Market activity ended on Monday, with the volume of shares trading rising moderately and the value nose-diving 75 percent from Friday trades on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market leading to declining stocks beating out those rising.
The All Jamaican Composite Index fell 1,704.02 points to close at 432,000.32, the Main Index fell 1,466.39 points to 390,763.90 and the JSE Financial Index slipped 0.40 points to end at 95.65.
Trading ended with 50 securities compared to 48 on Friday, with 18 rising, 23 declining and nine ending unchanged.
The PE Ratio, a formula for computing appropriate stock values, averages 15.8. The PE ratio for the JSE Main and USD Market closing quotes are based on earnings forecasted by ICInsider.com for companies with financial years ending between the current year and August 2022.
A total of 46,377,442 shares traded for $108,050,479 versus 40,219,894 units at $438,749,529 on Friday. QWI Investments led trading with 88.6 percent of total volume for an exchange of 41.1 million shares followed by JMMB Group with 2.4 percent for 1.1 million units and Transjamaican Highway with 2.1 percent after trading 952,806 units.
Trading averages 927,549 units at $2,161,010, compared to 837,914 shares at $9,140,615 on Friday and month to date, an average of 483,933 units at $4,995,646, compared to 427,920 units at $5,353,555 on Friday. November closed with an average of 233,949 units at $2,695,416.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows eight stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, Berger Paints rose 44 cents to $13.20 in trading 1,347 shares, Eppley slipped 70 cents to $35 with the transfer of 1,807 stocks, First Rock Capital fell 59 cents to $10.01 in switching ownership of 12,970 units. GraceKennedy rallied 98 cents to $98.98, with 5,974 stock units changing hands, Guardian Holdings shed 95 cents in closing at $520.05 after trading 966 stocks, Jamaica Broilers gained 35 cents in closing at $31.40 after an exchange of 1,297 units. Jamaica Stock Exchange dipped 34 cents to $18.15 with 1,418 shares changing hands, JMMB Group slipped 28 cents to $38.11 in transferring 1,097,799 shares, Kingston Wharves rose 49 cents to $43.99 in an exchange of 3 units. Mayberry Investments advanced $1.50 to end at $9 with 11,530 stocks changing hands, Mayberry Jamaican Equities rose 57 cents to finish at $9.07 in switching ownership of 900 stock units, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy fell $1 to close at $100 trading 9 units. NCB Financial shed 90 cents to $119 with 14,714 stocks clearing the market, PanJam Investment declined $1.10 to $66.90 after an exchange of 31,304 units, Proven Investments gained 40 cents in ending at $33.90 in 16,308 shares switching owners. Sagicor Group spiked 40 cents to $52.40 in exchanging 7,501 stock units, Scotia Group shed $1.48 to close at $37 with the swapping of 135,945 stocks, Seprod popped 55 cents to end at $63.06 in transferring 19,824 shares. Stanley Motta fell 50 cents to $5 in trading 897 stock units and Sygnus Credit Investments lost 50 cents ending at $15 with 13,167 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.