The main market indices of the Jamaica Stock Exchange made good gains on Thursday with the all Jamaica Composite Index jumping 1,628.18 points to 185,297.83. The JSE Market Index climbed 1,455.89 points to finish at 166,730.99 and the JSE combined index surged 1,567.18 points to end at 179,309.80 and gained at 12 percent for the year to date.
At the close 4,739,909 units valued at $93,941,257 changed hands, compared to 2,584,785 units valued at $33,734,659 changing hands on Wednesday. The junior market accounted for 1,360,374 units trading valued at $8,009,663 of the stocks traded.
The average trade for the day in the main market ended at 153,615 units, compared to an average for the month to date of 166,273 units. 
On Wednesday, an average of 77,761 units, compared to an average for the month to date of 178,931.
The market closed with 41 securities trading as the prices of 11 gained while 14 declined in the overall market, including 3 stocks rising and 10 falling, in the junior market.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 15 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
In market activity, Cable & Wireless closed at 84 cents with 356,837 units trading, Caribbean Cement traded 20,374 shares and lost 5 cents to close at $32.05, Carreras closed at $66 with 2,850 units changing hands. 1834 Investments traded 389,087 units but rose 8 cents to end at $1.25, Grace Kennedy lost 40 cents and closed trading with 4,818 shares changing hands at $41.50, Jamaica Broilers lost 25 cents and closed at $14.25 with 40,253 shares switching owners. Jamaica Producers closed with a loss of 75 cents at $7.50 with 252,483 units trading, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended at $27.39 while trading 7,692 shares, 
JMMB Group gained 3 cents in trading 69,546 units to close at $13.25. Kingston Wharves traded 1,300 shares to close at $17, Mayberry Investments rose 10 cents and ended with 61,100 shares trading at $4.10, National Commercial Bank traded 1,592,552 shares to close with a rise of $1 at $44, Pan Jamaican Investments closed at $23 after trading 4,250 shares. Portland JSX traded 2,650 units with the price gaining 7 cents to $11.10, Radio Jamaica rose 10 cents in trading 15,000 units and to end at $1.50. Sagicor Group had 28,463 shares changing hands and gained 35 cents to close at $22.75, Scotia Group closed at $30.51 with 224,410 shares changing hands, Scotia Investments traded 27,450 shares to close at $30 after falling $1.04 cents and Supreme Ventures traded 268,500 units at $5.15 after rising 15 cents.
10 junior stocks fall 3 rise – Thursday
Lasco’s ICool drinks.
Trading volume jumped 89 percent from Wednesday’s levels, ending with 1,360,374 units changing hands, while value traded, climbed 66 percent to $8,009,663 from $4,825,236 on Wednesday.
An average of 71,599 units with an average value of $421,561 traded, compared to 44,908 units with an average value of $301,577 on the preceding trading day. An average for the month to date of 136,645 units at $760,002 traded.
At the close of the market on 19 securities traded, versus 16 on Wednesday resulting in just 3 stocks advancing and 10 declining stocks, with Key Insurance falling to a new low.
The market index climbed 21.12 points to 2,402.94 to be up 34 percent for the year to date.Market activities ended with 5 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 ending with lower offers.
CAC 2000 that faces a big legal they lost their appeal against a claim for damages closed without trading with an offer of $6.16 and the highest bid at $5.10 versus the last traded price of $6.30.
In trading activity, Access Financial Services traded 25,195 units at $20.50, Blue Power dropped $4.20 while trading 288 shares to close at $20.20 but closed with the bid at $24.40, Cargo Handlers lost $1 with 100,000 shares trading to close at $11, Caribbean Cream ended with 50,477 shares changing hands at $7.10. Caribbean Producers closed trading with 8,793 units at $3.65, Consolidated Bakeries had 51,701 units changing hands to end at $2.50, Dlophin Cove gained 29 cents to end at $12.50 with 2,480 shares changing hands, General Accident lost 5 cents and closed trading with 2,247 units at $2.95. Iron Rock Insurance rose 10 cents in trading 29,812 units to close at $3.30, Jamaican Teas fell 1 cent in trading 25,658 shares to close at $4,
Jetcon Corporation lost 12 cents and ended with 1,616 shares trading at $4.03, Key Insurance lost 23 cents in trading 5,924 units to close at a new low of $2. Knutsford Express traded 10,500 shares but lost 45 cents in closing at $22.50, Lasco Distributors traded 39,885 units and rose 24 cents to close at $6.99, Lasco Financial ended with 28,956 shares changing hands at $3.10, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $5 with 970,918 shares trading as investors responded strongly to improved second quarter results. Medical Disposables fell 13 cents to close at $5.49 with 810 shares changing hands, Paramount Trading dropped $2 to close at $22 with 4,114 shares changing hands, tTech lost 5 cents and ended with 1,000 shares changing hands at $4.95.
Jamaican stocks gain on Wednesday
The main market indices of the Jamaica Stock Exchange made modest gains on Wednesday with the all Jamaica Composite Index rising 216.41 points to 183,669.65. The JSE Market Index climbed 193.50 points to finish at 165,275.10 and the JSE combined index rose 551.77 points to end at 177,742.62 and gained at 12 percent for the year to date.
At the close 2,584,785 units valued at $33,734,659 changed hands, compared to 5,164,481 units valued at $41,188,234 changing hands on Tuesday. The junior market accounted for 718,533 units trading valued at $4,825,236 of the stocks traded.
The average trade for the day in the main market ended at 77,761 units, compared to an average for the month to date of 178,931 units. On Tuesday, an average of 157,519 units, compared to an average for the month to date of 280,102.
The market closed with 40 securities trading as the prices of 11 gained while 14 declined in the overall market, including 5 stocks rising and 4 falling, in the junior market.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 14 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 7 with lower offers.
In market activity, Berger Paints traded 5,000 shares to end at $6, Cable & Wireless closed at 84 cents with 290,565 units trading, Caribbean Cement traded 40,741 shares and lost 40 cents to close at $32.10, Carreras closed at $66 with 820 units changing hands. 1834 Investments traded 26,836 units but lost 3 cents to end at $1.17, Grace Kennedy lost 5 cents and closed trading with 6,685 shares changing hands at $41.90, Jamaica Broilers closed at $14.50 with 419,751 shares switching owners. 
Jamaica Producers closed with a loss of 4 cents at $8.25 with 890 units trading, Jamaica Stock Exchange rose 44 cents and ended at $27.39 while trading 2,323 shares, JMMB Group lost 43 cents in trading 7,580 units to close at $13.22. Kingston Wharves traded 5,328 shares to close at $17, Mayberry Investments ended with 265,471 shares trading at $4, National Commercial Bank traded 14,975 shares to close with a decline of 49 cents at $43, Pan Jamaican Investments rose 45 cents to close at $23 after trading 15,199 shares. Portland JSX traded 1,500 units with the price falling 7 cents to $11.03, Radio Jamaica traded 111,388 units and fell 15 cents to end at $1.40. Sagicor Group had 12,768 shares changing hands and lost 15 cents to close at $22.40, Scotia Group rose 36 cents and closed at $30.51 with 388,287 shares changing hands and Proven Investments traded 245,840 units at 19.75 US cents after rising 0.25 cents.
Cargo Handlers gains 220% – Wednesday
Cargo Handlers traded at a new all-time high of $12 on Wednesday.
Trading volume dropped 48 percent from Tuesday’s levels, ending with 718,533 units changing hands, while value traded, fell 42 percent to $4,825,236 from $8,364,061 on Tuesday.
An average of 44,908 units with an average value of $301,577 traded, compared to 81,413 units with an average value of $492,004 on the preceding trading day. The average for the month to date, amounts to 140,710 units at $781,154.
At the close of the market on 16 securities traded, versus 17 on Tuesday resulting in 5 stocks advancing and 4 declining stocks as 1 stock closed a new high. The market index climbed 36.24 points to 2,381.82 to be up 33 percent for the year to date.Market activities ended with 4 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 ending with lower offers.
CAC 2000 that could being facing a $200 million legal claim pay out, failed to trade but ended with an offer of $6.16 compared to $5.36 on Tuesday versus the last traded price of $6.30.
In trading activity, AMG Packaging climbed $2.58 while trading 3,000 shares to close at $19.58, Blue Power lost 10 cents and ended at $24.40 with 9,700 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream ended with 12,750 shares changing hands at $7.10, Caribbean Flavours traded 2,670 units to end at $8.38. Caribbean Producers lost 10 cents in trading 9,550 units to end at $3.65, Consolidated Bakeries had 20,000 units changing hands to end at $2.50,
C2W Music traded 14,000 shares but fell 1 cent to 24 cents, Derrimon Trading ended at $4.60 with 25,000 shares changing hands, after rising by 60 cents. General Accident closed trading with 1,500 units at $3 but ended with the stock being offered at $2.99, Jetcon Corporation lost 5 cents and ended with 10,000 shares trading at $4.15, Lasco Distributors traded 178,472 units and rose 25 cents to close at $6.75, Lasco Financial ended with 40,310 shares changing hands at $3.10, Lasco Manufacturing rose 1 cent and closed at $5 with 193,398 shares trading but was on offer at $4.80 at the close. tTech ended with 9,420 shares changing hands at $5 and Eppley 10% preference share, traded 26,000 units at $6.10.
Modest gains in early JSE trading
Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange continues on moderate pace on Wednesday with all the market indices rising.
Trading volume and values declined from Tuesday’s level, with declining stocks beating out advancing ones nearly 2 to 1.
The all Jamaica Composite Index gained 42.86 points to 183,496.10, the Jamaica Stock Exchange Market Index grew 38.32 points to 165,119.92, the Jamaica Stock Exchange combined index climbed 373.23 points to close at 177,564.08 and the junior market index inched up 32.86 points to 2,378.44.
At 11:30 am, a total of 31 securities traded, resulting in a volume of 808,218 shares changing hands carrying a value of $4,193,655, compared to 1,521,635 shares changing hands carrying a value of $7,634,987, on Tuesday at 11 AM.
The average number of shares traded amounts to 26,072 units compared to 56,357 on Tuesday. Market activity resulted in 11 stocks falling while the prices of 8 securities rose.
In trading activity, Cargo Handlers traded 11,300 units at a new all-time high of $12, as the price rose $2, while Cable & Wireless gained 4 cents to 88 cents in trading 141,071 shares, Proven Investments traded 195,300 shares and Radio Jamaica traded 111,388 units.
Junior market drops – Tuesday
Kurk Boothe – Medical Disposables Managing Director – the company’s closed closed at a new high on Tuesday.
Trading volume on the junior market dropped 79 percent from Monday’s levels, ending with a 1,384,024 units changing hands, while value traded, fell 77 percent to $8,364,061 from $36,505,806 on Monday.
An average of 81,413 units with an average value of $492,004 traded, compared to 352,499 units with an average value of $1,921,358 on the preceding trading day. The average for the month to date, amounts to 147,097 units at $813,126.
At the close of the market on 17 securities traded, versus 19 on Monday resulting in 6 stocks advancing and 6 declining stocks as 1 stock hit a new high. The market index dropped 30.46 points to 2,345.58 to be up 31 percent for the year to date.Market activities ended with 7 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 ending with lower offers.
CAC 2000 that could being facing a $200 million legal claim pay out failed to trade but ended with and offer of $5.36 versus the last traded price of $6.30.
In trading activity, AMG Packaging dropped $3 while trading 7,848 shares to close at $17, Blue Power ended at $24.50 with 800 units changing hands, Cargo Handlers finally traded 3,000 shares at $10. Caribbean Cream rose 9 cent and ended with 12,500 shares changing hands at $7.10, Caribbean Producers traded 17,150 units to end at $3.75, Consolidated Bakeries had 30,186 units changing hands, with the price declining 9 cents to end at $2.50. General Accident jumped 40 cents and closed trading with 182,058 units at $3 but closed with the stock being offered at $2.97, Honey Bun gained 3 cents with 9,561 shares changing hands to close at $5.65. Iron Rock Insurance rose 1 cent in trading 104,660 units to close at $3.20, Jetcon Corporation ended with 82,581 shares trading at $4.20.
Knutsford Express lost 5 cents and ended at $22.95 with 2,540 shares changing hands, Lasco Distributors traded 4,800 units trading with a loss of 33 cents at $6.50, Lasco Financial rose 1 cent and ended with 28,350 shares changing hands at $3.09, Lasco Manufacturing lost 1 cent and closed at $4.85 with 768,128 shares trading. Medical Disposables jumped 62 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $5.62 with 10,000 shares changing hands, the stock closed with the offer at $5.50, Paramount Trading rose 12 cents to close at $24 with 111,962 shares changing hands and Eppley 10% preference share, traded 7,900 units at $6.10.
Jamaican stocks suffer losses – Tuesday
Berger closed at a new high on Tuesday of $6.
At the close 5,164,481 units valued at $41,188,234 changed hands, compared to 14,409,476 units valued at $129,902,890 changing hands on Monday. The junior market accounted for 1,384,024 units trading valued at $8,364,061 of the stocks traded.
The average trade for the day in the main market ended at 157,519 units, compared to an average for the month to date of 280,102 units. On Monday, an average of 321,333 units traded with the average for the month to date at 402,684.
The market closed with 41 securities trading as the prices of 16 gained while 14 declined in the overall market, including 7 stocks rising and 6 falling, in the junior market.IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 15 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
In market activity, Berger Paints gained 16 cents in trading 1,899 shares to end at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $6, Cable & Wireless lost 1 cent and closed at 84 cents with 272,908 units trading, Caribbean Cement traded 120,302 shares and gained 94 cents to close at $32.50, Carreras closed at $66 with 17,600 units changing hands. Ciboney traded 500,000 units but lost 4 cents to end at 16 cents, Grace Kennedy lost 4 cents and closed trading with 3,829 shares changing hands at $41.95, Jamaica Broilers closed at $14.50 after easing by 25 cents, with 282,556 shares switching owners. Jamaica Producers closed at $8.29 with 4,530 units trading, Jamaica Stock Exchange lost 44 cents and ended at $26.95 while trading 4,200 shares, JMMB Group lost 1 cent in trading 14,307 units to close at $13.65.
Kingston Wharves traded 3,565 shares to close at $17, Mayberry Investments rose 15 cents and ended with 745,266 shares trading at $4, National Commercial Bank traded 60,773 shares to close with a rise of 16 cents at $43.49, Pan Jamaican Investments declined 1 cent to close at $22.56 after trading 61,235 shares. Portland JSX traded 8,780 units with the price rising 6 cents to $11.10, Radio Jamaica traded 14,435 units and gained 15 cents to end at $1.55. Sagicor Group had 31,499 shares changing hands and closed at $22.55, Scotia Group rose 11 cents and closed at $30.15 with 306,000 shares changing hands. Seprod had 5,000 units changing hands to close with a loss of 48 cents at $24.02, Supreme Ventures traded 168,442 shares and gained 50 cents to close at $5, Proven Investments traded 149,847 units at 19.5 US cents after rising 1.5 cents and JMMB Group 7.5% preference share traded 1,000,151 units at $1.08 for a loss of 1 cent.
Jamaican stocks gain in early trade
Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange continues 
on a moderate pace on Tuesday, with all the market indices rising. Trading volume and values rose from Monday’s level, with advancing stocks beating out declining ones 4 to 1.
The all Jamaica Composite Index gained 283.24 points to 185,038.33, the Jamaica Stock Exchange Market Index grew 253.58 points to 166,498.95, the Jamaica Stock Exchange combined index climbed 403.55 points to close at 178,986.96 and the junior market index inched up 16.42 points to 2,392.46.
At 11 am, a total of 27 securities traded, resulting in a volume of 1,521,635 shares changing hands carrying a value of $7,634,987, compared to 510,894 shares changing hands carrying a value of $4,041,514, on Monday.
The average number of shares traded amounts to 56,357 units compared to 28,383 on Monday. Market activity resulted in 3 stocks falling while the prices of 12 securities rose.
Jamaican stocks mostly fall – Monday
Scotia Group traded 1.18 million shares on Monday
The main market indices of the Jamaica Stock Exchange declined again on Monday with the all Jamaica Composite Index jumping 1,273.92 points to 184,755.09. The JSE Market Index climbed 1,139.12 points to finish at 166,245.69 and the JSE combined index gained 1,099.99 points to end at 178,583.41 and gained at 13 percent for the year to date.
At the close 14,409,476 units valued at $129,902,890 changed hands, compared to 17,656,211 units valued at $101,436,212 changing hands on Friday. The junior market accounted for 6,697,473 units trading valued at $36,505,806 of the stocks traded.
The average trade for the day in the main market ended at 321333 units, compared to an average for the month to date of 402,684 units. On Friday, an average of 871,081 units traded with the average for the month to date at 484,035.
The market closed with 43 securities trading as the prices of 13 gained while 16 declined in the overall market, including 6 stocks rising and 6 falling, in the junior market.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the 
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 13 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
In market activity, Barita Investments gained 1 cent in trading 446,721 shares to end at $4.41, Cable & Wireless lost 5 cents closed at 85 cents with 218,904 units trading, Caribbean Cement traded 19,296 shares and gained 6 cents to close at $31.56, Carreras closed at $66 with 3,000 units changing hands. Grace Kennedy closed trading with 90,024 shares changing hands at $41.99, Jamaica Broilers closed at $14.75 after easing 1 cent, with 283,408 shares switching owners. Jamaica Producers fell 1 cent to $8.29 with 435,508 units trading, Jamaica Stock Exchange lost 58 cents and ended at $27.39 while trading 1,000 shares, JMMB Group gained 16 cents in trading 291,976 units to close at $13.66. Kingston Wharves traded 34,845 shares to close at $17, Mayberry Investments ended with 662,483 shares trading at $3.85, National Commercial Bank traded 105,250 shares to close with a fall of 16 cents at $43.33, Student Living closed at $4.71 while trading 43,800 shares and gained 1 cents.
Pan Jamaican Investments gained 1 cent and closed at $22.56 after trading 84,165 shares, Portland JSX traded 549,651 units with the price falling 6 cents to $11.04, Pulse Investments traded 20,000 shares and lost 60 cents to close at $3.30, Radio Jamaica traded 400,000 units and gained 5 cents to end at $1.40. Sagicor Group had 48,361 shares changing hands and closed with a fall of 45 cents at $22.55, Scotia Group rose 2 cents and closed at $30.04 with 1,179,017 shares changing hands. Scotia Investments dropped $2.91 with 28,735 units changing hands to close at $31.04. Seprod had 18,853 units changing hands to close at $24.60, Sterling Investments lost 1 cents in trading 38,000 shares to close at $14.99, Supreme Ventures traded 2,215,656 shares buy fell 2 cents to close at $4.50 after the company’s Chief Executive passed over the week end and Proven Investments traded 150,800 units at 18 US cents after rising 1.5 cents.
Juniors’ volume jumps 2,755% – Monday
Cargo Handlers traded at a new all-time high of $10.
Victoria Mutual Wealth Management was involved in a series of large volume of crossed trades that helped in a major way to boost the level of trading.
An average of 352,499 units with an average value of $1,921,358 traded, compared to 18,046 units with an average value of $108,198 on the preceding trading day. The average for the month to date, amounts to 151,789 units at $836,063.
At the close of the market on 18 securities traded, versus 13 on Friday resulting in 6 stocks advancing and 6 declining stocks as 1 stock hit a new high. The market index rose 4.24 points to 2,376.04 to be up 33 percent for the year to date.
Market activities ended with 5 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 ending with lower offers.In trading activity, Blue Power ended at $24.50 with 5,300 units changing hands, CAC 2000 traded 1,183,488 units at $6.30, Cargo Handlers finally traded after the 10 for 1 stock split and hit a new high of $10 as 7,000 shares traded. Caribbean Cream rose 1 cent and ended with 459,592 shares changing hands at $7.01, Caribbean Producers gained by 5 cents in trading 443,187 units to end at $3.75, C2W Music traded 29,357 shares to close at 25 cents. Consolidated Bakeries had 144,528 units changing hands, with the price declining 1 cent to end at $2.59. Dolphin Cove had 164,564 units changing hands, with the price ending at $12.21 after rising 16 cents, General Accident lost 20 cents and closed trading with 1,441,893 units at $2.60, Honey Bun with 102,499 shares changing hands, closed at $5.62. ISP Finance traded 24,623 units at $7.03,
Jetcon Corporation ended with 54,796 shares trading at $4.20. Knutsford Express ended at $23 with 8,500 shares changing hands, Lasco Distributors traded 250,864 units trading with a loss of 16 cents at $6.83, Lasco Financial lost 1 cent and ended with 99,572 shares changing hands at $3.09, Lasco Manufacturing rose 7 cents and closed at $4.86 with 9,123 shares trading. Medical Disposables rose 40 cents to close at $5 with 1,335,514 shares changing hands, Paramount Trading lost 12 cents to close at $23.88 with 113,273 shares changing hands and Eppley 9.5% preference share, traded 819,800 units and fell 14 cents to $6.16.
