Falling stocks beat those declining

Trading ended on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market on Wednesday, with the volume of stocks traded rising 55 percent and 16 percent lower than Tuesday as 54 securities changed hands against 55 on Tuesday, but advancing stocks were outnumbered by those declining, with 18 rising, 27 declining and nine ending unchanged. 
The All Jamaican Composite Index popped 495.68 points to 436,241.57, the JSE Main Index rose 374.06 points to 381,286.00 and the JSE Financial Index popped 0.16 points to end at 90.70.
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 are computed based on ICInsider.com’s forecasted earnings for companies with financial years ending up to the close of August 2023.
A total of 16,023,046 shares were exchanged for $60,117,325 versus 10,333,462 units at $71,873,511 on Tuesday. Trading averages 296,723 units at $1,113,284, compared to 187,881 shares at $1,306,791 on Tuesday and month to date, an average of 196,085 units at $1,751,127, compared to 183,621 units at $1,830,126 on the previous trading day. June closed with an average of 281,913 units at $5,309,050.
Sagicor Select Financial Fund led trading with 7.70 million shares for 48 percent of total volume, followed by Transjamaican Highway with 3.30 million units for 20.6 percent of the day’s trade and Wigton Windfarm with 1.46 million units for 9.1 percent of market share.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 11 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, Barita Investments declined 80 cents after ending at $87.50 with 26,222 shares clearing the market, Berger Paints dropped $1.19 to end at $11.20 in switching ownership of 2,870 units, Caribbean Cement lost $1.50 in closing at $62, with 24,545 stock units crossing the market. Eppley rose $4.83 to close at $43.50 in exchanging 25 stocks, Jamaica Stock Exchange lost 25 cents in trading 17,148 shares at $18.20, Kingston Wharves rallied 62 cents to $38.12 while trading 1,510 stocks, Kingston Properties traded 1,510 shares and gained 30 cents in closing at $7.30, Margaritaville climbed $5.35 to close at $22.50, with 12,722 units crossing the exchange. Mayberry Jamaican Equities advanced $1 in closing at $13 in trading 10,700 shares, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy fell $9.88, ending in at $80 while exchanging two stock units, Massy Holdings fell 24 cents to $91.76 after trading 12,141 stock units, 138 Student Living shed 39 cents to close at $4.77after 268 stock units crossed the market. Palace Amusement dropped $80 to end at $820 with the swapping of 55 units,  Sagicor Group had an exchange of 81,256 shares after falling 30 cents to close at $55 and Salada Foods fell 56 cents to close at $5.22 and finished trading of 3,573 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.