The JSE main market closed at a new high on Tuesday with indicators pointing to more gains ahead as the market moves gradually upwards.
Jamaica Stock Exchange main market stocks continued on their upward climb as bullish sentiments exert upward pressure and steering the market higher, landed it at new closing high on Tuesday with more gains to come.
The main market closed with moderate trading of 2,989,332 units valued at $34,924,721, flowing from 27 securities changing hands, with 9 rising, 10 falling and 7 trading firm. At the end, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index rose 1,341.98 points to end at a record closing high of 324,609.33 and the JSE Index advanced by 1,222.70 points to a new closing record high of 295,755.80.
In market activity, 
Barita Investments closed at $9.50, with 1,317 shares trading, Cable & Wireless concluded trading with a loss of 10 cents at $1.20, with 143,146 units, Carreras finished 10 cents higher at $10.70, with 102,432 shares, Caribbean Cement settled $1 higher at $36, with 112,607 shares, Grace Kennedy traded 1,496 stock units in rising $1 to end at $49. Jamaica Broilers finished trading with a loss of 50 cents at $20.50, in exchanging 198,187 units, Jamaica Producers closed with a loss of 88 cents at $15.12, with 6,207 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended 25 cents higher at $6.95, with 6,248 shares, JMMB Group concluded trading with a loss of 40 cents at $25.60, as 5,739 shares changed hands. Kingston Properties finished 15 cents higher at $6.40, with 5,000 stock units, Mayberry Investments ended trading 88 cents higher at $6.42, with 36,780 shares, NCB Financial Group fell by $1.51 to $97.49, with 21,004 shares trading, 1834 Investments rose 1 cent to $1.20, with 37,871 shares. 138 Student Living ended at $5.50, with 8,500 shares, changing hands. Palace Amusement rose $100 and closed at $1,100, with 100 stock units trading, 
PanJam Investment ended with a loss of 35 cents at $42.65, with 1,351 units, Radio Jamaica settled 8 cents higher at $1.09, with 102,002 shares, Sagicor Group lost 35 cents to end at $36.15, with 75,366 stock units. Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading at $15.49, with 300 shares. Scotia Group finished at $53.99, with 1,985 shares changing hands, Seprod closed at $33, with 30,103 shares, Supreme Ventures concluded trading with a loss of 20 cents at $11.70, after 83,750 stock units were exchanged, Victoria Mutual Investments finished with a loss of 44 cents at $4.05, with 474,525 units and Wisynco Group settled with a loss of 34 cents at $10.50, with 1,520,527 shares. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market 7.5% traded at $1.99, with 1,193 stock units, JMMB Group 7.5% closed at $1.02, with 11,396 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “Record close for JSE majors on Tuesday.”
Jamaica Stock Exchange main market activity, closed on Thursday with more sharp price movements, including a drop of $4.94 in Caribbean Cement, a $11 jump in the price of PanJam Investment and a surge of $3.14 in Scotia Group share price. 
In main market activity, Barita Investments closed at $9.50, with 14,730 shares trading, Cable & Wireless concluded trading 14 cents higher at $1.30, with 563,032 units, Carreras finished with a loss of 30 cents at $10.60, with 847,800 shares, Caribbean Cement settled with a loss of $4.94 at $35, with 264,524 shares, Ciboney Group fell 2 cents to 12 cents, with 3,892,538 shares. Grace Kennedy traded with a loss of $1.45 at $48, with 42,306 stock units, Jamaica Broilers gained $1 to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $21, in trading 13,100 units, Jamaica Producers closed $1.05 higher at $16, with 14,110 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with a loss of 10 cents at $6.70, with 8,000 shares. JMMB Group rose 50 cents to $26, with 327,174 shares, Kingston Wharves settled with a gain of $2 to $40, with 1,224,813 units, Mayberry Investments ended trading with a loss of 86 cents at $5.54, in the exchange of 376,631 shares, NCB Financial Group rose 29 cents to $99, with 112,718 shares changing hands. 1834 Investments finished trading at $1.19, with 57,662 shares, Palace Amusement closed at $1,000, trading 642 stock units, PanJam Investment jumped $11 to close at $43, with 68,720 units, Pulse Investments finished 4 cents higher at $1.79, with 6,000 shares. 
Radio Jamaica settled with a loss of 8 cents at $1.01, trading 298,672 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading 40 cents higher at $36.50, with 132,221 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund rose 4 cents to end at $15.49, with 79,088 shares. Scotia Group jumped $3.14 to close at $53.99, with 14,505 shares trading, Seprod closed with a loss of 50 cents at $33, in the trading of 5,384 shares. Supreme Ventures concluded trading with a loss of 5 cents at $11.90, with 238,420 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments finished 38 cents higher at $4.49, with 731,119 units changing hands, Wisynco Group settled 34 cents higher at $10.84, with 1,877,516 shares. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market 7.5% traded 4 cents higher at $1.99, with 6,300 stock units, JMMB Group 7.5% closed at $1.02, with 15,440 shares, Proven Investments jumped 74 cents to close at $5.89, with 14,939 units, changing hands.
Jamaica Producers closed with a loss of 5 cents at $14.95, with 14,000 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with a loss of 19 cents at $6.80, with 30,200 shares. JMMB Group concluded trading with a loss of 95 cents at $25.50, with 244,649 shares, Kingston Wharves settled with a loss of 50 cents at $38, with 573 units, Mayberry Investments ended trading 20 cents higher at $6.40, with 113,221 shares, NCB Financial Group traded 1 cent higher at $98.71, with 75,906 shares. 1834 Investments finished trading 4 cents higher at $1.19, with 14,029 shares, Palace Amusement dropped $300 and closed at $1,000, with 250 stock units, PanJam Investment ended with a loss of 4.98 cents at $37.12, with 113,088 units, Radio Jamaica settled with a loss of 1 cent at $1.09, with 62,491 shares.
Sagicor Group ended trading with a loss of 15 cents at $36.10, with 833,093 stock units, and Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading at $15.45, with 8,592 shares. Scotia Group finished trading $50.85 higher at $50.85, with 345,681 shares, Seprod closed $1.50 higher at $33.50, with 1,000 shares, Supreme Ventures concluded trading 45 cents higher at $11.95, with 524,028 stock units. Victoria Mutual Investments finished with a loss of 27 cents at $4.11, with 600,506 units, Wisynco Group settled 1 cent higher at $10.50, with 789,638 shares trading. In the main market preference segment, JMMB Group closed at $1.02, with 224,002 shares, Proven Investments settled at $5.15, with 100,000 units, changing hands.
Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with a loss of 1 cent at $6.99, with 15,075,000 shares, JMMB Group concluded trading $1.75 higher at $26.45, with 62,418 shares, Kingston Wharves settled with a loss of $1.50 at $38.50, with 1,025,513 units, Mayberry Investments ended trading with a loss of 5 cents at $6.20, with 41,500 shares. NCB Financial Group traded with a loss of $1.15 at $98.70, with 400,433 shares, 1834 Investments finished trading at $1.15, with 10,580 shares, 138 Student Living ended at $5.50, with 1,500 shares, PanJam Investment ended 45 cents higher at $42.10, with 223,507 units, Radio Jamaica settled at $1.10, with 43,613 shares. Sagicor Group ended trading $36.25 higher at $36.25, with 284,764 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund settled 40 cents higher at $15.45, with 13,000 shares. 
Scotia Group finished trading at $52.90, with 259,811 shares, Seprod finished trading with a loss of $1.50 at $32, with 48,554 shares, Supreme Ventures ended with a loss of 49 cents at $11.50, with 142,310 shares, Victoria Mutual Investments concluded trading with a loss of 12 cents at $4.38, with 379,300 stock units. Wisynco Group finished with a loss of 1 cent at $10.49, with 285,911 units trading. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market 7.5% traded at $1.95, with 45,172 stock units, JMMB Group 7.5% closed with a loss of 8 cents at $1.02, with 147,000 shares, changing hands.
Ciboney Group ended trading at 12 cents, with 305,350 shares changing hands, Grace Kennedy traded 50 cents higher at $49.50, with 253,780 stock units, Jamaica Broilers closed with a rise of $1 to $20, with 105,430 units, Jamaica Producers closed 15 cents higher at $15.15, with 50,751 shares. JMMB Group concluded trading at $26, with 2,319,629 shares, Kingston Wharves settled at $40, with 1,250 units, Mayberry Investments ended trading with a gain of 28 cents to $6.28, with 63,500 shares, NCB Financial Group traded with a loss of 15 cents at $99.35, with 15,682 shares. 1834 Investments finished trading at $1.15, with 104,609 shares, PanJam Investment ended with a loss of 32 cents at $41.65, with 163,550 units, Radio Jamaica settled 4 cents higher at $1.06, with 44,267 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading with a loss of 20 cents at $36, with 610,599 stock units. 
Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading 26 cents higher at $15.50, with 42,650 shares, Scotia Group finished trading $1.47 higher at $53.47, with 304,907 shares, Seprod closed $3.50 higher at $33.50, with 4,774 shares, Supreme Ventures concluded trading with a loss of 26 cents at $11.50, with 37,631 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments finished with a loss of 10 cents at $4.40, with 524,181 units, Wisynco Group settled at $10.50, with 611,295 shares and in the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market 7.5% traded 5 cents higher at $1.95, with 229,077 stock units changing hands.
Ciboney Group ended trading 3 cents higher at 16 cents, with 157,728 shares, 
Portland JSX concluded trading with a loss of 25 cents at $9.70, with 2,500 shares, Radio Jamaica settled with a loss of 5 cents at $1, with 561,044 shares, 
Main market activity ended with 27 securities changing hands, with 10 securities rising, 13 falling and 4 trading firm as trading closed with 5,286,653 units valued at $240,796,595 being exchanged. 
Kingston Properties finished at $6.25, with 1,440 stock units, Kingston Wharves settled 7 cents higher at $39.07 with 7,690 units, Mayberry Investments ended trading with a loss of 50 cents at $6, with 11,790 shares changing hands, NCB Financial Group traded $1 higher at $99, with 2,044,781 shares. 1834 Investments finished trading with a loss of 2 cents at $1.17, with 10,500 shares, 138 Student Living ended with a loss of 8 cents at $5.50, with 5,000 shares, PanJam Investment added 50 cents in closing at $43, with 229,220 units, Pulse Investments finished at $1.85, with 100 shares, Radio Jamaica settled with a loss of 2 cents at $1.05, with 569,681 shares. Sagicor Group ended trading with a loss of 65 cents at $35.60, with 7,769 stock units,
Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading 25 cents higher at $15.30, with 1,550 shares, Salada Foods traded with a loss of $1.33 at $10.72, with 112,000 units, Scotia Group finished trading with a loss of $2 at $52, with 71,423 shares, Seprod closed with a loss of 5 cents at $30, after 29,045 stock units changed hands. Supreme Ventures declined by 50 cents to $11.50, with 132,190 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments finished with a loss of 4 cents at $4.50, with 907,199 units, Wisynco Group settled with a loss of 5 cents at $10.65, exchanging 227,597 shares and in the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market 7.5% traded at $1.95, with 8,000 stock units changing hands.
JSE main market activity ended on Monday with 26 securities changing hands, of which 11 rose, 10 declined and 6 traded firm. Trading closed with 6,657,188 units valued at $155,508,071 being exchanged, up from the $31 million traded on Friday. 
Carreras finished at $10.10, with 168,334 shares, Grace Kennedy fell by $1 to $50, with 160,875 stock units. Jamaica Broilers rose 1 cent to 420, with 8,482 units, Jamaica Producers closed trading at $15.50, with 1,205 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with a gain of 5 cents at $6.05, with 8,530 shares, JMMB Group dropped 31 cents to $26, with 3,017,431 stock units. Kingston Wharves traded 900 shares at $39, Mayberry Investments ended trading with a rise of $1 to end at $6.50, with 469,349 units, NCB Financial Group traded at $98, with 502,244 shares, 1834 Investments finished trading 4 cents higher at $1.19, with 20,000 shares, 138 Student Living ended 22 cents lower at $5.58, with 100 stock units, changing hands. 
Palace Amusement closed at $1,300, with 300 stock units, PanJam Investment rose 50 cents to end at $42.50, with 2,475 units. Radio Jamaica declined by 1 cent to $1.07, with 13,000 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading 20 cents higher at $36.25, with 94,710 stock units, Scotia Group finished trading with a rise of $2 to $54, with 13,023 shares trading, Supreme Ventures concluded trading at $12, with 185,389 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments rose 4 cents and finished at $4.54, with 718,287 units and Wisynco Group gained 20 cents and settled at $10.70, with 449,497 shares trading.