C&W reacted negatively to results to the end of 2016.
Trading levels in main market ended at 6,321,606 units valued at $60,670,887 compared to 4,208,705 units valued at $25,855,773 at the close on Tuesday. Trading in the US dollar market accounted for 77,435 units valued at US$22,856.
The All Jamaica Composite Index declined 841.40 points to close at 252,568.38 the JSE Market Index lost 752.36 points to finish at 230,215.56 and the JSE US dollar market index was down 3.00 points to close at 220.54. The average trade in the main and US dollar markets ended at 246,117 units compared to 166,173 units on Tuesday.
In market activity, Berger Paints declined 89 cents to close at $11, trading 52,918 units, Cable and Wireless lost 20 cents, closing at $1.45 with an exchange of 4,079,487 shares, as investors reacted negatively to the loss of $1.56 billion incurred for the nine months to December last year, Caribbean Cement closed higher by $1 at $38 with 17,270 shares changing hands. Carreras added 49 cents to close at $66.50 with trades of 4,645 units, Grace Kennedy gained 67 cents to close at $41.67 trading 140,156 units, Jamaica Broilers closed at $16 trading 190,919 shares, Jamaica Producers traded 86,911 units at $17.50, having gained $1.22, Jamaica Stock Exchange closed at $8.40, with a loss of 60 cents trading 102,218 shares. JMMB Group gained 9 cents to close at $20.49 with an exchange of 162,176 units, Kingston Wharves closed at $31.50 trading 5,340 shares, Mayberry Investments closed 40 cents lower at $5, with trades of 112,534 units.
National Commercial Bank rose to $63, gaining 24 cents after swapping 21,089 units, 1834 Investments traded 15,369 shares to close 1 cent higher at $1.75, Pan Jamaican closed $1.05 higher at $36, with an exchange of 128,130 shares, Portland JSX traded 6,730 units at $10.60, Pulse Investments closed at $7.50 with 20,074 shares changing hands, Radio Jamaica fell 21 cents to close at $1.60 trading 19,391 units. Sagicor Group closed at $36.50, gaining 25 cents with trades of 5,079 units, Sagicor Real Estate fund closed 75 cents lower to $10.25 with 292,712 units changing hands. Scotia Group closed at $38.51, losing $1.71, trading 702,136 shares, Seprod traded 1,600 shares at $41, Supreme Ventures closed at $6 with 124,293 shares traded, while Trinidad Cement closed at $63 with trades of 100 units. Proven Investments closed at 30 US cents trading 77,435 ordinary shares and JMMB Group 7.5% preference share traded 27,229 units at $1.05.
Kingston Wharves slid $1, closing at $30 trading 3,910 units, Margaritaville Turks lost 1 US cent to close at 35 US cents with an exchange of 18,163 shares, Mayberry Investments lost 8 cents, closing at $5.32 with 18,223 shares changing hands, National Commercial Bank closed lower at $62, losing 80 cents, after swapping 42,384 units. Pan Jamaican closed trading at $40 with gains of 50 cents and an exchange of 35,650 shares, Portland JSX gained 5 cents to close at $11 trading just 240 units, Pulse Investments closed at $6.80 with 6,688 shares changing hands, Radio Jamaica lost 5 cents to close at $1.85 trading 272,339 units. Sagicor Group closed at $37.10, climbing $2.10 with trades of 62,195 units, Sagicor Real Estate fund lost 30 cents, to close at $11 with an exchange of 87,762 units. Scotia Group gained $1.50, closing higher at $40.50 having traded 27,020 shares, Scotia Investments closed at $40, with a fall of $1 while trading 5,825 units, Sterling Investments traded 5,000 shares at $16, for a gain of 35 cents, Supreme Ventures closed at $5.50 with an exchange of 209,312 shares. Proven Investments closed at 30 US cents trading 66,913 ordinary shares and JMMB Group 7.5% preference share fell 2 cents to close at $1.05 trading 501,812 units changing hands.
Pulse Investments closed at $6.80 with 417 shares changing hands, Radio Jamaica closed at $1.90 trading 10,707 units. Sagicor Group closed lower at $35, losing 20 cents with trades of 102,185 units, while Sagicor Real Estate fund lost 20 cents to close at $11.30 with an exchange of 7,249 units. Scotia Group was down 10 cents, closing at $39 having traded 233,584 shares, Scotia Investments closed at $41, adding 1 cent trading 150 units, Supreme Ventures closed at $5.50 with an exchange of 35,482 shares, Proven Investments closed at 30 US cents, losing 2 US cents trading 51,537 ordinary shares, Jamaica Money Market Broker 7.5% preference share closed at $2.06 with 23,497 units changing hands and JMMB Group 7.5% preference share closed at $1.07 with trades of 100,000 units.
Stocks mostly gained at the close of trading on the Jamaican Stock Exchange on Thursday as 51 securities changed hands in the overall market, ending with 21 stocks rising and 17 falling. At the close 7 stocks gained and 6 declined from the junior market as 3 securities ending at new 52 weeks’ closing highs. 
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with a lower offers.
Portland JSX gained 2 cents to close at $10.53 with an exchange of 4,000 shares. Pulse Investments closed at $6.90 with gains of 40 cents and 12,000 shares changing hands, Radio Jamaica lost 2 cents and closed at $1.90, trading 58,396 units, Sagicor Group climbed to a 52 weeks’ high of $35.57, gaining 57 cents with trades of 34,750 units, Sagicor Real Estate fund closed at $11.50 with an exchange of 45,615 units. Salada closed at $9.24 trading 2,990 shares, Scotia Group slid to $39.50 with a loss of $1.50 having traded 45,086 shares, Scotia Investments added 99 cents to close at $40.99 trading 11,500 shares. Supreme Ventures closed at $5.70, with trades of 92,605 units, Proven Investments closed at 32 US cents trading 355,925 ordinary shares and JMMB Group 7.5% preference share, lost 1 cent with trades of 178,840 units to close at $1.09.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 13 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with a lower offers.
Bulls pushed stocks higher on Friday, with the all market indices moving to new record highs on the Jamaica Stock Exchange with 56 securities changing hands in the overall market ending with 25 stocks rising and 13 falling. 
The average trade for the day in the main market ended at 116,707 shares compared to an average of 200,657 units on Thursday. For the month to date, an average of 152,563 shares compared to an average of 188,419 units up to the prior trading day. January ended with an average of 592,602 units.
Stocks jump to new records in trading on Tuesday with the All Jamaica Composite Index blasting pass resistance around the 243,000 level in decisive fashion. The market should have a comfortable rise to 265,000 points mark, the next area of resistance. 
Kingston Properties exchanged 1,500 shares at $10, Kingston Wharves closed at $34, gaining $1 with trades of 4,050 units, Mayberry Investments exchanged 20,400 shares with gains of 5 cents to close at $5.90, National Commercial Bank declined $2.70 in closing at $62.20, after swapping 22,435 shares. 138 Student Living traded 10,765 units at $4.50, Pan Jamaican gained $3 to close at $34 with 12,850 shares traded, Portland JSX closed at $10 after trading 500 units, Pulse Investments closed at $7.09 with 10,000 units changing hands. Radio Jamaica gained 20 cents, closing at $1.50 with 154,800 shares changing hands, Sagicor Group traded 20,442 units at $31, Sagicor Real Estate fund gained 3 cents and closed at $10.23 with an exchange of 907 units, Salada rose $1.25 in trading 20,000 shares at $9.25. Scotia Group ended trading with gains of $1.01 to close at $46, having traded 88,515 shares, Scotia Investments gained 43 cents, after trading 7,135 units and closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $35.50, Sterling added 5 cents to close at $15.65 with trades of 500 units. Supreme Ventures closed at $5.70, for a gain of 15 cents with 66,814 shares traded, JMMB 7.25 closed at $1.50, with 430 units exchanged and JMMB Group 7.5% preference share traded 2,650 units at $1.10.
The average trade for the day in the main market ended at 279,763 shares compared to an average of 384,180 units on Tuesday. January ended with an average of 592,602 units.
Pan Jamaican lost 50 cents and closed at $30.50 with 20,195 units exchanged, Portland JSX traded 7,500 units with gains of 10 cents to close at $9.10, Pulse Investments gained 5 cents to close at $6 in trading 15,750 units, Radio Jamaica closed at $1.30 with 84,170 shares traded. Sagicor Group closed with 55,950 shares changing hands with a loss of 40 cents at $30.10 after it traded earlier at an intraday high of $31, Sagicor Real Estate fund gained 22 cents, closing at $10.22 and trading 14,328 units, Scotia Group ended trading at $38.61, gaining 61 cents with 771,110 shares changing hands. Scotia traded at an intraday high of $40. Scotia Investments also traded at an intraday 52 weeks’ high of $34.94 but closed trading with 980,950 units while losing $1.02, to close at $32, Sterling Investments closed at $15.60 with trades of 70,850 units, Supreme Ventures gained 20 cents after trading 1,790,979 shares to close at $5.30, Proven Investments traded 500,825 ordinary shares, adding 1 cent to close at a 52 weeks; high of 24 US cents and JMMB Group 7.5% preference share traded 1,090,382 units at $1.10.
Stock prices followed Friday’s surge on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Monday, moving the market higher, with gains of 9.5 percent for the year to date, after the main market started the year with moderate gains.
The average trade for the day in the main market ended at 149,740 shares compared to an average of 111,605 units traded on Friday. For the month to date, an average of 175,757 shares compared to an average of 201,775 units on the previous trading day. The average for the month of December ended at 549,379 units.
Pan Jamaican gained 10 cents and closed at $30 with 27,659 units being exchanged, Portland JSX closed at $9 with 10,000 units trading. Pulse Investments traded 12,500 units, gaining 83 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $6.00, Radio Jamaica rose 5 cents, closing at $1.35 with 27,693 shares traded, Sagicor Group closed with 112,763 shares changing hands with a gain of 99 cents at $30. Sagicor Real Estate fund traded 12,627 units and closed at $10, Salada closed at $8 having traded 148,787 shares, Scotia Group ended with 9,771 shares changing hands at $39. Scotia Investments traded 14,891 units, losing 49 cents to close at $33, Sterling Investments lost 15 cents to close at $15.60 after trading 124,700 units, Supreme Ventures traded 11,259,836 shares and closed at $5.21 and Proven Investments traded 15,300 ordinary shares to close at 23 US cents.
The average trade for the day in the main market ended at 360,513 shares compared to an average of 958,319 units traded on Monday. An average of 659,416 units traded for the month to date, versus 736,679 units on the previous trading day, compared with an average of 549,379 units, December ended with.
Portland JSX lost 1 cent to close at $9.00 while trading 4,000 units. Pulse Investments traded 30,000 units and closed at $4.35, Radio Jamaica ended at $1.40 with 137,162 shares trading, Sagicor Group had 490,590 shares changing hands, with a gain of 3 cents to end at $29.03, Sagicor Real Estate fund lost 70 cents in trading 8,525 units to close at $9.50, Scotia Group, with 17,550 shares changing hands, gained 50 cents to close at $36. Sterling Investments traded just 800 units but rose 5 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $15.75, Supreme Ventures lost 11 cents in trading 1,498,655 shares to close at $5.10, Proven Investments traded 400 ordinary shares to close at 23 US cents and JMMB Group 7.5% preference share ended with 18,000 units trading at $2.15 after gaining 4 cents.