The Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market suffered a sharp fall at the close of trading on Tuesday with just a few stocks rising compared that that fell on a day there were 54 percent fewer shares changing hands than on Monday.
At the close, the All Jamaican Composite Index dropped 7,335.15 points to 398,395.64, the Main Index declined by 6,792.78 points to 363,489.94 and the JSE Financial Index shed 1.74 points to close at 95.95.
Trading ended with 42 securities changing hands compared to 38 on Monday, with the prices of nine stocks rising, 26 declining and seven remaining unchanged. The average PE Ratio of the market ended at 15 based on IC Insider.com forecast of 2020-21 earnings.
The market closed with an exchange of 10,999,409 shares for $42,539,683 compared to 24,003,466 units at $161,278,819 on Monday. Wigton Windfarm led trading with 5.77 million shares for 52.4 percent of total volume, followed by Transjamaican Highway with 1.62 million units for 14.8 percent of the day’s trade and Carreras with 1.01 million units for 9.2 percent market share.
Trading ended with an average of 261,891 units changing hands at $1,012,850 for each security, in comparison to an average of 631,670 shares at $4,244,179 on Monday. 
Trading in August averaged 497,441 units at $3,201,918.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading for the market shows four stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Barita Investments lost 50 cents, trading 1,171 shares in closing at $52.50, Caribbean Cement dropped $4 to $43, in exchanging 11,608 stock units, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund fell $2.75 to $47, with 109,021 shares clearing the market. First Rock Capital ended 47 cents lower at $11.53, in transferring 591 units, Jamaica Broilers Group gained 50 cents to settle at $25.50 after exchanging 9,326 stock units, Jamaica Producers Group lost 30 cents to end at $20 as investors swapped 5,510 stock units. JMMB Group closed at $29.80, after falling 70 cents with 28,534 stock units passing through the market, 
Key Insurance gained 34 cents, to close at $7.55 with an exchange of 5,417 stock units, Kingston Properties fell by $1.03 to $6.17, with 2,407 units changing hands. Kingston Wharves dropped $8 after trading 28,483 stock units to close at $42, NCB Financial Group declined by $4 to $136, after exchanging 24,762 stocks, Palace Amusement fell $200 to end at $1,500, with a transfer of 13 units. PanJam Investment fell $4.50 to $66.50 while trading 314 shares, Proven Investments shed $1.99 to close at $36 with an exchange of 6,896 stock units, Sagicor Group finished at $44, after losing $2.42 and the transferring of 48,477 shares. Scotia Group declined by $3.49 to settle at $47 in trading 26,079 stock units and Seprod gained 50 cents to end at $54, with 1,477 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
