Carib Cement traded at an intraday high of $44 on Thursday.
Main market activity closed Thursday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, with 29 securities changing hands, with moderate volume of 6,093,417 units valued at $73,742,131 traded.
The market closed with 9 securities rising, 11 falling and 9 trading firm. At the end, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index jumped 1,055.77 points to 323,616.87 and the JSE Index climbed 961.92 points to 294,851.55. Caribbean Cement posted an intraday 52 weeks’ high of $44 but closed back at $40.
In main market activity, Berger Paints ended with a loss of 1 cent at $17.94, with 2,938 stock units, Cable & Wireless concluded trading 6 cents higher at $1.16, with 92,500 units, Carreras finished at $10.35, with 135,321 shares, Caribbean Cement settled at $40, with 20,900 shares, Ciboney Group ended with a loss of 4 cents at 12 cents, trading 1,458,766 shares. 
Grace Kennedy traded with a loss of $1 at $49, with 18,872 stock units, Jamaica Broilers fell $1 to close trading at $19, with 1,366,225 units, Jamaica Producers closed at $15, with 47,095 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with a loss of 1 cent at $6.98, with 160,041 shares. JMMB Group concluded trading $1 higher at $26, with 31,547 shares, Mayberry Investments ended trading at $6, with 318,470 shares, NCB Financial Group traded 50 cents higher at $99.50, with 219,654 shares, 1834 Investments finished trading 9 cents higher at $1.15, with 668,897 shares. 138 Student Living ended 5 cents higher at $5.50, with 500 shares, PanJam Investment ended with a loss of 3 cents at $41.97, with 3,734 units, Portland JSX concluded trading with a loss of $1.20 to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $8.50, with 200 shares, Pulse Investments finished with a loss of 20 cents at $1.65, with 900 shares, Radio Jamaica settled 2 cents higher at $1.02, with 5,000 shares. Sagicor Group ended trading with a loss of 5 cents at $36.20, with 38,853 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading with a loss of 7 cents at $15.24, with 81,500 shares, 
Salada Foods traded 38 cents higher at $11.10, with 52,000 units, Scotia Group finished trading with a loss of $2 at $52, with 31,088 shares, Seprod closed at $30, with 74,750 shares. Sterling Investments ended 1 cent higher at $13.90, with 698 shares, Supreme Ventures concluded trading with a loss of 6 cents at $11.76, with 6,967 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments finished at $4.50, with 557,890 units and Wisynco Group settled at $10.50, with 673,050 shares. In the main market preference segment, JMMB Group 7.5% closed 8 cents higher at $1.10, with 10,000 shares, Proven Investments settled at $5.15, with 15,061 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “JSE main market closed higher again – Thursday.”
For the month to date, an average of 706,388 units with an average value at 25,336,441 traded, compared to 576,343 units with an average value at 10,044,835 changing hands on the previous trading day. In contrast, February closed with average of only 213,336 units valued at $3,392,475 for each security traded.
Portland JSX concluded trading with a loss of 25 cents at $9.70, with 2,500 shares, Radio Jamaica settled with a loss of 5 cents at $1, with 561,044 shares, 
Junior Market ended trading on Wednesday with an exchange of just 994,247 units valued at $3,815,366 from 20 securities changing hands, compared with 4,609,834 units valued at $19,615,022 from 18 securities on Tuesday. 
February closed with an average of 338,697 units at an average value of $1,495,774 for each security traded.
General Accident closed 29 cents higher at $3.19, with 700 stock units. GWest Corporation ended at $2.70, with 210,721 units, Honey Bun concluded trading 9 cents higher at $4.39, with 19,360 shares, Jamaican Teas rose 50 cents to $4.50, with a mere 105 stock units, Jetcon Corporation traded 5 cents higher at $4.25, with 11,572 units. Lasco Distributors concluded trading at $4, with 73,705 stock units, Lasco Financial finished 30 cents higher at $5, with 67,740 units, Lasco Manufacturing gained 21 cents to end at $4.20, with 10,720 shares, Medical Disposables traded at $4.85, with 24,000 shares. Stationery and Office closed at $5.50, with 166,199 units and tTech climbed $1 higher to $6, with 500 shares. In the junior market preference segment, Eppley 8.75% finished trading at $6, with 10,000 shares changing hands.
Main market activity ended with 27 securities changing hands, with 10 securities rising, 13 falling and 4 trading firm as trading closed with 5,286,653 units valued at $240,796,595 being exchanged. 
Kingston Properties finished at $6.25, with 1,440 stock units, Kingston Wharves settled 7 cents higher at $39.07 with 7,690 units, Mayberry Investments ended trading with a loss of 50 cents at $6, with 11,790 shares changing hands, NCB Financial Group traded $1 higher at $99, with 2,044,781 shares. 1834 Investments finished trading with a loss of 2 cents at $1.17, with 10,500 shares, 138 Student Living ended with a loss of 8 cents at $5.50, with 5,000 shares, PanJam Investment added 50 cents in closing at $43, with 229,220 units, Pulse Investments finished at $1.85, with 100 shares, Radio Jamaica settled with a loss of 2 cents at $1.05, with 569,681 shares. Sagicor Group ended trading with a loss of 65 cents at $35.60, with 7,769 stock units,
Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading 25 cents higher at $15.30, with 1,550 shares, Salada Foods traded with a loss of $1.33 at $10.72, with 112,000 units, Scotia Group finished trading with a loss of $2 at $52, with 71,423 shares, Seprod closed with a loss of 5 cents at $30, after 29,045 stock units changed hands. Supreme Ventures declined by 50 cents to $11.50, with 132,190 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments finished with a loss of 4 cents at $4.50, with 907,199 units, Wisynco Group settled with a loss of 5 cents at $10.65, exchanging 227,597 shares and in the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market 7.5% traded at $1.95, with 8,000 stock units changing hands.
February closed with an average of 338,697 units at an average value of $1,495,774 for each security traded.
GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 5 cents at $2.70, with 111,347 units, ISP Finance settled at $13.50, with 1,500 shares. Jetcon Corporation traded 7 cents higher at $4.20, with 12,000 units, Knutsford Express ended 48 cents higher at $14.48, with 17,439 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading with a loss of 5 cents at $4, with 12,500 stock units, Lasco Financial finished with a loss of 1 cent at $4.70, with 404,693 units. Lasco Manufacturing settled at $3.99, with 62,830 shares, Main Event ended trading with a loss of 19 cents at $5.81, with 6,468 shares, Medical Disposables traded with a loss of 5 cents at $4.85, with 8,465 shares, Paramount Trading finished trading with a loss of 5 cents at $3.15, with 35,021 stock units and Stationery and Office closed at $5.50, with 8,194 units changing hands.
JSE main market activity ended on Monday with 26 securities changing hands, of which 11 rose, 10 declined and 6 traded firm. Trading closed with 6,657,188 units valued at $155,508,071 being exchanged, up from the $31 million traded on Friday. 
Carreras finished at $10.10, with 168,334 shares, Grace Kennedy fell by $1 to $50, with 160,875 stock units. Jamaica Broilers rose 1 cent to 420, with 8,482 units, Jamaica Producers closed trading at $15.50, with 1,205 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with a gain of 5 cents at $6.05, with 8,530 shares, JMMB Group dropped 31 cents to $26, with 3,017,431 stock units. Kingston Wharves traded 900 shares at $39, Mayberry Investments ended trading with a rise of $1 to end at $6.50, with 469,349 units, NCB Financial Group traded at $98, with 502,244 shares, 1834 Investments finished trading 4 cents higher at $1.19, with 20,000 shares, 138 Student Living ended 22 cents lower at $5.58, with 100 stock units, changing hands. 
Palace Amusement closed at $1,300, with 300 stock units, PanJam Investment rose 50 cents to end at $42.50, with 2,475 units. Radio Jamaica declined by 1 cent to $1.07, with 13,000 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading 20 cents higher at $36.25, with 94,710 stock units, Scotia Group finished trading with a rise of $2 to $54, with 13,023 shares trading, Supreme Ventures concluded trading at $12, with 185,389 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments rose 4 cents and finished at $4.54, with 718,287 units and Wisynco Group gained 20 cents and settled at $10.70, with 449,497 shares trading.
Junior Market trading jumped on Monday with an exchange of 12,328,672 units valued at $54,893,603 from 21 securities compared with 2,993,806 units valued at $14,194,427 changing hands from 20 securities on Friday. 
February closed with an average of 338,697 units at an average value of $1,495,774 for each security traded.
FosRich Group finished trading with a loss of 7 cents at $2.51, with 6,650 shares, General Accident closed at $2.90, with 100,000 stock units, Honey Bun concluded trading at $4.30, with 27,501 shares, Jamaican Teas concluded trading with a loss of 50 cents at $4, with 23,500 stock units. Jetcon Corporation traded with a loss of 2 cents at $4.13, with 231,044 units, Knutsford Express ended $1.86 higher at $14, with 900 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading 6 cents higher at $4.05, with 83,442 stock units, Lasco Financial fell 9 cents to close at $4.71, with 35,601 units. Lasco Manufacturing settled with a loss of 21 cents at $3.99, with 29,425 shares, Medical Disposables traded at $4.90, with 381 shares, Stationery and Office closed with a loss of 1 cent at $5.50, with 89,997 units and tTech concluded trading with a loss of 20 cents at $5, with 15,248 shares changing hands.