The Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market ended trading on Wednesday, with the market rising marginally after more stocks declined than rising in an exchange of 455 percent more shares, with a 757 percent rise in value than on Tuesday.
At the close, the All Jamaican Composite Index gained 35.98 points to 414,887.27, the Main Index rose 193.22 points to 378,479.15, while the JSE Financial Index shed 0.39 points to settle at 99.58.
Trading ended with 44 securities changing hands compared to 42 on Tuesday and closed with the prices of 14 stocks rising, 21 declining and nine remaining unchanged. The average PE Ratio ended at 15.3 based on the IC Insider.com forecast of 2020-21 earnings.
The market closed with an exchange of 23,292,101 shares for $301,807,924 compared to 4,197,312 units at $35,206,443 on Tuesday. Wigton Windfarm led with 41.4 percent of total volume, trading 9.65 million shares, followed by Jamaica Broilers with 35.4 percent as 8.25 million units traded, Sagicor Select Financial Fund with 6.5 percent after 1.52 million units changed hands and Transjamaican Highway accounting for 4.8 percent with 1.12 million units.
Trading ended with an average of 529,366 units at $6,859,271 for each security compared to an average of 99,936 shares at $838,249 on Tuesday. The average trade for October to date ended at 347,371 units at $5,634,183 for each security, in contrast to 332,968 units at $5,537,233. Trading month to date is well up on September’s average of 265,170 units at $3,271,625.
At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading for the market shows 8 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Berger Paints gained 55 cents to settle at $12.30, exchanging 63 shares, Caribbean Cement fell $1.01 to $44, trading 39,214 units, Eppley rose $1 to $19, with 38,500 stocks crossing the market. First Rock Capital gained 71 cents to close at $12.89, with 57,770 shares passing changing hands, Jamaica Broilers slid 90 cents to $26, in exchanging 8,253,792 stock units, JMMB Group finished at $29.73, with gains of 85 cents and ending, with 39,190 shares crossing the market. 
Kingston Properties fell $1.25 to $6.25 after finishing with 3,970 stock units changing hands, Mayberry Jamaican Equities shed 40 cents to close at $7.40, in trading 12,734 stock, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy rose $29 to $169 after trading 100 units. NCB Financial Group declined $1.50 in closing at $136.50, with an exchange of 139,361 shares, Palace Amusement lost $39 and closed at $1,450, trading 15 units, Proven Investments dropped $1.25 to end at $40, in an exchange of 9,400 stock units. Sagicor Group fell $1.79 to $44.11 trading 22,550 shares, Scotia Group dropped $2.18 to $46.32, in trading 3,235 units, Seprod climbed $8.48 to a 52 weeks’ closing high of $66.98 after hitting a new high of $70, with investors swapping 149,833 shares after the company reported a big increase in nine months profit and Supreme Ventures lost 38 cents to end at $14.52, in trading 16,842 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Wigton Windfarm with 18.8 percent or 789,387 units and Carreras with 11 percent market share, for 459,648 units.
Eppley Caribbean Property Fund dipped 67 cents to close at $45 while trading 11,529 stock units. First Rock Capital lost 32 cents to finish at $12.18, with investors exchanging 1,500 units, Grace Kennedy settled at $57.34, with a loss of 41 cents after 48,341 shares crossed the exchange, Kingston Wharves climbed $1.15 to $48, in an exchange of 149 units. NCB Financial rose $1 to $138 and cleared the market with 36,414 shares, Palace Amusement gained $339 to $1,489, with only 2 units passing through the market, Proven Investments ended $1.05 higher at $41.25, in exchanging 15,697 stock units. Seprod lost 50 cents after a transfer of 7,249 stock units to end at $58.50 and Sygnus Credit Investments closed at $18.50 after losing 40 cents with 3,393 units crossing the exchange.
At the close of the market, trading ended with four securities changing hands compared to two on Thursday and ended with the prices of two stocks rising, one declining and one remaining unchanged.
At the close of the market, First Rock Capital Investment gained 1.29 US cents to close at 8.5 US cents, after trading 14,011 stock units, Margaritaville remained at 14 US cents trading 3,500 units. Proven Investments gained 1 US cent to close at 27 US cents in a transfer of 45,510 shares and Transjamaican Highway slipped by 0.02 of a cent and closed at 0.83 of a US cent, with 631,965 shares changing hands.
The All Jamaican Composite Index jumped 5,779.51 points to 414,251.19 and the Main Index climbed 5,231.07 points to 377,798.93, while the JSE Financial Index rose 1.33 points to settle at 99.95.
The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 12 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
Palace Amusement dropped $50 in closing at $1,150, with a transfer of 53 units, Pan Jam Investment fell $1.95 to $68.05 after trading 6,373 stock units. Proven Investments gained $1.60 to end at $40.20 with an exchange of 1,944 stock units, Pulse Investments lost 49 cents in closing at $4.30, after the transfer of 497,426 shares, Sagicor Group rose $1.52 to end at $45.72, with 23,582 stock units changing hands. Scotia Group climbed $2.06 to $48.44, trading 127,877 shares, Seprod settled at $59, with gains of $2.02 with the transfer of 44,146 shares, Stanley Motta gained 35 cents to close at $5, in exchanging 22,854 stock units. Sygnus Credit Investments finished 90 cents higher at $18.90, with 20,338 stock units crossing the market, Victoria Mutual Investments gained 46 cents to settle at $6 after exchanging 169,424 shares and Wisynco Group lost 39 cents to close at $16.11, trading 71,146 stock units.
At the close, the All Jamaican Composite Index dropped 2,341.04 points to 408,471.68, the Main Index fell 2,030.19 points to 372,567.86 and the JSE Financial Index lost 0.60 points to settle at 98.62.
Trading ended with an average of 284,232 units changing hands at $8,605,092 for each traded security compared to an average of 761,427 shares at $40,258,610 on Wednesday. The average trade for the month to date ended at 316,587 units at $6,160,243 for each security, in contrast to 319,665 units at $5,927,670. Trading month to date compares well to September’s average of 265,170 units at $3,271,625.
First Rock Capital ended 30 cents higher at $12.80, in transferring 7,155 units, Jamaica Broilers Group declined by $2.10 to settle at $25.10, with investors swapping 7,974 units, Jamaica Producers rose 80 cents to end at $20, with 25,763 stock units crossing the exchange. Key Insurance shed 80 cents in closing at $8.80, trading 31,534 shares, Kingston Wharves gained 43 cents to finish at $45, in transferring 276 units, NCB Financial climbed $1.50 to settle at $137, with 40,366 shares changing hands. Proven Investments fell $1.55 to end at $38.60 trading 923 units, Sagicor Group declined $1.52 to settle at $44.20, with 23,010 stock units crossing the exchange, Seprod closed 98 cents higher to $56.98 after 43,168 shares passed through the market. Supreme Ventures ended with gains of 67 cents as investors switched ownership of 11,609 stock units, Sygnus Credit Investments shed $1 to end at $18, in exchanging 9,992 units, Victoria Mutual Investments lost 65 cents to settle at $5.54, with 33,186 stock units changing hands and Wisynco Group gained 49 cents to end at $16.50 trading 13,586 stock units.
The JSE USD Equities Index fell 7.08 points to settle at 191.07, with the average PE Ratio ending at 12.6 based on the IC Insider.com’s forecast of 2020-21 earnings.
At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading for the market shows five stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and none with lower offers.
Eppley Caribbean Property Fund led trading with 45.1 percent of total volume with 15.45 million shares, followed by Barita Investments with 35.4 percent as 12.14 million units passed through the market, Transjamaican Highway ended with 6 percent market share after 2.07 million units traded and Wigton Windfarm closed with 5.7 percent market share after 1.95 million units changed hands.
Jamaica Broilers Group shed 30 cents, exchanging 15,596 stock units to end at $27.20, Jamaica Stock Exchange closed at $17.50, after losing 55 cents with 19,433 stock units changing hands, Key Insurance declined by $1.30 to end at $9.60, after crossing the market with 520,574 shares. Kingston Wharves climbed $4.55 to $44.57 in trading 744 units, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy advanced by $5 to $140, with a transfer of only one unit, NCB Financial gained 50 cents in closing at $135.50 in exchanging 12,048 units. Sagicor Group rose $1.61 to $45.72, with 15,464 units passing through the market, Scotia Group shed 33 cents trading 62,120 shares and closed at $46.41, Seprod climbed $2 to $56, in exchanging 14,820 units. Stanley Motta lost 35 cents to end at $4.65 after trading 11,537 units, Supreme Ventures slid 90 cents in closing at $14, with 32,582 units crossing the exchange and Victoria Mutual Investments gained 32 cents to finish at $6.19 after investors trading 58,707 shares.
Two securities changed hands at the close of the market compared to three on Tuesday and ended with the price just one stock rising and one remaining unchanged.
By comparison, September ended with an average of 84,017 units for US$10,590. 
The average trade for the month to date ended at 268,164 units at $1,925,358 for each security, in contrast to 261,644 units at $1,951,813. Trading month to date compares well to September’s average of 265,170 units at $3,271,625.
Jamaica Producers lost 30 cents to settle at $19.20 trading 34,916 shares, Kingston Wharves declined $5.98 in closing at $40.02, in an exchange of 20,483 stock units, Mayberry Jamaican Equities lost 45 cents to settle at $7.70, with a transfer of 2,000 units. NCB Financial advanced by $4.50 to $135 after 35,370 shares crossed the market, PanJam Investment rose $1.99 in exchanging 105 units at $70. Proven Investments closed at $40.20, after rising $2.19 with a transfer of 1,038 stock units, Salada Foods ended at $25.10, after losing $2.89 trading a mere 6 shares and Scotia Group fell $2.06 to settle at $46.74, in exchanging 9,318 stock units.
At the close of the market, trading ended with three securities changing hands compared to four on Monday and ending with one stock rising, one declining and one remaining unchanged.
At the close of the market, Proven Investments shed 1 US cent to settle at 27 US cents, with 34,979 shares changing hands, Sygnus Credit Investments gained 1 US cent to close at 14.5 US cents with investors switching ownership of just one stock and Transjamaican Highway closed at 0.81 US cent, with 545,032 shares crossing the exchange.
