Trading activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market plunged on Thursday, with the volume of stocks traded dropping 80 percent and the value 68 percent lower than on Wednesday, with trading in 55 securities compared with 52 on Wednesday, with 21 rising, 21 falling and 13 ending unchanged.
A total of 5,505,100 shares were exchanged for $37,890,404 versus 27,243,669 units at $116,951,925 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 100,093 shares at $688,916 compared to 523,917 units at $2,249,075 on Wednesday, while trading month to date averages 423,304 shares at $1,921,505 versus 454,491 units at $2,040,439 on the previous day. Trading in July ended with an average of 283,368 units at $2,135,482.
Transjamaican Highway led trading with 2.63 million shares for 47.9 percent of the volume, followed by Wigton Windfarm with 549,264 units for 10 percent of the day’s trade and JMMB Group 7.35% – 2028 with 511,801 units for 9.3 percent market share.
The All Jamaican Composite Index lost 757.11 points to close at 353,308.06, the JSE Main Index fell 457.71 points to 320,755.70 and the JSE Financial Index lost 0.20 points to undefined 70.32.
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 calculated 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 ten stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close, Barita Investments popped 98 cents in closing at $74.98 with 86,364 shares being traded, Berger Paints fell 50 cents to close at $7.05 with shareholders swapping 200 stock units, Caribbean Cement increased 50 cents to $52 after trading 8,861 units. First Rock Real Estate lost 70 cents to end at $8.10, with 2,010 stocks crossing the market, Guardian Holdings climbed $1.75 and ended at $439.75, with 102 stocks passed through the market, Jamaica Producers declined 90 cents to $19.20 with a transfer of 5,492 shares. JMMB Group gained 76 cents and ended at $27.91, changing hands 27,686 units, Key Insurance dipped 40 cents to end at $2.56 after exchanging 330 stock units, Kingston Properties shed 44 cents in closing at $6.95 as investors traded 14,986 stocks. Kingston Wharves rallied 40 cents to close at $28.90, with 3,673 stock units crossing the market, Massy Holdings dropped 75 cents and ended at $100.25, with 4,035 units clearing the market, Mayberry Investments declined 65 cents to close at $8 after a transfer of 19,470 shares. MPC Caribbean Clean Energy advanced $12.33 in closing at $81.99 with investors trading 1,000 stocks, NCB Financial rose 65 cents to end at $72.40 after 104,630 stocks crossed the exchange, 138 Student Living increased 40 cents to $4.65 in trading 50,330 units, Proven Investments gained 50 cents in closing at $23 in an exchange of 2,211 shares, Pulse Investments advanced 55 cents and ended at $2.66 after traders swapped 132,000 stock units, Scotia Group lost $1 to end at $33 in switching ownership of 53,613 stocks. Seprod shed $1.99 to close at $67.01 with an exchange of 10,929 units and Supreme Ventures dropped $1 to $28 with investors transferring 33,173 shares.
In the preference segment, Jamaica Public Service 7% fell $9.75 to $55.25 while exchanging five 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 Wednesday, with the volume of stocks traded rising 116 percent and the value 190 percent more than on Tuesday, following trading in 52 securities compared with 56 on Tuesday and ended with declining stocks outpacing those rising and finished with 15 rising, 25 falling and 12 ending unchanged.
A total of 27,243,669 shares were traded for $116,951,925 compared to 12,623,404 units at $40,299,945 on Tuesday.
Trading averaged 523,917 shares at $2,249,075, up from 225,418 shares at $719,642 on Tuesday and month to date, an average of 454,491 units at $2,040,439, compared to 447,521 units at $2,019,495 on the previous day. July closed with an average of 283,368 units at $2,135,482.
Sterling Investments led trading with 13.34 million shares for 49 percent of the total volume, followed by Stanley Motta with 6.13 million units for 22.5 percent of trading, Wigton Windfarm ended with 2.99 million units for 11 percent market share, Sagicor Select Financial Fund filled in with 1.62 million units for 6 percent shares traded and Transjamaican Highway with 1.22 million units for 4.5 percent of total volume.
The All Jamaican Composite Index advanced 228.12 points to end at 354,065.17, the JSE Main Index dipped 192.39 points to 321,213.41 and the JSE Financial Index shed 0.33 points to 70.52.
The PE Ratio, a formula used to compute appropriate stock values, averages 12.9 for the Main Market. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios are calculated 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 ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and eight with lower offers.
At the close, Barita Investments fell 80 cents to close at $74 with 48,522 shares clearing the market, Caribbean Cement gained $1.39 in closing at $51.50 after an exchange of 6,854 stocks, GraceKennedy shed 30 cents to $77 in trading 72,944 units, Guardian Holdings declined $1.75 and ended at $438 with an exchange of 5 stock units. Jamaica Producers popped 90 cents to end at $20.10, with 3,730 shares crossing the market, JMMB Group dropped 76 cents and ended at $27.15, with shareholders swapping 3,587 stocks, Kingston Wharves dipped 40 cents in closing at $28.50, with 314 stock units changing hands. Massy Holdings rallied 75 cents to end at $101, with investors transferring 45,101 units, Mayberry Investments climbed 53 cents to $8.65, with 878 shares crossing the exchange, NCB Financial rose 75 cents to $71.75 after investors traded 23,986 stock units. 138 Student Living lost 39 cents and ended at $4.25 after a transfer of 282 units, Pan Jamaica traded 8,554 shares and rose 9 cents to close at $47.29, but only after hitting an intraday 52 weeks’ low of $40.01, Proven Investments lost 50 cents to close at $22.50 with a transfer of 190 stocks. Pulse Investments shed 71 cents to end at $2.11 while exchanging 24,170 units, Radio Jamaica gained 1 cent to close at $1.54 after hitting an intraday low of $1.40 in trading 101,142 shares, Seprod dipped 92 cents to close at $69 with stakeholders trading 7,423 stocks. Stanley Motta advanced 31 cents to $5 in an exchange of 6,134,145 shares. Sygnus Credit Investments increased 58 cents to end at $12.05 in switching ownership of 10,712 stock units and Wisynco Group climbed 85 cents to $17.75 in an exchange of 80,898 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

The Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market slipped at the end of trading on Tuesday, with the volume of stocks traded rising 16 percent and the value plunging 56 percent compared to that on Monday, resulting in trading in 56 securities compared with 61 on Monday, with prices of 19 rising, 20 declining and 17 ending unchanged.
A total of 12,623,404 shares were traded for $40,299,945 compared with 10,928,473 units at $91,325,752 on Monday.
Trading averaged 225,418 shares at $719,642 versus 179,155 shares at $1,497,143 on Monday and month to date, an average of 447,521 units at $2,019,495, compared with 474,443 units at $2,177,053 on the previous day. July closed with an average of 283,368 units at $2,135,482.
Wigton Windfarm led trading with 5.55 million shares for 44 percent of stocks traded, Transjamaican was next with 5.14 million units for 40.7 percent of the day’s trade and Carreras with 339,919 units for 2.7 percent market share.
The All Jamaican Composite Index dropped 612.08 points to 353,837.05, the JSE Main Index lost 846.13 points to finish at 321,405.80 and the JSE Financial Index inched 0.03 points higher to 70.85.
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 calculated 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 eight stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and five with lower offers.
At the close, Barita Investments rose 50 cents and ended at $74.80 after 33,834 shares passed through the market, GraceKennedy rallied 80 cents to close at $77.30 in an exchange of 14,006 units, Jamaica Producers fell 80 cents to end at $19.20 after investors traded 10,785 stock units. Jamaica Stock Exchange popped 84 cents in closing at $10.79 with stakeholders exchanging 20,578 stocks, JMMB Group advanced 40 cents to $27.91, with 42,495 shares crossing the exchange, Margaritaville lost $2.47 to $14.03 while exchanging 250 stock units. Massy Holdings dipped 95 cents in closing at $100.25 in switching ownership of 716 stocks, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy dropped $12.29 and ended at $69.66 in trading 50 units, NCB Financial rallied $1 to end at $71 in an exchange of 94,546 stock units. Pan Jamaica gained $2.19 to close at $47.20 after an exchange of 120 units, Pulse Investments climbed 32 cents to $2.82 and closed with 173,001 stocks clearing the exchange. Sagicor Group shed 89 cents and ended at $44.10 after an exchange of 6,438 shares, Seprod popped 62 cents to close at $69.92 with an exchange of 3,366 stock units, Sygnus Credit Investments declined 53 cents in closing at $11.47 with investors transferring 20,526 units and Wisynco Group dropped 75 cents to end at $16.90 after a transfer of 27,934 stocks
In the preference segment, Jamaica Public Service 7% climbed $15 to end at $65, with 50 shares crossing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Stocks rose following an increase in the level of trading activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market on Monday, leading to trading in 61 securities compared with 58 on Friday, with the prices of just stocks 14 rising, 31 declining and 16 ending unchanged with the volume of stocks traded rising 42 percent and the value 71 percent more than on Friday with the prices of three stocks closing at 52 weeks’ low and one trading at an intraday 52 weeks’ low.
Trading picked up with 10,928,473 shares being traded for $91,325,752 compared with 7,673,086 units at $53,319,630 on Friday.
Trading averaged 179,155 shares at $1,497,143 versus 132,295 units at $919,304 on Friday and month to date, an average of 474,443 units at $2,177,053 compared to 519,362 stocks at $2,280,480 on the previous trading day. Trading in July closed with an average of 283,368 units at $2,135,482.
Transjamaican Highway led trading with 3.15 million shares for 28.9 percent of the volume, followed by Wigton Windfarm, with 2.24 million units for 20.5 percent of the day’s trade and QWI Investments ended with 1.19 million units for 10.9 percent of trading.
The All Jamaican Composite Index rallied 822.60 points to close at 354,449.13, the JSE Main Index gained 1,017.76 points to close at 322,251.93 and the JSE Financial Index advanced 0.35 points to finish at 70.82.
The PE Ratio, a formula used to compute appropriate stock values, averages 13.1 for the Main Market. The 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 13 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and five with lower offers.
At the close, Barita Investments dropped 68 cents to close at $74.30, with 158,792 shares passing through the market, Caribbean Cement fell $1.63 and ended at $50.12 after it closed with an exchange of 70,834 stocks, Eppley gained 99 cents to end trading of 3 units at $35.99. GraceKennedy dipped $1 to end at $76.50, with 327,657 stock units crossing the market, Guardian Holdings rallied $19.75 in closing at $439.75 with investors transferring just 9 stock units, Jamaica Stock Exchange fell 5 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $9.95 in trading 33,985 shares, JMMB Group shed 49 cents in closing at $27.51 in switching ownership of 14,491 stocks. Massy Holdings declined $1.80 and ended at $101.20 with an exchange of 1,084 shares, Pan Jamaica lost $1.49 to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $45.01 after an exchange of 374,708 units, Pulse Investments rose 25 cents to close at $2.50, but only after hitting an intraday 52 weeks’ low of $2 with an exchange of 927,882 shares, Portland JSX dipped $1.29 to $9.50, with 20,001 shares changing hand., Radio Jamaica fell to 7 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $148 and traded 527,202 shares, following release of first quarter results showing flat revenues and a modest decline in its loss for the June quarter. Seprod lost 70 cents to close at $69.30 with 2,789 stock units clearing the market and Stanley Motta dropped 34 cents and ended at $4.51 after 9,489 stocks crossed the market.
In the preference segment, Eppley 5% preference share advanced $1.03 to $22 in an exchange of 677 units, Jamaica Public Service 7% shed $2 in closing at $50 in trading 1,993 shares and 138 Student Living preference share climbed $6.50 to end at $99.98 with shareholders swapping a mere one stock unit.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

The Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange dropped on Friday, following slippage for the past two days and ended with the volume of stocks traded declining 51 percent and the value 82 percent lower than on Thursday, after 58 securities were traded compared to 56 on Thursday and ended with prices of 20 stocks rising, 19 falling and 19 unchanged.
A total of 7,673,086 shares were traded for $53,319,630 compared with 15,739,565 units at $290,871,744 on Thursday.
Trading averaged 132,295 shares at $919,304 compared to 281,064 stocks at $5,194,138 on Thursday and month to date, an average of 519,362 stocks at $2,280,480, compared with 584,813 units at $2,510,650 on the previous day. July closed with an average of 283,368 units at $2,135,482.
Wigton Windfarm led trading with 2.84 million shares for 37.1 percent of total volume, followed by Transjamaican Highway with 1.96 million units for 25.6 percent of the day’s trade and QWI Investments with 714,274 units for 9.3 percent market share.
The All Jamaican Composite Index shed 2,943.11 points to end at 353,626.53, the JSE Main Index dropped 2,292.56 points to 321,234.17 and the JSE Financial Index dipped 0.95 points to 70.47.
The PE Ratio, a formula used to compute appropriate stock values, averages 12.9 for the Main Market. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios are calculated 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 four stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close, Carreras gained 31 cents to end at $8.45 after a transfer of 142,571 shares, First Rock Real Estate fell 63 cents to $8.87 with a transfer of 7,533 stock units, GraceKennedy climbed $1.48 in closing at $77.50 after 4,992 units were traded. Guardian Holdings fell $20 to $420 with investors transferring 22,192 stocks, Jamaica Broilers dipped 51 cents to close at $31.99 in an exchange of 42,648 stock units, Kingston Properties popped 52 cents and ended at $7.42, with 6 units clearing the market. Pan Jamaica rose 50 cents to $46.50, with 341 stocks crossing the market, Proven Investments rose 94 cents to $23, with 4,451 shares changing hands, Sagicor Group climbed 48 cents to end at $44.98 with an exchange of 29,517 stocks. Scotia Group dipped 50 cents to close at $34, with 22,601 units crossing the market, Stanley Motta rallied 35 cents to end at $4.85 with investors swapping just one stock unit and Sygnus Credit Investments climbed 54 cents and ended at $12.04 after trading 21,558 shares.
In the preference segment, Jamaica Public Service 7% lost $2 to end at $52 as investors exchanged 3 stock units, JMMB Group 7% preference share advanced 31 cents to $2.25, with 950 stocks crossing the exchange and 138 Student Living preference share rose $8.50 to close at $93.48 after 218 shares passed through the market.
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 dipping 16 percent but with the value 184 percent greater than on Wednesday, following trading in 56 securities compared with 59 on Wednesday, with 22 rising, 23 declining and 11 ending unchanged.
A total of 15,739,565 shares were traded for $290,871,744 compared to 18,751,692 units at $102,393,251 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 281,064 shares at $5,194,138 versus 317,825 shares at $1,735,479 on Wednesday and month to date, an average of 584,813 units at $2,510,650, compared to 644,082 units at $1,987,042 on the previous day. July closed with an average of 283,368 units at $2,135,482.
Sagicor Select Financial Fund led trading with 3.34 million shares for 21.2 percent of total volume, followed by NCB Financial with 3.24 million units for 20.6 percent of the day’s trade as Stanley Motta ended with 2.04 million units for 12.9 percent market share, Wigton Windfarm closed with 1.83 million units for 11.6 percent market share and Transjamaican Highway with 1.25 million units for 7.9 percent of total volume.
The All Jamaican Composite Index slipped 201.95 points to finish at 356,569.64, the JSE Main Index shed 2,566.81 points to 323,526.73 and the JSE Financial Index fell 0.90 points to end trading at 71.43.
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 calculated 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 three with lower offers.
At the close, Barita Investments rose 60 cents and ended at $75.05 after closing with an exchange of 112,578 shares, Caribbean Cement rallied 80 cents to $52 with 27,619 stocks changing hands, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund popped $2.93 to close at $41.94 in switching ownership of 721 units. First Rock Real Estate climbed 50 cents to end at $9.50, with 600 stock units clearing the market, GraceKennedy fell $1.48 in closing at $76.02 while 182,784 stocks passed through the market, Jamaica Producers advanced 95 cents in closing at $20.15 after an exchange of 2,032 stock units. Jamaica Stock Exchange dropped $1 to close at $10 in an exchange of 334,799 shares, Margaritaville increased 79 cents to $16.59, with 1,000 units crossing the market, Massy Holdings gained $2.01 to end at $103 after investors exchanged 1,549 units. Mayberry Investments lost 40 cents and ended at $8.30, with 9,296 stocks crossing the market, NCB Financial dropped $4.11 to end at $69.99 after the price hit an intraday 52 weeks’ low of $52 with shareholders swapping 3,241,324 stock units, 138 Student Living advanced 40 cents in closing at $4.51 in trading 32 shares. Pan Jamaica declined 50 cents and ended at $46 in an exchange of 5,984 units, Sagicor Group shed 50 cents to close at $44.50, with stakeholders exchanging 17,585 shares, Seprod dropped 50 cents to close at $70 while trading 11,984 stocks. Supreme Ventures rose $1.18 and ended at $28.79 with a transfer of 692 stock units and Sygnus Credit Investments dipped 59 cents to close at $11.50, with 1,809 stock units changing hands.
In the preference segment, Eppley 7.25% preference share fell 50 cents in closing at $18 after a transfer of 28,872 shares and Jamaica Public Service 7% shed $1 to end at $54, trading one unit.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.