Investors drove the majority of stock prices down on the first trading day for March with declining stocks beating out advancing ones three to one and pulling the Main Market down just over 6 percent for the year.
At the close, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index plummeted 4,132.06 points to close at 525,590.16, the JSE Market Index tumbled 3,791.47 points to 478,518.62 and the JSE Financial Index lost 1.47 points to 129.14.
The market closed with 45 securities changing hands in the Main and US dollar markets with the prices of ten advancing, 30 declining and five trading firm. The JSE Main Market activity ended with 41 securities accounting for 32,117,425 units valued at $138,131,956 in contrast to 61,902,088 units valued at $374,112,515 from 42 securities on Friday.
Sagicor Select Financial Fund dominated trading with 20.3 million shares for 63 percent of total volume, Wigton Windfarm followed with 6.1 million units for 19 percent of the day’s trade and Wisynco Group with 1.3 million units for 4.2 percent market share.
The Market closed with an average of 783,352 units valued at an average of $3,369,072 for each security traded, in contrast to 1,473,859 units valued at an average of $8,907,441 on Friday. 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 twelve stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four closing with lower offers. The PE ratio of the market ended at 18.3, while the Main Market ended at 17.6 times the 2019 earnings.
In the prime market, Barita Investments lost 50 cents in closing at $66, with an exchange of 10,807 shares, Berger Paints ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $12.75, after losing $1.25 in transferring 1,238 stock units, Caribbean Cement dropped $6.49 to settle at $71.50, in swapping 19,413 units. Eppley Caribbean Property Fund slid $4 to $42 trading 1,699 shares, First Rock Capital fell $2.10 to a 52 weeks’ low of $9.90, with 102,462 stock units changing hands, Grace Kennedy slipped $2.01 to $65.99, exchanging 44,838 units. Jamaica Broilers shed $3.70 to end at $36 in transferring 66,313 stock units, Jamaica Producers gained $1 to close at $22 after trading 54,510 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange dived $4.10 to $27.50, after swapping 601,102 stock units. JMMB Group ended at $40.75, with a loss of $3.80 in exchanging 234,108 shares, Kingston Wharves closed $2.03 lower to $51, in transferring 27,387 units. Mayberry Jamaican Equities lost 59 cents to end at $10.85, in swapping 10,000 stock units, NCB Financial shed $2 to end at $182 trading 56,333 units, 138 Student Living gained of 62 cents to $6.85, with and 8,056 stock units changing hands. PanJam Investment closed 49 cents higher to $99.99, with 125,859 shares traded, Portland JSX lost $1.30 to finish at $9.70, after exchanging 9,139 units, Proven Investments lost $1 to settle at $48, in trading 6,763 stock units. Pulse Investments gained 35 cents to close at $11.45, in swapping 66,358 shares, Sagicor Group lost 50 cents to end at $66.50, with an exchange of 42,533 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund closed at $9.50, with a loss of 35 cents after trading 120,731 shares. Salada Foods finished 75 cents higher after swapping 100 units and closed at $35. Scotia Group ended at $54.50, with gains of 50 cents in transferring 7,975 shares, Seprod declined by $2.59 to $51.41, with 38,386 shares changing hands, Stanley Motta lost 74 cents to close at $4.86 in trading 17,700 shares, Sterling Investments jumped 69 cents and ended at $3.60, after exchanging 556,975 shares. Supreme Ventures lost 50 cents to settle at $21, in swapping 100,761 shares, Sygnus Credit Investments shed 94 cents to finish at $25, after transferring 36,384 shares, Victoria Mutual Investments dropped $1.20 to $8.05, trading 221,309 shares and Wisynco Group lost 43 cents to end the day’s trade of 1,334,069 shares at $22.67.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with 102,077 units for US$27,973. The market lost 7.02 points to close at 221.13. First Rock Capital lost 2.1 cents in exchanging 5,000 units at an all-time low of 9.9 US cents, Proven Investments lost 2 cents to end at 29 US cents, with 91,928 units changing hands. Sterling Investments gained 0.01 cent after swapping 1,086 units to close at 2.85 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments closed at 19.5 US cents, with a loss of 2.5 cents in trading 4,063 shares.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

JSE Main Market ended trading with the second monthly decline for the year as the primary indices declined by almost 2,000 points on Friday, with the market down 5.4 percent for 2020 to date.
At the close of trading, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index lost 1,949.68 points to close at 529,722.22, the JSE Market Index slipped 1,727.36 points to 482,310.09 and the JSE Financial Index lost 0.52 points to 130.61.
The market closed with 47 securities changing hands in the Main and US dollar markets with the prices of 19 advancing, 19 declining and nine trading firm. The JSE Main Market activity ended with 42 securities accounting for 61,902,088 units valued at $374,112,515 in contrast to 27,834,480 units for $185,509,886 from 41 securities on Thursday.
Wigton Windfarm dominated trading with 31.5 million shares for 51 percent of total volume, Sagicor Select Financial Fund followed with 8.25 million units for 13.3 percent of the day’s trade and Pulse Investments with 8.1 million units for 13 percent of the market’s volume. Other stocks trading more than one million units were Sagicor Select Manufacturing and Distribution Fund with 6.7 million units and 11 percent of total volume, QWI Investments with 1.05 million shares and Wisynco Group with 1.8 million units.
The Market closed with an average of 1,473,859 units valued at an average of $8,907,441 for each security traded, in contrast to 678,890 units valued at an average of $4,524,631 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amount to 624,731 units valued at $3,239,665 for each security changing hands compared to 596,981 units valued at $2,909,960 for each security traded. Trading in January resulted in an average of 626,134 units valued at $3,511,981 for each security.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows twenty-three stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two closing with lower offers. The PE ratio of the market ended at 18.9, while the Main Market ended at 18.2 times 2019 earnings.
In the prime market, Barita Investments lost 50 cents to close at $66.50 after trading 643,580 shares, Berger Paints dropped $1.50 to $14, with an exchange of 9,000 shares, Caribbean Cement jumped $7.99 to $77.99, after transferring 13,241 shares. Eppley Caribbean Property Fund climbed $4 to $46, in swapping 5,200 units, First Rock Capital ended at the lowest point since listing last week at $12, after losing $1 trading 24,366 shares. Jamaica Broilers climbed $4.69 to $39.70, with 164,156 shares changing hands, Jamaica Stock Exchange rose $1.60 to settle at $31.60, with an exchange of 239,060 shares. JMMB Group finished with a rise of $3.80 at $44.55, after trading 397,029 shares. Kingston Wharves closed trading at $53.03, after losing $1.97 exchanging 931 units, Mayberry Investments gained 70 cents to end at $8.20, with 10,280 shares crossing the exchange, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy tumbled $19.99 to $130.01, in transferring 1,613 units. NCB Financial closed $2 lower to $184 after trading 308,053 units, 138 Student Living lost 77 cents to end at $6.23, with 40,733 shares changing hands. PanJam Investment dipped $1.44 to $99.50 with an exchange of 15,383 units, Pulse Investments lost 35 cents to close at $11.10, in swapping 8,059,323 shares, Sagicor Group gained $1 to settle at $67, in exchanging 61,960 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund closed at $9.85, with gains of $1.05 in trading 362,100 shares. Scotia Group ended at $54, with a loss of $1 in transferring 272,072 shares, Seprod climbed $3 to $54, with 184,717 shares changing hands, Stanley Motta rose 40 cents to $5.60, trading 319,182 shares. Supreme Ventures lost 55 cents to settle at $21.50, in swapping 561,008 shares, Sygnus Credit Investments shed $1.06 to finish at $25.94, after transferring 88,979 shares. Victoria Mutual Investments slipped 50 cents to $9.25, with the trading of 226,844 shares and Wisynco Group gained 50 cents to end the day’s trade at $23.10, with an exchange of 1,803,893 shares.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with 352,444 units valued at over US$86,027. The market index rose 1.98 points to close at 228.15. First Rock Capital traded 100 units at 12 US cents, JMMB Group 6% preference share closed at US$1, with a gain of 1 cent exchanging 8,700 units, Proven Investments rose 1.9 cents to 31 US cents, in transferring 53,551 units. Sterling Investments lost 0.01 cent to end at 2.84 US cents, with 2,406 units changing hands and Sygnus Credit Investments gained 4.5 cents to settle at a record high of 22 US cents after swapping 287,687 shares.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

The Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange suffered more losses in trading on Thursday after the market reopened from the Ash Wednesday break as declining stocks had two to one ratio over rising ones after trading levels increased over Tuesday.

At the close, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index dipped 1,243.28 points to 531,671.90. The JSE Market Index dropped 1,125.70 points to 484,037.45, while the JSE Financial Index slipped 0.18 points to 131.13.
The market closed with 46 securities changing hands in the Main and US dollar markets with the prices of 12 advancing, 22 declining and 12 trading firm. The JSE Main Market activity ended with 41 securities accounting for 27,834,480 units valued at $185,509,886 in contrast to 31,839,670 units valued at $148,017,425 from 39 securities on Tuesday.
Sagicor Select Financial Fund traded 15.7 million shares for 56.5 percent of total volume, Wigton Windfarm followed with 6.6 million units for 23.7 percent of the day’s trade and Sagicor Group with 762,613 shares for 2.7 percent of the market share.
The Market closed with an average of 678,890 units valued at $4,524,631 for each security traded, in contrast to 565,203 units at an average of $3,795,319 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amount to 596,981 units valued at $2,909,960 for each security changing hands compared to 592,330 units valued at $2,812,748 for each security traded. Trading in January resulted in an average of 626,134 units valued at $3,511,981 for each security.
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 two finishing with lower offers. The PE ratio of the market ended at 18.6, while the Main Market ended at 17.9 times 2019 earnings.
In the Main Market, Barita Investments lost $1 to close at $67 with 34,249 shares changing hands, First Berger Paints fell 41 to close at $15.50 while trading 17,636 stock units, First Rock Capital closed $2 lower to an all-time low of $13, with an exchange of 87,805 shares. Grace Kennedy rose 50 cents to settle at $68, after trading 499,415 units, Jamaica Producers lost $1 to $21, after transferring 98,535 shares, JMMB Group shed $2.36 to end at $40.75, with 548,151 shares changing hands. Kingston Wharves dropped $3 to close at $55, after exchanging 12,902 stock units, Mayberry Investments fell $1 to end at $7.50, in swapping 9,298 shares, Mayberry Jamaican Equities gained 45 cents to end at $11.45, in swapping 15,250 shares. NCB Financial closed $1.64 lower to $186 after trading 17,864 units, Sagicor Group dropped 50 cents to $66, in exchanging 762,613 shares, Salada Foods jumped $5.75 as 8,426 shares changed hands at $34.25. Scotia Group gained $1 and closed at $55, with 79,701 shares changing hands, Seprod lost $2 to close at $51 trading 16,104 shares, Sygnus Credit Investments closed at $26.99, after gaining 79 cents transferring 15,194 shares.
138 Student Living preference shares declined by 50 cents to settle at $5.50, in swapping 3,555,944 shares.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with 157,614 units valued $41,526. The market lost 1.01 points to close at 226.17. Newly listed First Rock Capital, traded 15,539 units at 12 US cents, Margaritaville exchanged 1,551 units at 29 US cents, Proven Investments lost 1.9 cents and closed at 29.1 US cents, with 113,774 units changing hands. Sterling Investments shed 0.04 cents after swapping 350 shares to settle at 2.85 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments lost 2 cents to end at 17.5 US cents in trading 26,400 units.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Trading picked up on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market on Monday, with 42 securities accounting for 17,374,368 units amounting to $123,900,597 in contrast to 15,728,098 units at $58,677,916 from 38 securities on Friday.
The market closed with 47 securities changing hands in the Main and US dollar markets with the prices of 15 advancing, 18 declining and 14 trading firm.
At the close, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index declined 189.54 points to close at 538,072.47, the JSE Market Index fell 171.57 points to 489,831.04 and the JSE Financial Index lost 0.48 points to 132.30.
Sagicor Select Financial Fund closed trading with 10 million shares for 57.8 percent of total volume, Wigton Windfarm followed with 2.8 million units for 16 percent of the day’s trade, and 138 Student Living with 1.13 million shares for 6.5 percent market share.
 The Market closed with an average of 413,675 units valued at an average of $2,950,014 for each security traded, in contrast to 413,099 units valued at an average of $1,544,156 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amount to 593,879 units valued at $2,753,059 for each security changing hands compared to 605,686 units valued at $2,739,272 for each security traded. Trading in January resulted in an average of 626,134 units valued at $3,511,981 for each security.
 IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows ten stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and six finishing with lower offers. The PE ratio of the market ended at 18.8, while the Main Market ended at 18.2 times the 2019 earnings.
In the prime market, Barita Investments gained $1.10 to close at $68.10, with an exchange of 2,418 shares, Eppley climbed $2 to $18, in swapping 27,680 stock units, after being listed on Friday, First Rock Capital traded 23,916 units and closed 60 cents lower at $16, Grace Kennedy ended at $68, with a loss of $3 in transferring 41,201 shares. Jamaica Broilers fell 65 cents to $35.15 trading 16,634 units, Jamaica Producers lost 50 cents to settle at $24, with 30,241 shares changing hands. Jamaica Stock Exchange closed at $31.50, with gains of 50 cents after transferring 34,486 shares, JMMB Group settled at $44.50, after losing 51 cents and exchanging 259,358 shares, Mayberry Investments gained 60 cents to close at $8.10, in swapping 14,076 shares. NCB Financial lost $2.01 trading 238,395 units to end at $185, PanJam Investment lost 46 cents to close at $99.05, with 35,032 shares changing hands,  Portland JSX closed 50 cents higher at a 52 weeks’ high of $10, in swapping 17,500 units, Pulse Investments transferred 269,046 shares at $11.08, after losing $1.37. Sagicor Group lost 50 cents to settle at $70, in exchanging 98,849 shares, Salada Foods climbed $2.50 to $28.50 trading a mere 34 units, Scotia Group ended at $53.11, with a loss of 89 cents swapping 183,872 shares. Supreme Ventures advanced to $23.50, with gains of $1.49 exchanging 6,218 units and Sygnus Credit Investments closed 75 cents lower to $26.20, with 49,345 shares changing hands.
Trading in the US dollar market ended with 44,969 units valued at over US$12,359. The market lost 1.56 points to close at 228.24. First Rock Capital exchanged 1,000 units at 12 US cents, JMMB Group 6% preference share traded 1,000 units at 99 US cents, Margaritaville Turks lost 6 US cents transferring 1,190 units to end at 29 US cents. Proven Investments closed at 31 US cents, with 37,429 units changing hands, Sterling Investments lost 0.6 cents in swapping 2,000 shares to settle at 2.10 US cents and Sygnus Credit Investments gained 0.8 US cents to end at 17.8 US cents trading 2,350 shares.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.