Mayberry closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $5.50
At the close the All Jamaica Composite Index gained 804.58 points to end at 201,686.80, the index recorded gains of 20.5 percent for the year to date. The JSE Market Index rose 962.45 points to finish at 184,648.99. The JSE combined index surged 1,262.68 points to end at 196,773.43, with a gain for the year to date of 24.3 percent.
At the close with 2,284,709 units valued at $18,900,534 changed hands, compared to 3,151,271 units valued at $45,655,245 changing hands on Monday. The junior market accounted for 361,716 units changing hands, valued at $1,755,268 of the stocks traded.
The average trade for the day in the main market ended at 80,125 shares compared to an average of 85,208 units traded on Monday with the average for the month to date being 104,093 units compared to 128,061 units for the month up to Monday. November ended with an average of 208,466 units.In market activity, Berger Paints gained 25 cents and closed at $5.60 with 445,016 shares trading, Cable & Wireless gained 6 cents, in trading 8,688 units, at 82 cents, Caribbean Cement lost 44 cents in trading 2,758 shares, to close at $36.01, Carreras exchanged 3,500 shares at $66. Investors traded 146,422 shares of 1834 Investments with a loss of 5 cents, to close at $1.25, Grace Kennedy traded 54,445 shares to close with a loss of 10 cents at $41, Jamaica Broilers ended trading with 51,620 units, to close at $14.65, Jamaica Producers closed at $9.20 with 31,595 shares changing hands, after falling 5 cent. Jamaica Stock Exchange traded 114,550 shares, to end with a rise of 6 cents at $5.42, JMMB Group traded 27,146 shares and fell $1.25 to close at $12.55, Mayberry Investments ended trading 43,333 shares, to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $5.50, after rising by 55 cents. National Commercial Bank jumped $1 and ended at $49 with 4,395 shares changing hands,
PANJAM Investment traded 253,310 shares to close at $24.50, Radio Jamaica traded 137,260 units while rising 3 cents to close at $1.23. Pulse Investments traded 13,523 shares at $3.90, Radio Jamaica closed at $1.23 with 447,189 shares, Sagicor Group closed with 13,000 shares changing hands to end with a rise of 95 cents at $27, Scotia Group gained 54 cents, with 33,567 shares changing hands, to close at $34.10. Scotia Investments ended at $33 with 14,718 shares being traded, Seprod gained 31 cents and ended at $28.32 with 10,217 units changing hands and JMMB Group 6 percent preference share traded 38,000 shares at $1.10 and the 7.5 percent instrument closed at US$1.06 with 146,068 units.
The Jamaican dollar made more gains against the US dollar, the Canadian dollar and the euro in foreign exchange trading on Tuesday, following gains made on Monday but lost value against the British pound. At the close of the market, dealers bought the equivalent of US$57,996,882 of all currencies and sold US$49,187,617, compared to US$57,401,488 purchased and US$40,932,708 sold on Monday. 
The Canadian dollar buying rate gained 53 cents to $94.64, with dealers buying C$1,692,991 and selling C$843,626 at an average rate that lost 12 cents to finish at $96.91. The average rate for buying the British Pound jumped $1.05 to $160.23 for the purchase of £2,229,345 while £918,792 was sold with a rise of 49 cents to end at $162.12.
Highs & Lows| Notable changes to the highest and lowest rates for the regularly traded foreign currencies on Tuesday, include a fall of $1.27 in the highest buying rate for the Canadian dollar to end at $96.93. The highest buying rate for the British Pound dropped $2.78 to $163.40, while the highest selling rate gained $1.08 to end at $171.72. The highest selling rate for the Euro dropped $2.96 to $139.60.
Trading levels remained low on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday despite 11 securities changing hands compared to 8 on Monday. The market closed with 4 stocks advancing, 1 declining and 6 unchanged. Market activity resulted in 31,912 units valued at $644,182 changing hands compared to Monday’s 46,969 units valued at $702,598. 
< Strong> Losses| Guardian Holdings closed at $12.65, down 5 cents with 2,000 shares changing hands.
Market activities ended with 12 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and just 5 ending with lower offers.
leading to moderate decline in the main market and an slight increase in the junior market index on Tuesday.
Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Monday resulted in 8 securities changing hands compared to 6 on Friday. Trading closed with 1 stock advancing, 1 declining and 6 unchanged as 46,969 units valued at $702,598 changed hands compared to Friday’s 129,133 shares valued at $660,796. 
Losses| Grace Kennedy closed at $2.71, down 1 cent with 1,000 shares changing hands.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 15 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Mayberry Investments ended trading 108,960 shares, to close at $4.95, after rising by 45 cents, National Commercial Bank shed $1 and ended at $48 with 80,765 shares changing hands, PANJAM Investment traded 27,700 shares to close at $24.50, Radio Jamaica traded 137,260 units while rising 3 cents to close at $1.23. Sagicor Group closed with 810,095 shares changing hands to close with a rise of 3 cents at $26.05, Scotia Group gained 6 cents, with 8,900 shares changing hands, to close at $33.56. Sterling Investments ended at $15.70 with 24,143 shares being swapped by investors, Supreme Ventures gained 1 cent and ended at $4.71 with 66,895 units changing hands and Proven Investments traded 223,687 shares at 19 US cents, up from 18.56 US cents.
Market activities ended with 8 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and just 5 ending with lower offers.
Lasco Financial Services traded 403,497 units and declined by 25 cents to $3.25. At the close, there were two bids to buy 1,003,050 units of Lasco Financial at $3.10 and an offer to sell 9,000 units at $3.40 and offers to buy 1,083,388 units at $3.50. Lasco Manufacturing gained just 2 cents and ended at $4.60 with 327,218 shares changing hands, Medical Disposables fell 31 cents while 41,586 shares traded, to close at $3.70 and Paramount Trading rose 18 cents with 62,800 units changing hands to close at $3.40.
Radio Jamaica with 130,000 shares at $1.25. In the junior market Caribbean Cream traded 214,330 shares at $7.50 and Medical Disposables with 41,186 units at $4.18.
In the IC Insider’s TOP 5, the candidates remain unchanged but Caribbean Cement benefited from an announcement that the Cemex Group who are offering to but majority stake in Trinidad, if successful may consider delisting shares in Barbados and Jamaica including subsidiaries after a full review of the Caribbean operations. Carib Cement moved to 4th position and is worth watching in the week to come. There are 6 offers in the market at the close of trading on Friday, ranging from $36.48 to sell 10,000 units, 10,000 units at $37, the next is 2,300 shares at $44 with the next being at $45 and $60. Bids for the stocks are not very aggressive with the only meaningful one being at $34.01 to buy 69,000 shares.
