The Jamaica Stock Exchange All Jamaican Composite Index declined by 70.24 points to close at 316,887.86 and the JSE Index declined by 64.00 points to close at 288,720.67. A total of 24 securities changed hands, down from 29 on Wednesday, 10 advanced, 11 declined and 4 traded firm.
NCB Financial accounted for more than half of the shares with 10 million units leading to 19,253,045 units valued at $1,098,475,593 trading. New listings, Victoria Mutual Investments, accounted for 2.96 million shares and Wisynco 1.85 million units.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments rose 1 cent to end at $7.95, with 8,478 units, Berger Paints finished at $18, with 62,626 shares, Cable & Wireless settled with a loss of 8 cents at $1.31, with 821,331 shares, 
Caribbean Cement ended trading with a surge of $4.03 to $35.50, with 542,827 stock units, Carreras traded with a loss of 14 cents at $11.31, with 480,831 units. Grace Kennedy fell 50 cents to close at $43, exchanging 13,031 shares, Jamaica Broilers ended 79 cents higher at $18, with 26,916 stock units, Jamaica Producers concluded trading with a loss of 5 cents at $16.50, with 28,306 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange finished at $7, with 11,514 shares. JMMB Group fell $2 to $25, with 57,836 shares, Kingston Wharves traded with a loss of $1.99 to end at $31.01, with 9,101 units, Mayberry Investments finished trading $1 higher at $6, with 41,781 shares, NCB Financial Group rose 50 cents to $99.50, with 10,100,229 shares. PanJam Investment concluded trading with a loss of $3 to $40.50, with 88,698 units, Pulse Investments settled with a loss of 29 cents at $2.10, with 35,000 shares, Radio Jamaica ended trading with a loss of 5 cents at $1.05, with 1,303,046 stock units, 
Sagicor Group traded with a loss of 35 cents at $34.65, with 21,110 units. Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished trading at $14.50, with 83,143 shares, Scotia Group ended with a loss of 10 cents at $51, with 398,181 stock units, Supreme Ventures settled 31 cents higher at $11.90, with 133,694 shares, VM Investments ended trading at $4.40, with 2,964,142 stock units and Wisynco Group traded with a loss of 50 cents at $11.50, with 1,851,366 units. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% fell 10 cent in trading 50,418 units at $1.80 and JMMB Group 7.5% traded 119,440 units and slipped 1 cent to close at $1.15.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “NCB in big trade on Jamaican stock market.“
Grace Kennedy closed at $43.50, with 82,650 shares, Jamaica Broilers ended with a loss of 59 cents at $17.21, with 3,555 stock units. Jamaica Producers concluded trading 5 cents higher at $16.55, with 6,000 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange finished with a loss of 5 cents at $7, with 88,166 shares, JMMB Group jumped $3 t0 $27, with 18,530 shares trading, Kingston Wharves traded 50 cents higher at $33, with 476 units. Mayberry Investments finished trading with a loss of $1 at $5, with 26,370 shares, NCB Financial Group closed at $99, with 13,121 shares, 1834 Investments ended at $1.30, with 20,000 stock units, PanJam Investment concluded trading with a loss of $1.50 to close at $43.50, with 378,000 units, Portland JSX finished with a loss of 5 cents at $9.95, with 2,000 shares. Pulse Investments settled 59 cents higher at $2.39, with 6,500 shares, Radio Jamaica ended trading 8 cents higher at $1.10, with 100,000 stock units, 
Sagicor Group traded with a loss of 30 cents at $35, with 4,100 units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished trading 50 cents higher at $14.50, with 595 shares. Salada Foods closed $1.50 higher at 52 weeks’ high of $13, with 1,000 shares, Scotia Group ended with a loss of $1.90 at $51.10, with 26,000 stock units, Seprod concluded trading at $31, with 10,600 units, Supreme Ventures settled $1.58 higher at $11.59, with 7,304 shares. VM Investments Limited ended trading 40 cents higher at $4.40, with 1,911,097 stock units and Wisynco Group traded with a loss of 50 cents at $12, with 3,785,911 units. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% traded 27,300 units at $1.90 and JMMB Group 7.5% traded 14,787 units at $1.16.
Trading ended with the All Jamaican Composite Index surging 4,310.37 points to 316,516.11 for a gain of 50.6 percent for the year and the JSE Index jumping by 3,927.24 points to 288,381.97, ending 2017 with a rise of 50 percent versus 22 securities trading on Thursday.
Radio Jamaica settled at $1.05, with 185,174 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading 1 cent higher at $38, with 136,913 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded at $15, with 8,817 units, Salada Foods finished trading with a loss of 25 cents at $11.25, with 32,049 shares. Scotia Group closed $3.75 higher at $53.85, with 76,440 shares, Sterling Investments gained $1 and closed at $13, with 7,470 shares, Supreme Ventures ended trading at $11.50, with 515,544 stock units and Wisynco Group traded $1.90 higher to end at a closing record high of $11.99, with 5,090,376 units. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% traded 550,000 units at $1.90, JMMB Group 7.5% traded 94,000 units at $1.15 and Proven Investments 8.25% ended with 1,227 units trading at $5.90.
Caribbean Cement ended trading 99 cents higher at $32.50, with 111,545 stock units, Carreras traded at $11.40, with 65,754 units, Grace Kennedy closed at $43, with 139,950 shares. Jamaica Broilers ended at $18, with 20,988 stock units, Jamaica Producers concluded trading at $16.70, with 19,010 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange finished at $7, with 64,203 shares, JMMB Group settled with a loss of 1 cent at $23, with 404,504 shares. JMMB Group ended trading with a loss of $1 at $23, with 404,504 stock units, Kingston Wharves finished trading at $32.50, with 215 shares, Mayberry Investments closed at $6, with 250,000 shares, NCB Financial ended with a loss of 50 cents at $98.50, with 122,721 stock units. PanJam Investment finished at $44.80, with 12,141 shares, Pulse Investments ended trading at $1.80, with 16,992 stock units, 
Sagicor Group finished trading $2.24 higher at $37.99, with 43,400 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund closed at $15, with 2,000 shares. Salada Foods ended $1 higher at a 52 weeks’ high of $11.50, with 102,000 stock units, Scotia Group concluded trading with a loss of $1.90 at $50.10, with 43,810 units and Supreme Ventures ended trading 80 cents higher at $11.50, with 15,000 stock units. In the main market preference segment, JMMB Group 7.5% traded 133,300 units at $1.15 and Proven Investments 8.25% ended with 48,773 units trading with a rise of 60 cents at $5.90.
Trading on Jamaica Stock Exchange fell sharply on Wednesday to 1,316,067 units with a value of $22,258,246, down from 18,689,826 units valued at $192,233,164 traded on the Main Market of the on Friday. 
In the main market activity, Berger Paints finished with a loss of $1.60 at $16.50, with 5,555 shares trading, Cable & Wireless settled 5 cents higher at $1.05, with 137,812 shares, Caribbean Cement ended trading with a loss of 49 cents at $31.51, with 41,500 stock units, Carreras traded with a loss of 5 cents at $11.40, with 86,297 units, Ciboney finished trading at 41 cents, with 385,200 shares changing hands. Grace Kennedy closed at $43, with 14,659 shares, Jamaica Broilers ended 1 cent higher at $18, with 16,098 stock units, Jamaica Producers concluded trading with a rise of $1.60 to $16.70, with 3,408 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange finished with a loss of 5 cents at $7, exchanging 5,432 shares. JMMB Group settled 50 cents higher at $24, with 26,090 shares, Kingston Properties traded with a loss of 31 cents at $7.70, with 2,090 units, Kingston Wharves finished trading at $32.50, with 3,641 shares. Mayberry Investments closed 63 cents higher at $6, with 5,000 shares, NCB Financial lost $1 to close at $99, with 58,149 stock units trading. PanJam Investment finished with a loss of 20 cents at $44.80, with 58,860 shares, 
Pulse Investments ended trading 2 cents higher at $1.80, with 500 stock units, Radio Jamaica traded 2 cents higher at $1.05, with 94,271 units, Sagicor Group finished trading 24 cents higher at $35.75, with 129,580 shares. Sagicor Real Estate Fund closed at $15, with 120,420 shares, Salada Foods ended 55 cents higher at $10.50, with 28,000 stock units. Scotia Group concluded trading with a loss of $1.99 at $52, with 22,737 units, Seprod finished at $30, with 30,840 shares and Supreme Ventures ended trading 30 cents higher at $10.70, with 36,200 stock units. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.25% traded 2001 units at $2.49, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% traded 1,000 units at $1.90 after gaining 10 cents and Proven Investments 8.25% ended with 727 units trading with a loss of 20 cents at $5.30.
Shares of Jamaica Stock Exchange dominated trading and accounted for 80 percent of the 18,689,826 units valued at $192,233,164 traded on the Main Market of the on Friday. 
Carreras traded 5 cents higher at $11.45, with 188,605 units, Ciboney Group finished trading 6 cents higher at 41 cents, with 20,000 shares. Grace Kennedy closed at $43, with 62,393 shares, Jamaica Broilers ended with a loss of 1 cent at $17.99, with 425,917 stock units, Jamaica Stock Exchange finished with a loss of 25 cents at $7.05, with 15,007,575 shares, JMMB Group settled 50 cents higher at $23.50, with 15,450 shares. JMMB Group ended trading 50 cents higher at $23.50, with 15,450 stock units, Kingston Wharves finished trading 25 cents higher at $32.50, with 37,414 shares, Mayberry Investments closed with a loss of 23 cents at $5.37, with 852,137 shares, NCB Financial ended $1.49 higher at $100, with 219,637 stock units.
PanJam Investment finished $2 higher at $45, with 11,000 shares, Portland JSX settled 50 cents higher at $10, with 200 shares, Pulse Investments ended trading at $1.78, with 29,000 stock units, Sagicor Group finished trading with a loss of 49 cents at $35.51, with 394,829 shares. Sagicor Real Estate Fund closed at $15, with 18,000 shares, Salada Foods ended at $9.95, with 500 stock units, Scotia Group concluded trading 5 cents higher at $53.99, with 305,536 units, Seprod finished at $30, with 298,745 shares and Supreme Ventures ended trading with a loss of 30 cents at $10.40, with 367,523 stock units changing hands.
Trading in the US dollar market, ended with Proven Investments US ordinary share having 50,000 units changing hands at 22 US cents and Sterling Investments exchanging just 100 units and rising moderately in price to 0.1221 US cents from 0.12 cents. The total value of trading amounted to US$11,012 with the US dollar Equities Index closing 2.24 points down, at 169.22.
Kingston Wharves finished trading 25 cents higher at $32.25, with 3,640 shares, Mayberry Investments closed 20 cents higher at $5.60, with 100,000 shares. NCB Financial Group ended with a loss of $1.49 at $98.51, with 224,896 stock units, PanJam Investment settled at $43, with 51,064 shares, Pulse Investments traded at $1.78, with 500 units. Radio Jamaica finished trading at $1.03, with 20,000 shares, Sagicor Group closed at $36, with 2,285 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended 50 cents higher at $15, with 7,820 stock units, Salada Foods Jamaica concluded trading at $9.95, with 4,000 units. Scotia Group finished $3.74 higher at $53.94, with 168,006 shares and Supreme Ventures traded 20 cents higher at $10.70, with 168,705,372 units.
Trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange led to sharp gains in the market indices, with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index surging 1,929.83 points to 307,095.43 and the JSE Index climbing 1,758.29 points to close at 279,798.65 as the year-end rally continues.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and the US dollar markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 11 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Sagicor Group traded 50 cents higher at $36, with 150,298 units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished trading at $14.50, with 59,258 shares. Scotia Group ended 15 cents higher at $50.20, with 4,192 stock units, Seprod concluded trading at $30, with 7,781 units and Supreme Ventures settled with a loss of 20 cents at $10.50, with 1,400 shares. In the main market preference segment. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% traded 220,000 shares with a loss of 10 cents at $1.80, JMMB Group 7.25% closed trading at $1.50, with 1,000 units and JMMB Group 7.5% ended trading at $1.15, with 223,424 stock units trading.