VM Investments volume falls, still number 2.
Investors’ appetite for the recently listed Victoria Mutual Investments and Wisynco Group fell on Wednesday in trading on Jamaica Stock Exchange with the prices declining by the close, but the stocks still dominated trading with the highest volume in the market.
At the close of trading, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index advanced 760.62 points to 315,140.12 and the JSE Index climbed 693.01 points to 287,128.27 in spite of a negative advance decline ratio.
Market activity ended with 25 securities changing hands, of which 5 advanced, 18 declined, 4 traded firm. A total of 4,274,854 units valued at $51,868,008 traded on Wednesday.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments ended 7 cents higher at $8.66, with 4,351 stock units, Berger Paints closed with a loss of 20 cents at $17.80, with 415 shares, Cable & Wireless concluded trading 4 cents higher at $1.35, with 247,619 units, Carreras finished at $11.30, with 139,489 shares, Caribbean Cement settled with a loss of 1 cent at $34, with 13,524 shares. Grace Kennedy traded with a loss of 50 cents at $43, with 20,083 units, Jamaica Broilers finished trading with a loss of 10 cents at $17.90, with 5,148 shares, Jamaica Producers closed with a loss of 10 cents at $16.60, with 3,030 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended at $7, with 161,816 stock units. JMMB Group concluded trading at $25, with 19,159 units, Kingston Wharves settled with a loss of 99 cents at $33, with 21,185 shares, Mayberry Investments ended trading with a loss of 20 cents at $7.20, with 31,959 stock units, NCB Financial Group traded with a loss of 17 cents at $99.63, with 90,780 units. 1834 Investments finished trading with a loss of 13 cents at $1.28, with 800 shares, Student Living concluded trading with a loss of 8 cents at $6, with 1,000 units. PanJam Investment ended with a loss of 50 cents at $41, with 73,255 stock units, 
Portland JSX concluded trading with a loss of 25 cents at $10.75, with 2,000 units, Pulse Investments finished with a loss of 20 cents at $2, with 53,218 shares. Radio Jamaica settled with a loss of 2 cents at $1.08, with 42,122 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading 51 cents higher at $36, with 81,110 stock units, Scotia Group finished trading $1.31 higher at $51.41, with 55,140 shares, Seprod concluded trading with a loss of 5 cents at $29.95, with 3,590 units. Supreme Ventures settled with a loss of 1 cent at $11.99, with 48,975 shares, VM Investments Limited ended trading with a loss of 7 cents at $3.91, with 704,278 stock units, Wisynco Group traded with a loss of 20 cents at $10, with 2,440,080 units and Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished trading 10 cents higher at $14.60, with 10,628 shares. In the main market preference segment, 138 Student Living variable rate shares finished at $5.68, with 100 shares trading.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “20 JSE stocks fell 5 rise – Wednesday.”
Pulse Investments finished 10 cents higher at $2.20, with 14,722 shares, Radio Jamaica settled at $1.10, with 27,986 shares traded, 
Cable & Wireless settled with a loss of 8 cents at $1.31, with 93,684 shares, 
Newly listed Victoria Mutual Investments and Wisynco Group are two of 6 main market stocks to pull back on Friday with 2.96 million and 1.85 million units traded respectively. 
Trading ended with 8,660,030 units valued at $83,892,685 from 27 securities changing hands, of which 12 advanced, 6 declined and 9 traded with prices unchanged.
Portland JSX jumped $1.05 to close at $11, with 164,468 shares, Pulse Investments settled 9 cents higher at $2.19, with 68,456 shares trading, Radio Jamaica ended trading at $1.05, with 100,000 stock units. Sagicor Group traded 10 cents higher at $34.75, with 46,157 units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished trading 50 cents higher at $15, with 2,640 shares, Salada Foods closed with a loss of $2 at $11, with 30,000 shares, Scotia Group ended $1 higher at $52, with 2,832 stock units changing hands. Sterling Investments finished at $13, with 3,202 shares, Supreme Ventures settled 10 cents higher at $12, with 48,904 shares, VM Investments Limited ended trading with a loss of 33 cents at $4.07, with 3,594,152 stock units and Wisynco Group traded with a loss of 70 cents at $10.80, with 2,698,773 units. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% traded 100 units at $1.80 and JMMB Group 7.5% traded 600 units to close at $1.15.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange All Jamaican Composite Index declined by 70.24 points to close at 316,887.86 and the JSE Index declined by 64.00 points to close at 288,720.67. A total of 24 securities changed hands, down from 29 on Wednesday, 10 advanced, 11 declined and 4 traded firm. 
Caribbean Cement ended trading with a surge of $4.03 to $35.50, with 542,827 stock units, Carreras traded with a loss of 14 cents at $11.31, with 480,831 units. Grace Kennedy fell 50 cents to close at $43, exchanging 13,031 shares, Jamaica Broilers ended 79 cents higher at $18, with 26,916 stock units, Jamaica Producers concluded trading with a loss of 5 cents at $16.50, with 28,306 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange finished at $7, with 11,514 shares. JMMB Group fell $2 to $25, with 57,836 shares, Kingston Wharves traded with a loss of $1.99 to end at $31.01, with 9,101 units, Mayberry Investments finished trading $1 higher at $6, with 41,781 shares, NCB Financial Group rose 50 cents to $99.50, with 10,100,229 shares. PanJam Investment concluded trading with a loss of $3 to $40.50, with 88,698 units, Pulse Investments settled with a loss of 29 cents at $2.10, with 35,000 shares, Radio Jamaica ended trading with a loss of 5 cents at $1.05, with 1,303,046 stock units, 
Sagicor Group traded with a loss of 35 cents at $34.65, with 21,110 units. Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished trading at $14.50, with 83,143 shares, Scotia Group ended with a loss of 10 cents at $51, with 398,181 stock units, Supreme Ventures settled 31 cents higher at $11.90, with 133,694 shares, VM Investments ended trading at $4.40, with 2,964,142 stock units and Wisynco Group traded with a loss of 50 cents at $11.50, with 1,851,366 units. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% fell 10 cent in trading 50,418 units at $1.80 and JMMB Group 7.5% traded 119,440 units and slipped 1 cent to close at $1.15.
Grace Kennedy closed at $43.50, with 82,650 shares, Jamaica Broilers ended with a loss of 59 cents at $17.21, with 3,555 stock units. Jamaica Producers concluded trading 5 cents higher at $16.55, with 6,000 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange finished with a loss of 5 cents at $7, with 88,166 shares, JMMB Group jumped $3 t0 $27, with 18,530 shares trading, Kingston Wharves traded 50 cents higher at $33, with 476 units. Mayberry Investments finished trading with a loss of $1 at $5, with 26,370 shares, NCB Financial Group closed at $99, with 13,121 shares, 1834 Investments ended at $1.30, with 20,000 stock units, PanJam Investment concluded trading with a loss of $1.50 to close at $43.50, with 378,000 units, Portland JSX finished with a loss of 5 cents at $9.95, with 2,000 shares. Pulse Investments settled 59 cents higher at $2.39, with 6,500 shares, Radio Jamaica ended trading 8 cents higher at $1.10, with 100,000 stock units, 
Sagicor Group traded with a loss of 30 cents at $35, with 4,100 units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished trading 50 cents higher at $14.50, with 595 shares. Salada Foods closed $1.50 higher at 52 weeks’ high of $13, with 1,000 shares, Scotia Group ended with a loss of $1.90 at $51.10, with 26,000 stock units, Seprod concluded trading at $31, with 10,600 units, Supreme Ventures settled $1.58 higher at $11.59, with 7,304 shares. VM Investments Limited ended trading 40 cents higher at $4.40, with 1,911,097 stock units and Wisynco Group traded with a loss of 50 cents at $12, with 3,785,911 units. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% traded 27,300 units at $1.90 and JMMB Group 7.5% traded 14,787 units at $1.16.
Caribbean Cement ended trading with a loss of 50 cents at $32, with 9,800 stock units, Carreras traded 5 cents higher at $11.45, with 234,822 units. Ciboney Group finished trading with a loss of 4 cents down to 37 cents, with 728 shares, Grace Kennedy closed with a loss of 25 cents at $43.50, with 16,000 shares, Jamaica Broilers ended 10 cents higher at $17.80, with 26,937 stock units, Jamaica Producers concluded trading with a loss of 20 cents at $16.50, with 1,683 units. Jamaica Stock Exchange finished at $7.05, with 12,000 shares, JMMB Group settled with a loss of $1 to end at $24, with 65,054 shares trading, Kingston Properties ended trading at $7.70, with 3,100 stock units, NCB Financial Group closed with a loss of $1 to $99, with 50,823 shares. 1834 Investments ended 5 cents higher at $1.30, with 459,937 stock units, PanJam Investment concluded trading 25 cents higher at $45, with 5,341 units, Pulse Investments settled at $1.80, with 94,172 shares, 
Radio Jamaica ended trading with a loss of 3 cents at $1.02, with 159,905 stock units, Sagicor Group traded with a loss of $2.70 at $35.30, with 7,563 units. Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished trading with a loss of $1 to $14, with 5,589 shares, Salada Foods closed 25 cents higher at $11.50, with 117,951 shares, Scotia Group ended with a loss of 85 cents at $53, with 104,683 stock units, Seprod settled $1 higher at $31, with 3,250 shares. Supreme Ventures traded with a loss of $1.49 to end at $10.01, with 131,005 units, VM Investments finished trading 76 cents higher to a record close of $4, with 2,353,026 shares trading and WISYNCO Group closed 51 cents higher at $12.50, with 5,546,728 shares changing hands. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.25% traded 4,266 units at $2.49, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.5% traded 6,981 units at $1.90.
On the first trading of the new year the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed with the All Jamaican Composite Index climbing 622.57 points to 317,138.68 and the JSE Index advancing by 567.23 points to 288,949.20.
Junior market stocks performed better than main market stocks in 2017 but that performance does not show in the gains in the market indices of both markets. 
A 43 percent fall in the price of the heavily weighted, 
Data going back 30 years show that on only very rare occasions more than 2 stocks appear in the TOP for two consecutive years. 2017 is one such exception with 3 stocks doing so.