AJI at record close of 565,797 – Friday

New record high for the JSE main market.

The Jamaica Stock Exchange All Jamaican Composite Index ended at another record close on Friday, the 36th record close for the year, as the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index climbed 4,042.30 points to close at 565,797.64.
The JSE Index jumped 3,673.39 points to close at 515,150.21 and the JSE Financial Index rose 0.94 points in closing at 138.25.
Market activity, resulted in 37 securities trading in the main and US dollar markets, leading to 11 securities advancing, 11 declining and 9 trading firm, compared to 36 securities trading on Thursday. VMBS Investments and Sygnus Credit Investments closed at 52 weeks’ high and Eppley 7.5% preference share closed at a 52 weeks’ low while NCB Financial traded at an all-time high of $249 but failed to hold at the level at the close. Trading ended with 35,718,490 units valued at $1,655,204,831 compared to 25,023,082 units valued at $337,036,565 changing hands on Thursday.
Sagicor Group led trading with 16 million shares for 45 percent of total main market volume, Wigton Windfarm followed with 5 million units for 14.6 percent of total volume and Scotia Group with 3.99 million shares for 11 percent of the day’s volume.
The market closed with an average of 1,020,528 units at $47,291,567 for each security traded, in contrast to 695,086 units for an average of $9,362,127 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,129, 518 shares valued at $16,213,671 changing hands, compared to 1,135,212 shares valued at $14,514,099 for each security traded. June closed with an average of 1,608,485 units valued at $19,605,318 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ending with bids higher than the last selling price and 3 with lower offers.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments gained 60 cents to end at $83 trading 39,924 stock units trading, Caribbean Cement lost 90 cents trading 58,384 units at $79.10, Grace Kennedy closed trading of 7,830 units and gained $1 at $71, Jamaica Broilers fell $1.95 in trading 2,065,836 units at $32. JMMB Group traded 2,107,526 shares to close at $53 after falling $1, Kingston Wharves ended trading 2,519 shares and gained $3.49 to end at $71.99, Mayberry Investments climbed 48 cents in exchanging 4,159 shares to close at $8.60. NCB Financial traded at a record of $249, shortly after the market opened but the price drifted down and lost $1 from the previous day’s close with 144,913 units changing hands to close $219. Sagicor Real Estate Fund closed trading of 18,805 units and gained 50 cents to end at $11.50, Salada Foods traded 1,229 shares after falling by $2 to $36, Seprod lost 60 cents in trading 42,258 units to close at $48.40. Scotia Group declined 50 cents in trading of 3,983,856 shares at $55 Sygnus Credit Investments closed trading of 15,100 units and gained 40 cents to end at a record high of $16.90 and Sterling Investments traded 452,602 and gained 40 cents to end at $3.95.
Trading in the US securities market resulted in 253,518 units valued $53,056 changing hands with Proven Investments lost 2 cents in trading 193,518 shares, to close at 24.01 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments closed with 60,000 units changing hands at 10 US cents after falling one cent. The JSE USD Equities Index lost 3.21 points to close at 183.80 points.

The lab up 30% first day on Junior Market

Limners and Bards started trading on the Junior Market but only 100 shares officially traded, as the price hit the 30 percent limitation at the first trade and no other investor was willing to sell at that price.
The stock closed at an all-time high of $1.30 but with the bid at $1.65 on a day when 30 securities changed hands, down from 34 on Thursday, as prices of 16 securities advanced, 10 declined and 4 remained unchanged.
The Junior Market Index climbed 25.27 points to close at 3,343.36 on Friday, and in so doing moved strongly into the black for 2019 with gains of 3 percent for the year.
Market activities, resulted in an exchange of 4,017,691 units amounting to $20,933,388, compared to 2,463,608 units valued at $13,106,397 on Thursday.
By the close of trading, Blue Power traded at a 52 weeks’ high of $16.30 but closed at $13.50 and Elite Diagnostic that traded at a 52 weeks’ high of $6.25 but failed to hold this price at the close.
Trading ended with an average of 133,923 units for $697,780 for each security trading, in contrast to 72,459 units for an average of $385,482 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 95,347 units with a value of $356,070 for each security traded, compared to 93,288 units with a value of $337,830 traded previously. June ended with an average of 166,169 units at $674,841 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and one closed with a lower offer.
Stocks ending with price changes| AMG Packaging declined 6 cents in trading of 6,670 units to close at $2.24, Consolidated Bakeries ended trading with 71,706 shares, after rising 10 cents to end at $1.90, Express Catering declined by 10 cents to settle at $6.25 in exchanging 8,100 shares, Everything Fresh dipped 20 cents in trading of 111,225 units at $1.30. Elite Diagnostic declined 68 cents in trading of 352,923 units to end at $5.32, Fosrich Group lost 5 cents in trading of 38,336 units at $4.70, Fontana  ended trading with 695,683 shares, after rising 30 cents to end at $8.50, General Accident gained 21 cents to end at $4.50 in trading of 137,985 units. Honey Bun lost 10 cents in trading 6,500 shares to close at $6.05, iCreate ended market activity in exchanging 7,050 shares to close at 70 cents after falling 3 cents, Indies Pharma lost 4 cents in trading 242,376 shares to close at 3.02 cents, Iron Rock Insurance ended trading with 1,500 shares, after rising 15 cents to end at $3.90. Jamaican Teas closed trading of 1,141,127 units and gained 7 cents to end at $5, Jetcon Corporation ended trading with 8,200 shares, after rising 5 cents to end at $1.90, Knutsford Express closed 10 cents higher at $11, with 2,973 stock units trading, Key Insurance closed trading of 953 units and gained 20 cents to end at $3.90. KLE Group closed 1 cent higher at $1.73, with 1,155 stock units trading, Limners and Bards climbed 30 cents to settle at a record high of $1.30 with just 100 shares changing hands, Lasco Distributors closed 15 cents higher at $3.15, with 54,500 stock units trading, Lasco Financial gained 1 to end at $4.60, trading 546,846 shares. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 41,900 shares, after rising 5 cents to end at $4.25, Medical Disposables climbed 31 cents in exchanging 22,800 shares at $7, Main Event ended with a loss of 1 cent to close at $7.99 with 7,062 stock units changing hands. Paramount Trading closed trading of 35,551 units and gained 22 cents to end at $2, Stationery and Office Supplies fell 1 cent to close at $11 with 5,885 stock units changing hands and tTech climbed 40 cents and exchanged 127 shares at $5.50.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

AJI at record close of 561,755 – Thursday

The Jamaica Stock Exchange All Jamaican Composite Index ended at another record close on Thursday, the 35th record close for the year, as the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index surged 7,402.24 points to close at 561,755.34.
The JSE Index jumped 6,726.38 points to close at 511,476.82 and the JSE Financial Index rose 1.43 points in closing at 135.37.
Market activity, resulted in 38 securities trading in the main and US dollar markets, leading to 18 securities advancing, 11 declining and 9 trading firm, compared to 36 securities trading on Wednesday.  Trading ended with 25,023,082 units valued at $337,036,565 compared to 22,775,778 units valued at $1,289,797,014 changing hands on Wednesday.
Wigton Windfarm dominated trading with 18.64 million shares for 75 percent of total main market volume, Scotia Group followed with 2 million units for 8 percent of total volume and Wisynco Group with 642,312 shares for 2.6 percent of the day’s volume. NCB Financial traded at a record of $228.99 during the day with 634,727 units changing hands to close $220.
The market closed with an average of 695,086 units at $9,362,127 for each security traded, in contrast to 690,175 units for an average of $39,084,758 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,135,212 shares valued at $14,514,099 changing hands, compared to 1,160,203 shares valued at $14,821,170 for each security traded. June closed with an average of 1,608,485 units valued at $19,605,318 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows one stock ended with the bid higher than the last selling price and 4 with lower offers.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments gained $6.40 to end at $82.40 trading 17,858 stock units trading, Berger Paints declined 76 cents in trading of 2,274 units at $ 17.95, Eppley closed trading of 7,231 units and gained 50 cents to end at $17, Jamaica Producers fell 50 cents in trading of 5,743 units at $28. Jamaica Stock Exchange traded 259,481 shares to close at $35.01, after falling $4.49, Kingston Properties ended trading with 13,100 shares, after rising 25 cents to end at $5.75, Mayberry Jamaican Equities climbed 50 cents in exchanging 8,932 shares to close at $12.50. Portland JSX climbed 40 cents in exchanging 3,940 shares at $8, at $ 8, Proven Investments jumped $3.90 to $40, in trading 1,000 shares, Salada Foods climbed $5 to settle at $38 with 1,437 shares changing hands, Sagicor Real Fund closed trading of 33,134 units and gained 38 cents to end at $11. Sygnus Credit Investments closed trading of 59,223 units and gained 50 cents to end at record high of $16.50, Seprod lost 50 cents in trading 19,570 units to close at $49, Scotia Group declined 25 cents in trading of 2,028,890 units at $55.50 and Wisynco Group gained $2 to end at record closing high of $28, trading 642,312 shares after it traded at a record high of $29.88..
Trading in the US securities market resulted in 5,610 units valued $10,826 changing hands. Market activity ended with JMMB Group 5.75% preference share traded 5,200 units at $2. followed by JMMB Group 6% preference share exchanged 410 units at $1.04.
The JSE USD Equities Index closed unchanged at 187.01 points.

Big push higher for Junior Market

The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market Index surged 85.66 points to end at 3,318.09 on Thursday, the highest close for the year, and the highest point since the latter part of October last year.
Since the close of trading last week Thursday, the Junior Market gained 234.26 and is now 2.2 percent up, for the year. The PE ratio is just 11 times 2019 estimated earnings well off from the more than 15 for the main market.
By the close of trading, Blue Power jumped to a 52 weeks’ high of $13.50 and so did Elite Diagnostic that closed trading at $6 and Stationery and Office Supplies trading at a record $12.
The market closed with 34 securities changing hands, compared to 27 on Wednesday, resulting in the prices of 21 rising, 8 declining and 5 remaining unchanged.
Trading picked up over Wednesday’s levels with an exchange of 2,463,608 units valued at $13,106,397, compared to 2,728,440 units valued at $14,270,901, on Wednesday.
Trading ended with an average of 72,459 units for an average of $385,482 in contrast to 101,053 units for an average of $528,552 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 93,288 units with a value of $337,830 for each security traded, compared to 94,629 units with a value of $334,761 traded previously. June ended with an average of 166,169 units at $674,841 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and one closed with a lower offer.
Stocks ending with price changes| Access Financial close with a loss of $1.45 at $46.50, in trading 1,150 shares, AMG Packaging closed 5 cents higher at $2.30, trading 55,604 stock units, Blue Power climbed $13.50 to settle at a record $13.50 with 26,020 shares changing hands, CAC2000 climbed 10 cents and exchanged 770 shares at $15.10. Caribbean Cream fell 5 cents in trading of 29,765 units at $5, Caribbean Flavours climbed $1 to settle at $14, with 63,144 shares changing hands, Cargo Handlers climbed 95 cents and exchanged 5,000 shares at $10.95, Caribbean Producers gained 1 to end at $4.80, trading 73,759 shares, Derrimon Trading climbed 9 cents and exchanged 15,700 shares at $2.65. Express Catering closed trading of 48,368 units and gained 5 cents to end at $6.35, Everything Fresh ended trading with 87,428 shares, after rising 5 cents to close at $1.50, Elite Diagnostic ended trading of 117,172 shares, after rising 50 cents to end at a record closing high of $6, Fosrich Group climbed 6 cents, exchanging 69,189 shares at $4.75. Fontana lost 65 cents in trading of 655,120 units at $8.20, General Accident dipped 6 cents in trading of 239,128 units at $4.29. GWest Corporation staged a big recovery since falling to a low a recent low of 70 cents to end trading at $1.55 after rising 30 cents in exchanging 6,300 units. Honey Bun closed trading of 15,307 units and gained 10 cents to end at $6.15. iCreate closed trading of 133,826 units after rising 3 cents to end at 73 cents, Indies Pharma closed 3 cents higher at $3.06, trading 111,287 stock units. Jamaican Teas climbed 64 cents, in exchanging 52,365 shares at $4.93, after the company posted increased profits for the nine months to June, with earnings of 32 cents per share versus 20 cents in 2018. Jetcon Corporation climbed 25 cents and exchanged 2,500 shares at $1.85, Key Insurance decline 20 cents trading 13,580 units at $3.70, Lasco Distributors lost 10 cents in trading of 98,192 units at $3, Lasco Financial gained 1 cent to land at $4.59, trading 134,995 shares. Medical Disposables declined 31 cents to $6.69, in exchanging 15,000 shares, Main Event closed 50 cents higher at $8, with 25,422 stock units trading. Paramount Trading lost 9 cents in trading 43,306 shares to close at 1.78 cents, Ironrock Insurance ended trading with 40,924 shares, after rising 18 cents to end at $3.75 and Stationery and Office Supplies gained $2 to end at a record close of $12 with 4,200 stock units trading.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

New record for JSE main market – Wednesday

New record high for the JSE main market.

The Jamaica Stock Exchange All Jamaican Composite Index ended at another record close on Wednesday, the 34th record close for the year as the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index gained 3,629.06 points to close at 554,353.10.
The JSE Index advanced 3,297.87 points to close at record 504,750.44 and the JSE Financial Index rose 1.43 points in closing at 135.37.
Market activity, resulted in 36 securities trading in the main and US dollar markets, leading to 18 securities advancing, 12 declining and 6 trading firm, compared to 39 securities trading on Tuesday.  Trading ended with 22,775,778 units valued at $1,289,797,014 compared to 38,095,627 units valued at $143,483,167 changing hands on Tuesday.
Wigton Windfarm dominated trading with 10.8 million shares for 47.5 percent of total main market volume, NCB Financial followed with 4.75 million units for 21 percent of total volume and Caribbean Cement with 2.54 million shares for 11 percent of the day’s volume.
The market closed with an average of 690,175 units valued for $39,084,758 for each security traded. In contrast to 1,088,446 units for an average of $4,099,519 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,160,203 shares valued at $14,821,170 changing hands, compared to 1,186,012 shares valued at $13,418,896 for each security traded. June closed with an average of 1,608,485 units valued at $19,605,318 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and none with a lower offer.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments climbed $2 to settle at $76 with 38,560 shares changing hands, Grace Kennedy jumped $2 in trading 17,007 units to close at $72, Jamaica Broilers closed trading of 1,761 units and gained 45 cents, to end at $33.95, Jamaica Producers climbed 50 cents to end at $28.50 with 10,081 stock units trading. Jamaica Stock Exchange lost 50 cents in trading 199,350 shares to close at $39.50, Kingston Wharves exchanged 5,961 shares but fell $1.50 to close at $68.50, Mayberry Investments ended trading with 28,839 shares, after declining 60 cents to close at $8, NCB Financial gained $4 to end at a record close of $220, while trading 4,752,835 shares. PanJam Investment jumped $5 in trading of 4,357 units to close at $100. Salada Foods dived $4 to end at $33, trading a mere 501 shares, Sagicor Group gained $1.69, to end at trading 37,347 shares $57.69, Sagicor XFund traded 1,436,659 shares but lost 38 cents in closing at $10.62, Seprod gained 95 cents to end at $49.50 with 32,107 stock units trading. Scotia Group lost 50 cents in trading of 49,279 units at $55.75 and Wisynco Group climbed $1.50 to settle at a record close of $26 with 334,450 shares changing hands.
Trading in the US securities market resulted in 254,884 units valued $29,670.84 changing hands. Market activity ended with Proven Investments rose 2 cents in trading 20,384 shares, to close at 26 US cents. Sterling Investments fell 0.02 cent to close at 0.035 US cents with 3,000 stock units trading and Sygnus Credit Investments closed with 231,500 units changing hands at 11 US cents after rising one cent. The JSE USD Equities Index added 0.68 points to close at 187.01.

Bull run now on for Junior Market

Junior Market turns bullish

The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market Index climbed 42.55 points to close at 3,232.43 on Wednesday and sits just 0.4 percent below the opening level for the year and just slightly lower than the close on January 23.
The Junior Market lagged the main market in performance this year but is severely undervalued and is now poised to rise sharply with technical indicators pointing to a big rally around the corner.
Blue Power jumped to a 52 weeks’ intraday high of $11.50 while Elite Diagnostic closed trading at a 52 weeks’ high at $5.50 but Main Event that traded at an intraday 52 weeks’ high of $8 dropped back by the close.
The market closed with 27 securities changing hands, compared to 31 on Tuesday, resulting in the prices of 16 rising, 6 declining and 5 remaining unchanged.
Trading picked up over Tuesday’s levels with an exchange of 2,728,440 units valued at $14,270,901, compared to 6,303,420 units valued at $17,549,511, on Tuesday.
Trading ended with an average of 101,053 units for an average of $528,552 in contrast to 203,336 units for an average of $566,113 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 94,629 units with a value of $334,761 for each security traded, compared to 94,283 units with a value of $324,317 traded previously. June ended with an average of 166,169 units at $674,841 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and one closed with a lower offer.
Stocks ending with price changes| AMG Packaging ended market activity exchanging 56,259 shares to close at $2.25 after falling 5 cents, CAC 2000  ended trading with 100 shares, after rising 5 cents to end at $15, Dolphin Cove ended trading with 9,576 shares, after rising 20 cents to end at $12.05. Derrimon Trading exchanged 1,000 shares, after rising 37 cents to end at $2.56, Express Catering ended trading with 33,460 shares, after rising 15 cents to end at $6.30, Everything Fresh closed trading of 180,726 units and gained 15 cents to end at $1.45. Elite Diagnostic ended trading with 37,273 shares, after rising 50 cents to end at an all-time high of $5.50, Fosrich Group lost 3 cents in trading 428,299 shares to close at $4.69, Fontana traded 1,010,686 units and gained 40 cents to end at $8.85. General Accident closed 20 cents higher at $4.35, with 5,478 stock units trading, GWest Corporation closed trading of 100,071 units and gained 25 cents to end at $1.25. Honey Bun climbed $1.05 to settle at $6.05 with 600 shares changing hands, iCreate ended trading with 107,252 shares, after rising 4 cents to close at 70 cents. Indies Pharma closed trading of 206,367 units with a gain of 1 cent to end at $3.03, Jamaican Teas ended with a loss of 1 cent at 4.29 with 60,944 stock units changing hands. Knutsford Express fell 10 cents in trading of 17,468 units at $10.90, Key Insurance gained $1.05 to end at $3.90, trading 800 shares, Lasco Distributors dipped 5 cents in trading of 71,140 units at $3.10, Lasco Financial lost 2 cents in trading of 29,954 units at $4.58. Main Event closed 50 cents higher at $7.50, with 13,923 stock units trading, Paramount Trading climbed 8 cents in exchanging 186,147 shares at $1.87, Stationery and Office Supplies traded 100 units and gained 30 cents to end at $10 and tTech lost 15 cents in trading of 28,000 units at $5.10.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

33rd record close for JSE main market – Tuesday

The Jamaica Stock Exchange All Jamaican Composite Index closed on Tuesday above 550,000 points for the first time and gained 32 percent for 2019, in recording the 33rd record close for the year.
The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index gained 5,830.56 points to close at 550,724.04, the JSE Index advanced 5,298.45 points to close at record 501,452.57 and the JSE Financial Index rose 0.21 points in closing at 133.94.
Market activity, resulted in 39 securities trading in the main and US dollar markets, leading to 16 securities advancing, 11 declining and 12 trading firm, compared to 38 securities trading on Monday. Trading ended with 38,095,627 units valued at over $143,483,167 compared to 54,623,895 units priced at $307,245,305 changing hands on Monday.
Wigton Windfarm dominated trading with 33.9 million shares for 89 percent of total main market volume, Radio Jamaica followed with 983,084 units for 2.6 percent of total volume and Victoria Mutual Investments with 742,405 shares for 2 percent of the day’s volume.
The market closed with average of 1,088,446 units valued at an average of $4,099,519 for each security traded, in contrast to 1,560,683 units for an average of $8,778,437 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,186,012 shares valued at $13,418,896 changing hands, compared to 1,192,045 shares valued at $14,027,438 for each security traded. June closed with an average of 1,608,485 units valued at $19,605,318 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments climbed $2.50 to settle at $74 with 65,997 shares changing hands, Grace Kennedy dropped $2.50 in trading 11,490 units to close at $70, Jamaica Broilers closed trading of 33,803 units and gained 50 cents to end at $33.50, JMMB Group gained $3 to end at $54 with 116,750 stock units trading. Jamaica Producers climbed $1.35 to end at $28 with 8,971 stock units trading, Kingston Properties lost 25 cents in trading 21,929 shares to close at $5.50, Mayberry Investments ended trading with 19,800 shares, after rising 44 cents to end at $8.60, NCB Financial gained $2 to end at $216, trading 117,842 shares. PanJam Investment dropped $4 in trading of 88,191 units to close at $95. Salada Foods gained $1 to end at $37, trading a mere 100 shares, Sagicor Group gained $1.50, to end at trading 505,581 shares $56, Seprod gained $1.55 to end at $48.55 with 10,673 stock units trading. Scotia Group lost 70 cents in trading of 13,881 units at $ 56.25, Sterling Investments closed 38 cents higher at $3.58, with 70,700 stock units trading, Sygnus Credit Investments jumped $1.40 to end at $15.90 trading 47,602 shares and Wisynco Group climbed $1.49 to settle at a record close of $24.50 with 203,282 shares changing hands.
Trading in the US securities market resulted in 267,836 units valued at $56,931 changing hands. Market activity ended with Margaritaville trading 1,463 units at 25 US cents, Proven Investments lost 1 cent in trading 208,782 shares, to close at 24.02 US cents. Sterling Investments fell 0.003 cent to close at 0.037 US cents with 16,091 stock units trading and Sygnus Credit Investments closed with 41,500 units changing hands at 10 US cents after falling half a cent. The JSE USD Equities Index fell 3.71 points to close at 186.33.

2019 Junior Market losses almost cleared

The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market Index rose 38.69 points to close at 3,189.88 on Tuesday and sits just 1.8 percent below the opening level for the year and just slightly lower than the close on January 23.
Blue Power jumped to a 52 weeks’ intraday high of $10 while Elite Diagnostic traded at a 52 weeks’ high of $5.20 but pulled back to $5 at the close.
The market closed on Tuesday with 31 securities changing hands, compared to 28 on Monday, resulting in the prices of 11 rising 10 declining and 7 remaining unchanged.
Trading picked up over Monday’s levels with an exchange of 6,303,420 units valued at $17,549,511, compared to 2,560,330 units priced at $11,043,949 on Monday.
Trading ended with an average of 203,336 units at $566,113 for each security traded, in contrast to 91,440 units for an average of $394,427 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 94,283 units with a value of $324,317 for each security traded, compared to 87,090 units with a value of $308,369 traded previously. June ended with an average of 166,169 units at $674,841 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and one closed with a lower offer.
Stocks ending with price changes| Access Financial gained $1.45 to end at $47.95, trading 1,093 shares, Access Financial gained $47.95 to end at $1.45, trading 1,093 shares, AMG Packaging exchanged 89,626 shares to close at $2.30 after falling 13 cents, Blue Power gained $2.01 to end at record high of $10 trading 2,100 stock units. Derrimon Trading lost 37 cents trading of 4,953,267 units at $2.19, Express Catering closed trading of 82,000 units and gained 34 cents to end at $6.15, Elite Diagnostic ended market activity exchanging 23,000 shares to close at $5 after falling 15 cents, Fosrich Group climbed 4 cents and exchanged 23,155 shares at $4.72. Fontana gained $1.14 to end at $8.45 with 355,933 stock units trading, General Accident dipped 23 cents in trading of 64,972 units at $4.15, iCreate closed trading of 102,500 units and gained 6 cents to end at 66 cents, ISP Finance fell 20 cents in trading of 3,783 units to end at $13.65. Jamaican Teas lost 13 cents in trading 100 shares to close at $4.30, Jetcon Corporation exchanged 73,886 shares to close at $1.60 after falling 20 cents, Lasco Distributors dipped 18 cents in trading of 55,300 units at $3.15, Lasco Manufacturing shed 8 cents in trading of 29,235 units at $4.20. Medical Disposables closed trading of 53,095 units and gained 30 cents to end at $7. Main Event climbed 45 cents and exchanged 12,176 shares at $7, Ironrock Insurance climbed 4 cents and exchanged 500 shares at $3.57, Stationery and Office Supplies climbed 69 cents and exchanged 26,328 shares to end at $9.70 and tTech Limited ended trading of 62,382 shares, after rising 15 cents to end at $5.25.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Gains for JSE main market – Monday

Wisynco ended at a record close on Monday.

The Jamaica Stock Exchange main market closed higher on Monday as advancing stocks outnumbered declining ones and with 2 stocks hitting 52 weeks’ highs.
The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index gained 2,026.67 points to close at 544,893.48, the JSE Index advanced 1,841.71 points to close at 496,154.12 and the JSE Financial Index rose 0.20 points in closing at 133.73.
Market activity, resulted in 38 securities trading in the main and US dollar markets, leading to 14 securities advancing, 11 declining and 13 trading firm, compared to 33 securities trading on Friday.  Trading ended with 54,623,895 units priced at $307,245,305 compared to 18,037,703 units amounting to $151,247,321 changing hands on Friday.
Wigton Windfarm dominated trading with 48 million shares for 88 percent of total main market volume, Seprod followed with 4.2 million units for 8 percent of total volume and Mayberry Jamaican Equities with 476,988 shares for just under 1 percent of the day’s volume.
The market closed with average of 1,560,683 units at $8,778,437 for each security traded. In contrast to 601,257 units for an average of $5,041,577 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,192,045 shares valued at $14,027,438 changing hands, compared to 1,167,747 shares valued at $14,394,134 for each security traded. June closed with an average of 1,608,485 units valued at $19,605,318 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments lost 50 cents to end at $71.50, in trading 47,744 shares, Grace Kennedy climbed 50 cents in trading 40,197 units, to end at $72.50, Jamaica Producers declined $1.35 in trading 45,583 shares to close at $26.65. Jamaica Stock Exchange climbed $2 trading 202,800 units to end at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $40, JMMB Group slipped $2 to end at $51 with an exchange of 154,329 shares. Kingston Wharves traded 3,927 shares and gained $2 to close at $70, Mayberry Investments lost 34 cents trading 26,430 shares at $8.16, Mayberry Jamaican Equities traded 476,988 shares and gained 48 cents to end at $12, NCB Financial fell $1 in exchanging 86,395 shares to close at $214, PanJam Investment rose $4 in trading 28,065 stock units at $99. Sagicor Group traded 12,978 shares after rising $1 in closing at $54.50, Scotia Group exchanged 8,603 shares with a gain of 93 cents to end at $56.95. Seprod rose $1 in trading 4,234,220 to close at $47, Sterling exchanged 78,341  with a fall of 38 cents to close at $3.20, Supreme Ventures lost 90 cents in trading 61,281 in closing at $27 Sygnus Credit Investments traded 38,090 shares and lost 50 cents in closing at $14.50 and Wisynco Group climbed $2.01 in trading 174,156 shares to end at record close of $23.01.
Trading in the US securities market resulted in 125,885 units valued at US$30,649 changing hands. Market activity ended with JMMB Group 5.75% preference shares traded 6,210 units at US$2, Margaritaville closed trading with 1,109 units at 25 US cents, Proven Investments lost 0.05 cent in trading 114,997 shares to close at 25.02 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments closed with 9,779 units changing hands at 10.5 US cents after falling 1.49 cents. The JSE USD Equities Index fell 2.02 points and closed at 190.04.

More gains for Junior Market – Monday

The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market Index rose 24.98 points to  3,151.19 on Monday as rising stocks edged out declining ones.
The market closed on Monday with 28 securities changing hands, compared to 31 on Friday, resulting in the prices of 11 rising, 10 declining and 7 remaining unchanged with two companies ended at 52 weeks’ high and two at 52 weeks’ low.
At the close of market activities, an exchange of 2,560,330 units priced at $11,043,949 compared to 2,453,740 units valued at $12,590,576 on Friday.
Trading ended with an average of 91,440 units for an average of $394,427 in contrast to 79,153 units for an average of $406,148 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 87,090 units with a value of $308,369 for each security traded, compared to 86,814 units with a value of $302,918 traded previously. June ended with an average of 166,169 units at $674,841 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 closed with lower offers.
Stocks ending with price changes| Access Financial gained $3.3 to end at 46.50 with 1,400 stock units trading, AMG Packaging traded 157,887 shares, after rising 13 cents to end at $2.43, Blue Power jumped $1.49 to end at 52 weeks’ high of $7.99 with 11,000 stock units trading. Caribbean Cream ended trading with 25,000 shares, after rising 4 cents to end at $5.05, Caribbean Producers climbed 5 cents in exchanging 1,000 shares at $4.79, Consolidated Bakeries ended trading with 72,198 shares, after rising 1 cent to end at $1.80. Dolphin Cove lost 15 cents in trading 1,047 shares to close at $11.85, Derrimon Trading closed with a loss of 4 cents at $2.56, in swapping of 117,800 shares. Express Catering declined by 40 cents in trading of 106,107 units to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $5.81, Elite Diagnostic ended trading with 20,130 shares, after rising 15 cents to end at a record high of $5.15, Fosrich Group declined 23 cents in trading 125,471 units to settle at $4.68. Fontana dipped 10 cents trading 675,620 shares to close at 7.31 cents, General Accident closed 28 cents higher at $4.38, with 3,505 stock units trading, GWest Corporation ended trading with 96,535 shares, after rising 4 cents to end at $1, Honey Bun lost $1.05 cents in trading of 15,660 units at $5. iCreate Limited declined by 10 cents to settle at record low of 60 cents, in trading of 118,800 units, Jamaican Teas ended with a loss of 1 cent at $4.43 with 7,762 stock units changing hands, Lasco Distributors ended trading with 354,542 shares, after rising 13 cents to end at $3.30. Lasco Manufacturing exchanged 243,393 shares after rising 8 cents, to end at $4.28. Main Event lost 15 cents in trading of 13,570 units to close at $6.55 and Paramount Trading ended with a loss of 1 cent at 1.79 with 5,000 stock units changing hands.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.