NCB hits new record close again.

The Jamaica Stock Exchange main market fresh from record close on Wednesday, pulled back sharply on Thursday with greater volume and value trading than the prior day.
The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index dived 5,046.94 points to close 541,516.79, the JSE Index dropped 4,586.34 points to 493,085.59 and the JSE Financial Index slipped 1.31 points in closing at 133.15.
Market activity resulted in 33 securities trading in the main and US dollar markets, leading to 15 securities advancing, 10 declining and 8 trading firm, compared to 32 securities trading on Wednesday.  Trading ended with 16,823,129 units amounting to $203,619,459 compared to 10,907,156 units valued $142,771,368 changing hands on Wednesday.
Wigton Windfarm led trading with 7.5 million shares for 45 percent of total main market volume, Carreras followed with 4.7 million stock units for 28 percent of total volume and Scotia Group with 1 million shares for 6 percent of the day’s volume.
The market closed with average of 525,723 units valued at an average of $6,363,108 for each security traded. In contrast to 340,849 units for an average of $4,461,605 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date is 1,201,668 shares amounting to $14,989,839 changing hands, compared to 1,247,788 shares valued at $15,618,666 for each security traded. June closed with an average of 1,608,485 units valued at $19,605,318 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments dropped $1 to end at $73, in trading  83,128 shares, Caribbean Cement traded 11,813 shares with a rise of 50 cents to close at $80, Grace Kennedy dropped $2.48 trading 166,341 units, to end at $70.02, Jamaica Broilers traded 40,015 shares with a loss of $1.19 to end at $32.76. Jamaica Producers exchanged 4,504 stock units and rose $1.35 to close at $28, Jamaica Stock Exchange climbed $2 trading 66,776 units to end at $35, JMMB Group gained $1.49 to end at $53.49 with an exchange of 381,781 shares. Kingston Wharves traded 23,121 shares but fell $3.08 to $66.90, NCB Financial rose with a gain of $2 in exchanging 40,509  shares and ended trading at a an all-time closing high of $212, PanJam Investment lost 59 cents in trading 297,401 stock units at $94.51, Proven Investments dropped $4.98, trading 22,508 shares to close at $36.02. Sagicor Real Estate Fund dropped $1.80 trading 432,330 stock units to end at $10, Scotia Group exchanged 1,021,874 shares to add  35 cents and ended at $57.50, Seprod rose 90 cents to close at $46 while trading 12,835 shares, Sygnus Credit Investments gained 50 cents to $15, in trading 31,183 units and Wisynco Group traded 350,290 shares to gain 45 cents and ended at $20.
Trading in the US securities market resulted in 8,173 units valued US$2,100 changing hands. Market activity ended with Proven Investments being the sole stock trading in the sector to close at 25.7 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index closed unchanged at 192.13.

Investors pushed the Jamaica Stock Exchange to a new record close on Wednesday, as NCB Financial traded as high as $219.99 and the All Jamaican Composite Index crossed the 550,000 mark during the day. 
The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index jumped 7,926.92 points to close 546,563.73, the JSE Index climbed 7,203.49 points to a record close of 497,671.93 and the JSE Financial Index rose 2.43 points in closing at 134.46 points.
In the morning session, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index leaped 12,035.55 points to a record high  of 550,672.36, the JSE Index  jumped 10,937 points to a record of 501,405.60.
Market activity resulted in 32 securities trading in the main and US dollar markets, leading to 17 securities advancing, 12 declining and 6 trading firm, compared to 37 securities trading on Tuesday.  Trading ended with 10,907,156 units valued $142,771,368 compared to 21,525,203 units valued$799,361,615 changing hands on Tuesday. Wigton Windfarm dominated trading with just 4.3 million shares for 40 percent of total main market volume, well down on the usually large volume, the stock traded at for most of the days since it listed in April. 1834 Investments followed with 1.7 million stock units for 16 percent of total volume and Supreme Ventures with 1.2 million shares for 11 percent of the day’s volume.
The market closed with average of 340,849 units valued at an average of $4,461,605 for each security traded, in contrast to 615,006 units for an average of $22,838,903 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,247,788 shares valued at $15,618,666 changing hands, compared to 1,314,200 shares at $16,495,880 for each security traded. June closed with an average of 1,608,485 units valued at $19,605,318 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments dropped $1 to end at $74, in trading 9,039 shares, Caribbean Cement traded 24,264 shares with a rise of 49 cents to close at $79.50, Eppley exchanged 3,650 shares and gained $1.25 to end at $17.25, Grace Kennedy gained $2.49 in trading 4,120 units, to end at $72.50. Jamaica Broilers traded 33,388 shares and gained $1.20 to end at $33.95, Jamaica Producers exchanged 105,258 stock units but lost 85 cents to close at $26.65, Jamaica Stock Exchange lost $1.50 in trading 81,966 units to end at $33, JMMB Group lost $1.50 to end at $52 with an exchange of 86,345 shares. PanJam Investment rose 59 cents in trading 164,175 stock units at $95.10, Proven Investments jumped $4.95, trading 23,895 shares to close at a record high of $41, Sagicor Group dropped $2.49 trading 137,078 stock units to end at $52. Seprod rose 90 cents to close at $46 while trading 12,835 shares and Supreme Ventures added $1.85 to close at $27.85 in trading with 1,209,059 shares and Sygnus Credit Investments lost 62 cents to $14.50, in trading 10,000 units.
Trading in the US securities market resulted in 1,062,929 units valued at over US$158,026 changing hands. Market activity ended with JMMB Group 6% preference share rose 4 cents in trading 84,469 units at $1.04, Proven Investments traded 21,865 shares to close at 25.7 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments lost 0.04 cents to 11.99 US cents, in trading 1,480 units. The JSE USD Equities Index closed unchanged at 192.13.

NCB Financial jumps to record close of $210 on on Tuesday.

Investors pushed the Jamaica Stock Exchange to a new record close on Tuesday, as trading levels remained elevated, with 35 securities changing hands in the main market as two stocks closed at record highs.
The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index jumped 3,818.78 points to end at a record close of 538,636.81, the JSE Index climbed 3,470.27 points to close at record of 490,468.44 and The JSE Financial Index rose 0.57 points in closing at 132.03.
Market activity resulted in 37 securities trading in the main and US dollar markets, leading to 15 securities advancing, 13 declining and 9 trading firm, compared to 36 securities trading on Monday. Trading ended with 21,525,203 units valued $799,361,615, compared to 107,625,972 units valued $2,479,735,496 changing hands on Monday.  
Wigton Windfarm led trading with 9.55 million shares for 44 percent of total main market volume, followed by PanJam Investment with 4.3 million stock units for 20 percent of total volume and JMMB Group with 2.6 million shares for 12 percent of the day’s volume. Also trading good volumes were Scotia Group with  2,063,886 shares and Proven Investments that ended at record close and exchanged 2,060,886 shares in the main market. NCB Financial also ended trading at a record close.
The market closed with average of 615,006 units valued at $22,838,903 for each security traded, in contrast to 3,363,312 units valued at $77,491,734 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,314,200 shares valued at $16,495,880 changing hands, compared 1,375,075 shares valued at $15,899,090 for each securities traded. June closed with an average of 1,608,485 units valued at $19,605,318 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments dropped $3.89 to end at $75, in trading 27,385 shares, Berger Paints traded 35,880 shares with a rise of 80 cents to close at $18.95, Eppley exchanged 250,000 shares and gained 50 cents to end at $16, Grace Kennedy gained $1 trading  85,826 units, to end at $70.01. JMMB Group lost 50 cents to end at $53.50, with an exchange of 2,599,899 shares, Kingston Wharves recovered the $4.16 it lost on Monday, to end trading of 2,200 shares at $70. NCB Financial jumped $9.98 to a new record high of $210 in trading 224,931 units, PanJam Investment declined $2.99 in trading 4,319,799 stock units at $94.51, Sagicor Group rose 49 cents trading 24,809 stock units to end at $54.49. Sagicor Real Estate Fund exchanged 33,700 and gained 64 cents to close at $11.64, Salada Foods climbed $1 to end at $36 in trading 200 shares, Seprod lost $1.85 to close at $45.10 while trading 19,637 shares and Supreme Ventures fell back $2 and ended trading with 31,680 shares to close at $26.
Trading in the US securities market resulted in 1,062,929 units valued at over US$158,026 changing hands. Market activity ended with Proven Investments added 0.7 cent, in trading 2,460 shares to close at 25.7 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments lost 0.5 cents to 11.95 US cents, in trading 40,450 units. The JSE USD Equities Index advanced by 3.68 points to close at 192.13.

Trading ended with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index dropped 3,105.25 points to close at 534,818.03, the JSE Index declined 2,821.86 points to close at 486,998.17 and The JSE Financial Index lost 0.85 points in closing at 131.46 points.
Market activity resulted in 36 securities trading in the main and US dollar markets and leading to 12 securities advancing, 13 declining and 11 trading firm, compared to 37 securities trading on Friday.  Trading ended with 107,625,972 units valued $2,479,735,496 compared to 21,073,881 units valued $137,343,684 changing hands.
Supreme Ventures dominated trading with 93.84 million shares for 87 percent of total main market volume, followed by Wigton Windfarm with 10.3 million stock units for 10 percent of total volume and Scotia Group with 912,713 shares for just under one percent of the day’s volume.
The market closed with average of 3,363,312 units valued at $77,491,734 for each security traded, in contrast to 619,820 units valued at $4,039,520 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,375,075 shares valued at $15,899,090 changing hands, compared 1,203,120 shares valued at $10,102,136 for each securities traded. June closed with an average of 1,608,485 units valued at $19,605,318 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 9 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments lost $4.11 to end at $78.89, in trading 123,826 shares, Grace Kennedy dropped 99 cents in trading 65,979 units, to end at $69.01, JMMB Group added $1 to end at $54, with 83,968 shares trading, Kingston Wharves lost $4.16 to end trading of 11,134 shares at $65.84. NCB Financial dropped 25 trading 77,186 units to end at $200.02, PanJam Investment declined by $1.50 in trading 37,499 stock units at $97.50, Sagicor Group lost 50 cents trading 169,100 stock units to end at $54. Salada Foods climbed $1.50 to end at $35 in trading 25,000 shares, Supreme Ventures rose $2 and ended trading with 93,843,191 shares to close at $28, Sygnus Credit Investments lost 77 cents to close at $15 while trading 53,303 shares and Wisynco Group exchanged 112,712 shares and gained 35 cents to close at $19.95.
Trading in the US securities market resulted in 1,062,929 units valued at over US$158,026 changing hands. Market activity ended with JMMB Group 6% preference share trading 9,300 units to end at US$1, Proven Investments added 0.7 cent, in trading 225,150 shares to close at 25.70 US cents, Sterling Investments traded 5,000 shares with a rise of 0.03 cent to 0.4 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments with a rise of 2 cents to 12.49 US cents, in trading 823,479 units. The JSE USD Equities Index declined by 1.51 points to close at 188.45.

Barita Investments jumped 84% in a week.

Barita Investments jumped another $14 on Friday on top of the $12 it climbed on Thursday to closed a new record high of $83 as it contributed to the record close for the Jamaica Stock Exchange at main market.  
Barita gained a stunning 84 percent since Thursday last week, after the company announced they were the consideration of another rights issue and reported blockbuster profits.
Trading ended with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index surged 7,505.41 points to record close at 537,923.28 and the JSE Index 6,820.45 points to record close at 489,820.03. The JSE Financial Index added 2.78 points in closing at 132.31 points.
Market activity resulted in 37 securities trading in the main and US dollar markets and leading to 18 securities advancing, 16 declining and 3 trading firm, this compares to 36 securities on Thursday.  Trading ended with 21,073,881 units valued $137,343,684 compared to 40,555,987 units valued at $630,491,986 changing hands.
Wigton Windfarm led trading with 14.5 million shares for 69 percent of total main market volume, followed by JMMB Group 7.25% preference share with 2.3 million stock units for 11 percent of total volume and Supreme Ventures with 1.65 million shares for 8 percent of the day’s volume.
The market closed with average of 619,820 units valued at $4,039,520 for each security traded, in contrast to 1,228,969 units valued at $19,105,818 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,203,120 shares valued at $10,102,136 changing hands, compared 1,262,144 shares valued at $10,775,760 for each securities traded. June closed with an average of 1,608,485 units valued at $19,605,318 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 9 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments surged $14 to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $83, with 11,864 stock units trading, Berger Paints lost 35 cents in the trading of 17,260 shares to close at $18, Caribbean Cement shed $1 to end trading of 5,270 shares at $78. Grace Kennedy dropped $3.97 trading 4,408 units, to end at $70, Jamaica Producers rose 50 cents in trading 126,136 shares to close at $27.50, JMMB Group declined $1 to end at a record close of $53, with 76,921 shares trading, Kingston Wharves lost $1 to end trading of 1,545 shares at $70. Mayberry Jamaican Equities rose 30 cents to close at $11.50 with 102,391 shares changing hands, NCB Financial dropped $4.73 trading 85,663 units to end at $200.27, PanJam Investment gained 50 cents and ended trading with 9,100 stock units at $99, Sagicor Group rose 26 cents trading 341,009 stock units to end at $54.50. Sagicor Real Fund climbed 98 cents to end trading with 17,391 units at $11, Salada Foods rose 50 to end at $33.50 in trading 10,000 shares, Scotia Group exchanged 107,923 shares but fell 50 cents to close at $57. Seprod lost 95 cents and settled at $47 in exchanging 20,450 shares and Supreme Ventures lost $2 and ended trading with 1,645,858 shares to close at $26.
Trading in the US securities market resulted in 95,243 units valued at US$47,506 changing hands. Market activity ended with JMMB Group 6% preference share with 41,992 units trading to end with a loss of 2 cents at US$1, Proven Investments added 0.69 cent trading 151 shares to close at 25.70 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments with a rise of 0.02 cent to 10.5 US cents, in trading 53,100 units. The JSE USD Equities Index inched 2.47 points higher to 189.96.

Barita stock price gained 53% in a week.

Barita Investments jumped $12 to a new record high, to lead a pack of stocks that jumped sharply on the Jamaica Stock Exchange at the close on Thursday, with the market ending with an overall gain.
Barita gained 53 percent since a week ago since the company announced that they were considering a rights issue and announced blockbuster profits. The move drove supply out of the market leaving only three offers at the close, with 230 units at $74, 2,800 shares at $85 and 2 million at $90. Other stocks with sharp gains are Eppley rising $2.49, Grace Kennedy up $5.97 to end at a closing record high, JMMB Group rising $5 to end at a closing all-time high, Kingston Wharves with a gain of $5.16 and NCB Financial pushed higher by $5 to end at a closing all-time high and Wigton Windfarm traded at a new all-time high.
Trading ended with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index advanced by 2,296.18 points to close at 530,417.87 and the JSE Index rose 2,086.63 points to close of 482,999.58. The JSE Financial Index added 0.52 points in closing at 129.53 points.
Market activity resulted in 36 securities trading in the main and US dollar markets and leading to 14 securities advancing, 13 declining and 9 trading firm, this compares to 38 securities on Wednesday.  Trading ended with 40,555,987 units valued at $630,491,986 compared to 73,123,480 units valued at $311,695,529 changing hands.
Wigton Windfarm led trading with 27.4 million shares for 68 percent of total main market volume, as the stock traded at a new intraday high of $1.01. Sagicor Group ended with 8 million stock units for 20 percent of total volume and Jamaica Broilers with 3.4 million shares for 8 percent of the day’s volume.
The market closed with average of 1,228,969 units valued at $19,105,818 for each security traded, in contrast to 2,089,242 units valued at an average of $8,905,587 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,262,144 shares valued at $10,775,760 changing hands, compared 1,265,757 shares valued at $9,768,829 for each securities traded. June closed with an average of 1,608,485 units valued at $19,605,318 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 9 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments surged $12 to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $69, with 16,658 stock units trading, Berger Paints lost 60 cents in the trading of 3,436 shares to close at $18.35, Caribbean Cement gained $1 to end trading of 2,561 shares at $79, Eppley climbed $2.49 to $15.49, in exchanging 4,000 stock units. Grace Kennedy jumped $5.97 trading 63,206 units to end at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $73.97. Jamaica Producers rose 40 cents in trading 20,340 shares to close at $27, JMMB Group leaped $5 to end at a record close of $54, with 327,606 shares trading, Kingston Wharves jumped $5.16 and ended trading 18,850 shares at $71, Mayberry Jamaican Equities lost 40 cents to close at $11.20 with 105,483 shares changing hands. NCB Financial rose $5 trading 45,909 shares to end at a record closing high at $205, PanJam Investment lost 32 cents and ended trading with 13,455 stock units at $98.50, Sagicor Group lost $1.04 trading 8,078,497 stock units to end at $54.76. Sagicor Real Fund fell 73 cents to end trading with 17,697 units at $10.02, Seprod lost 95 cents and settled at $47 in exchanging 20,450 shares, Supreme Ventures rose 49 cents and ended trading of 28,030 shares to close at $28 and Wisynco Group gained 41 cents to settle at $19.50, with 200,051 stock units changing hands.
Trading in the US securities market resulted in 361,148 units valued US$59,364 changing hands. Market activity ended with JMMB Group 5.75% preference share with 11,248 units trading to end at US$2, Proven Investments lost 0.7 cent trading 5,600 shares to close at 25.01 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments rose 0.03 cent to 10.3 US cents, in trading 344,300 units. The JSE USD Equities Index inched 0.34 points higher to 187.49.

NCB recovers to boost market index to reach new record close.

NCB Financial recovered to close at $190 on Monday and pushed the market to record close after it tumbled on Friday with NCB pulling the overall market down sharply.
Trading ended with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index surged 14,743.84 points to a record close of 522,695.11 and the JSE Index leaped 13,398.28 points to record close at 475,981.60.  The rise in the largest capitalized company on the stock exchange, NCB, pushed the JSE Financial Index by 4.86 percent in closing at 127 points, up 27 percent since the start of March.
Market activity resulted in 36 securities trading in the main and US dollar markets and leading to 10 securities advancing, 15 declining and 9 trading firm. Market activity ended with 34,066,074 units valued $403,962,467 compared to 91,225,711 units valued $1,203,688,593 changing hands, from 41 securities on Friday.
Wigton Windfarm led trading with 18.7 million shares for 55 percent of total main market volume, followed by JMMB Group 7.5% preference with 7 million stock units for 20.6 percent of total volume, Scotia Group with 5.2 million units for 15 percent of total volume. Carreras ended trading with 925,937 units and Wisynco Group with 699,978 shares.
The market closed with average of 1,001,943 units valued at an average of $11,881,249 for each security traded, in contrast to 2,400,677 units for an average of $31,676,016 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,191,212 shares valued at $10,995,507 changing hands, compared 1,162,295 shares valued at $4,766,694 for each securities traded. June closed with an average of 1,608,485 units valued at $19,605,318 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
In the main market activity, Berger Paints gained 50 cents to close at $18.50, with 251,500 units changing hands, Eppley dropped $1.20 to $17.25, in exchanging 19,920 stock units, Jamaica Broilers lost 88 cents to close at $33.12, with 12,703 shares changing hands, Jamaica Producers lost 99 cents and concluded trading of 2,300 shares, at $29. Kingston Wharves rose $1 and ended trading 3,120 shares at $71, NCB Financial rose $2.01 trading 83,739 shares at $190.01, Sagicor Group lost 60 cents trading 223,697 stock units to end at $57.10, Sagicor Real Fund rose 30 cents to $9.50 while trading 8,650 units. Scotia Group ended trading of 5,184,563 shares with a decline of 48 cents to close at $57 and Seprod rose $1 and settled at $48 trading 18,004 shares.
Trading in the US securities market resulted in 60,775 units valued at $9,753 units changing hands. Market activity ended with Proven Investments trading 22,155 shares to close at 25 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments with a loss of one cent to 11 US cents, in trading 38,620 units. The JSE USD Equities Index closed 0.95 points up at 187.24.

NCB Financial dropped $17 during trading to make big dent in the market indices.

NCB Financial dropped to $173 from $190 it closed at on Thursday but recovered to at $188 at the close. The fall in which the JSE records at $15.36 did major damage to the market indices on Friday.
Trading ended with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index dived 10,577.64 points to close at 507,951.27 and the JSE Index dropped 9,612.29 points to close at 462,583.32. The big fall in the largest capitalized company on the stock exchange, cut 3 percent off the JSE Financial Index in closing at 122.14 points.
Market activity resulted in 41 securities trading in the main and US dollar markets and leading to 10 securities advancing, 15 declining and 9 trading firm. Market activity ended with 91,225,711 units valued $1,203,688,593 compared to 23,980,897 units valued $156,300,087 changing hands, from 32 securities on Thursday.
Wigton Windfarm led trading with 39 million shares for 43 percent of total main market volume, followed by Radio Jamaica with 26.5 million stock units for 29 percent of total volume, Sagicor Group with 12 million units for 13 percent of total volume. Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading with 9.6 million units and 11 percent of main market volume and next was NCB with 1.67 million shares.
The market closed with average of 2,400,677 units valued at $31,676,016 for each security traded. In contrast to 799,363 units for an average of $5,210,003 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,162,295 shares valued at $4,766,694 changing hands, compared 1,270,097 units valued at $4,635,018 for each securities traded. June closed with an average of 1,608,485 units valued at $19,605,318 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 9 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
In the main market activity, Caribbean Cement gained $1.45 to end up trading 25,200 shares to close at $80, Grace Kennedy climbed $3 in trading 50,851 units to end at $67, Jamaica Broilers added $1 and closed at $34, with 15,131 shares changing hands, Jamaica Stock Exchange rose 30 cents after ending trading of 50,855 stock units at $29. JMMB Group shed $2 trading 163,627 shares to close at $48, Mayberry Jamaican Equities finished trading at $11.85, with 10,107 shares after climbing 55 cents, NCB Financial lost $2 in concluding trading of 1,670,020 shares at $188, PanJam Investment rose $1.50 to settle at $99 with 46,562 shares changing hands. Sagicor Group rose 69 cents and finished trading 12,067,394 stock units at $57.70, Scotia Group ended trading of 500,712 shares while climbing $1.98 to close at $57.48 and Supreme Ventures lost 50 cents to end at $27.50, with 68,369 shares trading.
Trading in the US securities market resulted in 48,857 units valued at over US$12,078 changing hands. Market activity ended with JMMB Group 6% USD preference share trading 5,576 units at US$1.04, Proven Investments trading 11,186 shares to close at 25 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments with a loss of one cent to 11 US cents, in trading 32,095 units. The JSE USD Equities Index closed 2.02 points down to 186.29.