Investors expended 56 percent more money from a moderately lower volume of stocks than Thursday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market trading on Friday. The market declining after prices of 13 stocks rose, 18 declined and 10 remained unchanged.
At the close, the All Jamaican Composite Index shed 1,633.76 points to 414,251.62, the Main Index declined by 1,510.85 points to 377,828.83 and the JSE Financial Index slipped just 0.01 point to settle at 99.37. The average PE Ratio ended at 15.4 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2020-21 earnings.
The market closed, with 41 securities changing hands compared to 40 on Thursday, resulting in an exchange of 12,184,860 shares for $359,160,713 compared to 12,814,652 units at $230,585,736 on Thursday. JMMB Group led trading with 25.1 percent of total volume after an exchange of 3.06 million shares, followed by Kingston Wharves with 24.6 percent or 3 million units, Wigton Windfarm with 12 percent for 1.46 million units and Grace Kennedy with 11.9 percent after closing with 1.44 million shares changing hands.
Trading ended with an average of 297,192 units changing hands at $8,760,017 for each security, versus an average of 320,366 shares at $5,764,643 on Thursday. The average trade for the month to date ended at 263,467 units at $4,232,434 for each security, in contrast to 259,799 units at $3,740,044 on Thursday. Trading month to date compares adversely to October’s average of 398,200 units at $4,622,532.
At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading for the market shows six stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Barita Investments gained $1.30 in closing at $85.30, in exchanging 42,500 shares, First Rock Capital rose 85 cents to end at $13.25, with the trading of 1,602 units, Jamaica Broilers fell $1.94 to close at $26.01, after the trading of 14,758 stock units. Kingston Wharves lost 35 cents to end at $48.40, with 3,002,991 shares changing hands, Mayberry Investments closed 59 cents lower at $5.50 after trading 10,311 units, 
MPC Caribbean Clean Energy dropped $5 in closing at $135 after clearing the market with 3,413 units. Palace Amusement declined $145.12 to end at $1,100.01, with 20 units crossing the exchange, Pan Jam Investment shed 51 cents to settle at $61 while trading 7,280 units, Portland JSX finished at $8, with a loss of 99 cents and 1,813 units trading. Proven Investments climbed $3.39 to $39.89 and finishing with an exchange of 38,609 shares, Sagicor Group fell $1 to $49 after 35,711 shares crossed the market, Scotia Group gained 40 cents to close at $48.15 trading 312,940 shares and Seprod ended 50 cents higher at $64, with an exchange of 12,704 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
