Investors kept up the robust activity when trading ended on Friday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market, with the volume of shares trading declining 43 percent and the value 50 percent lower than at the close on Thursday, with a healthy 49,011,312 shares changing hands for $1,058,239,253 down from 85,891,988 units at $2,099,498,233 leading to rising stocks beating out those declining two to one.
The All Jamaican Composite Index declined by 4,131.53 points to 438,328.37, up 1.1 percent for the year. The JSE Main Index dropped 3,119.89 points to 396,155.61 and ended the year with a marginal increase of 0.1 percent and the JSE Financial Index declined 1.03 points to settle at 98.05, down 4 percent for the year.
Similar to Thursday, 51 securities traded, with 28 rising, 14 declining and nine ending unchanged.
PE Ratios are formulae for computing appropriate stock values, averages 16.1. The PE ratios for the JSE Main and USD Market closing quotes are based on earnings forecasted by ICInsider.com for companies with financial years ending between the current year and August 2022.
Wigton Windfarm led trading with 16.98 million shares for 34.7 percent of total volume followed by Carreras with 5.99 million units for 12.2 percent of the day’s trade and Sagicor Group with 4.17 million units for 8.5 percent market share. Scotia Group with 3.77 million units for 7.7 percent market share Other stocks that traded over a million include PanJam Investment with 2.84 million units for 5.8 percent market share and JMMB Group 7.35% – 2028 with 1.74 million units for 3.6 percent market share.
Trading on Friday averaged 961,006 units at $20,749,789 compared to 1,684,157 shares at $41,166,632 on Thursday and month to date an average of 479,143 units at $6,686,322, up from 455,849 units at 6,006,477 on Thursday. Trading in November averaged 479,143 units at $6,686,322.
The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 18 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, Barita Investments gained $1.52 and ended the year at $98.52 after trading 339,630 shares, Caribbean Cement rallied $2.40 to $73 in an exchange of 1,685,686 stock units. Caribbean Producers fell 45 cents to $13, with 144,817 stocks crossing the exchange, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund popped $3.99 in closing at $46.99 after trading 43,624 units, First Rock Capital declined 30 cents to $10.70, with 5,149 stock units clearing the market. GraceKennedy spiked $1.65 in closing at $102 while exchanging 1,327,995 stocks, Guardian Holdings increased 50 cents to $513.50 after exchanging 994 shares, Jamaica Broilers climbed $1.47 to end at $29.99 in trading 1,597,180 units. Jamaica Producers added $1.44 to close at $23.49 with an exchange of 519,535 stock units, Jamaica Stock Exchange popped 85 cents higher to $18 after 116,581 stocks passed through the market, JMMB Group increased $1.50 to $39.50 in trading 370,335 shares. Kingston Properties shed 49 cents in closing at $9 with the swapping of 310,100 stock units, Kingston Wharves climbed $2.05 to close at $43 in switching ownership of 422,472 shares, NCB Financial spiked $2.72 in ending at $128.70, with 158,674 units changing hands.
138 Student Living rose 26 cents to $4.45 trading 27,330 shares, Palace Amusement dropped $10 to $1040, with 21 stocks crossing the market, PanJam Investment advanced $1 to $66, with 2,835,794 units changing hands, Proven Investments lost 50 cents to end at $33 after exchanging 29,177 stocks. Pulse Investments fell 30 cents to $4.40 after exchanging 1,371,217 shares, Sagicor Group rose $2 to $58 with the swapping of 4,173,260 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund gained 50 cents in closing at $8.50 in exchanging 127,331 units. Salada Foods rallied 47 cents to end at $6.97, with 16,259 stocks crossing the market, Scotia Group shed $1.21 to close at $36.40 after trading 3,774,443 shares, Seprod gained $3 after ending at $65 in an exchange of 46,626 stock units. Supreme Ventures climbed 40 cents to $18.50 in an exchange of 954,593 stocks, Sygnus Real Estate Finance advanced 59 cents to close at $16 after 400 stock units cleared the market and Wisynco Group popped 55 cents to $17.50 with an exchange of 479,961 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading falls, prices drop to close year
Trading on Friday ended with the volume of shares changing hands declining by 91 percent with 99 percent less value than on Thursday and helping to send the market index down at the close of the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market.
Trading ended with five securities changing hands, the same number as Thursday with prices of one rising, two falling and two ended unchanged.
The JSE US Denominated Equities Index lost 5.99 points to end at 195.51, to gain 4.9 percent for 2021.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 12.2. The PE ratio uses earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for each company with the financial year ending during the current year up to August 2022.
Overall, 1,437,106 shares traded, for US$32,726 down from 15,364,161 units at US$3,329,669 on Thursday.
Trading averaged 287,421 units at US$6,545, compared to 3,072,832 shares at US$665,934 previously and month to date an average of 439,975 shares at US$68,382 versus 446,786 units at US$71,142 on Thursday. November ended with an average of 79,766 units for US$10,928.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close of trading, First Rock Capital USD share shed half of a cent to end at 6 US cents in exchanging 9,000 shares, Proven Investments fell 0.2 of a cent to 22.79 US cents while exchanging 102,069 stocks, Sygnus Credit Investments USD share ended at 12.9 US cents after trading 7 shares and Transjamaican Highway increased 0.06 of a cent to 0.9 of a US cent in switching ownership of 1,326,010 units.
In the preference segment, Eppley 6% remained at 98 US cents after exchanging 20 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Surge in trading for JSE Main Market
Trading surged at the close of market activity on Thursday, with the volume of shares trading rising 1,202 percent and the value jumping 2,297 percent higher than Wednesday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market, even as rising stocks was half as much as those declining.
At the close, the All Jamaican Composite Index jumped 2,495.30 points to end at 442,459.90, the JSE Main Index rose 2,173.27 points to 399,275.50 and the JSE Financial Index added 1.19 points to settle at 99.08. Trading ended with 51 securities, down from 55 on Wednesday, with 14 rising, 29 declining and eight left unchanged.
The PE Ratio, a formula for computing appropriate stock values, averages 16.1. The PE ratio for the JSE Main and USD Market quotes are based on earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies with financial years ending between the current year and August 2022.
A total of 85,891,988 shares traded for $2,099,498,233, up from 6,598,285 units at $87,589,534 on Wednesday. Carreras led trading with 62.33 million shares for 72.6 percent of total volume, followed by GraceKennedy with 10.01 million units for 11.7 percent of the day’s trade and NCB Financial with 3.93 million units for 4.6 percent market share. 
Wigton Windfarm ended with 2.53 million units for 2.9 percent market share, Pulse Investments traded 1.89 million units for 2.2 percent market share and Transjamaican Highway 1.19 million units for 1.4 percent of the volume.
Trading ended with an average of 1,684,157 units at $41,166,632, up from 119,969 shares at $1,592,537 on Wednesday and month to date, an average of 455,849 units at $6,006,477, compared to 393,455 units at $4,220,453 on Wednesday. November closed with an average of 233,949 units at $2,695,416.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 12 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, Barita Investments climbed $1.50 to $97 while exchanging 106,233 shares, Caribbean Cement dropped $2.24 to end at $70.60 in switching ownership of 544,472 units, Caribbean Producers rose 45 cents to $13.45 in exchanging 35,136 stock units. Eppley Caribbean Property Fund fell 50 cents to close at $43, with 13,768 stocks crossing the market, First Rock Capital shed 40 cents to $11 in an exchange of 40,100 units, Guardian Holdings declined $2 to $513 after exchanging 18,386 shares. Jamaica Producers lost $1.25 to close at $22.05 with the swapping of 1,826 stock units, JMMB Group declined $1 to end at $38, with 38,027 stocks clearing the market, Kingston Properties gained 74 cents in ending at $9.49 after trading 100 stocks. 
NCB Financial fell $1.02 in closing at $125.98, with 3,926,391 shares changing hands, Palace Amusement climbed $5 to $1050 after trading 97 units, Radio Jamaica lost 35 cents to end at $2.90 in an exchange of 325,031 stock units. Sagicor Group rallied $3 to end at $56 closed trading 54,009 units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund shed 49 cents to close at $8, with 6,743 stocks crossing the market, Scotia Group dropped 28 cents to $37.61 trading 104,335 shares. Sygnus Credit Investments popped 25 cents to $14.90 with an exchange of 1,043,947 stock units and Sygnus Real Estate Finance shed 59 cents to close at $15.41 after exchanging 2,765 shares.
In the preference segment, Eppley 7.50% preference shares lost $1.38 to end at $6, with 10,320 stocks changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Plunge in JSE USD market index
Trading on Wednesday ended on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market with the volume of shares changing hands surging 17,386 percent after pulling in 34,486 percent more funds than on Tuesday and resulting in a 14.07 points plunge in the US Denominated Equities Index to 201.50 as no stock rose for the day.
Five securities, traded against six on Tuesday, with none rising, three declining and two ending unchanged.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 12.1. The PE ratios use earnings forecasted by ICInsider.com for each company with the financial year ending during the current year up to August 2022.
A total of 15,364,161 units traded at US$3,329,669 compared to 87,866 shares traded for US$9,627 on Wednesday. Trading ended with an average of 3,072,832 shares at US$665,934, compared to 14,644 units at US$1,605 on the previous day and the month to date averages 446,786 shares at US$71,142 compared to 324,073 shares at US$43,348 on Tuesday. November ended with an average of 79,766 units for US$10,928.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ending with the bid higher than their last selling price and two with lower offers.
At the close, First Rock Capital USD share dipped 0.46 of a cent to close at 6.5 US cents in an exchange of 1000,000 shares, Productivity Solutions traded one stock unit at $1.10 after losing 23 cents, Proven Investments slipped 0.01 of a cent to end at 22.99 US cents after trading 14,208,137 units, Sygnus Credit Investments USD share ended at 12.9 US cents, with 10,006 stocks crossing the market and Transjamaican Highway finished trading at 0.84 of one US cent, with 146,017 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Huge bounce for JSE Main Market
NCB Financial price jumped $3 at the close of market activity on Wednesday and helped with rising stocks more than doubling those declining in sparking a spirited rally and sending the All Jamaican Composite Index up a healthy 8,093.27 points to close at 439,964.60 and pushed the JSE Main Index up by a substantial 6,970.65 points to 397,102.23 at the close of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market.
The JSE Financial Index advanced 2.29 points to settle at 97.89.
Trading ended with 55 securities up from 54 on Tuesday, with 34 rising, 15 declining and six ending unchanged, with the volume of shares trading rising 63 percent more and the value 34 percent higher more than on Tuesday.
The PE Ratio, a formula for computing appropriate stock values, averages 16.2. The PE ratios for the JSE Main and USD Market closing quotes are based on earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies with financial years ending between the current year and August 2022.
Trading ended with 6,598,285 shares for $87,589,534 versus 4,038,953 units at $65,415,335 on Tuesday. Wigton Windfarm led trading with 985,239 shares for 14.9 percent of total volume followed by Mayberry Investments with 950,031 units for 14.4 percent of the day’s trade and Carreras 506,223 units with a 7.7 percent market share.
Trading averages 119,969 units at $1,592,537 up from 74,795 shares at $1,211,395 on Tuesday and month to date, an average of 393,456 units at $4,220,453, compared to 409,305 units at $4,372,756 on Tuesday. November closed with an average of 233,949 units at $2,695,416.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 13 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, Barita Investments popped $3.02 to close at $95.50 after trading 224,205 shares, Caribbean Cement spiked $1.83 to $72.84 in switching ownership of 19,845 stock units. Caribbean Producers declined 49 cents in closing at $13, with 61,421 stocks clearing the market, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund advanced $1.05 in ending at $43.50 in swapping of 5,950 shares, First Rock Capital rallied 66 cents to $11.40 with an exchange of 2,350 units. GraceKennedy dropped 50 cents to close at $100.50 in exchanging 15,926 stocks, Guardian Holdings gained $5 after ending at $515, with 1,040 stock units changing hands, Jamaica Producers increased $1.37 in closing at $23.30 after trading 50 stocks. Jamaica Stock Exchange rose 27 cents to end at $17.27, with 8,812 shares crossing the market, JMMB Group increased 81 cents to $39 with an exchange of 351,409 units, Kingston Properties shed 75 cents to $8.75 in an exchange of 250 stock units. Margaritaville fell 79 cents to close at $16.01 trading 3,145 units, Mayberry Investments lost 86 cents in closing at $8 after 950,031 stock units crossed the market, Mayberry Jamaican Equities gained 45 cents to end at $9.45 trading 19,200 stocks. MPC Caribbean Clean Energy spiked $15 to $115 after exchanging 7 shares, NCB Financial jumped $3 in closing at $127 while exchanging 14,026 shares, 138 Student Living climbed 36 cents to end at $4.20 after exchanging 340 shares, Palace Amusement declined $5 to close at $1045 in switching ownership of 15 stocks. 
PanJam Investment rose 30 cents to $64.80 after trading 24,522 stock units, Sagicor Group fell $1.90 to end at $53, with 362,580 units crossing the market, Scotia Group popped $2.14 in ending at $37.89 after exchanging 4,111 stocks. Seprod lost 30 cents to end at $62 after exchanging 8,522 stock units, Supreme Ventures climbed 36 cents to end at $18.25 in an exchange of 249,082 shares and Wisynco Group rallied 27 cents to close at $16.92 after 29,876 units changed hands.
In the preference segment, Eppley 7.50% preference share advanced $1.58 in closing at $7.38, with 600 units clearing the market, JMMB Group 7.15% – 2028 popped 57 cents to end at $3.10 in trading 25 shares and JMMB Group 7.25% dropped 77 cents in closing at $2.40 trading 16,367 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
More gains for JSE USD market
Trading on Wednesday ended on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market with the volume of shares changing hands declining after trading 56 percent attracting 163 percent more funds than on Tuesday and resulting in a 2.55 points rise in the US Denominated Equities Index to 215.57 as rising stocks edged out those falling.
Similar to trading Tuesday, six securities changed hands, with two rising, one declining and three ending unchanged.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 12.8. The PE ratios use earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for each company with the financial year ending during the current year up to August 2022.
Overall, 87,866 shares traded for US$9,627 versus 198,530 units at US$3,666 on Tuesday. Trading averaged 14,644 units at US$1,605, against 33,088 shares at US$611 on the previous day, with the month to date averaging 324,073 shares at US$43,348 versus 342,455 units at US$45,828 on Tuesday. November ended with an average of 79,766 units for US$10,928.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ending with the bid higher than their last selling price and one stock with a lower offer.
At the close, First Rock Capital USD share popped 0.01 of a cent to close at 6.96 US cents in an exchange of 5,450 shares, Proven Investments ended at 23 US cents after trading 10,911 units, Sterling Investments finished at 2.1 US cents as 2,522 stock units changed hands. Sygnus Credit Investments USD share rose 0.85 of a cent to end at 12.9 US cents, with 50,485 stocks crossing the market and Transjamaican Highway fell 0.01 cents in ending at 0.84 of one US cent, with 18,489 shares changing hands.
In the preference segment, Equityline Mortgage Investment preference share remained at US$1.999 with an exchange of 9 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Santa rally for JSE Main Market on Tuesday
Market activity ended on Tuesday, with the volume of shares trading declining 71 percent less and the value plunged 68 percent lower than Friday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market as rising stocks exceeded those declining and sent the market indices substantially higher by the close.
The All Jamaican Composite Index jumped 3,803.79 points to 431,871.33, the JSE Main Index spiked 3,178.62 points to close at 390,131.58 and the JSE Financial Index rose 0.12 points to settle at 95.60.
Trading ended with 54 securities up from 51 on Friday, with 25 rising, 21 declining and eight closed unchanged.
The PE Ratio, a formula for computing appropriate stock values, averages 16.2. The PE ratios in the JSE Main and USD Market closing quotes are based on earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies with financial years ending between the current year and August 2022.
Just 4,038,953 shares traded for $65,415,335 down from 13,887,175 units at $205,378,180 on Friday. Transjamaican Highway led trading with 654,165 shares for 16.2 percent of total volume followed by Pulse Investments with 552,036 units for 13.7 percent of the day’s trade and Wigton Windfarm 452,476 units with 11.2 percent market share.
Trading averages 74,795 units at $1,211,395, down from 272,298 shares at $4,027,023 on Friday and month to date, an average of 409,305 units at $4,372,756, compared to 429,488 units at $4,563,497 on Friday. Trading in November averaged 233,949 units at $2,695,416.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 14 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close, Barita Investments climbed $2.46 to $92.48 after exchanging 86,288 stock units, Berger Paints dipped $1.20 to $12.50 in an exchange of 9,154 units. Caribbean Cement fell 99 cents to $71.01 in trading 19,492 stocks, Caribbean Producers popped $1.51 to end at $13.49 after 155,338 units changed hands, Eppley gained $1.77 to end at $36, with 155 shares clearing the market. Guardian Holdings rallied 50 cents to $510 after trading 1,599 stock units, Jamaica Producers dropped $1.52 to $21.93 in exchanging 272,747 stocks, Jamaica Stock Exchange dropped 50 cents to close at $17 with the swapping of 20,976 stocks. JMMB Group lost 26 cents in closing at $38.19 while exchanging 54,023 units, Mayberry Investments rallied 86 cents to $8.86 after 110,577 stock units passed through the exchange, Mayberry Jamaican Equities shed 49 cents to $9 in switching ownership of 8,218 shares. NCB Financial spiked $2.50 to close at $124, with 217,511 units crossing the market, 138 Student Living declined 40 cents to close at $3.84, with 101 shares changing hands, Pulse Investments increased 28 cents to end at $4.88 trading 552,036 stocks, Sagicor Group rose $1.90 in closing at $54.90, with 49,413 stock units crossing the market.
Sagicor Real Estate Fund climbed 50 cents to close at $8.50 with an exchange of 20,250 shares, Scotia Group dropped $1.75 to $35.75 trading 116,304 shares, Seprod declined $1.70 to $62.30, with 8,951 stocks clearing the market. Sygnus Credit Investments fell 40 cents to $14.50 after an exchange of 24,904 stock units, Sygnus Real Estate Finance rallied 79 cents in closing at $16 with 3,548 units changing hands and Wisynco Group fell 25 cents to $16.65 in exchanging 13,797 stock units.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 7.25% popped 41 cents to $3.17 in an exchange of 200 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Mixed trading for JSE USD stocks
Trading on Tuesday ended with the volume of shares changing hands rising 91 percent, but with 77 percent lower value than on Friday, as the final week of the year for the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market, commenced activity, resulting in more stocks declining than those rising.
Trading ended with six securities changing hands, compared to seven on Friday with prices of two rising, three declining and one left unchanged.
The JSE US Denominated Equities Index gained 2.21 points to end at 213.02.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 12.7. The PE ratio uses earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for each company with the financial year ending during the current year up to August 2022.
Overall, 198,530 shares traded for US$3,666 compared to 103,747 units at US$16,128 on Friday. Trading averaged 33,088 units at US$611, versus 14,821 shares at US$2,304 on Friday, with the month to date averaging 342,455 shares at US$45,828 versus 361,994 units at US$48,684 on Friday. November ended with an average of 79,766 units for US$10,928.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ended with a bid higher than the last selling price and one with a lower offer.
At the close, First Rock Capital USD share dropped 0.01 of a cent to close at 6.95 US cents, with 40 shares changing hands, Productive Business Solutions declined 0.4 of a cent in closing at US$1.33 in trading one unit, Proven Investments rose half a cent to end at 23 US cents in exchanging 5,734 stocks. Sterling Investments finished at 2.1 US cents after trading 100 stock units, Sygnus Credit Investments USD share fell 0.85 of a cent to 12.05 US cents in an exchange of 7,156 stock units and Transjamaican Highway popped 0.14 of one cent to end at 0.85 of a US cent trading 185,499 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
No stock lost value on the JSE USD market Friday
Trading on Friday ended with the volume of shares traded dropping 66 percent with a marginal change in the value of funds changing hands than on Thursday on the close of the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market, resulting in no stocks declining.
Seven securities traded, compared to six on Thursday, with prices of four rising, none declining and three ending unchanged. The JSE US Denominated Equities Index rose 0.73 points to end at 210.81.
A total of 103,747 shares traded with a value of US$16,128 versus 303,241 units at US$16,780 on Thursday.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 12.5. The PE ratio uses ICInsider.com’s earnings forecasts for each company, with the financial year ending during the current year up to August 2022.
Trading averaged 14,821 units at US$2,304, against 50,540 shares at US$2,797 on Thursday and month to date an average of 361,994 shares at US$48,684 compared to 389,610 units at US$52,373 on Thursday. November trading averaged 79,766 shares for US$10,928.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close, First Rock Capital USD share rallied 0.96 of a cent to 6.96 US cents after switching ownership of 296 shares, 
Margaritaville ended at 9.5 US cents trading 63,000 units, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy remained at US$1.08, with five stock units crossing the market. Sterling Investments rose 0.01 of a cent to 2.1 US cents, with 1,830 stocks changing hands and Sygnus Credit Investments USD share gained 0.3 of a cent to 12.9 US cents while exchanging 35,917 stocks.
In the preference segment, Eppley 6% finished unchanged at 98 US cents in exchanging 199 shares and JMMB Group 5.75% increased 8 cents to US$2.10 after trading 2,500 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Winning stocks beat losers 3 to 1 on Friday
Market activity ended on Friday, with the volume of shares trading rising after trading a marginally higher percent, with the value jumping 230 percent higher than on Thursday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market as rising stocks tripled those declining.
Measured by the market indices, stocks in the Main Market closed moderately lower than at the end of the previous week. The All Jamaican Composite Index popped 649.16 points on Friday to 428,067.54, the JSE Main Index advanced 512.58 points to settle at 386,952.96 and the JSE Financial Index rose 0.68 points to end at 95.48.
A total of 51 securities traded compared to 50 on Thursday, with 30 rising, ten declining and 11 were unchanged.
The PE Ratio, a formula for computing appropriate stock values, averages 16.1. The PE ratio for the JSE Main and USD Market closing quotes utilizes ICInsider.com’s earnings forecasts for companies with financial years ending between the current year and August 2022.
At the close, 13,887,175 shares traded for $205,378,180 versus 13,408,986 units at $62,324,646 on Thursday. Wigton Windfarm led trading with 4.74 million shares for 34.2 percent of total volume followed by Kingston Wharves 2.25 million units, with 16.2 percent of the day’s trade and JMMB Group 1.44 million units for 10.3 percent market share, Community & Workers Credit Union ended with 1.09 million units for 7.9 percent market share and Transjamaican Highway 1.02 million units for 7.3 percent of the market.
Trading averages 272,312 units at $4,027,023, versus 268,180 shares at $1,246,493 on Thursday and month to date, an average of 429,488 units at $4,563,497, against 438,986 units at $4,595,915 on Thursday. November closed with an average of 233,949 units at $2,695,416.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows eight stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and six with lower offers.
At the close, Caribbean Cement spiked $1 to $72 after an exchange of 56,904 shares, Caribbean Producers rose 48 cents to end at $11.98 in an exchange of 36,667 stocks, Eppley lost $1.77 after finishing at $34.23 and trading 67 units. Eppley Caribbean Property Fund rallied 50 cents in closing at $42.50 after exchanging 4,200 stock units, First Rock Capital dropped 27 cents to close at $10.73 in switching ownership of 433 stocks, Guardian Holdings popped $2 to end at $509.50, with 5,587 shares changing hands. Jamaica Broilers fell $1.45 to $28.50 after 26,220 stock units crossed the market, Jamaica Producers gained 56 cents to close at $23.45 with 2,329 units changing hands, JMMB Group rallied 42 cents to $38.45 in exchanging 1,436,088 shares.
Kingston Wharves advanced 90 cents in closing at $40.90 with 2,250,971 stock units passing through the market, Mayberry Jamaican Equities climbed 29 cents to $9.49 in trading 20,800 stocks, Palace Amusement advanced $10 to end at $1050, after 17 units crossed the exchange. Pulse Investments popped 29 cents to $4.60 after exchanging 606,284 stocks, Sagicor Group climbed $1.50 to close at $53 with the swapping of 64,511 stock units, Scotia Group rallied $1.80 to $37.50, trading 11,041 units. Seprod increased $1.70 to end at $64 with 4,864 shares changing hands and Sygnus Credit Investments shed 25 cents in closing at $14.90 with an exchange of 114,053 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.