Wisynco producers of Wata, traded 3 million shares on Wednesday.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange All Jamaican Composite Index declined by 180.58 points to close at 316,958.10 on Wednesday and the JSE Index slipped 164.53 points to 288,784.67 from a pickup in market activity, with 29 securities changing hands versus 26 on Tuesday.
Cable & Wireless trading 2.1 million units, recently listed, Victoria Mutual Investments, closed trading with 1.9 million shares with the price rising to a new closing high of $4.40 for a gain of 40 cents and recent listed Wisynco traded 3 million shares and closed at $12.
Trading on the Main Market ended with 12 securities advancing, 10 declining and 7 traded firm with 9,357,015 units valued at $91,768,857 changing hands, compared to 11,226,286 units valued at $102,330,476 on Tuesday.
Trading ended with an average of 322,656 units for an average of $3,164,443 in contrast to 431,780 units for an average of $3,935,788 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 374,242 units valued at $ 3,529,079. December closed with average of 686,156 units valued at an average of $8,654,832 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 7 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with Productivity Business closing at 57 cents with 2,541 stock units changing hands and Proven Investments exchanged 3,070,230 units at 21 cents with the total value of of all shares traded amounting to US$705,914. The JSE USD Equities Index rose 8.87 points to end at 175.04.
The major movers at the close of the market are, Berger Paints jumped $1 to $18, JMMB Group surged $3 to $27, Mayberry lost $1 to $5, Pan Jam Investment fell $1.50 to $43.50, Salada Foods jumped by $1 to a new high of $13, Scotia Group dropped $1.90 to $51.10 and Supreme Ventures ended with a gain of $1.58 at $11.59.
For more details of market activities see – “JSE Main Market chills.”
Grace Kennedy closed at $43.50, with 82,650 shares, Jamaica Broilers ended with a loss of 59 cents at $17.21, with 3,555 stock units. Jamaica Producers concluded trading 5 cents higher at $16.55, with 6,000 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange finished with a loss of 5 cents at $7, with 88,166 shares, JMMB Group jumped $3 t0 $27, with 18,530 shares trading, Kingston Wharves traded 50 cents higher at $33, with 476 units. Mayberry Investments finished trading with a loss of $1 at $5, with 26,370 shares, NCB Financial Group closed at $99, with 13,121 shares, 1834 Investments ended at $1.30, with 20,000 stock units, PanJam Investment concluded trading with a loss of $1.50 to close at $43.50, with 378,000 units, Portland JSX finished with a loss of 5 cents at $9.95, with 2,000 shares. Pulse Investments settled 59 cents higher at $2.39, with 6,500 shares, Radio Jamaica ended trading 8 cents higher at $1.10, with 100,000 stock units, 
Sagicor Group traded with a loss of 30 cents at $35, with 4,100 units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished trading 50 cents higher at $14.50, with 595 shares. Salada Foods closed $1.50 higher at 52 weeks’ high of $13, with 1,000 shares, Scotia Group ended with a loss of $1.90 at $51.10, with 26,000 stock units, Seprod concluded trading at $31, with 10,600 units, Supreme Ventures settled $1.58 higher at $11.59, with 7,304 shares. VM Investments Limited ended trading 40 cents higher at $4.40, with 1,911,097 stock units and Wisynco Group traded with a loss of 50 cents at $12, with 3,785,911 units. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% traded 27,300 units at $1.90 and JMMB Group 7.5% traded 14,787 units at $1.16.
Trading month to date amounts to an average of In contrast, December closed with average of 568,732 units valued at $3,447,957 for each security traded.
GWest Corporation closed with a loss of 70 cents at $3.30, with 506,563 shares trading, Honey Bun ended at $4.50, with 15,457 stock units, Iron Rock concluded trading 16 cents higher at $3, with 5,000 units. ISP Finance finished 50 cents higher at $12.50, with 5,000 shares, Jamaican Teas settled at $4.10, with 103,538 shares, Jetcon Corporation ended trading 5 cents higher at $5, with 379,918 stock units, Knutsford Express closed with a loss of 20 cents at $14.80, with 16,304 shares. Lasco Distributors ended with a loss of 34 cents at $3.52, with 170,855 stock units, Lasco Financial concluded trading 35 cents higher at $5.50, with 24,267 units, Lasco Manufacturing finished 13 cents higher at $3.50, with 263,914 shares, Main Event settled with a loss of 50 cents at $5.50, with 5,083 shares. Stationery and Office finished trading 45 cents higher at $5.25, with 1,043,448 shares and tTech ended with a loss of 39 cents at $6.50, with 6,000 stock units. In the junior market preference segment, Eppley 9.5% concluded trading at $7.20, with 642 units, Eppley 10% closed unchanged at $6, with 4,685 shares changing hands.
A total of 14 securities traded on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday against 11 on Tuesday, with 2 stocks advancing, 3 declining as 9 remained unchanged.
Losses| Angostura Holdings ended with a loss of 5 cents closing at 15 with 375 stock units, First Citizens closed with a loss of 2 cents close at $32 with 10,000 shares trading and Guardian Holdings finished with a loss of 3 cents close at $17 with 20,750 shares being exchanged.
Caribbean Cement ended trading with a loss of 50 cents at $32, with 9,800 stock units, Carreras traded 5 cents higher at $11.45, with 234,822 units. Ciboney Group finished trading with a loss of 4 cents down to 37 cents, with 728 shares, Grace Kennedy closed with a loss of 25 cents at $43.50, with 16,000 shares, Jamaica Broilers ended 10 cents higher at $17.80, with 26,937 stock units, Jamaica Producers concluded trading with a loss of 20 cents at $16.50, with 1,683 units. Jamaica Stock Exchange finished at $7.05, with 12,000 shares, JMMB Group settled with a loss of $1 to end at $24, with 65,054 shares trading, Kingston Properties ended trading at $7.70, with 3,100 stock units, NCB Financial Group closed with a loss of $1 to $99, with 50,823 shares. 1834 Investments ended 5 cents higher at $1.30, with 459,937 stock units, PanJam Investment concluded trading 25 cents higher at $45, with 5,341 units, Pulse Investments settled at $1.80, with 94,172 shares, 
Radio Jamaica ended trading with a loss of 3 cents at $1.02, with 159,905 stock units, Sagicor Group traded with a loss of $2.70 at $35.30, with 7,563 units. Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished trading with a loss of $1 to $14, with 5,589 shares, Salada Foods closed 25 cents higher at $11.50, with 117,951 shares, Scotia Group ended with a loss of 85 cents at $53, with 104,683 stock units, Seprod settled $1 higher at $31, with 3,250 shares. Supreme Ventures traded with a loss of $1.49 to end at $10.01, with 131,005 units, VM Investments finished trading 76 cents higher to a record close of $4, with 2,353,026 shares trading and WISYNCO Group closed 51 cents higher at $12.50, with 5,546,728 shares changing hands. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.25% traded 4,266 units at $2.49, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% traded 6,981 units at $1.90.
On the first trading of the new year the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed with the All Jamaican Composite Index climbing 622.57 points to 317,138.68 and the JSE Index advancing by 567.23 points to 288,949.20.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks ending with bids higher than the last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Losses| Point Lisas traded 107 units with the price falling 14 cents to $3.80, Republic Financial ended with a loss of 1 cent at $101.50 with 951 stock units trading and Unilever Caribbean closed with a loss of $2 changing hands at six and a half year low of $27, the lowest price since it closed at $28 on July 7, 2011 with 166 shares trading.
Last year (2017), was a great year for Jamaican stocks with prices of several stocks more than doubling on the Jamaican Stock Exchange and 10 new companies listing on the exchange.