More gains for JSE stocks – Thursday
Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, continue to see gains in the market indices. The main market gained over 750 points measured by the all Jamaican Composite index and the junior market rose by nearly 20 points on relatively low volume.
AMG Packaging traded 26,361 shares and climbed $1.99 to $16.99, General Accident Insurance had 253,080 shares trading at $2.10 and Lasco Distributors traded 185,161 units at $7 from the junior market. Cable & Wireless had 106,261 units changing hands at 99 cents Jamaica Stock Exchange traded 125,285 units at $27.40, Proven Investments traded cents and JMMB Group 7.50% preference share traded 130,000 units at $1.10.
At 11:45 am 32 securities traded, resulting in a volume of 1,552,704 shares changing hands carrying a value of $9,196,894, compared to 697,409 shares with a value of $5,991,867 on Wednesday at 10.45 am. The average number of shares traded amounts to 48,522 units compared to 24,049 units on Wednesday. Market activity resulted in 9 stocks falling while the prices of 11 securities rose.
The all Jamaica Composite Index jumped 786.26 points to 182,041.40 the Jamaica Stock Exchange Market Index climbed 703.06 points to 163,819.16, the Jamaica Stock Exchange combined index jumped 862.33 points to close at 175,771.86 and the junior market index fell 20.47 points to 2,321.39.
Rising junior stocks inch decliners – Wednesday
The market index eased with 17.09 points, to close at 2,300.92. Market activities ended with 7 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 ending with lower offers.
Trading ended with 635,440 units changing hands, 30 percent less than on Tuesday, while the value traded dropped by 31 percent, with $2,690,732, compared to $3,876,442 changing hands on Tuesday.
At the close, Cargo Handlers have not traded for a few days but today the stock closed with the bid at $90.01 with 5,765 units, nearly $4 ahead of the last sale price with no units offered for sale. Key Insurance that reported poor second quarter results has not traded with the offer at $2.37 to sell 152,290 units compared with the last sale of $2.49, there continues to be no bids on the stock at the close.
Access Financial end trading with 1,889 units to end at $18.40, after falling 10 cents, Caribbean Cream gained 10 cents with 6,914 shares changing hands at $9.20, Caribbean Flavours lost just 1 cent in closing at $8 with 9,500 shares changing hands, Caribbean Producers traded just 46,370 shares to close at $3.40. Consolidated Bakeries lost 7 cents to end at $2.35 with 3,000 units changing hands. Dolphin Cove lost $1.30 and ended at $13.70 with 100 shares trading, General Accident gained 20 cents and closed trading with 91,267 units at $2.25, Honey Bun gained 39 cents in trading 54,391 units to end at $6.24, Iron Rock Insurance traded 1,250 shares to close at $3.30 with a gain of 2 cents. Jamaican Teas had 116,983 units changing hands at $4. Jetcon Corporation rose 45 cents in trading at new record high of $4.95, with 51,980 units changing hands, KLE Group ended at $1.80 with 45,000 shares changing hands after rising by 30 cents, Knutsford Express had 2,191 units changing hands to end at $24. Lasco Distributors closed with 44,000 units trading and ended with a loss of 24 cents at $6.80, Lasco Financial had 16,585 shares changing hands to close at $3.25, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.80 with 60,576 shares trading, Medical Disposables traded 78,577 shares with the price remaining unchanged at $4 and tTech traded 4,867 shares at $6.