NCB Capital Markets, Stanley Thompson (left) exchanges laughs with Wisynco, Chairman William Mahfood, Wisynco CEO Andrew Mahfood & PWC’s Fiona Hyman
The big trade by in Wisynco Group, pushed trading in the overall market to 115,025,659 units valued at $1,171,809,500 versus 22,773,292 units valued at $377,866,606 on Thursday.
With the second and third largest shareholders accounting for 37.7 million units each, the seller of the bulk of the shares traded came from Wisynco Group Caribbean Ltd with just over 2.88 billion units. The trade reduced the majority holdings to just over 74 percent of the total shares issued.
Activity on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with 26 securities changing hands, ending with 11 securities rising, 7 falling, 8 trading firm. The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index rose 796.36 points to 318,127.47 and the JSE Index advanced by 725.57 points to 289,850.09.
In the main market activity, Barita Investments closed at $7.50, with 6,200 shares changing hands, Berger Paints ended with a loss of $2.35 at $19, with 6,550 stock units, Cable & Wireless concluded trading 9 cents higher at $1.10, with 110,691 units exchanged, Carreras finished 5 cents higher at $11, with 82,757 shares, Caribbean Cement settled at 8 cents more at $33.09, with 4,074 shares. Ciboney Group ended trading with a loss of 3 cents at a 52 weeks’ low of 7 cents, with 1,851,345 shares trading, Grace Kennedy climbed $2 to end at $46, with 4,168 stock units, Jamaica Broilers finished trading at $19, with 38,638 units, Jamaica Producers closed with a loss of 2 cents at $15, with 338,051 shares. Jamaica Stock Exchange ended at $6.55, with 1,500 shares, JMMB Group concluded trading in jumping $1.99 to $26, with 35,818 shares, Kingston Properties finished at $6.65, with 2,059 stock units trading, Mayberry Investments ended trading with a loss of 45 cents at $5, in exchanging 2,283 shares. NCB Financial Group traded at $99.50, with 6,795 shares, 1834 Investments finished trading for 4 cents more at $1.19, with 6,534 shares, 
PanJam Investment gained 20 cents to end at $41.50, with 5,965 units, Portland JSX concluded trading at $10, with 506 shares. Radio Jamaica settled with a loss of 2 cents at $1.08, with 55,760 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading after rising 59 cents at $37.10, with 35,845 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded $1 higher at record high of $17, with 58,784 shares, Scotia Group finished trading with a loss of $1.98 at $50.02, with 142,058 shares, Supreme Ventures finished 19 cents higher at $11.95, with 55,000 units. Victoria Mutual Investments settled at $4.45, trading 216,227 shares, Wisynco Group lost 45 cents to end at $10.25, with 111,757,051 shares traded and in the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market 7.5% traded at $1.95, with 1,000 stock units changing hands.Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place. For more details of market activities, see “Partial recovery for JSE majors – Friday.”
Main Market activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange jumped sharply on Thursday, ending trading on with 22,773,292 units valued at $377,866,606 changing hands versus 5,402,156 units valued at $66,110,510 on Wednesday. 
Cable & Wireless concluded trading with a loss of 20 cents at $1.01, with 288,269 units, Carreras finished at $10.95, with 7,029,473 shares, Caribbean Cement settled with a loss of $2.99 at $33.01, while exchanging 39,375 shares. Ciboney Group ended trading at 10 cents, with 4,963,048 shares, Grace Kennedy traded with a loss of 25 cents at $44, with 4,047,260 stock units, Jamaica Broilers finished trading 2 cents higher at $19, with 11,908 units, Jamaica Producers closed $1.90 higher at $17, with 32,106 shares. Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with a loss of 45 cents at $6.55, trading 3,000 shares, JMMB Group concluded trading with a loss of $1.99 at $24.01, after 4,190,962 shares were swapped, Kingston Properties finished at $6.65, with 384 stock units, Kingston Wharves settled at $42, trading 1,908 units. Mayberry Investments ended trading 44 cents higher at $5.45, with 2,000 shares, NCB Financial Group traded with a loss of 50 cents at $99.50, with 69,631 shares, PanJam Investment rose 30 cents to $41.30, with 49,336 units, Pulse Investments finished with a loss of 14 cents at $1.85, with 200,000 shares changing hands. Radio Jamaica settled 1 cent higher at $1.10, with 580 shares, 
Sagicor Group ended with a loss of 99 cents at $36.51, trading 41,250 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading at $16, with 59,513 shares Salada Foods fell $1 to $10.50, with 687,500 units, Scotia Group finished trading at $52, with 27,741 shares. Supreme Ventures concluded trading with a loss of 19 cents at $11.76, with 34,690 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments finished with a loss of 1 cent at $4.45, with 454,250 units and Wisynco Group settled with a loss of 79 cents at $10.70, with 456,979 shares. In the main market preference segment, JMMB Group 7.5% rose 14 cents and closed at 99 US cents with 43,900 shares.
Main Market activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange remained elevated on Wednesday, ending trading on with 5,402,156 units valued at $66,110,510 changing hands versus 8,204,593 units valued at $155,870,781 on Tuesday. 
Caribbean Cement settled $1 higher at $36, with 359,865 shares. Ciboney Group ended trading at $0.10, with 658,995 shares, Grace Kennedy traded 25 cents higher at $44.25, with 4,213 stock units, Jamaica Broilers finished trading at $18.98, with 158,864 units, Jamaica Producers closed with a loss of 40 cents at $15.10, with 5,232 shares. Jamaica Stock Exchange ended 55 cents higher at $7, with 4,150 shares, JMMB Group concluded trading $1 higher at $26, with 29,850 shares, Kingston Wharves settled with a loss of 60 cents at $42, with 46,183 units, Mayberry Investments ended trading 29 cents higher at $5.01, with 5,100 shares. NCB Financial Group traded 95 cents higher at $100, with 31,179 shares,138 Student Living ended at $5.50, with 100 shares changing hands, PanJam Investment ended at $41, with 4,880 units, Portland JSX Fund concluded trading with a loss of 22 cents at $10, with 2,000 shares, Radio Jamaica settled with a loss of 1 cent at $1.09, with 45,953 shares. 
Sagicor Group ended trading 50 cents higher at $37.50, with 68,614 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading at $16, after hitting an intraday all-time high of $17, with 24,139 shares trading. Salada Foods traded $1 higher at $11.50, with 50,000 units, Scotia Group finished trading with a loss of $1 at $52, with 39,787 shares, Sterling Investments ended at $13, with 3,240 shares. Supreme Ventures concluded trading at $11.95, with 21,100 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments finished 7 cents higher at $4.46, with 247,305 units, Wisynco Group settled $1.19 higher at $11.49, with 3,266,124 shares and In the main market preference segment, JMMB Group closed a 52 weeks’ low of 85 cents higher after losing 15 cents, with 70,332 shares changing hands.
Main Market activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange picked up sharply on Monday, ending with more than twice the volume and value of trading on Friday as 9,756,068 units valued at over $152,399,537 changed hands versus 4,322,228 units valued at over $69,892,327 Friday. 
In the main market activity, Berger Paints ended 50 cents higher at $17.75, with 8,158 stock units, Cable & Wireless concluded trading 14 cents higher at $1.39, with 1,106,514 units, Carreras finished $10.85 higher at $10.85, with 539,399 shares, Caribbean Cement settled $1.45 higher at $33, with 50,831 shares, Ciboney Group ended trading at 10 cents, with 1,199,900 shares. Grace Kennedy traded 51 cents higher at $43.51, with 545,333 stock units, Jamaica Broilers finished trading at $18.55, with 905,895 units, Jamaica Producers closed with a loss of 14 cents at $15.01, with 1,748,275 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with a loss of 55 cents at $6.45, with 750 shares. JMMB Group concluded trading 40 cents higher at $25, with 20,794 shares, Kingston Wharves settled with a loss of 15 cents at $42.45, with 674 units, Mayberry Investments ended trading 10 cents higher at $4.85, with 1,200 shares, NCB Financial Group traded with a loss of 1.02 cents at $98.97, with 11,830 shares. 1834 Investments finished trading with a loss of 8 cents at $1.20, with 11,000 shares, Palace Amusement closed at $560, with 100 stock units, PanJam Investment ended 25 cents higher at $41, with 670 units, 
Pulse Investments finished with a loss of 19 cents at $1.80, with 28,096 shares. Radio Jamaica settled 5 cents higher at $1.10, with 1,141,002 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading with a loss of 54 cents at $36.01, with 1,912,055 stock units and Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading at $14.50, with 5,150 shares Scotia Group finished trading with a loss of 50 cents at $53, with 6,955 shares, Seprod closed at $29.05, with 2,879 shares. Supreme Ventures concluded trading with a loss of 20 cents at $11.70, with 75,366 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments finished with a loss of 9 cents at $4.30, with 141,829 units and Wisynco Group settled 10 cents higher at $10.50, with 96,567 shares. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market traded with a loss of 5 cents at $1.95, with 9,365 stock units, JMMB Group closed with a loss of 2 cents at $1, with 55,500 shares, 138 Student Living ended with a loss of 60 cents at $5.40, with 129,981 shares changing hands.
Main Market activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange picked up modestly, and ended with 4,322,228 units valued at over $69,892,327 changing hands versus 2,690,310 shares valued at $52,093,635 Thursday. 
Carreras closed $10.95, with 214,710 shares changing hands, 
Sagicor Real Estate Fund settled with a loss of 40 cents at $14.50, with 29,285 shares, 
In the main market activity, Berger Paints ended with a loss of 50 cents at $17, with 24,212 stock units, Cable & Wireless concluded trading at $1.36, with 160,929 units, Carreras finished at $10.95, with 67,843 shares, Caribbean Cement settled $3.80 higher at $35, with 1,663,767 shares, Ciboney Group ended trading with a loss of 3 cents at 16 cents, with 791,013 shares. Grace Kennedy traded at $44.20, with 207,655 stock units, Jamaica Broilers finished trading at $19, with 225,282 units, Jamaica Producers closed at $15.15, with 7,208 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with a loss of 49 cents at $6.21, with 15,107 shares. JMMB Group concluded trading 30 cents higher at $25, with 7,073 shares, Kingston Wharves settled at $42.60, with 3,324 units, Mayberry Investments ended trading with a loss of 28 cents at $4.81, with 24,020 shares, NCB Financial Group traded at $100, with 45,128 shares. PanJam Investment ended at $40.55, with 1,000 units, Pulse Investments finished 19 cents higher at $1.99, with 5,000 shares, 
Radio Jamaica settled at $1.05, with 146,368 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading at $36.50, with 5,815 stock units. Sagicor Real Estate Fund settled 25 cents higher at $14.90, with 6,516 shares, Salada Foods traded $1 higher at $12, with 9,100 units, Scotia Group finished trading 50 cents higher at $52, with 31,700 shares, Seprod closed 99 cents higher at $29.99, with 143 shares, Sterling Investments ended $2.74 higher at $12.05, with 25,000 shares, Supreme Ventures concluded trading with a loss of 34 cents at $11.65, with 62,068 stock units, Victoria Mutual Investments finished at $4.30, with 221,101 units and Wisynco Group traded 16,421,906 units but lost 20 cents to end at $10.49. In the main market preference segment, Proven Investments settled with a loss of 4 cents at $5.05, with 30,000 units changing hands.
Main Market activity of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Market ended on Friday with 3,008,815 shares changing hands valued at a mere $31,052,068 as 26 securities traded ending with 9 securities rising, 8 falling, 6 trading firm. 
Ciboney Group closed at 32 cents with 159,414 shares traded, Grace Kennedy ended trading $1 higher at $44, with 61,564 shares, Jamaica Broilers traded 5 cents higher at $18.10, with 7,050 stock units, Jamaica Producers finished trading with a loss of 1.97 cents at $15.50, with 186,991 units, JMMB Group ended at $25, with 18,977 shares. Kingston Properties concluded trading 65 cents higher at $6.65, with 7,265 shares, Kingston Wharves finished $1 higher at $42, with 1,500 stock units, Mayberry Investments settled with a loss of 6 cents at $5.99, with 1,500 units, NCB Financial Group ended trading 20 cents higher at $100, with 51,424 shares. PanJam Investment closed 95 cents higher at $41, with 37,796 stock units, Radio Jamaica finished 12 cents higher at $1.12, with 1,621,266 shares, Sagicor Group settled 40 cents higher at $36, with 11,923 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund settled at $14.90, with 56,392 shares, Scotia Group traded at $50.55, with 106,638 units. 
Seprod finished trading with a loss of 59 cents at $29.01, leading to 156,774 shares changing hands, Sterling Investments closed with a rise of 31 cents at $9.31, with 13,427 shares, Supreme Ventures ended at $12, with 10,983 shares, Victoria Mutual Investments concluded trading with a loss of 10 cents at $4.10, after 127,537 stock units were exchanged while Wisynco Group finished at $10.69, with 304,203 units. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market 7.25% traded 100 stock units at $2.49, and Jamaica Money Market 7.5% finished trading at $1.95, with 10,706 units changing hands.
Market activity closed on The Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday with 28 securities changing hands, as the prices 11 rose 11 declined and 6 traded unchanged as 3,856,461 shares valued at a mere $40,581,082 changed hands. 
Grace Kennedy traded at $43, with 493 stock units, Jamaica Broilers finished trading with a loss of 15 cents at $18.05, with 500 units, Jamaica Producers closed $1.87 higher at $17.47, with 34,606 shares. Jamaica Stock Exchange ended 49 cents higher at $6.99, with 279,870 shares, JMMB Group concluded trading 48 cents higher at $25, with 207,833 shares, Kingston Properties finished at $6, with 2,500 stock units, Kingston Wharves settled with a loss of 1.60 cents at $41, with 1,761 units. Mayberry Investments ended trading 90 cents higher at $6.05, with 125,353 shares, NCB Financial Group traded 80 cents higher at $99.80, with 23,974 shares, 138 Student Living ended with a loss of 15 cents at $6, with 350 shares, PanJam Investment ended with a loss of 1.80 cents at $40.05, with 3,326 units, Pulse Investments finished at $1.80, with 2,985 shares. 
Radio Jamaica settled with a loss of 5 cents at $1, with 745,339 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading 10 cents higher at $35.60, with 336,636 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading 5 cents higher at $14.90, with 62,225 shares. Salada Foods traded with a loss of 56 cents at $9.95, with 1,000 units, Scotia Group finished trading with a loss of 1.45 cents at $50.55, with 36,870 shares. Seprod closed at $29.60, with 1,200 shares, Supreme Ventures concluded trading 1 cent higher at $12, Victoria Mutual Investments with 57,209 stock units, finished 5 cents higher at $4.20, with 177,360 units, Wisynco Group settled with a loss of 6 cents at $10.69, with 905,215 shares and in the main market preference segment, JMMB Group closed with a loss of 1 cent at $1.02, with 47,300 shares, changing hands.