Trading picked up sharply on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market on Friday, with an 84 percent increase in the volume of stocks traded with an 818 percent more value than Thursday, with 56 securities trading down from 60 on Thursday, with 18 rising, 22 declining and 16 ending unchanged.
The All Jamaican Composite Index jumped 3,559.20 points to 396,043.87, the JSE Main Index climbed 2,768.71 points to 348,180.63 and the JSE Financial Index popped 0.93 points to settle at 82.91.
A total of 11,174,825 shares were traded for $201,235,785 compared to 6,062,724 units at $21,930,574 on Thursday.
Trading averaged 199,550 shares at $3,593,496, up from 101,045 stocks at $365,510 on Thursday and month to date, an average of 139,372 units at $1,474,729 compared to 120,650 units at $815,557 on the previous day. December closed with an average of 604,110 units at $4,072,598.
Transjamaican Highway led trading with 6.36 million shares for 57 percent of total volume, followed by PanJam Investment with 1.07 million units for 9.6 percent of the day’s trade, Massy Holdings with 1.05 million units for 9.4 percent market share and Wisynco Group with 1.04 million units for 9.3 percent market share.
The PE Ratio, a formula to ascertain appropriate stock values, averages 14.4 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 and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows ten stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, Eppley gained 99 cents to close at $40.99 with an exchange of 1,110 shares, GraceKennedy lost 60 cents in closing at $81.40 after an exchange of 15,302 stocks, Guardian Holdings increased $2.50 to $524.50, with 199 units changing hands. Jamaica Broilers declined $1.39 to end at $29.61 with the swapping of 24,396 stock units, Kingston Wharves rose 55 cents to $34.60 with 4,215 stock units clearing the market, Massy Holdings advanced $1.50 to end at $80 and finishing with 1,054,501 units passing over the exchange.Palace Amusement shed $90 in ending at $1590 with investors trading 431 stocks, PanJam Investment rallied $6 to $63 with 1,072,233 shares crossing the market, Proven Investments climbed $2.01 in closing at $30 in an exchange of 170,085 stocks. Sagicor Group dropped $3.15 to close at $51.65 after exchanging 9,594 shares, Scotia Group fell 40 cents in ending at $34 in trading 1,236 units, Stanley Motta popped 90 cents to end at $5 as investors exchanged 198 stock units. Supreme Ventures dipped $2.37 in closing at $27.50 after 32,697 shares crossed the market and Sygnus Real Estate Finance fell 60 cents to close at $9.40, trading 11,699 stocks.
In the preference segment, Eppley 5% preference share increased $2.25 to $24.73 with five units passing through the market and Eppley 7.25% preference share gained $4.80 to end at $22 after an exchange of 200 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

The Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended trading on Thursday, with a decline in the index for a second day running after the number of stocks rising outpaced those falling three to two as the volume of stocks traded declined 18 percent while the value dropped 62 percent lower than Wednesday’s close, after trading in 60 securities compared to  58 on Wednesday, with 26 rising, 17 declining and 17 ending unchanged.
A total of 6,062,724 shares were traded for a mere $21,930,574 down from 7,402,150 units at $57,740,739 on Wednesday. Trading averages 101,045 units at $365,510 versus 127,623 shares at $995,530 on Wednesday and month to date, an average of 120,650 units at $815,557, compared to 130,452 units at $1,040,581 on the previous day. December closed with an average of 604,110 units at $4,072,598.
Wigton Windfarm led trading with 1.98 million shares for 32.6 percent of total volume followed by Transjamaican Highway with 1.73 million units at 28.6 percent of the day’s trade and Ciboney Group with 516,314 units for 8.5 percent of market share.
The All Jamaican Composite Index shed 2,146.48 points to close at 392,484.67, the JSE Main Index declined 1,737.67 points to 345,411.92 and the JSE Financial Index shed 0.80 points to settle at 81.98.
The PE Ratio, a formula to ascertain appropriate stock values, averages 14.4 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 and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows eight stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and six with lower offers.
At the close, Barita Investments rallied 98 cents to close at $97.98, with 4,047 shares crossing the exchange, Berger Paints popped 55 cents to $10.40 with an exchange of 1,500 units, Caribbean Cement popped $1.46 after ending at $63.45 with a transfer of 1,330 stock units. Eppley rose $5.05 to $40 with 536 stocks clearing the market, First Rock Real Estate lost $1.79 in closing at $12.01, with 23,081 units crossing the market, GraceKennedy declined 60 cents to end at $82, as 16,204 stock units passed through the market. Guardian Holdings dipped $3 to $522 after an exchange of 416 stocks, Jamaica Producers climbed $1.07 in closing at $22.99, with 1,500 shares crossing the market, Jamaica Stock Exchange fell 80 cents ending at $14.50 in an exchange of 12,167 units. JMMB Group increased 40 cents to close at $33 while exchanging 58,195 stock units, Margaritaville shed $2.93 to close at $16.62 in exchanging 1,959 shares, Massy Holdings dropped $1.45 ending at $78.50 in switching ownership of 58,914 stocks. MPC Caribbean Clean Energy gained $9 to end at $84 with the swapping of 4,637 stock units, NCB Financial gained $1.79 to $80 trading 7,843 shares, Palace Amusement rallied $80 in closing at a 52 weeks’ high of $1680, with 404 stocks changing hands. Proven Investments increased 49 cents to end at $27.99 as investors exchanged 17,978 units, Sagicor Group rose $3.80 to $54.80 with investors transferring 854 stock units, Scotia Group popped $1.40 to close at $34.40 in trading 13,614 stocks. Seprod dropped 90 cents in ending at $69.10 after 1,831 shares changed hands, Stanley Motta shed $1.15 in closing at $4.10 after a transfer of 15,876 units and Supreme Ventures climbed $2.52 after ending at $29.87 with an exchange of 5,708 shares.
In the preference segment, Jamaica Public Service 9.5% dipped $1 in closing at $2999 as a mere one share was traded.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Stock rising and falling was almost evenly matched at the close of market activity on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Wednesday, following a 10 percent slide in the volume of stocks traded with a 14 percent lower value than on Tuesday and a significant fall in the market index, with 58 securities trading compared to 62 on Tuesday, with 23 rising, 24 declining and 11 ending unchanged.
The All Jamaican Composite Index lost 9,718.27 points to settle at 394,631.15, the JSE Main Index fell 9,089.39 points to settle at 347,149.59 and the JSE Financial Index lost 3.14 points to settle at 82.78.
A total of 7,402,150 shares were exchanged for $57,740,739 versus 8,252,097 units at $67,129,016 on Tuesday. Trading averages 127,623 units at $995,530 versus 133,098 shares at $1,082,726 on Tuesday and month to date, an average of 130,452 units at $1,040,581. December closed with an average of 604,110 units at $4,072,598.
Sagicor Select Financial Fund led trading with 2.53 million shares for 34.2 percent of total volume followed by Wigton Windfarm with 1.31 million units for 17.7 percent of the day’s trade and Transjamaican Highway with 948,703 units for 12.8 percent market share.
The PE Ratio, a formula to ascertain appropriate stock values, averages 14.4 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 and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows ten stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, Barita Investments shed $2.02 in closing at $97 with an exchange of 4,107 shares, Berger Paints lost 75 cents to end at $9.85 in trading 50 stock units, Eppley rose 95 cents to $34.95, with 90 stocks crossing the market. Eppley Caribbean Property Fund advanced $2.78 to close at $50 while exchanging 25 units, First Rock Real Estate rallied 80 cents in ending at $13.80 in an exchange of 29,271 shares, GraceKennedy dipped 40 cents to $82.60 with a transfer of 12,276 stock units. Guardian Holdings fell $44 to $525 and finished with 43,028 stocks changing hands, Jamaica Stock Exchange declined 69 cents to end at $15.30 after exchanging 22,960 units, Kingston Properties dropped 75 cents to close at $7, with 65,635 stock units clearing the market. Kingston Wharves dropped $2.33 in closing at $33.67, with 2,640 shares changing hands, Massy Holdings climbed 45 cents to $79.95 as 74,874 units were traded, Mayberry Investments fell 70 cents to end at $8 closing with 142,781 stocks passing through the market. NCB Financial lost $1.79 in closing at $78.21, with 78,538 units crossing the market, Palace Amusement popped $1 to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $1600 as 267 stock units passed through the market, Portland JSX declined $1.55 to close at $9 as investors exchanged 100 stocks. Proven Investments gained 50 cents to end at $27.50 after exchanging 1,122 shares, Sagicor Group dipped $4 in closing at $51 in switching ownership of 2,788 stocks, Sagicor Real Estate Fund shed 86 cents to end at $8.67 as 11,700 stock units crossing the exchange. Scotia Group dipped $1.49 to close at $33 in exchanging 11,506 shares and Stanley Motta increased $1.23 after ending at $5.25 with a transfer of 244 units.
In the preference segment, Jamaica Public Service 7% advanced $2.73 to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.37 with the swapping of 30,000 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

The strong rally in the last two weeks of December carried over into the new year on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Tuesday, but at a sedate level following 95 percent less the stocks trading with 96 percent less value than on Friday, after trading in 62 securities compared to 60 on Friday, with 15 rising, 30 declining and 17 ending unchanged.
A total of 8,252,097 shares were exchanged for $67,129,016 versus 182,913,713 units with a value of  $1,549,169,032 on Friday.
Trading averages 133,098 units at $1,082,726, compared to 3,048,562 shares at $25,819,484 on Friday. December closed with an average of 604,110 units at $4,072,598.
Transjamaican Highway was the lead trade, with 4.08 million shares for 49.4 percent of total volume followed by Pulse Investments with 986,612 units for 12 percent of the day’s trade and Sagicor Group with 569,539 units for 6.9 percent market share.
The All Jamaican Composite Index rallied 1,269.06 points to 404,349.42, the JSE Main Index climbed 342.34 points to 356,238.98 and the JSE Financial Index rose 0.04 points to settle at 85.92.
The PE Ratio, a formula to ascertain appropriate stock values, averages 14.4 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 and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows nine stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, Barita Investments lost $3.49 to end at $99.02 in exchanging 5,385 shares, Eppley shed $4.53 after ending at $34 with an exchange of 277 units, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund fell $2.78 to close at $47.22 after a transfer of 7,299 stocks. First Rock Real Estate dipped 99 cents to $13 in an exchange of 11,451 stock units, GraceKennedy declined $1 in closing at $83 after 25,261 shares passed through the market, Guardian Holdings dropped $1 in closing at $569 in an exchange of 103 units. Jamaica Producers fell 98 cents to end at $21.92 while exchanging 2,552 stock units, JMMB Group ost $1.50 to close at $32.50 in trading 39,397 stocks, Kingston Properties dipped 75 cents to $7.75 in trading 7,741 stock units. Massy Holdings declined 49 cents to $79.50 with 2,324 shares crossing the market, Mayberry Investments shed $1.35 in closing at $8.70, with 47,687 units changing hands, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy dropped $6 to end at $75 after an exchange of 498 stocks. Palace Amusement rose $100 to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $1599 as investors exchanged 656 units, Portland JSX declined 45 cents in ending at $10.55 after an exchange of 10 stocks, Sagicor Group dropped $4 to end at $55 with 569,539 shares crossing the market. Sagicor Real Estate Fund rallied $1.03 in closing at 52 weeks’ high of $9.53 with investors transferring 25,279 stock units, Seprod shed $8 to close at $70 with 5,354 shares clearing the market, Stanley Motta dipped $1.28 to end at $4.02 in switching ownership of 118,860 stocks. Sterling Investments gained 49 cents in ending at $3.44 after 54,045 stock units changed hands, Supreme Ventures fell $2.50 to $27.50 with the swapping of 26,450 units, Sygnus Real Estate Finance fell 48 cents ending at $9.52 trading 5,106 stock units and Wisynco Group declined 49 cents to $17.50 with a transfer of 128,774 units.
In the preference segment, Productive Business Solutions 9.75% preference share climbed $13 to end at $120, with one share crossing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Trading picked up sharply on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market on Friday to close out the year on a positive note, with the volume of stocks traded surging 1,574 percent as the value jumped 1,552 percent over trading levels on Thursday and helping the market to put in one of the most bullish two days for the year, but that could not prevent the market from falling lower than it opened the year. 
At the close, 60 securities traded compared to 58 on Thursday, with 28 rising, 16 declining and 16 ending unchanged and resulting in an exchange of 182,913,713 shares valued at $1,549,169,032 versus 10,927,858 units at $93,761,610 on Thursday, with Kingston Properties chipping in with 136 million shares carrying a value of $1.05 billion.
The All Jamaican Composite Index popped 8,864.59 points to settle at 403,080.36, to add 18,791 points in just two days but ended the year down 8 percent, the JSE Main Index popped 4,672.83 points to 355,896.64, with gains of 10,764 point over the past two days and a 10.2 percent fall for the year, while  the JSE Financial Index rallied 0.92 points to settle at 85.88 and is down 12.4 percent for the year.
Trading averaged 3,048,562 shares at $25,819,484, up from 188,411 units at $1,615,711 on Thursday and month to date, an average of 604,110 units at $4,071,008, compared with  467,038 stocks at $2,851,468 on the previous day. November closed with an average of 202,406 units at $1,736,493.
Kingston Properties led trading with 136.04 million shares for 74.4 percent of total volume, followed by Wigton Windfarm with 33.49 million units for 18.3 percent of the day’s trade. Barita Investments ended trading with 2.56 million units for 1.4 percent of the market trade, Radio Jamaica with 2.02 million units for 1.1 percent share of the market, Transjamaican Highway with 1.44 million units for 0.8 percent of trading and Sagicor Group with 1.17 million units for 0.6 percent market share.
The PE Ratio, a formula to ascertain appropriate stock values, averages 15.3 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 and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 11 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close, Barita Investments rose $2.51 to close at $102.51 with the swapping of 2,560,121 shares, Berger Paints gained $1.40 in closing at $10.60 after exchanging two stock units, Caribbean Cement gained $1.99 to $61.99 while exchanging 187,977 units. Eppley declined $1.45 to end at $38.53, with  140 stocks crossing the market, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund climbed $3.42 to $50, with a transfer of 317,335 stocks, GraceKennedy rallied $2 in closing at $84 with an exchange of 129,287 stock units. Guardian Holdings shed $65 to end at $570, with 406 shares crossing the exchange, Jamaica Producers popped 90 cents to $22.90 in an exchange of 42,592 units, Kingston Properties advanced $1.45 in ending at $8.50, with 136,036,412 shares clearing the market. Kingston Wharves climbed $3.66 to close at $3, with 161,557 units changing hands, Mayberry Investments popped $1.21 to close at $10.05 with investors exchanging 236,867 stocks, Mayberry Jamaican Equities dipped 47 cents in closing at $13.51 as 30,300 stock units passed through the market. MPC Caribbean Clean Energy lost $2 to end at $81 after trading 164 units, Palace Amusement advanced $2 to $1499 in trading 1,198 stock units, Portland JSX rallied 90 cents to $11 as investors exchanged 12,027 stocks. Proven Investments rose 85 cents to $27 and closed with 511 shares changing hands, Radio Jamaica gained 50 cents in ending at $2.60 in an exchange of 2,016,480 units, Sagicor Group increased $6 in closing at $59 after a transfer of 1,170,151 stock units. Sagicor Real Estate Fund rose 60 cents to end at $8.50, with 230,043 stocks crossing the market, Seprod advanced $8 to close at $78 with a transfer of 217,964 shares, Stanley Motta gained $1.29 in ending at $5.30 after trading 142,927 shares and Wisynco Group rose 49 cents to close at $17.99 in switching ownership of 189,234 stock units.
In the preference segment, Jamaica Public Service 9.5% rallied $40 to end at $3000 after just one share crossed the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.