Trading activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market ended on Wednesday, with the volume of stocks traded declining 12 percent after the value jumping 65 percent compared to trading on Tuesday, following trading in 50 securities down from 56 on Tuesday and leading to prices of 13 rising, 21 falling and 16 ending unchanged.
At the close, the All Jamaican Composite Index climbed 1,340.21 points to 356,869.10, the JSE Main Index rose 1,279.01 points to close at 323,635.78 and the JSE Financial Index popped 0.32 points to end trading at 71.55.
A total of 7,549,896 shares were traded for $79,965,770 in contrast with 8,602,396 units at $48,412,908 on Tuesday.
Trading averaged 150,998 shares at $1,599,315 versus 153,614 shares at $864,516 on Tuesday and month to date, an average of 356,371 units at $1,710,697 compared with 369,304 units at $1,717,711 on the previous day. July closed with an average of 283,368 units at $2,135,482.
Transjamaican Highway led trading with 2.59 million shares for 34.4 percent of the total volume, followed by Wigton Windfarm with 1.70 million units for 22.5 percent of the day’s trade and Caribbean Cement with 812,000 units for 10.8 percent market share.
The PE Ratio, a formula used to compute appropriate stock values, averages 12.9 for the Main Market. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios are computed based on the last traded prices and earnings forecasted by ICInsider.com for companies with the financial year ending up to August 2024.
The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, Berger Paints dipped 74 cents to $7.05 after an exchange of 6,538 shares, Caribbean Producers fell 39 cents and ended at $9.60 while investors traded 15,883 stock units, Jamaica Producers dropped $1.08 to close at $18 with an exchange of 15,539 units. Massy Holdings rose 75 cents in closing at $101 after investors ended trading 152 stocks, Mayberry Investments increased 64 cents to end at $8.64 while a mere 202 stocks passed through the market, 
Mayberry Jamaican Equities fell 40 cents to close at $11 with 37,481 units being traded. Pan Jamaica advanced 86 cents in closing at $48.05 after a transfer of 23,977 stock units, Sagicor Group shed $2.82 to end at $44.08 with investors exchanging 28,063 shares, Scotia Group climbed 99 cents to close at $34 in trading 1,066 stocks. Seprod fell $1.99 to $68 with a transfer of 5,919 stocks, Sygnus Credit Investments dropped 55 cents in closing at $11.44, with 9,330 shares crossing the market and Victoria Mutual Investments gained 33 cents to close at $3.03 after a transfer of 4,947 units.
In the preference segment, Jamaica Public Service 7% declined $1 and ended at $55 after three units cleared the market and Jamaica Public Service 9.5% lost $50 to end at $3050 in an exchange of 9 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
