The Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market ended trading on Wednesday with the market rising after rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by a big margin after the trading volume was just marginally lower than on Tuesday.
The All Jamaican Composite Index rose 1,936.76 points to close at 431,268.53, the Main Index rose 1,848.12 points to 393,601.24 and the JSE Financial Index shed 0.10 points to end at 102.25.
Trading closed with 47 securities compared to 45 on Tuesday and ended with prices of 26 stocks rising, 15 declining and six remaining unchanged. The PE Ratio averages 17.3 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2020-21 earnings.
Trading closed with 28,868,187 shares for $558,644,139 compared to 29,337,011 units at $299,861,101 on Tuesday. Transjamaican Highway led trading with 29.9 percent of total volume after 8.62 million shares were traded, followed by Eppley Caribbean Property Fund with 26.1 percent after 7.53 million units changing hands. Wigton Windfarm controlled 9.3 percent market share with 2.67 million shares, Community & Workers Credit Union 8.7 percent with 2.52 million units, Wisynco Group 4.3 percent with 1.23 million units, Carreras controlled 4.1 percent of total volume with 1.2 million units and Sagicor Group with 1.09 million units for 3.8 percent market share.
Trading for the day averaged 614,217 units at $11,886,046 for each security, compared to an average of 651,934 shares at $6,663,580 on Tuesday. Trading month to date averages 435,836 units at $7,056,56, in contrast to 426,447 units at $6,802,380 on Wednesday. November ended with an average of 623,120 units at $6,686,047.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows six stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and five with lower offers.
At the close, Barita Investments fell 30 cents to end at $86.70 in an exchange of 563,202 shares, Caribbean Cement gained $2 to end at $62 while trading 68,927 units, Carreras advanced 31 cents to $7.30, with 1,195,301 units changing hands. Eppley gained $1.50 in closing at $28, with 5,399 stocks changing hands, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund increased $2.34 to $49.34 with the swapping of 7,532,916 units, Grace Kennedy climbed $2.44 to $63.44 in an exchange of 122,778 shares. JMMB Group advanced $2.22 to $33.97 in trading 41,143 stocks, Key Insurance shed 69 cents to close at $5.90 in switching 183,834 stock units, Kingston Wharves carved out a gain of $2.33 in closing at $46.85 trading 216 shares. Margaritaville dived $13.23 to $43 in an exchange of 855 units, Mayberry Investments lost 31 cents to close at $5.77 trading 132,619 stock units, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy climbed $22.99 to $158 in an exchange of 729 units. NCB Financial gained $3 to close at $145 with an exchange of 34,603 stock units, Radio Jamaica climbed 33 cents to $1.68 in exchanging 766,452 shares, Sagicor Group climbed 60 cents to $51 while trading 1,086,033 stock units. Scotia Group increased $1.44 in closing at $44.95 with 6,540 shares changing hands, Seprod declined by $1.50 to $65 after exchanging 38,172 units and Stanley Motta climbed 60 cents to $5.50 in transferring ownership of 275,734 stocks.
In the preference segment, Productive Business Solutions 9.75% Preference share gained $8 in closing at a 52 weeks’ high of $110 in trading 10 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.