The Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market closed on Wednesday with a 151 percent rise in the volume of stocks traded, valued 207 percent more than on Tuesday,  following trading in 59 securities compared to 53 on Tuesday, and leading to prices of 20 rising, 25 declining and 14 ending unchanged.
A total of 13,423,503 shares were exchanged for $91,730,395 versus 5,344,520 units at $29,834,911 on Tuesday.
Trading averaged 227,517 units at $1,554,752 up from 100,840 shares at $562,923 on Tuesday and month to date, an average of 178,757 units at $2,116,105 compared with 173,546 units at $2,176,105 on the previous day. January closed with an average of 205,236 units at $1,805,558.
Stanley Motta led trading with 3.13 million shares for 23.3 percent of total volume followed by Sagicor Select Manufacturing & Distribution Fund with 3.02 million units for 22.5 percent of the day’s trade, Sagicor Select Financial Fund with 1.91 million units for 14.3 percent market share, Wigton Windfarm with 1.48 million units for 11 percent and Jamaica Broilers with 1.17 million units for 8.7 percent market share.
The All Jamaican Composite Index dived 4,989.03 points to 376,426.75, the JSE Main Index fell 3,607.32 points to 333,129.98 and the JSE Financial Index shed 1.42 points to end at 79.20.
The PE Ratio, a formula to ascertain appropriate stock values, averages 13.5 for the Main Market. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios incorporate earnings forecasted by ICInsider.com for companies with the financial year ending between November 2022 and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows six stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and one stock with a lower offer.
At the close, Berger Paints fell $1.79 in closing at a 52 weeks’ low of $7.51 with 1,606 shares clearing the market, Caribbean Cement dipped 49 cents to t $57.01 with investors transferring 32,236 stock units, Jamaica Broilers declined $3 to $30 after trading 1,166,690 stocks but only after trading at an intraday high of $34. Jamaica Producers rose $1.85 to end at $21.85 after exchanging 24,713 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange shed 90 cents in ending at $14 with a transfer of 40,399 stocks, JMMB Group fell $1.80 to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $30.70 in switching ownership of 70,187 units. Mayberry Investments lost 49 cents to end at $7.81 with 15,904 stock units changing hands, NCB Financial declined $3.30 to finish at $75 as investors exchanged 17,727 shares, Palace Amusement advanced $39 in closing at $2,439 with the swapping of 235 stock units. Scotia Group fell $1.72 to $32.78 exchanging 25,898 shares, Seprod gained $1.50 to settle at $67 in trading 4,464 stocks, Sygnus Real Estate Finance rallied 95 cents to close at $10 in an exchange of 200 units and Victoria Mutual Investments lost 40 cents to end at $4 in switching ownership of 162,668 units.
In the preference segment, Eppley 5% preference share popped $4.78 ending at $22 with 33 stock units crossing the market and JMMB Group 7.25% preference share rose 47 cents in closing at $3.58 with an exchange of 30 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Trading activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market ended on Tuesday with a 53 percent fall in the volume of stocks traded with the value ending 88 percent lower than on Monday following trading in 53 securities compared to 57 on Monday, with 22 rising, 18 declining and 13 ending unchanged.
A total of 5,344,520 shares were exchanged for a mere $29,834,911 compared with 11,450,226 units at $243,197,157 on Monday.
Trading averaged 100,840 units at $562,923 versus 200,881 shares at $4,266,617 on Monday and month to date, an average of 173,546 units at $2,176,105 compared to 181,268 units at $2,347,445 on the previous day. Trading in January closed with an average of 205,236 units at $1,805,558.
Wigton Windfarm led trading with 2.0 million shares for 37.4 percent of total volume followed by Transjamaican Highway with 1.30 million units for 24.2 percent of the day’s trade and Carreras with 511,278 units for 9.6 percent market share.
The All Jamaican Composite Index advanced 2,011.35 points to 381,415.78, the JSE Main Index rose 1,590.42 points to end at 336,737.30 and the JSE Financial Index gained 0.42 points to close at 80.62.
The PE Ratio, a formula to ascertain appropriate stock values, averages 13.6 for the Main Market. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios incorporate earnings forecasted by ICInsider.com for companies with the financial year ending between November 2022 and August 2023.
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 fell 60 cents to close at $9.30 trading 6,512 shares, Caribbean Cement shed 50 cents to end at $57.50 with a transfer of 3,192 units, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund rallied $6 in closing at $48 after 408 stock units passed through the market. Jamaica Broilers rose 50 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $33 with an exchange of 109,861 stocks, Jamaica Stock Exchange popped 65 cents to finish at $14.90 after trading 15,826 units, JMMB Group rallied 50 cents to $32.50 with 43,177 shares crossing the exchange. Palace Amusement climbed $75 to $2,400 in transferring 61 stock units, Sagicor Group lost 40 cents to settle at $53.10 after 14,875 stocks changed hands, Scotia Group advanced 50 cents to $34.50 with the swapping of 9,074 shares. Seprod gained 50 cents to close at $65.50 after investors traded 12,402 stocks, Stanley Motta dipped 51 cents to end at $4.31 closed with 1,888 stock units changing hands and Wisynco Group gained 53 cents in closing at $17.78 in switching ownership of 115,243 units.
In the preference segment, Eppley 7.75% preference share advanced $2 to close at $20 as investors exchanged 55 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Trading jumped sharply on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market on Monday with a marginal decline in the volume traded with a 164 percent surge in value over Friday, resulting in trading in 57 securities compared to 53on Friday, with 17 rising, 25 declining and 15 ending unchanged.
A total of 11,450,226 shares were traded for $243,197,157 versus 11,840,614 units at $92,145,603 on Friday.
Trading averaged 200,881 units at $4,266,617 versus 223,408 shares at $1,738,596 on Friday and month to date, an average of 181,268 units at $2,347,445 compared to 178,739 units at $2,099,950 on the previous day. Trading in January averaged 205,236 units at $1,805,558.
Scotia Group led trading with 4.13 million shares for 36.1 percent of total volume followed by QWI Investments with 1.51 million units for 13.2 percent of the day’s trade, Wigton Windfarm with 1.51 million units for 13.2 percent and Transjamaican Highway with 1.01 million units for 8.8 percent market share.
The All Jamaican Composite Index dropped 1,641.15 points to 379,404.43, the JSE Main Index fell 1,138.54 points to 335,146.88 and the JSE Financial Index shed 0.10 points to close at 80.20.
The PE Ratio, a formula to ascertain appropriate stock values, averages 14 for the Main Market. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios incorporate earnings forecasted by ICInsider.com for companies with the financial year ending between November 2022 and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 13 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, Caribbean Cement dropped $1.18 to $58 with a transfer of 63,366 shares, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund declined $4 in closing at $42 as investors traded 1,619 stock units, Guardian Holdings advanced $4.30 in ending at $510 with 40,354 stocks crossing the market. JMMB Group shed $1.40 to close at $32 trading 15,984 units, Mayberry Investments popped 69 cents to end at $8.50 after exchanging 4,120 stocks, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy dropped $15 to finish at $71 with 100 units changing hands. NCB Financial rose $3 to close at $78 after a transfer of 4,277 shares, 138 Student Living lost 49 cents to settle at $4.51 after 3,019 stock units passed through the market, Palace Amusement climbed $22.90 to $2,325 in switching ownership of 64 units. Proven Investments fell $1.30 in closing at $28 after trading 1,130 stock units, Sagicor Group gained 50 cents to end at $53.50 with investors transferring 1,645 stocks, Scotia Group dipped 85 cents in closing at $34 with an exchange of 4,131,234 shares. Seprod rose $1 to end at $65 with the swapping of 7,501 stock units, Stanley Motta rallied 52 cents to close at $4.82 after an exchange of 4,980 units, Supreme Ventures shed 51 cents in ending at $26.49 in transferring 365,798 stocks. Sygnus Credit Investments USD share gained $1.90 to finish at $20.90 after clearing the market with 12 shares, Sygnus Real Estate Finance lost 43 cents in closing at $9.07 as investors traded 1,000 shares, Wisynco Group fell 73 cents to $17.25 with the swapping of 320,246 units.
In the preference segment, Productive Business 10.50% preference share climbed $84.09 to close at $1,200 after exchanging 176 stocks and Productive Business Solutions 9.75% preference share dropped $13 to end at $107 with a transfer of 10 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Trading dropped on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market on Friday with a 30 percent drop in the volume of stocks traded at a 77 percent lower value than on Thursday, after trading in 53 securities up from 51 on Thursday, resulting in prices of stocks 24 rising, 19 declining and 10 ending unchanged.
A total of 11,840,614 shares were traded for $92,145,603 compared to 16,899,213 units at $398,378,363 on Thursday.
Trading averaged 223,408 shares at $1,738,596 compared to 331,357 shares at $7,811,340 on Thursday and month to date, an average of 178,739 stock units at $2,099,950 compared with 172,653 stocks at $2,149,183 on the previous day. January closed with an average of 205,236 units at $1,805,558.
Sagicor Select Financial Fund led trading with 4.40 million shares for 37.1 percent of total volume followed by Wigton Windfarm with 2.34 million units for 19.7 percent of the day’s trade and Transjamaican Highway with 1.21 million units for 10.2 percent market share.
The All Jamaican Composite Index advanced 466.42 points to 381,045.58, the JSE Main Index rose 302.30 points to close at 336,285.42 and the JSE Financial Index rallied 0.57 points to settle at 80.30.
The PE Ratio, a formula to ascertain appropriate stock values, averages 14.2 for the Main Market. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios are computed based on the last traded price and earnings forecasted by ICInsider.com for companies with the financial year ending between November 2022 and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 12 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and five with lower offers.
At the close, Barita Investments lost 50 cents in closing at $84 in trading 4,996 shares, Caribbean Cement advanced $2.41 to $59.18 with a transfer of 26,011 units, Caribbean Producers dipped 77 cents to $10.80 with 274,070 stock units changing hands after trading at an intraday 52 weeks’ low of $10.19 following the release of half year results showing reduced profit in the December quarter compared with that of 2021. GraceKennedy shed 90 cents to end at $77.10 after an exchange of 174,611 stocks, Guardian Holdings rallied 69 cents to close at $505.70 with the swapping of 20,423 shares, Jamaica Broilers gained 50 cents in closing at a 52 weeks’ high of $32.50 after 946,442 stocks passed through the market. Jamaica Producers fell $1 in ending at $20 after trading 32,439 stock units, JMMB Group popped 45 cents to close at $33.40 with investors transferring 83,865 units, Kingston Properties shed 50 cents to finish at $6.60 in an exchange of 147,000 units. Mayberry Jamaican Equities rose 99 cents to end at $12.39 in switching ownership of 49,660 stocks, NCB Financial declined $1 in closing at $75 with the swapping of 27,651 stock units, Palace Amusement dropped $185.90 to close at $2,302.10 while trading 549 shares. Seprod dipped $1.20 to end at $64 with an exchange of 25,136 units, Stanley Motta fell 93 cents to settle at $4.30 with 47,129 shares changing hands, Supreme Ventures rose $1 to $27 in an exchange of 25,496 stock units. Sygnus Real Estate Finance shed 50 cents to end at $9.50 after 1,100 stocks cleared the market and Wisynco Group popped 78 cents in closing at $17.98 in a transfer of 325,355 units.
In the preference segment, Productive Business 10.50% preference share advanced $15.91 to end at $1,115.91 trading 60 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Trading jumped sharply on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market on Thursday with the volume of stocks traded jumping 78 percent with the value surging 323 percent above Wednesday’s level, after an exchange of 51 securities compared to 52 on the previous day, with 19 rising, 27 declining and five ending unchanged.
A total of 16,899,213 shares were exchanged for $398,378,363 versus 9,512,250 units at $94,127,743 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 331,357 units at $7,811,340 compared with 182,928 shares at $1,810,149 on Wednesday and month to date, an average of 172,653 units at $2,149,183 compared with 148,706 units at $1,294,834 on the previous day. January closed with an average of 205,236 units at $1,805,558.
Kingston Wharves led trading with 6.18 million shares for 36.6 percent of total volume followed by Wigton Windfarm with 4.13 million units for 24.4 percent of the day’s trade and Sagicor Select Financial Fund with 966,026 units for 5.7 percent market share.
The All Jamaican Composite Index advanced 1,288.52 points to 380,579.16, the JSE Main Index rose 1,520.99 points to 335,983.12 and the JSE Financial Index gained 0.43 points to end at 79.73.
The PE Ratio, a formula to ascertain appropriate stock values, averages 14.3 for the Main Market. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios incorporate earnings forecasted by ICInsider.com for companies with the financial year ending between November 2022 and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 12 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and one stock with a lower offer.
At the close, Caribbean Cement declined $2.73 in closing at $56.77 with an exchange of 302,365 shares, Eppley fell $1.51 to end at $37.49 after 2,522 stock units were traded, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund advanced $6.09 to finish at $46.09 with 52 stocks crossing the market. First Rock Real Estate shed 65 cents to settle at $12.10 in transferring 26,411 units, Jamaica Broilers rose 67 cents to close at $32 with 699,263 stocks clearing the market, Jamaica Producers popped 85 cents to close at $21 with the swapping of 500,397 stock units. Jamaica Stock Exchange shed 65 cents to end at $14.50 in exchanging 2,345 units, JMMB Group fell 95 cents to $32.95 in switching ownership of 6,127 shares, Massy Holdings gained $1 to close at $80 as investors traded 848,567 shares. Mayberry Jamaican Equities lost $1 in ending at $11.40 with the swapping of 1,344 stock units, NCB Financial popped $2 to finish at $76 in an exchange of 20,998 units, 138 Student Living lost 72 cents to end at $5 in switching ownership of 103,573 stocks. Palace Amusement climbed $38 in closing at $2,488 after 272 shares passed through the market, Portland JSX shed $1 after ending at $9 as investors traded 299,950 stock units, Proven Investments advanced $2.80 to $29.30 in trading 6,447 stocks. Scotia Group rose 89 cents to $34.89 with an exchange of 41,685 units, Seprod fell $1.05 to end at $65.20 with investors transferring 6,225 shares, Supreme Ventures declined 93 cents in closing at $26 with the swapping of 101,847 units. Sygnus Credit Investments dipped $1.02 to t $11.96 after an exchange of 8,965 stocks, Sygnus Real Estate Finance shed 45 cents in ending at $10 with a transfer of 100 stock units and Wisynco Group dipped 40 cents to close at $17.20 as investors switched ownership of 39,946 stock units.
In the preference segment, Jamaica Public Service 7% advanced $1 in closing at a 52 weeks’ high of $7 after a transfer of 5,808 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.