Trading in the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Wednesday with 26 securities changing hands with 1 trading in the US dollar market. At the close, 8 stocks advanced and 12 declined.
Trading levels in the main market ended at 1,213,938 units valued at $26,942,858 compared to 2,049,349 units valued at $29,749,255 at the close on Monday. Trading in the US dollar market accounted for 8,950 units valued at US$2,551.
The All Jamaica Composite Index declined 1252.85 points to close at 258,351.92 the JSE Market Index dropped 1,141.49 points to finish at 235,387.85 and the JSE US dollar market index advanced 11.73 points to close at 217.92.
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 8 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 with a lower offer.
The main market ended trading with an average of 46,690 units valued at $1,036,264 per security traded, compared to an average of 81,974 units valued at $1,189,970 on Monday. 
The average volume and value for the month to date ended at 426,916 units with an average value of $5,892,603 compared with an average of 450,680 units and $6,196,124 on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for April ended at 382,748 units with an average value of $5,254,387.
In market activity, Berger Paints traded 9,963 shares at $19, Cable and Wireless closed at $1.35, with a loss of 2 cents exchanging 21,085 shares and Caribbean Cement traded 50 cents higher to close at $28.50 with trades of 84,386 units. Carreras exchanged 7,452 shares at $83, Grace Kennedy closed at $43, gaining 1 cent with trades of 55,130 units, Jamaica Broilers closed at $19.50, with gains of 95 cents, after 42,750 shares changed hands, Jamaica Producers gained 1 cent to close at $16, with an exchange of 38,937 shares and Jamaica Stock Exchange lost 4 cents to close at $7.50 trading 3,917 shares. JMMB Group closed at $19.99, losing 2 cents with trades of 20,721 units, Kingston Properties traded for the first time after last week’s 2 for 1 stock split and jumped $1.70 to close at a new record high of $10 exchanging 7,820 shares, Kingston Wharves fell $2.10 to close at $29.40, with an exchange of 11,200 units, Mayberry Investments gained $1.12 to close at $5.30, with 200 shares changing hands, 
NCB Financial Group closed at $71.50, losing 50 cents after trading 13,881 shares, 1834 Investments gained 1 cent to close at $1.46, with trades of 2,800 shares, 138 Student Living exchanged 32,606 shares at $4.49, PanJam Investment closed at $35.50, with a loss of 11 cents exchanging 14,745 shares. Radio Jamaica closed at $1.72, gaining 7 cents trading 10,616 shares, Sagicor Group closed at $32.50 with trades of 431,201 shares, Sagicor Real Estate fund closed at $10.65, losing 64 cents exchanging 10,599 units, Scotia Group closed at $42.10, with a loss of $1.20 trading 28,989 units, Scotia Investments traded 5,193 shares at $37.50, after losing 35 cents, Seprod dropped $4 to close at $30 exchanging 27,802 shares, strong>Sterling Investments traded 10,400 shares at $16.90 and Supreme Ventures lost 49 cents to close at $7, with trades of 75,850 shares. Proven Investments closed at 29 US cents trading 8,950 ordinary shares and JMMB Group 7.50% preference closed at $1.10 with trades of 243,195 units.
JSE main market retreats on Wednesday
Government selling more shares
T&TNGL dropped on TTSE on Wednesday based o more shares to be sold by TT Government..
Trinidad & Tobago NGL’s stock price fell 86 cents to $21.13 on the Trinidad & Tobago stock Exchange on Wednesday. This comes on the heels of the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago’s intent to make an offer for an additional sale of 40,248,000 shares by National Gas Company.
The market saw trading in 19 securities compared to 17 on Tuesday with 2 stocks advancing, 4 declining and 13 remaining unchanged. A total of 328,366 shares changed hands valued at $8,363,330 compared to Tuesday’s 449,650 shares valued at $12,647,675.
The Composite Index fell 1.90 points to 1,214.94, the All T&T Index declined 2.76 points to 1,794.79 and the Cross Listed Index was down 0.14 points to close at 85.12.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 2 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 8 with lower offers.
Gains| JMMB Group closed at $1.28, with a 1 cent gain trading 21,142 shares and NCB Financial Group gained 5 cents to close at $4, exchanging 148,884 shares valued at $591,330.
Losses| Ansa McAL closed at $66, with a loss of 39 cents exchanging 1,425 shares, Clico Investment lost 1 cent, closing at $22.50, with an exchange of 50,615 shares valued at $1,138,945, Scotia Investments traded 23 cents lower to close at $2.45 with 650 shares changing hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL exchanged 7,609 shares at $21.13, after losing 86 cents.
Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings traded 1,400 shares at $15, Ansa Merchant Bank closed at $40, with an exchange of 2,171 shares, First Citizens remained at $31.85 trading 1,000 shares, First Caribbean International exchanged 7,223 shares at $7.75. Guardian Holdings traded 6,479 shares at $16, Massy Holdings held firm at $51.45 exchanging 1,300 shares, National Enterprises closed at $10.50, with an exchange of 14,718 shares, Prestige Holdingsclosed at $10.90, with trades of just 5 shares. Readymix was unchanged at $11, with 1,345 shares changing hands, Republic Financial Holdings traded 56,190 shares at $101.92 valued at $5,726,885, Sagicor Financial closed at $8.99 exchanging 2,000 shares, Scotiabank remained at $58, with trades of 926 shares and Trinidad Cement held firm trading 3,284 shares at $4.20 .
9 shares fall 2 rise on TTSE
Declining stocks dominated trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday with 9 declining and just 2 stocks advancing while 6 remained unchanged, as 17 securities changed hands compared to 13 on Monday. Overall 417,217 shares traded valued at $11,971,869 compared to Monday’s 2,083,671 shares valued at $22,380,356.
The Composite Index lost 1.89 points to 1,216.84, the All T&T Index fell 0.97 points to 1,797.55 and the Cross Listed Index lost 0.39 points to close at 85.26.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 3 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 7 with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investment rose 1 cent to close at $22.51, in trading 32,433 shares with a value of $729,806 and Republic Financial Holdings rose 7 cents to close at $10.92 in exchange of 48,997 shares valued at $4,778,128.
Losses| Angostura Holdings shed 1 cent and closed at $15 with 6,567 shares, changing hands, JMMB Group lost 3 cents to close at $1.27, trading 5,395 shares. Massy Holdings lost 3 cents to end at $51.45, with an exchange of 3,710 shares, National Flour fell 5 cents to close at $2.35 with 1,700 units changing hands, NCB Financial Group traded 16,195 shares at $3.95 after falling 5 cents, One Caribbean Media fell 60 cents in trading 221 shares at $16, Sagicor Financial traded 1 cent lower to close at $8.99, trading 40,545 shares valued at $364,500,
Scotia Investments lost 1 cent to close at $2.68, with 12,000 changing hands and West Indian Tobacco closed at $126.44, with a loss of 4 cents trading 420 shares.
Firm Trades| First Citizens closed at $31.85 with 124,718 shares valued at $3,972,270 exchanged, Guardian Holdings closed at $16, trading 140,026 shares valued at $2,240,416, National Enterprises closed at $10.50, in exchanging 500 shares and Scotiabank held firm at $58, with 1,493 shares trading, Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed at $21.99, with an exchange of 50 shares and Trinidad Cement traded 16,780 shares at $4.20.
JSE trading picks up a bit on Monday
Trading remained light on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Monday, with stocks worth less than $29 million trading, but higher than the $12 million traded, on Friday. The main and US dollar markets closed with just 25 securities changing hands, including one trading in the US dollar market, versus 20 on Friday. At the close, 7 stocks advanced and 11 declined.
Trading levels in the main market ended at 2,049,349 units valued at $29,749,255 compared to 827,534 units valued at $10,595,699 at the close on Friday. Trading in the US dollar market accounted for 42,110 units valued at US$11,227.
The All Jamaica Composite Index fell 82.35 points to close at 259,604.77 and the JSE Market Index lost 75.03 points to finish at 236,529.34. The JSE US dollar market index closed at 206.19 after falling 14.92 points.
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 8 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 with a lower offer.
The main market ended trading with an average of 81,974 units valued at $1,189,970 per security traded, compared to an average of 43,554 units valued at $557,668 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date ended at 450,680 units with an average value of $6,196,124 compared with an average of 518,349 units with an average value of $6,907,416 on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for April ended at 382,748 units with an average value of $5,254,387.
In market activity, Barita Investments rose 10 cents to close at $7.10 trading 27,000 shares Berger Paints fell 1 cent to close at $19 while exchanging 14,842 shares, Cable and Wireless lost 1 cent and closed at $1.37, with 292,756 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cement dropped $2 to close at $28 with 5,536 units traded, Carreras closed at $83 with an exchange of 4,672 shares, Grace Kennedy lost just 1 cent and closed at $42.99, trading 12,006 units. Jamaica Broilers dropped by $1.43 and closed at $18.55, with 168,804 shares changing ownership, Jamaica Producers gained 49 cents and closed at $15.99, with an exchange of 57,385 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange gained 4 cents to close at $7.54 in trading 6,808 shares. Kingston Wharves closed at $31.50, with 7,876 units trading, JMMB Group lost 49 cents and closed at $20.01, with 196,659 units being exchanged, NCB Financial Group closed at $72 with a rise of 1 cent, after trading 170,655 shares, 1834 Investments traded 288,189 shares and lost 35 cents to close at $1.45, 138 Student Living traded 1,150 shares at $4.49,
PanJam Investment closed at $35.61 with 2,684 shares changing hands, Pulse Investments traded 54,400 units and gained 10 cents to close at $14.50 after trading at a record high of $16.50 during the day, Radio Jamaica closed at $1.65 after falling 5 cents and trading 30,413 shares, Sagicor Group closed with a loss of $1 at $32.50 with 32,993 shares changing hands, Sagicor Real Estate Fund gained 29 cents and closed at $11.29, while exchanging 2,701 units, Salada Foods lost 37 cents to close at $7.48, with 8,000 units trading, Scotia Group jumped $1.30 to close at $43.30 with 91,178 units changing hands, Seprod lost 50 cents to close at $34 in trading 1,500 units, Supreme Ventures eased 1 cent to close at $7.49 trading of 44,842 shares, Proven Investments closed at 29 US cents trading 42,110 ordinary shares and JMMB Group 7.5% preference share traded 526,200 units at $1.10.
13% of Readymix shares traded on TTSE
Trinidadian listed Readymix, traded 13 percent of its issued shares, amounting to 1,530,386 units valued at $16,834,246 at a price of $11 and accounted for 75 percent of the total value of shares traded on the market, on Monday.
Elsewhere, prices were relatively stable at the close of trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange with just 1 stock advancing, 2 declining and 10 remaining unchanged, as 13 securities changed hands compared to 17 on Friday.
At the close, with 2,083,671 shares changing hands at a value of $22,380,356 compared to Friday’s 255,656 shares valued at $5,727,353.
The Composite Index lost 0.04 points to 1,218.73, the All T&T Index fell 0.11 points to 1,798.52 and the Cross Listed Index remained unchanged at 85.65.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 2 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
Gains| Grace Kennedy gained 1 cent to close at $2.81, trading 8,000 shares.
Losses| First Caribbean International closed at $7.75, after losing 1 cent with 1,000 shares trading and Sagicor Financial traded 1 cent lower to close at $9, with an exchange of 525,504 shares valued at $4,727,636,
Firm Trades| Agostini’s closed at $18.51, with in exchanging 225 shares, 
Angostura Holdings closed at $15.01 with 164 shares, changing hands, Ansa Merchant Bank closed at $40, while trading 7,023 shares, Berger Paints traded 175 shares at $4.05, Clico Investment traded 6,990 shares at $22.50, First Citizens closed at $31.85 with 1,550 shares being exchanged. Guardian Holdings closed at $16, trading 2,424 shares, Massy Holdings remained at $51.48, with an exchange of 1,051 shares and Scotiabank held firm at $58, with trades of 6,169 shares valued at $357,802.
Trading drops for JSE stocks – Friday
Trading was light on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Friday with stocks worth less than $12 million trading. The main and US dollar markets closed with just 20 securities changing hands down from 29 on Thursday with one trading in the US dollar market. At the close, 9 stocks advanced and 5 declined.
Trading levels in the main market ended at 827,534 units valued at $10,595,699 compared to 14,040,895 units valued at $147,385,397 at the close on Thursday. Trading in the US dollar market accounted for 32,400 units valued at US$9,396.
The All Jamaica Composite Index fell 248.73 points to close at 259,687.12 and the JSE Market Index lost 226.62 points to finish at 236,604.37. The JSE US dollar market index closed unchanged at 221.11.
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 7 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
The main market ended trading with an average of 43,554 units valued at $557,668 per security traded, compared to an average of 540,034 units valued at $5,668,669 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date ended at 518,349 units with an average value of $6,907,416 compared with an average of 557,915 units with an average value of $7,436,562 on the previous trading day.
The average volume and value for April ended at 382,748 units with an average value of $5,254,387.
In market activity, Berger Paints fell 33 cents to close at $19.01 in exchanging 4,019 shares, Cable and Wireless lost 2 cents and closed at $1.38, with 85,946 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cement traded 35 cents higher to close at $30 with 4,269 units traded, Carreras rose 20 cents, closing at $83 with an exchange of 6,712 shares, Ciboney gained 4 cents to close at 22 cents, with 136,293 units trading, Grace Kennedy closed at $43, trading 10,384 units. Jamaica Broilers climbed 98 cents and closed at $19.98, with 22,237 shares changing ownership, Jamaica Producers fell 49 cents and closed at $15.50, with an exchange of 1,258 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange fell 30 cents to close at $7.50 in trading 2,037 shares. JMMB Group closed at $20.50, with 52,945 units being exchanged, 
NCB Financial Group closed at $71.99 with a loss of 1 cent, after trading 9,368 shares, 138 Student Living traded 21,500 shares at $4.49, Portland JSX Fund closed at $10.10 with 31,275 shares changing hands, Radio Jamaica closed at $1.70 after gaining 1 cent, trading 68,244 shares, Sagicor Group closed at $33.50 with trades of 97,466 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund gained 1 cents and closed at $11, while exchanging 75,128 units, Sterling Investments gained 15 cents in closing at $16.90 with 1,000 shares being swapped, Scotia Group closed at $42 after rising 49 cents with 30,044 units changing hands, Supreme Ventures rose 10 cents to close at $7.50 trading of 167,409 shares and Proven Investments closed at 29 US cents trading 32,400 ordinary shares.
Falling prices dominate TTSE – Friday
Prices remained under pressure on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange, Friday. Trading activity resulted in 17 securities changing hands compared to 18 on Thursday and declining stocks had the upper-hand over advancers by a 3 to 1 margin.
At the close, 2 stocks advanced, 6 declined and 9 were unchanged with a total of 255,656 shares changing hands at a value of $5,727,353 compared to Thursday’s 687,180 shares valued at $7,029,562.
The Composite Index fell 2.57 points to 1,218.77, the All T&T Index gained 0.07 points to 1,798.63 and the Cross Listed Index lost 0.71 points to close at 85.65
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 3 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| Angostura Holdings closed at $15.01, with a 1 cent gain in exchanging 60 shares and Guardian Holdings gained 20 cents to close at $16, trading 81,234 shares valued at $1,299,354.
Losses| Ansa McAL closed at $66.39, with a loss of 11 cents trading 4,156 shares, First Citizens lost 14 cents, closing at $31.85 with 81,000 shares exchanged at a value of $2,579,850. First Caribbean International closed at $7.76, after losing 24 cents with 50,051 shares valued at $388,396 trading. Sagicor Financial traded 1 cent lower to close at $9.01, with an exchange of 5,176 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 1 cent to close at $21.99, with an exchange of 306 shares and 
West Indian Tobacco closed at $126.48, with a loss of 1 cent trading 1,257 shares.
Firm Trades| Clico Investment traded 12,011 shares at $22.50, JMMB Group closed at $1.30, with an exchange of 1,500 shares and Massy Holdings remained at $51.48, with an exchange of 1,950 shares. L.J. Williams 8% preference share exchanged 12 shares at $3.30, NCB Financial Group traded 1,000 shares at $4 and Point Lisas closed at $4 trading 1,000 shares. Prestige Holdings exchanged 2,359 shares at $10.90, Scotiabank held firm at $58, with trades of 9,584 shares valued at $556,142 and Scotia Investments was unchanged at $2.69, with 3,000 changing hands.
Sagicor hammers JSE index – Thursday
Sagicor Group traded 2.2 million shares on Thursday & fell $3.49 in early trading.
Sagicor Group traded 2.275 million shares and fell $3.49 to $30.01 by mid-morning on Thursday and was the main contributor to the more than 3,600 points fall in the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed in the morning session. The price recovered to close back at the closing price of the previous day but the market closed with more losses with Mayberry Investments trading more than 10 million shares with a loss of 57 cents.
The market closed on Thursday with 29 securities changing hands with 3 trading in the US dollar market. At the close, 10 stocks advanced and 10 declined. Trading levels in the main market ended at 14,040,895 units valued at $147,385,397 compared to 2,068,486 units valued at $25,621,686 at the close on Wednesday. Trading in the US dollar market accounted for 12,880 units valued at US$3,794.
The All Jamaica Composite Index dived 4,312.28 points to close at 259,935.85 and the JSE Market Index sank 3,928.98 points to finish at 236,830.99. The JSE US dollar market index added 2.34 points to close at 221.11.
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 9 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
The main market ended trading with an average of 540,034 units valued at $5,668,669 per security traded, compared to an average of 86,187 units valued at $1,067,570 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date ended at 557,915 units with an average value of $7,436,562 compared with an average of 559,541 units with an average value of $7,597,279 on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for April ended at 382,748 units with an average value of $5,254,387.
In market activity, Berger Paints tumbled $4.16 to close at $19.34 in exchanging 32,091 shares, Cable and Wireless closed at $1.40, with 286,674 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cement traded 15 cents higher to close at $29.65 with 2,529 units traded, Carreras lost 20 cents, closing at $82.80 with an exchange of 100 shares, Grace Kennedy closed at $43, with trades of 44,917 units. Jamaica Broilers fell $1 and closed at $19, with 38,394 shares changing owners, Jamaica Producers closed at $15.99, with an exchange of 234,241 shares and Jamaica Stock Exchange gained 30 cents to close at $7.80 trading 11,187 shares. JMMB Group closed at $20.50, gaining 49 cents with trades of 8,300 units, Kingston Properties added $1.10 to close at $16.60 exchanging 4,650 shares, as the stock is set to start trading ex split on Friday.Kingston Wharves traded 1 cent higher to close at $31.50, with an exchange of 30,958 units, Mayberry Investments lost 57 cents to close at $4.18, with 10,252,750 shares changing hands, NCB Financial Group closed at $72, after trading 35,485 shares, PanJam Investment closed at $35.61, gaining 6 cents with trades of 411,523 shares. 
Portland JSX traded 20 cents lower to close at $10.10 with 725 shares changing hands, Pulse Investments closed at $14.40 exchanging 1,000 shares, Radio Jamaica closed at $1.69 after gaining 3 cents and trading 193,574 shares, Sagicor Group closed at $33.50 after recovering from $30.01 earlier in the day with trades of 2,292,158 shares, Sagicor Real Estate fund closed at $10.99, losing 6 cents while exchanging 13,883 units, Salada Foods lost 15 cents in closing at $7.85 with 9,000 shares being exchanged, Scotia Group closed at $41.51, losing 49 cents with 28,375 units changing hands, Scotia Investments traded 1,500 shares at $37.85, Seprod closed at $34.50, with a loss of 50 cents exchanging 5,630 shares, Supreme Ventures lost 9 cents to close at $7.40 trading of 64,251 shares. Margaritaville Turks closed at 37 US cents, gaining 3 US cents with 730 units traded, Proven Investments closed at 29 US cents trading 12,150 ordinary shares, JMMB 7.5% preference share gained 23 cents and closed at $2.05, while exchanging 2,000 units and JMMB Group 7.25% preference share gained 1 cent to close at $1.31 with trades of 35,000 units.
TTSE trading up prices mostly down
Trading levels rose on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Thursday with 18 securities changing hands but with 3 trading 3 shares or less. Trading levels on Thursday compares to 11 securities on Wednesday.
Ansa McAL and NCB Financial Group were the leading trades as 2 stocks advanced, 6 declined and 10 were unchanged. Trading closed with 687,180 shares trading at a value of $7,029,562 in contrast to Wednesday’s 40,355 shares valued at $222,744.
The Composite Index fell 2.13 points to 1,221.34, the All T&T Index declined 4.17 points to 1,798.56 and the Cross Listed Index lost 0.01 points to close at 86.36.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 5 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Gains| NCB Financial Group gained 5 cents to close at $4 trading 537,154 shares valued at $2,123,908 and Prestige Holdings closed at $10.90, with gains of 9 cents in exchanging 1,400 shares.
Losses| Ansa McAL traded $1 lower to close at $66.50, with 50,493 shares valued at $3,357,787, changing owners, Clico Investment traded 1 cent lower to close at $22.50 exchanging 1,800 shares and First Citizens lost 1 cent, closing at $31.99 with only 3 shares traded. National Flour Mills closed at $2.40, losing 7 cents with trades of 18,210 shares, Scotia Investments was down 1 cent to close at $2.69, with an exchange of 350 shares, and Unilever Caribbean closed at $53, with a loss of 51 cents trading 479 shares.
Firm Trades| Ansa Merchant Bank traded 8,000 shares at $40, Guardian Holdings closed at $15.80, with an exchange of 34,915 shares valued at $551,048 and JMMB Group exchanged 11,489 shares at $1.30. Massy Holdings traded 5,102 shares at $51.48, National Enterprises closed at $10.50 trading 350 shares, Point Lisas remained at $4, with an exchange of 6,954 shares, Readymix closed at $11, with trades of 7,794 shares. Republic Financial Holdings traded a mere 2 shares at $101.85, Scotiabank held firm at $58 exchanging 2,682 shares and West Indian Tobacco exchange only 3 shares at $126.49.
6 consecutive records for Jamaican stocks
The Jamaica Stock Exchange main market hit a new close on Wednesday.
The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended at another record close on Wednesday with the all Jamaica composite Index rising 776 points to 6 consecutive days of record close.
The market closed with 27 securities changing hands, including 3 trading in the US dollar market. At the close, 9 stocks advanced and 8 declined.
Trading levels in the main market ended at 2,091,191 units valued at $25,621,686 compared to 4,295,095 units valued at $1,350,559,147 on Friday. Trading in the US dollar market accounted for 22,705 units valued at US$10,242.
The All Jamaica Composite Index rose 776.19 points to close at 264,248.13, still below the 265,287.63 points reached during the morning session on Tuesday. The JSE Market Index climbed 707.19 points to finish at 240,759.97 and the JSE US dollar market index remained at 218.77 points.
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 8 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
The main market ended trading with an average of 86,187 units valued at $1,067,570 per security traded, compared to an average of 4,295,095 units valued at $50,020,709 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date ended at 559,541 units with an average value of $7,597,279, compare with an average of 606,876 units and $8,250,250 on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for April ended at 382,748 units with an average value of $5,254,387.
In market activity, Barita Investments traded 83,620 shares at $7, Berger Paints lost 10 cents to close at $23.50, with an exchange of 18,764 shares, Cable and Wireless closed at $1.40, with 792,421 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cement traded 50 cents higher to close at $29.50 while exchanging 8,389 units. Carreras added $1 to close at $83 trading 17,981 shares, Grace Kennedy closed at $43, with gains of 60 cents exchanging 16,088 units, Jamaica Broilers closed at $20, with trades of 34,502 shares, Jamaica Producers closed 41 cents lower to $15.99, with 68,329 shares changing owners, Jamaica Stock Exchange gained 45 cents to close at $7.50 trading 74,702 shares. JMMB Group closed at $20.01, losing 99 cents, trading of 88,264 units, Kingston Wharves traded 48 cents higher to close at $31.49, with an exchange of 107,651 units, 
NCB Financial Group closed at $72, with a 1 cent gain after trading 130,222 shares, 1834 Investments traded 4 cents lower to close at $1.80, with an exchange of 2,089 shares, 138 Student Living traded 15,685 shares at $4.49, PanJam Investment closed at $35.55, with trades of 5,346 shares. Pulse Investments closed at $14.40, with gains of 40 cents as 11,463 shares were exchanged, Radio Jamaica closed at $1.66, losing 4 cents trading 132,912 shares, Sagicor Group gained 50 cents to close at $33.50, with trades of 17,041 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund closed at $11.05 and lost 14 cents exchanging 6,683 units, Scotia Group closed at $42, with 14,663 units changing hands, Seprod traded 25,000 shares at $35, Sterling Investments lost 15 cents to close at $16.75 with an exchange of 1,000 shares, Supreme Ventures lost 1 cent to close at $7.49, with trades of 151,466 shares. Margaritaville Turks closed at 34 US cents with 10,821 units traded, Proven Investments closed at 29 US cents trading 8,084 ordinary shares, JMMB Group 6% US preference share closed at US$1.10 with trades of 3,800 units and JMMB Group 7.5% preference share closed at $1.10, with 244,205 units changing hands.
