Trading volume & main indices up

strong> Thursday’s activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, resulted in the prices of 4 stocks rising and 7 declining as 21 securities changed hands, cumulating in 8,271,202 units trading, valued at $38,526,528, In all market segments.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index gained 554.58 points to 71,652.65 and the JSE All Jamaican Composite index rose 620.12 points to close at 78,828.88.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator showed 5 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 10 stocks with offers that were lower, with the junior market having 6 of the lower offers.
Gains| Stocks gaining with last traded prices, at the end of trading in the main market are, Grace Kennedy with 118,600 shares trading, gaining $2.45 to $59, Jamaica Broilers 17,931 shares traded with a gain of 34 cents to $3.85, Kingston Wharves with 88,794 shares changing hands, gained 50 cents to $5.50 and Scotia Group closed with 31,749 units with a gain of 48 cents at $19.50.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in the last traded prices are, Ciboney with only 200 units at 7 cents, Desnoes & Geddes with 2,286,959 shares at $4.70, Radio Jamaica with 3,900 share trading closed at $1.04, Sagicor Real Estate Fund had 33,100 units changing hands to close at $6.60 and Supreme Ventures with 1,044,250 shares trading to close at $1.80.
Declines| The last traded prices of stocks with losses at the end of trading in the main market are, with shares, lost cents to end at , traded just units at loss and with only.
Cable & Wireless with 839,349 shares, closed with a cent loss at 29 cents, Carreras with 9,220 shares lost 15 cents to end at $34.50, Pan Jamaican Investment 15,300 units trading lost a cent to end at $49,
Proven Investments with 353,660 shares lost I cent to end at 17 US cents, Sagicor Group closed with 9,260 shares trading as the price ended down 1 cent at $9.50 and Scotia Investments 1,772 shares trading dropped 4 cents to end at $21.71.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share traded 2,852,171 units at $3.02 and Proven Investments 8% preference share traded 1,900 units at $5.