Activity ended on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market on Wednesday, with the volume of stocks traded declining 12 percent and the value 131 percent more than on Tuesday as stocks declining exceeded those rising.
The All Jamaican Composite Index rose 2,293.01 points to 458,821.97, the JSE Main Index rallied 1,632.06 points to end at 401,425.56 and the JSE Financial Index lost 0.62 points to settle at 94.04.
Trading ended with 58 securities versus 59 on Tuesday, with 22 rising, 23 declining and 13 unchanged.
The PE Ratio, a formula for computing appropriate stock values, averages 15.2. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios are computed based on ICInsider.com’s forecasted earnings for companies with financial years ending up to August 2023.
Overall, 11,782,128 shares were traded for $388,157,374 versus 13,458,702 units at $167,729,641 on Tuesday. Productive Business Solutions 9.75% Preference share led trading with 2.88 million shares for 24.4 percent of total volume, followed by Transjamaican Highway with 2.33 million units for 19.8 percent of the day’s trade, Wigton Windfarm with 1.16 million units for 9.8 percent market share and Supreme Ventures with 1.10 million units for 9.3 percent market share.
Trading averages 203,140 units at $6,692,369, compared to 228,120 shares at $2,842,875 on Tuesday and month to date, an average of 241,594 units at $4,975,252, compared to 261,512 units at $4,086,031 on the previous trading day. April closed with an average of 532,209 units at $5,709,319.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 14 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, Berger Paints fell $1 in ending at $10 after exchanging 22,941 shares, Caribbean Cement rose $2.56 in closing at $69.71, with 2,840 stocks clearing the market, Caribbean Producers shed 42 cents to close at $18.06 after 245,495 units crossed the market. Eppley declined $2.35 to end at $40.15, with 24 stock units changing hands, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund gained $1.50 to close at $48.50, with an exchange of 3,852 stocks, First Rock Capital dropped $1.61 to close at $11.65 with the swapping of 62,868 stock units. GraceKennedy increased $4 in ending at $111 after 15,712 units changed hands, Guardian Holdings lost $4.20 to $515.85 after exchanging 1,501 shares, Jamaica Producers rose $1.65 in closing at $23.95, with 18,035 stocks crossing the market. Jamaica Stock Exchange lost $1.15 to end at $22.25 in exchanging 25,044 units, JMMB Group climbed $2.50 to $47.90 while exchanging 122,925 stock units, Kingston Wharves popped $1.50 to close at $40 in switching ownership of 5,583 shares. Massy Holdings fell 30 cents to $98.70 in trading 3,935 units, Mayberry Investments rallied 50 cents to $9.25 in an exchange of 160,607 shares, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy dropped $1 in closing at $101 after trading 500 stocks. NCB Financial declined $7.70 to end at $106.40 after trading 33,801 stock units, Palace Amusement shed $14.83 to $1000.17, with 33 shares crossing the exchange, Proven Investments advanced 99 cents to close at $37.99, with 30,660 stock units crossing the exchange. 
Sagicor Group shed 97 cents in closing at $57 after trading 12,371 units, Scotia Group declined $1.13 to $35 trading 48,867 stocks, Seprod rose $4.70 to $63 in an exchange of 44,160 stocks before the release that the company is to acquire AS Bryden group based in Trinidad and Tobago. Supreme Ventures rallied $1.50 in ending at $30, with 1,096,408 stock units crossing the market, Sygnus Real Estate Finance fell $2.45 in closing at $15.60 after trading 835 shares and Wisynco Group lost 65 cents to close at $24.20 with 112,378 units clearing the market.
In the preference segment, Eppley 5% preference share dropped $1.15 to end at $19.85, with 799 shares crossing the market, JMMB Group 7.25% preference share gained 30 cents to end at $3.49 after exchanging 1,562 stocks and Productive Business Solutions 9.75% preference share shed $9.45 in closing at $108.25 while trading 2,877,023 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading averaged 1,030,475 shares at $5,073,340, up from 369,428 units costing $1,397,363 on Wednesday, with the month to date, averaging 461,796 units at $1,822,342 versus 426,741 units at $1,621,938 on the previous trading day. Trading in March averaged 719,276 units at $2,636,802.
Lasco Manufacturing popped 60 cents ending at $5.70 with an exchange of 40,838 units, Medical Disposables lost 50 cents to close at $6.50 after 135,187 stocks changed hands, Paramount Trading shed 22 cents to end at $1.76 while exchanging 552,705 shares. Spur Tree Spices climbed 23 cents to close at a record high of $4.45 after an exchange of 679,715 stock units, SSL Venture dropped 15 cents in ending at $1.60, with 109,215 stocks crossing the market, Stationery and Office Supplies advanced 65 cents to end at $9.65 after 29,964 units crossed the exchange and tTech rallied 19 cents in closing at $4.09 with 10,000 shares traded.
The All Jamaican Composite Index popped 1,335.55 points to 455,179.03, the JSE Main Index added 2,893.91 points to close at 398,414.13 and the JSE Financial Index rallied 0.08 points to settle at 93.85.
At the close, Caribbean Cement rose $1 to $71, with 20,051 shares crossing the exchange, Carreras advanced 30 cents to $9.70 in switching ownership of 102,998 stocks, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund gained $2.50 to close at $47, with 395 stock units crossing the market. GraceKennedy increased $6.86 to end at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $111.88 with 79,927 units changing hands, Guardian Holdings climbed $15 in closing at $535 in an exchange of 86 stocks, Jamaica Broilers fell 58 cents to close at $27.92, with 96,395 units clearing the market. Jamaica Producers declined 90 cents to $22 while exchanging 86,290 shares, JMMB Group rallied $1.78 in closing at $47.96 after 157,286 stock units changed hands, Kingston Wharves popped $1.13 to $40.15 to close as 3,374 stock units passed through the exchange. Margaritaville dropped 40 cents to end at $25 with the swapping of 80 stocks, Mayberry Investments lost 41 cents in ending at $8 after exchanging 75,941 units, Mayberry Jamaican Equities shed 40 cents to close at $11.60 with an exchange of 377,042 shares. MPC Caribbean Clean Energy declined $4 to end at $111, trading 17 units, Palace Amusement popped $20 to $940 in trading five shares, PanJam Investment shed 70 cents in closing at $64.30 in exchanging 1,101 stocks. 
Portland JSX dropped 99 cents to $11 after exchanging 1,325 stock units, Proven Investments lost $1.78 in ending at $36 and trading 6,383 shares, Seprod fell 98 cents to end at $59.02 in switching ownership of 53,166 stock units. Supreme Ventures declined $2.50 in closing at $27 with the swapping of 339,249 units, Sygnus Credit Investments shed 38 cents to close at $15.62, with 121,541 stocks crossing the market, Sygnus Real Estate Finance gained 30 cents in ending at $16 and trading 400 shares and Wisynco Group lost 93 cents to close at $23.50 in exchanging 134,531 units.
Some 43 securities traded, up from 42 on Tuesday and ended with 25 rising, seven declining and 11 closing unchanged. Five stocks closed at 52 weeks’ highs and one at a 52 weeks’ low.
At the close, Access Financial rallied $1.12 to close at $21.50 while exchanging 24,946 shares
Medical Disposables climbed 95 cents to close at $7 after exchanging 1,128,190 units, Spur Tree Spices increased 31 cents in ending at a 52 weeks’ high of $4.22 after 1,754,659 stocks changed hands, SSL Venture popped 17 cents in closing at $1.75, with 175,106 shares clearing the market, Stationery and Office Supplies popped 75 cents to end at $9 trading 15,960 units and tTech rose 11 cents to $3.90 after 11,782 stock units passed through the exchange.
The All Jamaican Composite Index shed 3,688.91 points to settle at 453,843.48, the JSE Main Index dropped 4,034.35 points to 395,520.22 and the JSE Financial Index popped 0.14 points to settle at 93.77.
At the close, Berger Paints climbed 34 cents in closing at $11.90 after 42,428 shares crossed the market, Caribbean Cement popped 30 cents to $70 in trading 35,496 stock units, Caribbean Producers dropped 57 cents to end at $17.91, with 374,412 units clearing the market. Eppley advanced $4.79 to $42.79 in switching ownership of 519 stocks, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund rose $2.50 to close at $44.50 after exchanging 1,841 stock units, First Rock Capital rallied 84 cents in ending at $12.49 after 920 stocks changed hands. GraceKennedy gained 94 cents to close at $105.02 after hitting an intraday 52 weeks’ high of %115, in an exchange of 564,310 units, Guardian Holdings increased $20 to end at $520 with 4 shares changing hands, Jamaica Producers advanced $1.40 in closing at $22.90, in an exchange of 6,544 stocks. Jamaica Stock Exchange popped $2.79 to $22.99 in trading 14,390 units, Key Insurance rose 40 cents to $4.90, with 2,032 shares crossing the exchange, Kingston Properties rallied 80 cents to end at $8.30, trading 17,220 stock units. NCB Financial shed $1 to close at $113 while exchanging 10,792 stocks, PanJam Investment climbed $1 in closing at $65 with the swapping of 12,153 shares, but only after trading at an intraday low of $60. Portland JSX gained 99 cents ending at 52 weeks’ high of $11.99 after trading 16,976 units. 
Proven Investments increased 78 cents to $37.78, with 32,813 stock units changing hands, Pulse Investments lost 33 cents at $3.83, with 1,608,039 shares crossing the market, Scotia Group advanced $1.09 in closing at $35.99 with the swapping of 14,538 stocks. Seprod declined $1.30 to close at $60 while exchanging 19,204 stock units, Sygnus Credit Investments climbed $1 to end at $16, 559,203 units crossing the market, Sygnus Real Estate Finance fell 40 cents in ending at $15.70 after exchanging 8,400 stocks and Wisynco Group rose 43 cents to end at 52 weeks’ high of $24.43, with 389,223 stock units crossing the market.
Some 42 securities traded against 43 on Monday, with 18 rising, 17 declining and seven unchanged.
At the close, Access Financial declined 69 cents in closing at $20.38 in switching ownership of 3,206 shares, CAC 2000 gained 20 cents to close at $7.40 in trading 65 units, Caribbean Assurance Brokers shed 34 cents, to end at $2.56, with the swapping of 37,066 stock units. Consolidated Bakeries rallied 10 cents to $1.30 in an exchange of 513,167 stocks, Dolphin Cove dropped 40 cents to $23 after exchanging 5,524 stocks, EduFocal lost 17 cents to end at $3.22 with an exchange of 859,952 stock units. Express Catering increased 32 cents in ending at $6.49 while exchanging 11,127 units, Fontana fell 29 cents in closing at $11 after finishing trading 207,790 shares, Fosrich rose 35 cents to $28.35 after trading 151,846 stock units. Honey Bun climbed 27 cents to close at $9.30, with 21,470 shares clearing the market, iCreate dropped 73 cents to $2.33, with 1,442,863 stocks crossing the market, Indies Pharma popped 14 cents to end at $3.29, with 55,131 units crossing the market. Jetcon Corporation advanced 30 cents to close at $1.80 after 823,775 shares crossed the exchange, Lasco Manufacturing climbed 10 cents in closing at $5.10 after trading 26,510 stocks, Lumber Depot advanced 11 cents to $3.56 in exchanging 1,124,459 units. 
Main Event increased 58 cents to close at $9.58, with an exchange of 98,341 stock units, Spur Tree Spices popped 21 cents to $3.91, with 1,339,807 shares changing hands, SSL Venture lost 10 cents in closing at $1.58, with 21,001 stock units clearing the market. Stationery and Office Supplies declined 85 cents ending at $8.25, trading 27,093 units, Tropical Battery rose 11 cents to end at $2.85, with 2,822,833 stocks crossing the market and tTech fell 26 cents and ended at $3.79 after an exchange of 1,556 shares.
The All Jamaican Composite Index rose 77.65 points to 457,532.39, the JSE Main Index skidded 2,186.81 points to 399,554.57 and the JSE Financial Index declined 0.79 points to settle at 93.63.
At the close of the market, Caribbean Cement declined $1.30 to $69.70 in an exchange of 36,677 shares, Eppley dropped $4.75 to close at $38 after exchanging 3,280 stock units, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund fell $3 to end at $42 with the swapping of 3,478 units. First Rock Capital shed 64 cents to close at $11.65 in switching ownership of 18,984 stocks, GraceKennedy lost $1.09 after ending at $104.08 after 850,418 units crossed the market, Guardian Holdings shed $45 to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $500 in trading 41,380 stocks. Jamaica Producers fell $1.50 in closing at $21.50, with 39,313 stock units crossing the exchange, Jamaica Stock Exchange lost $1.80 in ending at $20.20 while exchanging 23,033 shares, Kingston Properties dropped 30 cents to $7.50 after exchanging 82,311 stock units. Kingston Wharves declined $1 to end at $39 in trading 8,542 units, Mayberry Investments fell 50 cents to end at $8.50, with 135,684 stocks crossing the market, Mayberry Jamaican Equities dropped 45 cents in closing at $12 and trading 52,157 shares. NCB Financial declined $2 to close at $114 with an exchange of 43,690 shares, 1834 Investments, fresh after the announcement of a proposed scheme of arrangements between themselves and Radio Jamaica traded 511,310 after the price jumped 28 cents to a 52 weeks’ high of $1.13, Palace Amusement lost $80 to end at $920, with 139 units clearing the market, PanJam Investment shed $1.01 in ending at $64 in exchanging 13,857 stock units. 
Proven Investments fell 82 cents to close at $37, with 31,375 stocks changing hands, Radio Jamaica rallied 43 cents to $3.19 after trading 2,867,013 stocks, following the announcement of a proposed scheme of arrangements between themselves and 1834 Investments that will see RJR absorbing the assets and liabilities of 1834. Salada Foods popped 34 cents ending at $6.42 while exchanging 155 units. Scotia Group shed 30 cents to end at $34.90 after 104,230 stock units crossed the exchange, Seprod lost 50 cents to end at $61.30 trading 1,170 shares and Supreme Ventures dropped $2.45 to end at $29.55 after exchanging 462,521 stock units.
A total of 43 securities traded versus 44 on Friday and ended with 18 rising, 17 declining and eight closing unchanged. The Junior Market Index shed 21.68 points to settle at 4,348.26 at the close.
At the close, AMG Packaging increased 30 cents to $3.80 with an exchange of 68,423 shares, Blue Power lost 50 cents to end at $3.50, with 300 stocks changing hands, CAC 2000 fell 20 cents to end at $7.20 in trading 3,548 units. Cargo Handlers advanced $1.05 to close at $12, with 35,218 stock units clearing the market, Caribbean Cream gained 19 cents in closing at $5.19 after exchanging 61,480 units, Dolphin Cove popped $1.40 to $23.40 with the swapping of 95,344 stocks. Everything Fresh rose 16 cents to end at $1.46 in exchanging 8,452 stock units, Fontana climbed 29 cents to $11.29 after trading 137,061 shares, Fosrich shed 13 cents to close at $28 and closed with the trading of 397,141 stocks after the price hit an intraday record high of $29.25. General Accident dropped 19 cents in closing at $5.98, with 11,000 shares crossing the market, Honey Bun declined 94 cents to $9.03, after 34,453 stock units crossed the market, Indies Pharma shed 10 cents to end at $3.15 while exchanging 400,386 units. 
Jamaican Teas lost 23 cents to close at $3.56 after finishing trading of 572,462 stock units, Jetcon Corporation rallied 10 cents in closing at $1.50 in switching ownership of 857,533 stocks, Lasco Financial advanced 12 cents to $3.40 after exchanging 62,597 units. Lasco Manufacturing fell 33 cents in closing at $5 in an exchange of 26,238 shares, Lumber Depot declined 13 cents to close at $3.45 with 279,132 shares changing hands and Main Event gained 82 cents to $9 in exchanging 37,940 stock units.
Transjamaican Highway, 2.52 million units for 16.6 percent market share and Wigton Windfarm that ended with 2.33 million units changing hands for 15.4 percent market share.
Sagicor Group fell $1.35 in closing at $56 after exchanging 979 stock units, Salada Foods lost 32 cents to end at $6.08 while exchanging 2,147 shares, Scotia Group rose 20 cents to $35.20 with an exchange of 45,747 units. Supreme Ventures rallied $4.50 to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $32, with 341,205 stocks crossing the exchange after the price hit an intraday high of $33.41. Sygnus Credit Investments declined 20 cents in ending at $15.20 after an exchange of 178,651 stocks, Sygnus Real Estate Finance climbed 40 cents to $16 while trading 2,917 shares and Wisynco Group popped 53 cents in closing at $23.98 in trading 230,185 stock units.
At the close, Access Financial rose $1 to $21, after 19,254 shares crossed the market, Blue Power popped 20 cents to close at $4, with 29,889 stock units clearing the market, Cargo Handlers climbed 80 cents in closing at $10.95 after exchanging 500 stocks. Caribbean Assurance Brokers increased 35 cents ending at $2.85 with the swapping of 135,650 units, Dolphin Cove gained 40 cents to end at $22, with 65,079 stock units changing hands, Elite Diagnostic rallied 19 cents to $3.79 in an exchange of 209,048 shares. Fontana advanced 11 cents in closing at $11 after trading 134,843 units, Fosrich dropped $1.07 after ending at $28.13 in switching ownership of 105,699 stocks, iCreate rallied 59 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.10 after exchanging 1,789,801 stock units. Indies Pharma gained 15 cents to close at $3.25 while trading 2,391,948 shares, Iron Rock Insurance lost 25 cents in closing at $3.50, with 3,587 units crossing the exchange, Jetcon Corporation increased 11 cents to end at $1.40, with 515,419 stocks crossing the market.
KLE Group rose 31 cents to $2.67 in exchanging 305 stocks, Lasco Manufacturing climbed 33 cents to close at $5.33 with 42,274 stock units changing hands, Mailpac Group rose 14 cents to $3.27 with an exchange of 180,175 shares and Stationery and Office Supplies popped 31 cents in ending at $9.11 after trading 40,070 units.
