Market activity ended on Tuesday with declining stocks having the upper hand on rising stocks as the volume of shares exchanged rose 39 percent and the value 98 percent above Monday’s outturn, leaving the market indices languishing with losses at the close of Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market.
Trading ended with 51 securities versus 52 on Monday, with 16 stocks rising, 25 declining and 10 remaining unchanged.
The All Jamaican Composite Index declined 2,380.68 points to 473,229.04, the JSE Main Index fell 2,360.07 points to end at 436,332.59 and the JSE Financial Index lost 0.54 points to 109.18.
The PE Ratio, a measure that determines an appropriate relative value for a stock, averages 17 based on ICInsider.com forecast of 2021-22 earnings.
A total of 9,136,559 shares traded for $130,802,962 versus 6,571,725 units at $66,082,456 on Monday. Wigton Windfarm led trading with 47.9 percent of total volume, after trading 4.38 million shares, followed by JMMB Group with 14.6 percent and 1.34 million units and Ciboney Group 7.2 percent, with 655,651 units.
Trading averaged 179,148 units at $2,564,764, compared to 126,379 shares at $1,270,816 on Monday. Trading month to date averages 245,024 units at $4,325,798, in contrast to 249,510 units at $4,445,708 on Monday. May ended with an average of 439,937 units at $4,698,961.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading has eight stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close, Barita Investments shed 55 cents ending at $82.40 in switching ownership of 30,405 shares, Caribbean Cement rose $1.20 to end at $95 with 14,582 stocks crossing the market, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund rallied $4 to $42 after exchanging 654 units, Grace Kennedy ended 55 cents lower at $99.45 with the swapping of 149,969 shares. Guardian Holdings declined $5.02 in closing at the lowest point since listing locally at $719.99 in exchanging 19,385 stocks, Jamaica Broilers rose $1 to $36 in trading 74,092 units, JMMB Group lost 25 cents to finish at $38.50 with the swapping of 1,337,495 shares, Kingston Properties rallied 32 cents to $10.07 in trading 150 stock units. Kingston Wharves fell $1.45 to $46.50 with 5,086 units changing hands, Mayberry Investments shed 40 cents to settle at $5.60 with the swapping of 1,408 stock units. NCB Financial declined $1.18 to $143.53 with 19,656 shares crossing the market, Pan Jam Investment spiked 60 cents to $68.60 in switching ownership of 8,581 shares. Portland JSX declined $1.32 to end at $8.18 with an exchange of 3,500 stocks, Proven Investments popped $1.45 to $36.48 in trading 12,686 stock units, Sagicor Group gained 55 cents to end at $63.05 in transferring 403,583 shares. 
Sagicor Real Estate Fund shed 48 cents in closing at $8.32 in an exchange of 5,008 stocks, Scotia Group rose 95 cents to $41.95 with 10,552 stocks crossing the market, Seprod closed 50 cents lower at $74.50 after exchanging 8,923 units and Supreme Ventures fell $1.85 to $17.65 in trading 79,972 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
