Stocks put in a spirited run in November, rising 6.5 percent in the month to close at the highest level since April 14, at the close of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market on Monday after more stocks advanced than declined, with an exchange of 93 percent fewer shares than on Friday.
JSE Main Market in a strong move since the start of November.
At the close, the All Jamaican Composite Index jumped 2,322.50 points to 438,045.18, the Main Index climbed 2,101.69 points to 399,576.1 and the JSE Financial Index gained 0.60 points to settle at 104.85.
Trading ended with 49 securities changing hands compared to 41 on Friday and closed with the prices of 23 stocks rising, 18 declining and eight remaining unchanged. The average PE Ratio ended at 16.2 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2020-21 earnings.
Investors exchanged 16,714,722 shares for $170,632,583 compared to 229,254,233 units at $226,718,055 on Friday. Wigton Windfarm led trading with 29.4 percent of total volume, after exchanging 4.92 million shares, followed by Transjamaican Highway with 23.8 percent for 3.97 million units, QWI Investments with 14 percent share for 2.35 million units and Sagicor Group with 9.9 percent in trading 1.65 million units.
Trading averaged 341,117 units at $3,482,298 for each security, compared to 5,591,567 shares at $5,529,709 on Friday. Month to date, the average ended at 623,120 units at $6,686,047 for each security, in contrast to 639,789 units at $6,875,412. October averaged 398,200 units at $4,622,532.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 14 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Barita Investments climbed $3.50 in closing at $88, after trading 229,432 shares, Berger Paints shed 45 cents to settle at $12.05, with 12,811 units in crossing the changing hands. Eppley Caribbean Property Fund climbed $4.90 to $44.90, in exchanging 62,793 shares, Grace Kennedy closed at $66.50, with a loss of 50 cents after a transfer of 63,330 shares, Jamaica Broilers Group gained 56 cents exchanging 10,323 units to close at $28.50. Jamaica Producers finished at $21, after gaining $1, with the transferring of 75,409 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange rose $1.50 to $21 trading 39,878 units, Key Insurance gained 63 cents to end at $10.98, with 63,394 shares changing hands. Mayberry Investments lost 40 cents to end at $5.60 after 515 units passed through the market, NCB Financial Group dropped $2.49 to $146.01, in exchanging 14,630 units, Palace Amusement climbed $100 to $1,300 after clearing the market with 12 units. 
Pan Jam Investment advanced by $2.90 to close at $70, with 142,736 shares crossing the exchange, Sagicor Group rose $1 to $52 trading 1,647,769 shares, Salada Foods closed at $27, with a loss of $1 in trading 5,498 units. Scotia Group fell by $1.99 to $46 in exchanging 210,312 shares, Seprod gained $1.10 to end at $65.10, with a transfer of 18,206 units, Supreme Ventures shed 87 cents to finish at $16.63, with 23,840 stock units changing hands and Sygnus Credit Investments lost 69 cents trading 181,280 shares to end the day’s trade at $17.31.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with a sharply increased volume of 221 percent and valued 247 percent over Friday’s level.
October averaged 230,868 units at $535,509.
Jamaican Teas lost 4 cents to end at $2.01, after clearing the market with 795,817 shares, Jetcon Corporation ended at 82 cents, with gains of 7 cents while trading 43,464 shares, Knutsford Express slid 29 cents to $5.71, with the swapping of 566 units. Lasco Financial lost 5 cents to end at $2.55 after exchanging 25,684 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing lost 14 cents to $3.66, after trading 57,387 stock units, Limners and Bards carved out a gain of 13 cents to end at $2.63, in an exchange of 210,501 shares. Lumber Depot rose 14 cents to $1.35, with 259,988 shares changing hands, Mailpac Group climbed 7 cents to $2.21, with 1,717,151 stock units changing hands, Medical Disposables shed 42 cents to close at $3.93, with the trading of 77,098 shares. Paramount Trading rose 18 cents to close at $1.50, with an exchange of 665 units, SSL Venture lost 4 cents to end at 53 cents, switching of ownership of 1,100 units, Stationery and Office Supplies ended at $4.43, after losing 12 cents transferring 4,152 units and Tropical Battery gained 13 cents to close at $1.23, in trading 1,579,900 shares.
At the close, the All Jamaican Composite Index advanced 3,600.36 points to 435,722.68, the Main Index climbed 3,258.67 points to 397,474.41 and the JSE Financial Index gained 0.83 points to settle at 104.25.
Trading averaged 5,591,567 units at $5,529,709 for each security, versus 316,046 shares at $4,811,167 on Thursday. Month to date average ended with 639,789 units at $6,875,412 for each security, compared to 382,145 units at $6,945,430. October averaged 398,200 units at $4,622,532.
Key Insurance closed at $10.35 and rose to $1.75 after trading 287,658 shares, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy declined by $4.50 to $145.50, in crossing the market with 224 units, Pan Jam Investment fell $1.05 to $67.10 trading 25,670 stock units. Proven Investments climbed $2.22 to $39.02, with an exchange of 56 units, Scotia Group advanced $2.89 to $47.99, with investors swapping 45,993 stock units, Stanley Motta shed 80 cents to close at $4.70, in crossing the market with 5,500 units and Supreme Ventures loss of 50 cents to end at $17.50, after 145,808 shares passed through the market.
ISP Finance surged $6.39 to $22.50 with 2,270 stocks changing hands, after a three for one stock split, Jamaican Teas exchanged 502,383 shares and added 9 cents to settle at a post-split price of $2.05, Jetcon Corporation rose 5 cents to 75 cents with the transfer of 5,539 units. Lasco Financial rose 20 cents to close at $2.60 with 40,000 shares crossing the exchange, Lasco Manufacturing declined 10 cents to $3.80 with the trading of 5,375 stocks, Limners and Bards gained 5 cents to settle at $2.50 and switching ownership of 31,000 units. Lumber Depot traded 508,099 shares and lost 7 cents to end at $1.21, Medical Disposables jumped 42 cents to close at $4.35 with 4,000 stocks crossing the market, Stationery and Office Supplies gained 5 cents to finish at $4.55 with 8,958 units changing hands. Tropical Battery slipped 6 cents to $1.10 with 256,976 stocks traded and tTech shed 30 cents to $4.60 with 74,427 shares crossing the exchange.
Jetcon Corporation lost 13 cents to end at 70 cents, in transferring 123,927 shares, Knutsford Express shed 70 cents in closing at $6, after crossing the market with 113,924 stock units, Lasco Distributors gained 14 cents to close at $3.29, with investors swapping 15,019 shares. Lasco Financial dropped 24 cents to $2.40, trading 9,350 units, Lasco Manufacturing rose 40 cents to $3.90, in exchanging 18,125 stock units, Lumber Depot lost 1 cent in closing at $1.28, with the switching of 388,704 shares. Mailpac Group fell 4 cents to $2.14, after exchanging 875,012 shares, Main Event shed 37 cents to close at $3.03, with 10,000 units changing hands and Tropical Battery gained 4 cents to end at $1.16, in clearing the market with 20,772 stock units.
At the close, the All Jamaican Composite Index slipped just 210.35 points to 432,122.32, the Main Index eased 230.64 points to 394,215.74 and the JSE Financial Index edged 0.02 points lower to 103.42.
Transjamaican Highway with 16.3 percent market share for 1.96 million units and Wisynco Group accounted for 14.6 percent with 1.75 million units changing hands.
Kingston Wharves climbed $2.75 to $48.45, with 1,375 shares changing hands, Mayberry Jamaican Equities closed 36 cents higher at $8.15 in exchanging 12,000 stock units, NCB Financial climbed $2.50 to $148.50, with a transfer of 58,915 shares. Palace Amusement jumped $100 to $1,200 after an exchange of 34 units, PanJam Investment gained $1.05 to close at $68.15, trading 31,652 stock units, Proven Investments fell by $1.88 to $36.80 after switching ownership of 9,831 shares. Sagicor Group rose 89 cents to $51, with 2,172,115 shares changing hands and Supreme Ventures gained $1.52 to close at $18 trading 45,204 shares.
Trading ended with more stocks declining than rising after an exchange of 33 percent more shares than on Tuesday. The market closed with 38 securities changing hands compared to 33 on Tuesday and closed with the prices of 15 stocks rising, 17 declining and six remaining unchanged. The average PE Ratio ends at 12.5 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2020-21 earnings.
At the close of the market, Access Financial advanced 45 cents to $20.55 with an exchange of 6,753 shares, AMG Packaging slipped 1 cent to $1.59 with 71,448 stocks changing hands, Blue Power declined by 9 cents to $3.50 with 50 units traded. CAC 2000 jumped 80 cents to close at $10 with 1,000 stocks passing through the market, Cargo Handlers dropped 65 cents to $6.30 transferring 5,444 shares, Caribbean Assurance Brokers declined 15 cents to $1.75 with switching ownership of 43,718 units. Caribbean Cream declined by 19 cents in exchanging 93,302 stocks to finish at $3.81, Caribbean Producers gained 17 cents to close at $2.49 with 227,116 shares changing hands, Derrimon Trading lost 2 cents to settle at $2.38 with 20,761 units passing through the market. Dolphin Cove advanced 18 cents trading 2,368 stocks to end at $5.68, Elite Diagnostic dropped 20 cents to $3.10 in transferring 29,120 shares, Everything Fresh declined by 10 cents to 63 cents, in switching ownership of 165,878 units. Express Catering shed 67 cents to settle at $3.31 with an exchange of 89,040 stocks, Fontana climbed 30 cents to end at $5.38 with 149,049 units changing hands, General Accident gained 10 cents to finish at $6.20 with 62,300 shares traded. GWest Corporation rose 11 cents to close at 76 cents with 34,793 stocks passing through the market, iCreate lost 3 cents to settle at 59 cents with a transfer of 59,812 units, Indies Pharma increased 7 cents to $2.50, trading 89,073 shares. Iron Rock Insurance dropped 20 cents to finish at $2.80 with 31,000 stocks changing hands, Jamaican Teas exchanged 976,355 shares and climbed 20 cents to close at $6.70, Jetcon Corporation slipped 1 cent to 83 cents with 170,553 units passing through the market. Knutsford Express rose 5 cents to $6.70 with 1,000 shares traded, Lasco Financial gained 4 cents to end at $2.64 with a transfer of 10,000 stocks, Lasco Manufacturing fell 35 cents to $3.50 with investors switching ownership of 511,000 units.
Lumber Depot increased 8 cents to $1.29 with an exchange of 22,500 stocks, Mailpac Group rose 2 cents to $2.18 with 325,265 units changing hands, Medical Disposables dropped 27 cents to $3.93 with 33,581 shares traded. Paramount Trading increased by 2 cents to $1.32 with 30,000 stocks passing through the market, SSL Venture fell 1 cent to 57 cents with a transfer of 6,800 units, Stationery and Office Supplies slipped 5 cents to $4.50 with investors switching ownership of 25,843 shares. Tropical Battery exchanged 675,760 units and declined by 7 cents to $1.12 and tTech gained 3 cents to finish at $4.90 with 2,665 stocks crossing the exchange.
Pan Jam Investment finished at $67.10, with gains of 60 cents after clearing the market with 18,832 units, Proven Investments lost 36 cents to settle at $38.68, with the swapping of 14,106 stock units, Pulse Investments ended at $4.58 after losing 31 cents and exchanging 443,745 shares. Salada Foods fell $1 to $28, in transferring 24,249 stock units, Scotia Group declined $1.71 to $45.14, in clearing the market with 11,685 units, Seprod shed 50 cents to settle at $64, with 1,163 stocks passing through the market. Sterling Investments gained 50 cents to end at $3.70, with the switching of 330 units, Supreme Ventures gained 48 cents to finish at $16.48 after trading 162,359 shares and Wisynco Group closed 49 cents higher at $16, with 437,353 stocks passing through the market.
At the close, the All Jamaican Composite Index climbed 2,982.72 points to 428,936.51, the Main Index rose 2,680.31 points to 391,428.21 and the JSE Financial Index gained 0.29 points to settle at 103.11.
Trading averaged 1,039,769 units changing hands at $5,996,563 for each security, compared to an average of 678,428 shares at $4,062,730 on Monday. Trading for the month to date averaged 390,690 units at $7,005,102 for each security, versus 346,635 units at $7,073,555 on Monday. October averaged 398,200 units at $4,622,532.
Mayberry Investments ended $1.38 higher at $7 trading 50,100 shares, Mayberry Jamaican Equities gained 93 cents to finish at $7.93, with investors swapping 30,167 stock units, NCB Financial fell $3.40 to $145.10, with an exchange of 18,559 shares. Palace Amusement declined $200 to end at $1,100, in trading 5 stock units, Pan Jam Investment rose $1.50 to $66.50, after exchanging 2,067 stock units, Proven Investments gained 79 cents to close at $39.04, trading 2,785 units. Sagicor Group advanced $2 to $50 and ending with an exchange of 309,520 shares, Salada Foods climbed $4 to close at $29, trading 7,008 units, Seprod gained $1.50 to end at $64.50 after exchanging 19,273 stock units and Sterling Investments lost 50 cents to close at $3.20 transferring 255,264 shares.
Trading ended with 33 securities changing hands compared to 37 on Monday and closed with the prices of 11 stocks rising, 14 declining and eight remaining unchanged. Dolphin Cove closed at a 52 weeks’ low of $5.50.
Trading averaged of 159,785 units at $474,494 in contrast to 162,160 at $594,077 on Monday. Trading month to date, averaged 195,107 units at $565,977 compared to 197,311 units at $571,684 on Monday. Trading in October averaged 230,868 units at $535,509.
ISP Finance gained 11 cents to end at $16.11, after crossing the market with 22,879 stock units, Jamaican Teas shed 35 cents to close at $6.50, in the trading of 482,354 shares, 
