Main Market trading was steady on Friday, with the volume and value of stocks traded close to Thursday’s levels after trading took place in 57 securities compared to 58 on Thursday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market and ended, with 19 rising, 21 declining and 17 ending unchanged.
A total of 9,143,240 shares were exchanged for $81,104,853 compared with 10,652,600 units at $71,783,616 on Thursday. Trading averaged 160,408 units at $1,422,892, versus 183,666 shares at $1,237,649 on Thursday and month to date, an average of 154,055 units at $1,606,991, compared to 153,352 units at $1,627,367 on the previous trading day. September closed with an average of 533,719 units at $5,494,282.
Transjamaican Highway led trading with 1.80 million shares for 19.6 percent of total volume followed by Wigton Windfarm with 1.47 million units for 16.1 percent of the day’s trade, Caribbean Producers ended with 1.26 million units for 13.8 percent of trading and QWI Investments with 1.19 million units for 13 percent market share.
The All Jamaican Composite Index fell 500.21 points to 406,374.06, the JSE Main Index declined 358.44 points to 355,737.49 and the JSE Financial Index dipped 0.04 points to 85.64.
The PE Ratio, a formula to ascertain appropriate stock values, averages 13.4 for the Main Market. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios incorporate earnings forecasted by ICInsider.com for companies with the financial year ending between November and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows seven stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, Barita Investments declined $2.04 ending at $104.20 clearing the market with 181,009 units, Caribbean Cement rose 50 cents to close at $59.50 after a transfer of 37,879 stocks. Caribbean Producers fell 64 cents to end at $12.50 while exchanging 1,258,697 stock units, Eppley lost 50 cents to end at $38.50 in exchanging 230 stock units, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund dipped $4 to close at $40, with 11,184 shares crossing the exchange. Guardian Holdings dropped $5 to $500 with an exchange of 752 stocks, JMMB Group increased 45 cents in closing at $38.45 with investors transferring 14,379 units, Massy Holdings advanced $1.50 to end at $84, seven shares changing hands. NCB Financial fell $1 to $89 in switching ownership of 33,107 stock units, Palace Amusement lost $19.98 to close at $730.02 after trading four units, PanJam Investment dipped $1 to $56 after 1,206 stocks crossed the market. Proven Investments popped $1 to end at $31 after exchanging 501 stock units, Sagicor Group rallied 50 cents in closing at $50.50 after 99,108 stocks changed hands, Scotia Group climbed 55 cents after ending at $35.55 in trading 60,131 shares. 
Sygnus Real Estate Finance declined $1.05 to close at $9.25 as investors exchanged 200 units and Wisynco Group gained 70 cents in ending at $19.20 with a transfer of 18,537 stocks.
In the preference segment, 138 Student Living preference share shed $1 to end at $67 after trading 36 stock units and Productive Business Solutions shed $49 in closing at $1100 in an exchange of 450 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
JSE USD market rises with lower volume
Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market ended on Friday, with the volume of stocks exchanged declining 48 percent and the value falling 72 percent compared to trading on Thursday, resulting in seven securities traded, down from nine on Thursday, with three rising, one declining and three ending unchanged.
A total of 185,693 shares were traded for US$5,262 compared to 359,174 units at US$18,682 on Thursday.
Trading averaged 26,528 units at US$752 versus 39,908 shares at US$2,076 on Thursday, with a month to date average of 35,641 shares at US$2,374 versus 36,419 units at US$2,513 on the previous day. September ended with an average of 87,926 units for US$4,746.
The JSE US Denominated Equities Index lost 0.39 points to end at 212.41.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 8.9. The PE ratio uses ICInsider.com earnings forecasts for companies with financial years ending between November and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows no stock ending with a bid higher than the last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close, First Rock Real Estate USD share gained 0.83 of a cent to end at 7.98 US cents after exchanging 100 shares, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy rose 5 cents to 85 US cents, with 21 units being traded, 
Proven Investments ended at 19 US cents after trading 14,623 stocks. Sygnus Credit Investments USD share added 0.72 of one cent in ending at 10.52 US cents, with 3,483 stock units changing hands and Transjamaican Highway lost 0.01 of a cent in closing at 0.9 of one US cent in trading 167,387 stock units.
In the preference segment, Productive Business 9.25%p reference share remained at US$11.10 in an exchange of 50 shares and Equityline Mortgage Investment preference share ended at US$1.75 with an exchange of 29 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading pickup
Trading picked up on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market on Thursday, with the volume of stocks traded rising 44 percent, with a modest increase in value over trading on Wednesday, with 58 securities trading compared to 57 on Wednesday, leading to prices of 17 rising, 25 declining and 16 ending unchanged.
A total of 10,652,600 shares were traded for $71,783,616 up from 7,390,135 units at $69,722,827 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 183,666 shares at $1,237,649, up from 129,651 shares at $1,223,207 on Wednesday and month to date, an average of 153,352 units at $1,627,367 versus 149,505 units at $1,676,828 on the previous trading day. September closed with an average of 533,719 units at $5,494,282.
Transjamaican Highway led trading with 3.03 million shares for 28.5 percent of total volume, Wigton Windfarm was next, with 1.67 million units for 15.6 percent of the day’s trading, JMMB Group 7.5% preference share ended with 1.15 million units for 10.8 percent of the market and Wisynco Group with 1.10 million units for 10.3 percent market share.
The All Jamaican Composite Index declined 1,662.75 points to 406,874.27, the JSE Main Index dipped 1,570.82 points to 356,095.93 and the JSE Financial Index slipped 0.20 points to 85.68.
The PE Ratio, a formula to ascertain appropriate stock values, averages 13.6 for the Main Market. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios incorporate earnings forecasted by ICInsider.com for companies with the financial year ending between November and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows six stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close, Barita Investments dropped $1.63 in closing at $106.24 with a transfer of 31,702 stocks, Berger Paints lost 45 cents to end at $10.80, with 2,444 stock units crossing the market. Caribbean Cement fell 73 cents to $59 after a transfer of 6,923 units, Caribbean Producers declined 86 cents to $13.14, with 357,429 stocks crossing the market, Eppley rallied 50 cents to end at $39 while exchanging 247 stock units. GraceKennedy dipped $1 to end at $90, with 77,947 units clearing the market, Guardian Holdings advanced $10 in closing at $505 with investors transferring 200 shares, Jamaica Broilers rose 60 cents to $29.60 after exchanging 11,391 stocks. Mayberry Investments gained 80 cents to close at $8 after an exchange of 7,252 units. Mayberry Jamaican Equities climbed 50 cents to $13.50 in switching ownership of 46,013 stock units, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy popped $11 in closing at $82.40, with 105 shares crossing the exchange. NCB Financial popped $1 to $90 as investors exchanged 56,170 stock units, PanJam Investment increased $7 to close at $57 after trading 2,917 units, Scotia Group shed 97 cents in ending at $35 after exchanging 8,000 stocks. Sygnus Credit Investments rose 60 cents to $13.30 with the swapping of 284,491 shares and Sygnus Real Estate Finance climbed 79 cents in closing at $10.30 with 100 units changing hands.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 7.25% preference share dipped 48 cents to close at $2.72 with an exchange of 2,283 stock units, 138 Student Living preference share rallied $3.48 in ending at $68, with 697 stocks changing hands, Productive Business Solutions 10.5% increased $49 to close at $1149 after trading 163 shares and Productive Business Solutions 9.75% preference share dropped $10.85 to end at $107.15 in an exchange of 111 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading jumps on JSE USD Market, prices fall
Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market ended on Thursday, with the volume of stocks exchanged rising 87 percent, valued 27 percent more than on Wednesday, resulting in nine securities traded, compared to 10 on Wednesday with two rising, four declining and three ending unchanged.
Overall, 359,174 shares were traded for US$18,682 up from 191,964 units at US$14,483 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 39,908 units at US$2,076 compared to 19,196 shares at US$1,448 on Wednesday, with a month to date average of 36,419 shares at US$2,513 versus 35,988 units at US$2,567 on the previous day. September ended with an average of 87,926 units for US$4,746.
The JSE US Denominated Equities Index lost 3.15 points to end at 212.02.
PE Ratio, a measure used to compute appropriate stock values, averages 8.6 for the market. The PE ratio utilises ICInsider.com earnings forecasts for companies with financial years ending between November and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows no stock ending with a bid higher than the last selling price and none with a lower offer.
At the close, First Rock Real Estate USD share fell 0.34 of one cent to close at 7.15 US cents in switching ownership of 5,945 shares, Proven Investments lost 0.2 of a cent in ending at 19 US cents after it traded at an intraday low of 18.5 cents in trading 57,398 stocks, Sygnus Credit Investments J$ share remained at 15.63 US cents after exchanging three stock units. Sygnus Credit Investments USD share rallied 0.29 of a cent to 9.8 US cents with the swapping of 4,697 units and 
Transjamaican Highway declined 0.08 of one cent in closing at 0.91 of a US cent, with 288,969 stocks changing hands.
In the preference segment, Productive Business 9.25% preference share climbed 10 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of US$11.10 while exchanging 100 units. Eppley 6% preference share ended at US$1.13 in trading six stock units, Equityline Mortgage Investments preference share shed 10 cents in closing at US$1.75 after trading 56 shares and JMMB Group 5.75% remained at US$1.50 with 2,000 stock units clearing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Losers outpaced winners on JSE USD market
Trading fell sharply from the healthy levels on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market on Wednesday with the volume of stocks exchanged declining 85 percent, valued at 83 percent less than on Tuesday and resulting in an exchange of 10 securities, similar to trading on Tuesday with one rising, five declining and four ending unchanged.
A total of 191,964 shares were traded for US$14,483 compared to 1,284,881 units at US$85,810 on Tuesday.
Trading averaged 19,196 units at US$1,448 compared with 128,488 shares at US$8,581 on Tuesday, with a month to date average of 35,988 shares at US$2,567 versus 38,654 units at US$2,744 on the previous trading day. September ended with an average of 87,926 units for US$4,746.
The JSE US Denominated Equities Index lost 1.87 points to end at 215.17.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 8.8. The PE ratio uses ICInsider.com earnings forecasts for companies with financial years ending between November and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ending with a bid higher than the last selling prices and none with a lower offer.
At the close, First Rock Real Estate USD share dipped 0.51 of one cent to close at 7.49 US cents with 140,493 shares passing through the market, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy ended at 80 US cents with a transfer of 30 stocks, Proven Investments shed 0.8 of a cent to end at 19.2 US cents with the swapping of 11,764 units. Sterling Investments dipped 0.02 of one cent to 2.23 US cents after exchanging 17,543 stock units, Sygnus Credit Investments USD share fell 1.11 cents to 9.51 US cents, with 5,000 stocks crossing the market and 
Transjamaican Highway lost 0.01 of a cent to end at 0.99 of one US cent after 16,439 stock units passed through the exchange.
In the preference segment, Productive Business 9.25% preference share advanced 40 cents to a 52 weeks’ high of US$11 after a transfer of 20 units, Equityline Mortgage Investment preference share remained at US$1.85, with 26 shares changing hands, JMMB Group 5.75% remained at US$1.50 as 99 stocks passed through the market and JMMB Group 6% ended at US$1.06 after trading 550 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading up Main Market indices drop
Trading picked from yesterday’s low level but remained subpar on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market on Wednesday, with the volume of stocks traded rising 26 percent, with a 64 percent increase in value over Tuesday, with 57 securities passing through the market similar to trading on Tuesday, and ended, with 20 rising, 22 declining and 15 ending unchanged.
A total of 7,390,135 shares were exchanged for $69,722,827 up from 5,859,528 units at $42,404,581 on Tuesday.
Trading averaged 129,651 units at $1,223,207, up from 102,799 shares at $743,940 on Tuesday and month to date, an average of 149,505 units at $1,676,828, versus 152,334 units at $1,741,469 on the previous trading day. September averaged 533,719 units at $5,494,282.
JMMB Group 7.35% due 2028, led trading with 1.41 million shares for 19.1 percent of total volume followed by Transjamaican Highway with 1.23 million units for 16.7 percent of the day’s trade and Wigton Windfarm with 936,146 units for 12.7 percent market share.
The All Jamaican Composite Index declined 1,638.29 points to 408,537.02, the JSE Main Index dropped 1,835.87 points to 357,666.75 and the JSE Financial Index slipped 0.71 points to 85.88.
The PE Ratio, a formula to ascertain appropriate stock values, averages 13.6 for the Main Market. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios incorporate earnings forecasted by ICInsider.com for companies with the financial year ending between November and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 12 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, Barita Investments dipped 76 cents to close at $107.87 after trading 57,097 shares, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund jumped $5.50 to $44 in trading 322 units, First Rock Real Estate lost $1.48 in ending at $14.51 with an exchange of 55,094 stock units. Guardian Holdings dropped $15 in closing at $495 with the swapping of 403 stocks, Jamaica Broilers shed 89 cents to close at $29 after exchanging 20,691 units, Jamaica Producers fell $1 in closing at $19 in an exchange of 39,839 shares. Jamaica Stock Exchange declined 49 cents to $15.51 after a transfer of 1,053 stocks, JMMB Group dropped 65 cents to end at $38 in exchanging 64,607 stock units, Massy Holdings dipped $4.40 to close at $82.50 after exchanging 1,362 stocks. Mayberry Investments fell 80 cents to $7.20 while exchanging 66,434 stock units, NCB Financial declined 99 cents to close at $89 with investors transferring 9,135 shares, PanJam Investment lost $8 to end at a 52 weeks’ closing low of $50 with a transfer of 545,065 units. Sagicor Group shed 50 cents to $50 and closed with 6,508 stock units changing hands, Scotia Group lost 53 cents in ending at $35.97, with 23,560 stocks crossing the market, Seprod rallied $1.04 in closing at $70.99, with 18,551 units changing hands. 
Stanley Motta increased 95 cents in closing at $4.95, with 1,295 shares clearing the market, Sygnus Credit Investments declined 60 cents after ending at $12.70, with 70,956 units crossing the exchange and Wisynco Group rose 58 cents to close at $18.48 in switching ownership of 111,079 stock units.
In the preference segment, 138 Student Living s preference share gained $5.87 to $64.52, with 42 stocks changing hands and Productive Business Solutions 9.75% preference share advanced $10.22 to end at $118 in trading 789 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading jumps on JSE USD Market
Trading surged on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market ended on Tuesday, with the volume of stocks exchanged rising 259 percent with a 572 percent higher value than on Monday, resulting from trading of 10 securities, compared to 11 on Monday with five rising, two declining and three unchanged.
Overall, 1,284,881 shares were traded for US$85,810 compared to 358,019 units at US$12,771 on Monday.
Trading averaged 128,488 units at US$8,581 compared with 32,547 shares at US$1,161 on Monday, with a month to date average of 38,654 shares at US$2,744 versus 21,704 units at US$1,643 on the previous trading day. September ended with an average of 87,926 units for US$4,746.
The JSE US Denominated Equities Index lost 0.87 points to end at 217.04.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 9. The PE ratio incorporates ICInsider.com earnings forecasts for companies with financial years ending between November and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows no stock ended with the bid higher than the last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close, First Rock Real EstateUSD share gained 1.34 cents to close at 8 US cents, with investors transferring 350,435 shares, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy fell 20 cents to a 52 weeks’ low of 80 US cents after exchanging 30 stock units, Proven Investments remained at 20 US cents, with 205,747 units crossing the market. Sterling Investments climbed 0.25 of a cent in closing at 2.25 US cents after an exchange of 24,547 stock units, 
Sygnus Credit Investments J$ share popped 0.03 of a cent to 15.63 US cents, with 12 units changing hands, Sygnus Credit Investments USD share increased 1.2 cents to close at 10.62 US cents with the swapping of 100 stocks and Transjamaican Highway rose 0.08 of a cent to 1 US cent after trading 699,900 shares.
In the preference segment, Productive Business 9.25% preference share ended at US$10.60 in switching ownership of 416 stock units, JMMB Group 5.75% ended at US$1.84 in trading 3,622 stock units and JMMB Group 6% dipped 1 cent to US$1.06 in an exchange of 72 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
JSE Main Market ekes out meagre gains
The volume of stocks traded declined 39 percent with a 33 percent lower value than on Friday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market on Monday, with 57 securities trading compared to 54 on Friday, with 14 rising, 29 declining and 14 ending unchanged.
A total of 6,759,817 shares were traded for $52,493,451 versus 11,090,416 units at $78,193,167 on Friday.
Trading averaged 118,593 shares at $920,938, down from 205,378 units at $1,448,022 on Friday and for the month to date, an average of 160,566 shares at $1,907,239, compared with 168,931 units at $2,103,810 on the prior trading day. September closed with an average of 533,719 units at $5,494,282.
Transjamaican Highway led trading with 3.84 million shares for 56.9 percent of total volume followed by Wigton Windfarm with 929,375 units for 13.7 percent of the day’s trade and Pulse Investments with 327,684 units for 4.8 percent market share.
The All Jamaican Composite Index rose 583.85 points to 409,738.63, the JSE Main Index rallied 449.27 points to 359,209.37 and the JSE Financial Index gained 0.33 points to settle at 86.51.
The PE Ratio, a formula to ascertain appropriate stock values, averages 13.5 for the Main Market. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios incorporate earnings forecasted by ICInsider.com for companies with the financial year ending between November and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows six stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close, Barita Investments popped $1.02 in ending at $109.02 with 140,243 stock units clearing the market, Caribbean Cement dropped $1 in closing at $58 after trading 193,211 units. Eppley climbed 8 5 cents to $40.45 as investors exchanged two stocks, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund fell $6 to$3 8.50, with 8,930 stocks crossing the market, First Rock Real Estate shed 50 cents to close at $13.90 with 3,330 units changing hands. GraceKennedy gained $1 in ending at $90 in trading 19,936 shares, Guardian Holdings increased $10 to $510 in exchanging 130 stock units, Jamaica Producers lost 84 cents to end at $20.10 and closed after 1,718 shares changed hands. Jamaica Stock Exchange dipped 49 cents in closing at $15.51 in an exchange of 2,520 stock units, Kingston Wharves fell 49 cents in closing at $38.01 with an exchange of 1,161 stocks, Massy Holdings slipped by $1 to $84 after trading 1,147 units. PanJam Investment dropped $1.99 in ending at $58 after switching ownership of 64 shares, Proven Investments shed 53 cents to close at $30.65, with 2,661 stock units changing hands, Sagicor Real Estate Fund declined 40 cents to end at $7.75 after the exchange of 10,676 units. Scotia Group rallied $1.46 to end at $35.98 with a transfer of 49,137 stocks and Seprod rose 99 cents to $69.99 with the swapping of 1,573 shares.
In the preference segment, Eppley 7.50% preference share advanced 96 cents to $7.38 after a transfer of 4,048 stock units, 138 Student Living preference share dipped $11.50 to close at $57.50 after exchanging 158 units, Productive Business Solutions 10.5% preference share declined $52 to end at $1100 with investors transferring 152 shares and Productive Business Solutions 9.75% preference share dropped $11.22 in closing at $107.78 while exchanging 120 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Slippage for the JSE USD market
Investors traded just a tad fewer shares on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market ended on Monday with a 53 percent lower value than on Friday, resulting in 11 securities traded, compared to five on Friday with two rising, six declining and three ending unchanged.
Investors traded 358,019 shares for US$12,771, down from 358,034 units at US$26,938 on Friday.
Trading averaged 32,547 units at US$1,161 down from 71,607 shares at US$5,388 on Friday, with a month to date average of 21,704 shares at US$1,643 versus 18,864 units at US$1,769 on the previous trading day. September ended with an average of 87,926 units for US$4,746.
The JSE US Denominated Equities Index fell 4.6 points to end at 217.91.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 8.7. The PE ratio uses ICInsider.com earnings forecasts for companies with financial years ending between November and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ended with a bid higher than the last selling price and one stock with a lower offer.
At the close, First Rock Real Estate USD share fell 0.84 off a cent to end at 6.66 US cents with a transfer of 102,520 shares, Margaritaville ended at 14.98 US cents, with 1,950 stocks changing hands, Proven Investments dropped 1.5 cents in closing at 20 US cents in switching ownership of 10,328 units.
Sterling Investments lost 0.2 of a cent to 2 US cents, clearing the market, Sygnus Credit Investments USD share shed 1.21 cents after ending at 9.42 US cents, with 1,361 stock units changing hands and Transjamaican Highway fell 0.06 of a cent to end at 0.92 of one US cent after trading 236,064 units.
In the preference segment, Productive Business 9.25% preference share remained at US$10.60 after 22 shares were exchanged, Eppley 6% preference share rose 11 cents to US$1.13 trading one stock unit, Equityline Mortgage Investment preference share ended at US$1.85 with an exchange of one stock unit. JMMB Group 5.75% advanced 14 cents to close at US$1.84 with one share crossing the exchange and JMMB Group 6% dipped 0.8 of a cent in closing at US$1.07 as investors exchanged one stock.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Gains for JSE Main Market
Activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market ended on Friday, with a 53 percent rise in the volume of stocks traded at a 16 percent lower value than Thursday, after 54 securities were exchanged against 57 on Thursday, with 21 rising, 20 declining and 13 ending unchanged.
A total of 11,090,416 shares were exchanged for $78,193,167 compared with 7,234,916 units at $93,435,121 on Thursday.
Trading on Friday averaged 205,378 units at $1,448,022 compared to 126,928 shares at $1,639,213 on Thursday and month to date, an average of 168,931 units at $2,103,810 compared to 160,448 units at $2,256,450 on the previous day. September closed with an average of 533,719 units at $5,494,282.
Sagicor Select Financial Fund led trading with 5.71 million shares for 51.5 percent of total volume followed by Wisynco Group with 1.27 million units for 11.5 percent of the day’s trade and Wigton Windfarm with 710,077 units for 6.4 percent market share.
The All Jamaican Composite Index increased 601.52 points to 409,154.78, the JSE Main Index gained 1,744.70 points to end at 358,760.10 and the JSE Financial Index popped 0.15 points to settle at 86.18.
The PE Ratio, a formula to ascertain appropriate stock values, averages 13.8 for the Main Market. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios incorporate earnings forecasted by ICInsider.com for companies with the financial year ending between November and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows six tocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close, Barita Investments fell $1.20 to $108 after trading 47,503 shares, Eppley declined $1.40 to $39.60, with 91 stock units crossing the exchange, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund shed $1 in ending at $44.50, with 4 stocks changing hands. First Rock Real Estate rallied $2.40 to $14.40 as investors exchanged 132,406 shares, GraceKennedy lost $1 to close at $89 after a transfer of 48,470 units, Jamaica Producers popped 94 cents to close at $20.94 in trading 14,591 stocks. JMMB Group dipped 55 cents in closing at $38.40 with investors transferring 180,151 stock units, Kingston Wharves gained 50 cents to close at $38.50 in switching ownership of 1,897 shares, Massy Holdings advanced $2.70 to $85 in exchanging 115 stock units. Mayberry Jamaican Equities dropped 70 cents to end at $12.50, with 24,419 units clearing the market, PanJam Investment climbed $1.99 to $59.99 after 1,118 stocks crossed the market, Proven Investments rose $1.13 to $31.18 in an exchange of 7,230 shares. Sagicor Group increased 50 cents to $50.50 with an exchange of 206,388 shares, 
Scotia Group dropped $1.48 to end at $34.52 with the swapping of 157,082 stock units and Wisynco Group rallied 85 cents in closing at $18.70 after exchanging 1,273,414 stocks.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 7% preference share dipped 47 cents to $2 trading 25,032 units, 138 Student Living preference share popped $11.50 to $69 with a transfer of 52 stocks and Productive Business Solutions 9.75% preference share shed $21 to close at $119 finishing at 85 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
