In Wednesday’s trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, the prices of 7 stocks rose and 7 declined, as 26 securities changed hands, resulting in 4,526,977 shares trading, valued at $49,182,081.
Gains| The volume and last traded prices of stocks with gains, at the end of trading in the main market, are, Desnoes & Geddes with 1,500,500 shares to close with a gain of 11 cents, at $4.70, Carreras with 17,515 gained 10 cents, to close at $34.60, Scotia Investments with 283 shares gained 10 cents to $21.50, Sagicor Real Estate Fund, 120 units closed with a 9 cents increase at $7, Scotia Group had 101,748 units changing hands at 6 cents higher, to close at $19.06 and Jamaica Producers produced a gain of 2 cents, in closing at $15.60 while trading 2,393 shares.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a price change, with volume and last traded prices are, Barita Investments with only 100 units, closed at $2.20, Caribbean Cement with 1,500 shares, closed at $2.70, Ciboney with 6,000 shares ended at 7 cents, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 136,940 ordinary shares, closed at $6.95, Pan Jamaican Investment 9,250 units end at $49 and Sagicor Group had only 3,400 shares trading to end at $9.30.
Declines| The volume and last traded prices of stocks with losses at the end of trading in the main market are, Grace Kennedy dropping $2.50 in trading 12,400 shares to end at $58, National Commercial Bank had 1,607,153 shares passing through the market, for 20 cents less at $18, Proven Investments ordinary traded 12,780 shares, to lose 0.25 US cents and end at 17 US cents and Seprod lost 48 cents to end at $10.52 while trading 600,000 shares.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share traded 100,000 units at $3.
Junior Market| The JSE Junior Market Index gained 3.64 points to close at 660.51 as 9 stocks traded, with 1 advancing and 3 declining.
Gains| The only stock gaining at the end of trading in the junior market, is General Accident with 224,031 units, with an increase of 4 cents, to close at $1.40.
Firm Trades| Stocks in the junior market that traded to close at the same price as the day before are, Dolphin Cove having only 760 shares traded at $8.50, Honey Bun 1,200 at $2.34, Jamaican Teas had 2,915 units changing hands at $3.30, in the case of Lasco Manufacturing it was 9,039 shares at $1.04 and Paramount Trading 10,350 shares changing hands at $2.52.
Declines| Stocks declining in the junior market at the end of trading are, Blue Power losing 5 cents to end at $9 with 150,000 shares, Lasco Distributors with 6,000 shares, closed with a loss of a cent, to end at $1.12 and Lasco Financial with 10,600 shares, closing 3 cents lower at 97 cents.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 7 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 stocks with offers that were lower.
Declines & advances even as JSE continues sideways
In Friday’s trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, the prices of 7 stocks rose and 7 declined as 24 securities changed hands, resulting in 3,072,116 units trading, valued at $22,272,471.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index fell by 550.24 points to 71,751.52 and the JSE All Jamaican Composite index dived 615.26 points, to close at 78,939.43.
Gains| The volume and last traded prices of stocks with gains, at the end of trading in the main market are, Caribbean Cement with 7,975 shares to close with a gain of 20 cents at $2.70, Pan Jamaican Investment had 2,552 units changing hands to gain 42 cents at $49, Proven Investments ordinary share, traded 322,428 units to gain 0.15 US cents to end at 17 US cents and Radio Jamaica had just 483 units changing ownership and gained a cent to $1.05.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in price with volume and last traded prices are, Berger Paints with 34,975 units, closed at $1.60, Cable & Wireless had just 33,384 shares trading, in closing at 29 cents, Grace Kennedy put through 684 units to close at $60.50, Jamaica Broilers 172,852 shares traded at $4.50, Jamaica Money Market Brokers ordinary, traded 217,974 shares to close at $6.95, National Commercial Bank with 50,450 shares closed at $18, Scotia Group enjoyed the exchange of 136,580 shares at $18.95 and Seprod 1,037 shares went through at $11.
Declines| The volume and last traded prices of stocks with losses at the at the end of trading in the main market are, Desnoes & Geddes with 115,228 shares, while losing 15 cents to end at $4.50, Kingston Wharves 3,500 shares was traded at 48 cents lower, to end at $5.02, Mayberry Investments with 4,080 units passing through the market, lost 23 cents to end at $1.67, Sagicor Group with 602,981 shares, lost 10 cents to end at $9.30 and Scotia Investments with 4,100 units changing hands, closed $2.60 down at $21.40.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share traded 80,500 units at $3 and the 7.50% preference share, traded 1,000,000 units at $2.
Junior Market| The JSE Junior Market Index, declined by 12.30 points to close at 653.94 as only 4 stocks traded, with 3 advancing and 1 declining.
Gains| Stocks recording gains at the end of trading in the junior market, are Blue Power with 5,000 shares, gaining 5 cents to $9.10, Lasco Financial with 81,000 units traded, to close 8 cents higher at $1 and Lasco Manufacturing with 15,348 shares, close with a gain of 11 cents at $1.04.
Firm Trades| There were no active stocks in the junior market that that closed at the same price as the day before.
Declines| Lasco Distributors with 146,506 shares was the sole security declining in the junior market, at the end of trading, the price slipped a cent to end at $1.11.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 7 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 stocks with offers that were lower. An indication that the market is moving sideways for now.
Cable & Wireless & Lasco Manufacturing dominate JSE
In Monday’s trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, the prices of 4 securities rose, 6 declined as 22 stocks changed hands, resulting in 21,507,157 units trading, valued at $22,167,614.
Cable & Wireless accounted for 11.56 million units and Lasco Manufacturing 5.7 million of the stocks trading. As was the case on Friday, Pan Caribbean Financial Services was the broker that was the main seller of Cable & Wireless’ shares on Monday. At the close they had an offer to sell another 11.96 million units at 30 cents, the amount was exactly equal to the amount on the bid at 28 cents.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index fell by 241.32 points to 71,360.72 and the JSE All Jamaican Composite index declined by 269.85 points, to close at 78,502.44.
Gains| The volume and last traded prices of stocks with gains, at the close of the main market are, Caribbean Cement in trading 28,423 shares closed with a gain of 6 cents at $2.10, Desnoes & Geddes gained 5 cents to close at $4.65 with 100,249 units changing hands and Jamaica Producers with 3,650 units, ended up 1 cent higher at $15.61.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a price change, with volume and last traded prices, are Cable & Wireless with 11,561,063 shares changing hands to close at 30 cents, Grace Kennedy with 2,761 shares at $59, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 22,303 shares closed at $7, Radio Jamaica had 2,113,260 units closing at $1, Sagicor Group 21,000 shares at $9.40 and Seprod with 351 shares at $10.75.
Declines| The volume and last traded prices of stocks with losses at the at the end of trading in the main market, are Carreras with 6,200 shares trading, lost 9 cents at $34.80, Jamaica Broilers lost 13 cents to end at $4.57 with 13,997 shares, National Commercial Bank with 12,100 units lost 38 cents at $17.62 and Scotia Group with 175,260 shares lost 5 cents in ending at $18.79.
Preference| Jamaican Teas debenture note traded 9,000 units at $100 each, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share traded 1,557,835 units at $3 and Proven Investments 8% preference share, traded only 100 units at $5.
Junior Market| The JSE Junior Market Index declined by 0.40 points to close at 642.72 as 6 stocks traded with 1 advancing and 2 declining.
Gains| Lasco Manufacturing traded 5,730,455 units to gain 3 cents at 95 cents and was the only stock to gain at the end of trading in the junior market.
Firm Trades| Stocks in the junior market that traded to close at the same price as the day before are, Blue Power with only 1,000 shares, ended at $9.06, Dolphin Cove with 75,000 shares changing hands, closed at $7.75 and Lasco Distributors had 19,000 units trading at $1.11.
Declines| Stocks declining in the junior market at the end of trading, are Caribbean Cream with 13,150 shares to close 10 cents down at 65 cents and General Accident with 50,000 shares, closed 6 cents lower at $1.34.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 10 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 stocks with offers that were lower.
9 stocks rose & only 3 fell on JSE
In Thursday’s trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, the prices of 9 stocks rose and 3 declined as 20 securities changed hands, resulting in 2,085,438 shares trading, valued at $15,090,664.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index dropped by 81.34 points to 71,742.41 and the JSE All Jamaican Composite index fell 90.95 points to close at 78,929.24.
Gains| The volume and last traded prices of stocks with gains, at the end of trading in the main market are, Cable & Wireless with 513,155 shares to close with a gain of a cent at 32 cents, Carreras gained 15 cents to close at $34.90 with 1,648 units changing hands, followed by Pan Jamaican Investment with 100,836 shares at $48.58, after gaining 7 cents, Sagicor Group 51,878 shares resulted in 1 cent gain to $9.24, Scotia Group with 18,970 shares gained 5 cents to end at $18.82 and Seprod traded only 1,400 units to put on 25 cents at $10.75.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in price with volume and last traded prices, are Berger Paints with 3,420 shares closing at $1.60, Jamaica Broilers with 4,825 traded closed at $4.70, Jamaica Money Market Brokers with 31,655 units at $6.95 and Kingston Wharves 4,000 shares closed at $5.02.
Declines| The volume and last traded prices of stocks with losses, at the at the end of trading in the main market are, Caribbean Cement with 72,438 shares in losing 42 cents, to end at $2.18, National Commercial Bank with 342,852 shares closing 51 cents down at $17.99 and Supreme Ventures losing 6 cents in trading 62,000 units, to finish at $1.80.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers (JMMB) 8.75% preference share traded 686,000 units at $3 and the JMMB 7.50% preference share, traded just 1,000 units at $2.
Junior Market| The JSE Junior Market Index gained 2.65 points to close at 647.09 as only 5 securities traded with 3 advancing and none declining.
Gains| Stocks recording gains at the end of trading in the junior market, are C2W Music gained 2 cents with 5,759 shares to land at 40 cents, General Accident with 902 shares closed 5 cents up at $1.40 and Lasco Manufacturing with 100,000 shares was 2 cents ahead at 97 cents.
Firm Trades| Stocks in the junior market that traded to close at the same price as the day before are, Caribbean Producers that had 21,500 shares trading at $2.36 and Lasco Financial with 61,200 shares ended at $1.
Declines| No stock declined in the junior market at the end of trading.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 3 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 stocks with offers that were lower.
Market eases back on Wednesday at JSE
In Wednesday’s trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, the prices of 6 stocks rose and 10 declined as 23 securities changed hands, resulting in 3,423,013 units trading, valued at $28,248,377.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index declined 640.32 points to 71,823.75 and the JSE All Jamaican Composite index fell 715.99 points to close at 79,020.19.
Gains| The volume and last traded prices of stocks with gains, at the end of trading in the main market are, National Commercial Bank with 82,727 units, gained 50 cents to close at $18.50, Radio Jamaica gained 7 cents to close at $1.22 while 10,500 units traded, Sagicor Group had 751,235 shares while gaining 3 cents, to close at $9.23 and Scotia Investments with 1,000 shares gained 40 cents to end at $21.40.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in price, with volume and last traded prices are, Berger Paints with 18,336 shares at $1.60, Jamaica Money Market Brokers with 68,000 units changing hands to end at $6.95, Proven Investments US dollar ordinary share, traded 9,269 units at 17 US cents and Pulse Investments with 100,000 shares closed at 35 cents.
Declines| The volume and last traded prices of stocks with losses at the at the end of trading in the main market are, Cable & Wireless with 121,903 units for 3 cents lower at 31 cents, Caribbean Cement with 6,300 shares, lost 20 cents to end at $2.60, Carreras traded 301,057 units with a loss of 15 cents to end at $34.75, Desnoes & Geddes 20,000 units traded at the close at $4.79, with a gain of a cent, Grace Kennedy with 3,329 units lost $1 in falling to $59, Jamaica Producers had 2,343 units going through the market but shed $1.35 to $15.65, Kingston Wharves 33,750 shares was done with a 25 cents loss at $5.02, Scotia Group with 129,116 shares closed 73 cents lower at $18.77 and Seprod 7,140 shares were traded for 25 cents less at $10.50.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share traded 2,832 units at $3 and Proven Investments 8% preference share had just 1,200 units trading, at $5.
Junior Market| The JSE Junior Market Index gained 0.59 points to close at 644.44 as only 4 securities traded with 2 advancing and 1 declining.
Gains| Stocks recording gains at the end of trading in the junior market, are Jamaican Teas with 1,630,657 shares to gain 5 cents and closed at $3.30 and Lasco Distributors with 102,319 shares, gained 1 cent to $1.12.
Firm Trades| Caribbean Producers with 15,000 units traded at $2.36 and was the only stock in the junior market, that traded and closed at the same price as the day before.
Declines| C2W Music with 5,000 shares, lost 5 cents to close at 38 cents, was the sole stock declining in the junior market at the end of trading
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 6 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 stocks with offers that were lower.
Advancing stocks beat declining ones
The level of trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Monday was very low with 18 securities changing hands, resulting in 854,483 stock units trading, valued at $7,165,353.98. At the close of the market, the prices of 6 stocks rose and 4 declined.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index rose 380.28 points to 72,045.69 and the JSE All Jamaican Composite index gained 425.23 points to close at 79,268.37.
Gains| The volume and last traded prices of stocks with gains, at the end of trading in the main market, are Carreras with 42,500 units and closed with a gain of 60 cents at $34.90, Jamaica Broilers with 114,665 shares, closed 1 cent higher at $4.61, Scotia Group with 70,691 shares gained $1.24 to end at $20 and Seprod with 13,700 shares rose 25 cents to $10.75.
Firm| The stocks to close without a change in price in the main market, along with volume and last traded prices are, Cable & Wireless with 144,678 shares to close at 36 cents, Grace Kennedy with 16,595 units at $60, Sagicor Group with 72,697 shares, closed at $9 and Sagicor Real Estate Fund had only 1,113 units trading at $6.85.
Declines| The volume and last traded prices of stocks with losses at the at the end of trading in the main market, are Caribbean Cement with 68,825 shares while losing 35 cents to close at $2.55 cents, Jamaica Money Market Brokers with 118,430 shares lost 4 cents to end at $6.96 and National Commercial Bank 32,943 shares closed with a 5 cents fall, at $18.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share traded 17,858 units at $3.
Junior Market| The JSE Junior Market Index declined by 1.51 points to close at 645.86 as 6 stocks traded with 2 advancing and 1 declining.
Gains| Stocks recording gains at the end of trading in the junior market, are Caribbean Flavours with 7,000 units changing hands and gained 4 cents to end at $2.69 and Caribbean Producers 96,978 shares closed with a 1 cent increase at $2.36.
Firm Trades| Stocks in the junior market that traded to close at the same price as the day before are Derrimon Trading with 5,000 units going through the market at $2.15, Lasco Distributors with 3,360 shares closed at $1.12 and Lasco Manufacturing with 3,600 shares at 95 cents.
Declines| Caribbean Cream traded 23,850 shares and lost 8 cents to end at 75 cents was the only stock declining in the junior market at the end of trading,
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 6 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 7 stocks with offers that were lower.
JSE trading extends to 33 securities on low volume
In Tuesday’s trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, the prices of 9 stocks rose and 9 declined as 33 securities changed hands, resulting in 2,457,366 stock units trading, valued at $5,927,351.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index dropped 323.78 points to 71,151.07 and the JSE All Jamaican Composite index moved lower by 362.04 points, to close at 78,268.02.
Gains| The volume and last traded prices of stocks with gains, at the end of trading in the main market, are Jamaica Broilers with 6,000 shares gaining 15 cents to close at $4.80, Mayberry Investments put through 102,760 shares at 2 cents higher to end at $1.57 and Pan Jamaican Investment with 4,035 shares closed a cent up at $48.51.
Firm| Stocks with volume and last traded prices in the main market to close without a price change, are, Berger Paints with 2,400 shares closing at $1.65, Cable & Wireless 952,637 units at 37 cents, Gleaner had 34,853 shares changing hands at $1.05, Grace Kennedy 4,000 units at $59.50, Jamaica Money Market Brokers exchanged 53,005 at $6.95, National Commercial Bank 30,044 shares changed hands at $18.15 each, Proven Investments US$ ordinary stock, put through 24,750 units at 17US cents, Sagicor Group with 7,553 units at $9 and the Sagicor Real Estate Fund with a mere 300 units, closed at $6.85.
Declines| The volume and last traded prices of stocks with losses at the at the end of trading in the main market, are Carreras with 5,124 shares as the price slipped by 95 cents to end at$34.05, Ciboney 33,000 stocks units was at a cent lower to end at 7 cents, Jamaica Producers with 12,467 shares saw $3.40 lashed off the price to end at $15.60, Radio Jamaica had 3,150 shares changing hands to close 2 cents lower at $1.20, Scotia Group with 33,203 stocks units, lost a cent to end at $18.71, Scotia Investments with only 2,414 shares, lost 62 cents to end at $21.38 and Seprod had 70,427 shares going through the market, 50 cents lower to end at $10.50.
Preference| Eppley 9.5% preference share traded 58,000 units at $6.10, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share traded 24,428 units with 2 cents off, to end at $2.98, Proven Investments 8% preference share, saw only 957 units trading at $5.
Junior Market| The JSE Junior Market Index gained 10.43 points to close at 643.38 as 12 securities traded with 7 advancing and only 1 declining.
Gains| Stocks recording gains at the end of trading in the junior market, are Caribbean Producers with 17,000 shares while gaining a cent to $2.31, Derrimon Trading with 7,900 units to close 10 cents higher at $2.15, Dolphin Cove gained 15 cents with 1,028 shares to end at $7.75, General Accident 200,000 shares traded resulted in a 5 cents rise to $1.40, followed by Lasco Financial with 116,015 units at a gain of 10 cents to $1, Lasco Manufacturing with 300,500 units gained 8 cents to $1 and Paramount Trading put on 2 cents, while trading 18,000 units to land at $2.52.
Firm Trades| Stocks in the junior market that traded to close at the same price as the day before are, Consolidated Bakeries with only 500 shares at 80 cents, Honey Bun with 28,216 shares at $2.34 and Lasco Distributors with 300,000 units, ended at $1.11.
Declines| Only one stock declined in the junior market at the end of trading, with AMG Packaging exchanging 2,700 shares while losing 10 cents to end at $2.40.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 6 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 stocks with offers that were lower.
Low Monday trading on JSE
In Monday’s trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, the prices of 6 stocks rose and 8 declined as 21 securities changed hands, resulting in only 1,773,803 units trading, valued at a mere $8,322,864.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index rose 73.60 points to 71,474.85 and the JSE All Jamaican Composite index gained 82.29 points to close at 78,630.06
Gains| The volume and last traded prices of stocks with gains, at the close of trading in the main market, are Carreras with 1,755 shares trading at $35, to close with a gain of 50 cents, Grace Kennedy with 41,000 units, the price gained $1.90 to reach $59.50 and Seprod with a gain of 50 cents, closed at $11, with 81,490 units changing hands.
Firm| The stocks with volume and last traded prices, in the main market to close without a price change, are Jamaica Money Market Brokers with 111,451 shares at $6.95, Sagicor Real Estate Fund with 5,564 shares closing at $6.85, Scotia Investments with 13,595 units and closed at $22 and Supreme Ventures 71,000 shares at $1.80.
Declines| The volume and last traded prices of stocks with losses at the at the end of trading in the main market, are Berger Paints with 1,000 units after losing a cent to end at $1.65, Cable & Wireless with 370,466 units, 2 cents lower at 37 cents, Gleaner 101,000 shares, traded 7 cents lower at $1.05, for a new 52 weeks low. National Commercial Bank traded 32,099 shares at $18.15, down 10 cents, Proven Investments traded 13,500 of its US dollar ordinary stock for 0.0025 US cent lower at $0.17, Sagicor Group with 17,590 shares, at a reduction of 10 cents, ended at $9 and Scotia Group with 45,650 shares at $18.72, for 3 cents less.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share traded 242,758 units at $3, while the 7.50% preference share traded 250,000 units at $2 and Proven Investments 8% preference share with 485 units, closed at $5.
Junior Market| The JSE Junior Market Index declined by 0.83 points to close at 632.95 as only 4 stocks traded with 3 advancing and 1 declining.
Gains| Stocks recording gains at the end of trading in the junior market, are Caribbean Cream trading 7,000 units, gained 8 cents to end at 83 cents, Honey Bun with 10,800 units, gained 4 cents to close at $2.34 and Lasco Manufacturing 120,000 units, closed with a 2 cents gain at 92 cents.
Firm Trades| There was no active stock in the junior market to close at the same price as the day before.
Declines| Lasco Financial with 235,600 units trading for a 5 cents reduction to 90 cents, was the only stock declining in the junior market at the end of trading.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 7 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 stocks with offers that were lower.
Seprod added, others now BUY RATED
Seprod is added to the BUY RATED list for the first time, as profit seems to be settling down with reduced losses in the sugar production operations. The PE for the stock is currently at 4.4, with an eye on 2015 when results should get even better.
Radio Jamaica is now elevated to BUY RATED list, from market watch, based on a big improvement in the first quarter results, to June and IC Insider’s forecast for earnings of 35 cents per share for the fiscal year. The stock is trading at $1.22, giving it a very attractive PE of 3.
Cargo Handlers third quarter results is up on 2013, putting earnings in 2015 in the $3.40 per share level and close to $3 per share for 2014 fiscal year, to September, putting the PE at 5. Berger Paints Jamaica is moved to the BUY RTAED list, with gains in its first quarter results, to June and IC Insider forecasting of 43 cents per share earnings, for the year to March 2015. The prices of Consolidated Bakery, Caribbean Flavours and Paramount Trading, have all pulled back sharply from earlier levels making them more attractive buys.
Supreme Ventures and Jamaica Stock Exchange are added to the Market Watch list. The latter is based on a virtual wipe out of losses in the June quarter and an eye on the stock market activity that should be picking up going forward and thus enhancing the earnings and the value of heightened trades.
Cable & Wireless is still on the list with good top line growth, coming mainly from strong mobile growth. The company is heading for a break even position or small profit for the current fiscal year. Supply of the stock is low and a big payoff should take place in 2015, if the present trend in revenue continues.
Moderate & slow trading greets week on JSE
Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange was slow and moderate on Monday, the prices of 7 stocks rose and 5 declined as 22 securities changed hands, resulting in 2,489,639 stock units trading, valued at $5,644,710.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index fell moderately by 88.81 points to 71,919.12 and the JSE All Jamaican Composite index lost 99.30 points to close at 79,126.841.
Gains| Stocks with gains, volume and last traded prices at the end of trading in the main market are, Carreras with a 10 cents gain to $34.60 as it traded 78,100 shares, Jamaica Producers with 7,288 shares to close with a gain of $1.50 at $19, Mayberry gained 10 cents to close at 1.65, with 77,450 units changing hands, National Commercial Bank had only 235 units changing hands, at 15 cents higher to $18.15 and Scotia Investments saw only 4,000 shares changing hands, as the price inched up 3 cents to $21.18.
Firm| The stocks with volume and last traded prices in the main market to close without a change in price are, Caribbean Cement with 150 units at $3, Gleaner with 1,251,430 shares at $1.10, Grace with only 350 units and closed at $59, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 1,000 ordinary shares traded at $7 and Seprod 1,500 units closed at $10.50.
Declines| The stocks with losses, volume and last traded prices at the end of trading in the main market, are Cable & Wireless with 765,000 shares closing at 39 cents as the price lost a cent, Jamaica Broilers lost a cent to end at $4.58 with 3,000 shares, Sagicor Group traded 18,500 shares as the price was lower by 14 cents to close at $9.35 and Sagicor Real Estate Fund lost $50 cents to end at $6.40 while trading 13,000 units.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share traded 16,815 units at $3 and Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share 60,000 units at $2.
Junior Market| The JSE Junior Market Index rose by 1.25 points to close at 630.64 as only 4 stocks traded with 2 advancing and 1 declining.
Gains| Stocks recording gains at the end of trading in the junior market, are, Lasco Distributors that traded 40,000 units to close at $1.07, up a cent and Paramount Trading closing up a cent at $2.69 while trading 105,000 shares.
Firm Trades| General Accident with 33,000 units at $1.35 is the only junior market stock that traded to close at the same price as the trading day before.
Declines| Only one stocks declined in the junior market at the end of trading as Caribbean Producers traded 12,523 units at $2.30, down by 8 cents.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 8 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 stocks with offers that were lower.
