Market activity ended on Friday with the value of stocks climbing 58 percent over Thursday volume, however, the volume of shares trading was a mere 6 percent higher as trading ended for the week on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market, with the All Jamaican Composite Index ending 3,249.75 points lower than at the close of last week.
At the close on Friday, the All Jamaican Composite Index popped 922.91 points to settle at 443,543.76, the Main Index gained 780.78 points to 403,871.30 and the JSE Financial Index popped 0.39 points to end at 98.83.
A total of 52 securities traded, down from 51 on Thursday, with prices of 17 rising, 22 declining and 13 ending unchanged. The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 15.5 based on ICInsider.com forecast of 2021-22 earnings.
The market ended with 11,341,314 shares trading for $94,854,280 versus 10,685,503 units at $226,729,653 on Thursday. Sterling Investments led trading with 46 percent of total volume after trading 5.21 million shares, followed by Transjamaican Highway 16.6 percent with 1.88 million units and Wigton Windfarm 7.5 percent with an exchange of 854,516 shares.
Trading averages 218,102 units at $1,824,121, compared to 209,520 shares at $4,445,679 on Thursday and month to date, an average of 301,309 units at $3,513,535, compared to 306,370 units at $3,616,283 on Thursday. 
August closed with an average of 480,039 units at $8,561,549.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows ten stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close, Barita Investments advanced $2 to end at 52 weeks’ high of $99 with 25,427 shares clearing the market, Berger Paints shed 99 cents to $13.51 with an exchange of 36,113 stocks, Caribbean Cement lost 40 cents in closing at $100.50 with 15,907 units changing hands. Eppley fell $1.70 to $38 in transferring 100 stock units, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund climbed $3.75 to $41 in switching ownership of 200 units, First Rock Capital rose 89 cents to $13.48 in exchanging 11,708 stocks. GraceKennedy traded 242,724 and fell 19 cents to close at $99.19, Guardian Holdings fell $4 to $581 with a transfer of 2,127 shares, Jamaica Broilers rallied 95 cents in closing at $28.45 after exchanging 12,080 stock units, Jamaica Producers advanced $1 to $21 in trading 129,320 stocks. Jamaica Stock Exchange popped 55 cents to close at $17.55 with 33,349 shares crossing the exchange, but only after trading at an intraday 52 weeks’ low of $15.02. JMMB Group jumped $2.75 to $38.95 with 565,258 units changing hands, Kingston Wharves declined $1 to end at $45 with the swapping of 53,929 stock units, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy declined $5 to $115, with 108 units crossing the market, NCB Financial lost 49 cents to settle at $129 in switching ownership of 23,011 shares, Palace Amusement dropped $10 to $900 in trading 164 stocks. 
PanJam Investment shed $1.77 to close at $62.01 in an exchange of 52,360 stock units, Sagicor Group lost 52 cents to end at $53.50 in trading 60,107 shares, Seprod dipped 39 cents to $63.11 with 11,833 stocks crossing the market and Wisynco Group fell 35 cents to $15.65 in exchanging 93,661 units.
In the preference segment, Eppley 7.50% preference share declined by $4.30, ending at $8 in exchanging 1,233 stock units. In the corporate bond segment Caribbean Producers rose $1 to $101, trading 30,000 units and Colassal 4.25% fell $4.11 in trading 150 million units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
