Trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Thursday with 25 securities changing hands, 6 advanced, 11 declined and 6 traded firm, with 5,195,513 units valued at $74,800,685 compared to 13,175,593 units valued at $360,574,899 on Wednesday.
The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index declined by 2,034.00 points to close at 302,050.37 and the JSE Index declined by 1,853.20 points to close at 275,202.05.
In main market activity, 1834 Investments ended with a loss of 9 cents at $1.21, with 10,000 stock units, Barita Investments concluded trading with a loss of 10 cents at $8, with 20,561 units, 
Berger Paints finished at $16.20, with 1,084 shares, Cable & Wireless settled at $0.98, with 669,689 shares, Caribbean Cement ended trading with a loss of 1 cent at $32, with 32,950 stock units. Carreras traded with a loss of 1 cent at $10.99, with 3,008,091 units, Grace Kennedy closed at $43, with 33,063 shares, Jamaica Broilers ended with a loss of 40 cents at $17.50, with 46,915 stock units, Jamaica Producers concluded trading 22 cents higher at $16.22, with 34,050 units. Jamaica Stock Exchange finished with a loss of 20 cents at $6.80, with 51,195 shares, JMMB Group settled with a loss of 50 cents at $27, with 19,455 shares, Kingston Wharves traded at $32.50, with 107,220 units, Mayberry Investments finished trading at $5.01, with 414,751 shares. NCB Financial Group closed 4 cents higher at $90.05, with 258,394 shares, 1834 Investments ended with a loss of 9 cents at $1.21, with 10,000 stock units, PanJam Investment concluded trading 75 cents higher at $41.75, with 12,050 units, Portland JSX finished 5 cents higher at $8.95, with 1,600 shares, Pulse Investments settled 13 cents higher at $1.78, with 10,000 shares. 
Radio Jamaica ended trading 3 cents higher at $1.08, with 45,500 stock units, Sagicor Group traded with a loss of $1 at $36, with 31,555 units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished trading at $14.50, with 30,633 shares, Scotia Group ended with a loss of $1.48 at $51.02, with 77,645 stock units. Seprod concluded trading with a loss of 1 cent at $30, with 400 units and Supreme Ventures settled with a loss of 70 cents at $10.30, with 66,712 shares. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50%, traded 125,000 units at $1.90, JMMB Group 7.5% ended trading at $1.10, with 87,000 stock units and Proven Investments traded 46,657 shares at $5.50.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
For more on main market trading follow Main Market drops again on Thursday
Prices mostly up indices drop
Investors chopped $4.99 off the price of NCB Financial on Wednesday.
Prices of securities rose more than those that fell at the close of trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Wednesday, but the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index dropped by 1,625.76 points to 304,084.37 and the JSE Index declined by 1,481.25 points to 277,055.25.
Trading closed with 22 securities changing hands, 9 advancing, 5 declining and 10 trading firm with 13,175,593 units valued at $360,574,899 changing hands.
In market activity, Barita Investments ended trading with a loss of 40 cents at $8.10, with 200 units, Berger Paints finished 9 cents higher at $16.20, with 2,046 shares, Cable & Wireless gained 1 cent to 98 cents, with 492,124 shares trading, Caribbean Cement ended trading at $32.01, with 7,476 stock units, Carreras traded at $11, with 62,384 units. Grace Kennedy closed $1.30 higher at $43, with 161,291 shares, Jamaica Broilers advanced 40 cents to $17.90, with 16,271 stock units, Jamaica Producers concluded trading with a loss of 20 cents at $16, with 3,356,105 units, 
Jamaica Stock Exchange rose 40 cents to close at $7, with 12,662 shares changing hands. JMMB Group settled at $27.50, with 4,971,543 shares, Kingston Wharves traded with a loss of 50 cents at $32.50, with 17,386 units trading, investors chopped $4.99 off the price of NCB Financial Group down to $90.01, with 128,557 shares trading, PanJam Investment concluded trading 25 cents higher at $41, with 3,518,560 units. Portland JSX finished 40 cents higher at $8.90, with 900 shares, Pulse Investments settled with a loss of 15 cents at $1.65, with 10,974 shares, Sagicor Group traded with a rise of 46 cents to $37, with 166,036 units, 
Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished trading at $14.50, with 17,424 shares. Scotia Group ended with a loss of $1.44 to close at $52.50, with 46,603 stock units and Supreme Ventures settled $1 higher at $11, with 134,138 shares. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.25% traded 2,349 shares at $2.49 JMMB Group 7.25% ended trading 3,907 stock units at $1.50 and Proven Investments 8.25% traded 46,657 units at $5.50.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
JSE main market falters again
Seprod shares dropped $3.99 on Tuesday.
The main market indices suffered major reversal as a result of the negative advance decline ratio of nearly 1 to 1, leading the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index, to drop 898.61 points to close at 305,710.13 and the JSE Index to 818.74 points, to close at 278,536.50.
Trading ended on Tuesday with 28 securities changing hands of which 11 advanced, 11 declined and 3 traded firm with 3,569,794 units valued at $75,294,915 changing hands.
The major contributors to the sharp fall are declines of $1.30 in the price of Grace Kennedy, Salada Foods fell $1.19, Scotia Group jumped $2.64, Seprod dropped $3.99, on the other hand National Financial rose $1 and Scotia Group rose $2.64.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments concluded trading 50 cents higher at $8.50, with 25,000 units, Berger Paints finished with a loss of 9 cents at $16.11, with 29,075 shares, Cable & Wireless settled 2 cents higher at 97 cents, with 51,499 shares, Caribbean Cement ended trading 1 cent higher at $32.01, with 4,240 stock units. Carreras traded with a loss of 4 cents at $11, with 2,009,745 units, Ciboney Group finished trading 5 cents higher at 50 cents, with 65,000 shares, Grace Kennedy closed with a loss of $1.30 at $41.70, with 141,575 shares, Jamaica Broilers ended with a loss of 1 cent at $17.50, with 70,380 stock units. Jamaica Producers concluded trading with a rise of 20 cents to $16.20, with 60,592 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange finished with a loss of 38 cents at $6.60, with 21,679 shares, JMMB Group settled with a loss of 50 cents at $27.50, with 16,763 shares, Kingston Properties ended trading 1 cent higher at $8.01, with 1,300 stock units. Kingston Wharves traded 50 cents higher at $33, with 2,857 units, Mayberry Investments finished trading with a loss of 19 cents at $5.01, with 6,000 shares, NCB Financial Group closed $1 higher at $95, with 35,601 shares, 1834 Investments ended at $1.30, with 20,872 stock units, 
PanJam Investment concluded trading at $40.75, with 2,895 units. Portland JSX finished with a loss of 50 cents at $8.50, with 500 shares, Radio Jamaica ended trading with a loss of 4 cents at $1.05, with 2,000 stock units, Sagicor Group traded 4 cents higher at $36.54, with 6,100 units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished trading at $14.50, with 1,000 shares. Salada Foods Jamaica closed with a loss of $1.19 at $8.81, with 2,000 shares, Scotia Group ended $2.64 higher at $53.94, with 727,189 stock units, Seprod finished with a loss of $3.99 at $30.01, with 400 shares and Supreme Ventures ended trading with a loss of 42 cents at $10, with 110,204 stock units.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
JSE main market falters again
Trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Monday with 24 securities changing hands, with 7 advancing, 12 declining and 4 trading firm with 19,187,109 units valued at $205,077,757.
The market indices suffered major reversal as a result of the negative advance decline ratio of nearly 1 to 2 hit, leading the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index, to drop 3,027.95 points to close at 306,608.74 and the JSE Index to dive 2,758.81 points to 279,355.24. The major contributors to the sharp fall include, declines in Grace Kennedy, Kingston Wharves but mostly a $1 drop in the price of NCB Financial Group and $1, Sagicor Group with a fall of $1.60.
In main market activity, Berger Paints finished with a loss of 30 cents at $16.20, with 215,407 shares changing hands, Cable & Wireless settled with a loss of 4 cents at 95 cents, with 288,300 shares, Caribbean Cement ended trading with a loss of 1 cent at $32, with 72,066 stock units, Carreras traded with a loss of 1 cent at $11.04, with 84,627 units.
Ciboney Group finished trading 19 cents higher at 52 weeks’ high of 45 cents, with 60,000 shares, Grace Kennedy closed with a loss of 44 cents at $43, with 968 shares, Jamaica Broilers ended 1 cent higher at $17.51, with 25,872 stock units, Jamaica Producers concluded trading at $16, with 5,440 units. Jamaica Stock Exchange finished with a loss of 27 cents at $6.98, with 15,018,321 shares, JMMB Group settled 5 cents higher at $28, with 154,344 shares, Kingston Wharves traded with a loss of 50 cents at $32.50, with 36,215 units, Mayberry Investments finished trading 10 cents higher at $5.20, with 1,023,177 shares. NCB Financial Group lost $1 at $94, with 58,498 shares trading, 138 Student Living closed with a loss of 5 cents at $6, with 4,290 shares, PanJam Investment concluded trading with a loss of 75 cents at $40.75, with 12,620 units, Portland JSX finished at $9, with 3,900 shares, Radio Jamaica ended trading 2 cents higher at $1.09, with 45,693 stock units. 
Sagicor Group traded with a loss of $1.60 at $36.50, with 2,026,098 units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished trading at $14.50, with a mere 1,515 shares, Scotia Group closed trading 10 cents higher at $51.30, with 21,850 stock units, Seprod climbed $1.80 to $34, with 1,600 units but ended with the stock on offer at $32. Sterling Investments finished at $12, with 8,000 shares and Supreme Ventures settled with a loss of 8 cents at $10.42, with 17,370 shares. In the main market preference segment, JMMB Group ended trading at $1.10, with 938 stock units.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Altitude lost by JSE main market
NCB Financial Group dropped $4.40 on the JSE on Friday.
Trading ended with 10,390,820 units valued at $339,090,865 from 23 securities changing hands, 8 advanced, 8 declined and 7 traded firm.
In the main activity, Barita Investments concluded trading at $8, with 20,000 units, Berger Paints finished with a loss of 39 cents at $16.50, with 126,300 shares, Cable & Wireless settled with a loss of 11 cents at $0.99, with 475,341 shares, Caribbean Cement ended trading with a loss of $2.49 at $32.01, with 1,455 stock units.
Carreras traded with a loss of 45 cents at $11.05, with 116,095 units, Grace Kennedy closed 44 cents higher at $43.44, with 1,661 shares, Jamaica Broilers ended with a loss of 50 cents at $17.50, with 2,044 stock units, Jamaica Producers concluded trading 50 cents higher at $16, with 12,982 units. JMMB Group settled with a loss of 40 cents at $27.95, with 13,068 shares, Kingston Wharves traded 50 cents higher at $33, with 8,900 units, Mayberry Investments finished trading 10 cents higher at $5.10, with 5,333 shares, NCB Financial Group closed with a drop of $4.40 to $95, with 121,584 shares. 1834 Investments ended at $1.30, with 2,500 stock units trading, 
PanJam Investment concluded trading at $41.50, with 4,370,132 units, Portland JSX finished with a loss of 10 cents at $9, with 10,749 shares, Radio Jamaica ended trading 7 cents higher at $1.07, with 5,605 stock units, Sagicor Group traded $1.10 higher at $38.10, with 3,011,732 units. Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished trading 50 cents higher at $14.50, with 11,669 shares, Scotia Group ended at $51.20, with 327,028 stock units, Seprod concluded trading 20 cents higher at $32.20, with 2,489 units and Supreme Ventures settled at $10.50, with 1,109,526 shares.Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Consolidation ahead of Christmas rush
Trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Thursday with the market indices slipping moderately as 21 securities changing hands, of which 7 advanced, 7 declined and 5 traded firm with 3,984,045 units valued at $54,400,232 changing hands.
Price movements were dominated by Caribbean Cement, NCB Financial Group, Scotia Group and Sterling Investments. Barita Investments concluded trading at $8, with 24,584 units, Berger Paints finished with a loss of 11 cents at $16.89 with 5,225 shares trading, Cable & Wireless settled 10 cents higher at $1.10, with 117,487 shares, Caribbean Cement jumped $2.49 higher to $34.50, with a mere 1,781 stock units, 
Carreras traded at $11.50, with 91,328 units. Grace Kennedy closed at $43, with 5,561 shares, Jamaica Broilers ended with a loss of 40 cents at $18, with 47,667 stock units, Jamaica Producers concluded trading 50 cents higher at $15.50, with 80,157 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange finished 23 cents higher at $7.25, with 7,660 shares. JMMB Group settled 30 cents higher at $28.35, with 335,902 shares, Kingston Wharves traded with a loss of 40 cents at $32.50, with 12,116 units, NCB Financial Group closed $1.90 higher at $99.40, with 94,324 shares, PanJam Investment concluded trading at $41.50, with 46,281 units. 
Radio Jamaica ended trading with a loss of 9 cents at $1, with 2,210,747 stock units, Sagicor Group traded 50 cents higher at $37, with 607,088 units, Salada Foods closed with a loss of 80 cents at $10, with 2,000 shares, Scotia Group ended with a loss of $1.30 at $51.20, with 42,816 stock units changing hands. Sterling Investments finished with a loss of $1 at $12, with 3,702 shares and Supreme Ventures settled at $10.50, with 200,528 shares. In the main market preference shares segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.25% traded 4,091 units to close at $2.49, JMMB Group 7.5% ended at $1.10 with 43,000 units, JMMB Group 7.5% preference share ended trading at $1.10, with 50,000 stock units, in the US dollar market JMMB Group US 6% preference share ended trading at $1.121, with 14,159 stock units, Productivity Business lost 2 US cents in trading 3,600 units at 55 US cents and Proven Investments traded 103,248 ordinary shares at 23.97 US cents after rising 4 cents.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
14 million SVL shares trade on JSE
Supreme Ventures Traded the most shares on the JSE on Tuesday.
The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index declined by 646.61 points to close at 314,205.01 and the JSE Index declined by 589.13 points to close at 286,276.31 as NCB Financial drops $3.50 trading 5.4 million shares and Supreme Ventures traded 14 million units.
The US dollar market index rose 6.40 points to 168.30 as just 1 security traded in this market with a volume of 51,366 units valued at US$11,060.
Trading on the Main Market and the US dollar market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended trading on with 24 securities changing hands, with 10 advancing, 8 declining and 5 traded firm.
In the main activity, 
Barita Investments concluded trading with a loss of $1 at $8, with 3,078 units, Berger Paints finished 50 cents higher at $16.50, with 1,680 shares, Cable & Wireless settled with a loss of 7 cents at $1, with 469,227 shares, Caribbean Cement ended trading with a loss of $2.92 at $32.08, with 91,341 stock units. Carreras traded with a loss of $1.18 cents at $10.02, with 206,700 units, Ciboney Group finished trading at 27 cents, with 466,000 shares, Grace Kennedy closed with a loss of 10 cents at $43, with 6,997 shares, Jamaica Broilers ended 10 cents higher at $18.90, with 10,480 stock units changing hands. Jamaica Producers concluded trading with a loss of 50 cents at $15, with 33,650 units, JMMB Group settled with a loss of 90 cents at $28.50, with 36,774 shares,
Kingston Wharves traded with a loss of 10 cents at $32.90, with 10,210 units, Mayberry Investments finished trading 10 cents higher at $5.30, with 424,589 shares. NCB Financial Group closed with a loss of $3.50 at $99.50, with 5,452,901 shares traded, 1834 Investments ended at $1.30, with 4,761 stock units, Portland JSX finished at $9.10, with 1,273 shares, Pulse Investments settled at $1.80, with 12,000 shares, Radio Jamaica ended trading at $1.10, with 62,500 stock units. Sagicor Group traded $1.90 higher at $37.50, with 530,438 units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished trading 50 cents higher at $15, with 61,620 shares, Scotia Group ended 27 cents higher at $52.27, with 127,574 stock units, Seprod concluded trading 1 cent higher at $32, with 9,358 units and Supreme Ventures settled 25 cents higher at $11.05, with 13,895,672 shares. In the main market preference segment, JMMB Group 7.5% preference share rose 5 cents and ended at $1.05, with 6,272,469 stock units.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
12 stocks fall 7 advanced on JSE – Wednesday
The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Wednesday with 27 securities changing hands, of which 7 advanced, 12 declined and 8 traded firm leading to 4,352,178 units valued at $47,081,186 changing hands.
Trading on the Main Market resulted in JSE All Jamaican Composite Index diving 2,437.39 points to close at 311,767.62 and the JSE Index plunging by 2,220.74 points to close at 284,055.57.
In main market activity, Berger Paints finished 50 cents higher at $17, with 82,690 shares, Cable & Wireless settled at $1, with 20,426 shares, Caribbean Cement ended trading with a loss of 7 cents at $32.01, with 24,991 stock units. Carreras traded $1.48 higher at $11.50, with 195,612 units, Ciboney Group finished trading with a loss of 1 cent at 26 cents, with 1,205,302 shares, Grace Kennedy closed at $43, with 38,847 shares, Jamaica Broilers fell 50 cents to $18.40, with 1,141,656 stock units. Jamaica Producers concluded trading at $15, with 103,005 units, 
Jamaica Stock Exchange finished 2 cents higher at $7.02, with 1,952 shares, JMMB Group settled with a loss of 45 cents at $28.05, with 88,942 shares, Mayberry Investments finished trading with a loss of 30 cents at $5, with 142,076 shares. NCB Financial Group closed with a loss of $2 at $97.50, with 48,675 shares, 1834 Investments ended at $1.30, with 13,000 stock units, 138 Student Living closed 5 cents higher at a 52 weeks’ high of $6.05, with 1,500 shares, PanJam Investment concluded trading with a loss of 49 cents at $41.50, with 21,728 units, Pulse Investments settled at $1.80, with 126,800 shares, Radio Jamaica ended trading with a loss of 1 cent at $1.09, with 52,970 stock units. 
Sagicor Group traded with a loss of $1 at $36.50, with 13,678 units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund fell $1 to $14, with 29,497 shares, Salada Foods jumped $2.30 to $10.80, with 16,250 shares, Scotia Group gained 23 cents to end at $52.50, with 8,897 stock units and Supreme Ventures settled with a loss of 55 cents at $10.50, with 745,984 shares. In the main market preference segment, JMMB 7.25% traded just 500 units to close at $2.49, JMMB Group 7.25% ended at $1.50 with only 200 units, JMMB Group 7.5% preference share ended trading at $1.10, with 50,000 stock units, Proven Investments 8.25% preference share traded 177,000 units and rose 30 cents to $5.50. Proven Investments traded 750 ordinary shares in the US dollar market at 20 US cents after slipping 4 cents.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
More fall for JSE main market – Tuesday
Trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Tuesday with 23 securities changing hands, 9 advanced, 8 declined and 5 traded firm with 28,191,292 units valued at $755,323,320 compared to 4,115,612 units valued at just $48,667,070 on Monday.
The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index declined by 646.61 points to close at 314,205.01 and the JSE Index declined by 589.13 points to close at 286,276.31. The US dollar market index rose 6.40 points to 168.30 as 1 security traded with a gain in this market with a volume of 51,366 units valued at US$11,060.
Trading ended with an average of 1,225,708 units for an average of $32,840,144 in contrast to 178,940 units for an average of $2,115,960 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 346,613 units valued at $5,296,046 and previously 284,400 units valued at $3,346,771. In contrast, October closed with average of 185,251 units valued at $16,528,582 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Major movements took place in NCB Financial Group with 5.4 million shares trading with the price dropping $3.50 and Supreme Ventures with 14 million units with its price rising 25 cents and JMMB Group 7.5% preference share traded 6,272,469 stock units. Barita Investments declined by $1, Caribbean Cement fell of $2.92, followed by Carreras with a fall of $1.18, while Sagicor Group rose $1.90.
JSE main market closes down – Monday
Trading on the Main Market and the US dollar market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange concluded trading on Monday with 26 securities changing hands, 8 advanced, 12 declined and 6 traded firm.
The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index dropped by 1,137.09 points to close at 314,851.62 and the JSE Index sank by 1,036.02 points to close at 286,865.44. The US dollar market index fell 6.90 points to 161.90 as 3 securities traded in this market with a volume of 119,502 units valued at US$33,226.
The main market closed with 4,115,612 units valued at $48,667,070 trading compared to 6,563,781 units valued at $52,758,651 on Friday. Trading ended with an average of 178,940 units for an average of $2,115,960 in contrast to 262,551 units for an average of $2,110,346 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 284,400 units valued at $3,346,771. 
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 292,432 units valued at $3,440,509 and previously 292,432 units valued at $3,440,509. In contrast, October closed with average of 185,251 units valued at $16,528,582 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Major movements took place in Caribbean Cement with an increase of $2, followed by JMMB Group that rose 79 cents, Kingston Wharves traded with a loss of 99 cents, NCB Financial Group fell $1, Sagicor Group lost $1.40 Scotia Group declined by $1.50, Seprod jumped $1.99 and Supreme Ventures dropped by $1. Ciboney traded at a 52 weeks’ high of 29 cents before ending at a 52 weeks’ closing high of 27 cents.
