Trading in the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Tuesday with stocks rising outnumbering those falling. The market indices fell back at the close the JSE Market Index fell 878.85 points to 235,245.62, with the All Jamaica Composite Index declining 964.58 points to close at 258,195.81 and the JSE US dollar market index closed at 200.45.
At the close of trading, 25 securities changed hands with 2 trading in the US dollar market, leading to 7 stocks advancing and 7 declining. Trading in the main market ended with 3,513,896 units valued at $221,929,673 changing hands compared to 2,726,092 units valued at $27,555,950 at the close on Monday. Trading in the US dollar market accounted for 51,800 units valued at US$42,613.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and US dollar markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
The main market ended trading with an average of 140,556 units valued at $8,877,187 for every security traded compared to an average of 113,587 units valued at $1,148,165 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date ended at 202,407 units with an average value of $4,580,773 compared with an average of 207,165 units with an average value of $4,250,279 on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for May ended at 358,008 units and $9,037,303.
In market activity, Barita Investments traded 250 shares at $7, Berger Paints closed at $17.50, after losing 32 cents with an exchange of 9,200 shares, Cable and Wireless closed at $1.15 with a fall of 5 cents trading 30,000 stock units, Caribbean Cement gained 40 cents to close at $26.90 trading 7,290 shares, Carreras closed at $86.70, with a loss of 9 cents in exchanging 1,832 units, Grace Kennedy closed at $41, with 50,060 units changing hands, Jamaica Broilers closed at $18, with gains of 38 cents trading 3,325 shares, Jamaica Producers closed at $15.85, with an exchange of 1,658 units. Jamaica Stock Exchange traded 5,000 shares at $6.90, JMMB Group lost 50 cents to close at $19.50, with 9,100 units changing hands, Kingston Properties gained 25 cents, closing at $10.25 with 900 units, Kingston Wharves traded 77 cents higher to close at $27.78, with an exchange of 200 shares, Mayberry Investments closed at $4.50, with a loss of 80 cents trading 2,100 shares, 
NCB Financial Group closed at $72, after exchanging 3,009,420 shares, 1834 Investments closed at $1.50, with 27,400 units changing hands, PanJam Investment exchanged 280 shares at $33.99. Portland JSX Fund closed at $9.95, with a loss of 5 cents trading 18,100 units, Pulse Investments traded 3,859 shares at $17, Radio Jamaica exchanged 117,000 shares at $1.60, Sagicor Group closed at $34.20 trading 36,453 shares while Sagicor Real Estate fund gained 5 cents, closing at $11.15 with 68,441 shares trading. Scotia Group closed at $43.55 exchanging 2,390 shares, Scotia Investments traded 50 cents higher, closing at $37 with 706 units changing hands, Seprod gained $1 to close at $30, with 18,000 units traded while Supreme Ventures closed at $7, as the price lost 50 cents with 90,932 shares changing ownership. Proven Investments closed at 26 US cents trading 18,300 ordinary shares and JMMB Group US 6% preference share closed at US$1.13, with a gain of 0.01 US cent with 33,500 units traded.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average of 203,244 units for an average value of $771,073 compared to 547,418 units for an average value of $6,904,772 on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for the month to date rose to 549,408 units valued at $2,376,886 compared with 576,036 units valued at $2,500,410, previously, in contrast, May closed with averages of just 89,339 units at $596,722.
Eppley had 2,006 units changing hands to close at $12, Honey Bun had 500 shares changing hands to close with 1 cent gain to $6.12, Jamaican Teas traded 28,514 shares and slipped 1 cent to end at $4.30, Jetcon Corporation rose 40 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ close of $15.60 with 37,154 shares trading, ahead of the stock starting to trade with a 3 for 1 split on Thursday. Knutsford Express traded 38,791 shares to end at $16 with a fall of 30 cents, Lasco Distributors fell 20 cents and ended trading 106,185 units at $7, Lasco Financial fell 15 cents with 10,270 shares changing hands to end at $3.85, Lasco Manufacturing ended with 48,300 shares trading closed at $4.55 after rising 1 cent. Main Event ended trading with 2,686 shares at $5.88 and tTech ended with 3,713 units changing hands back to the all-time high reached on February high of $9 after climbing 45 cents on Tuesday.
Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange was suspended for the day of 20th June 2017 because of the impending arrival of tropical storm Brett. The market last traded on Friday as it was closed on Monday for the Labour Day holiday. 
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging rose 15 cents to close at $4.15 with 2,00 units changing hands, Blue Power added 44 cents to close at $55 with 283 units changing hands, Cargo Handlers closed at $16 with 1,000 shares trading, Caribbean Cream traded 3,000 units to end at $7.40, Caribbean Flavours gained 20 cents in trading 8,992,003 units to end at $12.75. The trade is attributable to Derrimon Trading off-loading a portion of the holding in the company. Consolidated Bakeries traded a 3,700 units, to end at $3, Derrimon Trading ended with 2,000 units changing hands at $8.58 after adding 8 cents, Eppley had 9,486 units changing hands with a 1 cent fall to close at $12, 
General Accident fell a cent and closed trading with 1,872 shares at $2.79, Honey Bun had 141,667 shares changing hands to close 39 cents down at $6.11, Jamaican Teas traded 42,146 shares and rose 1 cent to end at $4.31, Jetcon Corporation rose 32 cents to end at $15.20 with 57,343 shares trading, KLE Group lost 1 cent and ended at $2.10 with 1,096 shares changing hands, Knutsford Express traded 31,565 shares to end at $16.30 with a rise of 30 cents, Lasco Distributors added 5 cents and ended trading 11,700 units at $7.20, Lasco Financial fell 2 cents with 4,000 shares changing hands to end at $4 and Main Event rose 38 cents and ended trading with 1,250 shares at $5.88.
The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange recovered all the losses it incurred on Thursday and Friday and more putting it back ahead of the closing level at the end of trading on Monday last week but below the close of the prior trading day. The All Jamaica Composite Index jumped 2,627.40 points to close at 259,160.39, the JSE Market Index climbed 2,393.86 points to 236,124.47 and the JSE US dollar market index gained 12.75 points to 200.45. 
The average volume and value for the month to date ended at 207,165 units with an average value of $4,250,279 compared with an average of 214,963 units with an average value of $4,508,789 on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for May ended at 358,008 units and $9,037,303.
Mayberry Investments gained 30 cents to close at $5.30, trading of 17,037 units, NCB Financial Group traded $1 higher to close at $72, after exchanging 14,563 shares, 1834 Investments closed at $1.50, gaining 15 cents with 12,600 units changing hands, PanJam Investment gained 69 cents, in closing at $33.99 trading 672 shares. Portland JSX closed at $10, with gains of 5 cents, exchanging 20,000 units, Pulse Investments traded 50 cents lower to close at $17, with 1,649 shares changing owners, Sagicor Group closed at $34.20, losing 54 cents while trading 33,954 shares. Salada Foods closed at $10, with an exchange of 1,428 units, Scotia Group gained 55 cents to end at $43.55, trading 69,399 shares, Seprod lost 50 cents to close at $29, with 1,000 units traded while Supreme Ventures closed at $7.50, after gaining 24 cents with 71,331 shares changing hands. Proven Investments closed at 26 US cents, with gains of 0.02 US cents in trading 5,100 ordinary shares, JMMB 7. 5% preference share closed at $2, gaining 10 cents with an exchange of 50,000 units and ISP Finance bond traded 5,000 units at a record of $1.10 to gain 10 cents.
The main market ended trading with an average of 185,473 units valued at $6,135,659 for every security traded compared to an average of 468,111 units valued at $9,840,442. The average volume and value for the month to date ended at 214,963 units with an average value of $4,508,789 compared with an average of 217,644 units with an average value of $4,360,892 on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for May ended at 358,008 units and $9,037,303.
Kingston Wharves dived $1.53 to close at $27.01, with 19,000 shares changing hands, Mayberry Investments gained 35 cents to close at $5, with trades of 30,040 shares, NCB Financial Group traded $1 lower to close at $71, after exchanging 1,652,807 shares, PanJam Investment lost 20 cents, closing at $33.30 trading 6,030 shares. Pulse Investments closed at $17.50, with gains of 50 cents in exchanging 21,700 shares, Radio Jamaica closed at $1.60, after losing 5 cents while trading 1,537,900 shares, Sagicor Group closed at $34.74, losing 64 cents trading 17,199 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 10 cents lower to close at $11.10 with 2,000 shares being exchanged. Salada Foods closed at $10, trading of 300 units, 
May closed with averages of just 89,339 units at $596,722.
Honey Bun had 400 shares changing hands to close 35 cents down at $6.50, Jamaican Teas traded 604,000 shares and rose 5 cents to end at $4.30, 
and Scotia Investments traded 2 cents lower to close at $2.48 exchanging 8,000 units. The price is the equivalent of J$47, well above the price of $38 Scotia Group plans on offering to take over the minority shares.
Trading activity fell sharply on the Junior Market on Thursday with just 421,996 units valued $3,141,010 passing through the market, compared to 2,431,664 units valued $15,710,282,on Wednesday. 
in contrast, May closed with averages of just 89,339 units at $596,722.
General Accident dived 60 cents and closed trading with 227,312 shares to end at $2.30, Honey Bun had 3,599 shares changing hands to close at $6.85, Jamaican Teas traded 24,500 shares but lost 2 cents to end at $4.25, Jetcon Corporation ended at $14.88 with 51,092 shares trading, KLE Group rose 1 cent and ended at $2.11 with 10,500 shares changing hands, Knutsford Express traded 9,195 shares to end at $16.30 with a loss of 15 cents, Lasco Financial had 1,400 shares changing hands to end at $4. Main Event ended trading with 33,900 shares at $6, Paramount Trading fell 2 cents and ended with 2,000 shares changing hands at $3.02 and tTech ended with 24,255 units trading with the price rising 40 cents to $8.30.
Trading in the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange was hit hard with declining stock ending 2 to 1 over advancing ones leading to big fall in the main market indices. At the close on Thursday the All Jamaica Composite Index dropped 2,155.19 points to close at 256,762.81, the JSE Market Index tumbled 1,963.63 points to 233,940.00 and the JSE US dollar market index lost 5.48 points to 187.70. 
In market activity, Barita Investments closed at $6, losing $1 trading 2,800 shares, Berger Paints traded 69 cents lower to close at $17.31 in exchanging 19,999 shares, Cable and Wireless closed at $1.20, with 126,884 stock units changing, Caribbean Cement closed at $26.50, after losing 10 cents trading 2,940 shares, Carreras advanced $4.90 to close at $86.90, with an exchange of 31,475 units, Grace Kennedy closed at $40.77, losing 23 cents with 196,826 units changing hands, Jamaica Broilers gained 5 cents exchanging 74,526 shares to close at $18, Jamaica Producers closed at $14.50, with gains of 10 cents trading 66,154 units. Jamaica Stock Exchange closed at $7, with an exchange of 31,000 shares, JMMB Group closed at $19.20, losing 30 cents trading 54,696 units, Kingston Properties traded $1.26 lower to close at $10 exchanging 10,000 shares, Kingston Wharves closed at $28.54 with 300 shares changing ownership, NCB Financial Group gained $1.95 and closed at $72, after exchanging 2,964,070 shares, 1834 Investments exchanged 10,473 units at $1.35, 138 Student Living closed at $4.48, with trades of 1,110 units. PanJam Investment lost 50 cents, closing at $33.50 trading 13,090 shares, 
Pulse Investments closed at $17, losing 40 cents with an exchange of just 607 shares, Radio Jamaica closed at $1.65, with a loss of 1 cent in exchanging 7,102,241 shares, Sagicor Group closed at $34.10, losing 10 cents trading 268,796 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 5 cents higher to close at $11.20 with 4,260 shares exchanged. Scotia Group closed at $43, with gains of 30 cents trading 313,510 shares, Scotia Investments lost 50 cents to close at $36.50, with 23,129 units changing hands, Seprod closed at $29.50, gaining 50 cents, with trades of 3,315 shares while Supreme Ventures closed at $7.26, with a loss of 9 cents and 255,820 shares changing hands. Proven Investments rose marginally in exchanging 15,300 ordinary shares at 24.01 US cents, JMMB Group USD 6% preference share closed at US$1.12 with trades of 32,500 units, JMMB 7.5% preference share lost 5 cents to close at $1.90, with an exchange of 60,000 units, JPS 9.5% preference share closed $23 lower, closing at $1,302 with 982 units and JMMB Group 7.5% preference share closed at $1.12, losing 3 cents with trades of 1,000,000 units.
