Pan Jamaican Investment traded at $27.40 for a new high with 2.66 million shares and Jamaica Producers traded at $48 for a new 52 weeks’ high with 31,798 shares, 
in early Friday morning trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange.
Grace Kennedy traded 21,805 shares, with the price remaining unchanged at $125 with no stock now on offer.
Trading resulted in activity in 23 securities, accounting for a volume of 3,171,661 units as 11 stocks gained and 7 declined. The average number of shares traded amounts to just 132,153 units compared to an average of 63,724 units on Thursday.
After 75 minutes of trading in the early morning session, on Friday, the all Jamaica Composite Index rose 513.40 points to 177,880.98, the JSE Market Index gained 459.05 points to 160,099.02, the JSE combined index climbed 540.17 to close at 171,659.83 points and the junior market index rose 11.12 points to 2,256.56.
Pan Jam at new high in early trades
Grace trades at $115 on JSE – Tuesday
Grace Kennedy hit $115 with a rise of $4 in trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange in the early morning session on Tuesday with 1,150 shares changing hands, while Pan Jamaican Investment Trust bid is at $27 to buy 526 units with the stock on offer at $30. Honey Bun that trades ex split today has not yet trade with orders to buy still in at $19 and below with the ex split price being $3.80 and the highest price it can trade ta being $4.94 today.
Lasco Distributors had the largest volume traded for the morning of 260,000 units at $7.47 followed by Cable & Wireless with 199,074 shares at $1.38 and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share with 137,702 units at $2.10.
Trading resulted in activity in 25 securities, accounting for a volume of 939,280 units as 6 stocks gained and 11 declined. The average number of shares traded amounts to 37,571 units compared to an average of 67,133 units on Monday.
After 75 minutes of trading in the early morning session, on Tuesday, the all Jamaica Composite Index fell 331.36 points to 173,785.08, the JSE Market Index lost 296.29 points to 156,436.64, the JSE combined index drifted down by 94.44 points, to 167,121.93 and the junior market index rose 17.59 points to 2,145.73.
Grace trades at $120 on JSE – Monday
Grace Kennedy hit a new high of $120 with a rise of $10 in trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange in the early morning session on Monday with 8384 shares changing hands, while Pan Jamaican Investment Trust went ex-split today with the bid at $24.23 but there has been no stock on offer.
Berger Paints traded 95,000 shares at $4.45, Ciboney Group had 292,937 units trading at 20 cents, Consolidated Bakeries had trading in 122,036 units at $1.70, Supreme Ventures saw trading in 271,187 units at $4.65, JMMB Group 7.50% preference share had 92,900 units changing hands at $1.04 and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share traded 490,000 units at $2.10.
Trading resulted in activity in 27 securities, accounting for a volume of 1,812,598 units as 13 stocks gained and 7 declined. The average number of shares traded amounts to 67,133 units compared to an average of a mere 18,121 units on Friday.
After 80 minutes of trading in the early morning session, on Monday, the all Jamaica Composite Index rose 1,001.93 points to 174,155.13, the JSE Market Index rose 895.88 points to 154,265.97, the JSE combined index gained 937.64 points, to 164,423.18 and the junior market index dropped 10.39 points to 2,137.92.
Pan Jam & Grace at new highs – Monday
Grace Kennedy and Pan Jamaican Investment traded at new 52 weeks’ high in the early morning session on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, with Grace hitting $90 following impressive first quarter results
and Pan Jamaican traded as high as $130 but traded later at $125 in continued reaction to the company’s announced 5 fro 1 stock split, on a morning session of moderate trading.
The gains in the two stocks helped to push the main market indices up sharply by more than 1 percent.
After 75 minutes of trading in the early morning session, on Monday, the all Jamaica Composite Index rose 2,035.21 points to 170,597.52, the JSE Market Index gained 1,819.80 points to 153,586.45, the JSE combined index was up 1,726.04 points to 164,912.85 and the junior market index gained just 3.70 points to 2,188.13.
Stocks traded more than 100,000 units are, Caribbean Producers with 100,000 at $4 and Ciboney with 100,000 units. Trading resulted in activity in 23 securities, accounting for 490,595 shares changing hands as 10 stocks gained and 4 declined. The average number of shares traded is 21,330 units.
Moderate changes in JSE morning session
There has been moderate movement in the market indices in the morning session with stock prices trading close to yesterday’s close. 
Of note is that AMG Packaging traded 806 units at a new all-time high of $12 and Supreme Ventures traded at new 52 weeks’ high of $5.50.
After an hour of trading, the all Jamaica Composite Index rose 16.66 points to 173,027.55 the JSE Market Index gained 14.90 points to 155,760.59 the JSE combined index rose 8.83 points to 167,178.91 and the junior market index slipped by 0.58 points to 2,249.07. In trading, 28 securities were active and accounted for 3,774,288 units changed hands with 8 stocks rising and 7 falling.
Other trades of note are Cable & Wireless with 764,689 at $1.50, Grace Kennedy with 257,421 valued at $21.3 million trading at $84, Pan Jamaican Investment with 210,941 units valued at $19.8 million while trading at $94.05 and Scotia Group with 1,155,450 shares at $30.42 valued at $35 million.
JSE down early Thursday trading
The JSE main market suffered reversal of the big gains recorded on Wednesday, as Scotia Group pulled back from the closing price of $31.49 to $30, helping to knock 1,006 points off the all Jamaica composite index and pushing the other main market indices down sharply as well. The junior market inched up a bit as trading volumes are light on the final trading day of 2015.
The all Jamaica Composite Index declined by 1,006.49 points to 165,379.60 the JSE Market Index declined 900.62 points to 148,917.14, the JSE combined index fell by 843.70 points to 156,609.79 and the junior market index is up 0.75 points to 1,792.90.
A total of 23 securities traded amounting to 423,132 units changing hands with 13 rising, while 4 declined.
Interesting trades include, Gleaner Company with just a small volume at $1.30 but now has a bid to buy 16,000 units at $2 with the offer at $2.50, this comes after shareholders in Radio Jamaica and the Gleaner voted on Wednesday to approve the merger of the Gleaner’s media business with Radio Jamaica. Pan Jamaican Investment traded just 4,140 shares at $94 for a $1 gain, Sagicor Group traded only 424 shares at $18.51 but has a bid at $19 which is 49 cents higher than they last sale price with only one offer at $20.05 to sell a mere 2,000 shares and Scotia Group traded 95,636 units with the last transaction at $30.
Market up slightly in early trading
The Jamaica stock market is off to a slow start to the week with only in 23 securities changing hands with a volume of 3,067,073 units as 12 stocks gained and 6 declined after 90 minutes of trading.
The Jamaica stock market, recorded gains in all four the indices. The All Jamaican Composite index rose 30.57 points to 148,950.40, the JSE Market Index gained 27.35 points to 134,216.14, 
the JSE combined index climbed 529.44 points to be at 140,730.50 and the junior market index rose 56.40 points to its highest level of 1,568.99.
Notable trades took place in Cable and Wireless as the stock traded 1,490,388 units up to $1.27 but last traded at $1.20, Lasco Distributors with 60,150 units up to $4.55 for a new high, Lasco Financial Services trading at a new record high of $3.17 with 225,195 units but now trades at $2.98, Lasco Manufacturing with at 536,700 shares at $4, Pan Jamaican Investment trade 11,000 units at $90 up from $85.16 on Friday and Scotia Group that last traded at $29.50 fell to $26.80 with 4,426 units.
JSE up but looks weak at close
Jamaica Stock Exchange Traded at a new high of $9 on Tuesday.
At the close, the JSE Market Index jumped 687.52 points to 101,415.34, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index rose 768.46 points to close at 112,294.07 and the JSE combined index gained 530.40 points to end at 104,839.62.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had a reading that was very negative with only of 3 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 9 with offers that were lower.In trading, Cable and Wireless with 154,750 shares changing hands with a loss of 1 cent to end at 43 cents, Caribbean Cement had 50,227 units changing hands with a gain of 50 cents at $8, Carreras traded at $50 with 8,706 shares changing hands, Gleaner closed with 63,082 shares and fell 56 cents at $2.17. Grace Kennedy traded at $64 down $1 with 79,842 shares, Hardware & Lumber ended up at $17, after adding $1 with just 500 units changing hands. Jamaica Broilers traded at $6.05 with 8,300 shares changing ownership and lost 94 cents, Jamaica Producers traded at $18.40 with 4,198 shares changing ownership with a loss of 60 cents. JMMB Group traded 20,084 shares at $7.73 to lose 26 cents, with the company reporting strong increase in profit for the first quarter, Jamaica Stock Exchange traded 70 cents up at a new high of $9 with only 9,990 shares changing hands. Mayberry Investments had 50,000 shares trading at $3.40, National Commercial Bank traded 62,888 shares at $30,
Palace Amusement gained $5 in trading 566 shares to end at $65, encouraged by the company reporting earnings of $26.56 per share for the year ended June. Pan Jamaican Investment closed at $62 after trading 27,303 shares to gain $1. Sagicor Real Estate Fund lost 30 cents to close at $7.80 while trading 140,000 units, Salada Foods ended with 2,750 units trading at $8.50 with a loss of $1.90. Scotia Group traded 25,980 units to close at $24.50, up 50 cents, Supreme Ventures ended at $4.50, with 20,000 units to be up 50 cents but the bid at the end of the day was at $4 to sell 300,000 units and Proven Investments ordinary share traded 137,105 units at 19 US cents, up from 18.5 US cents.
Sharp JSE drop but 4 new highs
Scotia pushes market down on Friday
Trading concluded with 8 stocks rising, 8 declining as 22 securities changed hands, ended in 3,083,351 units trading, valued at $32,242,560 and 4 stocks closed at 52 weeks’ high in all market segments. Overall activity resulted in JSE Market Index declining 976.49 points to 98,050.05. The JSE All Jamaican Composite index lost 1,091.46 points to close at 108,532.55 and the JSE combined index fell 1,118.74 points to end at 100,321.85.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator was showing improved reading over Thursday’s close, with 12 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 with offers that were lower, in contrast 13 to 13 at the close on Thursday.in trading, Cable & Wireless had 424,500 units changing hands at 46 cents but closed with an offer to sell 500,000 units at 45 cents, Caribbean Cement had 96,288 units trading at $5.60 after adding 10 cents,Gleaner traded at a new 52 weeks’ high of $1.53 for a 3 cents gain, after trading 10,000 shares, with the stock rising 53 percent since mid-June. Jamaica Broilers had 48,938 shares changing hands at $5.75, National Commercial Bank in
trading 2,970 shares, closed with a fall of 80 cents at $29.10, Pulse Investments closed at a new 52 weeks’ high of 80 cents with 63,000 shares trading, to gain 10 cents. Sagicor Group ended with 682,573 shares trading, at a new closing 52 weeks’ high of $13.50, Scotia Group traded at $23.21, a fall $1.44 from Thursday’s close, with 812,616 shares and Supreme Ventures closed at $4 a new 52 weeks’ closing high, with 96,275 shares trading and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share traded 798,388 units, but lost 1 cent to end at $2.99.
JSE continues up
Scotia Climb keeps indices rising
The market closed with a large number of stocks showing softness suggesting that there could be large number of declines evens as advances may pick up from today’s levels.
Trading ended with 9 stocks rising, 5 declining as 23 securities changed hands and ending in 1,876,486 units trading, valued at $10,673,692 and 1 stock closed at 52 weeks’ high in all market segments.
The JSE Market Index declined 284.62 points to 99,026.54 the JSE All Jamaican Composite index gained 318.14 points to close at 109,624.01 but the JSE combined index rose 223.92 points to end at 101,440.59 thanks to gains in the junior market offsetting declines in the main market.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator was showing a poor reading of only 13 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 13 with offers that were lower, in contrast 6 to 7 at the close on Wednesday.In trading, Cable & Wireless had 539,627 units changing hands to close at 46 cents. Caribbean Cement had 117,440 units trading at $5.50 after shedding another 20 cents on top of 30 cents on Wednesday. Desnoes and Geddes traded 7,086 shares at $7.39 to end down 15 cents, Gleaner ended with 30452 shares changing hands, to gain 2 cents, for a 52 weeks’ high of $1.50. Jamaica Broilers gained 30 cents to reach $5.75 while only 2,000 shares changed hands, the stock closed with an off at $5.65,
Jamaica Stock Exchange traded just 2,000 shares and shed 35 cents in closing at $5.75, at the close the bid was at $6.15. National Commercial Bank in trading 26,067 shares, to close higher by 86 cents at $29.90, Pan Jamaican rose 50 cents to $62 with 22,779 shares trading, the stock was mostly down on the day at $61.10. Sagicor Group with 20,883 units trading, ended unchanged at $13.01, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 80,000 units with a decline of 38 cents to $7.62 and Scotia Group that traded 106,740 shares to close at $24.94 to gain 43 cents but closed with the offer at $24.50. Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share traded 649,316 to gain 2 cents at $3.
