The Jamaica Stock Exchange, Main Market index, rose moderately at the close on Wednesday with the volume and the value of securities trading declined sharply from Tuesday’s levels.
At the close, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index gained 414.38 points to 417,054.38, the JSE Market Index advanced 436.71 points to end at 380,124.60 and the JSE Financial Index rose 0.29 points to 99.40. The PE ratio of the market ended at 14.3, while the Main Market ended at 14.6 times 2020-21 earnings.
The market closed with 47 securities changing hands in the Main and US dollar markets with prices of 16 stocks advancing, 17 declining and 14 securities trading firm. The JSE Main Market activity ended with 42 securities changing hands and accounting for 26,283,150 units valued at $123,873,387, in contrast to 43,623,370 units valued at $900,746,655 from 44 securities on Tuesday.
QWI Investments led trading with 12.2 million shares for 46.3 percent of total volume followed by Trans Jamaican Highway with 6 million units for 22.7 percent of the day’s trade and Sagicor Select Financial Fund with 3.8 million units for 14.3 percent market share. 
The only other stock trading over one million units was Wigton Windfarm, with 1.7 million shares.
The average security trading on Wednesday amounted to 625,789 units at $2,949,366, in contrast to 991,440 units at an average of $20,471,515 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amount to 735,717 units valued at $9,211,677 for each security changing hands, compared to 790,034 units with an average of $12,305,995. 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 ten stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and five stocks closing with lower offers.
In the Main Market, Berger Paints shed 50 cents in exchanging 3,176 units to finish at $13.50, Caribbean Cement fell by $2.50 to $51, in transferring 121,272 shares, 
Eppley added 88 cents with 1,335 units changing hands to end at $17.10. Jamaica Broilers lost 35 cents and closed at $26.10, trading 49,494 stock units, Jamaica Stock Exchange closed 50 cents higher at $22.50, in exchanging 72,566 shares, Key Insurance lost 31 cents to settle at $4.79, after trading 15,000 units. Kingston Wharves closed 94 cents higher at $57.99, in transferring 1,960 units, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy traded 61 units at $161, after picking up $1, NCB Financial Group tumbled $5 to $140, while exchanging 392,848 shares. 138 Student Living fell $1 to $7 after 86,901 stock units changed hands, Palace Amusement climbed $98 to $1,200 trading 96 units, Proven Investments closed $1 lower at $33, in swapping 25,731 units. Salada Foods shed 96 cents to finish at $28.54 in transferring 1,225 units and Scotia Group gains of 68 cents trading 1,306 units and ended at $46.48.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
