Junior Market slips modestly – Wednesday

Junior Market stock trading.

Junior Market trading declined 28 percent on Wednesday, with 6,366,628 units valued at $24,922,045 changing hands, compared to 8,865,251 units valued at $30,164,992, changing hands on Tuesday.
At the close of trading, 28 securities changed hands, compared with 20 on Tuesday. The market index declined 10.48 points to close at 3,090.66 as the prices of 9 securities rose, 12 declined and 7 remained unchanged.
Trading ended with an average of 227,380 units for an average of $890,073 in contrast to 443,263 units for an average of $1,508,250 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 188,396 shares valued at $759,059 compared to 185,926 shares valued at $750,760 on the previous day. In contrast, February closed with an average of 235,225 units valued at $679,790 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 4 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed with a loss of 80 cents at $46.60, with an exchange of 495 shares, AMG Packaging added 15 cents to end at $2.25, with 81,947 stock units changing hands, Blue Power concluded trading of 3,203 units at $4.60. Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of 20 cents at $12.80, in trading 2,894 shares, Caribbean Cream ended trading of 7,250 shares, 1 cent higher at $5.54, Caribbean Producers rose 39 cents to close at $4.60, with 21,522 units trading, Derrimon Trading ended 45 cents higher at $2.75, with 35,711 shares changing hands. Dolphin Cove exchanged 203 shares, at $13.99, Everything Fresh finished with a loss of 5 cents at $1.50, with an exchange of 87,000 stock units. Elite Diagnostic fell 10 cents to close at $3.10, with 17,984 units changing hands, FosRich Group traded 87,130 shares at $4.30, Fontana closed at $4.05, with 1,669,156 shares changing hands, General Accident closed with a loss of 49 cents at $4.01, trading of 2,001,721 stock units. GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 15 cents at $1.30, with 176,087 units changing hands, Honey Bun concluded trading 35 cents higher at $4.25, with 100 shares, iCreate fell 2 cents and closed at $1, with an exchange of 122,185 shares, Indies Pharma finished 3 cents higher at $3.12, with 110,487 shares changing hands. Iron Rock closed 51 cents higher at $3.50, in trading 71,000 shares, Jamaican Teas  traded 40,061 units at $3.90, Jetcon Corporation  exchanged 58,100 shares, with a loss of 29 cents to end at $2.61,  Knutsford Express  lost 9 cents in closing at $11.91, with an exchange of 1,135 stock units. Lasco Distributors  finished with a loss of 10 cents at $3.70, after 142,685 units changed hands. Lasco Financial  settled 27 cents higher at $4.52, exchanging 1,542,000 shares, Lasco Manufacturing  ended trading with 41,957 shares and fell 10 cents to close at $3.20, Main Event traded 3,272 shares at $5.50, Paramount Trading closed at $2.30, with 10,000 units changing hands. Stationery and Office concluded trading of 31,050 shares with a loss of 10 cents at $6.80 and tTech settled 10 cents higher at $5.50, with an exchange of 293 stock units.

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

 

Another jump for JSE majors – Wednesday

Supreme Ventures traded at a new record high on Wednesday.

Jamaican Stocks made another sizable push higher in trading on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Wednesday with the market, indices rising more than 2,000 points gained on Tuesday.
At the close of trading, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index jumped 3,483.21 points to 424,499.16 and the JSE Index climbed a strong 3,165.22 points to 386,748.97.
At the close of the main and US markets, 34 securities traded, compared to 33 on Tuesday and leading to 15 advancing, 9 declining and 10 closing unchanged. Caribbean Cement and Supreme Ventures ended at 52 weeks’ closing high.
Trading ended with 84,511,402 units at $295,941,707 compared to 3,652,445 units at $151,937,909, changing hands on Tuesday. Radio Jamaica led trading with 84.5 million shares, accounting for 92 percent of the day’s volume in the main market, followed by JMMB Group 7.5% preference share with 1.4 million units or 1.7 percent of the volume traded and Supreme Ventures with 945,125 shares amounting to one percent of the overall volume.
Market activity ended with an average of 2,560,952 units valued at an average of $8,967,930 for each security traded. In contrast to 121,748 units for an average of $5,064,597 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 468,945 shares at $10,386,003 for each security traded, in contrast to 347,829 shares at $10,473,147 on the prior trading day. Trading for February resulted in an average of 281,016 shares with a value of $11,715,160, for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the reading showing 13 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and none closing with a lower offer.
In main market activity, Barita Investments closed with a rise of $1.49 at $42.49, with 35,029 shares trading, Berger Paints gained 25 cents to $20.25, in exchanging 94,100 stock units, Caribbean Cement jumped $4 to a record close of $59, with 544,203 shares changing hands. Eppley traded 355 shares and jumped $1.07 to $10.57, Jamaica Broilers dropped 40 cents and finished trading 231,810 units at $31.50, Jamaica Producers lost 45 cents to close at $21.55, with 15,466 shares changing hands, JMMB Group rose 99 cents trading of 342,433 shares to close at $31.99. Kingston Properties lost 60 cents to settle at $6, trading 1,673 units, Kingston Wharves jumped $1.99 and finished at $72, with an exchange of 80,966 stock units, Mayberry Investments lost 49 cents trading 287,560 shares to close at $8.01,  NCB Financial Group  gained 30 cents trading 416,046 shares at $145.  Pulse Investments  gained 49 cents to finish at $2.99, with 183,602 shares trading, Sagicor Group  rose 65 cents to settle at $39.65, with 334,231 shares changing hands. Seprod fell 45 cents to close at $43 in trading 53,653 shares and Supreme Ventures  rose $1.50 to finish at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $27.50, with an exchange of 945,125 units.
Trading in the US dollar market resulted in 160,021 units for US$36,774 changing hands with Proven Investments traded 160,021 units at 22.99 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index lost 0.08 points to close at 179.78.

Pick up in JSE trading – Tuesday

Trading on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Tuesday with JSE All Jamaican Composite Index recovered 2,246.27 points it lost on Monday to reach 421,015.95 and the JSE Index regained 2,041.20 points to end at 383,583.75.
Volume traded climbed 30 over Monday’s level to 3,652,445 units but the value more than doubled, to $151,937,909, compared to 2,806,548 units valued $75,154,263 changing hands on Monday.
At the close of the main and US markets, 33 securities traded, compared to 30 on Monday and leading to 10 advancing, 12 declining and 11 closing unchanged. Supreme Ventures ended at a record closing high of $26 but JMMB Group 7% preference share ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.95 and drove the yield to 8 percent.
Grace Kennedy led trading with 1,667,776 units, accounting for 46 percent of the day’s volume in the main market, followed by Barita Investments with 551,739 units or 15 percent of the volume traded and Victoria Mutual Investments with 367,668 shares amounting to 10 percent of the overall volume.
Market activity ended with an average of 121,748 units valued at over $5,064,597, in contrast to 96,778 shares valued at $2,591,526 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 347,829 shares at $10,473,147 for each security traded, in contrast to 360,389 shares at $10,793,179 on the prior trading day. Trading for February resulted in an average of 281,016 shares with a value of $11,715,160, for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the reading showing 14 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 closing with lower offers.
In main market activity, Barita Investments closed with a loss of $1.49 at $41, with 551,739 shares trading, Berger Paints climbed $1 to $20, in exchanging 1,853 stock units, Caribbean Cement lost 50 cents to close at $55, with 41,992 shares changing hands. Grace Kennedy gained $1 trading 1,667,776 stock units, to close at $59, Jamaica Broilers climbed $1.89 and finished trading 4,783 units at $31.90, JMMB Group rose 98 cents trading of 57,316 shares to close at $31. Kingston Wharves jumped $5.01 and finished at $70.01, with an exchange of 2,179 stock units, NCB Financial Group lost 25 cents and ended trading 85,329 shares at $144.70, Sagicor Group lost 50 cents to settle at $39, with 10,211 shares changing hands. Scotia Group gained 80 cents, trading 1,672 shares, to close at $51, Supreme Ventures rose 50 cents to finish at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $26, with an exchange of 120,455 units.
Trading in the US dollar market resulted in 33,305 units for US$9,172 changing hands with JMMB Group 6% USD preference shares traded 3,300 shares at US$1.01, Proven Investments traded 21,160 units at 22.99 US cents followed by Sygnus Credit Investments exchanged 8,845 units at 11 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index advanced 0.21 points to close at 179.86.

Junior Market trading jumps 839% – Tuesday

Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange jumped 839 percent on Tuesday, with 8,865,251 units valued at $30,164,992, up from just 944,033 units valued at $3,531,740 changing hands on Monday.
Indies Pharma accounted for 7.3 million units of the shares trading on Tuesday. At the close of trading, 20 securities changed hands, compared with 27 on Monday. The market index gained 6.08 points to close at 3,101.14 as the prices of 7 securities rose, 8 declined and 5 remained unchanged. Closing bids and offers are reflecting negative out turn for stocks in Wednesday’s trading as indicated by the negative Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator.
Trading ended with an average of 443,263 units for an average of $1,508,250 in contrast to 34,964 units for an average of $130,805 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 185,926 shares valued at $750,760 compared to 173,730 shares valued at $714,860 on the previous day. In contrast, February closed with an average of 235,225 units valued at $679,790 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 9 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Blue Power concluded trading of 18,797 shares with a loss of 10 cents, to end at $4.60, Caribbean Flavours traded 18,871 stock units, at $17.05, Caribbean Producers fell 19 cents to close at $4.21, with 10,900 units changing hands. Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 35 cents at $2.30, with an exchange of 266,450 shares, Dolphin Cove jumped $1.48 to $13.99, with the trading of 314 shares. Everything Fresh finished 2 cents higher at $1.55, with 120,000 stock units trading, Elite Diagnostic settled at $3.20, with 32,795 units changing hands, Express Catering ended trading 619,086 shares, with a loss of 10 cents at $8, FosRich Group traded 16,621 shares, 20 cents higher at $4.30. Fontana ended trading 72,972 shares after rising 5 cents to $4.05,  GWest Corporation  ended with a loss of 15 cents at $1.45, with 97,853 units trading, iCreate rose 1 cent and closed market activity at $1.02, with an exchange of 159,046 shares, Indies Pharma finished 4 cents higher at $3.09, in trading 7,319,465 shares, Jamaican Teas  swapped 6,266 units at $3.90. Lasco Distributors  finished at $3.80, with 57,687 units changing hands, Lasco Financial  settled with a loss of 41 cents at $4.25, with an exchange of 8,074 shares, Lasco Manufacturing  ended trading with 5,744 shares and lost 1 cent to end at $3.30,  Main Event  fell 25 cents to close at $5.50, with 5,310 shares trading. Stationery and Office  concluded trading with 6,200 shares after rising 15 cents higher to $6.90 and tTech settled at $5.40, with 22,800 stock units changing hands.

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

Junior Market trading drops 50% – Monday

Main market volume contracts.

Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange fell 50 percent on Monday, with 944,033 units valued at $3,531,740, down from 1,895,979 units valued at $7,592,683 changing hands on Friday.
At the close of trading, 27 securities changed hands, compared with 23 on Friday. The market index lost 13.19 points to close at 3,095.06 as the prices of 9 securities rose, 12 declined and 6 remained unchanged.
Trading ended with an average of 34,964 units for an average of $130,805 in contrast to 82,434 units for an average of $330,117 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 173,730 shares valued at $714,860 compared to 183,215 shares valued at $754,782 on the previous day. In contrast, February closed with an average of 235,225 units valued at $679,790 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 3 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed with a loss of 60 cents at $47.40, trading 3,000 shares, Blue Power concluded trading with a loss of 16 cents at $4.70, with 2,236 units changing hands, Cargo Handlers settled 54 cents higher at $13, with 6,000 shares. Caribbean Cream rose 3 cents trading 9,000 shares to close at $5.53, Caribbean Producers traded 1,767 units and gained 20 cents to end at $4.40, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 1 cent at $2.65, with 32,000 shares changing hands. Everything Fresh finished with a loss of 2 cents at $1.53, with an exchange of 29,268 stock units, Elite Diagnostic settled with a loss of 5 cents at $3.20, with 24,250 units crossing through the exchange, Express Catering ended trading of 12,719 shares and rose by 10 cents to $8.10. FosRich Group traded 12,408 shares with a loss of 20 cents at $4.10, Fontana exchanged 167,291 shares and rose 3 cents higher to $4, General Accident closed at $4.50, with 10,000 stock units changing hands, GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 15 cents at $1.60, with 2,500 units. Honey Bun concluded trading 7 cents higher at $3.90, with 1,400 shares, iCreate closed market activity at $1.01, with an exchange of 180,549 shares, Indies Pharma finished 3 cents higher at $3.05, with 4,205 shares changing hands, Iron Rock  settled at $2.99, with an exchange of 49,900 shares. Jamaican Teas  traded 17,616 units with a loss of 7 cents at $3.90, Jetcon Corporation  finished trading 51,563 shares and lost 34 cents to close at $2.90,  Knutsford Express  lost 2 cents exchanging 100 stock units at $12,  Lasco Distributors  finished at $3.80, with an exchange of 113,971 units. Lasco Financial  gained 16 cents and ended at $4.66, with 77,998 shares changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing  ended trading at $3.31, with an exchange of 11,335 shares, Main Event  traded 26,337 shares for 25 cents higher at $5.75. Paramount Trading closed with a loss of 10 cents at $2.30, trading 5,894 units, Stationery and Office concluded trading with a loss of 75 cents at $6.75, with an exchange of 90,526 shares and tTech settled at $5.40, with 200 stock units changing hands.

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

Big fall in JSE major indices – Monday

Supreme Ventures hits record high of $27.90 on Monday.


Trading on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Monday with JSE All Jamaican Composite Index diving 3,556.04 points to 418,769.68 and the JSE Index dropping by 3,231.40 points to 381,542.55.
Volume traded, dived below normal levels, with 2,806,548 units valued $75,154,263 changing hands, compared to 3,578,014 units valued at $135,408,659 on Friday.
At the close of the main and US markets, 30 securities traded, compared to 29 on Friday and leading to 8 advancing, 14 declining and 8 closing unchanged.
Seprod led trading with 779,351 units, accounting for 28 percent of the day’s volume in the main market, followed by Mayberry Equities with 301,405 units or 11 percent of the volume traded and Radio Jamaica with 280,000 shares amounting to 10 percent of the overall volume.
Market activity ended with an average of 96,778 units at $2,591,526 for each security traded, in contrast to 127,786 shares for $4,836,024 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 360,389 shares at $10,793,179 for each security traded, in contrast to 375,350 shares at $11,290,769 on the prior trading day. Trading for February resulted in an average of 281,016 shares with a value of $11,715,160, for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the reading showing 13 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 closing with a lower offer.
In main market activity, Berger Paints lost 30 cents to end at $19, in exchanging 6,894 stock units, Caribbean Cement lost 50 cents to close at $55.50, with 42,244 shares changing hands, Grace Kennedy fell 75 cents trading 16,088 stock units, to close at $59, JMMB Group lost $1.35 trading of 7,857 shares at $30.02. Kingston Wharves dropped $5 and finished at $65, with an exchange of 148,197 stock units, PanJam Investment rose $1.60 to close at $81.70, trading 18,461 units, Sagicor Group lost 50 cents to settle at $39.50, with 64,710 shares changing hands. Salada Foods fell 95 cents in trading 2,529 units at $29.05, Scotia Group dropped $1.35 trading 34,493 shares, to close at $50.20, Seprod rose 45 cents to close at $43.45, with 779,351 shares changing hands. Supreme Ventures rose 30 cents to finish at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $25.50, with an exchange of 115,136 units, after it traded at an all-time high of $27.90 and Sygnus Credit Investments fell 30 cents to close of $12, with 10,000 units changing hands.
Trading in the US dollar market resulted in 1,800 units valued at $1,840 changing hands with JMMB GROUP 6.00% USD preference shares was the sole stock trading in this market with 1,800units, to close at with a loss of 2 US cents at US$1.02. The JSE USD Equities Index remained unchanged to close at 179.65.

Grace back in IC TOP 10

Grace new HQ close to the end of construction in downtown Kingston

General Accident returned to the Junior Market TOP 10 list along with Main Event while Grace Kennedy returns to the TOP 10 main market list at the expense of Pulse.
Jamaican Teas price moved up to $3.97 from $3.50 at the close of the previous week and Caribbean Cream came in for some buying during the past week, pushing the price to $6.60 and out of the top flight of Junior Market stocks. In the main market, Grace Kennedy slipped in price to close the week at $59.75 and that was enough for it to edge its way back in the TOP main market stocks.
The three leading Junior Market stocks are Iron Rock with potential gains of 300 percent, Caribbean Producers 281 percent up from last week, as the stock slipped to $4.20 and Lasco Financial with potential gains of 211 percent.
The three leading main market stocks are, Victoria Mutual investments with 152 percent likely gain, is on top, followed by Carib Cement with potential to gain 150 percent for the year down from 172 percent in the prior week and Sterling Investments with 150 percent.
The main market, closed the week with the overall PE at 13.3 and the Junior Market at just 10.6. The PE ratio for Junior Market Top 10 stocks average 6.7 and the main market PE is now 8.4. These levels, point to the huge upside for the TOP 10 stocks over the next 12 months.
The TOP 10 stocks now trade at an average discount of 37 percent to the average for the Junior Market Top stocks and main market stocks trade at a discount of 37 percent to the overall market.
TOP 10 stocks are likely to deliver the best returns within a 12 months period. Projected earnings, for each company’s current fiscal year, are used in determining, the selected stocks. The PE for and projected earnings for each stock are computed to show potential gains for the year, which are ranked in descending order. Potential values will change as stock prices fluctuate and will result in movements of the selection in and out of the lists for most weeks. Earnings per share are revised on an ongoing basis as new information is received that can result in changes in and out of the list.

This report is compiled by persons who may have interest in the securities commented on.

 

Trading picks up on JSE – Friday

Caribbean Cement ended trading at a new closing high of $56 on Friday.

Volume traded on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Friday rose over thursday’s level but remained well below norm, with 3,578,014 units valued at $135,408,659 trading, compared to just 1,589,969 units valued $46,193,207 clearing the market, on Thursday.
At the close of market, the main and US markets traded 29 securities, compared to 35 trading on Thursday. There was a total of 8 stocks advancing, 14 declining and 7 closing without price changes. Caribbean Cement ended at an all-time closing high of $56 and Supreme Ventures traded at an intraday 52 weeks’ high of $26 but closed lower at the end of market activities.
Trading resulted in, JSE All Jamaican Composite Index gained 400.31 points to 422,325.72 and the JSE Index advanced by 363.76 points to end at 384,773.95.
Scotia Group led trading with 1,148,109 units, accounting for 32 percent of the day’s volume in the main market, followed by Carreras with 349,610 units or 10 percent of the volume traded and Grace Kennedy with 321,057 shares for 9 percent of the overall volume.
Market activity ended with an average of 127,786 units valued at over $4,836,024, in contrast to 48,181 shares valued at $1,399,794 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 375,350 shares at $11,290,769 in contrast to 389,701 shares at $11,692,398 for each security traded, on the prior trading day. Trading for February resulted in an average of 281,016 shares with a value of $11,715,160, for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the reading showing 10 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 closing with a lower offer.
In main market activity, Barita Investments declined by $2, to close at $42.50, with an exchange of 149,150 shares, Caribbean Cement climbed $3 to finish at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $56, with 286,800 shares changing hands, Eppley  lost 45 cents and settled at $9.50, with 309,695 shares trading. Grace Kennedy  rose 75 cents trading 321,057 stock units, to close at $59.75, Jamaica Broilers  fell $2.99 to close at $30.01, with 34,124 shares changing hands, Jamaica Producers  lost $1.01 trading 118,876 units, at $21.99, JMMB Group  rose 37 cents in concluding trading of 25,478 shares at $31.37. Kingston Wharves dropped $2 and finished at $70, with an exchange of 2,518 stock units, Mayberry Investments  lost 53 cents to end trading of 79,692 shares at $8.47,  Mayberry Jamaica Equities traded 38,242 shares after rising by 55 cents to close at $10. PanJam Investment  fell $1.60 to close at $80.10, trading 70,826 units, Sagicor Group  gained 45 cents and settled at $40, with 18,955 shares changing hands, Scotia Group  climbed $1.35 trading 1,148,109 shares to close at $51.55 and  Sygnus Credit Investments fell $1.05 to close of $12.30, with 180,000 units changing hands.
Trading in the US dollar market resulted in 5,184 units valued $562 changing hands with Sygnus Credit Investments being the sole stock trading in this market, to close at 11 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index gained 0.07 points to close at 179.65.

Junior Market index above 3,100 points – Friday

The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange index rose on Friday, 1,895,979 units valued at $7,592,683traded, down sharply from 3,232,801 units valued at $12,857,715 changing hands on Thursday.
At the close of trading, 23 securities changed hands, compared with 27 on Thursday. The market index rose 15.40 points to close at 3,108.25 as the prices of 7 securities rose, 9 declined and 7 remained unchanged.
Trading ended with an average of 82,434 units for an average of $330,117 in contrast to 119,733 units for an average of $476,212 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 183,215 shares valued at $$754,782 compared to 222,952 shares valued at $789,131 on the previous day. In contrast, February closed with an average of 235,225 units valued at $679,790 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 6 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended at $2.10, trading 20,200 stock units ,Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of 4 cents at $12.46, with 600 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cream ended trading of 4,434 shares at $5.50, Caribbean Flavours traded 4,358 stock units, with a loss of 17 cents at $17.05. Caribbean Producers finished 7 cents higher at $4.20, with an exchange of 3,727 units, Derrimon Trading ended 1 cent higher at $2.66, in trading 15,145 shares, Everything Fresh finished at $1.55, with 36,825 stock units changing hands, Elite Diagnostic settled 5 cents higher at $3.25, with 194,985 units passing through the market. Express Catering ended trading 93,875 shares with a rise of 40 cents to $8, FosRich Group traded with 946,315 shares, with a loss of 20 cents to close at $4.30, Fontana finished trading with a loss of 4 cents at $3.97, with 28,700 shares crossing the exchange trading platform. General Accident closed at $4.50, with an exchange of 19,850 stock units, iCreate lost 1 cent and closed market activity at $1.01, with an exchange of 111,640 shares, Indies Pharma finished with a loss of 3 cents at $3.02, in trading 34,600 shares. Iron Rock settled with a loss of 11 cents at $2.99, with 119,786 shares trading, Jamaican Teas traded 4,500 units, after rising 37 cents to $3.97,  Jetcon Corporation  climbed 37 cents higher to $3.24, with an exchange of 7,785 shares, KLE Group ended at $2.65, with 150 shares trading. Lasco Distributors  closed 4 cents higher at $3.80, with 97,950 units changing hands, Lasco Financial  settled with a loss of 15 cents at $4.50, trading 68,459 shares, Lasco Manufacturing  ended trading with 37,509 shares and lost 19 cents to close at $3.31,  Main Event  traded 42,586 shares at $5.50 and Stationery and Office concluded trading of 2,000 shares at $7.50.

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

Volume plummets on JSE – Thursday

Volume traded on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday dived sharply, to be well below normal levels, with just 1,589,969 units valued $46,193,207 crossing the market, compared to 23,522,368 units for $2,905,278,031, on Wednesday.
At the close of market, the main and US markets traded 35 securities, compared to 36 trading on Wednesday. There was a total of 15 stocks advancing, 10 declining and 10 closing without price changes.
Trading resulted in, JSE All Jamaican Composite Index falling 168.59 points to 421,925.41 and the JSE Index declining 151.32 points to 384,410.19.
Market activity ended with an average of 48,181 units valued at $1,399,794, in contrast to 758,786 shares valued at $93,718,646 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 389,701 shares at $11,692,398 for each security traded, in contrast to 414,746 shares at $12,506,920 on the prior trading day. Trading for February resulted in an average of 281,016 shares with a value of $11,715,160, for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the reading showing 8 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 closing with a lower offer.
In main market activity, Barita Investments recovered the $3 it lost on Wednesday, to close at $44.50, with an exchange of 36,380 shares, Caribbean Cement added 60 cents to finish at $53, with 221,948 shares changing hands, Carreras gained 47 cents trading 14,116 units to close at $9.47. Grace Kennedy fell 75 cents trading 42,225 stock units, to close at $59, Jamaica Broilers rose $1 to close at $33, with 39,975 shares changing hands, JMMB Group  rose 50 cents in concluding trading with 96,005 shares at $31, Mayberry Investments  lost 50 cents to end trading of 21,120 shares at $9.  PanJam Investment  gained 70 cents to $81.70, trading 14,162 units, Portland JSX fell 99 cents in trading 4,991 stock units to close at $7.50, Proven Investments dropped $5 to $30 trading 26,000 shares, Pulse Investments  fell 39 cents to $2.60, with an exchange of 81,700 stock units, Scotia Group  lost 80 cents trading 11,974 shares to close at $50.20 and  Supreme Ventures  rose 30 cents and finished at record close of $25.30, with 221,684 units changing hands.
Trading in the US dollar market resulted in 128,580 units valued at US$20,831 changing hands. JMMB Group  6% rose 2 cents and closed at $1.04 with 7,500 shares changing hands and Sygnus Credit Investments rose 1 cent trading 121,080 to close at 11 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index gained 1.52 points to close at 179.58.