
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.
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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.


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.
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.
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..
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.
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.
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. 
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.

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.
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. 
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.
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.
June ended with an average of 166,169 units at $674,841 for each security traded.
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.

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.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market Index rose 24.98 points to 3,151.19 on Monday as rising stocks edged out declining ones. 
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.