average of 954,574 units valued at $2,612,695 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial ended with a loss of $3.40 at a 52 weeks’ low of $33.60, after swapping 9,687 shares, AMG Packaging declined 11 cents in trading 25,000 units at $1.75, Blue Power ended with a loss of $1 at $9 with 5,155 stock units changing hands. Caribbean Producers lost 26 cents in trading of 16,110 units to close at $4.51, Consolidated Bakeries closed 5 cents higher at $1.80, with 6,000 stock units trading, Dolphin Cove ended trading with 34,205 shares, after rising 49 cents to end at $10.50. Derrimon Trading closed 13 cents higher at $2.55, with 143,250 stock units changing hands, Express Catering lost 62 cents trading 2,173 units at $5.68, Elite Diagnostic ended with 7,600 shares crossing the exchange after rising 81 cents to end at $6.21. Fontana closed trading of 120,657 units and gained 10 cents to end at $8.40, General Accident exchanged 3,100 units and gained 9 cents to end at $6.40, Honey Bun fell 35 cents in swapping 26,925 units at $6.15, Iron Rock Insurance lost 5 cents in trading 16,577 shares to close at $3.95. 
Jamaican Teas closed 10 cents higher at $6.10, with 24,774 stock units moving through the market, Jetcon Corporation lost 20 cents in trading of 25,559 units at $1.80. Knutsford Express fell 19 cents in exchanging 3,785 units at $10.81, Lasco Distributors closed 10 cents higher at $3.80, with 976,000 stock units changing hands. Lasco Financial ended market activity exchanging 554,327 shares to close at $4.76 after falling 29 cents, Lasco Manufacturing climbed 9 cents and exchanged 32,560 shares at $5.29, Limners and Bards dipped 7 cents in trading 90,522 units at $2.75, Medical Disposables closed 5 cents higher at $7.05, trading 4,000 stock units. Main Event lost 49 cents in exchanging 24,779 shares to close at $5.51, Paramount Trading climbed 20 cents and exchanged 15,000 shares at $2.20. Stationery and Office Supplies ended trading with 2,250 shares, after rising 35 cents to end at $11.15 and SSL Venture Capital resumed trading after a long suspension and ended with a loss of 1 cent at 1.60 with 9,121 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Modest changes for TTSE indices – Thursday
Price changes on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange were modest for the second day in a row, when trading closed on Thursday and lead to moderate movements in the market indices.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index moved 0.40 points higher to 1,405.18. The All T&T Index fell 0.06 points to 1,747.16, while the Cross Listed Index added 0.12 points to close at 144.15.
Trading ended with 14 securities changing hands similar to Wednesday, with one advancing, 3 declining and 10 remaining unchanged with 246,379 shares changing hands at $2,692,390, compared to 270,524 shares trading for $12,714,020 on Wednesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 2 stocks closing with bids higher than the last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
Gains| Clico Investment Fund rose 10 cents and ended at $24.10, in the swapping of 6,448 shares.
Losses| Guardian Media dropped 5 cents in exchanging 957 shares at a 52 weeks’ low of $8.70, National Enterprises lost 1 cent and completed trading of 2,700 stock units at $5.75 and Sagicor Financial ended 1 cent lower at $10.20, with 17,937 shares changing hands.
Firm Trades| Grace Kennedy ended at $3.30, with 107,000 stock units changing hands, JMMB Group closed at $2.15, with investors exchanging 6,500 shares, Massy Holdings settled at $54.50, after exchanging 380 shares, National Flour settled at $1.57, with 25 stock units trading. NCB Financial ended at $10.55, with 51,300 units crossing the exchange, Point Lisas settled at $3.60, with 25 stock units trading, Republic Financial ended at $121.85, in swapping of 328 shares. Trinidad & Tobago NGL exchanging 52,279 units to close at $25.50, Unilever Caribbean ended at $25, with 300 stock units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco ended at $104.32, with 200 units.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.
First drop for JSE main market in 4 days
The main market of the Jamaica Stock exchange closed down for the first time in four trading sessions with modest declines in the market indices on Wednesday.
At the close, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index declining 737.68 points to close at 568,896.73, down after 3 days of gains in the overall market.
At the close, the JSE Index dropped 676.25 points to 517,655.89 and the JSE Financial Index lost 88 points to close at 141.90.
At the close of trading, 40 securities changed hands in the main and US dollar markets with 11 advancing, 14 declining and 15 trading firm. Main market activity ended 36 securities trading resulting in 20,815,331 units valued at $96,905,471 in contrast to 79,108,777 units valued at $151,516,121 on Tuesday from 38 securities on Tuesday.
Wigton Windfarm dominated trading with 13.6 million shares for 66 percent of total volume, followed by Sagicor Select Funds with 3 million units accounting for 15 percent of the day’s trade and newly listed, QWI Investments with 1.3 million shares for 6 percent of the market’s trade as the stock closed at it lowest point since listing on Monday.
The Market closed with an average of 578,204 units valued $2,691,819 for each security traded, in contrast to 2,081,810 units for an average of $3,987,266 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,350,326 units valued at $3,357,049 for each stock traded. The market closed out September with an average of 1,585,081 units valued at $14,071,562 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
In main market activity, Barita lost $1.49 to settle at $80.50 with 57,624 units traded, Carib Cement regained $3.19 to close at $80 with 26,152 shares changing hands, Eppley gained 85 cents with an exchange of 244,289 shares to end at $14, Grace Kennedy closed 30 cents higher to settle at $70.10 trading 578,696 shares. Jamaica Producers lost 90 cents, to settle at $25 with 34,454 shares crossing the exchange, Kingston Wharves climbed $3 to $60 with 6,884 shares changing hands, Mayberry Jamaican Equities closed at $11.16, after losing 84 cents in trading 39,800 shares. 
NCB Financial dropped $1 to settle at $209 with 21,145 units trading, Proven Investments gained 90 cents, in closing at $41 with 1,100 units changing hands, Sagicor Group closed $2 higher to settle at $72 in trading 5,771 shares. Scotia Group gained 98 cents to end at $61.98 with 19,764 shares changing hands and Seprod closed $3 lower at $53, after exchanging 22,719 shares.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with 115,593 units valued US$13,607 with the market index losing 1.14 points to close at 197.90. Margaritaville traded 962 shares at 30 US cents, Proven Investments exchanged 41,420 shares and lost 0.9 of a cent to close at 26.10 US cents, Sterling Investments traded 16,500 units at 3 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments traded 7,115 shares, to close at 14 US cents.
Junior Market suffers big fall – Wednesday
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Wednesday with the market Index dropping sharply by 89.34 points to close at 3,426.95 as Access Financial dived $5, General Accident dipped 60 cents and Stationery and Office Supplies dropped 79 cents.
Trading ended with 28 securities changing hands with prices of 11 advancing, 11 declining, 6 remaining unchanged and resulted in an exchange of 5,067,017 units valued at $23,716,252 compared to 2,138,664 units at $11,183,538 from 30 securities changing hands on Tuesday.
Trading closed with an average of 180,965 units for an average of $847,009 in contrast to 71,289 units for an average of $372,785 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 124,236 units valued at $601,721. In contrast, September closed with an average of 954,574 units valued at $2,612,695 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial dropped $5 to settle at $37 after exchanging 3,889 shares, Caribbean Flavours closed trading of 1,052 units and gained 1 cent to end at $13.01, Caribbean Producers climbed 26 cents and exchanged 28,857 shares at $4.77. Dolphin Cove climbed 1 cent and exchanged 307,716 shares at $10.01, Derrimon Trading exchanged 188,278 shares, after rising 6 cents to end at $2.42, Express Catering closed 30 cents higher at $6.30, with 19,785 stock units trading, Everything Fresh lost 4 cents in swapping 9,600 shares to close at $1.21. Fontana ended market activity exchanging 127,784 shares to close at $8.30 after falling 15 cents, General Accident dipped 60 cents in trading of 628,164 units at $6.31. GWest Corporation gained 1 cent to end at $1.02, in trading 60,535 shares, Honey Bun climbed 50 cents in exchanging 100 shares at $6.50, iCreate closed trading of 1,800 units and gained 1 cent to end at 73 cents, Indies Pharma lost 1 cent at $3.31 with 30,230 stock units changing hands. 
Jamaican Teas fell 30 cents trading of 25,248 units at $6, Jetcon Corporation fell 20 cents in trading of 71,233 units at $2, Knutsford Express dipped 10 cents in trading 10,310 units at $11, Lasco Distributors closed trading of 3,069,824 units and gained 15 cents to end at $3.70. Lasco Financial ended with 94,729 shares crossing the exchange, after rising 5 cents to end at $5.05, Lasco Manufacturing closed with a loss of 20 cents at $5.20, after swapping 31,500 shares. Limners and Bards closed 7 cents higher at $2.82, with 88,901 stock units trading, Paramount Trading lost 20 cents in trading of 6,721 units at $2 and Stationery and Office Supplies dipped 79 cents in trading of 62,770 units to end at $10.80.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
TTSE stocks fairly steady – Wednesday
Price changes at the close of trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange were small leading to modest movement in the market indices on Wednesday.
At the close, the Composite Index inched 0.77 points higher to 1,404.78, the All T&T Index shed 0.01 points to 1,747.22, while the Cross Listed Index added 0.21 points to close at 144.03 as 270,524 shares traded amounting to $12,714,020, compared to 459,866 shares at $6,026,691 on Tuesday.
Trading ended with 14 securities trading against 16 on Tuesday, with 2 advancing, 5 declining and 7 remaining unchanged.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 3 stocks closing with bids higher than the last selling prices and none with lower offers.
Gains| JMMB Group gained 5 cents and settled at $2.15, after exchanging 6,525 shares and Sagicor Financial rose 1 cent and ended at $10.21, with 5,659 stock units changing hands.
Losses| Clico Investment Fund fell 10 cents and completed trading at $24, with 2,968 units, First Citizens Bank closed with a loss of 5 cents at $40.10, swapping of 3,430 shares, Massy Holdings ended with a loss of 1 cent at $54.50, with 222,065 stock units trading. 
National Enterprises shed 14 cents and settled at $5.76, with 2,848 units crossing the exchange and West Indian Tobacco dipped 58 cents and completed trading of 42 units at $104.32.
Firm Trades| Ansa Merchant Bank ended at $35.75, swapping of 90 shares, Guardian Holdings settled at $18.16, with 785 units changing hands, National Flour concluded at $1.57, with 1,413 units, NCB Financial ended at $10.55, with 9,829 units crossing the exchange. Point Lisas concluded at $3.60, swapping of 9,155 shares, Republic Financial completed trading at $121.85, after exchanging 65 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL exchanging 5,650 units to close at $25.50.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.
JSE main market starts October positively
The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed higher on the first trading day of October following the big gains of more than 4,700 points on Monday to close out September.
At the close on Tuesday, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index advanced 2,563.88 points to close at 569,634.41; the JSE Index gained 2.289.23 points to 518,332.14 and the JSE Financial Index added 0.22 points to close at 142.78.
At the close of trading, 41 securities changed hands in the main and US dollar markets with 16 advancing, 17 declining and 8 traded firm. Main market activity ended with 79,108,777 units valued at $151,516,121 in contrast to 198,831,547 units valued at $1,248,840,350 on Monday
Wigton Windfarm dominated trading with 60.6 million shares for 77 percent of total volume, followed by Sagicor Select Funds with 8.9 million units accounting for 11 percent of the day’s trade and newly listed, QWI Investments with 7.5 million shares for 9 percent of the market’s trade.
The Market closed with an average of 2,081,810 units valued $3,987,266 for each security traded, in contrast to 5,373,826 units for an average of $33,752,442 on Monday. The market closed out September with an average of 1,585,081 units valued at $14,071,562 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8
stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
In main market activity, Barita dived $4.51 to settle at $81.99 with 25,110 units traded, Berger gained $2, after exchanging just 2,000 shares to close at $20, Carib Cement lost $3.19 to end at $76.81 with 5,300 shares changing hands, Eppley Caribbean Property dropped $3 to end at $35 trading 1,200 shares. Jamaica Broilers closed 51 cents higher to settle at $37 after trading 500,567 shares, Jamaica Producers climbed by 85 cents, in settling at $25.90 with a mere 1,350 shares traded. Jamaica Stock Exchange gained 90 cents exchanging 3,000 units to end at $27.50, Kingston Wharves closed $2 higher to $57 with 24,994 shares changing hands. Mayberry Jamaican Equities closed at $12, after losing 50 cents trading 1,708 shares, NCB Financial climbed $3.89 to settle at $210 with 75,654 units traded, PanJam Investment rose $1 to end at $105 after exchanging 13,466 shares. 
Portland JSX lost 50 cents, in closing at $8 with 5,000 units changing hands, Sagicor Group dropped $3 to settle at $70 in trading 38,663 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund lost 50 cents in trading 5,750 units at $11, Salada Foods closed 35 cents higher at $32, exchanging 15,000 shares. Scotia Group lost $1.40 to end at $61 with 30,034 shares changing hands, Seprod ended the day’s trade $1 higher to settle at $56 in trading 22,594 shares and Wisynco gained 49 cents to end at $23.99, after trading 86,977 shares. In the Preference segment, Eppley 7.5% lost 50 cents in trading 58,400 shares at a 52 weeks’ low of $5.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with 115,593 units valued at over US$13,607 with the market index gaining 0.18 points to close at 199.04. Proven Investments exchanged 18,535 shares at 27 US cents, Sterling Investments traded 48,723 units at 3 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments traded 48,785 shares, falling by a cent to close at 14 US cents.
Junior Market starts October down
The trend of a large number of stocks rising at the end of one month, followed by falling prices at the start of the next, was evident at the end of September and October on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange.
Market activities closed on Tuesday with 30 securities changing hands, resulting in the prices of 7 securities advanced, 16 declined and 6 remained unchanged in contrast to 26 trading with 10 rising and 7 falling. At the close, the Junior Market Index declined 16.96 points to 3,516.31.
Trading resulted in an exchange of 2,138,664 units valued at $11,183,538 down sharply from 6,210,149 units valued at $22,471,302 trading on Monday.
Trading ended with an average of 71,289 units for an average of $372,785 in contrast to 238,852 units for an average of $864,281 on Monday. In contrast, September closed with an average of 954,574 units valued at $2,612,695 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial dropped $3 trading 11,656 units at $42, AMG Packaging lost 14 cents in exchanging 62,100 units at $1.86, Blue Power climbed $1 to settle at $10 with 200 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cream ended market activity exchanging 51,900 shares to close at $4.52 after falling 48 cents. Caribbean Producers declined 9 cents trading 70,481 units to end at $4.51, Consolidated Bakeries dipped 12 cents in exchanging 6,167 units at $1.75, Dolphin Cove dropped $1.75 in moving 420,763 units through the market at a 52 weeks’ low of $10. Derrimon Trading ended with 604,122 shares changing hands, after rising 1 cent to end at $2.36, Express Catering dipped 50 cents in trading of 19,912 units at $6, Everything Fresh lost 6 cents in swapping 20,000 shares to close at $1.25, Elite Diagnostic closed 8 cents higher at $5.40, with 57,236 stock units crossing the exchange. Fosrich shed 5 cents in trading of 5,050 units at $5.05, Fontana ended with 62,501 shares changing hands after rising 15 cents to end at $8.45, General Accident gained 1 to end at $6.91, trading 17,272 shares, GWest Corporation fell 9 cents in exchanging of 34,594 units at $1.01. 
Honey Bun ended with a loss of $1 at $6 with 73,900 stock units changing hands, iCreate ended trading with 10,000 shares, after rising 2 cents to end at 72 cents, Indies Pharma ended with 79,613 shares crossing the exchange, after rising 2 cents to end at $3.32. Jetcon Corporation closed 20 cents higher at $2.20, with 83,296 stock units trading, Lasco Distributors dipped 30 cents in trading of 23,246 units at $3.55. Lasco Manufacturing closed with a loss of 10 cents at $5.40, in swapping of 20,753 shares, Limners and Bards lost 22 cents in exchanging of 201,729 units at $2.75 and Stationery and Office Supplies dropped by 81 cents to settle at $11.59. In the junior market preference segment, Paramount Trading close with a loss of 15 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $2.05 after swapping of 500 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
8 TTSE stocks rose one fell – Tuesday
The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed the first day of October on a positive note with 16 securities trading against 17 on Monday, resulting in 8 gaining, 1 declining and 7 remaining unchanged.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index rose 3.26 points to end at 1,404.01. The All T&T Index gained 1.05 points to 1,7447.23 while the Cross Listed Index rose 0.76 points to close at 143.82.
Trading ended with 459,866 shares at $6,026,691, compared to 360,171 shares at $7,710,531 on Monday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 2 stocks closing with bids higher than the last selling prices and just one with a lower offer.
Gains| Calypso Micro Index Fund traded 200 shares and rose 25 cents to end at $15.75, CinemaOne jumped 70 cents and ended at $8, with 250 stock units changing hands, Guardian Holdings added 1 cent and settled at $18.16, with 4,016 stock units trading. Massy Holdings rose 1 cent and settled at $54.51 after exchanging 49,050 shares, NCB Financial gained 5 cents and ended at $10.55, with investors exchanging 3,790 shares. 
Sagicor Financial closed with an increase of 5 cents to settle at $10.20, after trading 22,363 shares, Trinidad Cement rose 4 cents and settled at $2.04, with 4,000 units crossing the exchange and Trinidad & Tobago NGL recovered 50 cents exchanging 6,900 units to close at $25.50.
Losses| First Citizens Bank dropped 1 cent and ended at $40.15, with 11,150 stock units trading.
Firm Trades | Clico Investment Fund ended at $24.10, after swapping of 48,645 shares, JMMB Group settled at $2.10, with 286,905 units crossing the exchange, National Flour settled at $1.57, after swapping of 1,360 shares. One Caribbean Media completed trading of 17,600 units at $10, Republic Financial ended at $121.85, with 3,133 units trading, Scotiabank closed at $58.52, with 734 stock units changing hands and Unilever Caribbean ended at $25, with 20 units trading.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.
JSE stocks jump sharply on Monday
The Jamaica Stock Exchange raced sharply on Monday to close out October on a winning note with two main indices rising more than 4,700 points as rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by a wide margin.
The market closed with a new listing QWI Investments, on the main market as the market capitalization exceeded 2 trillion dollars for the first time.
Trading ended with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index soared 5,214.18 points to close at 567,070.53; the JSE Index advanced 4,717.62 points to 516,042.91 and the JSE Financial Index gained 1.30 points to close at 142.56.
At the close of trading, 41 securities changed hands in the main and US dollar markets with 20 advancing, 14 declining and 7 traded firm. Main market activity ended with 198,831,547 units valued at $1,248,840,350 in contrast to 40,634,550 units valued at $123,950,544 on Friday.
Sagicor Real Estate dominated trading with 91.7 million shares for 46 percent of total volume, followed by Wigton Windfarm with 87.7 million units accounting for 44 percent of the day’s trade, QWI Investments with 11.8 million shares for 6 percent of the market’s trade.
The Market closed with an average of 5,373,826 units valued at $33,752,442 for each security traded, in contrast to 1,269,830 units valued at an average of $3,873,455 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,585,081 units valued at $14,071,562 and previously an average of 1,391,725 units at $12,363,616 for each security traded. The market closed out August with an average of 1,743,431 units valued at $9,907,963 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 19 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
In main market activity, Barita jumped $3.50 to close at $86.50 with 28,965 units traded, Carib Cement exchanged 25,331 units, after gaining $3.15 to settle at $80, Carreras lost 35 cents ending at $8.15 after trading 85,554 units, Eppley Caribbean Property climbed $2 in closing at $38, after exchanging 143,410 shares. GraceKennedy closed 39 cents higher to settle at $69.80 trading 14,109 shares, Jamaica Producers rose $1.50, in settling at $25.05 with 1,126,350 shares traded. Jamaica Stock Exchange lost 45 cents exchanging 276,663 units to end at $26.60, JMMB Group closed $1.19 higher at $45.99 with 253,662 shares changing hands, Kingston Wharves jumped $8 to $55 with 18,182 shares traded. 
Mayberry Jamaican Equities closed at $12.50, after gaining $1.45 trading 171,675 shares, NCB Financial dropped by $3.89 to settle at $206.11 with 133,718 units traded, PanJam Investments rose by 99 cents and ending at $104 after exchanging 7,438 shares, Sagicor Group advanced $3.99 to settle at $73 while trading 81,822 shares. Sagicor Real Estate Fund lost 40 cents in trading 91,711,455 units at $11.50, Salada Foods closed 35 cents lower to $31.65, exchanging 155 shares, Scotia Group advanced $2.40 to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $62.40 with 228,814 shares changing hands, Seprod ended the day’s trade 50 cents higher to settle at $55 in trading 25,305 shares and Supreme Ventures dropped $1.32 to end at $25, after trading 409,266 shares.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with 146,867 units valued at over US$29,408 with the market index declining 1.61 points to close at 198.86. Productivity Business Solutions traded 2,000 shares at 60 us cents, Proven Investments traded 94,847 shares, at 27 US cents, Sterling Investments traded 40,000 units at 3 US cents and Sygnus Credit gained 1 US cent exchanging 10,020 units to close at 15 US cents.
