Investors traded Carib Cement at $34 but the trade was cancelled and the stock closed at $30 after officially going as high s $32.
At the close of the market, prices of 15 securities gained out of a total of 38 trading, while 14 declined in the overall market, including 5 stocks rising and 5 falling, in the junior market.
Caribbean Cement was the star performer with a jump to $32 during the day, but it closed with an overall gain for the day of $2 to $30 with 396,000 shares traded. Three trades totaling 3,000 shares at $34 were actually put through but were cancelled as they were effected after mid-day with less than an hour of trading left. Under the stock exchange rules, if the price exceeds 15 percent for the day the circuit breaker comes into effect and the stock is frozen from trading for an hour. Where it would be frozen for the rest of trading session the trades that trigger the freeze are cancelled.
At the close 3,969,447 units valued at $48,456,543, changed hands, compared to the 3,134,827 units valued at $54,491,555 changing hands on Tuesday. The junior market accounted for 1,372,103 units valued at $6,508,601 of the total traded on Thursday.The market index ended with moderate losses, the JSE Market Index declined 521.12 points to end at 162,224.67. The all Jamaica Composite Index fell 582.79 points to close at 180,258.21 and the JSE combined index slipped 359.99 points, to end at 174,426.98.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading showed 11 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
In market activity, Barita Investments traded 204,156 shares and fell 35 cents to close at $3.65, Berger Paints gained 5 cents to close at $5.10 with 37,462 units changing hands, Cable & Wireless lost 3 cents to close at 95 cents, with 84,754 units changing hands. Carreras exchanged 10,982 shares at $65.50 to gain 50 cents, Ciboney closed at 17 cents with 116,600 units trading after losing 2 cents, Grace Kennedy closed with 8,698 shares changing hands at $42.50, Jamaica Broilers had 112,000 shares changing hands to end at $15. Jamaica Producers ended with a rise of 4 cents to $8.40 with 90,434 units trading, Jamaica Stock Exchange gained 50 cents to end at $28 while trading 88,183 shares, JMMB Group traded 152,927 units to close at $10. National Commercial Bank rose 5 to $40.11 with 9,214 shares changing hands,
Pan Jamaican Investments closed at $23.99 after trading 5,000 shares, Radio Jamaica traded 19,066 shares and gained 1 cent to land at $1.43. Sagicor Group lost 15 cents in trading 18,124 shares to close at $23.50, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 12,000 shares to close with at $10.20 with a loss of 15 cents, Salada Foods had 1,565 units changing hands at $7.90, Scotia Group fell 11 cents to close at $30 with 579,383 shares changing hands. Sterling Investments traded 26,600 shares and fell 45 cents to close at $13.80, Supreme Ventures gained 18 cents and ended at $4.98, with 492,100 units changing hands, JMMB Group 7.50% preference share traded 100,000 units at $1.10 and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share traded 17,151 units and rose 3 cents to end at $2.13.
At the close, Cargo Handlers stock price closed with the bid at $90.05 with 3,000 units, nearly $4 ahead of the last sale price with no units offered for sale, next in line to buy is 5865 shares at $90, there were 1,000 units offered at $100. Key Insurance that reported poor second quarter results continued with the offer at $2.35 to sell 18,566 shares, immediately below, is an offer of 152,290 units at $2.38, compared with the last sale of $2.49. There were no bids to buy the stock at the close.
C2W Music ended at 23 cents with 1,200 shares changing hands after rising 3 cents. Derrimon Trading rose 40 cents to end at $3.50 with 2,000 shares trading, General Accident closed trading with 600,171 units at $2.10, Honey Bun gained 10 cents in trading just 86,500 units to end at $6.25. Jetcon Corporation had 17,344 units changing hands to end at with a loss of 25 cents at $4.70. Lasco Distributors closed with 312,271 units trading and ended at $7, Lasco Manufacturing fell 5 cents and closed at $4.75 with 119,872 shares trading, Medical Disposables traded 16,733, shares with the price remaining unchanged at $4 and tTech traded 11,273 shares to end at $6.
market slipped by just 4 points on relatively low volume. 
JSE combined index slipped 122.56 points, to end at 174,786.97.
Jamaica Stock Exchange gained 50 cents to end at $27.50 while trading 147,245 shares, JMMB Group traded 12,100 units and fell 25 cents to $10. Mayberry Investments traded 11,000 shares to close at $3.60, after rising 4 cents, Pan Jamaican Investments fell 1 cent and closed at $23.99 after trading 56,728 shares, Sagicor Group rose 63 cents in trading 17,213 shares to close at $23.65, Salada Foods had 10,525 units changing hands at $7.90. Scotia Group closed at $30.11 with 101,400 shares changing hands, for a loss of 40 cents, Proven Investments ordinary share traded 416,425 units at 19.99 US cents, JMMB Group 7.50% preference share traded 130,000 units at $1.10 and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share traded 51,617 units at $2.10.
At the close, Cargo Handlers stock price closed with the bid at $90.01 with 5,765 units, nearly $4 ahead of the last sale price with no units offered for sale. Key Insurance that reported poor second quarter results continued with the offer at $2.37 to sell 152,290 units, compared with the last sale of $2.49. There were to be no bids to buy the stock at the close.
General Accident fell 15 cents and closed trading with 253,080 units at $2.10, Honey Bun lost 9 cents in trading just 200 units to end at $6.15. KLE Group ended at $1.85 with 5,800 shares changing hands after rising 5 cents, Knutsford Express had 334 units changing hands to end at with a rise of 50 cents at $24.50, Lasco Distributors closed with 240,980 units trading and ended with a rise of 20 cents at $7. Lasco Financial rose by 3 cents with 2,850 shares changing hands to close at $3.28, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.80 with 388,949 shares trading, Medical Disposables traded 18,400, shares with the price remaining unchanged at $4 and tTech traded 28,870 shares at $6.
AMG Packaging traded 26,361 shares and climbed $1.99 to $16.99, General Accident Insurance had 253,080 shares trading at $2.10 and Lasco Distributors traded 185,161 units at $7 from the junior market. Cable & Wireless had 106,261 units changing hands at 99 cents Jamaica Stock Exchange traded 125,285 units at $27.40, Proven Investments traded cents and JMMB Group 7.50% preference share traded 130,000 units at $1.10.
Stocks had a bullish day on Wednesday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, as advancing stocks had a near 2 to 1 advantage over declining ones. The market indices climbed sharply as the all Jamaican Composite Index jumping nearly 2,000 points, but trading resulted in much less volumes passing through the market compared with Tuesday. 
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading showed 12 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Pan Jamaican Investments gained 5 cents and closed at $24 after trading 11,100 shares. Radio Jamaica ended with 72,000 units trading at $1.42, Sagicor Group traded 6,400 shares to close at $23.02. Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 1,044 shares to close with at $10.35 with a 15 cents rise, Scotia Group gained 1 cent to close at $30.51 with 29,975 shares changing hands, Scotia Investments had 8,090 units changing hands at $26, for a loss of 10 cents. Seprod closed at $21 with 3,764 shares trading, Sterling Investments fell 75 cents to close at a new high of $14.25 with 16,963 units changing hands. Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.25% preference share traded 20,000 units at $2.40, JMMB Group 7.50% preference share traded 2,341,500 units at $1.10 and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share traded 549,576 units at $2.10.
reported poor second quarter results has not traded with the offer at $2.37 to sell 152,290 units compared with the last sale of $2.49, there continues to be no bids on the stock at the close.
Jamaican Teas had 116,983 units changing hands at $4. Jetcon Corporation rose 45 cents in trading at new record high of $4.95, with 51,980 units changing hands, KLE Group ended at $1.80 with 45,000 shares changing hands after rising by 30 cents, Knutsford Express had 2,191 units changing hands to end at $24. Lasco Distributors closed with 44,000 units trading and ended with a loss of 24 cents at $6.80, Lasco Financial had 16,585 shares changing hands to close at $3.25, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.80 with 60,576 shares trading, Medical Disposables traded 78,577 shares with the price remaining unchanged at $4 and tTech traded 4,867 shares at $6.
saw big gains in the market indices main market with more than 1,500 points rise in the all Jamaican Composite Index as advancing stocks overpowered decliners in early trading but with limited volumes. The junior market index slipped below the 2,300 points level. 
The all Jamaica Composite Index jumped 1,388.13 points to close at 179,316.17 and the JSE combined index surged 1,067.23 points, to end at 173,477.14.
