Rally for JSE Main Market

Investors pushed the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market higher on Monday following a 124 percent rise in the volume traded, valued 54 percent more than on Friday, with trading taking place in 59 securities compared to 57 on Friday, ending with losers outnumbering winners, following the prices of 17 stocks rising, 28 declining and 14 unchanged.
A total of 14,762,179 shares were traded for $69,659,072 compared to 6,585,063 units at $45,380,317 on Friday.
Trading averaged 250,206 units at $1,180,662 versus 115,527 shares at $796,146 on Friday and month to date, an average of 175,080 units at $1,884,230 compared with 168,975 units at $1,941,407 on the previous day. January closed with an average of 205,236 units at $1,805,558.
Wigton Windfarm led trading with 4.90 million shares for 33.2 percent of total volume and was  followed by Transjamaican Highway with 2.51 million units for 17 percent of the day’s trade, Sagicor Select Financial Fund with 2.03 million units for 13.8 percent and QWI Investments with 1.61 million units for 10.9 percent market share after it hit a 52 weeks’ intraday low of 55 cents.
The All Jamaican Composite Index climbed 2,961.53 points to 375,485.96, the JSE Main Index rallied 2,287.99 points to 332,533.03 and the JSE Financial Index gained 1.18 points to close at 79.39.
The PE Ratio, a formula to ascertain appropriate stock values, averages 13.4 for the Main Market. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios incorporate earnings forecasted by ICInsider.com for companies with the financial year ending between November 2022 and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 12 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close, Berger Paints shed $1.78 to end at $8.25 after 24,292 shares crossed the exchange, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund fell $1.99 to $46 with a transfer of 30 stock units, GraceKennedy gained 59 cents to finish at $76.99 in exchanging 3,838 stocks. Guardian Holdings declined $2 to $511 with an exchange of 64 units, Jamaica Broilers fell $2.68 to $31.22, trading 74,750 units, Kingston Wharves shed $1.47 to end at $30.50 after investors transferred 35,439 stock units. Margaritaville dropped $3.70 in closing at $19.20 with 244 stocks changing hands, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy dipped $2 to $62 after swapping 1,611 shares, Portland JSX advanced 89 cents to $10 with a transfer of 10 stock units. Sagicor Group rallied $1.50 to $53 with the swapping of 51,666 shares, Salada Foods fell 38 cents to close at a multiyear low of $3.51 after an exchange of 2,875 shares. Scotia Group lost 70 cents to settle at $32.25 after 336,678 stocks passed through the market, Seprod popped 50 cents to $66 after an exchange of 8,856 units, Sterling Investments lost 44 cents to settle at $2.46 in switching ownership of 90,858 units and Wisynco Group shed 63 cents to close at $16.61 with 605,928 stock units clearing the market.
In the preference segment, Eppley 7.50% preference share fell $1.17 in closing at $6.63, with investors transferring 348 stocks. Jamaica Public Service 7% rose $1.50 to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $10 with 4,442 shares changing hands, 138 Student Living preference share declined $7.99 to close at $70 after trading 303 shares and Productive Business Solutions 9.75% preference share gained $1 to finish at $107 after investors exchanged 86 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.