Trading activity cooled from the month-end frenzy with the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market ended on Tuesday with only a handful of stocks posting gains and more than half those trading ending with losses after an exchange of 55 percent fewer shares than on Monday at a value that fell 289 percent.
The All Jamaican Composite Index shed 1,918.58 points to close at 436,126.60, the Main Index declined by 1,705.00 points to 397,871.10 and the JSE Financial Index lost 0.47 points to settle at 104.38.
Trading ended with 42 securities changing hands compared to 49 on Monday and closed with the prices of just six stocks rising, 26 declining and 10 remaining unchanged. The average PE Ratio ended at 15.8 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2020-21 earnings.
Investors exchanged 7,460,379 shares for $43,882,188 compared to 16,714,722 units at $170,632,583 on Monday. Wigton Windfarm led trading with 56.4 percent of total volume, after exchanging 4.21 million shares, followed by Transjamaican Highway with 17.9 percent and 1.34 million units and Sagicor Select Financial Fund with 5.9 percent of market share for 438,631 shares.
Trading averaged 177,628 units at $1,044,814 for each security compared to an average of 341,117 shares at $3,482,298 on Monday. In contrast, November averaged 623,120 units at $6,686,047.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading for the market shows nine stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Eppley fell $1.29 to $23.15, in exchanging 2,349 shares, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund declined $4.90 to $40, with the trading of 8,925 stock units, Grace Kennedy closed $2.40 lower at $64.10, in transferring 13,478 stock units. Jamaica Producers Group gained 75 cents to end at $21.75, with 1,470 units changing hands, JMMB Group fell $1.78 to $33.22, with an exchange of 163,274 shares, Key Insurance shed 32 cents to end at $10.66 after trading 50,126 shares. Kingston Wharves settled at $47.11, with a loss of $1.29 in transferring 799 units, NCB Financial shed $1.01 in closing at $145 trading 86,804 shares, Pan Jam Investment dropped $6.50 to $63.50, with 55,347 shares crossing the market. Proven Investments shed $3 to $36 in trading 19,127 stock units, Salada Foods lost $1 to settle at $26 in exchanging 1,366 units, Scotia Group fell $1 to $45, with 122,414 shares changing hands.
Supreme Ventures gained 40 cents to close at $17.03, after the swapping of 21,899 stock units and Sygnus Credit Investments shed $1.31 in ending at $16, with a transfer of 53,907 shares.
In the preference segment, Eppley 8.25% dropped $1.46 to settle at $7 after crossing the exchange with 180 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading ended with 35 stocks changing hands compared to 34 on Monday, with prices of 13 stocks rising, 18 declining and four remaining unchanged.
At the close of the market, Access Financial dropped $2.58 to $19.92 with the trading of a mere 100 shares, AMG Packaging gained 6 cents to end at $1.65 with an exchange of 1,141 stocks, Blue Power rose 5 cents to $2.60 in an exchange of 7,040 stock units. CAC 2000 shed $2 to $8 with a transfer of 1,564 shares, Cargo Handlers lost 11 cents to $7.20 with 200 units traded, Caribbean Assurance Brokers advanced 19 cents to $1.91 with an exchange of 500 stocks. Caribbean Cream fell 12 cents to $4 with 8,513 shares changing hands, Caribbean Flavours lost 5 cents to close at $1.70 with a transfer of 14,992 stocks, Caribbean Producers climbed 18 cents to $2.60 with 500 units traded. Consolidated Bakeries declined by 12 cents to settle at $1.10 with 5,000 shares passing through the market, Derrimon Trading gained 15 cents and exchanged 66,059 stocks to end at $2.50, Elite Diagnostic dropped 27 cents to $3.03 with 88,087 units changing hands. Express Catering rose 5 cents to $4.05 with a transfer of 250 shares, Fontana traded 530,841 stock units and lost 3 cents to end at $4.97, Fosrich slipped 10 cents to $3.90 with 4,068 stocks passing through the market. General Accident fell 24 cents to $5.96 with 123,138 shares changing hands, GWest Corporation gained 4 cents to finish at 69 cents in switching ownership of 11,159 units, iCreate closed 1 cent higher at 66 cents with 19,023 stock units traded. 
Indies Pharma lost 3 cents to end at $2.55 with a transfer of 5,428 shares, Jamaican Teas traded 3,400,162 units in shedding 22 cents to settle at $1.79, KLE Group dropped 30 cents to $1.15 with 5,000 stocks passing through the market. Knutsford Express jumped 29 cents to $6 with 1,053 shares traded, Lasco Distributors rose 17 cents to $3.46 with 21,784 stocks changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing closed 2 cents higher at $3.68 in a transfer of 95,410 units. Limners and Bards fell 13 cents to $2.50 with 39,832 stock units traded, Lumber Depot declined 15 cents to $1.20 with 168,882 shares passing through the market, Mailpac Group traded 1,321,705 stocks and slipped 1 cent to $2.20. SSL Venture rose 3 cents to 56 cents with a transfer of 14,628 units, Tropical Battery lost 6 cents to finish at $1.17 with 225,701 shares traded and tTech shed 52 cents to close at $4.08 with 44,599 stock units crossing the exchange.
Trading ended with five securities changing hands compared to eight on Monday and closed with prices of two rising, one declining and two remaining unchanged.
Proven Investments lost 1.99 cents and ended at 24 US cents, after exchanging 75,413 shares, Sterling Investments lost half a cent to end at 2.45 US cents, with 5,000 stock units changing hands. Sygnus Credit Investments gained one-tenth of a cent to end at 16.6 US cents, in crossing the market with 47,956 shares and Transjamaican Highway ended at 0.90 of a US cent, trading 18,529 stock units.
The average trade for the day amounted to 2,576 units at $160,937 versus an average of 37,205 units at $1,016,053 for each security on Monday, compared to November with an average of 12,529 units at $181,770.
Scotiabank fell $1 to 54, in exchange for 436 units and Trinidad and Tobago NGL declined by $1.63 to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $14.25, in transferring 476 units.
