Investors pumped 171 percent more money into the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market on Tuesday that led to an 85 percent rise in the volume of stocks traded compared with market activity on Monday, with an exchange of 55 securities compared to 58 on Monday, resulting in the prices of 30 rising, 16 declining and nine ending unchanged.
A total of 11,990,620 shares were traded for $247,055,940 compared with 6,493,255 units at $91,157,503 on Monday.
Trading averaged 218,011 shares at $4,491,926 up from 111,953 units at $1,571,681 on Monday and month to date, an average of 616,454 shares at $2,523,851 compared to 665,370 stock units at $2,282,234 on the previous day. November ended with an average of 202,406 units at $1,736,493.
Jamaica Broilers led trading with 5.27 million shares for 44 percent of total volume followed by Wigton Windfarm with 2.06 million units for 17.2 percent of the day’s trade and Transjamaican Highway with 931,496 units for 7.8 percent market share.
The All Jamaican Composite Index climbed 97.25 points to settle at 383,990.23, the JSE Main Index gained 363.48 points to close at 339,912.85 and the JSE Financial Index slipped 0.05 points to 81.14.
The PE Ratio, a formula to ascertain appropriate stock values, averages 13.9 for the Main Market. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios incorporate earnings forecasted by ICInsider.com for the financial years ending between November and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows seven stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, Caribbean Cement advanced $3 to $60 after 253,905 shares were traded, Carreras fell 40 cents to $8.10 with 39,365 stock units crossing the exchange, First Rock Real Estate rose $1 to $13.50 after a transfer of 13,268 units. GraceKennedy shed $2.30 to end at $80 with the swapping of 147,559 stocks, Guardian Holdings climbed $15 to $550 in an exchange of 1,064 units, Jamaica Broilers added 30 cents to close at $30 with 5,270,974 shares traded after the stock hit a 52 week’s intraday high of $32, Jamaica Producers rallied $3 ending at $23 in switching ownership of 486,528 stock units.
Jamaica Stock Exchange shed $2.36 to $14.11 after 75,201 shares crossed the market, JMMB Group was marked down by $3.60 to $32.40 after an exchange of 67,244 stocks, Mayberry Investments popped 51 cents to end at $8.25 after a transfer of 10,422 units. NCB Financial declined $1.02 to $81.50 with 56,657 shares changing hands, 138 Student Living gained 80 cents to settle at $5.90 in trading 36,016 stocks, Palace Amusement jumped $201.27 to end at $821.27 with investors transferring 22 stock units after the company announced a meeting of directors to consider a stock split. PanJam Investment dropped $2.98 to finish at $52.02 in switching ownership of 22,316 stocks, Proven Investments gained 40 cents to end at $26 trading 18,515 stock units, Sagicor Group popped 50 cents in closing at $51 with the swapping of 1,410 units. Scotia Group lost 51 cents to end at $32.50 with 574,117 shares clearing the market, Stanley Motta gained 40 cents in closing at $4.90 after 20,040 stocks changed hands and Supreme Ventures fell $1 to $29 with the swapping of 119,067 units.
In the preference segment, Eppley 5% preference share dipped $1.45 to $21.03 as investors exchanged 89 shares, Eppley 7.50% preference share rose 66 cents to $7.26 after 151 stock units crossed the market and Productive Business Solutions 9.75% preference share rallied $12.21 to $120 in trading five shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Junior Market plunges
The Junior Market Index plunged by 72.22 points to 3,840.39 at the close of trading on Tuesday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange with the volume of stocks passing through the market declining 85 percent with 73 percent lower value than on Monday after trading in 41 securities down from 46 on Monday and leading to prices of 14 rising, 17 declining and 10 closing unchanged.
A total of 5,360,806 shares were traded for $18,414,662 down from 35,801,013 units at $69,628,752 on Monday.
Trading averaged 130,751 shares at $449,138 compared with 778,283 units at $1,513,669 on Monday with the month to date, averaging 205,747 units at $536,355 compared with 214,871 stock units at $546,966 on the previous day. November closed with an average of 259,893 units at $711,335.
Fosrich led trading with 2.22 million shares for 41.5 percent of total volume followed by Dolla Financial with 581,281 units for 10.8 percent of the day’s trade and ONE on ONE Educational ended with 452,442 units for 8.4 percent market share.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 11.8. The PE ratios of 
Junior Market stocks are based on ICInsider.com projected earnings for the financial year ending between November this year and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows six stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial declined $3.79 in closing at $21.11 with 700 shares crossing the exchange, Cargo Handlers dropped $2.50 to $10 with a transfer of 4,422 stocks, Caribbean Cream dipped 20 cents to $3.80 in an ownership switch of 8,331 units. Consolidated Bakeries shed 21 cents to close at $1.80 trading 104,187 stock units, Dolphin Cove fell 85 cents to $13.25 after an exchange of 401 units, 
EduFocal lost 10 cents in ending at $2.28 after 84,101 shares passed through the market. Fontana climbed 66 cents to $8.70 with 126,497 stocks changing hands, Future Energy Source lost 18 cents to close at $4.82 after 234,101 stock units cleared the market, GWest Corporation rallied 16 cents to $1.18 in an exchange of 92,836 shares. Honey Bun gained 29 cents in closing at $7 with the swapping of 1,144 stocks, iCreate lost 12 cents to close at $2.10 with investors transferring 117,160 stock units, Lasco Distributors declined 10 cents to settle at $2.81 after trading 20,534 units. Limners and Bards rose 10 cents to $2.50 with 23,687 shares crossing the market, Main Event gained 30 cents to close at $10 in exchanging 63,442 stock units and 
Stationery and Office Supplies advanced 60 cents to end at $14.60 after a transfer of 9,774 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Financials help push JSE Main Market Up
The Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market indices bounded on Monday with the volume of stocks rising 124 percent and the value 234 percent greater than on Friday, from the trading in 58 securities up from 55 on Friday, with 17 rising, 25 declining and 16 ending unchanged.
A total of 6,493,255 shares were exchanged for $91,157,503 versus 2,890,999 units at $27,224,258 on Friday.
Trading averages 111,953 units at $1,571,681 up from 52,564 shares at $494,987 on Friday and month to date, an average of 665,307 units at $2,282,234 versus 747,673 units at $2,387,906 on the previous trading day. Trading in November ended with an average of 202,406 units at $1,736,493.
Transjamaican Highway led trading with 1.59 million shares for 24.6 percent of total volume, followed by 138 Student Living with 734,813 units for 11.3 percent of the day’s trade and JMMB Group with 628,013 units for 9.7 percent market share.
The All Jamaican Composite Index climbed 1,523.69 points to 383,892.98, the JSE Main Index rose 760.64 points to 339,549.37 and the JSE Financial Index popped 0.34 points to close at 81.19.
The PE Ratio, a formula to ascertain appropriate stock values, averages 13.7 for the Main Market. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios incorporate earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies with the financial year ending between November and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows nine stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and five with lower offers.
At the close, Berger Paints gained 50 cents to end at $10.50 after an exchange of 333 shares, Eppley dropped $6.57 to close at $32.13 as investors exchanged 2,141 stock units, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund fell $1.25 to $42.75 with 12,150 units changing hands. First Rock Real Estate shed $1 to settle at $12.50 after a transfer of 2,745 stocks, Guardian Holdings dipped $5 to $535 with 1,503 units crossing the market, Jamaica Broilers rose $2.70 to $29.70 with the swapping of 198,232 stocks after the company posted second quarter results to October with a big surge in profits from continuing operations.
Jamaica Producers declined $1 to $20 with 280,655 stock units changing hands, Jamaica Stock Exchange rallied $1.47 to $16.47 after an exchange of 16,166 shares, JMMB Group advanced $4 to close at $36 after 628,013 stocks cleared the market. Kingston Wharves fell $1.64 to $30 after an exchange of 15,240 units, Margaritaville dropped $3.45 to $19.55 as 412 shares passed through the market, Mayberry Jamaican Equities gained 51 cents in ending at $13.51 with investors transferring 50,806 stock units. MPC Caribbean Clean Energy lost 50 cents to close at $83 with 20 stocks changing hands, NCB Financial advanced $1.02 to $82.52 in switching ownership of 5,440 shares, Proven Investments was marked down by $1.60 in closing at $25.60 with an exchange of 131,799 units. Sagicor Group popped 50 cents to finish at $50.50, trading 3,566 stock units, Scotia Group fell 49 cents in closing at $33.01 after crossing the exchange with 510,357 units, but before the release of full year results showing earnings of $3.75 per share.
Seprod declined $1 to $70 with a transfer of 1,622 stock units and Stanley Motta shed 90 cents to end at $4.50 in trading 978 shares.
In the preference segment, Eppley 5% preference share rose $1.45 to $22.48 with the swapping of 11 stocks and Productive Business Solutions 9.75% preference share declined $12.21 to $107.79 after an exchange of 100,003 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading surges on Junior Market
The volume of stocks traded on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Monday surged 1,032 percent, following a 25.5 million shares trade in JFP Ltd and pushing the value up by 466 percent over Friday’s outturn after an exchange of 46 securities up from 39 on Friday, which ended with 17 rising, 18 declining and 11 closing unchanged.
A total of 35,801,013 shares were traded for $69,628,752 compared with 3,163,615 units at $12,309,172 on Friday.
Trading averaged 778,283 shares at $1,513,669 compared with 81,118 units at $315,620 on Friday with the month to date averaging 214,871 units at $546,966 compared to 125,810 stock units at $394,154 on the previous trading day. November closed with an average of 259,893 units at $711,335.
JFP Ltd led trading with 25.49 million shares for 71.2 percent of total volume followed by Derrimon Trading with 5.35 million units for 14.9 percent of the day’s trade and MFS Capital Partners with 1.20 million units for 3.4 percent market share.
At the close, the Junior Market Index declined 7.14 points to settle at 3,912.61.
The PE Ratio, a measure of computing appropriate stock values, averages 12. The PE ratios of Junior Market stocks are based on ICInsider.com projected earnings with financial year ends that fall between November this year and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close, AMG Packaging rallied 10 cents to close at $3.10 after a transfer of 1,462 shares, Cargo Handlers gained 14 cents in ending at $12.50 with 431 stock units changing hands, Caribbean Cream advanced 14 cents to $4 after 55 stocks were traded. Derrimon Trading declined 10 cents to $2, with 5,351,899 units clearing the market, Elite Diagnostic climbed 44 cents to $3.35 with an exchange of 191,332 shares, 
Express Catering rose 56 cents to end at $5 in switching ownership of 50 stock units. Fontana fell 16 cents in closing at $8.04 with 46,686 stocks crossing the market, Honey Bun dropped $1.07 to $6.71 as investors switched ownership of 22,069 units, iCreate popped 20 cents to close at $2.22 after the transfer of 33,390 stocks. Indies Pharma gained 44 cents in ending at $3.02 with the swapping of 12,549 stock units, ISP Finance advanced 10 cents to close at $15 with a transfer of 180 shares, Lasco Manufacturing dropped 25 cents to settle at $3.95 after trading of 821,360 units. Limners and Bards shed 10 cents to end at $2.40 with 248,406 shares changing hands and
Main Event lost 30 cents to close at $9.70 with an exchange of 9,651 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading dives on JSE Main Market
The volume of stocks trading plunged sharply on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market on Friday resulting in 99 percent fewer shares changing hands, with the value declining 95 percent from Thursday, after trading took place in 55 securities down from 58 previously and leading to 19 rising, 23 declining and 13 ending unchanged.
A total of 2,890,999 shares were exchanged for $27,224,258 down sharply from 246,792,291 units at $513,155,922 on Thursday.
Trading averaged 52,564 units at $494,987 compared with 4,255,040 shares at $8,847,516 on Thursday and month to date, an average of 747,673 units at $2,387,906 versus 861,796 units at $2,698,684 on the previous day. November closed with an average of 202,406 units at $1,736,493.
Pulse Investments led trading with 750,281 shares for 26 percent of total volume followed by Wigton Windfarm with 545,933 units for 18.9 percent of the day’s trade and Victoria Mutual Investments with 377,222 units for 13 percent market share.
The All Jamaican Composite Index dived 2,298.69 points to 382,369.29, the JSE Main Market Index dipped 1,613.21 points to 338,788.73 and the JSE Financial Index shed 1.10 points to end at 80.85.
The PE Ratio, a formula to ascertain appropriate stock values, averages 12.9 for the Main Market. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios incorporate earnings forecasted by ICInsider.com for companies with the financial year ending between November and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ending with bids higher than the last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close, Caribbean Cement fell $2.90 in closing at $57 after 17,639 shares passed through the market, Eppley rose $1.70 to $38.70 with an exchange of 284 stock units, First Rock Real Estate popped $1 to end at $13.50 with the swapping of 26 stocks. Jamaica Broilers rallied 97 cents after ending at $27 in switching ownership of 4,693 units, 
Jamaica Producers declined $1.50 to $21 with investors transferring 238,069 stock units, JMMB Group shed $1.45 to end at $32 after trading 42,004 stocks. MPC Caribbean Clean Energy gained 50 cents to close at $83.50 with 723 shares clearing the market, NCB Financial lost 50 cents after ending at $81.50 in trading 16,397 units, Palace Amusement dipped $1 in closing at $620 in an exchange of 61 stock units. PanJam Investment declined $2.25 to $55 after a transfer of 83,516 units, Proven Investments lost 60 cents to end at $27.20 with a transfer of 512 shares, Sagicor Group advanced $2 to $50 with 25 stocks crossing the market. Seprod rose $1 to $71 trading 9,396 stock units, Supreme Ventures climbed $3.05 to close at $30 with 100,161 stocks changing hands.
In the preference segment, Eppley 7.50% preference share fell $1.17 to $6.60 in transferring 130 units and JMMB Group 7.25% preference share rallied 42 cents to $3.23 with the swapping of 1,541 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Junior market ends week higher
In Junior Market trading on Friday the volume of stocks changing hands dropped 46 percent compared to Thursday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange as the value dropped 54 percent and ended with 39 securities trading, down from 45 on Thursday and ended with prices of 20 rising, nine declining and ten closing unchanged and resulted in the market closing the week higher than the close of the previous week.
A total of 3,163,615 shares were traded for $12,309,172 versus 5,831,798 units at $26,486,488 on Thursday.
Trading averaged 81,118 shares at $315,620 compared to 129,596 units at $588,589 on Thursday with the month to date averaging 125,810 units at $394,154 compared to 132,726 stock units at $406,308 on the previous day. November closed with an average of 259,893 units at $711,335.
Fontana led trading with 677,797 shares for 21.4 percent of total volume followed by iCreate with 396,382 units for 12.5 percent of the day’s trade and JFP Ltd with 366,095 units for 11.6 percent market share.
At the close, the Junior Market Index rose 40.36 points to settle at 3,919.75.
The PE Ratio, a measure of computing appropriate stock values, averages 11.9. The PE ratios of Junior Market stocks incorporate ICInsider.com projected earnings for companies with financial year end that falls between November this year and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows no stock ending with a bid higher than the last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close, Consolidated Bakeries popped 18 cents after ending at $1.99 with investors transferring 1,942 shares, Dolphin Cove rose 73 cents to $14.18 after an exchange of 3,209 stocks, EduFocal gained 20 cents to end at $2.40 after trading 43,124 stock units. 
Express Catering shed 56 cents in closing at $4.44 with 11,436 units changing hands, Honey Bun rallied $1.12 to close at $7.78 after 500 units crossed the market, iCreate rose 12 cents to $2.02 in an exchange of 396,382 shares. Indies Pharma lost 27 cents to close at $2.58 with the swapping of 34,582 stock units, JFP Ltd gained 18 cents to settle at $1.65 in an exchange of 366,095 stocks, Lasco Financial advanced 14 cents to $2.90 with 50,703 stocks crossing the market. Lasco Manufacturing rose 30 cents to $4.20 after 46,629 stock units passed through the market, Limners and Bards popped 10 cents in closing at $2.50 as investors exchanged 900 units, Medical Disposables advanced 22 cents to $5.20 after an exchange of 25 shares. 
Spur Tree Spices gained 13 cents to settle at $3.29 with the swapping of 21,439 units and tTech rose 19 cents to close at $3.15 in switching ownership of 1,091 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading climbs on Junior Market
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange gained momentum on Thursday, as the volume of stocks traded rose 21 percent and the value 87 percent greater than on Wednesday with 45 securities trading upfront 42 on Wednesday and ended with 15 rising, 19 declining and 11 closing unchanged.
A total of 5,831,798 shares were traded for $26,486,488 compared to 4,802,262 units at $14,183,332 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 129,596 shares at $588,589 compared to 114,340 units at $337,698 on Wednesday. Trading month to date averages 132,726 units at $406,308 versus 133,407 stock units at $366,681 on the previous day. November traded an average of 259,893 units at $711,335.
Fontana led trading with 2.0 million shares for 34.3 percent of total volume Dolla Financial followed with 1.04 million units for 17.8 percent of the day’s trade and Lumber Depot with 450,085 units for 7.7 percent market share.
At the close, the Junior Market Index climbed 12.11 points to settle at 3,879.39.
The PE Ratio, a measure of computing appropriate stock values, averages 11.8. The PE ratios of Junior Market stocks incorporate ICInsider.com projected earnings for companies with financial year end that falls between November this year and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ending with a bid higher than its last selling price and none with a lower offer.
At the close, Access Financial rose $1.11 to $24.90 with a transfer of five shares, Cargo Handlers climbed $2.37 to end at $12.36 with 66 stocks crossing the market, Caribbean Assurance Brokers gained 15 cents to close at $2.17 after exchanging 553 stock units. Caribbean Cream lost 14 cents after ending at $3.86 in transferring 13,397 units, 
Consolidated Bakeries dipped 21 cents to $1.81 after trading 3,315 stocks, Dolphin Cove fell 75 cents to $13.45, with the swapping of 455 shares. Elite Diagnostic dropped 29 cents to settle at $2.91 in switching ownership of 6,009 units, Everything Fresh shed 14 cents to end at $1.35 trading 46,894 stock units, Fontana gained 10 cents in closing at $8.20 as investors exchanged 2,002,267 shares. GWest Corporation rallied 13 cents to end at $1.03 with 351 stock units changing hands, Honey Bun declined $1.16 in closing at $6.66 with 1,591 stocks crossing the exchange, iCreate popped 14 cents to $1.90 after 293,310 units cleared the market. Indies Pharma dropped 13 cents to $2.85 in switching ownership of 424 units, Jamaican Teas popped 10 cents to close at $2.65 with investors transferring 65,589 stocks, Knutsford Express fell 12 cents to $8.49 trading 23 stock units. Lasco Financial shed 26 cents to settle at $2.76 after an exchange of 11,135 shares, Medical Disposables rose 48 cents to close at $4.98 in transferring three units, 
MFS Capital Partners gained 13 cents to finish at $2.98 with the swapping of nine shares and Stationery and Office Supplies shed 50 cents in ending at $14 in trading 58,638 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Radio Jamaica trade swells JSE Main Market
Radio Jamaica dominated trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market on Thursday with 241 million shares as Joseph Matalon transferred shares previously held by him and entities under his control to ICD Investments, pushing the volume of stocks traded by 1,811 percent and the value by 897 percent above Wednesday’s out turn, after trading in 58 securities up from 54 on Wednesday, with 23 rising, 21 declining and 14 ending unchanged.
A total of 246,792,291 shares were traded for $513,155,922 compared to 12,913,414 units at $51,455,919 on Wednesday. Trading averaged 4,255,040 stock units at $8,847,516 versus 239,137 shares at $952,887 on Wednesday.
Trading month to date averaged 861,796 units at $2,698,684 up from 151,297 units at $1,411,203 on the previous day. November closed with an average of 202,406 stock units at $1,736,493.
Radio Jamaica led trading with 241.05 million shares for 97.7 percent of total volume followed by Wigton Windfarm with 3.10 million units for 1.3 percent of trading and Pulse Investments with 699,740 units for 0.3 percent market share.
The All Jamaican Composite Index lost 2,606.04 points to end at 384,667.98, the JSE Main Index fell 1,030.71 points to 340,401.94 and the JSE Financial Index shed 0.31 points to close at 81.95.
The PE Ratio, a formula to ascertain appropriate stock values, averages 14 for the Main Market. The JSE Main and the USD Market PE ratios incorporate earnings forecasted by ICInsider.com for companies with the financial year ending between November and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ending with bids higher than the last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, Barita Investments dipped $4.07 to end at $90.90 trading 8,629 shares, Eppley was marked up by $4.83 to $37 after a transfer of 39 units, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund advanced $2 to $44 with an exchange of 651 stocks. First Rock Real Estate shed $1 in ending at $12.50 after a transfer of 10,022 stock units, GraceKennedy declined $2.99 in closing at $82 with 74,313 stocks changing hands, Guardian Holdings climbed $20 to $540 with the swapping of just one share. 
Jamaica Broilers shed $1.57 to close at $26.03 in an exchange of 44,823 stock units, Jamaica Producers rose $1.50 to settle at $22.50 in switching ownership of 885 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange fell $1.47 to $15 with 2,514 stock units clearing the market. JMMB Group popped $1.45 to end at $33.45 trading 12,437 stocks, Kingston Wharves jumped $1.69 to $31.69 with 145,284 shares passing through the market, NCB Financial rose $1.99 to $82 in switching ownership of 21,195 units. Sagicor Group dropped $3 to finish at $48 in exchanging 233,350 stocks, Scotia Group lost 50 cents to close at $33.50 after 9,645 stock units crossed the exchange and Supreme Ventures dipped $1.01 to $26.95 with 105,169 units changing hands.
In the preference segment, Eppley 5% preference share popped $1.91 in closing at $21.03 as investors exchanged 11 shares, Eppley 7.25% preference share jumped $2.98 to $19.99 in transferring 200 stocks and JMMB Group 7.25% preference share fell 50 cents to close at $2.81 in trading 351 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Record tourist arrivals for Jamaica
Jamaica tourist arrivals are now running at record levels since August this year, with data showing the country enjoying four consecutive months of arrivals exceeding similar months in 2019, the previous best period. Airport passenger movements through the Sangster International Airport are up an average of 12 percent for September to November.
If the recent trend continues, it would mean that stopover arrivals should be in the region of 3 million next year, up from 2,680,920 in 2019 and would exceed those in 2022 of around 2.5 million by a solid 20 percent or so, with the winter months enjoying much higher levels of growth as those moths were down sharply compared with 2019.
Tourist arrivals into Jamaica continued the significant improvement over 2019, the best year for tourist arrivals for the country, with traffic through the Montego Bay Sangster International Airport rising 8 percent over 2019 and 38.7 percent over 2021 as 375,900 passengers passed through the airport this year, up from 271,000 in 2021 and 348,200 total passengers arriving and departing in 2019. For the eleven months of 2022, airport arrivals in the west of the country amounted to 3,918,700 compared to 2,240,600 and 2021 and 8 percent less than the 4,208,100 that passed through the airport in 2019.
Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston had 131,700 passengers passing through the airport in November this year and up a solid 68.8 percent above the 78,000 passing through in 2021 and 1.1 percent less than 133,200 passengers passing through in 2019. Kingston’s Norman Manley airport handled 1,398,800 passengers for the 11 months to November, 93.8 percent above the 721,800 handled in 2021 but down 17 percent on the 1,680,477 movements in 2019.
Main Market records solid gains
Stocks bounced on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Wednesday with the volume slipping moderately after the values passing through the market falling 59 percent compared with Tuesday, resulting in 54 securities trading compared to 58 on Tuesday and ending with 22 rising, 21 declining and 11 ending unchanged.
A total of 12,913,414 shares were exchanged for $51,455,919 versus 11,957,180 units at $124,947,760 on Tuesday.
Trading averaged 239,137 shares at $952,887 versus 206,158 shares at $2,154,272 on Tuesday. Trading for the month to date averages 151,297 shares at $1,411,203 compared with 130,026 units at $1,522,185 on the previous day. November closed with an average of 202,406 units at $1,736,493.
Wigton Windfarm led trading with 8.44 million shares for 65.4 percent of total volume followed by Transjamaican Highway with 1.02 million units for 7.9 percent of the day’s trade and JMMB Group 7.35% due 2028 with 797,953 units for 6.2 percent market share.
The All Jamaican Composite Index climbed 4,446.25 points to 387,274.02, 
the JSE Main Index rallied 3,125.71 points to 341,432.65 and the JSE Financial Index advanced 0.99 points to 82.26.
The PE Ratio, a formula used to ascertain appropriate stock values, averages 13.8 for the Main Market. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios incorporate earnings forecasted by ICInsider.com for companies with the financial year ending between November and August 2023.
The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close, Caribbean Cement gained $2 to end at $60 as investors exchanged 24,591 shares, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund dipped $2.89 to $42 and closed at 1,348 stock units, First Rock Real Estate rose $1 in closing at $13.50 as 11 stocks passed through the market. 
GraceKennedy climbed $1.09 to close at $84.99 in switching ownership of 84,938 units, Guardian Holdings rallied $27.90 ending at $520 with the swapping of 1,479 stocks, Jamaica Broilers advanced 70 cents to end at $27.60 with an exchange of 1,582 units. Jamaica Producers lost $1 ending at $21 with a transfer of 60,162 stock units, Jamaica Stock Exchange jumped $2.89 to close at $16.47 crossing the exchange 931 shares, JMMB Group shed $1 to $32 in an exchange of 130,363 shares. Margaritaville popped $4.35 in closing at $23 in an exchange of one stock unit, Mayberry Investments increased 70 cents to close at $8 trading 35,101 units, Mayberry Jamaican Equities declined 39 cents to $13 changing hands 1,700 stocks. NCB Financial fell $3.88 ending at $80.01 exchanging 21,730 stocks, PanJam Investment climbed 50 cents in closing at $57.50 crossing the market 31,357 stock units, 
Sagicor Real Estate Fund rallied $1.26 to end at $7.80 clearing the market with 9,953 units and Supreme Ventures advanced $1.01 in closing at $27.96 after exchanging 108,642 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
