Trading on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Friday with JSE All Jamaican Composite Index falling 439.11 points to 424,780.82 and the JSE Index declining 399.02 points to 387,003.02.
At the close of market activity, the main and US markets traded 37 securities, compared to 34 trading on Thursday as 12 advanced, 16 declined and 9 traded without changes in prices.
Main market activity ended with 4,603,011 units valued $150,633,830 trading, compared to 21,778,622 units valued $200,727,926 changing hands, on Thursday.
Scotia Group led trading with 1.27 million shares for 27.6 percent of the day’s volume, JMMB Group 7.5% preference was next with 605,000 units, accounting for 13 percent of the total main market volume changing hands and PanJam Investment ended with 554,238 shares, for 12 percent of the day’s volume. Eppley 8.25% preference share, traded at a 52 week’s high of $6.50.
Market activity ended with an average 135,383 units valued at $4,430,407, in contrast to 659,958 shares valued at 
$6,082,664 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 391,249 shares at $7,075,160 for each security traded, in contrast to 459,748 shares at $6,000,486 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 7 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 closing with lower offers.
In main market activity, Barita Investments dropped $1.44 to close at $48.55, trading of 35,826 shares, Berger Paints lost 59 cents and ended at $19.51, with an exchange of 5,212 stock units, Caribbean Cement closed with a drop of $1 to finish at $51, with 1,300 shares changing hands. Carreras traded 35,151 shares and rose 29 cents to close at $9.20, Grace Kennedy rose 50 cents in trading 32,372 stock units, to close at $61. Jamaica Producers gained 54 cents and closed at $23.49, with 121,256 shares changing hands, Jamaica Stock Exchange lost 75 cents to end at $15, trading 120,454 shares, JMMB Group concluded trading of 13,925 shares with a 
decline of 98 cents to close at $32.01. Kingston Properties recovered 60 cents to settle at $6.60, trading 309 shares, Kingston Wharves jumped $2 to settle at $77, with an exchange of 13,633 units, Proven Investments trading 10,765 shares in the Jamaican market gained $3.91 to close at $34.91, Sagicor Group fell 50 cents in trading 151,584 shares, to close at $39. Salada Foods dropped $2 traded with 6,938 units to close at $28, Seprod rose $1.49 to close at $43.99, trading 11,254 shares, Supreme Ventures shed 50 cents to finish at $22 with 70,455 units changing hands and Victoria Mutual Investments lost 35 cents to finish at $3.65, with an exchange of 352,533 units.
Trading in the US dollar market resulted in 163,218 units valued at over $42,236 changing hands. JMMB Group 6.00% closed with 8,182 units trading at US$1.04 after losing 1 cent, Proven Investments closed trading with 153,036 units changing hands at 22.2196 and Sterling Investments traded 2,000 shares to close at 4 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index rose 0.99 points to close at 176.08.
More declines for Junior Market – Friday
FosRich traded at an all-time high of $4.50 on Friday.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended trading on Friday with more stocks declining than rising for a fourth day, leading to another fall in the market index of 19.66 points to close at 3,063.08.
At the close of market activities, 31 securities changed hands, compared with 23 securities trading on Thursday and ending with the prices of 11 securities advanced, 11 declined and 9 remained unchanged.The market closed with 3,286,973 shares valued at $12,890,201 being exchanged compared to 2,723,771 units valued at $7,748,383 on Thursday.
Trading ended with an average of 106,031 units for an average of $415,813 in contrast to 118,425 units for an average of $336,886 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 146,891 shares valued at $575,700 compared to 158,840 shares valued at $622,459 on the previous day. In contrast, February closed with 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 5 with lower offers.
At the close of trading, AMG Packaging ended 9 cents higher at $2.29, with 128,175 stock units changing 
hands, Cargo Handlers ended $12.65 higher at $12.65, with 5,500 stock units, Caribbean Cream settled at $5.25, with an exchange of 9,438 shares, Caribbean Producers traded 97,982 stock units at $4.47, Consolidated Bakeries finished trading 3,650 units, 1 cent higher to $2. Derrimon Trading closed with a loss of 11 cents at $2.80, with 25,009 shares changing hands, Dolphin Cove ended with a loss of $1.90 to $11.60, trading 176,147 shares, Everything Fresh concluded trading of 158,747 shares for 10 cents higher at $1.65, Elite Diagnostic finished with a loss of 10 cents at $3.20, with 10,000 stock units changing hands. Express Catering settled 42 cents higher at $8.30, with an exchange of 114,037 units, FosRich Group ended trading 33,093 shares at $4,after trading at an intraday all-time high of $4.50. Fontana traded 622,444 shares to close at $4, General Accident exchanged 73,369 shares with a gain of 5 cents to $4.35, GWest Corporation closed at $1.75, with 6,342 stock units changing hands, Honey Bun ended at $3.70, trading 705,845 units, ICreate fell 2 cents to close at 93 cents, trading 409,781 shares. Indies Pharma concluded trading of 42,204 shares with a loss of 25 cents at $2.75, Iron Rock finished with a loss of 50 cents at $3, with an exchange of 127,000 shares, ISP Finance rose 50 cents higher to $13.50, with 19,934 shares changing hands. Jamaican Teas ended trading 
79,420 stock units, with a loss of 5 cents at $3.80, Jetcon Corporation swapped 11,594 units, with a loss of 23 cents at $2.72, Key Insurance finished trading 5,000 shares and rose 15 cents higher to $3.15, Knutsford Express ended at $12, with 200 shares changing hands. Lasco Distributors lost 5 cents to end at $3.70, with an exchange of 193,061 stock units, Lasco Financial finished 8 cents higher at $4.59, trading 14,764 units, Lasco Manufacturing gained 4 cents to end at $3.05, with 48,900 shares changing hands, Main Event ended trading of 59,700 shares and gained 44 cents to close at $5. Medical Disposables traded 6,500 shares after rising 20 cents higher to $7, Stationery and Office dropped $1.20 to $7, with 39,298 shares changing hands and SSL Venture Capital closed at $1.70, with 28,115 units. In the junior market preference segment, Derrimon Trading 9% preference share concluded trading of 31,724 units at $2.10.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Modest gains for JSE stocks
Trading on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Tuesday with JSE All Jamaican Composite Index advanced by 575.71 points to 425,219.93 and the JSE Index rose 523.15 points to close at 387,402.04.
At the close market activity, the main and US markets traded 37 securities, compared to 34 securities trading on Thursday as 18 advanced, 9 declined and 10 traded without changes in prices.
Main market activity ended with 21,778,622 units valued $200,727,926 compared to 15,376,856 units valued $418,574,978 changing hands, on Tuesday.
Mayberry Investments led trading with 12.544 million shares for 57.6 percent of the day’s volume, Kingston Properties was next with 2.95 million units, accounting for 12.6 percent of the total main market volume changing hands and JMMB Group 7.25% preference ended with 2.74 million shares, for 12.6 percent of the day’s volume.
Market activity ended with an average 659,958 units valued at over $$6,082,664, in contrast to 480,527 units valued at over $13,080,468 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 459,748 shares at 
$6,000,486 shares, in contrast to 389,462 shares at $5,971,637 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 2 closing with lower offers.
In main market activity, Barita Investments gained 99 cents to close at $49.99, trading of 5,265 shares, Caribbean Cement closed with a drop of $1 to finish at $51, with 1,300 shares changing hands. Carreras traded 35,151 shares and rose 29 cents to close at $9.20, Eppley traded 15,103 shares and lost $1 to close at $10. Grace Kennedy traded 36,523 stock units after falling 88 cents, to close at $60.50, JMMB Group concluded trading of 13,925 shares with a rise of $1.09 to close at $32.99. Kingston Properties fell 60 cents to settle at $6, trading 2,954,575 shares, Kingston Wharves shed $1 to settle at $75, with an exchange of 
791 units, PanJam Investments traded 7,955 shares to rise by $1.25 to end at $80. Sagicor Group rose 50 cents in trading 56,189 shares, to close at $39.50 and Supreme Ventures gained 50 cents to finish at $22.50 with 137,370 units changing hands.
Trading in the US dollar market resulted in 30,619 units valued $15,943 changing hands. JMMB Group 6.00% with 8,000 units atUS$1.05 after rising 1 cent, JMMB Group 5.50% preference share with1,500 units to close at US$2, Proven Investments closed trading with 20,689 units changing hands at 21.96 US cents up haft a cent and Sygnus Investments traded 430 units at 11 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index declined 0.92 points to close at 174.22.
Junior Market drops again – Thursday
Junior Market trading.
At the close of market activities, 23 securities changed hands, compared with 28 securities trading on Tuesday and ending with the prices of 8 securities advancing, 13 declining and 2 remaining unchanged.
The market closed with 2,723,771 units valued at $7,748,383 compared to 3,968,653 units valued at $16,061,548, trading on Tuesday.
Trading ended with an average of 118,425 shares valued 336,886 each compared to 141,738 units for an average of $573,627 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 158,840 shares valued at $622,459 compared to 170,040 shares valued at $701,594 on the previous day. In contrast, February closed with 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 7 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
At the close of trading, Access Financial lost $4 and closed at $49, with 5,313 shares changing hands, AMG Packaging lost 11 cents to end at $2.20, trading 252,300 stock units, Cargo Handlers settled at $12.85 with a loss of 5 cents, in exchanging 3,101 shares, Caribbean Cream rose 5 cents trading of 3,500 shares to close at $5.25. Caribbean Flavours traded 1,580 stock units with a fall of $2.01 to close at $18.49, Caribbean Producers finished trading 2,500 units and lost 3 cents to end at $4.47, Derrimon Trading ended 2 cents down at $2.91, with 15,720 shares changing hands, Everything Fresh fell 10 cents to close at $1.55, with 34,600 stock units trading. Express Catering ended trading with 3,025 shares, for a loss of 7 cents at $7.88, Fontana finished trading 145,041 shares, with a rise of 4 cents at $4, FosRich Group climbed 15 cents in trading 116,294 shares, to end at $4, General Accident shed 20 cents in closing at $4.30, with an exchange of 158,226 stock units. Honey Bun concluded trading of 14,006 shares with a loss of 5 cents at $3.70, investors gobbled up 450,683,
iCreate shares, to close with a gain of 5 cents at 95 cents, Indies Pharma rose 4 cents to $3, with 520,129 shares trading, Jamaican Teas traded 52,575 units at $3.85, Knutsford Express concluded trading of 1,289 stock units at $12. Lasco Distributors finished 4 cent higher at $3.75, in exchanging 210,134 units, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 29 cents at $4.51, in trading just 2,150 shares, Lasco Manufacturing added 1 cent and ended trading at $3.01, with 347,874 shares changing hands. Main Event traded 56,028 shares with a loss of 79 cents at $4.56, Medical Disposables finished trading 6,500 stock units with a gain of 25 cents to close at $6.80, SSL Venture Capital lost 25 cents to end at $1.70, trading 321,203 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Kremi and LasM in IC Top 10
Profit for Stationery and Office Supplies fell well below expectations for 2018, resulting in a downward revision to the 2019 estimate to 75 cents per share that is not good enough to keep it in the TOP 10.
tTech rose to $6.20 to exit the TOP 10 Junior Market stocks. Caribbean Cream and Lasco Manufacturing moved into the list. There are no changes to the main market listing this past week. IC insider .com upgraded Caribbean Cement earnings to $6 per share helped by cost reduction and discontinuation of importing cement that is more costly than the local product.
The three leading Junior Market stocks are Paramount, with potential gains of 281 percent General Accident, with potential gains of 256 percent and Caribbean Producers 256 percent.
The three leading main market stocks are, Victoria Mutual investments with 162 percent likely gain, Radio Jamaica 148 percent and Sterling Investments with 147 percent and Sagicor Group with likely gain of 125 percent. Strong gains in the price of Carib Cement pushed it down to number 4 from 2 last week following strong increased profit for 2018.
The main market closed the week with the overall PE at 13.7 and 
the Junior Market at 10.6. The PE ratio for Junior Market Top 10 stocks average 6.4 and the main market PE is now 8.5.
The TOP 10 stocks now trade at an average discount of 40 percent to the average for the Junior Market Top stocks and main market stocks trade at a discount of 38 percent to the overall market.
TOP 10 stocks are likely to deliver the best returns within a 12 months period. Stocks are selected based on projected earnings for each company’s current fiscal year. Based on an assumed PE for each, the likely gains are determined and then ranked,
with the stocks with the highest potential gains ranked first followed by the rest, 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 based on new information received that can result in changes in and out of the list as well.
Falling stock prices hit Junior Market – Tuesday
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended trading on Tuesday with more stocks declining than rising for the second day leading to another fall in the market index of 10.21 points to 3,109.61.
At the close of market activities 28 securities changed hands, compared with 29 securities trading on Monday and ending with the prices of 6 securities advancing, 13 declining and 9 remaining unchanged.
The market closed with 3,968,653 units valued at $16,061,548 trading, compared to 6,546,471 units valued at $26,108,684 exchanged on Monday.
Trading ended with an average of 141,738 units for an average of $573,627 in contrast to 225,740 units for an average of $900,299 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 170,040 shares valued at $701,594 compared to 184,448 units valued at $766,741 on the previous day. In contrast, February closed with 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 1 with a lower offer.
At the close of trading, Access Financial closed at $53, with 642 shares changing hands, AMG Packaging ended at $2.31, trading 35,650 stock units, Blue Power concluded trading of 19,040 units, with a loss of 35 cents to close at $4.50, Cargo Handlers settled at $12.90 with a loss of 10 cents, exchanging 3,900 shares. Caribbean Flavours traded 8,119 stock units with a leap of $2.01 to close at $20.50, Caribbean Producers finished trading 63,841 units at $4.50, Derrimon Trading ended 23 cents higher at $2.93, with 36,758 shares changing hands, Everything Fresh finished 13 cents higher at $1.65, with 4,402 stock units trading, Elite Diagnostic settled at $3.30, with 10,100 units changing hands. Express Catering ended trading with 12,020 shares, for 10 cents higher to $7.95, FosRich Group traded 29,900 shares, for 5 cents higher at $3.85, Fontana finished trading 45,952 shares, with a loss of 5 cents at $3.96, General Accident closed at $4.50, with an exchange of 486,619 stock units. GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 5 cents at $1.75, trading 104,195 units, Honey Bun concluded trading of 53,158 shares with a loss of 5 cents at $3.75, investors dumped 257,234 ICreate shares to close at a record low of 90 cents, having fallen 11 cents. Indies Pharma ended with a loss of 4 cents at $2.96, with 
9,200 shares trading, Iron Rock settled at $3.50, exchanging 4,832 shares, Jamaican Teas traded 74,106 units with a loss of 15 cents at $3.85, Jetcon Corporation lost 15 cents to end at $2.95, with the swapping of 27,400 shares. KLE Group ended with a loss of 30 cents at $2.80, with 550 shares changing owners, Knutsford Express concluded trading of 4,311 stock units at $12, Lasco Distributors finished 1 cent higher at $3.71, in exchanging 210,500 units, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 20 cents at $4.80, trading 2,260,678 shares. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading at $3, with 182,048 shares changing hands, Main Event traded 16,400 shares with a loss of 5 cents at $5.35, SSL Venture Capital ended at $1.95, trading 4,298 shares and Stationery and Office concluded trading of 2,800 shares with a loss of 20 cents to close at $8.20.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Big drop in JSE indices
Trading on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Tuesday with JSE All Jamaican Composite Index diving 3,381.16 points to close at 424,644.22 and the JSE Index dropping 3,072.49 points to close at 386,878.89.
The newly created Financial Index closed with a decline of 0.44 points to 100.09.
At the close market activity, the main and US markets traded 34 securities, compared to 31 securities trading on Thursday as 13 advanced, 16 declined and 5 traded without changes in prices.
Main market activity ended with 15,376,856 units valued $418,574,978 compared to 4,168,850 units valued at $82,747,972, changing hands, on Monday.
JMMB Group ordinary stock led trading with just over 10.36 million shares for 67.4 percent of the day’s volume, JMMB Group 7.25% preference was next with 2,409,833 units, accounting for 15.7 percent of the total main market volume changing hands and Victoria Mutual Investments ended with 359,198 shares, for 2 percent of the day’s volume.
Market activity ended with an average 480,527 units valued at over $13,080,468, in contrast to 138,962 units valued at over $2,758,266 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 389,462 shares at $5,971,637, in contrast to 342,460 units valued at $2,302,562 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 4 closing with lower offers.
In main market activity, Barita Investments lost $1.01 to close at $49, trading of 220,804 shares, Berger Paints fell 40 cents and ended at $20.10, with an exchange of 31,329 stock units, Caribbean Cement closed with a drop of $5 to finish at $50, with 301,614 shares changing hands. Carreras traded 246,647 and lost 52 cents to close at $8.91, Grace Kennedy traded 3,340 stock units after rising 88 cents to close at $61.38, Jamaica Broilers finished trading 13,789 
shares after gaining 45 cents to close at $34, Jamaica Producers rose 45 cents and closed trading of 22,284 shares, at $22.95. Jamaica Stock Exchange exchanged 38,711 shares after falling by $1.10 to $15.90, JMMB Group concluded trading of 10,363,886 shares with a fall of $1.10 to close at $31.90. Kingston Wharves jumped $1 and settled at $76, with an exchange of 549 units. Mayberry Equities rose 47 cents in trading of 1,000 shares at $9.45, Proven Investments traded 9,165 shares to rise by $3 to end at $31. Sagicor Group lost 90 cents in trading 235,611 shares, to close at $39, Salada Foods gained 99 cents trading 1,400 units to close at $29.99 and Supreme Ventures shed $1 to finish at $22 with 59,963 units changing hands.
Trading in the US dollar market resulted in 8,947 units valued at $922 changing hands. Proven Investments closed trading with 3,100 units changing hands at 21.50 US cents down less than haft a cent and Sterling Investments traded 5,847 units at 4 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index declined 0.92 points to close at 174.22.
13 JSE main stocks rise 13 fall
Trading on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Monday with JSE All Jamaican Composite Index falling by 425.48 points to 428,025.38 and the JSE Index declined by 386.63 points to 389,951.38.
The newly created Financial Index closed with a decline of 0.44 points to 100.09.
At the close market activity, the main and US markets traded 31 securities, compared to 35 securities trading on Thursday as 13 advanced, 13 declined and 5 traded without changes in prices.
Main market activity ended with 4,168,850 units valued at $82,747,972 compared to 17,063,678 units valued $60,010,887, changing hands, on Friday.
JMMB Group 7.25% Preference led trading with 1 million shares for 24 percent of the day’s volume, Sagicor Group was next with 914,140 units, accounting for 22 percent of the total main market volume changing hands and Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended with 551,459 shares, for13 percent of the day’s volume. Kingston properties traded at an at a 52 weeks’ high of $8.45 before retreating to close at $6.35.
Market activity ended with an average 138,962 units valued at over $2,758,266, in contrast to 533,240 shares valued at $1,875,340 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 342,460 units valued at $2,302,562. 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 9 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 closing with lower offers.
In main market activity, Barita Investments rose $2 to close at $50.01, trading of 36,820 shares, Berger Paints gained 99 cents and ended at $20.50, with an exchange of 52,405 stock units, Caribbean Cement closed with a gain of $1 to finish at $55, with 42,613 shares changing hands. Grace Kennedy jumped $1.13 trading 144,809 stock units to close at $60.50, Jamaica Broilers finished trading 37,111 shares after gaining 99 cents to close at $33.55, Jamaica Producers lost 50 cents and 
closed trading of 31,300 shares, at $22.50, JMMB Group concluded trading of 123,997 shares with a rise of $1 to close at $33. Kingston Wharves jumped $3.50 and settled at $75, with an exchange of 861 units. Mayberry Equities dipped $1 and ended trading of 104,405 shares at $9, NCB Financial Group traded 14,520 shares but rose 30 cents to end at $144.80, PanJam Investment lost $1 to end at $79, in trading 13,940 units. Sagicor Group lost $1.10 in trading 914,140 shares, to close at $39.90, Salada Foods shed 50 cents trading 2,760 units to close at $29 and Supreme Ventures climbed $1 to finish at $23 with 52,756 units changing hands.
Trading in the US dollar market Proven Investment was the only security trading with 1,300 units changing hands at 21.97 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index declined 0.04 points to close at 175.14.
17 Junior Market stocks fall on Monday
Fontana finished the trading of 3.7 million shares to end at a record close of $4.01.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended trading on Monday with 29 securities changing hands, compared with 26 securities trading on Friday and ending with the prices of 8 securities advancing, 17 declining and 4 remaining unchanged.
Market activities led to the Junior Market index dropping 23.96 points to close at 3,119.82 as of 6,546,471 units valued at $26,108,684 were exchanged, compared to 3,598,159 units valued at $16,062,046 on Friday.
Trading ended with an average of 225,740 units for an average of $900,299 in contrast to 138,391 units for an average of $617,771 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 184,448 valued at $766,741. In contrast, February closed with 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 8 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
At the close of trading, Access Financial exchanged 200 shares to close at $53, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 18 cents at $2.31, with an exchange of 18,331 stock units, Blue Power concluded trading of 11,150 units with a loss of 8 cents to close at $4.85. Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of 20 cents at $13, with 7,500 shares trading, Caribbean Cream ended trading of 4,500 shares, for 8 cents higher at $5.20, Caribbean Producers traded 44,000 units, with a loss of 10 cents in closing at $4.50, Derrimon Trading ended 10 cents higher at $2.70, with 90,990 shares changing hands. Dolphin Cove concluded trading of 77,298 shares, with a loss of 50 cents to end at $13.50, Everything Fresh finished 2 cents higher at $1.52, trading 38,000 stock units. Elite Diagnostic rose 10 cents to $3.30, with the trading of 16,229 units, Express Catering ended trading with 16,120 shares after rising 39 cents higher to close at $7.85, FosRich Group traded 120,668 shares, with a loss of 20 cents at $3.80. Fontana finished the trading of 3,702,697 shares and rose 5 cents to end at a record close of $4.01, General Accident closed at $4.50, with 32,665 stock units crossing the exchange trading platform, Honey Bun ended trading 12,744 shares with a loss of 1 cent at $3.80, ICreate swapped 60,985 and rose 1 cent to close at $1.01. 
Indies Pharma lost 14 cents to close at $3, with 78,934 shares changing hands, Iron Rock settled with the trading 30,000 shares at $3.50, Jamaican Teas lost 24 cents to close at $4, with trading 14,090 units, Jetcon Corporation finished trading with 26,734 shares but lost 20 cents to close at $3.10. Knutsford Express concluded exchanging 2,670 stock units, with a loss of 87 cents to end at $12, Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 9 cents at $3.70, with 985,338 units changing hands. Lasco Financial settled 60 cents higher at $5, with an exchange of 659,332 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 257,520 shares after declining 24 cents at $3, Main Event traded 7,286 shares at $5.40, Medical Disposables swapped 18,300 stock units with a loss of 5 cents at $6.55. Paramount Trading closed with a loss of 4 cents at $2.04, with 211,090 units changing hands, Stationery and Office Supplies concluded trading of 1,000 shares with a loss of 10 cents, at $8.40 and tTech settled with a loss of 70 cents at $5.50, with and exchange of 100 stock units.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
JSE majors 5,000 point short of record high
New ecord high is in sight for the JSE main market.
The JSE Index advanced 3,259.38 points to 390,338.01, within 4,453.88 points, of the record close reached in November, last year. The newly created Financial Index closed up 0.53 points to 100.53.
At the close market activity, the main and US markets traded 35 securities, compared to 38 securities trading on Thursday as 8 advanced, 18 declined and 9 traded without changes in prices.
Supreme Ventures traded at an at a 52 weeks’ high of $25 before retreating to close at $22 and the Jamaica Stock Exchange traded at a record high of $18.22 but ended lower at the close.
Main market activity ended with 17,063,678 units valued $60,010,887 compared to 6,800,119 units valued at $107,742,633, changing hands, on Thursday.
Sagicor Bank led trading with 15 million shares for 88 percent of the day’s volume, Mayberry Jamaican Equities was next with 475,175 units, accounting for 3 percent of the total main market volume changing hands and Radio Jamaica ended with 366,987 shares, for 2 percent of the day’s volume.
Market activity ended with an average 533,240 units valued at $1,875,340, in contrast to 206,064 shares valued at $3,264,928 on Thursday. 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 9 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 closing with lower offers.
In main market activity, Barita Investments closed at $48.01, with the trading of 6,279 shares, Berger Paints lost 49 cents and ended at $19.51, with an exchange of 4,897 stock units, Caribbean Cement closed with a gain of $1 to finish at $55, with 42,613 shares changing hands, Grace Kennedy gained 53 cents trading 89,379 stock units at $59.37. Jamaica Broilers finished trading 28,707 shares after falling $1.84 to close at $32.56, JMMB Group concluded trading 44,055 shares with a loss of $1 to close at $32, Jamaica Stock Exchange lost $1 and
ended at $17, with 360,982 shares changing hands, Kingston Wharves dropped $3.50 and settled at $71.50, with an exchange of 3,346 units. Mayberry Equities rose 90 cents and ended trading of 475,175 shares at $10, NCB Financial Group traded 96,803 shares but fell 50 cents to end at $144.50, PanJam Investment gained 55 cents to end at $80, trading 4,986 units. Sagicor Group added 95 cents in trading 5,281 shares to close at $41, Salada Foods shed $2 trading 5,018 units to close at $29.50, Scotia Group lost 40 cents trading 24,927 stock units at $53, Seprod lost $1.88 and closed at $42.52, trading 9,628 shares. Supreme Ventures jumped $2 to finish at $22 with 118,409 units changing hands and Wisynco Group lost 45 cents and ended trading of 80,089 shares at $11.50.Trading in the US dollar market resulted in 141,624 units valued at over $91,276 changing hands. JMMB Group 5.75% preference share closed at $2 trading 2,500 shares, Margaritaville ended trading of 2,505 shares at 24 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments exchanged of 4,554 shares at 11 US. The JSE USD Equities Index rose 0.06 points to close at 175.18.