Paramount Trading closed at a new all-time high of $27.
Trading volume rosed 47 percent from Tuesday’s levels, ending with 521,462 units changing hands, while value traded, climbed 64 percent to $7,467,867 from $4,566,702 on Tuesday. Wednesday’s trades include 30,000 units of Jamaican Teas bond with a value of $3 million.
An average of 27,445 units with an average value of $393,046 traded, compared to 65,446 units with an average value of $304,447 on the preceding trading day. The average for the month to date is 46,446 units at $348,746 compared to 129,138 units at $709,705 for October.
At the close of the market on 19 securities traded, versus 15 on Tuesday resulting in 6 stocks advancing and 4 declining. Market activities ended with 9 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 ending with lower offers. One stock closed at a new high and one traded at an intraday high.In trading activity, AMG Packaging ended with 51,684 shares changing hands at $18.50, Cargo Handlers ended with 127,729 shares changing hands at $11 but traded at an intraday high of $12.50. Caribbean Cream closed with 102,300 shares changing hands and lost 46 cents to end at $7.06, Caribbean Flavours traded 17,460 units and gained 2 cents to end at $8.40. Caribbean Producers closed trading with 1,297 units at $3.65, C2W Music closed with 12,000 units changing hands and gained 1 cent to close at 25 cents, Dolphin Cove traded 480 units and jumped $2.79 to $15.29, General Accident Insurance fell 2 cents in trading 100 shares at $3.
Honey Bun with 26,121 shares changing hands closed at $6.10, Iron Rock Insurance had 2,000 units trading and ended at $3.30. Jamaican Teas traded 8,000 shares to close at $4, Knutsford Express lost 50 cents in trading 5,000 shares in closing at $22, Lasco Distributors ended with 50,000 shares trading to close at $7. Lasco Financial ended with 3,065 shares changing hands to close at $3.15, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $5 with 33,336 shares after falling 10 cents, Medical Disposables rose 40 cents to end at $5 with 43,590 shares changing hands. Paramount Trading had 1,450 units changing hands to close at a new all-time high of $27 after rising $3 and tTech traded 5,850 units with a gain of 5 cents to close at $5.05.
The average trade for the day in the main market ended at 330,400 and month to date 312,605 units. On Tuesday, an average of 294,810 units traded. The average for the October was 220,811 units.
Jamaica Stock Exchange rose 26 cents and ended at $27.50 while trading 41,833 shares. JMMB Group traded just 670 shares and rose 49 cents to end at $13.99, Kingston Wharves traded 6,740 shares to close at $17.50, Mayberry Investments fell 23 cents and ended with 34,383 shares trading at $3.65, National Commercial Bank rose 80 cents in trading 28,240 shares to close at $44.50. Radio Jamaica gained 5 cents and closed at $1.45 after trading 5,000 shares, Sagicor Group had 77,084 shares changing hands and jumped $1.50 to close at $23.50. Scotia Group jumped $1.48 in trading 438,863 shares to close at $32.98, Supreme Ventures traded 7,196,635 shares to end at $5, Proven Investments traded 88,291 units at 19.89 US cents down from 20 US cents and JMMB Group 7.50% preference shares rose 1 cent and traded 80,500 units at $1.09.
Paramount Trading had a small volume changing hands but the stock traded at a new all-time high of $27 after rising $3.
The market closed with 42 securities trading as the prices of 13 gained while 16 declined in the overall market, including 4 stocks rising and 5 falling, in the junior market.
Jamaica Stock Exchange lost 26 cents and ended at $27.24 while trading 26,872 shares, JMMB Group traded 85,795 shares and rose 20 cents to end at $13.50, Kingston Wharves traded 2,700 shares to close at $17.50,Mayberry Investments fell 12 cents and ended with 129,368 shares trading at $3.88, National Commercial Bank traded 93,037 shares to close at $43.70. Pan Jamaican Investments lost 29 cents and closed at $23 after trading 54,650 shares, Sagicor Group had 53,525 shares changing hands and lost 90 cents to close at $22, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 6,000 shares to close at $10.25 after rising 5 cents. Scotia Group traded 1,290,387 shares to close at $31.50, Seprod lost 85 cents in trading 62,825 shares to end at $24.15, Proven Investments traded 290,126 units at 20 US cents up from 19.90 US cents and JMMB Group 7.50% preference shares traded 506,000 units at $1.08.
Losses| Calypso Macro Index Fund lost 2 cents to close at 52 weeks’ low of $21.97 after trading 492 shares, National Enterprises traded 15,000 shares and Republic Financial Holdings and 68 shares and both lost 1 cents each to close at $10.40 and $108.99 respectively.
The Jamaican dollar gained against the United States dollar and the euro on Tuesday but closed down against the Canadian dollar and the Pound. Dealers bought the equivalent of US$37,551,931 of all currencies, and sold US$29,217,148, compared to US$46,553,035 purchased and US$39,251,159 sold on Monday. 
The average rate for buying the British Pound rose 32 cents to $154.52 for the purchase of £1,560,575 while £972,185 was sold with a rise of 14 cents to end at $157.37.
Highs & Lows| Notable changes to the highest and lowest rates for the regularly traded currencies, in the foreign exchange market on Tuesday, include a rise of $1.08 in the lowest selling rate of the US dollar to $105.12. The highest selling rate for the Canadian dollar declined $1.53 to $99.83. The highest buying rate for the British Pound dropped $11.18 to $157 and the lowest buying rate dropped $6.81 to $126.41, the highest selling rate rose $6.66 to $180 and the lowest selling rate dropped $6 to $152. The highest buying rate for the Euro dipped $5 to $140, the lowest buying rate fell $1.95 to $113.21, the highest selling rate fell $2.97 to $146.88 and the lowest selling rate surged $21.87 to $136.40.
Market activities ended with 8 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 ending with lower offers.
Honey Bun with 4,927 shares changing hands closed at $6.10, Iron Rock Insurance with 94,434 units trading, ended at $3.30. Jamaican Teas traded 100 shares to close at $4, Jetcon Corporation jumped 58 cents and ended with 19,769 shares trading at $4.59, Knutsford Express traded 7,000 shares in closing at $22.50, Lasco Distributors ended with 205,955 shares trading to close at $7. Lasco Financial ended with 501,737 shares changing hands but lost 9 cents to close at $3.15, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $5.10 with 90,873 shares after rising 10 cents and Medical Disposables closed at $5 with 7,011 shares changing hands.
Reasonable volumes came from, Iron Rock Insurance with 94,434 units trading at $3.30, Lasco Distributors with 125,000 shares at $7, Lasco Financial with 494,451 shares changing hands at $3.25, Jamaica Broilers with 500,134 units at $14.50, JMMB Group 7.50% preference shares traded 506,000 units at $1.08 and Scotia Group accounting for 1,024,549 units at $31.50.
The All-Jamaican stock market composite index also confirms the gains in confidence as can be seen from the chart. The stock market index dipped ahead of the survey numbers and started the rebound earlier than the survey figures.
Trading on the Trinidad and Tobago Exchange ended on Monday with 9 securities changing hands, the same as on Friday. At the close 3 stocks gained while 2 declined and 4 remained unchanged. 
Losses| Grace Kennedy lost 2 cents in contributing 6,918 shares in trading, to close at $2.55 and Trinidad Cement dropped 50 cents to $3.45 while trading 28,909 shares as investors reacted negatively to a fall in profit for the September quarter.
