The main market indices of the Jamaica Stock Exchange dropped sharply at the close on Monday with a number of stocks declining out pacing those advancing by some distance. The All Jamaica Composite Index declined 2,339.28 points to close at 258,282.96, the JSE Market Index fell 2,131.35 points to 235,325.03 and the JSE US dollar market index gained 0.45 points to 200.45.
At the close of trading, 26 securities changed hands in the main market with 1 trading in the US dollar market, leading to 7 stocks advancing and 12 declining and one traded at a 52 weeks’ intraday high. Trading in the main market ended with more shares traded on Monday than on Friday but with less value. The volume traded ended with 5,146,243 units valued at $51,796,808 changing hands compared to 3,645,879 units valued at $88,098,872 at the close on Friday. Trading in the US dollar market accounted for 2,720 units valued at US$707.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and US dollar markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 10 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 with lower offers.
The main market ended trading with an average of 197,932 units valued at $1,992,185 for every security traded compared to an average of 140,226 units valued at a mere $3,388,418 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date ended at 147,042 units with an average value of $3,957,530 compared with an average of 139,772 units with an average value of $4,238,293 on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for May ended at 358,008 units and $9,037,303.
In market activity, Barita Investments closed at $7 exchanging 10,000 units, Berger Paints closed at $19, with gains of 25 cents trading 5,555 shares, Cable and Wireless traded 9 cents lower to close at $1.16, with an exchange of 37,000 stock units, Caribbean Cement closed at $26.35, with a loss of $1.65 trading 31,186 shares, Carreras exchanged 8,057 shares at $89, Grace Kennedy closed at $40.90, losing $2.10, trading 231,886 units, Jamaica Broilers gained 35 cents to close at $18, with 130,40 shares changing hands, Jamaica Producers closed at $14.10, with a loss of $1.90 trading 51,088 units. Jamaica Stock Exchange traded 20 cents lower to close at $7, with an exchange of 86,306 shares, JMMB Group lost 50 cents to close at $20.50, exchanging 24,890 units, Kingston Wharves closed at $30.50, with 14,734 shares traded, Mayberry Investments lost 57 cents to close at $4.50, with trades of 15,000 units, NCB Financial Group closed at $71.50, after exchanging 206,040 shares, 1834 Investments closed at $1.30, losing 15 cents with 931,796 shares changing hands. PanJam Investment closed at $33, with a loss of $1 trading 4,200 shares, 
Portland JSXtraded 5 cents lower to close at $9.95, with an exchange of 1,000 units, Pulse Investments lost 40 cents, closing at $16.10 trading 5,520 shares, Radio Jamaica closed at $1.66 exchanging 936,672 shares, Sagicor Group closed at $34.25, losing 13 cents with trades of 21,918 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 30 cents higher to close at $10.70 with 25,561 shares being exchanged. Salada Foods gained $1, closing at a 52 weeks’ high of $11 with 220 units changing hands, Scotia Group closed at $42.60, with gains of 59 cents exchanging 195,958 shares, Seprod closed at $29.50 trading 200,548 shares, Sterling Investments exchanged 3,100 units at $15.50 while Supreme Ventures traded 1 cent higher to close at $7.50, with 65,203 shares changing hands. Proven Investments gained 0.02 US cents trading 2,720 ordinary shares to close at 26 US cents and JMMB Group 7.5% preference share closed at $1.15, with trades of 1,902,400 units.
Carib Producers day on Junior Market
Trading on the Junior Market on Monday ended with Caribbean Producers dominating market activity with 99.51 percent of the total volume on the market amounting to 111.5 million units. Total volume going through the market ended at 112,078,312 units valued $371,345,580, compared to 789,261 units valued $5,071,496 on Friday.
Trading ended with 6 stocks rising and 8 falling as 20 securities traded versus 24 on Friday. At the close of the market, the market index dropped 39.21 points to 3,214.31.
At the close of trading, 3 stocks had bids higher than their last sale prices and 6 closed with lower offers.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average that jumped to 5,603,616 units for an average value of $18,567,279 compared to 32,886 units for an average value of $211,312 on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for the month to date rose to 820,200 units valued at $2,947,914 compared with 136,855 units valued at $716,576, previously. 
In contrast, May closed with averages of 89,339 units at $596,722.
At the close of the market, Cargo Handlers lost 30 cents and closed at $16 with just 200 shares trading, Caribbean Creamrose 5 cents in trading 3,551 units to end at $7.55, Caribbean Producers traded 111,527,530 units and fell 8 cents to end at $3.29, C2W Music had 87,374 units changing hands to close at 45 cents, Dolphin Cove gained 10 cents and ended at $18 with 18,021 shares changing hands, Eppley fell $1.99 with 1,000 units changing hands, to close of $10.01. Honey Bun had 40,069 shares changing hands to close at $7, after adding 14 cents, ISP Finance traded only 1,360 shares to end at $24, Jamaican Teas fell 4 cents in trading 25,550 shares at $4.26, Jetcon Corporation ended at $14.51 with 21,069 shares trading, after falling 29 cents, 
KLE Group rose 15 cents and ended at $2.10 with 23,556 shares changing hands, Knutsford Express lost 5 cents in trading 126,936 shares and closing at $16.45, Lasco Distributors fell 40 cents and ended trading 12,000 units at $7, Lasco Financial had 3,500 shares changing hands to end at $4. Lasco Manufacturing shed 1 cent to end at $4.99 in trading 53,000 shares. Main Event added 1 cent to end trading with 102,898 shares at $6.50.Medical Disposables ended at $5.80 after falling 20 cents with 15,675 units crossing the exchange, Paramount Trading rose 4 cents and ended with 9,500 shares changing hands at $3.04, Sweet River ended with 256 units changing hands at $3.86, tTech ended with a mere 267 units trading with a rise of 15 cents at $7.90 and Eppley 10% preference share, ended with 6,000 units changing hands at $6.60.
Sharp drop in Junior Market trading
Trading on the Junior Market dropped sharply on Friday after Thursday’s trading which comprised just over 3 million Jamaican Teas’ shares. Trading ended on Friday with 7 stocks rising and 10 falling as 24 securities traded versus 20 on Thursday.
A total of 789,261 units valued $5,071,496 traded, compared to 3,831,459 units valued $19,055,812 on Thursday. At the end of trading, the market index slipped 3.42 points to 3,253.52.
At the close of trading, 5 stocks had bids higher than their last sale prices and 2 closed with lower offers.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average of 32,886 units for an average value of $211,312 compared to 191,573 units for an average value of $952,791 on the previous trading day The average volume and value for the month to date are 136,855 units valued at $716,576 compared with 154,183 units valued at $800,786, previously, In contrast, May closed with averages of 89,339 units and $596,722.
.At the close of the market, AMG Packaging gained 15 cents and closed at $4.60 with 213,250 units changing hands, Blue Power closed at $56.50 with 3,300 units trading, CAC 2000 closed at $7.50 in trading 750 units, Cargo Handlers lost 20 cents and closed at $16.30 with 3,500 shares trading, Caribbean Cream lost 50 cents in trading 266,500 units to end at $7.50, Caribbean Producers traded 27,470 units and fell 13 cents to end at $3.37, Consolidated Bakeries traded 7,076 shares to close at $3.20, C2W Music had 12,626 units changing hands to close at 45 cents after falling 5 cents, Derrimon Trading dropped $1 and ended at $8.50 with 210 shares changing hands, Eppley fell $1.99 with 1,000 units changing hands, to close of $10.01. Honey Bun had 3,530 shares changing hands to close at $6.86, after falling 14 cents, Iron Rock Insurance traded 86,573 shares to end at $3.20, 
Jamaican Teas traded at $4.30 with 5,969 units, Jetcon Corporation ended at $14.80 with 7,650 shares trading, after rising 20 cents, KLE Group rose 15 cents and ended at $2.10 with 8,000 shares changing hands, Knutsford Express added 50 cents and traded 41,363 shares in closing at $16.50, Lasco Distributors fell 5 cents and ended trading 20,100 units at $7.40, Lasco Financial rose 20 cents, with 1,000 shares changing hands to end at $4. Lasco Manufacturing gained 19 cents to $5 in trading 58,348 shares. Main Event fell 16 cents and ended trading 7,764 shares at $6.49. Medical Disposables ended at $6 with 10,662 units crossing the exchange, tTech ended with 500 units trading with a rise of 24 cents at $7.75 and Eppley 10% preference share, ended with 1,000 units changing hands at $6.60.
JSE stocks mostly fall on Friday
Salada Foods traded at a intraday high of $11 on Friday.
Trading in the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange was cut in half from the levels on Thursday at the close on Friday. The market indices trended lower as the All Jamaica Composite Index declined 315.07 points to close at 260,622.24, the JSE Market Index fell 287.07 points to 237,456.38 and the JSE US dollar market index dropped 13.20 points to 200.00.
At the close of trading, 26 securities changed hands in the main market with 1 trading in the US dollar market, leading to 8 stocks advancing and 13 declining. Trading in the main market ended with 3,645,879 units valued at $88,098,872 changing hands compared to 6,887,167 units valued at just $169,323,809 at the close on Thursday. Trading in the US dollar market accounted for 57,934 units valued at US$15,021.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and US dollar markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 10 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 with lower offers.
The main market ended trading with an average of 140,226 units valued at $3,388,418 for every security traded compared to an average of 255,080 units valued at $6,271,252 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date ended at 139,772 units with an average value of $4,238,293 compared with an average of 139,696 units with an average value of $4,379,939 on the previous trading day. 
The average volume and value for May ended at 358,008 units and $9,037,303.
In market activity, Barita Investments closed at $7, losing 2 cents with trades of 10,000 units, Berger Paints exchanged 7,127 shares at $18.75, Cable and Wireless traded 242,780 stock units at $1.25, Caribbean Cement gained $1 to close at $28 trading 12,532 shares, Carreras advanced $4, in closing at $89, with 4,347 shares changing hands, Grace Kennedy closed at $43, gaining 3 cents with 47,920 units trading, Jamaica Broilers exchanged 83,960 shares at $17.65, Jamaica Producers closed at $16, with 84,225 units changing hands. Jamaica Stock Exchange rose 20 cents to close at $7.20 trading 64,439 shares, JMMB Group closed at $21, after climbing $2 in exchanging 38,443 units, Kingston Properties closed at $11.26, after losing 23 cents with an exchange of 4,977 units, Kingston Wharves closed at $30.50, with a loss of $1.50 trading 5,684 shares, Mayberry Investments lost 1 cent to close at $5.07, in trading 800 units, NCB Financial Group gained 50 cents to close at $71.50, after exchanging 886,407 shares, 1834 Investments lost 9 cents to close at $1.45, with 10,292 shares changing owners. PanJam Investment closed at $34, after losing 70 cents with an exchange of 31,750 shares,
Pulse Investments lost 50 cents, closing at $16.50 while trading 1,000 shares, Radio Jamaica closed at $1.66, with a loss of 4 cents, exchanging 793,322 shares, Sagicor Group gained 3 cents and closed at $34.38, with an exchange of 18,650 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 40 cents lower to close at $10.40 with 28,250 shares traded. Salada Foods exchanged 101,650 shares to close at $10, after trading at a 52 weeks’ high of $11, Scotia Group closed at $42.01, with a loss of $1.79 exchanging 276,255 shares, but closed with the bid at $43.75 to buy just 100 shares, Seprod lost 40 cents to close at $29.50 trading 2,454 shares, Sterling Investments gained 40 cents to close at $15.50, with an exchange of 10,150 units while Supreme Ventures lost 1 cent to close at $7.49, with 27,681 shares changing hands. Proven Investments lost 0.04 US cents exchanging 57,934 ordinary shares to close at 24 US cents and JMMB Group 7.5% preference share closed at $1.15, with trades of 850,784 units.
JSE main market drops on Thursday
JSE headquarters in downtown Kingston.
The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed much lower than on Thursday than on Wednesday with the All Jamaica Composite Index dropping 1,555.59 points to close at 260,937.31. The JSE Market Index dived 1,417.31 points to 237,743.45 and the JSE US dollar market index lost 0.83 points to 213.20.
At the close of trading, 29 securities changed hands including 1 trading in the US dollar market, leading to 10 stocks advancing and 9 declining. Trading in the main market ended with 6,887,167 units valued at $169,323,809 changing hands compared to 5,393,689 units valued at $311,918,709 at the close on Wednesday. Trading in the US dollar market accounted for 15,950 units valued at US$4,466.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and US dollar markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
The main market ended trading with an average of 255,080 units valued at a mere $6,271,252 for every security traded compared to an average of 215,748 units valued at a mere $12,476,748 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date ended at 139,696 units with an average value of $4,379,939 compared with an average of 116,619 units with an average value of $4,001,676 on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for May ended at 358,008 units and $9,037,303.
In market activity, Berger Paints lost 75 cents to close at $18.75, with 128,862 shares changing hands, Cable and Wireless traded 450,000 stock units at $1.25, Caribbean Cement closed at $27, after falling $1.82 exchanging 5,536 shares, Carreras added $1, closing at $85, with 17,467 shares changing hands, Grace Kennedy closed at $42.97, gaining 2 cents with trades of 14,102 units, Jamaica Broilers gained 15 cents to close at $17.65, with 6,225 shares exchanged, Jamaica Producers closed at $16, with 100,266 units changing hands. Jamaica Stock Exchange traded 10 cents lower to close at $7 trading 26,494 shares, JMMB Group closed at $19, with a loss of $1 exchanging 2,631,555 units, Kingston Wharves closed at $32, gaining $1 trading 74,207 shares, NCB Financial Group closed at $71, with gains of $1 after exchanging 96,597 shares, 138 Student Living closed at $4.49 trading 13,000 units, 1834 Investments lost 1 cent to close at $1.54, with 5,842 shares changing owners. Palace Amusement exchanged 1,167 units at $340, PanJam Investment closed at $34.70, with an exchange of 3,000 shares, 
Portland JSX traded 15 cents lower to close at $10, with 12,531 units trading, Pulse Investments advanced $2.50, closing at $17 trading 11,000 shares, Radio Jamaica added 3 cents to close at $1.70 exchanging 8,621 shares, Sagicor Group closed at $34.35, gaining 10 cents with an exchange of 2,756,521 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 20 cents slower to close at $10.80 with 2,741 shares traded. Scotia Group added 30 cents to close at $43.80 while exchanging 18,028 shares, Scotia Investments dropped $1.50 and closed at $36.50, with 3,300 shares changing hands, Seprod closed at $29.90, trading 9,100 shares, Sterling Investments lost $1.80 to close at $15.10, with an exchange of 328,000 units while Supreme Ventures traded 124,005 shares at $7.50. Proven Investments traded 15,950 ordinary shares at 28 US cents Sterling Investments US dollar listing traded 1,000 units at 11 US cents and JMMB Group 7.5% preference share closed at $1.15, with trades of 37,000 units.
Jamaican Teas dominate Junior Market
Jamaican Teas was the only dominant trade on Thursday.
Trading on the Junior Market was dominated by Jamaican Teas accounting for 79 percent of volume traded and the bulk of the valued on Thursday. Trading ended with 8 stocks rising and 6 falling with 20 securities traded versus 22 on Wednesday.
A total of 3,831,459 units valued $19,055,812 traded, compared to 801,626 units valued $6,349,583 on Wednesday as the market index inched forward 3.84 points to 3,256.94.
At the close of trading, 7 stocks having bids higher than their last sale prices and 4 closed with lower offers.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average of 191,573 units for an average value of $952,791 compared to 36,438 units for an average value of $288,617, on the previous trading day. 
The average volume and value for the month to date are 154,183 units valued at $800,786 compared with 146,705 units valued at $770,385, previously, In contrast May closed with averages of 89,339 units and $596,722.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging gave up 35 cents and closed at $4.45 with 19,226 units changing hands, CAC 2000 gained 28 cents to close at $7.50 in trading 3,760 units, Cargo Handlers recovered $1.50 of Wednesday’s fall and closed at $16.50 with 3,062 shares trading, Caribbean Cream traded 2,600 units to end at $8, Caribbean Producers traded 48,115 units gaining 15 cents to end at $3.50, Eppley had 9,227 units changing hands to close of $12. General Accident closed 20 cents down trading with 25,227 shares to end at $2.70, Honey Bun had 500 shares changing hands to close at $7 after rising 15 cents, 
Jamaican Teas rose 5 cents to $4.30 with 3,028,443 units trading, Jetcon Corporation ended at $14.60 with 6,762 shares trading, after falling 28 cents, Knutsford Express traded 108,125 shares in closing at $16, Lasco Distributors rose 20 cents and ended trading 2,680 units at $7.45, Lasco Financial fell 20 cents, with 2,477 shares changing hands to end at $3.80. Lasco Manufacturing fell 18 cents to $4.81 in trading 178,193 shares. Main Event rose 15 cents and ended trading 41,289 shares at $6.65. Medical Disposables ended at $6 with 13,168 units crossing the exchange, Sweet River rose 36 cents and ended with 400 units changing hands at $3.86, supply of tTech came out with 260,000 units trading with a fall of 19 cents at $7.51 and Eppley 10% preference share, ended with 4,200 units changing hands at $6.60.
NCB dominates trading Wednesday
NCBFiniancial Group traded more than 4 million shares on Wednesday.
NCB Financial Group dominated trading with more than 4 million shares valued at $286,797,356. The trade accounted for 92 percent of the value traded on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Wednesday.
Trading in the main market ended with 5,393,689 units valued at $311,918,709. The US dollar market accounted for 195,859 units valued at US$55,370. On Tuesday, the main market accounted for 1,999,970 units valued at just $31,629,345, well below normal levels.
At the close of the market, the All Jamaica Composite Index rose 338.37 points to close at 262,492.90, the JSE Market Index gained 308.29 points to 239,160.76 and the JSE US dollar market index lost 0.43 points to 214.03.
At the close of trading, 25 securities changed hands with 3 trading in the US dollar market, leading to 7 stocks advancing and 9 declining.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and US dollar markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
The main market ended trading with an average of 215,748 units valued at a mere $12,476,748 for each security traded, compared to an average of 74,073 units valued at $1,171,457 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date ended at 116,619 units with an average value of $4,001,676 compared with an average of 91,837 units with an average value of $1,882,908 on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for May ended at 358,008 units and $9,037,303.
In market activity, Barita Investments traded 8 cents lower to close at $7.02, with an exchange of 1,500 shares, Berger Paints closed at $19.50, with gains of 75 cents, trading 2,417 shares, Cable and Wireless exchanged 171,723 stock units at $1.25, Caribbean Cement closed at $28.82, losing 18 cents with 97,166 shares traded, Carreras lost 1 cent, closing at $84, with 53,352 shares changing hands, Grace Kennedy closed at $42.95, with 12,043 units trading, Jamaica Broilers traded 25,692 shares at $17.50, , Jamaica Producers lost 10 cents to close at $16, with 12,947 units changing hands. Jamaica Stock Exchange closed at $7.10, trading 37,700 shares, JMMB Group exchanged 236,760 units at $20, with a loss of 88 cents, Kingston Wharves closed at $31 while losing of 40 cents in exchanging 24,529 shares, Mayberry Investments gained 9 cents to close at $5.08, with 90,380 shares traded, NCB Financial Group closed at $70, after losing 80 cents in exchanging 4,079,621 shares, 138 Student Living closed at $4.49 trading 1,055 units, 1834 Investments gained 12 cents to close at $1.55, with 2,498 shares changing ownership. 
PanJam Investment closed at $34.70, with an exchange of 19,793 shares, Portland JSX traded 2,800 units at $10.15, Radio Jamaica gained 2 cents to close at $1.67 exchanging 195,500 shares, Sagicor Group closed at $34.25, losing 55 cents with an exchange of 30,881 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 41,866 shares at $11. Scotia Group closed at $43.50 exchanging 60,031 shares, Scotia Investments traded 15 cents higher to close at $38, with 111,026 shares changing ownership, Seprod closed at $29.90, trading 12,511 shares while Supreme Ventures gained 10 cents to close at $7.50 exchanging 26,886 shares. Margaritaville Turks gained 0.01 US cent to close at 35 US cents, with 6,500 ordinary shares changing hands, Proven Investments lost 0.29 US cents in trading 188,359 ordinary shares at 28 US cents, Sterling Investments US ordinary share, closed at 11 US cents with 1,000 units exchanged and JMMB Group 7.5% preference share closed at $1.15, with trades of 43,012 units.
Big price changes for Junior Market
Blue Power jumped $3.50 to close at $56.5.
There were big price movements on the Junior Market at the close on Wednesday with reduced volume and value going through the market compared to Tuesday. Trading ended with 6 stocks advanced and 5 declined with 22 securities traded, the same as on Tuesday and market index slipped 7.28 points to 3,253.10.
A total of 801,626 units valued $6,349,583 traded, compared to 982,035 units valued $8,762,028 on Tuesday. At the close of trading, 7 stocks having bids higher than their last sale prices and 1 closed with a lower offer.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average of 36,438 units for an average value of $288,617 compared to 44,638 units for an average value of $398,274, on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for the month to date are 146,705 units valued at $$770,385, compared with 174,272 units valued at $890,827, previously, In contrast, May closed with averages of 89,339 units and $596,722.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended at $4.80 with 2,966 units changing hands, Blue Power jumped $3.50 to close at $56.50 in trading 2,000 units, Cargo Handlers lost $2.90 and closed at $15 with 1,171 shares trading and seems to be heading lower with just one bid at $10.50 in the market currently. The stock has fallen 50 percent from its high of $30 this year. Caribbean Cream traded 4,500 units to end at $8 after gaining 48 cents, Caribbean Flavours traded 3,000 units to end at $12, Caribbean Producers traded 60,066 units and lost 15 cents to end at $3.35, Consolidated Bakeries climbed 60 cents and ended at $3.20 with 122,586 shares changing hands, Derrimon Trading rose 10 cents and ended at $9.50 with 9,897 shares being exchanged, Dolphin Cove fell $1.98 to end at $18 with 3,000 shares trading, Eppley had 500 units changing hands to close of $12. General Accident closed trading with 10,000 shares to end at $2.90, Honey Bun had 19,271 shares changing hands to close at $6.85, 
ISP Finance dropped $4 to $24 with 9,400 units trading, Jetcon Corporation ended at $14.88 with 77,087 shares trading, after falling to a low of $13 during trading, Knutsford Express traded 82,185 shares in closing at $16, Lasco Distributors ended trading 250,200 units at $7.25, Lasco Financial fell 5 cents, with 45,887 shares changing hands to end at $4. Lasco Manufacturing rose 18 cents to $4.99 in trading 22,700 shares. Main Event dropped 70 cents and ended trading 37,123 shares at $6.50, after the company audited accounts for the year to October 2016 shows lower profit than for the 11 months to September. Medical Disposables ended at $6 with 20,772 units crossing the exchange, Sweet River ended with 5,006 units changing hands at $3.50 and supply of tTech has dried up with few units being offered for sale. Investors traded 12,309 units with a gain of 10 cents at $7.70.
Main Event flat profit before tax
Main Event Entertainment that went public with an IPO in January this year is reporting flat profit before tax and slightly lower net profit after tax of $3.3 million. Profit before tax for the year to October ended at $59.8 million com-pared to $60.3 million in 2015.
Profit after tax came in at $56.5 million versus $60 million in 2015, the out turn is lower than the $60 million the internal figures to September last year that was included in the prospectus showed. The net profit translates to earnings per share of just 23.5 cents with 240 million shares applicable at the date of the financials.
Return on average equity amounted to a strong 41 percent, with shareholders’ equity at the end of the period being $242 million.
The results emanated from a 9.5 percent rising in revenues to $1.13 billion, the growth was slowed b y a big drop in revenues from Digital Signage. With gross profit climbing 13 percent to $429 million. Expenses rose by 15.7 percent to $354 million. Revenue during the year was generated mostly by Entertainment promotion activities of $854.7 million in 2016 from $742.7 million in 2015. Audio and film contributed $189.5 million compared to $140 in 2015 and Digital signage of $88 million versus $151 million in 2015. The auditors signed off on their report on the 5th of June, an indication that all was not well with the financial reporting.
Main Event went public at $2 in January and now trades on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange at $6.50.
Jamaica main market stocks fall -Tuesday
Trading in the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Tuesday with more stocks declining than rising leading to a second straight days of decline in the market indices. At the close the All Jamaica Composite Index declined 620.51 points to 262,154.53, the JSE Market Index fell 565.35 points to 238,852.47 and the JSE US dollar market index lost 1.08 points to 214.46.
Trading ended with 28 securities changing hands with 1 trading in the US dollar market, leading to 10 stocks advancing and 13 declining. Trading in the main market ended with 1,999,970 units valued at just $31,629,345 changing hands compared to 1,059,661 units valued at a mere $8,670,794 at the close on Monday. Trading in the US dollar market accounted for 52,647 units valued at US$14,909.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and US dollar markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
The main market ended trading with an average of 74,073 units valued at a mere $1,171,457 for every security traded compared to an average of 36,540 units valued at a mere $298,993 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date ended at 91,837 units with an average value of $1,882,908 compared with an average of 97,758 units with an average value of $2,120,059 on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for May ended at 358,008 units and $9,037,303.
In market activity, Berger Paints closed at $18.75, with gains of 75 cents exchanging 131,922 shares, Cable and Wireless lost 5 cents to close at $1.25 trading 23,220 stock units, Caribbean Cement traded 9,754 shares at $29, Carreras added 1 cent, in closing at $84.01, with 2,961 shares changing hands, Grace Kennedy closed at $42.95, losing 5 cents trading 9,185 units, Jamaica Broilers traded 46 cents lower to close at $17.50, with 83,176 shares being exchanged, Jamaica Producers gained 10 cents to close at $16.10, with 76,301 units changing hands. Jamaica Stock Exchange closed at $7.10, with a loss of 29 cents trading 7,200 shares, JMMB Group traded 132,068 units at $20.88, with gains of 38 cents, Kingston Wharves lost 60 cents, in closing at $31.40, while exchanging 3,034 shares, Mayberry Investments gained 29 cents to close at $4.99, trading 11,005 shares, NCB Financial Group closed at $70.80, gaining 25 cents after exchanging 94,931 shares, 1834 Investments lost 7 cents to close at $1.43 trading 7,000 shares. Palace Amusement soared to an all-time high of $340, gaining $110 with just 103 shares traded, PanJam Investment closed at $34.70, with a loss of 30 cents, trading 131,937 shares, Portland JSX closed at $10.15, with 1,000 shares changing hands, 
Pulse Investments traded $1.50 lower to close at $14.50, with 24,000 shares exchanged, Radio Jamaica lost 5 cents to close at $1.65 in trading 553,296 shares, Sagicor Group added 55 cents to close at $34.80, with an exchange of 11,800 shares while Sagicor Real Estate Fund lost 50 cents to close at $11, with 22,715 shares changing hands. Salada Foodsadded 95 cents, closing at 52 weeks’ high of $10, with 2,000 shares. Scotia Group fell 30 cents, closing at $43.50 exchanging 96,431 units, Scotia Investments traded $1.35 higher to close at $37.85, with 20,165 shares, Seprod closed at $29.90, trading 17,520 shares while Supreme Ventures lost 9 cents to close at $7.40 exchanging 524,816 shares. Proven Investments traded down marginally with 52,647 ordinary shares at 28.29 US cents, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% preference share closed at $2 with trades of 1,492 units and JMMB Group 7.5% preference share closed at $1.15 exchanging 938 units.