Recent listings, Victoria Mutual Investments and Wisynco Group remain two of the leading trades in the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Monday, with Wisynco being the lead trade with VM Investment holding third.
Market activity ended with 23 securities changing hands, of which 9 advanced, 10 declined, 3 traded firm leading to 3,228,645 units valued at $37,292,283 changing hands.
At the close of trading, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index advanced by 1,863.51 points to 312,160.87 and the JSE Index rose 1,697.87 points to 284,413.84.
In main market activity, Berger Paints closed with a loss of 1 cent at $17, with 10,200 shares, Cable & Wireless concluded trading 2 cents higher at $1.32, with 231,000 units, Carreras finished with a loss of 1 cent at $11.29, with 179,723 shares, Grace Kennedy traded with a loss of 36 cents at $43, with 550 stock units, Jamaica Broilers finished trading with a loss of 26 cents at $17.24, with 17,752 units. Jamaica Producers closed 20 cents higher at $16.70, with 5,850 shares, JMMB Group concluded trading $1.20 higher at $25, with 32,934 shares, Kingston Properties finished with a loss of $1.70 to end at $6, with 1,834 stock units, Kingston Wharves settled 35 cents higher at $31.50, with 3,070 units. Mayberry Investments ended trading with a loss of 30 cents at $6.70, with 82,093 shares, NCB Financial Group traded 48 cents higher at $99.50, with 55,429 shares, 138 Student Living ended at $6, with 767 shares, PanJam Investment ended $1 higher at $41.50, with 1,000 units, Portland JSX concluded trading with a loss of 5 cents at $10.70, with 2,000 shares. Pulse Investments finished 20 cents higher at $2.10, with 27,500 shares, Radio Jamaica settled at $1.10, with 40,084 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading $1 higher at $36, with 5,060 stock units, Scotia Group finished trading at $50.50, with 16,044 shares. Supreme Ventures concluded trading with a loss of 30 cents at $11.70, with 2,000 stock units, VM Investments finished with a loss of 5 cents at $4.10, with 489,507 units, Wisynco Group settled with a loss of 27 cents at $9.75, with 1,107,314 shares and Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading 25 cents higher at $14.25, with 916,934 shares.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “Main market stocks bounce on Monday.”

NCB Capital Markets Manager, Stanley Thompson (left) exchanges laughs with Wisynco Group Chairman William Mahfood.

Victoria Mutual Investments and Wisynco Group may not have traded shares in the millions on Jamaica Stock Exchange on Friday but demand placed them at number 2 and 3 in volume traded. 
Demand was such on Friday that they were the second and third highest volume traded in the market accounting for just 977,000 units versus 3.57 million on Thursday.
Market activity ended with 23 securities changing hands, of which 5 advanced, 13 declined, 5 traded firm leading to 3,151,082 units for an average of $55,743,394 changing hands.
At the close of trading, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index dived 2,332.02 points to 312,808.10 and the JSE Index dropped by 2,124.73 points to 285,003.54.
In main market activity,  Berger Paints closed $1 higher at $18, with 2,410 shares, Barita Investments ended with a loss of 16 cents at $8.50, with 18,715 stock units, Cable & Wireless concluded trading at $1.30, with 210,965 units, Carreras finished with a loss of 5 cents at $11.30, with 160,130 shares, Grace Kennedy traded 36 cents higher at $43.36, with 43,901 stock units. Jamaica Broilers finished trading with a loss of 50 cents at $17.50, with 17,659 units, Jamaica Producers closed with a loss of 20 cents at $16.50, with 6,639 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended at $6.95, with 41,887 shares, JMMB Group concluded trading with a loss of 52 cents at $23.80, with 1,142,852 shares changing hands. Kingston Wharves settled with a loss of $1.85 at $31.15, with 1,271 units, Mayberry Investments ended trading with a loss of 35 cents at $7, with 46,000 shares, NCB Financial Group traded with a loss of 48 cents at $99.02, with 44,706 shares, 1834 Investments finished trading at $1.27, with 620 shares. PanJam Investment ended with a loss of 52 cents at $40.50, with 20,001 units, Pulse Investments finished with a loss of 10 cents at $1.90, with 24,330 shares, Radio Jamaica settled 2 cents higher at $1.10, with 50,600 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading with a loss of 40 cents at $35, with 108,464 stock units. Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading at $14, with 4,418 shares, Scotia Group finished trading with a loss of 91 cents at $50.50, with 60,457 shares, Seprod closed with a loss of 95 cents at $29, with 100,120 shares, Supreme Ventures concluded trading at $12, with 67,497 stock units, VM Investments Limited finished 15 cents higher at $4.15, with 403,301 units, Wisynco Group settled 2 cents higher at $10.02, with 574,139 shares.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “Main market drops sharply again – Friday.”

Wisynco traded 2.47m shares on Thursday

Investors’ appetite for the recently listed Victoria Mutual Investments and Wisynco Group continue to be strong on Thursday in trading on Jamaica Stock Exchange with the volume traded rising to 3.57 million units changing hands versus 3.14 million on Wednesday, with the two dominating with the highest volume in the market.
At the close of trading, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index declined by 2,332.02 points to 312,808.10 and the JSE Index declined by 2,124.73 points to 285,003.54.
Market activity ended with 26 securities changing hands, of which 8 advanced, 10 declined, 8 traded firm as 5,110,001 units traded with a value of $69,365,564.
In the main market activity, Berger Paints closed with a loss of 80 cents at $17, with 13,100 shares, Cable & Wireless concluded trading with a loss of 5 cents at $1.30, with 78,379 units, Carreras finished 5 cents higher at $11.35, with 80,668 shares, Caribbean Cement settled with a loss of $1.95 at $32.05, with 34,189 shares, Ciboney Group ended trading with a loss of 2 cents at 35 cents, with 500 shares. Grace Kennedy traded at $43, with 50,273 stock units, Jamaica Broilers finished trading 10 cents higher at $18, with 48,273 units, Jamaica Producers closed 10 cents higher at $16.70, with 7,844 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with a loss of 5 cents at $6.95, with 18,113 shares. JMMB Group concluded trading with a loss of 68 cents at $24.32, with 71,524 shares, Mayberry Investments ended trading 15 cents higher at $7.35, with 2,000 shares, NCB Financial Group traded with a loss of 13 cents at $99.50, with 27,857 shares, 1834 Investments finished trading with a loss of 1 cent at $1.27, with 3,800 shares. PanJam Investment ended 2 cents higher at $41.02, with 7,500 units, Pulse Investments finished at $2, with 37,000 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading with a loss of 60 cents at $35.40, with 662,632 stock units, Salada Foods traded at $11, with 232 units. Scotia Group finished trading at $51.41, with 34,171 shares, Seprod closed at $29.95, with 27,900 shares, Supreme Ventures concluded trading 1 cent higher at $12, with 278,963 stock units, VM Investments Limited finished 9 cents higher at $4, with 1,099,190 units. Wisynco Group settled at $10, with 2,467,837 shares and Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading with a loss of 60 cents at $14, with 42,856 shares. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% closed at $1.80, with 15,000 stock units, Proven Investments 8.25% settled at $5.90, with 100 units.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “10 JSE stocks fall 9 rise – Thursday.”

Victoria Mutual Investments and Wisynco Group that listed in late December on Jamaica Stock Exchange main market, continue to dominate trading with the highest volume, accounting for 7 million of the 9.4 million units traded on Tuesday up from 5.1 traded on Monday out of 7.4 million units.
Market activity ended with 25 securities changing hands, of which 11 advanced, 5 declined, 9 traded firm and Mayberry Investments trading at a 52 weeks’ high. A total of 9,412,814 units valued at $83,130,402 traded on Tuesday.
At the close of trading the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index slipped by 75.69 points to 314,379.50 and the JSE Index fell 68.97 points to close at 286,435.26.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments ended at $8.59, with 600 stock units, Berger Paints closed 20 cents higher at $18, with 51,279 shares, Cable & Wireless concluded trading at $1.31, with 285,660 units, Carreras finished with a loss of 13 cents at $11.30, with 39,486 shares, Caribbean Cement closed $1.38 higher at $35, with 14,545 shares trading. Grace Kennedy traded 50 cents higher at $43.50, with 42,979 units, Jamaica Broilers finished trading at $18, with 18,482 shares, Jamaica Producers closed 20 cents higher at $16.70, with 9,000 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended at $7, with 27,000 stock units. JMMB Group concluded trading 65 cents higher at $25, with 294,549 units, Kingston Wharves settled 99 cents higher at $33.99, with 3,344 shares, Mayberry Investments ended trading 61 cents higher at $7.40, with 40,003 stock units, NCB Financial Group traded 80 cents higher at $99.80, with 48,329 units. PanJam Investment climbed $1.50 to $41.50, with 13,715 stock units, Pulse Investments finished 10 cents higher at $2.20, with 14,722 shares, Radio Jamaica settled at $1.10, with 27,986 shares traded, Sagicor Group ended trading 84 cents higher at $35.49, with 59,960 stock units. Scotia Group finished trading with a loss of $2.90 at $50.10, with 40,490 shares, Seprod closed at $30, with 157 shares, Supreme Ventures concluded trading at $12, with 127,053 units, VM Investments  finished with a loss of 2 cents at $3.98, with 2,053,519 shares. Wisynco Group settled with a loss of 19 cents at $10.20, with 4,981,783 shares and Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading at $14.50, with 19,661 stock units.
In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market 7.5% traded with a loss of 20 cents at $1.80, with 35,000 units, JMMB Group 7.5% closed at $1.16, with 1,163,512 shares.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “Advancing stocks 2 to 1 over decliners – Tuesday.”