Kingston Wharves jumped $5 to a record close at $45 on Wenesday.
There was just modest volume trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange main market on Wednesday with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index jumped 2,508.77 points to 322,941.94 and the JSE Index climbed 2,285.77 points to 294,236.60.
At the close, 24 securities traded, compared to 25 on Tuesday and ended with the prices of 16 stocks rising, 4 falling and 4 trading firm, in the main and US dollar markets.
At the close of trading Berger Paints jumped $1.02 to $19.22, Kingston Wharves jumped $4 to record closing high of $45, NCB Financial rose 98 cents to $05.99, PanJam Investment climbed $1.25 to $43, Scotia Group rose $1.03 to $52 and Seprod was up 99 cents to $34.
Main market activity ended with 4,971,238 units valued at $81,421,271 changing hands compared to 3,313,428 units valued at $132,584,977 on Tuesday. At the close of trading Carreras closed with the largest volume of 1,661,256 units, amounting to 33.42 percent of the overall volume traded, followed by Scotia Group with 647,818 shares or 13 percent of the volume traded and Radio Jamaica with 563,453 units or 11.33 percent of the day’s volume.
Trading resulted in an average of 216,141 units valued at an average of $3,540,055 for each security traded. In contrast to 138,060 units for an average of $5,524,374 on Tuesday. The average for the month to date is 897,409 shares with a value of $4,795,531 and previously 947,792 shares with a value of $4,897,207. In contrast, March closed with an average of 626,526 units with an average value at $20,492,207 for each security traded.
The US dollar market closed on Wednesday with Proven Investments finishing trading at 20 US cents after trading 30,955 shares for US$6,410. Trading ended with a rise of 3.31 points in the market index to 164.15 as the average price of Proven inched higher during the day.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with a lower offers.
For more details of market activities see – JSE main market trading climbs – Wednesday.
Trading resulted in an average of 138,060 shares valued at $5,524,374, for each security traded, compared to 89,171 shares valued at $690,844 on Monday. The average for the month to date is 947,792 shares with a value of $4,897,207 and previously 1,015,505 shares with a value of $4,839,315. In contrast, March closed with an average of 626,526 units with an average value at $20,492,207 for each security traded.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange main market recovered from losses on Wednesday to end at a new closing record high on Thursday, with the market indices rising more than 1,000 points. 
The US dollar market closed on Thursday with 11,628 units valued at US$2,565 as Margaritaville traded 237 units to gain 5 US cents to 25 US cents and 
The Jamaica Stock Exchange main market enjoyed gains for most of the trading session on Wednesday, but pulled back later in the day, to record losses at the close with only 25 securities traded versus 29 on Tuesday. 
Trading resulted in an average of 97,788 shares valued at $1,752,584, for each security traded, compared to 110,716 shares valued at $1,293,508 on Tuesday. The average for the month to date is 2,887,284 shares with a value of $2,486,402. In contrast, March closed with an average of 626,526 units with an average value at $20,492,207 for each security traded.
The US dollar market closed on Tuesday with 144,650 units valued at US$30,130. JMMB Group 7.5% preference share traded 1,500 units with rise of a fraction of a cent, to close at US$1 after rising by 5 US cents and Proven Investments closed trading with 143,150 units at 20 US cents. The market index closed unchanged at 161.45 points.
The US dollar market closed on Thursday with 51,494 units valued at over US$26,317. 
Jamaica Stock Exchange shares traded 15,104,462 units and accounted for 70.8 percent of the day’s volume, followed by Jamaica Producers Group with 2,394,964 units and 11.25 percent of the volume traded and with 1,013,952 units and Kingston Wharves with 1,025,513 units with 4.82 percent of the day’s trade.
that has languished just above the $30 level for months has broken into the $40 range and moved down to the second half of the list. The sharp price change follows an announcement that the company signed an agreement to buyback leased assets during this year. The buyback is set to save around $2 billion per annum before tax.
Revenues for the half year to December last year grew 11 percent to $493 million and profit rising 138 percent, continuing the normal annual growth. Revenues will hit the billion mark for the first time in the company’s history, for the current fiscal year and remain over that level going forward. The performance of the economy is critical to the future fortunes and to a lesser degree, the quality of films. Data shows that with tight economy, patronage in Kingston suffered badly with the fall in the economy from in 2008 onwards. At the same time strong growth said to be around 7 percent per annum in the Montego Bay economy, shows up in strong revenues gains there compared to Kingston. With the overall economy recovering, Palace is benefitting.
The group is expected to continue to enjoy increased earnings in 2018 and the focus on expansion of new projects will be beneficial to them going forward.
There were no entrants or exists from to the Junior Market TOP 10 list but 
It just a matter of time for the break out to take place, regardless the channel points upwards for the market. Profit results for 2018 first quarter, will be important in helping to fuel the break out but with Treasury bill rates falling to 3.16 percent on the 182 days instrument during the past week, an important leg for a rally to come, is in place.
At the same time the main market ended the week with a PE of 6.7 for the top stocks compared to a market average of close to 12.
The Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange traded in record territory on Friday with The market is trading at a record intraday high, for the all Jamaica Index of 325,588.39 having risen 6,583.63 points at 10.27 in the morning session while the main market index jumped 5,998.43 points to 296,647.83. 
Trading results in an average of 237,216 shares valued at 3,257,697 for each security traded, compared to 195,413 shares valued at 3,973,752 on Thursday. For the month to date an average of 796,886 units with an average value at $10,718,888 traded, compared to 878,567 units with an average value at $11,993,901 traded on the previous trading day. In contrast, February closed with average of 213,336 units valued at $3,392,475 for each security traded.
