Trading activities knocked several thousand points off the indices of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market after more stocks declined than rose on Tuesday after an exchange of 33 percent fewer shares and a 13 percent fall in value than on Monday.
The All Jamaican Composite Index slumped 3,448.73 points to 427,800.39, the Main Index dropped 3,105.44 points to close at 390,255.61 and the JSE Financial Index dipped 1.17 points to settle at 101.03.
Trading ended with 47 securities changing hands compared to 45 on Monday and closed with prices of 13 stocks rising, 23 declining and 11 remaining unchanged.
The average PE Ratio closed at 16.6 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2020-21 earnings.
Traders exchanged 14,425,631 shares for $58,928,355 down from 21,543,484 units at $67,653,800 on Monday. Transjamaican Highway led trading with 47.7 percent of total volume for 6.88 million shares followed by Pulse Investments with 18.1 percent for 2.61 million units and Wigton Windfarm with 12.8 percent market share for 1.85 million units.
Trading averaged 306,928 units at $1,253,795, versus 478,744 shares at $1,503,418 on Monday. Trading month to date averaged 350,619 units at $1,079,650, in contrast to 358,339 shares at $1,048,880 on Tuesday. Trading in December averaged 455,206 units at $7,774,631.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading has seven stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and five with lower offers.
At the close of trading, Berger Paints advanced $1.10 to $14.10, with an exchange of 895 shares, Eppley rose 90 cents to $27.90 exchanging 930 stocks. Eppley Caribbean Property Fund gained 44 cents to finish at $43, with 7,400 units crossing the exchange, Jamaica Broilers ended 40 cents higher at $28.40 trading 10,160 stocks, Mayberry Jamaican Equities lost 30 cents in closing at $7.70, with an exchange of 18,845 shares. NCB Financial declined $3.63 to $138.37 after investors swapped 21,271 shares, 138 Student Living gained 38 cents in closing at $4.89 trading 6,805 stocks, Pan Jam Investment shed 57 to $72, in exchanging 8,090 shares, Portland JSX fell $1 to $8.50, in transferring 1,673 stock units. Pulse Investments lost 30 cents to end at $4.45, with investors swapping 2,607,378 shares, Sagicor Group rose 85 cents to end at $50.35 after trading 10,629 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund declined by $1.95 to $6.30, as investors swapped 10,000 shares and Salada Foods fell $2.75 to $26, with 871 units crossing the market.
In the preference segment, Eppley 8.75% preference share dropped 52 cents to $7 with 1,000 units changing hands.

Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

More stocks fell than rose after a moderate decline in the number of shares trading on Wednesday than on Tuesday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market ended trading with the market index declining.
The All Jamaican Composite Index declined 1,915.87 points to 432,200.51, the Main Index shed 1,479.72 points to 394,361.46 and the JSE Financial Index lost 0.36 points to settle at 102.54.
Trading ended with 46 securities changing hands, the same as on Tuesday and closed, with prices of 17 stocks rising, 22 declining and seven remaining unchanged. The average PE Ratio closed at 16.8 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2020-21 earnings.
Traders exchanged 8,061,938 shares for $33,788,624 compared to 8,821,156 units at $30,320,380 on Tuesday. QWI Investments led trading with 27.2 percent of total volume for 2.19 million shares followed by Transjamaican Highway with 17.1 percent for 1.38 million units and Wigton Windfarm with 13.3 percent market share for 1.07 million units.
Trading for the day averaged 175,260 units at $734,535 for each security, versus an average of 191,764 shares at $659,139 on Tuesday. The month to date averaged 167,441 units at $622,172 for each security, in contrast to 163,489 units at $565,374 on the prior trading day. December ended with an average of 455,206 units at $7,774,631.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading has seven stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and seven with lower offers.
As the market closed, Barita Investments climbed $1.01 to $85, with an exchange of 52,601 shares, Caribbean Cement shed 80 cents to close at $60.40, exchanging 2,257 units, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund climbed $4.43 to $44.43, with investors swapping 1,465 units. First Rock Capital rose 84 cents to $12.90, after exchanging 1,344 units, Grace Kennedy fell $1.75 to $64 trading 14,661 stock units. Jamaica Producers shed 51 cents ending at $20, with 976 units changing hands. Jamaica Stock Exchange dropped 39 cents to $19.91 after 13,500 stock units changed hands. JMMB Group fell by 60 cents to $32, with an exchange of 170,087 shares, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy shed 50 cents trading 125 units to finish at $157, NCB Financial climbed $5 to $144, in crossing the market with 5,344 units. 138 Student Living gained 51 cents to end at $4.88, with 329 units crossing the market, Palace Amusement dropped $193.99 to close at $1,106, with an exchange of 11 units, Pan Jam Investment declined by 80 cents to $74.20, in trading 1,337 units, Proven Investments gained 40 cents to close at $34.40 with 18,941 stock units changing hands. Stanley Motta closed at $5, with a loss of 48 cents exchanging 1,700 units. Supreme Ventures was down 34 cents to $17.56 with the transfer of 55,921 shares, Sygnus Credit Investments gained 34 cents to settle at $16.94, with investors swapping 27,623 shares and Victoria Mutual Investments gained 32 cents to end at $5.99 trading 1,900 units.

Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

The Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market ended trading on Thursday with the market rising after more stocks recorded gains than those declining but ended the year down 22.6 percent as the coronavirus disrupted financial markets locally and worldwide.
The local market has recovered some 16 percent of the losses suffered up to March 25, but the gains so far are some way off the start of the year. At the close, the All Jamaican Composite Index rose 2,252.56 points to close at 433,521.09, the Main Index gained 2,013.69 points to close at 395,614.93 and the JSE Financial Index lost 0.16 points to end at 102.09.
For a second consecutive day, trading ended with 47 securities changing hands and ended with prices of 19 stocks rising, prices of 16 declining and 12 remaining unchanged. The PE Ratio closed with an average of 17.3 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2020-21 earnings.
Traders exchanged 39,602,360 shares, 37 percent more than Wednesday as $1,040,390,883 chased after investment in the market. On Wednesday, 28,868,187 units traded at $558,644,139. Transjamaican Highway led trading with 25.7 percent of total volume in trading 10.20 million shares, PanJam Investment followed with 25.3 percent and 10.01 million shares, Pulse Investments with 16.7 percent for 6.62 million units. Wisynco Group ended with 6.4 percent market shares from 2.53 million units, JMMB Group 6.2 percent with 2.5 million units, Barita Investments 4 percent with 1.59 million units and Wigton Windfarm 3.9 percent market share with 1.54 million units.
The day’s trades averaged 842,603 units at $22,135,976 compared to 614,217 shares at $11,886,046 on Wednesday. The month to date averaged 455,206 units at $7,774,631, compared to 435,836 units at $7,056,564 on Wednesday. November ended with an average of 623,120 units at $6,686,047.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows nine stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Barita Investments lost $6.70 to end at $80 trading 1,589,442 stock units, Caribbean Cement rose $1 in closing at $63, with 137,215 shares changing hands, Eppley Caribbean Property Fundfell 34 cents to $49 trading 5,145 units. Grace Kennedy climbed $1.06 to $64.50 after clearing the market with 197,048 stock units, Jamaica Producers shed 40 cents in ending at $21, with 4,061 shares changing hands, JMMB Group advanced $2.53 to $36.50 in an exchange of 2,476,532 stock units. MPC Caribbean Clean Energy dropped $5 to close at $153 in switching ownership of 12 units, NCB Financial declined by $3 to $142 in exchanging 6,748 stocks, PanJam Investment shed $2.13 in closing at $66.02 and trading 10,010,704 shares. Pulse Investments increased 36 cents to $4.50 in switching ownership of 6,616,355 stock units, Sagicor Group lost $1 in closing at $50 and finished trading 19,340 stocks, Salada Foods rose $2.75 to $30, trading 130,001 stock units. Scotia Group lost 70 cents to end at $44.25 after 17,576 units crossed the exchange, Sygnus Credit Investments climbed $1.07 in closing at $16.47 with investors swapping 75,710 shares, Wisynco Group increased by $1 to $17.50 in trading 2,527,199 stock units.
In the preference segment, Eppley 7.5% preference share advanced $1 to $7 after exchanging 3,478 stock units and Eppley 8.25% fell by $1 to $6 with an exchange of 900 shares.

Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.