The Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed higher for the fifth consecutive days, but investors failed to push the majority of stocks with price changes, higher at the close.
The market closed with 48 securities changing hands in the Main and US dollar markets with prices of 14 stocks rising, 17 declining and 17 securities trading unchanged. The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index ended 830.48 points higher at 411,374.54, the JSE Market Index added 751.79 points to close at 374,947.97 and the JSE Financial Index inched 0.16 points higher to 100.83.
The JSE Main Market activity ended with 44 securities changing hands, accounting for 13,635,712 units valued at $96,460,473, down from 15,759,687 units at $268,967,167, from 40 securities on Friday.
Trans Jamaican Highway led trading with 5.6 million shares for 41 percent of total volume followed by Wisynco Group with 1.85 million units for 13.6 percent of the day’s trade and Pulse Investments with 1.6 million units for 11.5 percent market share. Other stocks trading more than one million units were Supreme Ventures with 1 million shares and Wigton Windfarm with 1.5 million units.
The Market closed with an average of 309,903 units at $2,192,283 for each security traded, in contrast to 393,992 units, valued at an average of $6,724,179 on Friday. 
The average volume and value for the month to date amount to 336,031 units valued at $2,945,387 for each security changing hands, compared to 340,094 units with an average value of $3,082,315. Trading in April resulted in an average of 1,077,021 units valued at $3,829,201 for each security.
IC bid-offer Indicator│ At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows eight stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four stocks closing with lower offers. The PE ratio of the market ended at 13.9, while the Main Market ended at 14.1 times 2020-21 earnings.
In the Main Market, Barita Investments advanced to $53, gaining $2 in exchanging 4,850 units, Caribbean Cement fell $2.03 in trading 33,286 shares to close at $49.97, First Rock Capital saw the transfer of 1,540 units at $11, after losing 40 cents. Jamaica Producers gained 35 cents swapping 1,972 units to close at $19.35, JMMB Group shed 52 cents to finish at $33.46, in an exchange of 151,331 shares, Key Insurance added 50 cents to close at $10, with 40,888 shares changing hands. 
Mayberry Investments picked up 42 cents trading 8,200 units to end at $5.75, Mayberry Jamaican Equities closed $1.10 higher at $11, with 26,000 shares crossing the exchange, NCB Financial Group fell 49 cents to settle at $145.01, in transferring 85,741 shares. 138 Student Living shed 45 cents swapping 16,048 units and closed at $6.05, Palace Amusement fell by $50 to $1,400, with 93 units changing hands, Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended $1.45 lower at $6.50, after transferring 10,367 units. Scotia Group closed at $47, with a loss of 99 cents exchanging 8,863 units, Seprod jumped $3.49 in trading 70,599 shares at $47.50 after the company reported first quarter profits that doubled that of last year and Sygnus Credit Investments fell 73 cents to end at $16.20, with 4,189 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
