Big drop for Junior Market – Tuesday

The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange suffered a big fall at the close of trading on Tuesday with the Junior Market Index dropping 45.86 points to close at 3,119.85.
Trading ended with 26 securities changing hands compared with 25 securities on Monday leading to  the prices of 11 securities advancing, 9 declining and 6 remaining unchanged.
Market activities, resulted in an exchange of 4,616,653 units valued at $17,157,641, compared to 1,406,615 units valued at $5,000,809 trading on Monday.
Trading ended with an average of 177,564 units for an average of $659,909 in contrast to 56,265 units for an average of $200,032 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 2,454,521 units valued at $7,723,173  and previously 2,584,919 units valued at $8,127,677. In contrast, December ended with an average of 136,222 units at a value of $737,367 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 higher bids than their last selling prices and 4 closing with lower offers.
At the close of the day’s activities, Access Financial closed 50 cents higher at $48, trading 225 shares, AMG Packaging ended at $2.50, trading 146,800 stock units, Blue Power concluded trading of 1,001,000 units for a rise of 15 cents to $5, Cargo Handlers settled 2 cents higher at $15.03, with an exchange of 200 shares. Caribbean Cream ended trading of 2,500 shares with a loss of 5 cents to close at $5.80. Caribbean Producers finished trading 2,594 units at $5.25, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 20 cents at $2.60, with an exchange of 189,979 shares, Dolphin Cove concluded trading 10,000 shares for 4 cents higher at $15.05, Elite Diagnostic finished 5 cents higher at $3, exchanging 7,000 stock units. Everything Fresh gained 14 cents in trading of 258,493 shares to close at $1.80, Express Catering settled with a loss of 40 cents at $7.40, with 45,270 units changing hands, Fontana lost 10 cents to close at $3.40 with 1,747,405 shares changing hands. FosRich Group ended trading at $3.76, in exchanging 52,145 shares, General Accident traded 57,077 shares and rose 25 cents to $3.75, Honey Bun closed with a loss of 7 cents at $3.75, trading 14,671 stock units. Indies Pharma lost 5 cents in ending at $2.95, with 682,906 units changing hands. Jamaican Teas finished 1 cent higher at $3.71, with an exchange 97,211 shares, Jetcon Corporation settled with a loss of 5 cents at $3.10, in trading 27,560 shares, KLE Group traded 5 cents higher at $3.10, with 95,000 units changing hands, Knutsford Express finished trading 19,903 shares with a loss of $1.30 cents at $12. Lasco Distributors closed with a loss of 7 cents at $3.73, with an exchange of 14,152 shares, Lasco Financial ended 10 cents higher at $4.60, with 49,851 shares trading, Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading of 4,541 stock units at $3.39. Main Event rose 45 cents in trading 10,218 units at $6.95, Stationery and Office ended trading at $9, as 69,852 shares changed owners and tTech finished trading at $5, with 10,100 stock units changing hands.

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

5 days of JSE declines end – Monday

The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange broke the 5 consecutive days of decline on Monday, with the market indices recording modest gains as 31 securities traded compared to 33 that changed hands on Friday.
The main and US markets traded a total of 33 securities, with prices of 11 rising, 15 declining with 7 remaining unchanged, compared to 36 securities trading on Friday.
At the close, the All Jamaican Composite Index gained 706.39 points to close at 401,354.81 and the SE Index advanced 642.91 points to 365,692.36.
Market activity ended with 7,589,172 units carrying a value of $145,956,290 compared to 4,205,246 units with a value of $112,762,089 on Friday.
Portland JSX led trading with 3,180,000 units for 41.90 percent of the day’s volume, followed by Grace Kennedy with 862,758 units accounting for 11.37 percent of the volume changing hands and 1834 Investments with 682,000 units and 9 percent of the day’s volume
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.
An average of 244,812 units valued at over $4,708,267 traded, in contrast to 127,432 units valued at over $3,417,033 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts 97,469 units valued at $2,670,351 compared to 89,414 units valued at $2,552,924, previously. Trading for December ended, with an average of 835,037 units with a value of $25,906,477, for each security traded.
In main market activity, Barita Investments gained 61 cents to end at $51.75, trading 46,940 stock units, Berger Paints rose 80 cents and ended trading at $19.80, with 3,071 stock units changing hands, Carreras lost 26 cents and concluded trading at $9.22, with 36,418 units, Caribbean Cement gained 20 cents and finished the trading of 678,084 shares at $41.20. Grace Kennedy lost 95 cents trading 862,758 stock units to close at $58.05, Jamaica Producers shed $1.20 and closed at $21.80, with 1,767 shares changing hands, JMMB Group rose 70 cents to close at $32.50 trading of 13,153 shares. Kingston Wharves lost $1 and settled at $69, with 15,416 units changing hands, 138 Student Living finished trading 511,594 shares with a fall of 9 cents to a 52 weeks’ closing low of $2, after falling to an all-time low of $1.60 earlier, Salada Foods dropped $2 to settle at $35, in trading of 3,900 shares. Scotia Group lost 50 cents to end trading of 24,561 shares to close at $51.50, Seprod lost 64 cents to end at $32.35 with an exchange of 382,779 shares. Sterling Investments rose 40 cents and ended at $4, with 7,632 shares trading, Supreme Ventures rose 50 cents and concluded trading of 76,609 stock units, at $18.50 and Sygnus Credit Investments Jamaica dollar denominated shares traded 34,667 units with a fall of $1.11 to close at $10.10.
Trading in the US dollar market resulted in 113,540 shares valued US$34,627, changing hands. JMMB Group 5.75% preference share rose 6 cents and ended trading at $2.06 with 5,900 units and Proven Investments concluded trading of 107,640 units at 21 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index declined by 1.90 points to close at 164.43.

More slippage for Junior Market – Monday

Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with 25 securities changing hands on Monday compared with 26 securities changing hands on Friday as the market see\ms to be in a consolidating mood.
Trading ended on Monday with the prices of 8 securities advancing, 8 declining and 9 remaining unchanged leading the Junior Market index to slip by6.66 points to close at 3,165.71.
Market activities resulted in an exchange of 1,406,615 shares with a value of $5,000,809 compared to 1,993,202 units carrying a value of $6,873,532 trading on Friday.
Trading ended with an average of 56,265 units for an average of $200,032 in contrast to 76,662 units for an average of $264,367 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 2,584,919 units valued at $8,127,677 and previously 2,732,277 units valued at $8,589,661, In contrast, December ended with an average of 136,222 units at a value of $737,367 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 higher bids than their last selling prices and 2 closing with lower offers.
At the close of the day’s activities, Access Financial closed at $47.50, in trading 2,357 shares, AMG Packaging rose 11 cents to $2.50, with 171,389 stock units changing hands, Caribbean Cream ended trading just 133 shares at $5.85.  Derrimon Trading ended 15 cents higher at $2.80, with an exchange of 119,141 shares, Elite Diagnostic finished with a loss of 5 cents at $2.95, trading 36,297 stock units. Everything Fresh declined by 29 cents in trading of 11,700 shares to close at $1.66, Express Catering settled with a loss of 17 cents at $7.80, with an exchange of 17,600 units, Fontana gained 14 cents to close at $3.50 with 495,371 shares changing hands. FosRich Group ended trading 13,042 shares at $3.76, Honey Bun closed 7 cents higher at $3.82, with an exchange of 19,943 stock units, Indies Pharma lost 5 cents in ending at $3, with 103,389 units changing hands, Iron Rock ended with a loss of 25 cents at $4.45, with 4,302 units trading. ISP Finance  concluded trading with a loss of $2 to $11, with 6,800 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas  closed at $3.70, trading 6,850 shares, Jetcon Corporation settled at $3.15, with an exchange of 50,100 shares, KLE Group traded 76,000 units and rose 25 cents higher to $3.05, Knutsford Express  finished trading of 2,590 shares, and jumped $1.30 to $13.30.  Lasco Distributors  closed at $3.80, trading 72,693 shares, Lasco Financial  ended with a loss of 4 cents at $4.50, with 21,626 shares changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing  concluded trading 17 cents higher at $3.39, with 36,800 stock units. Main Event finished at $6.50, exchanging 16,393 units, Paramount Trading ended 4 cents higher at $2.09, trading 62,263 shares, SSL Venture Capital exchanged 22,706 shares to close at $1.95 and Stationery and Office traded 44,130 shares at $9,. In the junior market preference segment, CAC 2000 lost 16 cents and closed at $1, with 3,000 shares changing hands.

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

 

5 days of decline for JSE stocks – Friday

The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange declined for the 5th consecutive day on Friday, resulted from trading in 36 securities, with prices of 14 rising, 8 declining with 14 remaining unchanged, compared to 33 securities trading on Thursday.
At the close, the All Jamaican Composite Index dropped 1,100.92 points to close at 400,648.42 and the JSE Index declined 1,001.98 points to close at 365,049.45.
Market activity ended with 4,205,246 units valued at $112,762,089 compared to 3,414,505 units valued at $114,286,621 on Thursday.
Jamaica Producers led trading with 589,831 units for 14 percent of the day’s volume, followed by JMMB Group 7.5% preference share with 505,000 units accounting for 12 percent of the volume changing hands and Jamaica Broilers with 496,872 shares and 12 percent of the day’s volume.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the reading showing 12 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 closing with lower offers.
An average of 127,432 units valued at over $3,417,033 traded, in contrast to 113,817 shares valued at $3,809,554 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts 89,414 units valued at $2,552,924 compared to 87,064 units valued at $2,496,458, previously. Trading for December ended, with an average of 835,037 units with a value of $25,906,477, for each security traded.
In main market activity, Barita Investments fell 61 cents to end at $51.14, trading 49,847 stock units, Carreras rose 38 cents and concluded trading at $9.48, with 113,299 units, Caribbean Cement gained $1 and finished the trading of 2,150 shares at $41, Grace Kennedy gained $1 trading 106,468 stock units to close at $59. Jamaica Broilers lost 30 cents and finished trading 496,872 units, at $28.60, Jamaica Producers gained $1 and closed at $23, with 589,831 shares changing hands, Jamaica Stock Exchange rose 70 cents to finish at $12, in trading 1,230 stock units, JMMB Group concluded trading of 68,754 shares with the fall of $1.09 to close at $32.89. 138 Student Living finished trading 431,300 shares with a fall of 6 cents to close at 52 weeks’ low of $2.09, Sagicor Group gained 69 cents to settle at $38.70, in trading of 102,778 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund fell 39 cents and ended trading of 10,498 shares at $10.11. Scotia Group shed $1 and ended trading of 325,741 shares to close at $52, Seprod gained 50 cents to end at $32.99 with an exchange of 71,158 shares, Supreme Ventures lost 49 cents and concluded trading with 88,060 stock units, at $18.50 and Wisynco Group climbed 65 cents and finished at $10.40, trading 74,485 units.
Trading in the US dollar market resulted in 279,385 shares valued US$60,331, changing hands. JMMB Group 6% preference share rose 2 cents and ended trading at $1.07 with 11,139 units, Margaritaville ended trading of 246,475 shares at 24 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments rose 1 cent and concluded trading of 137,981 units at 9 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index gained 0.64 points to close at 166.33.

Junior Market down again – Friday

Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Friday ended with 26 securities changing hands, up from 22 securities changing hands on Thursday and resulted in the prices of 9 securities advancing, 13 declining and 4 remaining unchanged. The Junior Market index fell 4.39 points to close at 3,172.37.
Market activities resulted in an exchange of 1,993,202 units valued at $6,873,532 compared to 2,993,554 units at $10,198,424 shares trading on Thursday.
Trading ended with an average of 76,662 units for an average of $264,367 in contrast to 136,071 units for an average of $463,565 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 2,732,277 units valued at $8,589,661 and previously 2,903,607 valued at $9,126,777, In contrast, December ended with an average of 136,222 units at a value of $737,367 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 higher bids than their last selling prices and 5 closing with lower offers.
At the close of the day’s activities, Access Financial dropped $2.50 to close at $47.50, trading 143 shares, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 11 cents at $2.39, with 78,377 stock units changing hands, Blue Power concluded trading of 4,000 units, with a loss of 10 cents to end at $4.85. CAC 2000 finished with a loss of 1 cent at $15, with an exchange of 1,300 shares, Caribbean Cream ended trading at $5.85, with an exchange of 5,239 shares, Caribbean Producers traded 33,427 units, and closed 25 cents higher at $5.25, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 5 cents at $2.65, with 39,150 shares changing hands. Elite Diagnostic finished 15 cents higher at $3, with an exchange of 21,300 stock units, Everything Fresh rose 30 cents in closing trading of 64,682 shares at $1.95, Express Catering settled at $7.97, trading 40,093 units, Fontana lost 19 cents to close at $3.36 with 1,294,249 shares changing hands. FosRich Group ended trading 1 cent higher at $3.76, with 33,288 shares, General Accident traded 35,678 shares at $3.50, Honey Bun closed with a loss of 5 cents at $3.75, with 3,971 stock units changing hands. Indies Pharma gained 5 cents and ended at $3.05, with 16,438 units changing hands, Jamaican Teas  finished trading of 31,650 shares with a loss of 30 cents at $3.70. Jetcon Corporation  settled with a loss of 15 cents at $3.15, in exchanging 4,500 shares, Key Insurance  ended trading with a loss of 8 cents at $3.10, with 7,947 stock units, Knutsford Express traded 5,752 shares, with a loss of 1 cent at $12,  Lasco Distributors  closed 10 cents higher at $3.80, with 35,142 shares changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing  concluded trading of 39,200 stock units and moved 2 cents higher to $3.22,  Main Event  finished 60 cents higher at $6.50, trading 20,833 units, Medical Disposables  settled with a loss of 40 cents at $6.60, with 6,900 shares trading, Paramount Trading ended with a rise of 5 cents to $2.05, with an exchange of 61,831 shares and tTech closed at $5, with an exchange of 3,600 units. In the Junior Market preference segment, CAC 2000 lost 16 cents to close at $1, trading 104,512 shares.

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

 

Junior Market pulls back – Thursday

Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Thursday with 22 securities changing hands, down from 26 on Wednesday with 6 securities advancing, 9 declining and 7 remaining unchanged leaving the index 23.48 points lower at 3,176.76.
Market activities resulted in an exchange of 2,993,554 units valued at $10,198,424 compared to 935,202,554 shares trading for $2,856,946,636 on Wednesday.
Trading ended with an average of 136,071 units for an average of $463,565 in contrast to 38,966,773 units for an average of $119,039,443 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 2,903,607 valued at $9,126,777 and previously 2,980,227 units valued at $9,627,015, In contrast, December ended with an average of 136,222 units at a value of $737,367 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ended with higher bids than their last selling prices and 3 closing with lower offers.
At the close of the day’s activities, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 10 cents in trading 235,634 stock units, to close at $2.50, Blue Power concluded trading of 20,700 units and fell of 25 cents to end at $4.95, Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of 49 cents at $15.01, with 29,559 shares. Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 5 cents at $2.70, with an exchange of 118,491 shares, Elite Diagnostic finished with a loss of 3 cents at $2.85, trading 5,000 stock units, Everything Fresh lost 27 cents and closed trading of 82,577 shares at $1.67, Express Catering settled 7 cents higher at $7.97, with 6,600 units. Fontana rose 35 cents to close at $3.55 with 226,886 shares changing hands, FosRich Group ended trading of 1,508,263 shares with a loss of 5 cents to close at $3.75, Honey Bun closed at $3.80, with 17,600 stock units changing hands, Indies Pharma ended with 129,366 units changing hands at $3, ISP Finance concluded trading of 1,900 shares at $13. Jetcon Corporation settled 15 cents higher at $3.30, with 92,655 shares trading, Knutsford Express  finished trading of 1,465 shares and rose 50 cents higher to $13,  Lasco Distributors  closed with a loss of 10 cents at $3.70, trading 69,196 shares, Lasco Financial  ended 4 cents higher at $4.54, with an exchange of 68,077 shares. Lasco Manufacturing  ended trading with 58,075 stock units, with a loss of 10 cents at $3.20, Main Event finished at $5.90, with 4,429 units, Paramount Trading closed at $2, with 108,345 shares trading, SSL Venture Capital exchanged 1,100 shares to close at $1.95 and Stationery and Office  traded 5,408 shares at $9. In the junior market preference segment, CAC 2000 gained 16 cents and closed at $1.16, with 202,228 shares changing hands.

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

More decline for JSE main market – Thursday

Main market stocks in serious test of major resistance that not likely to last.

Trading on the main and US dollar markets on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday resulted in 33 securities changing hands, with prices of 10 rising, 12 declining with 11 remaining unchanged, compared to 33 securities trading on Tuesday.
In spite of the 2 to 1 advance decline ratio, the All Jamaican Composite Index dropped 1,022.74 points to 401,749.34 and the JSE Index declined 930.83 points to close at 366,051.43.
Market activity ended with 3,414,505 units valued at $114,286,621 compared to 2,377,501 units valued at $106,372,860, changing hands, on Wednesday.
Kingston Wharves led trading with just 449,369 units for 19 percent of the day’s volume, followed by Carreras with 300,715 units accounting for 12.7 percent of the volume changing hands and NCB Financial with 296,945 shares and 12.5 percent of the day’s volume.
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 6 closing with lower offers.
An average of 113,817 units valued at an average of $3,809,554, in contrast to 81,983 units valued at over $3,668,030 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts 87,064 units valued at $2,496,458 compared to 85,472 units valued at $2,413,525, previously. Trading for December ended, with an average of 835,037 units with a value of $25,906,477, for each security traded.
In main market activity, Barita Investments rose 25 cents to end at $51.75, with the trading of 14,551 stock units, Berger Paints dropped 50 cents trading 52,219 shares, to close at $19, Grace Kennedy lost 75 cents trading 53,826 stock units to close at $58, Jamaica Broilers rose 42 cents and finished trading 10,894 units at $28.90. Jamaica Stock Exchange rose 44 cents to finish at $11.30, in trading 121,545 stock units, JMMB Group concluded trading of 43,204 shares at $32.89, with a gain of 89 cents, NCB Financial Group traded 260,549 shares and gained 40 cents in closing at $145. 138 Student Living finished trading 1,800 shares with a fall of 35 cents to close at 52 weeks’ low of $2.15, PanJam Investment shed 50 cents to close at $71, with 14,375 units changing hands. Proven Investments rose 50 cents trading 1,247,480 shares in the Jamaica market to close at $26.50. Sagicor Group dropped 99 cents to settle at $38.01, in trading of 22,017 shares, Scotia Group gained $1 and ended trading of 241,887 shares to close at $53, Seprod gained $1.06 to end at $32.49 with an exchange of 46,102 shares and Wisynco Group lost 35 cents and finished at $9.75, trading 823,036 units.
Trading in the US dollar market resulted in 279,385 shares valued US$60,331, changing hands. Margaritaville gained 2 cents to complete trading of 17,985 shares at 24 US cents, Proven Investments lost 1 cent in trading 260,900 shares to close at 21 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments concluded trading of 500 units at 8 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index declined 1.36 points to close at 165.69.

Twice as many JSE stocks rise than fall – Wednesday

Trading on the main and US dollar markets on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Wednesday resulted in 32 securities changing hands, with prices of 17 rising, 8 declining with 7 remaining unchanged, compared to 35 securities trading on Tuesday.
In spite of the 2 to 1 advance decline ratio, the All Jamaican Composite Index dropped 3,201.65 points to 402,772.08 and the JSE Index declined 2,913.92 points to close at 366,982.26.
Market activity ended with 2,377,501 units valued at $106,372,860 compared to 2,311,810 units valued at $51,353,169, changing hands, on Tuesday.
Kingston Wharves led trading with just 449,369 units for 19 percent of the day’s volume, followed by Carreras with 300,715 units accounting for 12.7 percent of the volume changing hands and NCB Financial with 296,945shares and 12.5 percent of the day’s volume.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ending with the reading showing 12 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 closing with lower offers.
An average of 81,983 units valued at over $3,668,030, in contrast to 67,994 units valued at over $1,510,387 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts 85,472 units valued at $2,413,525 compared to 85,685 units valued at $2,331,954, previously. Trading for December ended, with an average of 835,037 units with a value of $25,906,477, for each security traded.
In main market activity, Barita Investments rose by 50 cents to end at $51.50, with the trading of 51,266 stock units, Caribbean Cement dropped $2 trading 13,322 shares, to close at $40, Grace Kennedy recovered the $2.65 it lost on Tuesday, in trading 88,657 stock units to close at $58.75. Jamaica Broilers rose 42 cents and finished trading 34,548 units at $28.48, JMMB Group concluded trading of 106,866 shares at $32, with a gain of 97 cents, Kingston Wharves dropped $5 to finish at $70, in trading 449,369 stock units, NCB Financial Group traded 296,945 shares and lost 40 cents in closing at $144.60. 138 Student Living finished the trading of 229,350 shares with a fall of 30 cents to close at 52 weeks’ low of $2.50,  PanJam Investment shed 50 cents to close at $71, with 14,375 units changing hands. Sagicor Group regained 99 cents to settle at $39, in trading of 89,867 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund gained 49 cents ended trading of 15,340 shares at $10.60, Salada Foods jumped $2 to a new high in trading 100 shares to close at $37. Seprod gained 23 cents and ended at $31.43 with an exchange of 50,639 shares and Wisynco Group rose 30 cents and finished at $10.10, trading 237,151 units.
Trading in the US dollar market resulted in 35,244 shares changing hands. JMMB concluded trading of 12,133 units at US$1.05, Margaritaville ended trading and increased by 2 cents to complete trading of 275 shares at 22 US cents and Proven Investments rose 0.01 cent having traded 22,836 shares to close at 22 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index gained 1.20 points to close at 167.05.

Indies Pharma 927m shares Junior Market trade

Indies traded 927m shares on Wednesday.

Indies Pharma traded 927,034,435 shares accounting for 99 percent of the Wednesday’s Junior Market total volume, but the stock price dropped 15 cents to end at $3.
Trading ended4with 26 securities changing hands compared to 26 securities on Tuesday and resulted in an exchange of 935,202,554 units valued at $2,856,946,636 compared to 10,653,039 units valued at $35,912,633 on Tuesday.
At the close of market activities, the prices of 10 securities advanced, 5 declined and 9 remained unchanged leading the Junior Market Index to rise 29.06 points to 3,200.24.
Trading ended with an average of 38,966,773 units for an average of $119,039,443 in contrast to 409,732 units for an average of $1,381,255 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 2,980,227 units valued at $9,627,015, previously 560,963 units valued at $2,271,558. In contrast, December ended with an average of 136,222 units at a value of $737,367 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 higher bids than their last selling prices and just 2 closing with lower offers.
At the close of the day’s activities, Access Financial closed at $50, with just 100 shares changing hands, AMG Packaging ended 5 cents higher at $2.60, with an exchange of 54,662 stock units, Blue Power concluded trading of 4,400 units and rose 20 cents to $5.20, Caribbean Producers finished trading 2,273 units, at $5. Consolidated Bakeries closed with a loss of 5 cents at $2.05, in exchanging 23,000 shares, Elite Diagnostic finished with a loss of 3 cents to close at $2.88, with 39,213 stock units changing hands, Everything Fresh closed trading of 39,550 shares at $1.92, Express Catering settled 10 cents higher at $7.90, with an exchange  of 4,435 units. Fontana had another day of trading large volumes, with 7,606,834 shares changing hands to close at $3.20, FosRich Group ended trading at $3.80, with an exchange of 22,372 shares, General Accident ended at $3.50, with 50,000 shares changing hands. GWest Corporation finished trading of 31,696 shares and gained 1 cent to end at $1.76, Honey Bun closed 5 cents higher at $3.80, with an exchange of 23,900 stock units, Iron Rock ended with a loss of 20 cents at $4.70, with 3,429 units changing hands, Jetcon Corporation settled 5 cents higher at $3.15, in exchanging 5,356 shares. Key Insurance ended trading of 14,900 stock units and lost 1 cent to close at $3.18, Knutsford Express finished trading of 132,084 shares and moved 50 cents higher to $12.50,  Lasco Distributors closed 10 cents higher at $3.80, with trading in 25,648 shares, Lasco Financial ended at $4.50, with 3,438 shares changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading of 20,673 stock units at $3.30, Medical Disposables settled 50 cents higher at $7, with an exchange of 50,000 shares, SSL Venture Capital exchanged 10,000 shares to close at $1.95 and Stationery and Office traded just 156 shares and moved 60 cents higher to $9.

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

Trading down on main market – Tuesday

Main market volume contracts.

The number of securities rose but the volume and valued fell well below Monday’s levels, in trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Tuesday.
The main and US dollar markets, had 35 securities changing hands, with prices of 6 rising, 16 declining with 13 remaining unchanged, compared to 33 securities trading on Monday. At the close, the All Jamaican Composite Index fell 66.59 points to close at 405,973.73 and the JSE Index declined by 60.60 points to 369,896.18.
Market activity ended with 2,311,810 units valued at over $51,353,169 compared to 4,336,558 units valued at $78,388,229, changing hands, on Monday. Stanley Motta led trading with just 284,016 units for 12 percent of the day’s volume, followed by 138 Student Living with 211,874 units accounting for 9 percent of the volume changing hands and Kingston Properties  with 194,545 shares and 8.4 percent of the day’s volume.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator  reading shows 12 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 closing with lower offers.
An average of 67,994 units valued at over $1,510,387, in contrast to 144,552 shares valued at $2,612,941 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts 85,685 units valued at $2,331,954 compared to 87,049 units valued at $2,399,754, previously. Trading for December ended, with an average of 835,037 units with a value of $25,906,477, for each security traded.
In main market activity, Berger Paints rose by $2 to end at $19.50, with the trading of 1,000 stock units, Caribbean Cement gained $2 trading 11,935 shares, to close at $42, Grace Kennedy lost $2.65 in trading 31,030 stock units to close at $56.10, Jamaica Broilers lost 94 cents and finished trading 78,704 units at $28.06. JMMB Group concluded trading of 77,772 shares at $31.03, with a fall of 97 cents, Kingston Properties  lost 50 cents and finished at $6, in trading 194,545 stock units, 138 Student Living finished trading 211,874  shares with a fall of 75 cents to close at 52 weeks’ low of $2.80.  PanJam Investment  shed 50 cents to close at $71, with 14,375 units changing hands.  Sagicor Group  fell 99 cents to settle at $38.01, in trading of 5,452 shares, Scotia Group traded 12,745 shares after losing 50 cents to close at $51.90. Seprod gained 40 cents and ended at $31.20 with an exchange of 29,427 shares and Supreme Ventures lost $1 in concluding trading of 135,592 stock units at $19.
Trading in the US dollar market resulted in Sygnus Credit Investments trading 18,161 shares at 8 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index fell by 0.12 points to close at 165.85.