Trading soared on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Tuesday 44 securities crossing the market leading to 43,623,370 units valued at $900,746,655, in contrast to 23,529,489 units valued at $145,262,959 from 41 securities changing hand on Monday.
At the close, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index fell by 663.89 points to 416,640.00, the JSE Market Index was down 753.91 points to 379,687.89 and the JSE Financial Index lost 0.34 points to 99.11.
The market closed with 47 securities changing hands in the Main and US dollar markets with prices of 17 stocks advancing, 20 declining and ten securities trading firm. The PE ratio of the market ended at 14.4, while the Main Market ended at 14.7 times ICI Insider.com projected 2020-21 earnings.
Today’s heavy trading resulted in several stocks exchanging more than a million units. Wigton Windfarm led trading with 12.2 million shares for 28 percent of total volume followed by JMMB Group with 7.8 million units for 17.8 percent of the day’s trade and Carreras with 3.5 million shares for 8 percent market share. Other stocks, with over one million units changing hands, are First Rock Capital with 2.4 million shares, 
NCB Financial Group 1 million units, PanJam Investment 1.8 million units, Sagicor Group 1.9 million shares. Sagicor Select Financial Fund ended with 1.1 million units, Scotia Group 1.7 million shares, Supreme Ventures 1.4 million units, Trans Jamaican Highway with 3.1 million shares and Wisynco Group with 1 million units.
The average trade for the day was 991,440 units valued at $20,471,515 for each security traded, in contrast to 573,890 units at an average of $3,542,999 on Monday. Average trading for the month to date is 790,034 at $12,305,995, well above the average in May of 475,543 units 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 twelve stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three stocks closing with lower offers.
In the Main Market, Berger Paints gained 48 cents to end at $14, trading a mere 63 units, Caribbean Cement climbed $1.46 to $53.50 as investors exchanged 23,353 stock units, Eppley rose 72 cents transferring 75,600 shares to settle at $16.22. Eppley Caribbean Property Fund dived $4.93 to $33.07, after swapping 1,258 units, First Rock Capital added 40 cents to finish at $13.90, in trading 2,359,987 shares, Jamaica Broilers exchanged 943,092 shares with gains of 35 cents to end the day at $26.45. Jamaica Stock Exchange lost 50 cents to end at $22, with 128,827 shares changing hands, Key Insurance gained 35 cents transferring 14,945 stock units and closed at $5.10, Kingston Properties ended $1.29 higher at $6.09, in swapping 806 units. 
Mayberry Investments lost 39 cents trading 308,367 shares to finish at $5.54, Mayberry Jamaican Equities closed 44 cents higher at $9.94 exchanging 18,021 stock units, NCB Financial Group rebounded with gains of $5 to end at $145 after a transfer of 1,000,397 shares. 138 Student Living picked up 78 cents in swapping 61,056 shares and closed at $8, Palace Amusement added $1 to close at $1,102 with an exchange of 82 units, Proven Investments ended with a loss of 50 cents trading 14,504 stock units to settle at $34. Victoria Mutual Investments closed 42 cents lower at $7.53, with 608,186 shares changing hands and Wisynco Group gained 44 cents and ended at $18.44, trading 1,024,455 shares. 138 Student Living traded 650 preference shares and rose 90 cents to end at $5.90.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
