The Main Market All Jamaican Composite Index surged 4,560.86 points to 457,710.62, the highest daily close since July 23, while the JSE Main Index jumped 3,833.76 points to 415,715.09 and the JSE Financial Index inched 1.17 points to 101.13 as rising stocks beating declining ones nearly 2 to 1 on Friday, with the volume and value of shares trading, rising moderately over Thursday levels, at the close of the Jamaica Stock Exchange.
A total of 49 securities traded compared to 48 on Thursday, with 20 stocks rising, 12 declining, with 17 unchanged. Caribbean Cement ended at a 52 weeks’ closing high at the close of the market. The PE Ratio, a measure used to compute appropriate stock values, averages 15.6 based on ICInsider.com forecast of 2021-22 earnings.
Overall, 15,660,104 shares trading for $172,250,884, up from 15,130,149 units at $148,604,629 on Thursday. Wigton Windfarm led trading with 39.1 percent for an exchange of 6.12 million shares followed by Radio Jamaica 21.7 percent, with 3.40 million units, 
Transjamaican Highway controlled 12.5 percent, with 1.96 million units and GraceKennedy with 7.4 percent after 1.16 million units changing hands.
Trading averages 319,594 units at $3,515,324, compared to 315,211 shares at $3,095,930 on Thursday and month to date averaging 497,417 units at $8,407,376, in contrast to 507,741 units at $8,691,971 on Thursday. July ended with an average of 322,932 units at $15,201,099.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading has nine stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and one stock with a lower offer.
At the close, Barita Investments declined 21 cents to $93 with 49,717 shares crossing the market, Caribbean Cement advanced $6.49 to end at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $112.99 in exchanging 13,140 stocks. Eppley shed 40 cents to $40.50, with a transfer of 1,222 units, GraceKennedy popped $1.51 to $103.01 in trading 1,157,481 shares, Jamaica Producers gained 30 cents to end at $24.50 in switching ownership of 12,182 units. Jamaica Stock Exchange shed 60 cents to $16.60 after swapping 35,540 stock units, JMMB Group fell 50 cents to $37.70 with 135,625 stocks changing hands. 
Mayberry Investments shed 25 cents to $5.75 with a transfer of 5,620 units, NCB Financial Group fell 90 cents to $131.10, with the swapping of 31,524 stock units, Palace Amusement rallied $15 to $1,140 in switching ownership of 71 shares. PanJam Investment rose $1 to $63 in trading 1,550 units, Sagicor Group popped 49 cents to $56.99 with 62,270 shares clearing the market, Seprod spiked $5.98 to $67.99 after exchanging 6,959 stocks and Victoria Mutual Investments climbed 23 cents to $5.53 with 45,965 stock units crossing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The All Jamaican Composite Index fell 171.26 points to 453,149.76, the JSE Main Index declined 1,070.69 points to 411,881.33 and the JSE Financial Index shed 1.04 points to end at 99.96.
At the close, Barita Investments gained 21 cents at $93.21 with 17,793 shares crossing the market, Berger Paints dipped 38 cents to $13.12 in trading 1,974 stock units, Caribbean Cement spiked 50 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $106.50 with the swapping of 65,044 shares, but traded at an intraday high of $115, as demand is picking for the stock at the same time that supply is dwindling. Caribbean Producers lost 20 cents to close at $4.75 in exchanging 19,800 units, Eppley lost 20 cents to end at $40.90 in switching ownership of 1,600 shares, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund advanced $1.50 to $38 with 86 stock units changing hands, First Rock Capital rallied 50 cents to close at $12 in exchanging 38,363 units. GraceKennedy shed 60 cents to end at $101.50 after 669,124 stock units cleared the market, Guardian Holdings declined $7 to $584 in trading 9,914 shares, Jamaica Broilers shed $1.64 to $33.15 with the transfer of 56,942 stocks. Jamaica Producers advanced $2 to $24.20 with 42,911 units crossing the exchange, JMMB Group rose 20 cents to $38.20 in an exchange of 152,841 shares, Mayberry Jamaican Equities popped 65 cents to $9.25 with the swapping of 22,599 stock units. NCB Financial Group rose $2 in closing at $132 after hitting an intraday 52 weeks’ low of $121.03 and switching ownership of just 19,875 shares, Palace Amusement surged $175 to $1,125 after exchanging just 2 units, PanJam Investment shed 55 cents to close at $62 in transferring 3,203 shares.
Proven Investments rallied 97 cents to $34 in trading 19,555 stock units, Radio Jamaica traded as high as $4.7t, but selling came into the market and it lost 25 cents at the close to end at $4.40 after 2,190,629 shares cleared the market. Scotia Group spiked 38 cents to $39.50, with 34,731 stocks crossing the market. Seprod fell 99 cents to $62.01 with an exchange of 15,490 stock units and Sygnus Credit Investments popped 70 cents in closing at $15 in trading 18,260 units.
The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index surged 4,192.74 points to close at 453,321.02, the Main Index climbed 3,384.75 points to 412,952.02 and the JSE Financial Index rose 0.88 points to 101.00.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading has 11 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
Kingston Wharves gained 50 cents to $48.50 with 2,000 stocks clearing the market, Mayberry Jamaican Equities lost 75 cents in closing at $8.60 with the swapping of 7,592 stock units, NCB Financial Group slipped 25 cents to $130 with 8,867 stocks changing hands. Palace Amusement dropped $84 to $950 in trading 30 shares, Portland JSX rose $1 to $8 in switching ownership of 1,754 stocks. Radio Jamaica popped 35 cents ending at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $4.65 after exchanging 1,362,141 shares. Sagicor Group rallied $4.60 to $56.60 in trading 160,355 stock units, Scotia Group shed 88 cents to $39.12 with 10,802 units crossing the exchange, Seprod shed $1 to $63 with the swapping of 4,784 stocks, Sygnus Credit Investments slipped 45 cents to $14.30, with 55,555 stock units crossing the market.
At the close, Barita Investments lost 23 cents in ending at $92.77 in trading 34,183 shares, Berger Paints fell 48 cents to $13.12 after 913 stock units changed hands, Caribbean Cement surged $7 to a record high of $104 while exchanging 49,694 stocks. GraceKennedy popped $1 to $101 in trading 63,601 shares, Guardian Holdings dropped $30 to an all-time low of $575 with an exchange of 8,493 units. Jamaica Producers shed $1.99 to close at $21.50, exchanging 226,120 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange fell 87 cents to $16.37 after exchanging 18,340 stocks. JMMB Group dropped 99 cents to $38 in an exchange of 94,028 stock units, Kingston Wharves gained $1.49 to end at $48, after 15,658 shares crossed the market, NCB Financial Group shed $1.29 to $130.25, with 5,861,813 stock units crossing the market, Palace Amusement spiked $72.99 to $1034, with 93 units clearing the market, PanJam Investment shed $2.50 to $62.50, with an exchange of 2,513 shares. Proven Investments rose 40 cents to $33 after 5,768 stocks changed hands, Radio Jamaica bolted 80 cents to a 52 weeks’ high of $4.04 after trading 5,994,344 stock units.
Sagicor Group lost $5.25 in ending at $52 after exchanging 169,589 stock units, Seprod fell $3.50 to $64 with 8,721 stocks changing hands. Supreme Ventures dropped 48 cents to close at $18.02 trading 164,627 stocks and Sygnus Credit Investments declined 25 cents to end at $14.75 in trading 62,463 shares.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading has 11 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and eight stocks with lower offers.
Palace Amusement shed $63.99 to $961.01 while exchanging 171 stock units, Proven Investments rose $2.55 to $32.60 in trading 69,166 units, Sagicor Group rose 25 cents to $57.25 in an exchange of 169,719 shares, Scotia Group climbed $1.20 to $40 while exchanging 27,735 stocks, Seprod declined 50 cents to close at $67.50 after exchanging 5,025 units. Supreme Ventures shed 50 cents to $18.50, 7,932 stocks changing hands, Sygnus Credit Investments spiked 98 cents to $15 in switching ownership of 47,248 stock units and Wisynco Group rallied 19 cents to $15.84, with 35,271 shares clearing the market.
The All Jamaican Composite Index slipped 158.71 points to 454,372.96, the Main Index dropped 804.45 points to settle at 414,361.10 and the JSE Financial Index dipped 0.08 points to end at 102.30.
Trading averaged 2,918,627 units at $27,295,100, compared to 420,806 shares at $3,500,435 on Thursday. Month to date Trading averages 576,923 units at $8,797,046, in contrast to 376,542 units at $7,214,159 on Thursday. July ended with an average of 322,932 units at $15,201,099.
PanJam Investment advanced $3.18 to $65 with the swapping of 1,559 units, Portland JSX dived $2.20 to $7, with 4,824 stocks crossing the market, Proven Investments declined $3.97 to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $30.05 with an exchange of 56,205 shares. Pulse Investments shed 21 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $3.09 in trading 628,045 stocks, Radio Jamaica rose 7 cents to end at a 52 week’s closing high of $3.57 in trading 2,732,191 units, Scotia Group shed 90 cents to $38.80 in trading 7,235 stock units. Seprod popped $6.80 to $68 with the swapping of 52,385 shares, Stanley Motta rose 67 cents to $5.90 in switching ownership of 2,079 units, Sygnus Credit Investments lost 93 cents to end at $14.02 in an exchange of 56,400 stocks and Victoria Mutual Investments rallied 41 cents to $5.76 after exchanging 13,647 stock units.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading has 12 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and six with lower offers.
Radio Jamaica spiked 52 cents to end at 52 weeks’ closing high of $3.50, after hitting a new intraday high of $3.85 in the morning session, in completing an exchange of 669,972 stock units, Salada Foods rallied 28 cents to $7.39, with 2,552 units crossing the exchange, Scotia Group fell 30 cents to end at $39.70, with an exchange of 261,002 shares. Seprod declined $4.80 in closing at $61.20 in trading 21,923 stocks and Victoria Mutual Investments dipped 35 cents at $5.35 with 126,154 units clearing the market.
At the close, Barita Investments rallied $6.88 in closing at 52 weeks’ high of $97.88 with an exchange of 111,164 stock units, Caribbean Cement advanced $1.49 to $93.99 with 143,483 units crossing the market, Caribbean Producers gained 35 cents to end at $5 after clearing the market with 1,010 units, Eppley shed 66 cents to close at $40 with the swapping of 2,109 stocks, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund fell $1.16 to $40 in switching ownership of 1,679 shares, First Rock Capital shed 89 cents to $12.96 in exchanging 6,973 stocks. GraceKennedy fell $1.75 to $103.05 with 224,330 stock units crossing the market, Guardian Holdings dropped $20 to $650 in trading 7,082 shares, Jamaica Producers advanced $1.49 to end at $23.49 in an exchange of 19,072 stock units, Kingston Wharves fell 99 cents ending at to $46.51 with a transfer of 1,206 units. Margaritaville declined $1.79 to a 52 weeks’ low of $13.40 after exchanging 13,797 stocks, Mayberry Investments spiked 35 cents to $6 in switching ownership of 19,480 units, Mayberry Jamaican Equities rose 89 cents to $9.39 in transferring 12,440 shares. 
MPC Caribbean Clean Energy rallied $16.80 to $137.80 after exchanging one stock unit, NCB Financial Group advanced $2 to $134 with 108,613 stock units crossing the market, Palace Amusement popped $89.20 to $1,140 with one share changing hands. PanJam Investment gained 40 cents to finish at $62 in switching ownership of 34,611 stocks, Radio Jamaica gained 23 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.98 after 3,388,414 shares changed hands. Sagicor Group shed 78 cents to close at $57 after 28,498 stocks crossed the exchange, and Seprod spiked $1 to $66 with 13,166 shares changing hands.
Trading averaged 1,649,728 units at $31,269,659, compared to 672,476 shares at $37,672,811 on Monday. Trading month to date averages 391,623 units at $8,187,803, in contrast to 245,797 units at $5,512,406 on Monday. July ended with an average of 322,932 units at $15,201,099.
ry Investments slipped 55 cents to $5.65 with 45 units crossing the exchange. Mayberry Jamaican Equities shed 30 cents to $8.50 with the swapping of 800 stocks, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy spiked $1 to $121 with an exchange of 100 stock units, NCB Financial dropped $7.50 to $132 with an exchange of 4,246 shares. 138 Student Living dropped 65 cents to $4.45 in switching ownership of 2,945 stock units, Palace Amusement rallied $17.04 to $1,050.80 after 94 stocks cleared the market, PanJam Investment shed 82 cents to $61.60 with a transfer of 1,001,621 shares, Radio Jamaica gained 14 cents in closing at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.75 while exchanging 1,035,575 unit, Sagicor Group popped 28 cents to close at $57.78 with 186,602 stocks changing hands. Salada Foods shed 25 cents to end at $7.25 in exchanging 30,795 units. Scotia Group lost 31 cents to finish at $39.99 in an exchange of 35,083 stock units, Seprod dropped $4 to close at $65 with the swapping of 117,010 stocks, Supreme Ventures rose 44 cents in ending at $19 after 74,165,054 shares crossed the market and Sygnus Credit Investments popped 20 cents to $15.10 with 16,555 stocks changing hands.
At the close, Barita Investments spiked $7.24 to $90.24 with an exchange of 19,379,347 shares, Berger Paints gained 22 cents in ending at $13.74 after trading 54,600 stock units, Caribbean Cement fell $3.49 to $90.50, with the swapping of 7,931 stocks. Caribbean Producers dipped 36 cents $4.64 in transferring 13,326 units, Eppley rose $1.42 to $41.86 with 4,938 stock units crossing the market, First Rock Capital shed $1.50 to $12 with 29,541 stocks clearing the market, GraceKennedy fell $2 to $101 in switching ownership of 637,615 shares. Guardian Holdings slid $5 to $615 in trading 766 units, Jamaica Broilers lost 26 cents to end at $36.20 with 3,023,439 shares changing hands, Jamaica Producers rallied $1.98 to $23.48 in trading 6,300 stock units. JMMB Group declined $2.25 to $37.75 with 280,003 stocks crossing the exchange after trading at an intraday high of $43.47, Kingston Properties popped 20 cents to $9.50 after exchanging 1,301 stocks, Margaritaville popped $1.67 to $15.27 in an exchange of 5,047 shares, Mayberry Investments rose 45 cents to $6.20 in transferring 64,783 stock units. MPC Caribbean Clean Energy dropped $17.80 to $120 with an exchange of 2,500 units, NCB Financial spiked $7.50 to $139.50 after 35,309 stocks crossed the exchange, PanJam Investment shed 58 cents to $62.42 with 14,151 stock units clearing the market. 
Proven Investments slipped $1.10 to $34.40 in exchanging 16,665 shares, Radio Jamaica gained 36 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.61 with the swapping of 1,149,429 shares, Sagicor Group lost 40 cents t close at $57.50 with an exchange of 46,317 stock units, Salada Foods rallied 30 cents to $7.50 with the swapping of 21,230 shares, Scotia Group rose 70 cents to $40.30 with 7,222 stocks crossing the exchange. Seprod advanced $3 to $69 with 6,412 units changing hands, Stanley Motta dipped 58 cents to $5.41 in transferring 4,000 stock units and Supreme Ventures dipped 43 cents to $18.56 with 19,369 shares changing hands.
