The Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with losses to the primary market indices on Tuesday as trading levels rose over Monday’s levels but remained subnormal, with less $100 million exchanged between investors.
At the close, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index declined by 582.32 points to 412,724.71, the JSE Market Index shed 520.97 points to 376,393.70 and the JSE Financial Index lost 0.33 points to 97.66. The PE ratio of the market ended at 14.7, while the Main Market ended at 15.0 times ICInsider.com projected 2020-21 earnings.
The market closed with 45 securities changing hands in the Main and US dollar markets with prices of 16 stocks advancing, 17 declining and 12 securities trading firm. The JSE Main Market activity ended with 40 securities accounting for 16,817,335 units for $94,091,208, in contrast to 16,453,963 units valued at $79,166,239 from 41 securities on Monday.
Wigton Windfarm led trading with 11.3 million shares for 67 percent of total volume, followed by Carreras with 1.5 million units for 9 percent of the day’s trade and Trans Jamaican Highway with 827,574 units for 4.9 percent market share.
Securities on Tuesday traded an average of 420,433 units at $2,352,280, in contrast to 401,316 units at an average of $1,930,884 on Monday. 
The average volume for the month to date amounts to 409,897 units at $4,965,016 for each security changing hands, compared to 409,048 units with an average of $5,195,213. Trading in May resulted in an average of 475,543 units valued at $3,077,280 for each security.
IC bid-offer Indicator│ At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows sixteen stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four stocks closing with lower offers.
In the Main Market, Eppley closed 60 cents higher at $16.90, trading 1,181 units, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund gained 51 cents exchanging 500 units and settled at $40.51, Jamaica Broilers advanced by $1 to $28, with 22,555 stock units changing hands. Jamaica Producers fell $1.37 to $20.58, in transferring 763,011 shares, 
JMMB Group shed 48 cents with 349,918 shares changing hands to end at $33.52, Kingston Wharves finished $1.98 lower at $57, with an exchange of 7,949 units. MPC Caribbean Clean Energy dropped $5 to close at $165, trading 1,052 units, NCB Financial Group gained 53 cents after swapping 84,261 shares to settle at $142.50, Proven Investments shed 48 cents to close at $35.50, with 2,158 units changing hands. Sagicor Group closed $1.50 lower after transferring 115,506 shares to end at $45 and Seprod dropped $3 to settle at $50 in trading 110,922 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
