Another big hit for JSE stocks

Stocks got clobbered for a second day, with the All Jamaican Composite Index tumbling 7,500.40 points to 456,885.82, following on Monday’s more than 7,000 points fall. The JSE Main Index dropped 5,985.17 points to end at 419,563.41 and the JSE Financial Index shed just 1.18 points to 103.69 as activity ended on Tuesday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market after the volume of shares exchange dived 50 percent, while the value surged 109 percent compared to Monday.
Trading ended with 50 securities compared to 51 on Monday, with 17 rising, 21 declining and 12 remaining unchanged. The PE Ratio, a measure that determines an appropriate relative value stocks, averages 16.9 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2021-22 earnings.
Trading concluded  on Tuesday with 9,510,633 shares for $151,206,424 compared to 18,854,189 stock units at $72,201,390 on Monday. Wigton Windfarm accounted for 33.9 percent of total volume, with 3.22 million shares, to lead the volume traded, followed by QWI Investments 14.4 percent with 1.37 million units and Sagicor Select Financial Fund with 10.2 percent after an exchange of 972,238 units.
Trading averaged 190,213 units at $3,024,128, compared to 369,690 shares at $1,415,714 on Monday. Trading month to date averages 250,335 units at $3,911,541, in contrast to 253,353 units at $3,956,090 on Monday. May ended with an average of 439,937 units at $4,698,961.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading has 12 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, Barita Investments declined $1.10 to $80 with an exchange of 700,191 shares, Caribbean Cement slipped 50 cents to $94.50 after clearing the market of 155,541 stock units, Grace Kennedy fell $1 to $96.95, with 43,336 units crossing the market. Guardian Holdings dropped $30 to end at a JSE low of $650 with the swapping of 46,888 stocks, Jamaica Broilers rose 78 cents to $36.03 in exchanging 24,814 units, Jamaica Producers declined $1.25 to $23.50 after investors transferred 32,054 stock units. Jamaica Stock Exchange dipped 32 cents to $17, trading 17,228 stocks, Mayberry Jamaican Equities popped 34 cents to $9.09 after switching ownership of 17,300 shares. NCB Financial rose $1 to $142 with 68,867 units changing hands, 138 Student Living lost 25 cents to end at $5 with the swapping of 10,165 shares, Palace Amusement spiked $149.73 to $1,500 after trading 208 units, PanJam Investment declined $2 to $65 with a transfer of 50,915 stock units. Pulse Investments lost 24 cents to close at $4.10 with 75,022 shares clearing the market, Sagicor Group rallied 69 cents to close at $57 in an exchange of 65,202 stock units, Salada Foods shed 62 cents to close at $8, with 57,825 stocks crossing the market. Seprod gained 99 cents to finish at $74.49 with the swapping of 175,821 shares, Supreme Ventures declined 95 cents in closing at $19.95 after an exchange of 53,982 stocks and Wisynco Group lost 20 cents to close at $15.75 in transferring 50,623 units.
In the preference segment, Eppley 8.25% spiked 80 cents in closing at $6.85 with 157 units changing hands and JMMB Group 7.15% – 2028 gained 20 cents to end at $3.25 in trading 65,000 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.