Sagicor Group traded 2.2 million shares on Thursday.
Trading levels in main market ended at 12,546,567 units valued at $314,956,099 compared to 3,999,238 units valued at $59,651,337 at the close on Wednesday. Trading in the US dollar market accounted for 133,258 units valued at US$44,491.
The All Jamaica Composite Index shed 900.51 points to close at 249,435.64 the JSE Market Index fell 820.47 points to finish at 227,264.13 and the JSE US dollar market index lost 2.74 points to close at 216.26.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and US dollar markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
The main market ended trading with an average of 464,688 units valued at $11,665,041 for each security traded compared to an average of 159,970 units valued at $2,364,549 for each security traded, on Wednesday.
The average volume for the month to date ended at 482,551 units carrying an average value of $5,641,802 versus 484,175 units valued at $5,094,235 for each security on the prior trading day. The average volume and value for March ended at 549,909 units and $1,379,459.In market activity, Barita Investments rose 10 cents to close at $7.10 with trades of 1,360 units, Berger Paints closed at $14, gaining 7 cents while trading 64,890 shares, Cable and Wireless closed at $1.36, added 1 cent with an exchange of 88,650 shares, Caribbean Cement traded 30,875 units at $32. Carreras closed at $74.01, after rising 1 cent in exchanging 281,265 shares, Grace Kennedy jumped $2.50 and closed at $44.50, trading 131,680 units, Jamaica Broilers closed 11 cents higher to $16.91 with 1,514,601 shares changing hands, Jamaica Producers closed at $15.50, with an addition of 9 cents, exchanging 133,019 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange lost 5 cents to close at $7.95, with 55,514 shares changing hands. JMMB Group closed 2 cents higher to $19, trading of 65,550 units, Kingston Wharves gained 1 cent to close at $31.01 trading 20,146 units,
Mayberry Investments lost 15 cents to close at $4.55 exchanging 1,020 shares, NCB Financial Group traded $5 lower to close at $65, with 1,133,567 shares changing hands, 1834 Investments closed at $1.48, losing 2 cents with an exchange of 3,729 shares, PanJam Investment traded 63,059 shares at $35. Portland JSX rose 20 cents, to close at $10.20, with 26,113 units being exchanged, Pulse Investments closed 5 cents higher to $8.05 trading 2,000 shares, Radio Jamaica gained 11 cents to close at $1.76 with trades of 5,567,701 shares, Sagicor Group closed at $33.30, gaining 5 cents trading 2,201,519 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund closed at $10.05, with 10,181 shares traded, Salada Foods closed 15 cents lower at a new 52 weeks’ low of $6.90, with 450 shares changing owners, Scotia Group closed at $41.90, with gains of $1.90 exchanging 394,502 units, Scotia Investments closed at $37.01 trading 600,000 shares, Seprod traded 21,235 units at $35, Supreme Ventures shed 4 cents and closed at $6.11, exchanging 87,164 shares. Proven Investments closed at 30 US cents with trades of 126,928 ordinary shares, Jamaica Public Service 9.5% preference share lost $6.50 to close at $1,276.50 with an exchange of 45,277 units, JMMB Group 7.5% preference share traded at $1.05 with 1,500 units changing hands, and JMMB Group US 6% preference share closed at US$1.10 with trades of 6,330 units.
ents gained 10 cents to close at $7, with 59,000 shares changing hands, Berger Paints closed at $14 with trades of 5,100 shares, Cable and Wireless closed at $1.30 with an exchange of 434,033 shares, Caribbean Cement closed $2 lower at $30 with 86,694 units changing hands. Carreras closed at $74, gaining $1 exchanging 4,308 shares, Grace Kennedy closed at $42.80, with a loss of $1.20 trading 23,192 units, Jamaica Broilers gained 10 cents to close at $17 with 31,773 shares changing hands, Jamaica Producers closed at $15, with a loss of 50 cents exchanging 100,177 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange closed 95 cents lower at $7, with a sale of 939,133 shares. JMMB Group closed 25 cents higher at $18.65, trading of 39,681 units, Kingston Properties traded at $15.95 with 200 shares changing hands, Kingston Wharves closed $1 lower to $30 trading 38,797 units, NCB Financial Group traded at a new intraday high of $75 but failed to hold on to the gain at the end of trading to end with 38,440 shares trading at $65, 1834 Investments gained 2 cents to close at $1.50, trading 10,000 shares, 138 Student Living closed at $4.49 with 63,500 units traded, 
PanJam Investment closed at $34.66, after losing 34 cents with 39,662 shares changing hands. Pulse Investments traded 4,900 units at $8,Radio Jamaica lost 15 cents to close at $1.60, with an exchange of 52,330 shares, Sagicor Group closed at $33.05, gaining 3 cents with an exchange of 2,253,648 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund closed at $10.05, with a loss of 5 cents and 7,200 shares traded, Scotia Group jumped $2.75 to $41.50, with an exchange of 43,366 units, Seprod lost $4 to close at $35, trading 4,532 shares, Supreme Ventures closed at $6.38, with 78,390 shares changing hands. Proven Investments closed at 30 US cents, losing 1 US cent exchanging 56,625 ordinary shares, Jamaica Money Market 7.25% preference share lost 9 cents, closing at $2.41 with 500 units changing owners, Jamaica Money Market 7.5% preference share traded 100,000 units at $1.81, having lost 19 cents, JMMB Group 7.25% preference share closed at $1.50 with 430 units traded and JMMB Group 7.5% preference share traded 150 units at $1.10.
NCB Financial at record high of $66.90 during trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday but closed lower by the close of the market. Trading ended with 22 securities changing hands with 2 trading in the US dollar market. In the main market, 4 stocks advanced and 12 declined in the main market.
The main market ended trading with an average of 82,915 units compared to an average of 58,075 units on Wednesday. The average volume for the month to date ended at 555,645 units versus 614,736 units on the prior trading day. The average volume and value for March ended at 549,909 units and $1,379,459.
Pan Jamaican closed at $35 with 11,900 shares changing hands. Radio Jamaica lost 4 cents to close at $1.75 with trades of 20,488 shares, Sagicor Group closed at $33.02, after losing 48 cents in exchanging 16,970 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund closed at $10.10, with a loss of 10 cents and 989 shares traded, Scotia Group closed $1.24 lower to $38.75, with an exchange of 17,697 units, Supreme Ventures closed at $6.38, gaining 28 cents with trades of 300,681 shares. Margaritaville Turks gained 0.03 US cents to close at just over 26 US cents with 1,600 units traded, Proven Investments closed at 31 US cents exchanging 88,180 ordinary shares, JMMB 7.25% preference share gained 9 cents, closing at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.50 with 2,667 units changing owners and JMMB Group 7.25% preference share traded 200 units at $1.50.
In market activity, Berger Paints closed at $12.05, losing 25 cents with 3,430 shares changing hands, Cable and Wireless closed at $1.28 with an exchange of 1,715,016 shares, Caribbean Cement added 50 cents to close at $30.50 with trades of 2,051 units. Carreras closed $3.98 higher to $74 with 3,589 shares being exchanged, Grace Kennedy added 85 cents to close at $44.70, with 54,517 units trading, Jamaica Broilers closed with trades of 24,595 shares at $16.50, Jamaica Producers closed at $15, with 24,515 shares changing hands, JMMB Group closed 45 cents lower at $18.55 trading 250,373 units, Kingston Properties gained 5 cents to close at $15.95 with 3,730 shares changing hands. Kingston Wharves closed at $32.36, with gains of $1.35 while exchanging 694 units, Mayberry Investments lost 5 cents to close at $4.70 with trades of 20,638 shares, NCB Financial Group gained 50 cents, closing at $62.40 after exchanging 2,216,545 shares, 138 Student Living traded 787,300 units at $4.49, Pan Jamaican closed 61 cents lower at $35 with 1,000,860 shares changing owners. Portland JSX slid 90 cents trading 700 units to close at $10 
, Radio Jamaica closed at $1.60 with an exchange of 1,422,991 units, Sagicor Group closed at $33, after falling by $1 with 544,295 shares changing hands, Sagicor Real Estate Fund gained 51 cents to close at $10.51, with 1,480 shares traded, Scotia Group climbed $1.39 to close at $40, with 258,220 units traded, Scotia Investments jumped $3.15 to $39.20 in exchanging 12,000 shares, Supreme Ventures closed at $6.35, with trades of 16,521 shares. Margaritaville Turks gained 3 US cents to close at 26.01 US cents trading 3,400 units, Proven Investments closed at 30 US cents trading 19,950 ordinary shares and JMMB Group 7.5% preference share closed at $1.05, with an exchange of 1,147,989 units.
Trading in the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Thursday with Radio Jamaica trading 90 million shares to be the market leader as the market close with 27 securities changing hands with 1 trading in the US dollar market. In both markets, 10 stocks advanced and 11 declined.
The main market ended trading with an average of 3,475,103 units valued at an average of $11,869,147 compared to an average of 107,109 units on Wednesday carrying a value of $3,054,002 per security traded. The average volume for the month to date ended at 938,424 units with an average value of $4,736,206 versus 92,865 units with a value of $4,736,206 per traded security on the prior trading day. The average volume and value for March ended at 549,909 units and $1,379,459.
Portland JSX gained 90 cents trading 100 units to close at $10.90, Pulse Investments traded 1,000 shares at $8, Radio Jamaica closed at $1.60, losing 29 cents with an exchange of 90,043,125 units, Sagicor Group closed at $34, with 716,534 shares changing hands, Sagicor Real Estate Fund lost 30 cents to close at $10, with 4,500 shares traded, Scotia Group declined $1.39 to $38.61 trading 126,722 units, Scotia Investments tumbled $3.45 to close at $36.05 exchanging 101,100 shares, Seprod lost 30 cents, closing at $39.70 with 3,000 shares changing hands, Supreme Ventures closed at $6.35, with gains of 34 cents exchanging 23,758 shares. Proven lost US 1 cent trading 117,700 ordinary shares to close at 30 US cents and JMMB Group 7.5% preference share closed at $1.05, with an exchange of 4,016 units.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange corrected Friday’s error in the movement of the market indices to reflect the correct changes based on the close on Thursday and Friday. 
Kingston Properties closed at $16.35 trading 200 shares, Kingston Wharves gained 55 cents to close at $31.75, with 6,034 units changing hands, Mayberry Investments closed 60 cents lower to $4.70 with an exchange of 124,821 shares, NCB Financial Group lost 49 cents to close at $61.50, after exchanging 11,943 shares, 138 Student Living closed at $4.50 with 13,015 units exchanged, Pan Jamaican closed at $35.01, with gains of 76 cents trading 145,770 shares. Pulse Investments was down 5 cents, closing at $8.45 with an exchange of 1,809 units, Sagicor Group closed at $33.50 trading 86,987 shares, Sagicor Real Estate fund added 1 cent to close at $10.56 with 39,600 shares traded, Salada closed at $9, losing 24 cents exchanging 320 shares, Scotia Group added 65 cents to close at $39, with 1,960 units exchanged, Scotia Investments traded $2.05 higher to close at $38.05 with 105,759 units changing hands, Seprod closed at $38, for a loss of 55 cents with trades of 600 shares, and Supreme Ventures closed at $6, losing 29 cents trading 3,175 shares. Proven closed at 29 US cents with an exchange of 3,316 ordinary shares, JMMB 7.5% preference share traded 497,190 units at $2 and JMMB Group 7.5% preference share closed 1 cent lower to $1.09 with trades of 766,738 units.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange continues to have challenges with their new trading system that was implemented in February. Making matters worse is that personnel at the exchange have refused to vet reports they put out in the public’s domain. 
The main market ended trading with an average of 282,723 units on Friday, compared to an average of 184,556 units on the previous trading day. The average volume for the month to date, ended at 248,740 units versus 214,756 units on the prior trading day. The average volume and value for February, ended at 223,938 units and $1,379,459.
Kingston Properties closed at $16.35, rising 15 cents in trading 20,976 shares, Kingston Wharves gained 20 cents to close at $31.20, with 6,693 units changing owners, Mayberry Investments added 10 cents, closing at $5.30 with an exchange of 5,000 shares, NCB Financial Group closed with gains of 99 cents to $61.99, after exchanging 31,659 shares, 138 student Living closed 10 cents lower to $4.50, with 199,483 units being exchanged, Pan Jamaican rose 19 cents higher to $34.25, trading 192,491 shares. Sagicor Group closed at $33.50 trading 60,520 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund lost 20 cents to close at $10.55 with an exchange of 6,600 shares, Scotia Group added 15 cents to close at $38.35, with 23,403 units traded, Scotia Investments climbed $1.50 in trading 13,000 shares at $36, Seprod closed at $38.55, for a loss of 45 cents with 10,500 shares, Supreme Ventures closed at $6.29, with 37,777 shares changing hands. Margaritaville Turks traded 7 US cents lower to close at 23 US cents with 1,875 units exchanged, Proven Investments gained 2 US cents to close at 29 US cents trading 5,499 ordinary shares and JMMB Group 7.5% preference share closed at $1.10 with trades of 866,369 units.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and US dollar markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
138 student Living closed 10 cents lower to $4.50, with 199,483 units being exchanged, Pan Jamaican rose 19 cents higher to $34.25, trading 192,491 shares. Sagicor Group closed at $33.50 trading 60,520 shares, Sagicor Real Estate fund lost 20 cents to close at $10.55 with an exchange of 6,600 shares, Scotia Group added 15 cents to close at $38.35, with 23,403 units traded, Scotia Investments climbed $1.50 in trading 13,000 shares at $36, Seprod closed at $38.55, for a loss of 45 cents with trades of 10,500 shares, Supreme Ventures closed at $6.29, with 37,777 shares changing hands. Margaritaville Turks traded 7 US cents lower to close at 23 US cents with 1,875 units exchanged, Proven Investments gained 2 US cents to close at 29 US cents trading 5,499 ordinary shares and JMMB Group 7.5% preference share closed at $1.10 with trades of 866,369 units.
Trading in the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed Thursday with 23 securities changing hands and 1 trading in the US dollar market. In the main market, 12 stocks advanced and 7 declined in the main market.
The main market ended trading with an average of 184,556 units on Thursday, compared to an average of 189,413 units on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for February, ended at 223,938 units and $1,379,459.
1834 Investments gained 10 cents, closing at $1.60 with 500 shares changing hands, Palace Amusement jumped $5 in closing at an all-time high of $200, with just 100 units being exchanged, Pan Jamaican dropped $2.94 to close at $34.06 trading 1,665,400 shares, Portland JSX closed 99 cents higher to $10.99 in exchanging 850 units, Pulse Investments traded 27,271 units at $8.50. Sagicor Group closed at $33.50 with gains of 2 cents trading 298,726 shares, Scotia Group added 10 cents to close at $38.20, with 42,312 units traded, Seprod closed at $39 with trades of 3,160 shares, Supreme Ventures closed 29 cents higher to $6.29, with 1,516,503 shares changing hands. Proven Investments lost 4 US cents to close at 27 US cents trading 22,600 ordinary shares, JMMB Group 7.25% preference share exchanged 1,000 units at $1.50, and JMMB Group 7.5% preference share closed at $1.10 with trades of 1,047,808 units.
The main market ended trading with an average of 604,571 units on Friday, compared to an average of 248,178 units on the previous trading day. The average volume for the month to date ended at 416,933 units versus 229,294 units on the prior trading day. The average volume and value for February, ended at 223,938 units and $1,379,459.
NCB Financial Group closed at $63.02, but lost $1.88, after exchanging 4,114,559 shares, Pan Jamaican lost 10 cents to close at $35.90 trading 1,511,194 shares, Pulse Investments closed with a loss of $1.74 to $7.01 with 118,331 units exchanged, Radio Jamaica added 19 cents to close at $1.90, with 8,399 units traded. Sagicor Group closed with gains of 10 cents to $33.15 trading 283,210 shares, Sagicor Real Estate fund closed at $10.50 with trades of 9,981 units, Scotia Group fell to $38.61, losing 39 cents with 233,173 shares changing hands. Scotia Investments lost $1 to close at $35 trading 13,260 units, Sterling Investments closed at $16.75, with gains of 20 cents trading 1,000 shares, Supreme Ventures closed 47 cents higher to $6.37, with trades of 300,000 shares. Margaritaville Turks closed at 30 US cents with an exchange of 304 shares, Proven Investments traded 8,440 ordinary shares at 31 US cents and JMMB Group 7.5% preference share gained 11 cents to close at $1.20 trading 100 units.