The Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market gave up all then gains over the last two days and more at the end of trading on Tuesday with the market declining after more stocks fell than rose as investors exchanged 30 percent more shares at 68 percent greater value than on Monday.
At the close, the All Jamaican Composite Index plunged 7,196.97 points to 400,671.99, the Main Index dived by 6,519.21 points to settle at 365,673.87 and the JSE Financial Index shed 1.97 points to end at 96.55.
Trading ended with 40 securities changing hands compared to 42 securities on Monday and it ended with the prices of 14 stocks rising, the prices of 18 declining and eight remaining unchanged and the average PE Ratio of the market ended at 15.3 based on IC Insider.com’s forecast of 2020-21 earnings.
The market closed with an exchange of 15,897,876 shares for $260,424,238 compared to 12,210,225 units at $154,837,388 on Monday.
Carreras led trading of 4.98 million shares for 31.3 percent of total volume followed by Wigton Windfarm, with 2.92 million units for 18.4 percent of the day’s trade and Grace Kennedy with 2.72 million units for 17.1 percent market share. 
Transjamaican Highway was the only other stock to exceed a million shares and ended with 2.12 million units changing hands.
Trading ended or the day with an average of 397,447 units changing hands at $6,510,606 for each security, in comparison to an average of 290,720 shares at $3,686,604 on Monday. The average trade for the month to date ended at 446,707 units at $2,885,266 for each security, in contrast to 449,733 units at $2,662,511. Trading month to date compares well to July with an average of 392,128 shares for $2,444,356.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading for the market shows 9 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Eppley advanced by $1 to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $22, with investors switching the ownership of 116,847 shares, Grace Kennedy increased 49 cents to end at $56.49 trading 2,722,991 units, Jamaica Broilers Group fell $1.50 in closing at $23.50 in exchanging 1,895 stocks. 
Jamaica Producers Group lost 50 cents to close at $20 with investors swapping 2,147 shares, JMMB Group climbed 44 cents to $30.47 while exchanging 20,425 stock units. Key Insurance shed 70 cents to close at $7.69 and finished trading 75,312 stocks, NCB Financial Group carved out a loss 50 cents in closing at $138.50 while 207,362 stock units changed hands, 138 Student Living carved out a loss 32 cents to close at $5.50 after exchanging 330,439 shares. Proven Investments rose $2 to end at $38 in trading 37,208 stocks. Scotia Group lost 51 cents to end at $45, with 282,290 stock units passing through the market and Seprod declined $3.49 to settle at $51.01 in exchanging 290,603 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
At the close, the All Jamaican Composite Index jumped by 4,343.31 points to 407,868.96, the JSE Main Index climbed 4,093.95 points to end at 372,193.08, the JSE Financial Index rose 2 points to settle at 98.52.
Sagicor Select Financial Fund with 1.3 million units or 10.8 percent of overall trade and QWI Investments with 1.2 million stock units for 10 percent of stocks trading.
Eppley jumped $3.18 to settle at 52 weeks’ high of $21 with an exchange of 40,535 units. Jamaica Broilers Group carved out a gain of $2 to close at $25 while trading 2,197 stocks, Jamaica Producers Group fell $2.48 to end at $20.50 with investors swapping 193,306 units, JMMB Group dropped by $1.27, in ending at $30.03 after 24,388 stocks passed through the market. Mayberry Jamaican Equities lost 46 cents in closing at $8.29, with 153 units changing hands, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy gained $2.99 to end at $155, after an exchange of 1,587 units, PanJam Investment declined $3 to end at $65 and cleared the market with 11,980 stock units. Proven Investments climbed $1.90 to $36 after trading 23,024 shares, Scotia Group carved out a loss $2.49 to end at $45.51 with investors switching ownership of 245,287 stock units and Wisynco Group fell 40 cents to close at $16.50 while exchanging 17,470 stocks.
At the close of the market, trading ended with six securities changing hands compared to four on Friday and ended with the prices of one stock rising, four declining and one remaining unchanged.
At the close of the market, First Rock Capital Investment lost 0.45 of a cent to close at 8.5 US cents in trading 750 units, Productive Business Solutions remained at 70 US cents finishing, with 30 shares changing hands. Proven Investments lost one-tenth of a cent and settled at 24.75 US cents, with investors swapping ownership of 2,612 shares. Sygnus Credit Investments dropped 1 US cent in closing at 13 US cents and clearing the market with 135,477 shares and Transjamaican Highway gained six-tenths of a cent and settled at 0.09 of a US cent in an exchange of 3,000 stocks.
Trading for the day ended with an average of 229,432 units changing hands for the day at $1,207,987 for each security, in comparison to an average of 441,246 shares at $1,282,200 on Thursday. The average trade for the month to date ended at 460,700 units at $2,591,884, in contrast to 479,152 units at $2,702,302. Trading month to date compares adversely to July with an average of 392,128 shares for $2,444,356.
Jamaica Stock Exchange fell 35 cents to settle at $20.14 with 3,815 stock units traded, JMMB Group advanced 60 cents to close at $31.30 with investors switching ownership of 38,865 units, Kingston Properties finished 40 cents higher at $7.60 with 250 stock units changing hands. Kingston Wharves declined by 90 cents to end at $49.10 with an exchange of 3,134 units, NCB Financial Group increased by $1 to close at $139, with 30,821 stocks traded, PanJam Investment climbed $3.50 to end at $68 with investors transferring 932 stock units. Proven Investments carved out a loss of $1.75 to finish at $34.10 with 40,514 stock units changing hands, Scotia Group climbed $1.75 to settle at $48 in the exchange of 27,903 stock units, Seprod dropped 50 cents to end at $54.50 with 5,874 stock units traded and Wisynco Group carved out a loss of 50 cents to close at $16.90 with 48,649 stock units crossing the exchange.
At the close of the market, trading ended with four securities changing hands compared to seven on Thursday and ended with the prices of one stock rising, two declining and one remaining unchanged.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading for the market shows two stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and none with a lower offer.
At the close, the All Jamaican Composite Index dropped by 223.64 points to settle at 401,551.48, the Main Index declined by 383.35 points to end at 366,312.01, the JSE Financial Index lost 0.10 points to settle at 95.85.
Trading ended with an average of 441,246 units changing hands at $1,282,200 for each security, in comparison to an average of 871,770 shares at $7,874,805 at the close on Wednesday. The average trade for the month to date ended at 479,152 units at $2,702,302 for each security, in contrast to 482,123 units at $2,813,629. Trading month to date compares well, with a July average of 392,128 shares for $2,444,356.
Key Insurance declined by 30 cents in closing at $8.09 with investors swapping 4,549 stock units, Kingston Wharves gained $1 to close at $50 after trading at 4,058 shares, Mayberry Investments rose 39 cents to end at $6 and crossing the exchange, with 424,095 stocks. Mayberry Jamaican Equities advanced 46 cents to $8.75, after exchanging 250 shares, Palace Amusement rose $198 to settle at $1750, with 33 units clearing the market, PanJam Investment fell 50 cents in closing at $64.50 in an exchange of 1,366 shares. Proven Investments increased $1.83 to settle at $35.85 in exchanging 3,100 stocks, Seprod carved out a gain of 85 cents to end at $55, after 9,670 shares passed through the market and Wisynco Group increased 85 cents to end at $17.40 in exchanging 9,404 stock units.
At the close of the market, trading ended with seven securities changing hands compared to five on Wednesday and ended with the prices of two stocks rising, two declining and three remaining unchanged.
At the close of the market, First Rock Capital Investment lost four-tenths of a cent to close at 8.5 US cents in clearing the market, with 297 stocks, Proven Investments gained 1.3 US cents to end at 24.85 US cents, with 106 stocks changing hands, Sterling Investments ended at 2 US cents and clearing the market with 10,000 stocks. Sygnus Credit Investments ended at 14.99 US cents from 15 US cents, with 7,000 shares changing hands and Transjamaican Highway gained 0.13 of a cent to at 0.97 US cent, with investors swapping 344,744 stocks.
At the close, the All Jamaican Composite Index lost 1,637.5 points to settle at 401,775.12, the Main Index lost 1,462.96 points to end at 366,695.36, the JSE Financial Index shed 0.01 point to close at 95.95.
Also trading over a million units are Pulse Investments with 1.55 million shares and Sagicor Select Financial Fund 1.25 million units.
Kingston Properties gained $1.04 to end at $7.20 in an exchange of174 stocks, Kingston Wharves dropped by $5 to close at $49 changing hands 600 units, NCB Financial Group increased $7 to close at $138 after exchanging 98,898 shares. 138 Student Living declined by $1.18 ending at $5.80 after exchanging 325 units, PanJam Investment fell $7 in ending at $65 and exchanging 205 stock units, Proven Investments lost $1.92 to end at $34.02, with 200 stock units changing hands, Scotia Group increased 50 cents to settle at $46.50 with investors swapping 1,500 units. Seprod lost 85 cents to close at $54.15 with an exchange of 325 units and Wisynco Group dropped by 70 cents in closing at $16.55 after exchanging 50,260 stock units.
Sterling Investments carved out a loss half a US cent in closing at 2.2 US cents in an exchange of 59,500 units. Sygnus Credit Investments remained at 15 US cents, with 350 stocks changing hands and Transjamaican Highway slipped from 0.85 cent to 0.84 of a US cent in exchanging 250,000 stocks.
At the close, the All Jamaican Composite Index lost 1,959.50 points to settle at 403,412.62, the Main Index shed 1,852.03 points to close at 368,158.32 and the JSE Financial Index dipped 0.13 points to end at 95.96.
Trading month to date compares well, with July that ended with an average of 392,128 shares for $2,444,356.
Mayberry Investments advanced by 75 cents in closing at $5.85, with 36,930 units passing through the market, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy lost $10.99 to close at $152.01 after exchanging 123 stock units, NCB Financial Group declined by $7.50 to close at $131 and finishing with 199,286 stock units crossing the exchange. Palace Amusement rose 50 cents to close at $1,552 after clearing the market with 19 units, PanJam Investment climbed $2 to close at $72 with investors swapping 3,804 stocks, Proven Investments rose $2.04 to close at $35.94 and finishing trading of 18,376 shares. Salada Foods carved out a gain of $1 to settle at $29 with investors swapping 50 units, Scotia Group rose $1 to end at $46, with 1,660 stock units changing hands, Seprod carved out a gain of $1 to settle at $55 in trading 16,225 stock units. Stanley Motta fell 33 cents in finishing at $4.80 trading 1,000 stocks and Sygnus Credit Investments lost 39 cents to end at $15.50, with 22,258 shares clearing the market.
