Trading activity on the main market ended on Thursday closed as 23 securities changed hands, leading to trading of 2,456,156 units valued at $27,810,830.  
Trading ended with the prices of 7 stocks rising, 10 declining and 6 trading firm as the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index rose 949.83 points to 313,773.80 and the JSE Index advanced by 865.40 points to 285,883.42.
In main market activity, Berger Paints closed with a loss of 90 cents at $17, with 7,900 shares, Barita Investments ended 50 cents higher at $8, with 14,825 stock units, Cable & Wireless concluded trading with a loss of 1 cent at $1.35, with 830,321 units, Carreras finished with a loss of 8 cents at $11.29, with 310,261 shares, Ciboney Group ended trading 1 cent higher at 22 cents, with 3,200 shares. Grace Kennedy traded with a loss of 25 cents at $42.50, with 157,692 stock units, Jamaica Broilers finished trading at $18, with 1,835 units, Jamaica Producers closed $1.50 higher at $17, with 57,020 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended 10 cents higher at $7, with 28,000 shares. JMMB Group concluded trading at $25, with 68,965 shares, Mayberry Investments ended trading with a loss of 35 cents at $5.60, with 4,080 shares, NCB Financial Group traded 85 cents higher at $100.85, with 59,911 shares, 1834 Investments finished trading at $1.20, with 500 shares. PanJam Investment ended $1.50 higher at $40.50, with 5,750 units, Radio Jamaica settled 5 cents higher at $1.10, with 440,000 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading with a loss of 75 cents at $34.75, with 78,695 stock units, Scotia Group finished trading with a loss of 45 cents at $52.50, with 29,435 shares. Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading with a loss of 1 cent at $14.49, with 1,000 shares, Seprod closed at $29.50, with 329 shares, Supreme Ventures concluded trading with a loss of 43 cents at $11.55, with 5,051 stock units,  Victoria Mutual Investments finished with a loss of 5 cents at $4.06, with 215,320 units and Wisynco Group settled at $10.70, with 127,568 shares and . In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market Brkers 7.5% traded 8,498 stock units at $2.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “Main market gains on Thursday.”

Trading on the main market activity ended on Wednesday was moderate with the highest volume traded of any stock being just over 386,000 units. At the close 28 securities changed hands, leading to trading of just 2,074,587 shares valued at $32,079,634.
Trading ended with the prices of 6 stocks rising, 11 declining and 11 trading firm leading to a sizable fall in the market indices.
While three stocks traded more than 1 million units the market ended with an average of 298,826 units at $5,879,625. At the close of the market the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index dropped 1,818.81 points to 312,823.97 and the JSE Index slipped 1,657.14 points to 285,018.02.
In main market activity, Berger Paints closed with a loss of 10 cents at $17.90, with 4,599 shares, Cable & Wireless concluded trading at $1.36, with 204,907 units, Carreras finished 12 cents higher at $11.37, with 144,663 shares, Caribbean Cement settled 50 cents higher at $32.60, with 6,925 shares, Ciboney Group ended trading at 21 cents, with 205,370 shares. Grace Kennedy traded with a loss of 25 cents at $42.75, with 107,908 stock units, Jamaica Broilers finished trading 25 cents higher at $18, with 2,800 units, Jamaica Producers closed at $15.50, with 126,000 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with a loss of 10 cents at $6.90, with 1,529 shares. JMMB Group concluded trading with a loss of 1 cent at $25, with 179,487 shares, Kingston Wharves settled with a loss of 78 cents at $32.72, with 100 units, Mayberry Investments ended trading with a loss of 10 cents at $5.95, with 9,667 shares, NCB Financial Group traded at $100, with 62,602 shares. 1834 Investments finished trading at $1.20, with 4,650 shares, PanJam Investment ended with a loss of 89 cents at $39, with 1,500 units, Pulse Investments finished $1.99 higher at $1.99, with 38,077 shares, Radio Jamaica settled with a loss of 3 cents at $1.05, with 21,988 shares. Sagicor Group ended trading with a loss of 25 cents at $35.50, with 40,188 stock units, Scotia Group finished trading at $52.95, with 74,200 shares, Sterling Investments ended at $13, with 100 shares, Supreme Ventures concluded trading 48 cents higher at $11.98, with 80,718 stock units. Victoria Mutual Investments Limited finished 6 cents higher at $4.11, with 182,030 units, Wisynco Group settled with a loss of 1 cent at $10.70, with 386,112 shares and Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading 64 cents higher at $14.50, with 70,447 shares. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market traded at $2, with 1,535 stock units, JMMB Group closed at $1.10, with 95,000 shares, 138 Student Living ended at $6, with 1,485 shares, Proven Investments settled with a loss of 85 cents at $5.05, with 20,000 units.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “Main market falls on Wednesday.”

Bulls pushing Jamaican stocks.

Market activity ended on Tuesday with 26 securities changing hands, leading to moderate trading of 3,559,954 shares valued at $75,487,760. At the close only 8 stocks enjoyed a rise in price, 12 declined and 7 traded firm leading to a big jump in the market indices.
While three stocks traded more than 1 million units the market ended with an average of 298,826 units at $5,879,625. At the close of the market the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index surged sharply by 6,707.14 points, to 314,642.78 and the JSE Index jumped 3by 6,110.96 points to 286,675.16.
In main market activity, Berger Paints closed at $18, with 9,302 shares, Cable & Wireless concluded trading 1 cent higher at $1.36, with 525,614 units, Carreras lost 5 cents to close at $11.25, with 179,362 shares, Caribbean Cement settled $1.60 higher at $32.10, with 97,095 shares, Grace Kennedy traded 13,820 stock units with a loss of 45 cents at $43. Jamaica Broilers finished trading with a loss of 25 cents at $17.75, with 138,809 units, Jamaica Producers closed with a loss of 50 cents at $15.50, with 28,920 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended at $7, with 3,839 shares, JMMB Group concluded trading $1.50 higher to $26, with 25,215 shares. Kingston Wharves climbed $3 to end at $33.50, with 15,614 units, Mayberry Investments ended trading at $6.05, with 7,600 shares, NCB Financial Group traded 41 cents higher at $100, with 498,494 shares, 138 Student Living concluded trading at $6, with 140 shares trading, PanJam Investment ended with a loss of $1.36 at $39.89, after trading 64,174 units. Pulse Investments finished trading $1.99, with 26,916 shares changing hands, Radio Jamaica finished 3 cents higher at $1.08, with 114,894 shares, Sagicor Group settled with a loss of 25 cents at $35.75, exchanging 81,183 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded with a loss of 14 cents at $13.86, as 17,000 shares changed hands. Scotia Group traded $2.45 higher at $52.95, with 58,008 units, Seprod ended 69 cents higher at $29.50, with 401 shares. Supreme Ventures finished 50 cents higher at $11.50, with 1,560 units, Victoria Mutual Investments settled with a loss of 7 cents at $4.05, after 218,285 shares traded, Wisynco Group ended trading 1 cent higher at $10.71, with 334,820 shares and In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market traded at $2, with 2,401 stock units, JMMB Group closed with a loss of 5 cents at $1.10, with 1,092,488 shares, Productivity Business preference share ended trading with a loss of $5 to $100, with 4,000 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 “Main market indices in big surge – Tuesday.”