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.”
In the main market activity, 
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. 
In the main market activity, 
Portland JSX concluded trading with a loss of 25 cents at $10.75, with 2,000 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, 
Cable & Wireless settled with a loss of 8 cents at $1.31, with 93,684 shares, 
There is only one change to the TOP 10 lists, since we last reported on it, with 
Former TOP 10 listing, 
The average PE for the overall main market is 15 and 13.6 for the Junior Market, based on 2017 estimated earnings.
their highs this past week with FosRich hitting $2.50 in trading on Friday, this one could see some rebounding but GWest Corporation could decline some more. Others to be watched are, CAC2000, General Accident, Cable & Wireless, NCB Financial, Berger Paints, JMMB Group, Main Event, Lasco Financial, Paramount Trading and Stationery and Office. Wisynco pulled back this past week to $10.80 and may well trade around this level for a while with a PE of 15 times 2018 earnings, as profit taking continues.
Newly listed Victoria Mutual Investments and Wisynco Group are two of 6 main market stocks to pull back on Friday with 2.96 million and 1.85 million units traded respectively. 
Trading ended with 8,660,030 units valued at $83,892,685 from 27 securities changing hands, of which 12 advanced, 6 declined and 9 traded with prices unchanged.
Portland JSX jumped $1.05 to close at $11, with 164,468 shares, Pulse Investments settled 9 cents higher at $2.19, with 68,456 shares trading, Radio Jamaica ended trading at $1.05, with 100,000 stock units. Sagicor Group traded 10 cents higher at $34.75, with 46,157 units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished trading 50 cents higher at $15, with 2,640 shares, Salada Foods closed with a loss of $2 at $11, with 30,000 shares, Scotia Group ended $1 higher at $52, with 2,832 stock units changing hands. Sterling Investments finished at $13, with 3,202 shares, Supreme Ventures settled 10 cents higher at $12, with 48,904 shares, VM Investments Limited ended trading with a loss of 33 cents at $4.07, with 3,594,152 stock units and Wisynco Group traded with a loss of 70 cents at $10.80, with 2,698,773 units. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% traded 100 units at $1.80 and JMMB Group 7.5% traded 600 units to close at $1.15.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange All Jamaican Composite Index declined by 70.24 points to close at 316,887.86 and the JSE Index declined by 64.00 points to close at 288,720.67. A total of 24 securities changed hands, down from 29 on Wednesday, 10 advanced, 11 declined and 4 traded firm. 
Caribbean Cement ended trading with a surge of $4.03 to $35.50, with 542,827 stock units, Carreras traded with a loss of 14 cents at $11.31, with 480,831 units. Grace Kennedy fell 50 cents to close at $43, exchanging 13,031 shares, Jamaica Broilers ended 79 cents higher at $18, with 26,916 stock units, Jamaica Producers concluded trading with a loss of 5 cents at $16.50, with 28,306 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange finished at $7, with 11,514 shares. JMMB Group fell $2 to $25, with 57,836 shares, Kingston Wharves traded with a loss of $1.99 to end at $31.01, with 9,101 units, Mayberry Investments finished trading $1 higher at $6, with 41,781 shares, NCB Financial Group rose 50 cents to $99.50, with 10,100,229 shares. PanJam Investment concluded trading with a loss of $3 to $40.50, with 88,698 units, Pulse Investments settled with a loss of 29 cents at $2.10, with 35,000 shares, Radio Jamaica ended trading with a loss of 5 cents at $1.05, with 1,303,046 stock units, 
Sagicor Group traded with a loss of 35 cents at $34.65, with 21,110 units. Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished trading at $14.50, with 83,143 shares, Scotia Group ended with a loss of 10 cents at $51, with 398,181 stock units, Supreme Ventures settled 31 cents higher at $11.90, with 133,694 shares, VM Investments ended trading at $4.40, with 2,964,142 stock units and Wisynco Group traded with a loss of 50 cents at $11.50, with 1,851,366 units. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% fell 10 cent in trading 50,418 units at $1.80 and JMMB Group 7.5% traded 119,440 units and slipped 1 cent to close at $1.15.
Grace Kennedy closed at $43.50, with 82,650 shares, Jamaica Broilers ended with a loss of 59 cents at $17.21, with 3,555 stock units. Jamaica Producers concluded trading 5 cents higher at $16.55, with 6,000 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange finished with a loss of 5 cents at $7, with 88,166 shares, JMMB Group jumped $3 t0 $27, with 18,530 shares trading, Kingston Wharves traded 50 cents higher at $33, with 476 units. Mayberry Investments finished trading with a loss of $1 at $5, with 26,370 shares, NCB Financial Group closed at $99, with 13,121 shares, 1834 Investments ended at $1.30, with 20,000 stock units, PanJam Investment concluded trading with a loss of $1.50 to close at $43.50, with 378,000 units, Portland JSX finished with a loss of 5 cents at $9.95, with 2,000 shares. Pulse Investments settled 59 cents higher at $2.39, with 6,500 shares, Radio Jamaica ended trading 8 cents higher at $1.10, with 100,000 stock units, 
Sagicor Group traded with a loss of 30 cents at $35, with 4,100 units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished trading 50 cents higher at $14.50, with 595 shares. Salada Foods closed $1.50 higher at 52 weeks’ high of $13, with 1,000 shares, Scotia Group ended with a loss of $1.90 at $51.10, with 26,000 stock units, Seprod concluded trading at $31, with 10,600 units, Supreme Ventures settled $1.58 higher at $11.59, with 7,304 shares. VM Investments Limited ended trading 40 cents higher at $4.40, with 1,911,097 stock units and Wisynco Group traded with a loss of 50 cents at $12, with 3,785,911 units. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% traded 27,300 units at $1.90 and JMMB Group 7.5% traded 14,787 units at $1.16.
Caribbean Cement ended trading with a loss of 50 cents at $32, with 9,800 stock units, Carreras traded 5 cents higher at $11.45, with 234,822 units. Ciboney Group finished trading with a loss of 4 cents down to 37 cents, with 728 shares, Grace Kennedy closed with a loss of 25 cents at $43.50, with 16,000 shares, Jamaica Broilers ended 10 cents higher at $17.80, with 26,937 stock units, Jamaica Producers concluded trading with a loss of 20 cents at $16.50, with 1,683 units. Jamaica Stock Exchange finished at $7.05, with 12,000 shares, JMMB Group settled with a loss of $1 to end at $24, with 65,054 shares trading, Kingston Properties ended trading at $7.70, with 3,100 stock units, NCB Financial Group closed with a loss of $1 to $99, with 50,823 shares. 1834 Investments ended 5 cents higher at $1.30, with 459,937 stock units, PanJam Investment concluded trading 25 cents higher at $45, with 5,341 units, Pulse Investments settled at $1.80, with 94,172 shares, 
Radio Jamaica ended trading with a loss of 3 cents at $1.02, with 159,905 stock units, Sagicor Group traded with a loss of $2.70 at $35.30, with 7,563 units. Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished trading with a loss of $1 to $14, with 5,589 shares, Salada Foods closed 25 cents higher at $11.50, with 117,951 shares, Scotia Group ended with a loss of 85 cents at $53, with 104,683 stock units, Seprod settled $1 higher at $31, with 3,250 shares. Supreme Ventures traded with a loss of $1.49 to end at $10.01, with 131,005 units, VM Investments finished trading 76 cents higher to a record close of $4, with 2,353,026 shares trading and WISYNCO Group closed 51 cents higher at $12.50, with 5,546,728 shares changing hands. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.25% traded 4,266 units at $2.49, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% traded 6,981 units at $1.90.