
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.
There was just modest volume trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange main market on Monday, with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index declining 763.81 points to 320,289.16 and the JSE Index declined by 695.92 points to 291,819.62.
Trading resulted in an average of 89,171 shares valued at $690,844, for each security traded, compared to 384,933 shares valued at $8,896,464 on Friday. The average for the month to date is 1,015,505 shares with a value of $4,839,315 and previously 1,111,701 shares with a value of $5,320,039. In contrast, March closed with an average of 626,526 units with an average value at $20,492,207 for each security traded.
Trading levels rose sharply on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Monday with 2,407,626 units valued at just $18,652,792 changing hands, compared to 8,083,593 units valued at $186,825,752 changing hands on Friday.
Radio Jamaica rose 4 cents and finished at $1.09 with 45,943 shares, Sagicor Group gained 1 cent and settled at $37.56 with 77,870 shares and Sagicor Real Estate Fund fell 50 cents to $14.50 with 13,983 shares. Salada Foods added 10 cents and ended trading at $11.20 with 2,940 stock units, Scotia Group traded 164,153 units, rising 5 cents to $50.20 in the process, Seprod fell 10 cents and finished trading at $35.40 with 118 shares, Supreme Ventures ended at $11.65 with 10,500 shares after losing 5 cents, Victoria Mutual Investments rose 5 cents and concluded trading at $4.20, with 191,987 stock units and Wisynco Group rose 27 cents and ended at $10.48 with 119,419 units trading. In the main market preference segment, JMMB Group 7.25% finished trading at $1.50, with 100 units and JMMB Group 7.5% closed at $1, with 240,686 shares changing hands.
Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange main market ended on Friday with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index dropping 1,552.80 points to 321,052.97 and the JSE Index shedding 1,414.78 points to 292,515.54.
The US dollar market closed on Friday with Productivity Business finished trading at 56 US cents after falling 1.23 cents with 500 shares and Proven Investments closed trading with 25,000 units valued at $5,280 and closed at 20 US cents. Trading ended with a fall of 1.13 points of the market index to 162.84.
PanJam Investment closed at $42, with 981 stock units. Sagicor Group settled with a loss of 5 cents at $37.55, with 71,388 shares and Sagicor Real Estate Fund settled at $15, with 53,000 shares. Scotia Group traded with a loss of 1.85 cents at $50.15, with 113,898 units, Supreme Ventures ended 17 cents higher at $11.70, with 122,713 shares, Victoria Mutual Investments concluded trading 5 cents higher at $4.15, with 95,150 stock units and Wisynco Group finished 6 cents higher at $10.21, with 41,525 units. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market 7.5% fell 5 cents to $1.90, with 466,462 stock units and Proven Investments 8.25% settled at $5.15, with 20,000 units changing hands.
Jamaica Producers finished trading 1 cent higher at $15.41, with 89,331 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange closed with a loss of 47 cents at $6.50, with 87,853 shares. JMMB Group ended 98 cents higher at $27, with 44,688 shares, Kingston Properties concluded trading at $5.80, with 2,000 shares, Kingston Wharves finished with a loss of 99 cents at $39.01, with 134,108 stock units, Mayberry Investments settled with a loss of 17 cents at $6.25, with 4,650 units. NCB Financial Group ended trading at $96.52, with 87,672 shares, 1834 Investments traded with a loss of 1 cent at $1.20, with 4,318 shares, PanJam Investment closed with a loss of 1 cent at $42, with 161,331 stock units, Pulse Investments concluded trading with a loss of 17 cents at $1.53, with 149,544 shares. Radio Jamaica finished with a loss of 1 cent at $1.05, with 230,083 shares,
Sagicor Group settled 5 cents higher at $37.60, with 148,536 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund settled with a loss of 20 cents at $15, with 47,741 shares changing hands. Scotia Group traded at $52, with 142,073 units, Seprod finished trading with a loss of 25 cents at $35.50, with 14,373 shares. Sterling Investments closed with a loss of 1 cent at $13.89, with 3,500 shares, Supreme Ventures ended with a loss of 17 cents at $11.53, with 804,931 shares, Victoria Mutual Investments concluded trading 10 cents higher at $4.10, with 139,875 stock units and Wisynco Group finished trading with a loss of 35 cents at $10.15, with 1,679,654 units trading.
In contrast, March closed with an average of 626,526 units with an average value at $20,492,207 for each security traded.
Portland JSX concluded trading at $8.50, with 1,200 shares, Pulse Investments finished with a loss of 25 cents at $1.70, with 33,958 shares, Radio Jamaica settled with a loss of 4 cents at $1.06, with 23,260 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading 19 cents higher at $37.55, with 38,333 stock units. Scotia Group finished trading $1.50 higher at $52, with 13,123 shares, Seprod closed 25 cents higher at $35.75, with 2,347 shares, Supreme Ventures concluded trading with a loss of 15 cents at $11.70, with 55,155 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments finished with a loss of 17 cents at $4, with 589,168 units and Wisynco Group settled 15 cents higher at $10.50, with 1,207,289 shares changing hands.
Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange main market ended with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index recovering 3,026.80 of the nearly 7,000 points lost on Monday to end at 322,429.21 as advancing stocks edged out declining ones.
Trading resulted in an average of 3,129,777 shares valued at $6,687,417, for each security traded, compared to 190,183 shares valued at $1,750,473 on Monday. The average for the month to date is 1,355,881 shares with a value of $5,441,440 and previously 1,056,536 shares with a value of $5,441,440. In contrast, March closed with an average of 626,526 units with an average value at $20,492,207 for each security traded.
Radio Jamaica settled 1 cent higher at $1.10, with 214,060 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading with a loss of 15 cents at $37.36, with 67,657 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading with a loss of 10 cents at $15.20, with 32,190 shares, Scotia Group finished trading with a loss of 1.50 cents at $50.50, with 544,473 shares. Seprod closed at $35.50, with 29,572 shares, Supreme Ventures concluded trading with a loss of 4 cents at $11.85, with 6,600 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments finished 12 cents higher at $4.17, with 19,427 units and Wisynco Group settled 35 cents higher at $10.35, with 499,541 shares trading. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market 7.5% traded with a loss of 4 cents at $1.95, with 100,500 stock units changing hands.