JSE Main Market falls

Trading ended on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market on Wednesday with a 20 percent rise in the volume of stocks traded as the value dipped 7 percent below that on Tuesday, resulting from 52 securities trading, down from 57 on Tuesday with prices of 20 rising, 20 declining and 12 ending unchanged.
A total of 9,512,250 shares were exchanged for $94,127,743 versus 7,945,794 units at $100,709,129 on Tuesday.
Trading averaged 182,928 units at $1,810,149 compared with 139,400 shares at $1,766,827 on Tuesday and month to date an average of 148,706 units at $1,294,834 compared to 142,484 units at $1,201,140 on the previous day. January closed with an average of 205,236 units at $1,805,558.
Wigton Windfarm led trading with 3.49 million shares for 36.7 percent of total volume followed by Jamaica Broilers with 1.54 million units for 16.2 percent of the day’s trade and JMMB Group 7.5% with 1.01 million units for 10.6 percent market share.
The All Jamaican Composite Index rallied 3,460.05 points to 379,290.64, the JSE Main Index advanced 1,544.69 points to 334,462.13 and the JSE Financial Index popped 0.24 points to end at 79.30.
The PE Ratio, a formula to ascertain appropriate stock values, averages 14.2 for the Main Market. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios incorporate earnings forecasted by ICInsider.com for companies with the financial year ending between November 2022 and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 13 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 7 with lower offers.
At the close, Caribbean Cement popped 50 cents to close at $59.50 after 4,816 shares passed through the market, Eppley fell 98 cents to $39 in an exchange of 248 stocks, Guardian Holdings dropped $20 to $505 with a transfer of 11,287 units. Jamaica Broilers gained 83 cents to close at $31.33 with the swapping of 1,541,933 stock units, Jamaica Producers dipped $1.72 to $20.15 after trading 7,727 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange rose 63 cents to close at $15.15 in switching ownership of 2,015 shares. Kingston Wharves shed 50 cents to finish at $31.50 with an exchange of 6,579 stock units, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy rose $11 to $86 with 17 stocks changing hands, NCB Financial declined $3 to a 52 weeks’ low of $74 with 8,463 stock units clearing the market. Palace Amusement dropped $30 to close at $2,450 in trading 420 stocks, Proven Investments declined $2.51 to close at $26.50 with the swapping of 10,349 units, Sagicor Group rallied $4 to $53 with investors transferring 86,606 shares. Seprod fell $1.65 to end at $66.25 with a transfer of 2,886 units, Supreme Ventures rose 86 cents in closing at $26.93 after exchanging 4,917 stock units and Wisynco Group gained 48 cents in ending at $17.60 after a transfer of 219,667 shares.
In the preference segment, Productive Business 10.50% preference share dived $400 in closing at $1,100 with the swapping of 11 stocks, Eppley 5% preference share declined $5.93 in ending at $17.01 and trading 113 shares, Jamaica Public Service 9.5% climbed $50 to settle at $3,000 as investors exchanged 34 units and JMMB Group 7% preference share shed 41 cents to close at $2.42 in an exchange of 271 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.