Derrimon closed at new 52 weeks’ high on Wednesday.
At the close of market activity, the prices of 5 stocks that traded remained unchanged out of a total of 20 securities trading on Wednesday, with a similar number trading on Tuesday. At the close, one stock Derrimon Trading closed at 52 weeks’ high as investors seem to be responding to a combination of increased first quarter profit and a proposed 10 to 1 stock split to come. A total of 1,732,089 units valued at $7,477,627 traded compared to 1,064,377 units valued at $3,987,642 on Tuesday.
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Trading ended with an average of 86,604 units for an average of $373,881 in contrast to 53,219 units for an average of $199,382 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 71,831 units valued at $297,781 and previously 64,795 units valued at $261,543. June closed with an average of 139,543 units, valued at $671,002 for each security traded.At the close of trading, Access Financial closed with a loss of 4 cents at $47, with 1,400 shares traded, AMG Packaging fell 2 cents to end at $2.08, with 27,000 stock units, Blue Power concluded trading at $48, with 1,178 units, Caribbean Flavours traded 60 cents higher at $11.60, with 3,905 stock units, Caribbean Producers finished trading after rising 5 cents to $5.60, with 1,521 units. Consolidated Bakeries closed with a loss of 5 cents at $2.05, with 96,800 shares, Derrimon Trading jumped $2.40 to a new all-time high of $18.40, with just 500 shares, Dolphin Cove finished with a loss of $1.80 at $15, while exchanging 20,000 stock units, Elite Diagnostic settled with a loss of 8 cents at $2.97 trading 65,477 units.
Express Catering traded 4,427 shares with a loss of 45 cents to $7.05, GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 10 cents at $2.40, exchanging 10,919 units, Jamaican Teas eased down by 1 cent to $4.99, with 1,120 stock units, Jetcon Corporation traded 154,528 units. at $4.10, Lasco Distributors concluded trading 1 cent higher at $4.20, with 430,142 stock units, Lasco Financial finished at $4.99, trading 497,156 units. Lasco Manufacturing settled 20 cents higher at $4.20, with 223,000 shares, Paramount Trading traded 25,143 stock units and finished trading at $2.97, Stationery and Office closed 54 cents higher at $8.50, with 12,615 units trading and tTech concluded trading at $6, with 5,000 shares changing hands.Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
The JSE USD Equities Index slipped 0.33 points to 154.71.
Trading ended with an average of 53,219 units for an average of $199,382 in contrast to 75,319 units for an average of $318,052 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 64,795 units valued at $261,543. June closed with an average of 139,543 units, valued at $671,002 for each security traded.
GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 50 cents at $2.50, with 37,683 units traded, Honey Bun gained 5 cents to end at $5.25, with 1,600 shares, Jamaican Teas ended trading at $5, with 114,149 stock units, Jetcon Corporation traded at $4.10, with 159,848 units. Lasco Distributors concluded trading 93,515 stock units and rose 19 cents to $4.19, Lasco Financial finished with a loss of 1 cent at $4.99, after exchanging 16,828 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled with a loss of 20 cents at $4 and the trading of 40,386 shares, Stationery and Office closed with a loss of 4 cents at $7.96, with 18,458 units and tTech concluded trading at $6, with 800 shares changing hands. In the junior market preference segment, Eppley 9.5% ended trading at $6, with 479 shares changing hands.
The volume traded on the Jamaica Stock Exchange declined sharply on Monday to 3,063,437 units valued at $29,501,732 compared to a much larger 16,726,086 shares valued at $358,993,001 on Friday. 
Stocks with major price changes are, Carreras fell 45 cents and closed at $9.55, Mayberry Investments rose 45 cents to $6.50, NCB Financial dropped $2.70 to $95.30, PanJam Investment dropped $4.12 to close at $53.45, Pulse Investments climbed 70 cents to $2.50, Scotia Group lost 90 cents to end at $50.10 and Wisynco Group lost 73 cents and ended at $9.22.
Proven Investments traded 77,535 units and fell 2.5 cents to 17.5 cents and Sygnus Credit traded 55,000 units and closed with the price rising 1 cent to end at 12 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index closed with a rise of just 0.04 points to 155.04.
At the close of trading, AMG Packaging ended 1 cent higher at $2.01, with 3,895 stock units changing hands, Blue Power concluded trading with a loss of 2 cents at $48, with 3,103 units, Caribbean Cream closed trading at $4.63, with 36,811 shares, Caribbean Producers finished trading 10 cents higher at $5.20, with 744 units, Consolidated Bakeries closed trading at $2.10, with 13,000 shares. C2W Music ended 47 cents higher at a 52 weeks’ high of $1.27, with 44,209 shares trading, Derrimon Trading concluded trading $1.30 up at an all-time closing high of $15, with 8,333 shares, after it traded at an intraday high of $16, Elite Diagnostic settled 5 cents higher at $3.05, with 112,684 units, Everthing Fresh traded 32,820 shares but fell 15 cents, to end at $2.25, Express Catering traded with a loss of 20 cents at $7, in exchanging 23,749 shares. FosRich Group finished trading with a loss of 39 cents at $2.60, while just 4,731 shares changed hands, 
General Accident closed 2 cents higher at $3, with 107,169 stock units traded, Honey Bun concluded trading at $5.20, with 1,747 shares, Jamaican Teas ended trading with a loss of 50 cents at $5, after 88,992 stock units were exchanged. Jetcon Corporation closed at $4 higher at $4, with 104,374 shares, Key Insurance traded at $4, with 1,000 units, Knutsford Express rose 1 cent to end at $12.51, with 850 shares trading, Lasco Distributors ended at $4, with 676,262 shares, Lasco Financial concluded trading 11 cents higher at $5, with 289,231 stock units. Lasco Manufacturing rose 30 cents to $4.20, with 84,335 units, Main Event settled 73 cents higher at $7, with 3,024 shares trading and Paramount Trading fell 3 cents to end at $2.97, with 15,965 shares changing hands.
At the close on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday, the main market indices rose with All Jamaican Composite Index climbing 2,198.27 points at 335,563.64, while the JSE Index rose 2,002.87 points to 305,736.36. The market closed out the half year mark with an increase of just 6 percent. 
In the US dollar market, 156,168 units traded valued at $17,178 with 
Trading ended with an average of 203,050 units for an average of $663,190 in contrast to 91,982 units for an average of $358,532 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 139,543 units valued at $671,002 and previously 136,164 units valued at 671,284. May closed with an average of 217,589 units, valued at $1,322,452 for each security traded.
GWest Corporation jumped 50 cents higher to $3, with 3,562,554 stock units, Honey Bun ended at $5.20, trading just 100 units, Iron Rock concluded trading at $3, with 528,900 shares, ISP Finance finished with a loss of 2 cents at $15, after trading 9,000 shares. Jamaican Teas settled at $5.50, with 1,000 shares, Jetcon Corporation ended trading at $4.06, with 90,000 stock units, Key Insurance traded at $4, with 148 units, Knutsford Express closed with a loss of 1 cent at $12.50, trading 58,719 shares. Lasco Distributors ended at $4, after shedding 10 cents exchanging 41,764 shares, Lasco Financial concluded trading of 6,941 stock units and fell 11 cents to $4.89, Lasco Manufacturing declined 30 cents to close at $3.90, with 26,900 units, Medical Disposables fell 17 cents to $5, with 500 shares, Stationery and Office finished trading 78,256 stock units at $8 and tTech ended at $6, with 8,000 shares changing hands.
Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange fell sharply on Thursday to just 3,989,661 units valued at $65,937,392, down from 12,393,354 units valued at $115,843,551 on Wednesday with Pulse as the lead trade. 
For the second consecutive day, Pulse Investments led trading and closed on Thursday with 781,135 units trading, accounting for nearly 20 percent of the day’s volume and was followed by JMMB Group 7.25% preference share with 750,000 shares and Scotia Group with 628,743 units.
Trading resulted in an average of 166,236 units valued at an average of $2,747,391 for each security traded, in contrast to 515,323 units valued at an average of $4,826,815 on Wednesday. For the month to date, 229,774 units traded with an average value of $5,182,608 and on the previous day, 232,741 units traded with an average value of $5,302,373. May closed with an average of 589,414 shares with a value of $16,532.367, for each security traded.
At the close of market activity, 12,367,754 units valued at $115,843,551 changed hands compared to 6,586,973 units valued at $111,180,207, on Tuesday.
The JSE USD Equities Index closed unchanged at 155.49.