More records were shattered on another record breaking day, on the Jamaica Stock Exchange main market on Friday, with both main market indices ending at new highs, for five consecutive days.
Trading ended with the fifth with a new record close for the year at 447,751.69 on the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index after climbing 2,819.84 points and the JSE Index advanced to a record of close of 407,877.42 with 2,562.47 points gain.
The main and US markets had 34 securities traded, compared to 33 on Thursday leading to 16 advancing, 10 declining and 8 closing unchanged. At the end of trading, Jamaica Stock Exchange jumped to a record high of $20.02, PanJam Investment ended at a new closing high of $90 and Wisynco Group ended at a new record close of $14.40.
Market activity on the main market ended with 3,479,279 units valued $204,145,954, changing hands, compared to 2,986,488 units valued $110,422,118 trading on Thursday.
NCB Financial led trading with 1.03 million shares accounting for 30 percent of total main market volume, followed by Victoria Mutual Investments with 674,362 shares, and 19 percent of the day’s trades and Scotia Group closed with 514,622 shares for 15 percent of volume traded.
Market activity ended with an average of 119,975 units valued at an average of $7,039,516 for each security traded. In contrast to 102,982 units for an average of $3,807,659 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 121,185 units valued at $5,621,806 and previously, 121,824 units valued at $4,874,287. Trading for April resulted in an average of 157,923 shares at $3,718,919, for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the reading showing 7 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 closing with lower offers.
In main market activity, Barita Investments jumped $2.99 to close at $43, with an exchange of 7,698 shares, Berger Paints fell $1 to end at $20, with an exchange of 7,770 stock units, Caribbean Cement lost $4 to finish at $80, with 30,433 shares changing hands, Grace Kennedy traded 17,149 stock units and rose $1 to $61. JMMB Group gained 60 cents trading 184,023 shares in closing at 
$34, Mayberry Investments rose $1.25 to end trading of a mere 210 shares at $9.25, NCB Financial Group rose $2.15 in trading 1,033,816 shares to close at $147, Sagicor Group added $1 to end trading 59,341 stock units at $46.50, with. Scotia Group gained $2.50 in trading 514,622 shares to close at $53, Seprod rose $2.50 in trading 15,959 shares to close $46, Supreme Ventures fell 50 cents and finished at $26.50, with 20,995 units changing hands and Sygnus Credit Investments rose 87 cents with 17,243 units trading, to end at $12.50.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with 50,570 units valued at $12,735. JMMB Group 5.5% preference share traded 3,000 shares at US$2, JMMB Group finished rose by 5 cents to ended at US$2.10 trading 1,556 shares, Proven Investments traded 850 shares and gained 1 cent, to close at 24 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments traded 25,760 units to end at 10 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index gained 1.10 points to close at 180.09.
Big gain for Junior Market stocks – Friday
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange enjoyed a strong day on Friday, with the market index closing above the 3,000 mark for the first time since April 11, by jumping 41.02 points to 3,025.22 in trading.
Trading ended with 22 securities changing hands, leading to sharply increased trading of 4,172,346 units valued at $15,184,488, compared to a mere 485,317 units valued at $1,504,400 resulting from trading of 23 securities on Thursday. The market closed with the prices of 8 stocks advancing, 6 declining and 8 remaining unchanged.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Trading ended with an average of 189,652 units for an average of $690,204 in contrast to 21,101 units for an average of $65,409 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 137,077 units valued at $404,485 and previously 114,398 shares at $281,234. In contrast, April closed with an average of 87,963 units valued $317,267 for each security traded.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed at $43, with an exchange of 100 shares, AMG Packaging ended at $2, with 56,645 stock units changing hands, Cargo Handlers settled 4 cents higher at $11, while trading 3,000 shares, Caribbean Flavours traded 943 stock units $4 higher at $20.50. Caribbean Producers added 37 cents to close at $4.98, trading with 3,500 units, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 3 cents at $2.72, as 38,482 shares crossed the exchange, Dolphin Cove concluded trading 30,345 shares 33 cents higher at $12.05, Everything Fresh finished with a loss of 5 cents at $1.50, with an exchange of 386,678 stock units, Elite Diagnostic exchanged 65,365 units and rose 8 cents to end at $3.05. Express Catering ended trading of 14,706 shares at $7.70, FosRich Group enjoyed a big day trading 3,048,363 shares, to close at $4, Fontana finished trading 7 cents higher at $4.10, with 82,640 shares changing hands, General Accident closed with a loss of 10 cents at $3.90, after an exchange of 130,000 stock units. 
Honey Bun concluded trading of 6,590 shares and gained 25 cents to end at $4.25, iCreate closed trading of 120,876 shares to close at 90 cents, Indies Pharma finished with a loss of 5 cents at $3.15, with an exchange of 3,000 shares, Iron Rock settled at $3.90, trading 256 shares. Jamaican Teas traded 2,000 units with a loss of 5 cents at $3.90, Lasco Distributors closed with a loss of 8 cents at $3.80, with 163,794 units changing hands, Lasco Financial settled 5 cents higher at $4.25, with an exchange of 2,500 shares, Medical Disposables finished trading at $7, with 6,951 stock units and Paramount Trading closed at $2.47, with an exchange of 5,612 units.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Big jump in T&T stocks – Friday
West Indian Tobacco jumped sharply on Friday to end at 52 weeks’ high of $110 on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange and was the main driver in a big gain in the market index at the close.
Trading on to close in 18 securities against 17 on Thursday, with 6 advancing, 3 declining and 9 remaining unchanged.
At close of the market, the Composite Index jumped 8.19 points to 1,346.38. The All T&T Index surged 19.19 points to 1,791.79, while the Cross Listed Index lost 0.42 points to close at 121.54.
Trading ended with 96,767 shares for $1,897,291 compared to 237,591 shares for $2,918,550 on Thursday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at 4 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and none closed with a lower offer.
Stocks ending with gains| At the close of the market, Clico Investments concluded trading with 54,728 stock units and gained 14 cents to end at $22.49, Massy Holdings added 1 cent and ended at $55, after exchanging 72 shares, One Caribbean Media increased 3 cents and closed at $10.20, after exchanging 105 shares. Republic Financial Holdings concluded trading with a gain of $2.89 to settle at $123, after exchanging 125 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose 10 cents and completed trading at $29.50, with 5,978 units and West Indian Tobacco jumped $12.50 ended at 52 weeks’ high of $110, with 250 stock units changing hands.
Stocks closing with losses| Ansa McAl fell 62 cents and completed trading of 200 units, at $55.32, Grace Kennedy closed with a loss of 5 cents and ended at $3.30, with 2,000 stock units changing hands and National Flour shed 5 cents to close at $1.70, with an exchange of 10,000 units.
Stocks closing firm| Calypso Macro Index Fund closed trading of 375 shares at $15, First Citizens settled at $37, after exchanging 692 shares, Guardian Holdings completed trading 12,401 units at $18.50, JMMB Group ended at $1.70, after exchanging 1,120 shares, NCB Financial Group settled at $8.45, after trading 2,725 shares. Sagicor Financial exchanged 2,291 shares at $8.62, Scotiabank ended at $63, with 555 stock units changing hands,Trinidad Cement settled at $2.60, after exchanging 350 shares and Unilever Caribbean closed at $26.30, trading 2,800 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
4 days of record close for JSE stocks
New ecord close for JSE main market on Thursday
The Jamaica Stock Exchange main market, ended at the fourth new closing high for the week, with the All Jamaican Composite Index rising 980.45 points to 444,931.85 and the JSE Index advancing 890.96 points to 405,314.95.
The main and US markets had 33 securities traded, compared to 27 on Wednesday leading to 13 advancing, 12 declining and 8 closing unchanged. At the end of trading, Jamaica Stock Exchange jumped to a record high of $20 and Wisynco Group ended at a new record close of $14.30.
Market activity on the main market ended with 2,986,488 units valued $110,422,118, changing hands, compared to 3,713,812 units valued $157,663,641 trading on Wednesday.
Wisynco Group led trading with just 529,420 shares accounting for 18 percent of total main market volume, followed by NCB Financial with 417,353 shares, and 14 percent of the day’s trades and Seprod closed with just 342,629 shares for 3 percent of volume traded.
Market activity ended with an average of 102,982 units valued at an average of $3,807,659 for each security traded. In contrast to 142,839 units for an average of $6,063,986 on Wednesday. 
Trading for April resulted in an average of 157,923 shares at $3,718,919, for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the reading showing 10 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 closing with lower offers.
In main market activity, Barita Investments dropped $2.49 to close at $40.01, with an exchange of 83,339 shares, Caribbean Cement lost S1 to finish at $84, with 10,377 shares changing hands, Jamaica Broilers dived $3.90 in exchanging 10,000 units to end at $30.10, Jamaica Producers fell $1 to close at $22, after trading 11,285 stock units. JMMB Group gained $1.90 trading 253,237 shares in closing at $33.40, with 37,209 shares 37,209 shares. Kingston Properties lost 75 cents to settle at $6.80, with an exchange of 5,450 units, Mayberry Investments lost $1.65 to end trading of 27,500 shares at $8. PanJam Investment jumped $6.87 to a record high of $89.97, with 6,592 units changing hands, 
Scotia Group lost $1.49 in trading with 62,660 shares at $50.50, Seprod fell $3.50 in trading 342,629 shares to close $44. Sygnus Credit Investments lost 87 cents with 81,165 units trading, to end at $11.63 and Wisynco Group climbed 80 cents trading with 529,420 shares at an all-time high of $14.30.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with 419,786 units valued at US$95,838. JMMB G 6% preference share traded 439 shares and rose 5 cents to finish at US$1.09, Proven Investments traded 413,807 shares and gained 0.05 cent, to close at 23 US cents, Sterling Investments finished trading of 2,540 units to close at 4 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments traded 3,000 units to end at 10 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index gained 1.67 points to close at 178.99.
13 Junior Market stocks rose 4 fell – Thursday
Junior Market stock trading.
Trading ended with the prices of 13 securities advanced, 4 declined and 3 remained unchanged as 23 securities changed hands, compared to 23 on Wednesday. A mere 485,317 units valued at $1,504,400 changed hands, compared to 3,326,424 units valued at $12,838,542 on Wednesday.
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.
Trading ended with an average of 21,101 units for an average of $65,409 in contrast to 118,801 units for an average of $458,519 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 114,398 valued at $281,234. In contrast, April closed with an average of 87,963 units valued $317,267 for each security traded.
At the close of the market, Access Financial exchanged 283 shares and closed 50 cents higher at $43, AMG Packaging ended at $2, trading 22,171 stock units, Caribbean Producers finished trading with a rise of 11 cents at $4.61, with 12,315 units, Derrimon Trading ended at $2.75, with an exchange of 34,000 shares. Everything Fresh gained 3 cents to close at $1.55, with 12,800 stock units changing hands, Elite Diagnostic settled 1 cent higher at $2.97, in trading 19,836 units, FosRich Group traded 6,650 shares resulting in a rise of 9 cents to close at $4, Fontana finished trading 64,780 shares with a loss of 7 cents at $4.03. GWest Corporation ended 4 cents higher at $1.35, trading 16,150 units, Honey Bun gained 1 cent to close at $4, trading of 58,594 shares, iCreate closed trading of 22,559 shares with a rise of 1 cent to close at 90 cents. Indies Pharma finished 5 cents higher at $3.20, with an exchange of 37,257 shares, Iron Rock climbed 40 cents to $3.90, with 743 shares trading, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 17,425 shares and fell 18 cents to end at $2.30. KLE Group ended at $2.40, with 10,406 shares changing 
hands, Knutsford Express concluded trading with 3,909 stock units and rose 1 cent to close at $13, Lasco Distributors exchanged 34,706 units at $3.88, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 20 cents at $4.20, with 18,833 shares trading. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 7 cents higher at $3.25, with an exchange of 17,508 shares, Main Event traded 6,000 shares at $5, Medical Disposables added 50 cents to end at $7, with an exchange of 1,165 stock units, Paramount Trading closed with a loss of 3 cents at $2.47, in exchanging 1,227 units and SSL Venture Capital ended with a loss of 10 cents at $1.50, with 66,000 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Stocks closed down on TTSE – Thursday
Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange Head Quarters
Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange to close in 17 securities against 16 on Wednesday, with 3 advancing, 4 declining and 10 remaining unchanged.
At close of the market, the Composite Index jumped 11.47 points to 1,338.19. The All T&T Index added 0.57 points to 1,772.03, while the Cross Listed Index lost 326 points to close at 121.96.
Trading ended with 237,591 shares for $2,918,550 compared to 759,511 shares for $8,186,668 on Wednesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at 5 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and none closed with a lower offer.
Stocks ending with gains| At the close of the market, First Citizens gained 10 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $37, after exchanging 2,300 shares, JMMB Group finished 5 cents higher at $1.70, exchanging 6,700 shares and LJ Williams B Share ended trading of 100 shares and rose 5 cents to a 52 weeks’ high of $1.
Stocks closing with losses| Massy Holdings closed with a loss of 1 cent at $54.99, after exchanging 96 shares, NCB Financial Group dropped 55 cents to $8.45, trading 77,796 shares, One Caribbean Media shed 3 cents and settled at $10.17, exchanging 50 shares and Sagicor Financial lost 8 cents and settled at $8.62, trading 5,709 shares.
Stocks closing firm|Ansa McAl ended at $55.94, with an exchange of 497 units, Clico Investments ended at $22.35, with 3,214 stock units changing hands, Grace Kennedy concluded the trading of 9,656 stock units at $3.35, Guardian Holdings ended at $18.50, with 5,937 units crossing the exchange, National Enterprises closed at $7, with 5,000 stock units changing hands. National Flour traded 60,000 units, to end at $1.75, Point Lisas ended at $3.65, exchanging 2,834 stock units, Scotiabank closed at $63, with an exchange of 570 stock units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended at $29.40, trading 56,016 units and Unilever Caribbean settled at $26.30, after exchanging 1,116 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
JSE main market hits new high – Wednesday
Caribbean Cement traded at a new high of $85 on Wednesday.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange main market closed at a new record high on Wednesday, the third consecutive day of new highs, as investors increased their appetite for higher prices.
All Jamaican Composite Index jumped 2,775.27 points to a record close of 443,951.40 and the JSE Index climbed 2,521.97 points to a record closing high of 404,423.99.
The main and US markets had 27 securities traded, compared to 31 on Tuesday, leading to 17 advancing, 3 declining and 11 closing unchanged. At the end of trading, Caribbean Cement hit a record close of $85, Jamaica Stock Exchange jumped to a record high of $20 and Wisynco Group ended at a new record close of $13.50.
Market activity on the main market ended with 3,713,812 units valued $157,663,641 changing hands, compared to 4,368,956 units valued at $113,544,169, trading on Tuesday.
Mayberry Jamaica Equities accounted for 2.1 million shares or 56.4 percent of total main market volume, followed by NCB Financial with 792,711 shares and 21 percent of the day’s trades and Pulse Investments closed with just 120,053 shares for 3 percent of volume traded.
Market activity ended with an average of 142,839 units at $6,063,986, in contrast to 156,034 shares valued $4,055,149 on Tuesday. Trading for April resulted in an average of 157,923 shares at $3,718,919, for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the reading showing 13 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and just 1 closing with a lower offer.
In main market activity, Barita Investments jumped $3 to close at $42.50, with an exchange of 57,386 shares, Caribbean Cement jumped S7.01 to finished at at a record $85, with 44,987 shares changing hands, Grace Kennedy lost 70 cent to end at $60.30 with 3,463 shares trading, Jamaica Broilers shed 50 cents in exchanging 30,468 units to end at $34, Jamaica Producers fell $1 to close at $22, after trading 11,285 stock units. Jamaica Stock Exchange jumped $2 to end at a record high of $20, trading 54,459 shares, JMMB Group lost $1.50 trading 37,209 shares in closing at 
$31.50, with 37,209 shares 37,209 shares. Kingston Wharves lost 75 cents to settle at $71, with an exchange of 5,450 units, Mayberry Investments lost 75 cents and ended trading at with 882,928 shares at $8.75. Mayberry Equities rose by 50 cents to close trading at $11.50, trading 2,096,031 shares, NCB Financial Group dived $20 in trading 792,711 shares to close at $145. Sagicor Group fell $1.79 to end at $45.20 in an exchange of 58,420 shares, Seprod rose $2.50 in trading 12,306 shares to close $47.50, Supreme Ventures rose 50 cents to close at $27, with 5,887 units changing hands and Wisynco Group climbed 90 cents trading with 96,492 shares at an all-time high of $13.50.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with 6,180 units valued at $1,391. Proven Investments was the sole stock trading and ended unchanged at 23 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index gained 0.11 points to close at 177.32.
Junior Market make gains on Wednesday
Junior Market stock trading.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange recovered some of the recent losses on Wednesday as advancing stocks outnumbered declining stocks and the volume of trading rose 64 percent.
At the close of market activities, the market index rose 28.68 points to close at 2,970.22 as the prices of 14 securities advanced, 11 declined and 3 remained unchanged as 28 securities changed hands, compared to 24 on Tuesday. Trading resulted in rise in the volume changing hands to 3,326,424 units valued at $12,838,542 compared to 2,022,568 units valued $7,237,526 on Tuesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Trading ended with an average of 118,801 units for an average of $458,519 in contrast to 84,274 units for an average of $301,564 on Tuesday. In contrast, April closed with an average of 87,963 units valued $317,267 for each security traded.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed with a loss of 5 cents at $42.50, with an exchange of 20,304 shares, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 23 cents at $2, trading 109,388 stock units, 
Blue Power concluded trading of 3,200 units, at $4.20. Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of 4 cents at $10.96, after trading 100 shares, Caribbean Producers traded 7,835 units at $4.50, Consolidated Bakeries closed 20 cents higher at $2, with 250,745 shares changing hands. Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 4 cents at $2.75, with the exchanging of 2,206 shares, Dolphin Cove concluded trading of 3,357 shares with a loss of 33 cents at $11.72, Everything Fresh finished 4 cents higher at $1.52, with 119,546 stock units crossing the exchange. Elite Diagnostic settled 1 cent higher at $2.96, trading 26,229 units, Express Catering ended trading with 7,000 shares and rose 50 cents to end at $7.70, FosRich Group traded with a loss of 9 cents at $3.91, with 1,502,876 shares changing hands, Fontana finished trading 10 cents higher at $4.10, with 994,116 shares. GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 4 cents at $1.31, with an exchange of 1,000 units, iCreate closed trading of 14,231 shares to close at 89 cents. Indies Pharma finished with a loss of 10 cents at $3.15, with 31,715 shares trading, Jamaican Teas traded 6,351 units and rose 44 cents to end at $3.95, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 13,235 shares and 
gained 18 cents to $2.48. KLE Group ended with a loss of 10 cents at $2.40, with 17,810 shares changing hands, Knutsford Express concluded trading of 1,200 stock units, with a gain of 99 cents to $12.99, Lasco Distributors finished 19 cents higher at $3.88, with 9,899 units trading, Lasco Financial added 20 cents to close at $4.40, with an exchange of 1,500 shares. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading of 133,000 shares and rose 9 cents to end at $3.18, Main Event fell 30 cents to $5, with 21,943 shares changing hands, Medical Disposables exchanged 20,000 stock units to close at $6.50, Paramount Trading closed 25 cents higher at $2.50, with 1,300 units passing through the exchange. SSL Venture Capital ended 10 cents higher at $1.60, trading 3,338 shares and tTech settled with a loss of 35 cents at $4.80, with 3,000 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
NCB at record close in Trinidad – Wednesday
NCB Financial traded at TT$9 on the TTSE on Wednesday.
NCB Financial Group gained 55 cents trading at a 52 weeks’ high of $9, after exchanging 38,200 shares on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Wednesday. The closing price equates to J$180 and compares with $145 the stock closed at in Kingston.
Market activity ended in 16 securities trading, compared to 18 on Tuesday, with 4 advancing, 5 declining and 7 remaining unchanged. At close of the market, the Composite Index jumped 13.65 points to 1,349.66. The All T&T Index fell 0.63 points to 1,772.03, while the Cross Listed Index rose 3.87 points to close at 125.22
Trading ended with 759,511 shares for $8,186,668 compared to 126,863 shares for $1,684,534 on Tuesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at 5 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 with a lower offer.
Stocks ending with gains| At the close of the market, First Citizens ended with a gain of 1 cent at $36.90, after exchanging 23,638 shares, Sagicor Financial finished trading 387,214 shares with 7 cents rise to settle at $8.70 and Trinidad Cement gained 3 cents and completed trading 10,510 shares at $2.60.
Stocks closing with losses| Clico Investments fell 4 cents and ended at $22.35, with 8,123 stock units changing hands, First Caribbean International Bank closed with a loss of 5 cents and ended at $8.25, with an exchange of 3,500 units. Gaurdian Media shed 80 cents and settled at $14, after 
exchanging just 5 shares, Guardian Holdings lost 30 cents, in ending at $18.50, with 3,000 units changing hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended trading 10 cents lower at $29.40, after exchanging 7,500 units.
Stocks closing firm| Ansa Mcal ended at $55.94, with a mere 13 units trading, Grace Kennedy closed at $3.35, with 42,000 stock units changing hands, JMMB Group settled at $1.65, after exchanging 107,012 shares, Massy Holdings settled at $55, after exchanging 19 shares. National Enterprises closed at $7, with 112,043 stock units changing hands, Republic Financial Holdings completed trading 16,434 shares at $120.11and Unilever Caribbean settled at $26.30, in exchanging 300 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
New record high for JSE main market – Tuesday
The Jamaica Stock Exchange main market closed at a new record high on Tuesday for the second consecutive day and the second time for 2019 and in the process posted gains of 5.8 percent for the year.
At the end of trading when NCB Financial ended at a record close of $165 and Wisynco Group that traded at an all-time high of $13 ended at a new record close of $12.60. The All Jamaican Composite Index surged 5,918.33 points to a record close of 441,176.13 and the JSE Index climbed 5,378.16 points to record close of 401,902.02. Earlier in the day, at 10.21 am, the All Jamaican Composite Index jumped 8,683.84 points to 443,941.64 and the JSE Index surged 7,891.26 points to 404,415.12.
After five months of consolidation, with a slight upward bias, the market finally broke the record high reached on November 29 last year of 433,307.22 on the All Jamaica index and 394,791.89 on the JSE Index on Monday and has gone on the new heights on Tuesday.
The main and US markets had 31 securities traded, compared to 33 on Monday leading to 17 advancing, 3 declining and 11 closing unchanged.
Market activity on the main market ended with 4,368,956 units valued at $113,544,169 changing hands, compared to 4,679,663 units valued $362,626,260 trading on Monday.
Mayberry Jamaica Equities, accounting for 1.1 million shares or 25.4 percent of total main market volume, followed by Mayberry Investments with 882,928 shares, and 20 percent of the day’s trades, Barita Investments closed with 843,926 shares for 19 percent of volume traded and Grace Kennedy with 545,299 stock units and 12.5 percent of main market trades.
NCB Financial traded at a record high of $165.
Market activity ended with an average of 156,034 units valued at over $4,055,149, in contrast to 146,239 shares valued at $11,332,071 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 157,923 shares at $3,718,919 for each security, compared to 158,599 shares at $3,037,176 previously. Trading for March resulted in an average of 438,501 shares at $9,851,307, for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the reading showing 17 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and just 2 closing with lower offers.
In main market activity, Barita Investments lost $3 to close at $39.50, with an exchange of 843,926 shares, Grace Kennedy gained $1 to end at $61 with 545,299 shares changing hands, Jamaica Broilers climbed 50 cents in exchanging 74,384 units to end at $34.50, Jamaica Producers gained $1.50 to close at $23, after trading 343,580 stock units. Kingston Properties jumped $1.95 and finished at $8.45, with an exchange of 58,406 stock units, 
Mayberry Investments rose by $1 and ended trading at $9.50, with 882,928 shares changing hands. Mayberry Equities rose by $1 and ended trading at $11, with 1,109,121 shares trading, NCB Financial Group jumped $21.50 in trading 67,382 shares to close at an all-time record high of $165. Portland JSX gained 60 cents trading 9,087 shares at $8.10, Sagicor Group fell 51 cents to end at $46.99 in an exchange of 33,999 shares and Scotia Group rose $1.49 in trading 23,218 shares to close $51.99.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with 48,320 units valued at $10,612. Margaritaville traded 189 to close at 25 US cents, Proven Investments traded 46,131 shares at 23 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments traded 2,000 shares at 10 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index declined by 0.43 points to close at 177.21
