Bulls continue their run on Jamaican stocks
At the close, the all Jamaica Composite Index fell 610.32 points to end at 186,142.70, the JSE Market Index dropped 545.74 points to close of 167,486.45 and the JSE combined index lost 800.02 points, to end at 179,972.65, up 14 percent for the year to date.
At the close 1,362,599 units valued at $11,379,949 changed hands, compared to 4,654,511 units valued at $50,143,006 changing hands on Thursday. The junior market accounted for 647,967 units valued at $3,787,554 of the stocks traded.IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 14 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with a lower offer.
In market activity, Barita Investments traded 800 shares at $4.65, Cable & Wireless lost 11 cents and closed at 99 cents with 362,410 units trading,
Caribbean Cement traded just 5,400 shares and lost 85 cents to close at $31.15. Trading in 1834 Investments ended with 13,200 shares changing hands as the price rose 4 cents to close at $1.24, Grace Kennedy rose 21 cents and closed with 17,384 shares changing hands at $41.99. JMMB Group added 50 cents in trading 72,721 units to close at $14. Kingston Wharves dipped 10 cents in trading 2,071 shares to close at $17, Pan Jamaican Investments rose 5 cents to close at $23.30 after trading 28,628 shares, Sagicor Group rose 18 cents in trading 4,951 shares to end at $24, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 17,290 shares to close at $10.18. Scotia Group lost 20 cents to close at $31 with 49,983 shares changing hands, Scotia Investments had 6,100 units changing hands to close with a loss of 5 cents at $30, Seprod traded 105,000 shares and gained 16 cents to close at $22.76.
Market activities ended with 7 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 ending with lower offers.
General Accident closed trading with 713 units at $2.61,
Trading volume and values were well down on Thursday’s levels but advancing stocks edged out declining ones. 
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with a lower offer.
Mayberry Investments traded 82,890 shares to close with a gain 10 cents at $3.60, National Commercial Bank traded 12,600 shares and gained 60 cents to end at $43, Pan Jamaican Investments lost 5 cents to close at $23.25 after trading 35,062 shares. Portland JSX traded 5,000 units with the price rising by 4 cents to end at $11.10, Sagicor Group lost 18 cents in trading 2,328 shares to end at $23.82, Scotia Group gained $1 to close at $31.20 with 868,469 shares changing hands. Scotia Investments had 18,100 units changing hands to close with a 5 cents gain at $30.05, Seprod traded 2,857 shares and lost 90 cents to close at $22.60, Supreme Ventures lost 4 cents and closed at $4.75 with 17,049 shares changing and Proven Investments closed at 20 US cents with 15,625 shares trading.
Market activities ended with 2 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 ending with lower offers.
Honey Bun traded 1,002,000 shares and rose 10 cents to $6.10, Jamaican Teas traded 1,886 units to end at $4. 
The all Jamaica Composite Index dropped 233.27 points to 185,818.56 the Jamaica Stock Exchange Market Index fell 208.58 points to 167,196.62, the Jamaica Stock Exchange combined index slipped 9.50 points to close at 179,837.16 and the junior market index rose 17.90 points to 2,421.24.
Stocks ended trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange with the main market closing with a gain of 11 percent year to date, the market indices dropped more than 1,293 points. The market closed with 38 securities trading as the prices of 16 gained while 11 declined in the overall market, including 4 stocks rising and 5 falling, in the junior market. 
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with a lower offer.
Kingston Wharves lost 45 cents in trading 22,970 shares to close at $17.50, Mayberry Investments traded 3,943 shares to close with a gain 10 cents at $3.50, National Commercial Bank traded 728,535 shares and gained 25 cents to end at $42.40, Pan Jamaican Investments rose 30 cents to close at $23.30 after trading 421,985 shares. Portland JSX traded 3,334,455 units with the price rising by 9 cents to end at $11.06, Sagicor Group gained 15 cents in trading 178,182 shares to end at $24, Scotia Group gained 19 cents to close at $30.20 with 486,698 shares changing hands. Scotia Investments had 476,900 units changing hands to close at $30, Seprod traded 12,010 shares to close at $23.50, Supreme Ventures lost 1 cent and closed at $4.79 with 45,090 shares changing. Proven Investments closed at 20 US cents with 20,300 shares trading and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% preference share gained 1 cent in trading 355,130 units at $2.10.
units changing hands, than on Tuesday, while value traded, jumped 510 percent to $51,520,805 from $8,452,329, on Tuesday.
Caribbean Producers gained 1 cents in trading 17,000 units to end at $3.51, Honey Bun traded 17,036 shares and fell 20 cents to $6, Jamaican Teas traded 3,296 units to end at $4. Jetcon Corporation lost 20 cents with 6,200 units changing hands, to end at $3.80, Lasco Distributors had 800,475 units trading and closed at $7, Lasco Financial fell 10 cents and ended with 69,370 shares changing hands at $3.10, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.99 with 7,025,629 shares trading. Medical Disposables traded 213,287 with a gain of 18 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $5.05 and Paramount Trading dropped $1 to end with 20,270 shares changing hands at $25.
The all Jamaica Composite Index dropped 2150.07 points to 185,347.93 the Jamaica Stock Exchange Market Index dived 1,922.55 points to 166,775.78, the Jamaica Stock Exchange combined index slipped 1,858.71 points to close at 179,394.69 and the junior market index dipped 7.37 points to 2,407.16.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 12 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 with a lower offer.
JMMB Group dropped 50 cents in trading 165,027 units to close at $15, Kingston Wharves traded 900 shares to close at $17.50. Mayberry Investments traded 16,900 shares to close with a loss of 20 cents at $3.40, National Commercial Bank traded 9,273 shares and lost 15 cents to end at $42.15, Pan Jamaican Investments lost 30 cents to close at $23 after trading 880 shares. Radio Jamaica fell 10 cents in trading 184,584 shares to close at $1.45, Sagicor Group gained 15 cents in trading 7,146,264 shares to end at $24, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 14,041 shares to close at $10.18, Scotia Group dropped 49 cents to close at $30.01 with 635,978 shares changing hands. Scotia Investments had 3,000 units changing hands to close at $30, with a gain of $3, Seprod traded 14,003 shares to close with a gain of 90 cents at a 52 weeks’ high of $23.50. Proven Investments closed at 19.99 US cents with 176,589 shares trading, JMMB Group 7.50% preference share traded 442,000 units at $1.10 and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.25% preference share traded 20,000 units at $2.40.