The Main Market of the Jamaica Stocks Exchange took another big hit on Monday as heavyweight Sagicor dropped $6 and a fall of $5.51 in the average price of NCB Financial help to knock 11,744.53 points off the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index to close down 30 percent for the year to date at 391,405.57. The JSE Market Index had 10,819.03 points chopped off, to end at 356,735.58, while the JSE Financial Index fell 4.49 points to 98.12.
The market closed with 45 securities changing hands in the Main and US dollar markets with prices of 17 stocks advancing, 17 declining and 11 securities trading firm. The JSE Main Market activity ended with 41 securities accounting for 26,276,614 units valued at $347,146,174, in contrast to 36,332,153 units valued at $175,354,038 from 42 securities on Friday.
Wigton Windfarm led trading with 9.9 million shares for 37.8 percent of total volume followed by Carreras with 3.5 million units for 13.2 percent of the day’s trade and Sagicor Select Financial Fund with 2.2 million units for 8.4 percent market share. Other stocks trading more than one million units were Barita Investments with 1.4 million shares, Jamaica Producers, with 1.4 million stock units and Sagicor Group with 1.3 million units.
The Market closed with an average of 640,893 units at $8,466,980 for each security traded, in contrast to 931,594 units valued at an average of $4,496,257 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amount to 708,783 units valued at $6,313,433 for each security changing hands compared to 713,099 units valued at 6,167,490 for each security traded. Trading in February resulted in an average of 624,731 units valued at $3,239,665 for each security.
IC bid-offer Indicator│ At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 11 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and six stocks closing with lower offers. The PE ratio of the market ended at 14.5, while the Main Market ended at 13.3 times 2019 earnings.
In the Main Market, Barita Investments closed 34 cents higher in exchanging 1,365,278 shares to finish at $50.99, Berger Paints gained $1 to settle at $12, with 42,872 stock units changing hands, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund dropped $10.50, after trading 582 units to end at $30.50. Grace Kennedy closed 49 cents higher in transferring 80,577 shares and closed at $56.99, Jamaica Broilers ended at $26, while adding $1 after swapping 140,257 units, Jamaica Producers lost 45 cents trading 1,421,129 stock units and closed at $15.60. JMMB Group closed $1.10 lower to $35.80, with an exchange of 189,080 shares, NCB Financial Group advanced $6 to end at $156, with 354,587 shares trading, 138 Student Living gained 36 cents to close at $4.41 with 10,856 stock units crossing the market. Proven Investments climbed $1.50 to $38.50, after exchanging 19,482 units, Sagicor Group plunged $6 swapping 1,272,340 units and closed at $43, while Sagicor Real Estate X Fund picked up 99 cents in transferring 12,281 units to end at $7.99. 
Salada Foods shed $1 to $25, with 9,100 units changing hands, Stanley Motta ended 79 cents higher with 57,275 shares changing hands and settled at $5. Sterling Investments gained 28 cents to close at $2.50 swapping 58,805 stock units. Supreme Investments ended at $15, with gains of 50 cents trading 51,500 units, Sygnus Credit Investments shed 45 cents to close at $17.55, in transferring 136,312 shares. Victoria Mutual Investments lost 31 cents with 335,283 shares crossing the exchange and closed at $6.69 and Wisynco Group lost $2.20 in closing at $12.50, after exchanging 576,137 shares.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with 56,576 units for $9,802. The market shed 4.93 points to close at 199.95. First Rock lost 1 cent to close at 9 US cents, with 7,280 units changing hands, Margaritaville lost 0.1 of a cent to end at 24 US cents, trading 2,000 shares. Proven Investments shed 1 cent in transferring 20,610 units at 25 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments ended with a loss of 0.7 of a cent lower in swapping 26,686 units at 12 US cents.
Prices of securities trading are those for the day’s last transaction.
At the close, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index plunged by 8,884.77 points to 403,150.10. The JSE Market Index dropped 8,035.44 points to 367,554.61, off 28 percent for 2020 so far and the JSE Financial Index fell by 2.27 points to 102.61 with a fall of 25.4 percent for the year to date.
Wigton Windfarm led trading with 17 million shares for 46.7 percent of total volume followed by Sagicor Select Financial Fund with 7.2 million units for 19.7 percent of the day’s trade and Sagicor Select Manufacturing & Distribution Fund with 4.3 million units for 12 percent market share. Other stocks trading more than one million units were QWI Investments with 2.2 million units and Sagicor Group, with 1.01 million shares.
Mayberry Jamaican Equities closed 50 cents higher at $6.50 with an exchange of 145,394 units, NCB Financial climbed $4.99 to $150, in transferring 212,384 units. Portland JSX settled at $7.80, with a loss of $1.10 trading 35,000 stock units, Proven Investments slid to $37, after falling by $2.79 with 8,819 shares crossing the exchange, Sagicor Group dropped $3.10 in swapping 1,012,113 units and closed at $49 after trading down to $43. Sagicor Real Estate Fund shed 99 cents trading 1,100 units to end at $7, Scotia Group dived by $6 to close at $40, with 340,790 shares changing hands, Seprod ended $2.50 higher with a transfer of 191,047 and settled at $37. Victoria Mutual Investments gained 67 cents trading 404,688 shares and closed at $7 and Wisynco Group closed at $14.70 after gaining 70 cents in swapping 540,430 shares.
Wigton Windfarm led trading with 5.7 million shares for 25.6 percent of total volume followed by Sagicor Select Financial Fund with 2.3 million units for 10.4 percent of the day’s trade and Sagicor Select Manufacturing & Distribution Fund with 2.3 million units for 10.3 percent market share. Barita Investments with 1.79 million shares and Jamaica Broilers, with 1.8 million shares, was the only other stock trading more than one million units.
JMMB Group closed $1.39 lower to $35.61, in trading 466,367 shares, Kingston Wharves slid $1.60 to $42, in swapping 624,349 units, PanJam Investment climbed $1 to $80 with an exchange of 564,828 shares, Portland JSX advanced by $1.10 to $8.90 after transferring 31,000 units, Sagicor Group climbed $6.10 to settle at $52.10, trading 537,957 stock units. Sagicor Real Estate Fund closed at $7.99, with a gain of $1.49 with 4,798 units crossing the exchange, Salada Foods picked up $ 1 swapping 229 units and closed at $26, Seprod shed 50 cents trading 60,448 to end the day’s trade at $34.50. Sterling Investments closed 40 cents lower to $2.20, with 301,662 shares changing hands, Supreme Ventures rose 60 cents to $14.50, with a transfer of 874,523 shares, Victoria Mutual Investments shed 67 cents and ended at $6.33, trading 237,971 shares and Wisynco Group declined by $2.70 to $14, with 347,564 units crossing the exchange.
The market closed on Thursday with 15 securities trading resulting in the price of one stock rising and nine stocks declining, while five remained unchanged, leading a decline of 12.43 points in the T&T Composite Index to 1,429.46. The All T&T Index fell 21.44 points to end at 1,842.17, while the Cross Listed Index slipped 0.45 points at 137.70. Today’s decline marks the seven consecutive days of falling values for all three market indices and pushed the market into a year to date loss.
National Enterprises shed 15 cents in trading 550 stock units to finish at a 52 weeks’ low of $5.25. Scotiabank dropped $1.75 to $59.50, after transferring 18,368 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 50 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $15, with 28,661 shares crossing the market and West Indian Tobacco shed 20 cents exchanging 2,000 stock units to close at $36.75.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows thirteen stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and five stocks closing with lower offers. The PE ratio of the market ended at 15.3, while the Main Market ended at 14.3 times the 2019 earnings.
Scotia Group shed $1.18 to settle at $46.82, in swapping 81,985 stock units, Seprod lost 50 cents trading 42,597 units and closed at $40.50, Supreme Ventures ended at $16, with a loss of $1.82 transferring 459,765 shares. Sygnus Credit Investments lost 75 cents to end at $17.25, in swapping 49,449 shares and Wisynco Group declined by 38 cents to $16.62, after 277,802 shares changed hands.
Four stocks closed at 52 weeks’ low as the market encountered five consecutive days of losses at the close market sentiments and closed with negative with stocks closing with a four to one bias towards declines as shown by the IC bid-offer Indicator. 
JMMB Group shed 8 cents exchanging 170,055 shares to close at $2.02, Massy Holdings declined by $1 to $59 in transferring 15,490 units and National Enterprises traded 27,269 stock units after falling 15 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $5.40. National Flour closed at $1.30 in exchanging 111,161 units and lost 15 cents, One Caribbean Media lost 10 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $7.15, with 200 units crossing the market, Point Lisas shed 30 cents exchanging 200 units to end at $3.45. Prestige Holdings declined by 50 cents to $8.50 trading 3,585 shares, Republic Financial Holdings lost 4 cents and closed at $145.43, transferring 18,703 units and Scotiabank fell 7 cents to $62.45, in exchanging 150 stock units. Trinidad & Tobago NGL shed 31 cents trading 16,736 shares and closed at a 52 weeks’ low of $16.19 and Unilever Caribbean dropped to a 52 weeks’ low of $19.10, after falling $1.40 with 3,300 units crossing the market.
The market closed with 41 securities changing hands in the Main and US dollar markets after six stocks traded at 52 weeks’ lows. At the close prices of 8 stocks rose, 29 declined and 4 traded firm. The JSE Main Market activity ended with 35 securities accounting 19,892,130 units valued at $229,454,953 in contrast to 34,017,777 units valued at $260,298,044 from 43 securities on Friday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows eleven stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and six stocks closing with lower offers. The PE ratio of the market ended at 15.7, while the Main Market ended at 14.8 times the 2019 earnings.
Pulse Investments gained 45 cents to finish at a record close of $3.35 in trading 424,119 stock units, Sagicor Group tumbled $10 to $43.01, in transferring 59,515 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund closed 50 cents lower at a 52 weeks’ low of $6.50, with 2,300 stock units changing hands. Sygnus Credit Investments lost 49 cents to end at $18, in swapping 30,024 shares, Victoria Mutual Investments closed at $7.06, with a loss of 63 cents after trading 171,283 units and Wisynco Group declined to $17, after falling $1 with 4,600,987 shares crossing the exchange.
The market closed with just two stocks rising, eight declining while four remained unchanged, which similar to trading on from last Wednesday when no more than two securities gained. The T&T Composite Index declined by 13.49 points to 1,470.53. The All T&T Index fell 10.70 points to end at 1,888.19, while the Cross Listed Index closed with a decline of 2.22 points at 142.61.
National Enterprises traded 3,000 stock units and slipped 5 cents to close at $5.55, National Flour closed at $1.45 in exchange of 288 units and lost 2 cents. NCB Financial shed 35 cents trading 58,043 shares to end at $11, Republic Financial Holdings lost 3 cents and closed at $145.47, transferring 21,224 units and West Indian Tobacco fell $1 to $37, with 3,201 shares changing hands.
Massy Holdings fell $1.35 to $61.60 in transferring 50,437 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL traded 20,993 stock units and shed 50 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $16.50.
The Market closed with an average of 719,712 units valued at an average of $4,567,619 for each security traded, in contrast to 1,475,633 units valued at an average of $4,169,586 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amount to 772,634 units valued at $4,772,738 for each security changing hands, compared to 778,055 units valued at $4,796,287 for each security traded. Trading in February resulted in an average of 624,731 units valued at $3,239,665 for each security.
Sagicor Group dropped $1 to finish at $57, after trading 227,486 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund slipped to 88 cents, with the swapping of 28,167 shares to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $6.01, Scotia Group fell $1 to end at $50, after exchanging 389,765 shares. Seprod gained $2.55 to close at $44.50, with 109,882 shares changing hands, but only after the price hit a 52 weeks’ low of $35, Supreme Ventures closed at $18.50, with a loss of 50 cents transferring 1,419,961 shares, Sygnus Credit Investments closed at $18.49, after rising 49 cents trading 146,919 shares. Victoria Mutual Investments closed 75 cents higher to $7.95, transferring 391,775 units and Wisynco Group climbed $3.99 to end the day’s trade at $19.99 with 1,050,891 shares changing hands.