Caribbean Cement closed trading at a new closing high of $65.

Trading on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Monday with JSE All Jamaican Composite Index rising just 86.04 points to 424,658.29 and the JSE Index advancing by 78.19 points to 386,893.59.
At the close of the main and US markets, 29 securities traded, compared to 30 on Friday and leading to 7 advancing, 15 declining and 7 closing unchanged.
Trading ended with 2,044,315 units valued at $94,776,769 compared to 1,601,348 units valued $55,418,482 crossing the exchange on Friday.
PanJam Investment led trading with 700,915 shares, comprising 34 percent of total main market volume, followed by Wisynco Group with 263,807 units or 13 percent and Jamaica Stock Exchange with 201,572 stock units and 10 percent of the day’s trades.
Market activity ended with an average of 75,715 units valued at $3,510,251, in contrast to 59,309 shares valued at $2,052,536 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 216,255 shares at $2,996,728 for each security, compared to 289,643 shares at $3,590,315 previously. Trading for March resulted in an average of 438,501 shares at $9,851,307, for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the reading showing 9 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 closing with lower offers.
In main market activity, Berger Paints slid 30 cents to end at $20.20, with 352 stock units changing hands, Caribbean Cement finished $4.37 higher at a all-time closing high of $65, with 110,457 shares changing hands, Jamaica Broilers lost $1.20 and finished trading of 22,956 units at $30.80, Jamaica Producers rose 50 cents to close at $23.10, trading 14,286 shares. JMMB Group concluded trading of 74,318 shares with a fall of $1 at $30, Jamaica Stock Exchange lost $1 to end at $16, with an exchange of 201,572 shares, Kingston Wharves gave up $1 to settle at $71, trading 52,015 units, Mayberry Investments gained 50 cents in trading 28,000 shares, at $8.50.  NCB Financial Group  traded 19,678 shares in losing 49 cents to close at $144.01,  Sagicor Group  gained 69 cents, ending trading with 39,457 stock units at $38.74, Scotia Group  dropped $1.60 trading 7,455 shares at $50.40 and  Supreme Ventures lost 75 cents, finishing at $26, with 19,644 units changing hands.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with 3,060 units valued at US$1,497. JMMB Group 6% preference share traded 1,000 units to close at US$1.04 and Proven Investments ended with 2,060 units trading at 23 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index declined 3.06 points to close at 176.17.

Caribbean Cement traded at a new high of $73.90 on Wednesday.

Caribbean Cement traded at a record high of $73.90 on Wednesday but closed at $60 at the close with a gain of $4 in trading 23,168 shares on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange.
At the close of the main and US markets, 32 securities traded, compared to 31 on Tuesday and leading to 11 advancing, 11 declining and 10 closing unchanged as investors pushed Kingston Wharves by $4 to $72 and JMMB Group by $2.99 to $33.
The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index lost 2,104.17 points following the 1,034.03 points decline on Tuesday to close at 423,341.31 and the JSE Index declined by 1,912.07 points to 385,696.83 after it fell 939.63 points on Tuesday.
Trading ended with 22,489,492 units valued at $166,148,557 crossing the exchange, compared to 1,404,921 units at just $34,225,857 changing hands on Tuesday.
On a day of increased volumes, Stanley Motta led trading with 11.2 million shares for 50 percentage of the day’s volume, followed by Kingston Properties with 10 million units for 45 percent of the overall volume shares, no other stock came close to 1 million shares.
Market activity ended with an average of 725,467 units valued $5,359,631, in contrast to 50,176 shares valued at $1,222,352 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 110,352 units valued at $1,654,394. Trading for March resulted in an average of 438,501 shares at $9,851,307, for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the reading showing 9 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 closing with lower offers.
In main market activity, Barita Investments fell 30 cents to $44.10, with an exchange of 4,767 shares, Berger Paints lost 75 cents and ended at $20.25, trading 400 stock units, Caribbean Cement jumped $4 to close at $60, with 23,168 shares changing hands, Jamaica Broilers shed 50 cents in trading 10,250 units to close at $31. Jamaica Producers  gained $1 to close at $23.50, with 10,536 shares changing hands. JMMB Group  climbed $2.99 in trading of 10,536 shares at $33,  Kingston Wharves  jumped $4 to settle at $72, trading 2,150 units,  Pulse Investments  gained 39 cents to finish at $3.18, trading 22,130 shares, Scotia Group  put on 29 cents trading 119,151 shares at $51.30,  Seprod rose $1.29 to close at $43.44 in trading 2,351 shares. Stanley Motta rose 66 cents and closed at $5.31, with 11,215,430 shares changing hands. Sterling Investments lost 44 cents trading with 79,757 stock units at $3.55.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with 51,788 units. JMMB Group preference share closed trading and with 7,000 units changing hands at US$1.04 and Sygnus Credit Investments exchanged 44,788 shares at 10 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index remained unchanged at 179.23.

Caribbean Cement ended trading at a new closing high of $64.90 on Monday.

Caribbean Cement jumped sharply by $6.90 to a new high of $64.90 on Monday while Supreme Ventures hit an all-time high of $29.50 to help kick off the second quarter for the main market positively.
Investors sucked out the limited volume of supply of Cement on offer but had just one offer of just 1,500 units at $105. Supreme Ventures has been in short supply recently and have decent demand, ended with just 18,425 shares on offer at $29.50.
At the end of trading the Jamaica Stock Exchange main market inched closer to the record high of November last year and is now within less than 7,000 points away.
The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index gained 298.91 points to end at 426,479.51 and the JSE Index advanced 271.62 points to 388,548.53.
At the close of the main and US markets, 31 securities traded, compared to 35 on Friday and leading to 11 advancing, 11 declining and 9 closing unchanged.
Trading ended with 4,774,806 units valued at $58,420,189 crossing the exchange, compared to 5,517,346 units valued at over $192,929,461, changing hands on Friday.
Pulse Investments led trading with 3.3 million shares, accounting for 69 percent of the day’s volume in the main market, followed by Grace Kennedy with 288,330 units or 6 percent of the volume traded and Wisynco Group with 242,543 shares amounting to 5 percent of the overall volume.
Market activity ended with an average of 170,529 units valued at over $2,086,435, in contrast to 183,912 shares valued at $6,430,982 on Friday. Trading for March resulted in an average of 438,501 shares at $9,851,307, for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the reading showing 11 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 closing with lower offers.
In main market activity, Barita Investments rose 85 cents to $44.77, with an exchange of 1,530 shares, Caribbean Cement jumped $6.90 to a record close of $64.90, with 47,525 shares changing hands, Jamaica Broilers shed $2.49 in trading 14,217 units to close at $30.01, Jamaica Producers lost $1 to close at $22, with 60,000 shares changing hands. JMMB Group concluded trading of 10,567 shares after rising 50 cents to end at $33.50, Mayberry Investments rose 70 cents trading 7,100 shares to close at $9.20,  Sagicor Group  declined 48 cents to settle at $38.02, with 34,475 shares changing hands.  Scotia Group dropped $1.30 trading 65,407 shares at $51.50, Seprod rose 44 cents to close at $43.44 in trading 2,351 shares, Sterling Investments  rose 49 cents and concluded trading at $3.99, with 51,216 stock units. Supreme Ventures  rose $2.01 to finish at a record high of $29.50, with an exchange of 111,448 units, Sygnus Credit Investments lost 30 cents in trading 21,821 units, to end at $12 and Wisynco Group lost 45 cents and ended trading of 242,543 shares to close at $11.50.
Trading in the US dollar market resulted in 20,196 units valued at over $14,334 changing hands. JMMB Group 6% US dollar preference share trading  8,000 units and gained 3 cents to close at US$1.04, JMMB Group

5.75% USD preference share ended at $2 with 2,500 units changing hands and Sygnus Credit Investments had 9,696 units trading at 10 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index gained 0.45 points to close at 176.24.

Jamaican stocks pulled in trading on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday with the market falling under 1,000 points was the volume and value declined sharply from Wednesday’s level.
At the close of trading, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index lost 945.97 points to 423,553.19 and the JSE Index declined by 859.61 points to 385,889.36.
At the close of the main and US markets, 35 securities traded, compared to 34 on Wednesday and leading to 8 advancing, 17 declining and 10 closing unchanged.
Trading ended with 2,434,513 units at $93,372,469 compared to 84,511,402 units at $295,941,707, changing hands on Wednesday. Supreme Ventures led trading with 566,003 shares, accounting for 23 percent of the day’s volume in the main market, followed by NCB Financial Group with 343,382 units or 14 percent of the volume traded and 1834 Investments with 282,500 shares amounting to 12 percent of the overall volume.
Market activity ended with an average of 81,150 units valued at $3,112,416, in contrast to 2,560,952 shares valued at $8,967,930 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 468,945 shares at $10,386,003 for each security traded, in contrast to 347,829 shares at $10,473,147 on the prior trading day. Trading for February resulted in an average of 281,016 shares with a value of $11,715,160, for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the reading showing 14 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 closing with lower offers.
In main market activity, Barita Investments closed with a fall of $2.59 at $39.90, with 113,888 shares trading, Berger Paints gained 75 cents to close $21, in exchanging 14,615 stock units, Caribbean Cement dropped $2.50 to close of $56.50, with 8,623 shares changing hands. Jamaica Broilers dropped $1.49 and finished trading 63,737 units at $30.01, Jamaica Producers  rose 45 cents to close at $22, with 5,985 shares changing hands, Kingston Wharves fell $1 and finished at $71, with an exchange of 4,249 stock units. Mayberry Investments  gained 88 cents trading 9,588 shares to close at $8.89,  NCB Financial Group  lost 75 cents trading 343,382 shares at $144.25,  Proven Investments traded 100 units and rose $2 to end at $32, Sagicor Group  lost $1.63 to settle at $38.02, with 92,585 shares changing hands. Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 28,481 shares after rising 40 cents at $10.60,  Scotia Group  finished trading at $52.80, with 87,138 shares, Seprod fell $1.29 to close at $41.71 in trading 35,284 shares, Supreme Ventures lost 50 cents to finish at $27, with an exchange of 566,003 units and Sygnus Credit Investments lost 80 cents with 20,000 units trading, to end at $11.50.
Trading in the US dollar market resulted in 544,623 units for US$125,266 changing hands with Proven Investments traded 544,623 units at 22.99 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index rose 0.08 points to close at 179.86.