Market activity ended on the Main Market on Monday with the volume of shares trading marginally lower, with the value jumping 394 percent from Friday and the market indices falling, as declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by some distance.
The market closed, with the All Jamaican Composite Index lost 641.27 points to end at 457,069.35. The JSE main Index dropped 520.39 points to 415,194.70 and the JSE Financial Index lost 0.26 points to settle at 100.87.
A total of 51 securities traded on Monday compared to 49 that traded on Friday, and ended, with 17 stocks rising, 25 declining and nine remained unchanged.
The PE Ratio, a measure used to compute appropriate stock values, averages 15.7 based on ICInsider.com’s earnings forecast for 2021-22. The market closed with 15,594,454 shares changing hands for $851,732,015 as NCB Financial dominated trading on Monday, versus 15,660,104 units at $172,250,884 on Friday.
NCB Financial led trading with 37.3 percent of total volume as 5.81 million shares changed hands, followed by Wigton Windfarm 11.6 percent, with 1.81 million units, 1834 Investments 9.9 percent market share, with 1.55 million units, Transjamaican Highway with 8.3 percent market share or 1.29 million units, Sygnus Credit Investments 8.1 percent market share, with 1.26 million units and Radio Jamaica 6.6 percent market share, with an exchange of 1.03 million units.
Trading averaged 305,774 units at $16,700,628, compared to 319,594 shares at $3,515,324 on Friday and month to date an average of 487,063 units at $8,855,423, in contrast to 497,417 units at $8,407,376 on Friday. July closed with an average of 322,932 units at $15,201,099.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 15 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, Barita Investments lost 48 cents to end at $92.52 with 242,695 shares changing hands, Berger Paints advanced 61 cents to $13.74 with a transfer of 24,016 stock units, Caribbean Cement shed $2.99 to end at $110, with 16,989 units traded. Eppley fell $1.50 to $39 with an exchange of 1,257 stocks, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund climbed 31 cents to $38.31 with 300 shares passing through the market, First Rock Capital gained 28 cents to close at $12.40 with 65,667 stock units changing hands. GraceKennedy rallied 99 cents to $104 with a transfer of 14,480 stocks, Guardian Holdings lost $3 to end at $581 with 4,691 units traded, Jamaica Broilers popped 30 cents to $33.40 with an exchange of 1,738 shares. Jamaica Producers fell 50 cents to $24 with 4,623 stock units passing through the market, Jamaica Stock Exchange popped 55 cents to $17.15 with 64,297 units changing hands, JMMB Group rallied $1 to $38.70 with a transfer of 183,748 stocks. 
Kingston Properties climbed $1.25 to $10.25 with 220 stock units traded, Kingston Wharves dropped $2 to $46.50 with an exchange of100,933 shares, Mayberry Investments advanced 39 cents to $6.14 with investors switching ownership of 2,636 units. Mayberry Jamaican Equities lost 25 cents to end at $9 with 24,756 stocks changing hands, NCB Financial Group climbed 90 cents to $132 with an exchange of 5,809,459 shares, Palace Amusement shed $5.01 to close at $1134.99 with 10 stocks traded.PanJam Investment dropped $1 to $62 with a transfer of 3,253 units, Scotia Group fell 65 cents to $38.80 with 29,179 stock units passing through the market, Seprod declined $3.99 to $64 with 10,001 stocks changing hands and Sygnus Credit Investments advanced $1.35 to $16.35 with 1,262,824 shares crossing the exchange after the company posted strong gains in full year’s profit.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
