JSE Main Market down 8.5% in 2022

Market activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market ended on Friday, with the volume of stocks traded declining 19 percent with an 83 percent hike in value compared to trading on Thursday and leading to the All Jamaican Composite Index declining 2,420.51 points to 412,016.26, down 6 percent for the year to date. The JSE Main Index dropped 3,211.91 points to 362,534.06, with a year to date fall of 8.5 percent and the JSE Financial Index shed 1.29 points to settle at 86.48.
Trading ended with 289,860,735 shares for $2,467,647,684 compared with 358,301,804 units for $1,351,391,586 on Thursday.
Trading on Friday averaged 545,176,085 units at $44,065,137 versus 6,285,997 shares at $23,708,624 on Thursday and month to date, an average of 966,504 units at $6,032,158, compared to 641,350 units at $3,094,438 on the previous trading day. July closed with an average of 173,643 units at $1,683,017.
Sagicor Real Estate Fund led trading with 282.54 million shares for 97.5 percent of total volume followed by Supreme Ventures with 2.53 million units for 0.9 percent of the day’s trade and Wigton Windfarm with 966,504 units for 0.3 percent market share.
Trading accounted for 56 securities compared to 57 on Thursday, with 12 rising, 31 declining and 13 ending unchanged.
The PE Ratio, a formula to ascertain appropriate stock values, averages 13.8 for the Main Market. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios are computed based on ICInsider.com’s forecasted earnings for companies with the financial year ending between November and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows ten stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and six with lower offers.
At the close, Barita Investments fell $1.09 to $85 while exchanging 1,455 shares, Berger Paints shed $1.25 to end at $10.23 after 11,492 units changed hands, Caribbean Cement increased $1.76 to close at $59.75, with 3,496 stocks crossing the market. GraceKennedy rallied $1 to $96.50, with 29,899 shares changing hands, Guardian Holdings declined $49 in ending at $520 in exchange of 45 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange dipped $1.02 in closing at $15.50 in trading 33,459 stock units. Mayberry Jamaican Equities lost 40 cents to end at $13.50 in exchanging 15,403 shares, NCB Financial dropped $3.49 after ending at $90.51 in switching ownership of 76,798 stocks, PanJam Investment shed $2 to close at $60 trading 1,205 stocks. Proven Investments rose $1 to $33, with 3,641 shares crossing the exchange, Sagicor Group advanced $2 in closing at $54 after exchanging 64,256 units, Scotia Group declined 50 cents to end at $34 with investors transferring 7,099 stock units. Seprod lost 45 cents to end at $69.05 after a transfer of 23,137 stock units and Supreme Ventures dipped 73 cents to $29.26 in an exchange of 2,529,457 units.
In the preference segment, 138 Student Living preference share dropped $7.51 to close at $42.59 with the swapping of 40 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.