Trading continued on Monday with a moderate volume of shares changing hands on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market, resulting in more declining stocks having the edge over rising stocks at the close of market activity.
Six securities traded compared to five on Friday with prices of one rising, two declining and three ending unchanged. The JSE US Denominated Equities Index lost 3.95 points to end at 197.70.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 12.3. The PE ratio uses ICInsider.com earnings forecasts for companies with the financial year to August 2022.
A total of 473,373 shares were traded on Monday for US$17,944, down from 450,320 units at US$19,475 on Friday.
Trading averaged 78,896 units at US$2,991, compared to 90,064 shares at US$3,895 on Friday, with the month to date averaging 36,843 shares at US$1,953 versus 27,139 units at US$1,714 on the previous trading day. December ended with an average of 439,975 units for US$68,382.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and one stock with a lower offer.
At the close, First Rock Capital USD share rose 0.82 of a cent to 6.92 US cents trading 30,804 shares, 
Proven Investments ended unchanged at 22 US cents after trading 39,420 stock units, Sygnus Credit Investments USD share fell 0.99 of a cent in closing at 12.01 US cents after exchanging 15,750 stocks. Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share remained at 14 US cents with 16,900 units changing hands and Transjamaican Highway shed 0.04 of a cent to close at 0.87 US cents in switching ownership of 370,199 shares.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 6% finished unchanged at US$1.05 after 300 stock units crossed the market
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Moderate trading for JSE USD Market
Many more losses than winners for JSE majors
Market activity ended on Monday with the volume of shares traded rising 42 percent and the value dropping 76 percent below Friday’s activities on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market as rising stocks fell well below those declining.
The All Jamaican Composite Index rose 567.11 points and closed at 441,936.51, the JSE Main Index advanced 1,784.89 points to 399,953.72 and the JSE Financial Index rose 0.63 points to settle at 98.58.
A total of 51 securities traded up from 48 on Friday, with 15 rising, 27 declining and nine ending 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 are based on ICInsider.com earnings forecasts for companies with financial years ending up to August 2022.
A total of 11,148,306 shares traded for $36,249,301 versus 7,837,782 units at $148,024,848 on Friday. Wigton Windfarm ended trading with 39.1 percent of total volume for an exchange of 4.36 million shares followed by Sagicor Select Financial Fund with 24.9 percent for 2.77 million units and Transjamaican Highway 7.6 percent after trading 842,393 units.
Trading averages 218,594 units at $710,771 versus 163,287 shares at $3,083,851 on Friday and month to date, an average of 152,965 units at $1,212,654 compared to 140,429 units at $1,308,519 on Friday. December closed with an average of 479,143 units at $6,686,322.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows eleven stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close, Barita Investments dropped $1.80 to $95 in exchanging 3,825 shares, Berger Paints fell 49 cents to $12.50 with 190 stocks changing hands, Caribbean Cement spiked 90 cents to $72 after 25,819 stock units crossed the exchange. Caribbean Producers gained 49 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $15.49 with a transfer of 480,268 units, Eppley popped $3 to end at $35.50 in trading 521 stock units, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund declined $3 in closing at $40 with an exchange of 61 units. First Rock Capital lost 45 cents after ending at $10.15 in exchanging 9,114 shares, Guardian Holdings advanced $10 to close at $550 with 98 stocks crossing the market, Jamaica Broilers gained 48 cents to end at $29 with 50,087 shares changing hands. 
Jamaica Stock Exchange rose 89 cents to $17.50 in trading 15,630 stock units, JMMB Group shed 35 cents to end at $38.90 after exchanging 64,616 units, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy shed $5 to close at $110 with the swapping of 470 stocks. NCB Financial lost 49 cents to end at $128.51 in switching ownership of 4,099 units, Palace Amusement dropped $115 to close at $880 in transferring 820 shares, PanJam Investment fell 50 cents to $67.50 with 2,227 stock units crossing the market. Supreme Ventures lost 30 cents in closing at $17.20 after an exchange of 21,716 stocks, Sygnus Real Estate Finance fell 35 cents to end at $17.50 with 300 stocks clearing the market and Wisynco Group shed 97 cents after ending at $17 with the swapping of 65,947 shares.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 7.25% shed 75 cents to close at $3.06 with 524 units crossing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Meager gains for Juniors as rising stocks beat out losers
Trading closed on Monday, with the volume of stocks traded rising 59 percent and the value rising 22 percent higher than on Friday as the prices of stock rising exceeded those declining on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market two to one.
Market activity led to 38 securities trading similar to trading on Friday and ended with 19 rising, nine declining and 10 ending unchanged. At the close, the Junior Market Index popped 5.44 points to 3,417.28.
The PE Ratio, a measure used to compute appropriate stock values, averages 14.5. The PE ratio of each stock in the chart below is based on ICInsider.com earnings forecast for companies with financial years, to August 2022.
Overall, 5,461,309 shares changed hands for $14,393,557 versus 3,426,726 units at $11,765,999 on Friday. Caribbean Assurance Brokers led trading with 1.25 million shares for 22.9 percent of total volume followed by Future Energy Source with 600,408 units for 11 percent of trading and Consolidated Bakeries with 550,740 units for 10.1 percent market share.
Trading averaged 143,719 shares at $378,778 in contrast to 90,177 units at $309,632 on Friday and month to date, an average of 117,234 units at $463,411, compared to 111,853 units at $480,609 on Friday. December closed with an average of 409,209 units at $1,318,877.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and five with lower offers.
At the close, AMG Packaging spiked 56 cents in ending at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.90 with 180,309 shares changing hands, Cargo Handlers popped 39 cents to $7.50 after exchanging 5,812 stock units, Caribbean Assurance Brokers gained 27 cents to close at $2.75 while trading 1,251,586 units. Dolphin Cove popped 85 cents in closing at $16.75 in an exchange of 70,604 stocks, Everything Fresh shed 8 cents to end at 92 cents after 11,113 stocks changed hands, Fontana dropped 30 cents in closing at $7.10 after trading 58,447 units. Fosrich fell $1 to close at $11 after exchanging 32,245 stock units, GWest Corporation climbed 10 cents to end at $1, with 32,240 shares crossing the exchange, Honey Bun advanced 45 cents to $9.75 in trading 8,855 stocks. Jetcon Corporation rose 7 cents to 90 cents, with 74,659 units crossing the market, KLE Group dropped 72 cents to $2.25 trading 164 stock units, Knutsford Express rallied 10 cents to $8, with 8,633 shares crossing the market. 
Lasco Financial climbed 14 cents in closing at $3.34 with an exchange of 24,670 stocks, Lasco Manufacturing declined 5 cents to end at $4.60, with 10,189 shares clearing the market, Lumber Depot lost 15 cents to close at $2.88, with 440,341 stock units changing hands. Main Event increased 19 cents to $4.20 in switching ownership of 602 units, Medical Disposables advanced 12 cents to $6.49 in exchanging 24,880 units and Stationery and Office Supplies shed 9 cents in ending at $5.61 as 8,929 stocks were traded.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading picks up in Trinidad
Market activity picked up on Monday on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange, resulting in 140 percent more shares trading, with a 156 percent higher value than Friday, as the market closed with falling stocks beating rising ones on a two to one ratio.
A total of 21 securities traded up from 12 on Friday, with four rising, eight declining and nine ending unchanged. The Composite Index gained 0.48 points to end at 1,520.63, the All T&T Index fell 0.89 points to close at 2,129.00 and the Cross-Listed Index added 0.27 points to settle at 121.88.
Overall, 2,793,605 shares traded, for $10,485,578 compared to 1,164,654 units at $4,097,849 on Friday. An average of 133,029 units traded at $499,313 up from 97,055 at $341,487 on Friday, with trading month to date averaging 43,264 units at $263,655 versus 21,087 units at $205,435. The average trade for December amounts to 21,703 units at $306,768.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and one stock with a lower offer.
At the close, Agostini’s gained $1 to end at $35, after 300 shares crossed the market, Angostura Holdings ended unchanged at $20, with 5,451 stock units changing hands, Ansa McAl remained at $59.50 in an exchange of 45 units. CinemaOne shed 5 cents to close at $4.20 in trading 250 stocks, Clico Investment Fund finished at $30 after exchanging 7,180 units, First Citizens Group dipped 1 cent in closing at $66.99 after an exchange of 200 stock units. FirstCaribbean International Bank closed at $6.15 in exchanging 3,000 stocks, GraceKennedy fell 4 cents to $6.20 in switching ownership of 931 shares, Guardian Holdings lost 25 cents to end at $29.75 trading 7,338 shares. 
JMMB Group dropped 3 cents to close at $2.27 with the swapping of 2,435,193 units, Massy Holdings finished unchanged at $106.50 with an exchange of 4,819 stocks, National Enterprises advanced 35 cents to $3.76 trading 10,122 stock units. National Flour Mills ended unchanged at $1.95, with 5,385 stocks crossing the exchange, NCB Financial Group popped 1 cent to end at $8.01 after trading 274,066 shares, One Caribbean Media ended unchanged at $4.44 while exchanging 18,010 stock units. Republic Financial Holdings plunged $4.76 to $140.22, with 8,574 units clearing the market, Scotiabank dropped $1 to $69 after the trading of 1,563 stocks, Trinidad & Tobago NGL slipped 1 cent in closing at $19.99 after exchanging 10,508 units. Trinidad Cement rose 1 cent to $3.75 trading 325 stock units, Unilever Caribbean finished unchanged at $16.19 in exchanging 245 shares and West Indian Tobacco remained at $28.50, with 100 shares crossing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
ICTOP10 scaling new highs
Main Market TOP10 stock, Sagicor Group price fell to $52.31 to return to the TOP10 after closing the previous week at $58 and replaced by Scotia Group that slipped from $36 to $35.50 as both the Main and Junior Markets displayed some bullish signs in the past week, with Caribbean Producers hitting a record high of $15 and gained 436 percent in just over a year.
Sagicor Group back in ICTOP10.
Other big news for the week was the continued rise of ICTOP10 Main Market stock, Caribbean Producers that closed the week with a gain of 15 percent at a record high of $15 and is now in the sixth spot with the potential to gain another 120 percent in months. Radio Jamaica rose 7 percent for the week to $3.23 and Guardian Holdings rose 5 percent.
Junior Market AMG Packaging rose 6 percent but could climb higher with the first quarter results to November, due this coming week and the company is also expected to announce a dividend. Lasco Financial put on 7 percent to land at $3.20, Elite Dynastic gained 4 percent to $2.95, Caribbean Assurance Brokers climbed as high as $2.75 during the week but closed down at $2.48 for a 3 percent gain, and Access Financial Services fell 10 percent to $17.08 and Lasco Distributors lost 6 percent to $3.20.
Elsewhere, investors in the Spur Tree Spices Initial Public offer will receive just over 11.76 percent of the shares they applied for in the heavily oversubscribed issue that is sure to drive the stock price with a big bang in the first week of trading which should be ahead of the end of January.
The top three Main Market stocks, this week are Guardian Holdings followed by JMMB Group and Radio Jamaica all projected to gain between 199 and 258 percent up from 183 and 261 percent last week.
The Junior Market’s top three stocks for the week are Access Financial Services followed by AMG Packaging and Caribbean Assurance Brokers. All three can gain between 182 and 204 percent versus 174 and 218 percent, previously.
The average gains projected for the TOP 10 Junior Market stocks is 148 percent and Main Market stocks moved from 152 percent to this weeks’ 146 percent.
The Junior Market closed the week, with an average PE of 14.8 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings and is currently well below the target of 20 and the average of 17 at the end of March this year based on 2020 earnings. The TOP 10 stocks trade at a PE of just 8.2, with a 45 percent discount to that market’s average.
The Junior Market can gain 35 percent to March this year, based on an average PE of 20 and 15 percent based on an average PE of 17. Ten stocks representing 26 percent of all Junior Market stocks with positive earnings are trading at or above this level and averaging 25.
The average PE for the JSE Main Market is 16.4, just 16 percent less than the PE of 19 at the end of March and 22 percent below the target of 20 to March 2022. The Main Market TOP 10 average PE is 8.4 representing a 49 percent discount to the market and well below the potential of 20. A total of 14 stocks or 30 percent of the market trade at or above a PE of 19, with most over 20, for an average roundabout 25, suggesting that the accepted multiple is between 20 and 25 times the current year’s earnings.
ICTOP10 focuses on likely yearly winners, accordingly, the list may or may not include the best companies in the market. 
ICInsider.com ranks stocks based on projected earnings to highlight winners from the rest, allowing investors to focus on potential winning stocks and helping to remove emotional attachments to stocks that often result in costly mistakes.
IC TOP10 stocks are likely to deliver the best returns up to March 2022 and ranked in order of potential gains, based on the possible increase for each company, considering the earnings and PE ratios for the current fiscal year. Expected values will change as stock prices fluctuate and result in weekly movements in and out of the lists. Revisions to earnings per share are ongoing, based on receipt of new information.
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Trading up, prices down on JSE Main Market
Trading activity jumped on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market on Friday following Thursday’s low, with the volume of shares trading rising 23 percent and the value more than tripling and ended with declines in the market indices as rising stocks fell well behind those declining.
The All Jamaican Composite Index rallied 2,484.28 points to 441,369.40, the JSE Main Index shed 1,901.31 points to 398,168.83 and the JSE Financial Index shed 0.09 points to settle at 97.95.
Trading ended with 48 securities compared to 54 on Thursday, with 10 rising, including Caribbean Producers that closed at $15, a record high, as 20 declined and 18 ended unchanged.
The PE Ratio, a formula for computing appropriate stock values, averages 16.3. The PE ratio for the JSE Main and USD Market closing quotes are based on ICInsider.com earnings forecasts for companies with financial year end, up to August 2022.
A total of 7,837,782 shares traded for $148,024,848 versus 6,387,429 units at $36,048,355 on Thursday. Jamaica Broilers led trading with 1 million shares for 12.8 percent of total volume, followed by Carreras, 963,724 units with 12.3 percent of the day’s trade and Sterling Investments with 953,200 units for 12.2 percent market share.
Trading averages 163,287 units at $3,083,851 versus 118,286 shares at $667,562 on Thursday and month to date, an average of 140,429 units at $1,308,519, compared to 135,419 units at $919,405 on the prior day. December averaged 479,143 units at $6,686,322.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, Caribbean Cement fell $1.88 to $71.10, with 48,057 shares changing hands, Caribbean Producers rallied $1.53 to close at a record high of $15 in trading 264,147 stocks, Eppley declined $3.49 to $32.50 with an exchange of 826,031 stock units. First Rock Capital advanced 45 cents to end at $10.60 with the swapping of 72,470 units, Guardian Holdings lost $35 in closing at $540 after exchanging 4,164 stocks, Jamaica Broilers shed $1.07 to $28.52, with an exchange of 1,003,921 stock units. Jamaica Stock Exchange dropped 29 cents in ending at $16.61 after 6,464 shares crossed the market, JMMB Group spiked $1.20 in closing at $39.25 after trading at 88,804 units, NCB Financial declined $1 to $129 with 281,014 stocks clearing the market. 
PanJam Investment rose 50 cents to $68 in exchanging 2,155 stock units, Proven Investments shed 48 cents in closing at $33.01 in an exchange of 2,640 shares, Sagicor Group fell 79 cents to end at $52.31, with 11,989 units crossing the market. Seprod lost 79 cents to $65 in trading 3,110 shares, Stanley Motta dropped 68 cents to $5.20 in switching ownership of 11,000 stock units, Sygnus Real Estate Finance climbed $2.34 to close at $17.85 while exchanging 2,719 stocks and Wisynco Group increased 47 cents to end at $17.97 with an exchange of 39,313 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Volume rises on JSE USD market
Trading ended Friday, on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market with the volume of shares changing hands surging 417 percent and the value rising 148 percent higher than Thursday, resulting in more stocks rising than falling.
Five securities changed hands, compared to three on Thursday with prices of two rising, one declining and two left unchanged. The JSE US Denominated Equities Index lost 0.38 points to end at 201.65.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 12.3. The PE ratio is computed based on ICInsider.com earnings forecasts for companies with the financial year up to August 2022. Overall, 450,320 shares traded, for US$19,475 up from 87,172 units at US$7,865 on Thursday.
Trading averaged 90,064 units at US$3,895, compared to 29,057 shares at US$2,622 on the previous trading day. Trading month to date averages 27,139 shares at US$1,714 versus 12,157 units at US$1,195 on Thursday. Trading in December averaged 439,975 units for US$68,382.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two stocks with lower offers.
At the close, First Rock Capital USD share ended unchanged at 6.1 US cents with an exchange of 4,898 shares, Proven Investments fell 0.5 of a cent in closing at 22 US cents trading 72,197 units, Sterling Investments remained at 2.06 US cents with 204 stock units changing hands Sygnus Credit Investments USD share inched 0.1 of a cent to 13 US cents trading 24 stocks and Transjamaican Highway gained 0.07 of a cent ending at 0.91 of one US cent in exchanging 372,997 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Junior Market suffers sharp fall
The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market suffered a sizable pull back at the close of the market on Friday, with the volume of stocks traded declining 34 percent less and the value falling 64 percent lower than on Thursday and leading the market index into a big fall at the close.
A total of 38 securities traded compared to 39 on Thursday and ended with 11 rising, 17 declining and 10, closing unchanged and the Junior Market Index losing 32.78 points to settle at 3,411.84.
The PE Ratio, a measure used to compute appropriate stock values, averages 14.3, The PE ratio of each stock shown in the chart below is based on ICInsider.com earnings forecast for companies with financial years, up to August 2022.
A total of 3,426,726 shares changed hands for $11,765,999, down sharply from 5,199,743units at $33,066,923 on Thursday. Lumber Depot led trading with 1.2 million shares for 35.1 percent of total volume followed by Caribbean Assurance Brokers 635,609 units with 18.5 percent of the day’s trade and Indies Pharma 243,296 units for 7.1 percent market share.
Trading averaged 90,177 shares at $309,632 compared to 133,327 shares at $847,870 on Thursday and month to date, an average of 111,853 units at $480,609, against 117,381 units at $524,214 previously traded.
December closed with an average of 409,209 units at $1,318,877.
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, Access Financial dropped $3.67 in ending at $17.08 with the swapping of 2,738 shares, CAC 2000 fell 20 cents to end at $7.70 while exchanging 50 units, Cargo Handlers shed 39 cents in closing at $7.11, with 3,600 stock units crossing the market. Caribbean Assurance Brokers declined 27 cents to close at $2.48 trading 635,609 stocks, Dolphin Cove slipped 10 cents to $15.90 in switching ownership of 90,619 stocks, Fontana lost 6 cents at $7.40 trading 49,726 stock units. General Accident fell 25 cents to $6.35, with 52,292 shares crossing the market, GWest Corporation dropped 9 cents to end at 90 cents after 110 units passed through the exchange, Indies Pharma declined 13 cents in closing at $3.07 after trading 243,296 stocks. 
Jetcon Corporation shed 7 cents to close at 83 cents, with 24,059 shares changing hands, Lasco Distributors declined 15 cents in closing at $3.20 in an exchange of 19,141 units, Lasco Financial advanced 8 cents to close at $3.20 after trading 54,262 stock units. Lasco Manufacturing rallied 5 cents to $4.65 with an exchange of 1,717 stocks, Limners and Bards slipped 10 cents to $3.55 after trading 52,828 shares, Lumber Depot increased 6 cents to $3.03 in exchanging 1,202,497 stock units and Stationery and Office Supplies popped 5 cents to $5.70 in trading 5,581 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Big jump in volume of shares traded on TTSE
Market activity ended on Friday on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange and resulted in more stocks rising than falling at the close of trading after 235 percent more shares, changed hands at a slightly lower value than Thursday.
At the close, 12 securities traded, down from 21 on Thursday, with three stocks rising, two declining and seven remaining unchanged. The Composite Index rose 1.20 points to 1,520.15, the All T&T Index increased 2.90 points to close at 2,129.89 and the Cross-Listed Index declined 0.09 points to settle at 121.61.
A total of 1,164,654 shares traded, for $4,097,849 up from 347,461 units at $4,332,061 on Thursday. An average of 97,055 units traded at $341,487 up from 16,546 at $205,583 on the prior day, with trading month to date averaging 21,087 units at $205,435 compared to 8,599 units at $183,067. Trading in December averaged to 21,703 units at $306,768.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows the bids for three stocks ending higher than their last selling prices and one stock with a lower offer.
At the close, Angostura Holdings finished at $20, with 101 shares crossing the exchange, First Citizens Group ended unchanged at $67 with an exchange of 162 stock units, FirstCaribbean International Bank remained at $6.15 after trading 3,100 stocks. 
GraceKennedy rallied 13 cents to $6.24 after 703 stock units passed through the market, Guardian Holdings shed 25 cents in ending at $30, with 24,940 shares changing hands, JMMB Group remained at $2.30 with the swapping of 1,060,843 stock units. Massy Holdings ended unchanged at $106.50 after 5,353 stocks crossed the market, National Flour Mills popped 1 cent to $1.95 after switching ownership of 58,580 units, Prestige Holdings finished unchanged at $7, with 130 stock units clearing the market. Scotiabank lost 50 cents to end at $70 in exchange of 42 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL climbed $1.40 to $20 while exchanging 10,225 stocks and West Indian Tobacco ended unchanged at $28.50 in trading 475 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
More gains for JSE Main Market
Market activity ended on Thursday, with the volume of shares trading rising 17 percent after 34 percent more funds entered the market than Wednesday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market as rising stocks exceeded those declining by a 3 to 2 margin.
The All Jamaican Composite Index climbed 2,108.36 points to 443,270.70, the JSE Main Index popped 1,860.79 points to close at 400,653.10 398,792.32 and the JSE Financial Index gained 0.58 points to end at 98.62. Similar to Wednesday’s trading, 54 securities traded, with 24 rising, 17 declining and 13 ending unchanged.
The PE Ratio, a formula for computing appropriate stock values, averages 16.4. The PE ratio for the JSE Main and USD Market closing quotes are based on ICInsider.com profit forecasts for companies with financial years ending up to August 2022.
A total of 6,387,429 shares traded $36,048,355 compared to 5,449,840 units at $26,843,381 on Wednesday. Sagicor Select Financial Fund led trading with 1.54 million shares for 24.2 percent of total volume followed by Wigton Windfarm with 1.32 million units for 20.6 percent of the day’s trade and Transjamaican Highway with 1 million units for 15.8 percent market share.
Trading averages 118,286 units at $667,562, up from 100,923 shares at $497,100 on Wednesday and month to date, an average of 135,419 units at $919,405, compared to 141,026 units at $1,001,827 on the prior day. December closed with an average of 479,143 units at $6,686,322.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows nine stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, Berger Paints popped 49 cents to $12.99 after 5,620 shares passed through the market, Caribbean Producers rose 48 cents to $13.47 in finishing trading with 263,622 stock units, First Rock Capital declined $1.25 to $10.15 after exchanging 11,276 stocks. Guardian Holdings spiked $50 in closing at $575 in an exchange of 530 units, Jamaica Broilers gained 59 cents to end at $29.59 while exchanging 17,877 shares, JMMB Group lost 95 cents in closing at $38.05 in exchanging 78,690 stock units. Kingston Wharves advanced 50 cents to $43.50 trading 5,620 units, Mayberry Jamaican Equities popped 37 cents to end at $9.37 with an exchange of 3,035 stocks, NCB Financial climbed $1.51 to close at $130 with an exchange of 24,693 shares. Proven Investments rallied $1 to $33.49, with 2,458 stock units changing hands, Sagicor Group fell 90 cents to $53.10 trading 12,403 stocks, Salada Foods rose 32 cents to $6.89 in switching ownership of 868 units.
Seprod advanced $3.69 in closing at $65.79 after 5,711 stock units crossed the exchange and Stanley Motta spiked 77 cents to end at $5.88, with 4,000 shares clearing the market.
In the preference segment, Eppley 5% gained $1.20 to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $21 after exchanging 2 stocks. JMMB Group 7.15% – 2028 shed 55 cents ending at $2.53 with 172,039 units changing hands and JMMB Group 7.25% increased $1.19 to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.81 with the swapping of 2,613 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
