Trading activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market ended on Friday with a 13 percent decline in the volume of stocks traded valued at 101 percent more than on Thursday, after trading took place in 52 securities compared to 53 on Thursday, with prices of 13 rising, 27 declining and 12 unchanged.
A total of 7,597,619 shares were traded for $65,500,311 compared with 8,704,735 units at $32,539,428 on Thursday.
Trading ended with an average of 146,108 shares at $1,259,621 versus 164,240 shares at $613,951 on Thursday and month to date, an average of 358,577 units at $2,222,905 compared to 380,455 units at $2,322,094 on the previous day. June closed with an average of 366,795 units at $6,952,581 including trading in bonds.
Transjamaican Highway led trading with 2.42 million shares for 31.8 percent of total volume and hit an intraday record high of $2.82 before settling at a record close of $2.78. Wigton Windfarm followed with 1.77 million units for 23.3 percent of the day’s trade and Scotia Group with 575,267 units for 7.6 percent market share.
The All Jamaican Composite Index shed 1,694.92 points to finish at 359,918.59, the JSE Main Index fell 2,072.71 points to end at 322,269.79 and the JSE Financial Index lost 0.71 points to 70.39.
The PE Ratio, a formula used to compute appropriate stock values, averages 13.2 for the Main Market. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios are computed based on the last traded prices and earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies with the financial year ending up to August 2024.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows seven stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and five with lower offers.
At the close, Barita Investments rallied 51 cents to $75.01 after transferring 5,753 shares, Caribbean Cement rallied 30 cents to $55 with investors exchanging 4,749 stocks, Caribbean Producers shed 94 cents to end at $10 after trading 12,120 stock units. First Rock Real Estate rose 85 cents to close at $8.88 with 294 units changing hands, Guardian Holdings dropped $23 in closing at a 52 weeks’ low of $377 in an exchange of 90 units, Mayberry Investments declined 72 cents to close at $8.25 as investors traded 71 stock units. Mayberry Jamaican Equities lost 50 cents to finish at $11 after trading 314 shares, Pan Jamaica shed $1.72 to $49 after 12,086 stocks passed through the market, Seprod dipped $2.45 in ending at $70.05 after exchanging 102 units and
Supreme Ventures lost 50 cents to close at $27 in an exchange of 89,109 stocks.
In the preference segment, Jamaica Public Service 7% gained $9.31 to end at $55 with 183 stock units crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading plunges on the JSE USD Market
Trading ended on Thursday with a sharp decline in the volume and value of stocks changing hands on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market resulting in seven securities traded, up from just two on Wednesday and finishing with the prices of three rising, three declining and one ending unchanged, with an 88 percent fall in the volume of stocks traded valued 40 percent less than on Wednesday
A total of 112,148 shares were traded for US$10,192 in comparison with 929,491 units at US$16,864 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 16,021 shares at US$1,456 down from 464,746 units at US$8,432 on Wednesday, with a month to date average of 109,617 shares at $3,181 compared to 124,507 units at US$3,455 on the previous day. June ended with an average of 60,969 shares for US$3,967.
The US Denominated Equities Index climbed 8.38 points to 255.82.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 9.3. The PE ratio is computed based on the last traded price divided by projected earnings done by ICInsider.com for companies with their financial year ending between November 2023 and August 2024.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close, Margaritaville declined 0.48 of one cent in closing at 11 US cents with stakeholders exchanging 500 shares, Proven Investments dipped 1.05 cents and ended at 13.55 US cents after 6,317 units crossed through the market, Sterling Investments rallied 0.24 of a cent to end at 1.84 US cents after a transfer of 1,086 stock units,
Sygnus Credit Investments lost 0.05 of cent to close at 10.95 US cents with investors transferring 500 stocks and Transjamaican Highway gained 0.18 of cent to close at 1.98 US cents in an exchange of 98,751 stocks. Thursday’s closing price, the equivalent of J$3.05 some 11 percent more than the last traded price of $2.74 in the Main Market.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 5.75% remained at US$1.90 with 2,494 units clearing the market and JMMB Group 6% increased 0.98 of one cent to end at US$1 with 2,500 shares passing through the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading climbs on the JSE USD Market
Trading picked up on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market on Tuesday, with a 59 percent jump in the volume of stocks changing hands along with a 57 percent rise in the value compared to Monday and resulting in trading in eight securities, compared to five on Monday with the price of three rising, two declining and three ending unchanged.
Overall, 995,788 shares were traded for US$23,655 compared with 628,194 units at US$15,066 on Monday.
Trading averaged 124,474 shares for US$2,957 compared with 125,639 units for US$3,013 on Monday. Trading ended with a month to date average of 108,305 units at US$3,218 compared to 104,501 units at US$3,280 on the previous day. June ended with an average of 60,969 units for US$3,967.
The US Denominated Equities Index rose 0.45 points to 247.03.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 9.1. The PE ratio is computed based on the last traded price divided by projected earnings done by ICInsider.com for companies with their financial year ending between November 2023 and August 2024.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close, First Rock Real Estate USD share increased 0.6 of a cent to 4.4 US cents with stakeholders trading 225 shares, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy climbed 3 cents to close at 63 US cents and closed with an exchange of 13 stock units,
Productive Business Solutions ended at US$1.80 after exchanging just one stock. Proven Investments remained at 14.6 US cents, with 11,708 units crossing the exchange, Sterling Investments ended at 1.6 US cents with investors trading 279,097 shares and Transjamaican Highway dipped 0.01 of a cent in closing at 1.8 US cents in trading 699,743 units.
In the preference segment, Productive Business Solutions 9.25% preference share gained US$1.50 and ended at US$13 with a mere one stock being traded and JMMB Group 6% shed 5.98 cents to end at 99.02 US cents in switching ownership of 5,000 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Steady trading for JSE USD Market
Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market ended on Monday, with five securities traded, compared to six on Friday with one rising, one declining and three ending unchanged following a mild increase in the volume of stocks changing hands after a 59 percent lower value than on Friday and resulted in the US Denominated Equities Index climbing 3.80 points to 247.63.
Overall, 628,194 shares were traded for US$15,066 compared to 684,072 units at US$37,141 on Friday.
Trading averaged 125,639 units at US$3,013 compared to 114,012 shares at US$6,190 on Friday, with a month to date average of 104,501 shares at US$3,280 compared with 100,856 units at US$3,326 on the previous day. June ended with an average of 60,969 units for US$3,967.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 8.9. The PE ratio is computed based on the last traded price divided by projected earnings done by ICInsider.com for companies with their financial year ending between November 2023 and August 2024.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close, First Rock Real Estate USD share slipped 0.2 of a cent to a 52 weeks’ low of 3.8 US cents with an exchange of 64,248 shares, Proven Investments advanced 1.6 cents to end at 14.6 US cents after switching ownership of just one share, Sterling Investments ended trading of 18,919 stocks to close at 1.6 US cents and Transjamaican Highway ended at 1.81 US cents after closing with an exchange of 543,766 stock units.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 5.75% ended at US$1.90 while investors were exchanging 1,260 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading surges for JSE USD Market
Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market ended on Friday with a 157 percent jump in the volume of stocks changing hands with the value surging 502 percent more than on Thursday, resulting in the trading of six securities, compared to four on Thursday with one rising, two declining and three ending unchanged.
Overall, 684,072 shares were traded for US$37,141 compared to 266,681 units at US$6,174 on Thursday.
Trading averaged 114,012 units at US$6,190 versus 66,670 shares at US$1,544 on Thursday, with a month to date average of 100,856 shares at US$3,326 compared with 97,424 units at US$2,578 on the previous day. June ended with an average of 60,969 units for US$3,967.
The US Denominated Equities Index climbed 0.94 points to close trading at 243.84.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 8.9. The PE ratio is computed using the last traded price divided by ICInsider.com’s projected earnings done for companies with their financial year ending between November 2023 and August 2024.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, First Rock Real Estate USD share ended at 4 US cents while exchanging 31,000 shares, Proven Investments dipped 1.9 cents in closing at a 52 weeks’ low of 13 US cents, with 138,000 stocks crossing the exchange,
Sterling Investments remained at 1.6 US cents after an exchange of 41,950 units and Transjamaican Highway climbed 0.11 of a cent to 1.81 US cents with shareholders swapping 467,858 stock units.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 5.75% ended at US$1.90 after a transfer of 3,264 units and JMMB Group 6% slipped 13 cents in closing at US$1.05, with an exchange of 2,000 stock units.
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 Thursday, with the volume of stocks traded dropping 43 percent and the value plunging 64 percent lower than on Wednesday, following trading in 53 securities compared with 57 on Wednesday, resulting in prices of 21 rising, 22 declining and 10 ending unchanged.
Transjamaican Highway closed at a record close of $2.74, led trading with 2.95 million shares for 33.9 percent of total volume followed by Sagicor Select Financial Fund with 1.67 million units for 19.2 percent of the day’s trade and Wigton Windfarm with 1.56 million units for 17.9 percent of the day’s trade.
At the close, Barita Investments fell 50 cents to end at $74.50 as 10,522 shares passed through the market, Berger Paints declined 48 cents and ended at $7.56 with an exchange of 1,112 stock units, First Rock Real Estate shed 87 cents to $8.03 as investors exchanged 1,733 units, Kingston Wharves dipped $1.20 to close at $28.10 with a transfer of 94,612 stocks, Massy Holdings rallied 32 cents in closing at $98.32 in an exchange of 12 shares, NCB Financial dropped 48 cents and ended at $65 with stakeholders exchanging 22,635 units, Proven Investments popped $3.44 to end at $23.45 after a transfer of 262 stock units, Sagicor Group lost 38 cents in closing at $47.62, with 10,232 stocks changing hands and Seprod fell 50 cents to close at $72.50 after an exchange of 3,235 stock units.
In the preference segment, Productive Business 10.50% preference share advanced $24.99 to $1,125 with 149 units crossing the market, Jamaica Public Service 7% rose $4.15 to end at $45.69 with investors transferring 10 shares and JMMB Group 7.25% preference share lost 37 cents in closing at $3.07 with shareholders swapping 7,559 stocks.
A total of 15,314,858 shares were exchanged for $91,506,030, up from 9,129,580 units at $29,005,096 on Tuesday.
The PE Ratio, a formula used to compute appropriate stock values, averages 13 for the Main Market. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios are computed based on the last traded prices and earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies with the financial year ending up to August 2024.
Massy Holdings dropped $1 to end at $98 in an exchange of 1,722 shares. Mayberry Investments rose 48 cents to $8.98 with shareholders swapping 500 shares, Proven Investments fell $1.98 to end at $20.01 after a transfer of 2,150 stocks, Seprod climbed $2.98 to $73 after exchanging 1,492 units and Supreme Ventures declined 83 cents to close at $27.67 after 18,090 stock units passed through the market.
Jamaica Public Service 9.5% rallied $342.47 to a record high of $3767.17 with an exchange of 5 units and 138 Student Living preference share dived $15.75 to end at $89.24, with 4 stock units crossing the exchange.
A total of 9,129,580 shares were traded for $29,005,096 down from 24,449,466 units at $83,643,070 on Monday.
JSE Financial Index added 0.36 points to conclude trading at 71.51.
JMMB Group climbed 74 cents in closing at $29.99 after 61,111 units passed through the market. Kingston Wharves dropped 98 cents to end at $29 while exchanging 4,738 stocks, Mayberry Investments lost 50 cents to close at $8.50 as investors exchanged 102,836 stock units, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy climbed $15.49 to $83.99, with 447 shares clearing the market. NCB Financial rallied $1.23 to close at $65.25 after 9,895 stock units crossed the market, Pan Jamaica advanced 95 cents and ended at $50.45 after 344 stocks passed through the exchange, Sagicor Group popped 50 cents to close at $48 after an exchange of 4 units. Salada Foods gained 30 cents to end at $2.80 with shareholders swapping 38 stock units,
Seprod shed $2.73 in closing at $70.02, with 7,517 stocks changing hands and Sygnus Real Estate Finance rose 50 cents to end at $12.50 in an exchange of 16,441 units.
A total of 24,449,466 shares were exchanged for $83,643,070 up from 11,913,117 units at $42,086,420 on Friday.
The All Jamaican Composite Index rose 91.60 points to close trading at 363,379.58, the JSE Main Index dipped 1,424.39 points to end at 325,201.53 and the JSE Financial Index slipped 0.30 points to conclude trading at 71.15.
Guardian Holdings dropped $20 to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $400 with investors transferring 2,043 units, after the price hit a 52 weeks intraday low of $375.05, Jamaica Producers dropped $1 to end at $19.50, with 14,200 stock units crossing the market, Jamaica Stock Exchange declined 20 cents to $10.80 after 2,100 stocks changed hands, JMMB Group shed 75 cents and ended at $29.25 after trading 13,118 shares. NCB Financial declined $1.38 and ended at $64.02 after an exchange of 123,940 stock units, Pan Jamaica declined $1.25 to close at $49.50 with 207 stocks changing hands. Salada Foods shed 30 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $2.50 after 234,280 units passed through the market, Seprod climbed $2.57 to $72.75, with stakeholders exchanging 1,837 stocks and Supreme Ventures dropped 30 cents in closing at $28.50 in switching ownership of 40,906 shares.
In the preference segment, Jamaica Public Service 7% lost $7.50 to close at $42.50 with shareholders swapping 50 stock units and Jamaica Public Service 9.5% rose $446.70 to a record high of $3,424.70 with a transfer of one unit.
A total of 11,913,117 shares were traded for $42,086,420 compared to 19,516,550 units at $47,807,103 on Thursday.
The All Jamaican Composite Index lost 2,051.59 points to end at 363,287.98, the JSE Main Index fell 1,305.66 points to finish at 326,625.92 and the JSE Financial Index shed 0.61 points to end at 71.45.
Ciboney Group shed 32 cents in closing at $1.33, with 1,948,280 stock units changing hands. Eppley lost $2.45 and ended at $34, with 107 stocks crossing the market, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund dropped $3.48 in closing at $39 with an exchange of 1,030 stock units, Guardian Holdings rose $8 to end at $420, with 283 shares crossing the market, Jamaica Broilers dipped $1.84 to close at $35.05 with 56,101 units clearing the market, Jamaica Producers gained 35 cents and ended at $20.50 as investors exchanged 2,200 shares. JMMB Group dropped $2.30 to $30 after a transfer of 22,542 stocks, Margaritaville increased $2.68 in ending at $17.98 in an exchange of 2 units, Mayberry Jamaican Equities popped 56 cents to close at $11.56 with a transfer of 75,240 stock units, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy lost 50 cents to end at $68.50 in an exchange of 1,545 stock units.
Proven Investments shed $1.59 to $22.12 in trading 46,772 shares and Seprod fell $2.82 in closing at $70.18 with shareholders swapping 181 units.