Junior Market in modest gain – Thursday

Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange remained low keyed on Thursday, with low volume and a rise in the market Index by 12.87 points to close at 3,189.76.
Trading ended with 27 securities changing hands with the prices of 10 rising, 10 falling and 7 remaining unchanged. The market closed with 678,952 shares, valued at $3,223,519 changing hands, compared to 1,192,642 units valued at $4,117,828 on Monday, from 25 securities that traded.
Trading ended with an average of 25,146 units for an average of $119,390 in contrast to 47,706 units for an average of $164,713 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 147,500 units at a value of $806,936, versus 156,428 units at a value of $857,109, previously. November, ended with an average of 190,475 units valued at $653,358 for each se curity 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 4 with lower offers.
At the close of the day’s activity, AMG Packaging ended trading 5 cents higher at $1.90, with 15,608 stock units changing hands, Blue Power ended trading 10,637 units with a rise of 50 cents to $5.50, Caribbean Cream closed trading of 2,978 shares at $5.82, Caribbean Producers traded 5,092 units at $5.44. Consolidated Bakeries closed with a fall of 20 cents to a 52 weeks’ low of  $1.70, with an exchange of 4,454 shares, Derrimon Trading fell 7 cents and ended at $2.50, with 49,226 shares trading, Dolphin Cove concluded trading of 317 shares but fell $1 to $15, Elite Diagnostic rose 13 cents to finished $3, with 35,425 stock units changing hands, Everything Fresh ended trading 7,930 shares to close at $1.40. Express Catering ended trading 188,327 shares at $8, FosRich Group lost 10 cents to end at $3.95, trading 32,559 shares, General Accident ended trading $3.50 with an exchange of 55,000 shares, GWest Corporation finished trading $1.60 with an exchange of 1,618 shares. Honey Bun closed $3.20 after falling 20 cents as 63,349 stock units traded, Indies Pharma rose 10 cents and ended trading 22,153 shares to close at $3.20, Jamaican Teas jumped 80 cents to end at $4.70, with 5,000 shares changing hands. Jetcon Corporation gained 30 cents to settle at $3.40, with 25,100 shares traded, Knutsford Express fell $1.20 and finished trading 7,653 shares at $11.80, Lasco Distributors rose 19 cents and closed at $3.99, with 27,426 shares changing hands, Lasco Financial ended 53 cents higher to $4.50, trading 7,858 shares. Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading 35 cents higher to $3.45, with the trading of 69,805 stock units, Main Event finished 10 cents down to $5.90, with an exchange of 10,332 units, Medical Disposables lost 20 cents to end at $6.50, with 957 shares trading. Paramount Trading ended trading 45 cents higher to close at $2.90, with an exchange of 12,901 shares, Stationery and Office lost 40 cents, trading 3,417 shares, to close at $8.10 and tTech dropped 60 cents to close $4.59 higher at $4.59, with 130 units changing hands.

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

JSE in big drop on Monday

The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, suffered a big fall, as the All Jamaican Composite Index dropped 3,740.95 points to 404,701.04 and the JSE Index dived 3,408.43 points to close at 368,728.41 as several securities traded in unusually large volume.
Trading ended with 21,522,449 units valued at $497,625,550 compared to 2,910,367 units valued at $151,839,351 changing hands on Friday.
Carreras led trading for the second consecutive day with 6,065,330 units in accounting for 28 percent of the day’s volume, followed by Jamaica Stock Exchange with 5,063,063 units or 23.5 percent of the overall volume and Sagicor Group with 3,128,470 units or 14.5 percent of volume traded.
A total of 30 securities changed hands in the main and US dollar markets, with prices of 8 rising, 13 declining with 9 remaining unchanged, compared to 32 securities trading on Friday. Barita Investments ended at record high with the price moving to $46.50 at the close after it hit an intraday high of $47.
An average of 768,659 units valued at over $17,772,341, in contrast to 97,012 shares valued at $5,061,312 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 189,073 units with a value of $7,264,184, compared to 153,070 units with a value of $8,875,444, previously. November closed, with an average of 405,528 valued at $7,755,942, for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 closing with lower offers.
In main market activity, Barita Investments jumped $4.46 and ended at an all-time closing high of $46.50, with an exchange of 12,300 shares, Caribbean Cement lost 55 cents to close at $42, trading 2,655,630 shares, Grace Kennedy lost $1 and ended trading 22,392 shares at $60, Jamaica Broilers lost $1.75 to close at $27.75, in trading 938,678 stock units. JMMB Group lost $1.20 in trading 650,920 shares to close at $32.80. Kingston Wharves gained 50 cents and finished trading 4,524 stock units at $77.50, Mayberry Equities shed 30 cents to close at $9.20, with 250 stocks units changing hands. NCB Financial Group dropped $3.15 in trading 158,893 shares to close at $144, PanJam Investment  declined by $1.80 to $72, with 23,867 stock units changing hands, Sagicor Real Estate Fund fell 50 cents in trading 34,000 shares at $10, Salada Foods  lost $1 and ended trading at $30, with 19,520 stock units. Scotia Group  fell $3.49 at $52.51, with 1,574,855 units changing hands, Stanley Motta traded 51,100 shares and rose 45 cents to close at $5.45 and Supreme Ventures  rose 50 cents and closed at $16 trading 80,900 shares.
Trading in the US dollar market amounted to 48,095 units valued at $9,479 with Productivity Business settling at 58 US cents trading 875 shares and Proven Investments ended trading 47,220 shares at 19 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index rose 0.08 points to close at 155.04.

Junior Market suffers losses – Monday

The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange recorded a big fall in the Market Index on Monday by 31.03 points to close at 3,176.89 with the prices of 8 securities rising, 11 falling and 6 remaining unchanged.
Trading ended with 25 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 1,192,642 units valued at $4,117,828, compared to 2,928,176 units valued at $13,658,144 on Friday, from 25 securities changing hands.
Trading ended with an average of 47,706 units for an average of $164,713 in contrast to 117,127 units for an average of $546,326 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 156,428 units at a value of $857,109, versus 164,307 units at a value of $907,282, previously. November, ended with an average of 190,475 units valued at $653,358 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 2 with lower offers.
At the close of the day’s activity, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 10 cents at $1.85, in trading 6,000 stock units, Blue Power fell $1.20 trading of 10,677 units and closed at $5, Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of 60 cents at $14.10, with 526 shares changing hands. Caribbean Cream ended trading of just 100 shares and rose 32 cents, to end at $5.82, Caribbean Producers finished trading of 54,500 units and rose 4 cents higher to $5.44, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 1 cent at $2.57, with 1,007 shares traded. Elite Diagnostic finished with a loss of 13 cents at $2.87, with an exchange of 1,229 stock units, Eppley settled at $9, in exchanging 1,180 units, Everything Fresh fell 40 cents and ended trading 160,924 shares to close at $1.40. Express Catering ended trading 8,100 shares and rose by 10 cents to $8, FosRich Group exchanged 59,022 shares with a rise of 20 cents to end at $4.05, General Accident finished trading 10 cents higher at $3.50, with 25,347 shares changing hands, GWest Corporation closed at $1.60, after 1,400 stock units traded. Honey Bun ended 37 cents higher at $3.47, trading 124,236 units, Indies Pharma ended trading 368,110 shares to close at $3.10, Jamaican Teas settled with a rise of 10 cents to $3.90, with 26,289 shares trading, KLE Group finished with 500 shares trading at $3.40. Knutsford Express rose $1 to end at $13, with 1,500 shares changing hands, Lasco Distributors  ended with a loss of 15 cents at $3.80, with an exchange of 122,927 shares. Lasco Financial  concluded trading with 78,544 stock units, and falling $1.03 cents to close at $3.97,  Lasco Manufacturing  finished with a loss of 40 cents at $3.10, in exchanging 100,771 units, Main Event settled with a loss of 20 cents at $6, with 17,943 shares changing hands.

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

JSE squeezes out gains on Friday

The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, closed higher for the first time in four days on Thursday with the All Jamaican Composite Index advanced by 106.94 points to close at 372,136.84 and the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index rose 117.38 points to close at 408,441.99
Trading ended with 2,910,367 units valued at $151,839,351 compared with 14,405,936 units valued at $1,728,218,971 on Thursday.
NCB Financial Group led trading for the second consecutive day with 645,863 units in accounting for 22.2 percent of the day’s volume, followed by Carreras with 435,453 units or 15 percent of the overall volume and PanJam Investment with 221,900 units or 7.6 percent of volume traded.
A total of 32 securities changed hands in the main and US dollar markets, with prices of 8 rising, 12 declining with 12 remaining unchanged compared to 28 securities trading on Thursday. Barita Investments ended at record high with the price moving to $42.04 by the close while Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded at a 52 weeks’ intraday low of $9.51.
An average of 97,012 units valued at over $5,061,312, in contrast to 576,237 shares valued at $69,128,759 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 153,070 units with a value of $8,875,444, compared to 157,223 units with a value of $9,178,153, previously. November closed, with an average of 405,528 valued at $7,755,942, for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 closing with lower offers.
In main market activity, Barita Investments jumped $3.83 and ended at an all-time high of $42.04, with an exchange of 25,900 shares, Berger Paints fell $1.19 to end at $22, with 10,803 stock units changing hands, Caribbean Cement lost 45 cents to close at $42.55, with 47,371 shares traded, Grace Kennedy lost 25 cents and ended trading 31,804 shares at $61, JMMB Group gained 50 cents in trading 153,308 shares to close at $34. Kingston Wharves finished trading with 129,705 stock units at $77,  Mayberry Investments  jumped 95 cents and settled at $10, with an exchange of 146,650 units, Mayberry Equities shed 50 cents to close at $9.50, with 7,755 stocks changing hands. NCB Financial Group climbed $1.65 in trading 645,863 shares to close at $147.15, PanJam Investment  rose $1.80 and closed at $73.80, with 221,900 stock units changing hands, Sagicor Group fell $1.80 to settle at $38.20, with an exchange of 12,909 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 65,591 shares at a 52 weeks’ intraday low of $9.51 but closed with a rise of 50 cents at $10.50 and Seprod rose 50 cents and ended trading 73,697 stock units at $31.
Trading in the US dollar market amounted to 272,654 units valued at $51,804 with Margaritaville settled 2 cents down to end at 0 US cents in trading 5,000 shares, Proven Investments ended trading of 267,654 shares  and declining 1 cent to end at 2 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index declined by 12.81 points to close at 154.96.

Sharp bump for Junior Market – Friday

The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange recorded sharp jump in the Market Index on Friday by 66.60 points to close at 3,207.92 with the prices of 12 securities rising, 9 falling and 4 remaining unchanged
Trading ended with 25 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 2,928,176 units valued at $13,658,144 compared to 934,731 units valued at $6,451,365 on Thursday, from 22 securities changing hands.
Trading ended with an average of 117,127 units for an average of $546,326 in contrast to 42,488 units for an average of $293,244 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 164,307 units at a value of $907,282, versus 204,205 units at a value of $935,482, previously. November, ended with an average of 190,475 units valued at $653,358 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 2 stocks ended with higher bids than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
At the close of the day’s activity, Access Financial closed $2.80 higher at $50.50, trading 963 shares, Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of 30 cents at $14.70, with an exchange of 900 shares, Caribbean Cream ended trading with a loss of 30 cents at $5.50, with 30,000 shares changing hands, Caribbean Producers finished trading of 11,928 units with a loss of 4 cents at $5.40, Derrimon Trading ended 8 cents higher at $2.58, with an exchange of 37,841 shares. Dolphin Cove concluded trading of 570 shares with a rise of 95 cents to close at $16, Elite Diagnostic finished 13 cents higher at $3, with swapping of 29,950 stock units, Eppley settled at $9, with 150 units changing hands, Everything Fresh gained 20 cents and ended trading of 58,189 shares to close at $1.70, Express Catering ended trading with a loss of 10 cents at $7.90, with an exchange of 68,100 shares. FosRich Group traded 56,992 shares, with a loss of 10 cents to close at $3.85, General Accident finished trading 125,000 shares, after falling 5 cents to end at $3.40, Honey Bun ended with a loss of 40 cents at $3.10, with 13,545 units trading, Indies Pharma lost 20 cents trading 22,274 shares to close at $3.10, Jamaican Teas settled 10 cents higher at $3.80, with 9,935 shares changing hands. Jetcon Corporation ended trading 3,121 stock units, 5 cents higher at $3.10, Key Insurance traded at $4, in exchanging 25,000 units, KLE Group finished the trading of 11,000 shares after rising 20 cents to $3.40,  Knutsford Express  closed at $12, with trading of 8,000 shares. Lasco Distributors  ended 15 cents higher at $3.95, with 20,726 shares changing hands, Lasco Financial  concluded trading of 2,063,937 stock units with a jump of 75 cents to $5,  Lasco Manufacturing finished 14 cents higher at $3.50, in trading 281,460 units, Main Event  settled with a loss of 15 cents at $6.20, with 7,095 shares changing hands, Medical Disposables  ended trading with 11,500 shares at $6.70 and SSL Venture Capital traded 30,000 shares and rose 5 cents to end at $1.95.

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

NCB dominates JSE with 11m shares on Thursday  

NCB traded 11.4M shares.

The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, closed higher for the first time in four days on Wednesday with the All Jamaican Composite Index advanced by 1,618.48 points to close at 408,324.61, the JSE Index advanced by 1,474.62 points to 372,029.90.
Trading ended with 14,405,936 units valued at $1,728,218,971 with NCB Financial Group trading the almost 80 percent of the volume. Trading on Wednesday ended 1,491,666 units valued at $39,783,182.
NCB Financial Group led trading for the second consecutive day with 11.4 million units in accounting for 79 percent of the day’s volume, followed by Supreme Ventures with 807,515 units or 5.6 percent of the overall volume and Grace Kennedy with 559,304 units or 3.88 percent of volume traded.
 A total of 28 securities changed hands in the main and US dollar markets, with prices of 10 rising, 5 declining and 13 remaining unchanged compared to 26 securities trading on Wednesday. Barita Investments was the only security to end at record high with the price moving to $38.21 by the close.
An average of 576,237 units valued at over $69,128,759 traded, in contrast to just 59,667 shares valued at $1,591,327 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 157,223 units with a value of $9,178,153, compared to 129,656 units with a value of $4,932,360, previously. November closed, with an average of 405,528 valued at $7,755,942, for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 closing with lower offers.
In main market activity, Barita Investments jumped $3.61 and ended at an all-time high of $38.21, with an exchange of 13,500 shares, Berger Paints rose $3.29 to end at $23.19, with 1,375 stock units changing hands, Caribbean Cement rose 50 cents to close at $43, with 24,199 shares traded, Grace Kennedy  rose $2.25 and ended trading at $61.25, with 559,304 shares JMMB Group  gained $1 in trading just 500 shares to close at $33.50. Mayberry Equities added 50 cents to close at $10, with 242,900 stocks changing hands. NCB Financial Group lost 50 cents in trading 11,369,487 shares to close at $145.50, Scotia Group  jumped $3.50 and ended trading 58,256 stock units at $56, Sterling Investments  rose 32 cents in closing at $3.40, with 119,121 shares trading and Supreme Ventures  gained 40 cents to close at $15.50, with an exchange of 807,515 shares.
Trading in the US dollar market amounted to 15,237 units valued at $4,269 with Margaritaville settled added 22.00 cents and ended at $0.22 with 2,900 shares, Proven Investments ended trading of 11,822 shares and declining 1 cent to end at 2 US cents. In the preference sector JMMB Group 5.75% concluded trading of 515 shares and ended at US$2. The USD Equities Index declined by 3.96 points to close at 167.77.

Rising stocks dominate Junior Market – Thursday

Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Thursday with 22 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 934,731 units valued at $6,451,365 compared to 522,801 units valued at $2,363,665 on Wednesday from 28 securities changing hands.
At the close of market activities, the prices of 11 securities advanced, 5 declined and 6 remained unchanged leading to the Junior Market Index declining 25.11 points to close at 3,141.32.
Trading ended with an average of 42,488 units for an average of $293,244 in contrast to 18,671 units for an average of $84,417 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 204,205 units at a value of $935,482, versus 177,258 units at a value of $982,896, previously. November, ended with an average of 190,475 units valued at $653,358 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 higher bids than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
At the close of the day’s activity, Access Financial closed with a loss of 1.25 cents at $47.70, with an exchange of 200 shares, AMG Packaging ended 27 cents higher at $1.95, with 211,000 stock units changing hands, Caribbean Cream ended trading 3,088 shares, with a loss of 20 cents at $5.80,  Caribbean Producers finished trading 38 cents higher at $5.44, with 2,740 units changing hands, Consolidated Bakeries closed at $1.90, in trading 2,000 shares. Derrimon Trading ended 30 cents higher at $2.50, with 54,844 shares changing hands, Dolphin Cove concluded trading of 191,787 shares, with a loss of 1.95 cents to end at $15.05, Elite Diagnostic finished at $2.87, in exchanging of 84,921 stock units, Eppley settled at $9, while trading 6,540 units. Everything Fresh gained 12 cents and ended trading 10,000 shares to close at $1.50, Express Catering ended trading 102,475 shares with the price rising 14 cents to $8, FosRich Group  traded 19,169 shares, at $3.95, GWest Corporation  closed at $1.60, with an exchange of  10,801 stock units, Indies Pharma  rose 10 cents in trading 12,136 shares to close at $3.30, Jetcon Corporation  ended trading with a loss of 10 cents at $3.05, with an exchange of 4,010 stock units. Knutsford Express  closed 5 cents higher at $12, with 27,700 shares changing hands, Lasco Distributors ended with a loss of 10 cents at $3.80, as 5,310 shares were traded, Lasco Financial concluded trading of 6,618 stock units, and move 10 cents higher to $4.25,  Lasco Manufacturing  closed 16 cents higher at $3.36, with an exchange of 38,662 units. Main Event settled at $6.35, with 800 shares changing hands, Medical Disposables  ended trading 9,200 shares and added 20 cents to finish at $6.70 and  Stationery and Office  climbed $1.40 to close at $9.50, with 130,730 stock units trading.

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

JSE stocks mostly fall on Wednesday

Barita climbs to record high of Wednesday.

The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, lost more ground at the close of trading on Wednesday, with the All Jamaican Composite Index falling 1,150.51 points to 406,706.13 and the JSE Index declining 1,048.24 to close at 370,555.28.
Trading ended with 1,491,666 units valued at $39,783,182, compared with 7,677,766 units valued at $240,095,427 on TuesdayA total of 26 securities changed hands, in the main and US dollar markets, with prices of 9 rising, 11 declining and 6 remaining unchanged compared to 32 securities trading on Tuesday. At the end of trading, Barita Investments ended at record closing high and PanJam Investment traded at an intraday high but ended trading down at the close.
An average of 59,667 shares valued at $1,591,327 traded, in contrast to 274,206 units valued at over $8,574,837 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 129,656 units with a value of $4,932,360, compared to 134,585 units valued at $5,187,011, previously. November closed, with an average of 405,528 valued at $7,755,942, for each security traded.
Carreras led trading for the second consecutive day with 647,650 units, accounting for 43.4 percent of the day’s volume, followed by Supreme Ventures with 214,146 units or 14.4 percent of the overall volume.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 closing with lower offers.
main market activity, Barita Investments climbed $1.20 and ended at an all-time high of $34.60, with an exchange of 39,025 shares, Berger Paints rose 90 cents to end at $19.90, with 1,000 stock units changing hands, Caribbean Cement jumped $4 to close at $42.50, with 2,801 shares traded, Grace Kennedy shed 50 cents and ended trading at $59, with 14,162 shares. Jamaica Producers dropped $3.85 in trading 14,340 units at $23, JMMB Group  lost 45 cents trading 57,797 shares to close at $32.50. Kingston Wharves  finished at $76.50, after falling 50 cents in trading 1,399 stock units, Mayberry Equities lost 50 cents in ending at $9.50, with 2,000 stock units changing hands. NCB Financial Group  declined $2, trading 132,938 shares to close at $146. PanJam Investment  dropped $2 to close at $72, with an exchange of 260 stock units, Scotia Group  rose 48 cents and ended trading 53,116 stock units at $52.50, Seprod  traded 6,510 shares units and declined 50 cents to end at $30.50, Stanley Motta rose 75 cents to close at $5, in exchanging 11,342 shares. Sterling Investments  lost 42 cents in closing at $3.08, with 32,601 shares trading, Supreme Ventures  dropped 40 cents in ending at $15.10, with an exchange of 214,146 shares.
Trading in the US dollar market resulted from Proven Investments being the sole trade with 2,650 shares at 23 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index remained unchanged to close at 171.73.

Junior Market inched higher – Wednesday

The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed trading on Wednesday with the Market Index rising 8.89 points to close at 3,166.43 as the prices of 10 securities rising, 9 falling and 9 remaining unchanged.
The market closed with 28 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of just 522,801 units valued at a mere $2,363,665 compared to 1,541,445 units valued at $5,341,261 on Tuesday from trading in 22 stocks.
Trading ended with an average of 18,671 units for an average of $84,417 in contrast to 70,066 units for an average of $242,785 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 177,258 units at a value of $982,896, versus 193,704 units at a value of $1,076,071, previously. November, ended with an average of 190,475 units valued at $653,358 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks ended with higher bids than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
At the close of the day’s activity, Access Financial closed $1.45 higher at $48.95, trading 955 shares, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 2 cents at $1.68, with an exchange of 5,955 stock units, Blue Power concluded trading of 1,500 units at $6.20, Cargo Handlers settled at $15,with 492 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cream ended trading 200 shares at $6. Caribbean Producers finished trading 3,590 units with a loss of 24 cents to end at $5.06, Consolidated Bakeries closed at $1.90, with 2,500 shares trading, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 35 cents at $2.20, with an exchange of 19,825 shares, Elite Diagnostic finished with a loss of 2 cents at $2.87, with 34,019 stock units exchanged. Eppley settled at $9, trading 2,110 units, Everything Fresh rose 8 cents and ended trading 31,057 shares to close at $1.38, Express Catering ended trading of 39,600 shares and lost 14 cents in ending at $7.86, FosRich Group traded 8,500 shares and closed 1 cent higher at $3.95, General Accident finished trading 600 shares and rose 5 cents to $3.45. GWest Corporation closed 30 cents higher at $1.60, with 1,000 stock units being exchanged, Honey Bun ended at $3.50, with trading of 1,449 units, Indies Pharma traded 27,257 shares to close at $3.20, Iron Rock concluded trading of 800 shares and closed 60 cents higher at $5,  Jetcon Corporation  ended trading 14 cents higher at $3.15, with an exchange of 20,631 stock units. Knutsford Express  closed 45 cents higher at $11.95, with the swapping of 16,181 shares, Lasco Distributors  ended 10 cents higher at $3.90, after 81,989 shares traded, Lasco Manufacturing  finished with a loss of 30 cents at $3.20, in exchanging 34,000 units, Main Event  settled 45 cents higher at $6.35, trading 640 shares. Medical Disposables  ended trading of 5,243 shares, with a loss of 30 cents at $6.50, SSL Venture Capital traded 62,840 shares and lost 10 cents to end at $1.90 and Stationery and Office finished trading 4,268 stock units at $8.10,  In the Junior Market preference segment, Derrimon Trading ended at $2.10, with an exchange of 600 stock units and Eppley 8.25% finished trading 115,000 shares, with a loss of 5 cents at $6.30.

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

JSE stocks mostly fall on Tuesday

PanJam traded at a record high of $77.

The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, lost more grounds at the close trading on Tuesday with the All Jamaican Composite Index falling 1,078.94 points to 407,856.64 and the JSE Index declining by 983.04 points to end at 371,603.52.
Trading ended with 7,677,766 units valued at $240,095,42, compared with 3,443,415 units valued at $195,803,075 on Monday. A total of 32 securities changed hands in the main and US dollar markets, with prices of 12 rising, 16 declining and 4 remaining unchanged compared to 36 securities trading on Monday. At the end of trading, Barita Investments and PanJam Investment ended at record closing highs.
At the close, an average of 274,206 units valued at over $8,574,837 traded, in contrast to 114,781 units valued at over $6,526,769 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 134,585 units with a value of $5,187,011, compared to 122,630 units with a value of $4,870,814, previously. November closed, with an average of 405,528 valued at $7,755,942, for each security traded.
Carreras led trading for the second consecutive day with 2,160,966 units in accounting for 28.2 percent of the day’s volume, followed by Mayberry Equities with 1,138,231units or 14.8 percent of the overall volume and Scotia Group with 952,302 units and 12.4 percent of the day’s volume.
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In main market activity, Barita Investments climbed $1.01 and ended at an all-time closing high of $33.50, with an exchange of 7,764 shares, Berger Paints dropped $4.20 to ended at $19 with 1,770 stock units changing hands, Caribbean Cement dived $4.02 to close at $38.50, with 50,000 shares traded, Grace Kennedy shed $2.50 and ended trading at $59.50, with 112,478 shares. Jamaica Producers jumped $4.35 finished trading 14,340 units at $26.85, JMMB Group lost 45 cents in trading 110,925 shares to close at $32.05. Kingston Wharves finished at $77, after jumping $4 in trading 256,450 stock units, Mayberry Investments finished with a loss of 80 cents at $9.10, with 16,891 stock units changing hands. Mayberry Equities rose 49 cents at $10, with 1,138,231 stock units changing hands. PanJam Investment rose $1 to close at a record high of $75, with an exchange of 7,023 stock units, Sagicor Group  lost 99 cents and finished at $40, with 545,715 shares trading, Sagicor Real Estate Fund  lost 50 cents to end at $10 in exchanging 302,950 units, Scotia Group  dropped $3.98 and ended trading 952,302 stock units at $52.02 and Seprod  traded 541,759 units and rose $1.49 to end at $31. In the preference sector Productivity Business Solution  dropped $2.99 and ended trading of 115,000 shares to close at $105.01.
Trading in the US dollar market amounted to 90,900 units valued at over $50,904 with Proven Investments ended trading of 2,530 shares with a rise of 3 cents to end at 23 US cents Sygnus Credit Investments traded 15,643 stock units and lost 2 cents and settled at 9 US cents. In the preference sector JMMB Group 5.75% concluded trading of 1,028 shares with a fall of 6 cents and completed trading at US$2 and JMMB Group 6% fell 2 cents to completed t trading at $1.05 with 2,035 stock units. The JSE USD Equities Index rose 5.18 points to close at 171.73.