Trading volume falls on JSE – Thursday

Wisynco, producers of Wata, traded 1.5 million shares on Thursday.

Trading on the pulled back Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Thursday to 5,854,377 shares valued at $100,038,878, in contrast with 17,559,021 shares valued at $97,721,084 trading on Wednesday.
Market activity closed with 23 securities changing hands, leading to the prices of 11 stocks rising, 7 declining and 5 trading firm.
At the close of the market the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index fell by 791.51 points to 315,155.86 and the JSE Index declined by 721.16 points to 287,142.63.
In main market activity, Berger Paints closed at $17.35, with 8,986 shares, Cable & Wireless concluded trading with a loss of 1 cent at $1.35, with 10,843 units, Carreras finished 17 cents higher at $11.17, with 750,303 shares, Grace Kennedy traded 40 cents higher at $43.50, with 65,011 stock units, Jamaica Broilers finished trading with a loss of 11 cents at $17.90, with 15,579 units. Jamaica Producers closed 10 cents higher at $17, with 4,373 shares, JMMB Group ended trading at $25, with 1,540,700 shares, Kingston Wharves settled 50 cents higher at $34, with 28,000 units, Mayberry Investments ended trading 1 cent higher at $6, with 19,473 shares. NCB Financial Group traded with a loss of 24 cents at $100.60, with 131,321 shares, 138 Student Living ended at $6.15, with 100 shares, PanJam Investment ended with a loss of 1.50 cents at $39.50, with 6,142 units, Pulse Investments finished at $1.80, with 5,766 shares, Radio Jamaica settled with a loss of 2 cents at $1.05, with 26,107 shares. Sagicor Group ended trading 40 cents higher at $36, with 16,220 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading 49 cents higher at $14.50, with 1,071,797 shares, Scotia Group finished trading 1 cent higher at $53, with 21,044 shares, Seprod closed $3.50 higher at $33.50, with 879 shares trading, Supreme Ventures concluded trading 2 cents higher at $12, with 133,955 stock units. Victoria Mutual Investments finished 3 cents higher at $4.13, with 231,077 units, Wisynco Group settled with a loss of 1.68 cents at $10.31, with 1,495,101 shares In the main market preference segment, JMMB Group closed with a loss of 2 cents at $1.15, with 271,400 shares and Proven Investments settled at $5.90, with 200 units.

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

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