Trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Friday with JSE All Jamaican Composite Index falling 1,081.34 points to 314,601.51 and the JSE Index shedding 985.23 points to 286,637.56.
Main and US market activities ended with moderate trading levels leading to prices of 12 securities rising, 12 falling, 4 trading firm as 28 securities traded, including 1 from the US market versus 27 on Thursday.
Main market activity ended with 5,977,622 shares valued at $168,448,904 changing hands, in contrast to 7,713,887 shares valued at $88,768,495 trading on Thursday.
The US market closed with Proven Investments exchanging 4,000 ordinary shares, at 22.95 US cents, with a value of US$918 and leading to the JSE US Equities Index easing just 0.05 points to close at 174.09.
Market activity ended with an average of 221,393 shares valued at $$6,238,848, in contrast to 296,688 shares valued at $3,414,173 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 172,863 units valued at 3,477,159 and previously, 165,819 units valued at 3,005,225.
January ended with an average of 239,900 units valued at $5,158,193 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and the US dollar markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 9 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 closed with lower offers.
Major price changes at the close of the market are, Caribbean Cement dipped 95 cents to $33.05, Jamaica Broilers rose $1 to $19, Jamaica Producers dropped $2.50 to $15.50, Mayberry Investments fell $1.08 to $4.81, PanJam Investment rose $2.35 to $41.85 and Scotia Group lost $1 to end at $50. Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% preference share traded 1.26 million units, NCB Financial traded just under 1.25 million units and Wisynco Group traded 742,000 units to close at $10.60.
For more details of market activities see – 12 stocks rose 12 fell in JSE trading – Friday.
The Junior Market index closed trading on Friday with a modest rise in the Index of 15.60 points to 2,901.06 with 22 securities changing hands versus 21 on Thursday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ending with the bid higher than the last selling price and 3 with lower offers.
Jamaican Teas settled 5 cents higher at $4.65, with 287 shares, Jetcon Corporation ended trading with a loss of 39 cents at $4.21, with 24,269 stock units. Key Insurance traded with a loss of 20 cents at $3.80, with 9,994 units, Knutsford Express closed 51 cents higher at $14.51, with 77,705 shares, Lasco Financial concluded trading 9 cents higher at $5.19, with 96,182 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing finished with a loss of 5 cents at $4.40, with 376,865 units. Main Event settled with a loss of 76 cents at $5.71, with 3,000 shares, Medical Disposables ended trading at $5, with 2,861 shares, Paramount Trading traded with a loss of 5 cents at $3.10, with 3,536 shares, Stationery and Office finished trading with a loss of 19 cents at $4.81, with 11,279 stock units and tTech ended at $5.40, with 5,000 shares changing hands.
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Friday with trading in 19 securities, compared to 15 on Thursday.
Firm Traded| Angostura Holdings concluded trading at $15.67, with 925 stock units changing hands., Ansa Mcal ended at $60, with 324 units trading, Bourse Brazil finished at $8.40, with 3,000 stock units changing hands, Clico Investments concluded trading at $20, with 2,800 units, First Caribbean ended at $9.30, trading 116,010 shares. LJ Williams B share closed trading at 77 cents, in exchanging 15,254 shares, Massy Holdings ended trading at $47.49, with 2,343 stock units changing hands. NCB Financial Group finished at $6.50, trading 229,784 shares, Prestige Holdings closed at $10, trading 70 shares, Republic Financial Holdings finished at $101.50, with 330 stock units changing hands, Trinidad & Tobago NGL finished trading at $27, with 889 units and West Indian Tobacco closed at $88.50, with 41,000 stock units changing hands.
Ciboney Group ended trading with a loss of 1 cent at 40 cents, as 1,063,621 shares changed hands. Grace Kennedy fell 15 cents to $43, with 12,213 stock units, Jamaica Broilers lost $1 to close at $18, with 40,445 units, Jamaica Producers closed $2.50 higher at $18, with 33,828 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange gained 4 cents to $6.49, with 22,982 shares. JMMB Group concluded trading $1.01 higher at $25.01, with 182,000 shares, Mayberry Investments ended trading 13 cents higher at $5.89, with 47,990 shares, NCB Financial Group rose 1 cent to $100, with 501,618 shares, 1834 Investments finished trading with a loss of 1 cent at $1.39, exchanging 385 shares. 138 Student Living ended at $6.15, with 1,083 shares, PanJam Investment ended at $39.50, with 66,575 units, Portland JSX concluded trading with a loss of 61 cents at $9.50, with 3,000 shares,
Radio Jamaica settled 1 cent higher at $1.06, with 64,747 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading with a loss of 1 cent at $35, with 54,549 stock units. Salada Foods traded 69 cents higher at $11.20, with 102,000 units, Scotia Group finished trading $1 higher at $51, with 46,822 shares, Seprod closed 50 cents higher at $30, with 3,080 shares, Supreme Ventures concluded trading with a rise of 5 cents to $11.70, with 45,769 stock units. Victoria Mutual Investments finished at $4.40, with 216,776 units and WISYNCO Group settled with a loss of 10 cents at $10.45, with 1,219,288 shares. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market 7.5% traded at $1.90, with 797 stock units, JMMB Group 7.5% closed at $1.10, with 2,794,538 shares, changing hands.
Trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Thursday with JSE All Jamaican Composite Index jumping 1,482.29 points to 315,682.85 and the JSE Index climbing 1,350.53 points to 287,622.79.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ending with the bid higher than the last selling price and 5 with lower offers.
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Thursday with trading in 15 securities, the same as on Wednesday.
Losses| Clico Investments fell 50 cents and finished at $20, with 129,400 units being exchanged, JMMB Group closed with a loss of 2 cents and finished at $1.83, with 11,402 stock units changing hands, National Flour shed 1 cent and concluded trading at $1.94, trading 50,000 shares and One Caribbean Media lost 30 cents and finished at a 52 weeks’ low of $12.75, with 165 stock units changing hands.
The Junior Market index fell for the second time in 10 days at the close of trading on Wednesday. The market Index dropped 41.50 points to close at 2,926.84 with 22 securities changing hands versus 20 on Tuesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ending with the bid higher than the last selling price and 6 with lower offers.
Trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Wednesday as the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index fell 701.49 points to 314,200.56 and the JSE Index declined by 639.13 points to 286,272.26.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and the US dollar markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and just 1 closed with a lower offer.
The prices of 9 stocks securities trading on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange rose but 10 fell and 9 held firm on Wednesday leading to fall in the market indices, with 8,750,362 shares valued at $150,223,412 trading. 