Trading drops on JSE USD market

Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market ended on Thursday, with the volume of stocks exchanged declining 72 percent after 91 percent fall in value than on Wednesday, resulting in trading in six securities, compared to nine on Wednesday with price of no stock rising, two declining and four ending unchanged.
The market closed with an exchange of 84,506 shares for US$3,441 compared to 303,812 units at US$36,667 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 14,084 units at US$574 versus 33,757 shares at US$4,074 on Wednesday, with a month to date average of 49,394 shares at US$3,593 compared with 50,886 units at US$3,720 on the previous day and February that ended with an average of 46,765 units for US$6,084.
The US Denominated Equities Index skidded 1.31 points to close at 247.81.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 9.7. The PE ratio is computed based on the last traded price divided by projected earnings done by ICInsider.com for companies with their financial year ending and or around August 2024.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and none with a lower offer.
At the close, AS Bryden shed 0.39 of one cent to 22.01 US cents while exchanging one share, First Rock Real Estate USD share ended at 4.99 US cents with traders dealing in 50 stocks, Margaritaville remained at 10 US cents, with 25 shares crossing the market. Proven Investments dropped 0.11 of a cent and ended at 14.88 US cents after trading 3,233 stocks and Transjamaican Highway remained at 2.2 US cents with investors dealing in 80,197 shares.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group US8.5% preference share ended at US$1.18 with 1,000 units clearing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Main Market rallies into month end

Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market ended on Thursday, with the volume of stocks traded rising 93 percent and the value 88 percent more than on Wednesday, with trading in 60 securities compared with 63 on Wednesday, with prices of 26 stocks rising, 16 declining and 18 ending unchanged.
The market closed after 15,645,101 shares were traded for $167,372,295 compared with 8,091,866 units at $89,053,515, on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 260,752 shares at $2,789,538 compared to 130,514 units at $1,436,347 on Wednesday and month to date, an average of 846,359 units at $2,376,538, in comparison with 878,131 units at $2,354,246 on the previous day and February that closed with an average of 387,306 units at $3,375,928.
Wigton Windfarm led trading with 4.06 million shares for 25.9 percent of total volume followed by Transjamaican Highway with 2.67 million units for 17 percent of the day’s trade, Radio Jamaica added 2.42 million stock units for 15.5 percent market share, Sagicor Select Financial Fund ended with 1.85 million units for 11.8 percent of trading and Sagicor Group with 1.08 million units for 6.9 percent of total volume.
The All Jamaican Composite Index advanced 2,274.96 points to 368,584.26, the JSE Main Index popped 787.45 points to end at 327,798.70 and the JSE Financial Index rose 0.62 points to wrap up trading for March at 70.25.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.4. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios are based on the last traded prices and earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies with the financial year ending around August 2024.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 13 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, AS Bryden dropped $4.50 in closing at $35 with investors dealing in 11,552 shares, Barita Investments climbed $4.85 to close at $74.90, with 649,603 stocks crossing the exchange, Caribbean Cement increased $5.50 and ended at $61.50 with investors swapping 78,540 shares. Eppley shed $6.19 to close at $34.21 with an exchange of 5,242 stock units, First Rock Real Estate popped 50 cents to end at $10.50 after trading 50,319 shares, GraceKennedy advanced 79 cents in closing at $73.94 after an exchange of 19,656 stock units. Guardian Holdings fell $6 to $360 in switching ownership of 136 stocks, Jamaica Broilers rose 84 cents to end at $33.99 after a transfer of 24,561 units, Jamaica Producers rallied 48 cents to close at $23.98, with 162,049 stocks changing hands. JMMB Group gained $1.50 and ended at $26.50 with investors trading 105,451 shares, Kingston Properties popped 40 cents to $8.40 with 185,028 stock units clearing the market, Kingston Wharves advanced 40 cents and ended at $30.40 after an exchange of 4,749 units. Massy Holdings rose $1 in closing at $90 in trading 10 shares, Mayberry Group gained 40 cents to end at $7.60 after an exchange of 32,888 units, Mayberry Jamaican Equities climbed 87 cents to close at $10.77 after 15,476 stocks passed through the market. NCB Financial increased 95 cents to $65.95 in an exchange of 277,782 stock units, Pan Jamaica skidded $1 and ended at $49 with 177,822 shares crossing the market, Sagicor Group rallied $1 to end at $41 while exchanging 1,083,084 stock units. Scotia Group rose 49 cents in closing at a 52 weeks’ high of $47.44 with traders dealing in 38,043 stocks, Seprod climbed 44 cents to close at $84.99 in an exchange of 55,720 units, Sygnus Real Estate Finance increased $1.65 to $12.66 with investors trading 9,204 shares and Wisynco Group popped 50 cents to end at $21, with 48,442 stock units crossing the market.
In the preference segment, Eppley 7.50% preference share advanced $1.17 in closing at $6.25 as investors exchanged 25 stocks and Jamaica Public Service 7% sank $5.99 and ended at $42.01 with a transfer of 25 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Investors push Junior Market into black

Trading closed on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Thursday, with a 420 percent surge in the volume of stocks traded after a 575 percent jump in value over Wednesday with trading in 44 securities as was the case on Wednesday and ending with prices of 23 rising, 12 declining and nine closing unchanged and closing with a jump in the market index to close with a moderate gain for the year to date.
The market closed with 37,301,154 shares being traded for $98,792,252 up sharply from 7,170,788 units at $14,644,800 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 847,754 shares at $2,245,278 compared with 162,972 units at $332,836 on Wednesday with the month to date, averaging 190,689 units at $404,736 down from 192,229 stocks at $408,731 on the previous day. The average to date includes shares of Lasco Distributors and Lasco Manufacturing  up to Tuesday this week, before they migrated to the Main Market on Wednesday. Trading in February  averaged 243,917 units at $566,909.
Spur Tree Spices led trading with 22.59 million shares for 60.6 percent of total volume followed by Indies Pharma with 2.94 million units for 7.9 percent of the day’s trade, Fosrich closed with 2.47 million stocks for 6.6 percent market share, Mailpac Group ended with 2.31 million units for 6.2 percent of stocks traded and Stationery and Office Supplies with 1.79 million shares for 4.8 percent of total volume.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index climbed 46.14 points to 3,876.03, up 0.7 percent for the year to date.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.6, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for the financial years ending around August 2024.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows six stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial increased $1.26 to end at $21.26 in an exchange of 5,181 stocks, AMG Packaging declined 38 cents in closing at $3.12 after 5,002 units were traded, Cargo Handlers sank 97 cents to $13 with an exchange of just one share. Caribbean Assurance Brokers climbed 10 cents to close at $2.25 with 657,487 stock units changing hands, Caribbean Cream rose 19 cents and ended at $3.88 with investors transferring 93 shares, Consolidated Bakeries dipped 15 cents to $2.03 as 530 stocks passed through the market. Dolphin Cove fell 65 cents to close at $18.75 with investors trading 7,128 units, Everything Fresh advanced 9 cents to end at $1.80 in switching ownership of 334,309 stock units, Fontana popped 8 cents in closing at $8.98, with 71,377 shares crossing the exchange. Future Energy rallied 15 cents and ended at $3.65 in trading 300,501 units, GWest Corporation gained 9 cents to end at $1.10 with 162,050 stocks clearing the market, Honey Bun dropped 8 cents in closing at $7 with traders dealing in 23,012 stock units. ISP Finance popped $2.81 to end at $30.91, with a mere one share crossing the market, Jamaican Teas gained 23 cents to close at $2.75 after an exchange of 562,910 stock units, JFP Ltd lost 10 cents and ended at $1.35, with 19,716 stocks crossing the market. KLE Group rose 30 cents to $2.33 with investors swapping 144 units, Lumber Depot climbed 10 cents and ended at $2.80 with a transfer of 366,821 stocks, Mailpac Group increased 16 cents to end at $2.20 after investors ended trading 2,313,996 units. Main Event skidded 89 cents in closing at $13.58 with investors dealing in 6,199 shares, Paramount Trading advanced 14 cents to close at $1.38 after an exchange of 48 stock units, Regency Petroleum rallied 7 cents to $2.29 in an exchange of 18,538 shares. Spur Tree Spices rose 70 cents and ended at $3.24 as investors exchanged 22,588,085 units and Stationery and Office Supplies rallied 10 cents to close at $1.70 after a transfer of 1,790,379 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

March ends trading on a high note for JSE

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Trading surged to end March on a positive note with a sharp jump in the value and volume of stocks changing hands on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday, resulting in the Main and Junior Market rising with the JSE USD market closing moderately and resulting in prices of 48 shares rising and 27 declining on a day that Ciboney traded in it new name, Innovative Energy.
At the close of trading, the JSE Combined Market Index climbed 1,076.40 points to 341,247.67, the All Jamaican Composite Index climbed 2,274.96 points to 368,584.26, the JSE Main Index rose 787.45 points to end at 327,798.70. The Junior Market Index jumped 46.14 points to 3,876.03 and the JSE USD Market Index declined 1.34 points to wrap-up trading at 247.81.
At the close of trading, 53,140,220 shares were exchanged in all three markets, well over the 15,566,466 units on Wednesday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounting to $266.30 million, up sharply over the $103.70, million on the previous trading day and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 84,506 shares for US$3,441 compared to 303,812 units at US$36,667 on Wednesday.
Trading in the Main Market was dominated by Wigton Windfarm with 4.06 million shares followed by Transjamaican Highway with 2.67 million stock, Radio Jamaica was next with 2.42 million units, Sagicor Select Financial Fund followed with 1.85 million shares and Sagicor Group with 1.08 million units.
In the Junior Market, Spur Tree Spices led trading with 22.59 million shares followed by Indies Pharma with 2.94 million stock units, Fosrich with 2.47 million units, Mailpac Group with 2.31 million units and Stationery and Office Supplies with 1.79 million shares.
In the preference segment, Eppley 7.50% preference share advanced $1.17 in closing at $6.25 and Jamaica Public Service 7% sank $5.99 to $42.01.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to determine the value of stocks, ended at 20.6 on 2022-23 earnings and 14.2 times those for 2023-24 at the close of trading. ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and the more detailed daily charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making.
The PE ratio chart covers all ordinary shares on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, grouped by industry, allowing for easy comparisons between the same sector companies and the overall market. The EPS & PE ratios are based on 2023 and 2024 actual or projected earnings, excluding major one off items.
Investors need pertinent information to navigate numerous investment options successfully in the stock market. The ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and the more detailed daily report charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making.
Investors should use the chart to help make rational decisions when investing in stocks close to the average for the sector and not going too far from it unless there are compelling reasons to do so. This approach helps to remove emotions from investment decisions and place them on fundamentals while at the same time not being too far from the majority of investors. Investors who buy when the price of a stock is close to the average will find that they are not inclined to overpay for a stock.
The net asset value of each company is reported as a guide for investors to assess the value of stocks based on this measure quickly. The chart also shows daily changes in stock prices and the percentage year to date price movement based on the last traded prices.
Dividends paid or payable and yields for each company are shown in the Main and Junior Markets’ daily report charts, along with the closing volume of the highest bid and the lowest offer for each company.

Stocks sink into month end on Trinidad Exchange

Trading ended on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange on Thursday, with the volume of stocks traded rising 70 percent, with a 52 percent higher value than on Wednesday and resulting in 19 securities trading compared with 21 on Wednesday, ending with prices of six stocks rising, seven declining and six remaining unchanged.
The market closed trading of 634,424 shares for $5,637,861 compared with 376,702 stock units at $3,712,245 on Wednesday.
An average of 33,391 shares were traded at $296,730 compared with 17,938 stock units at $176,774 on Wednesday. Trading month to date averaged 28,040 shares at $235,299 compared with 27,757 stock units at $233,047 on the previous day and an average for February of 21,839 shares at $159,828.
The Composite Index dipped 1.82 points to end at 1,197.97, the All T&T Index sank 5.71 points to 1,789.32, the SME Index remained at 77.95 and the Cross-Listed Index rose 0.33 points to conclude trading at 79.10.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows eight stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, Agostini’s remained at $69 with an exchange of 287 stocks, Angostura Holdings skidded 40 cents to $20.10, with 810 units crossing the market, Ansa McAl sank $2.90 in closing at $54.10 in trading 1,730 shares. Ansa Merchant Bank climbed $1.96 and ended at $45.25 after an exchange of 904 stock units, Calypso Macro Investment Fund ended at $22.75 with investors trading 78 shares, First Citizens Group fell 75 cents to $48.25 after 2,355 units crossed the market. FirstCaribbean International Bank ended at $7.05 with investors dealing in 12,999 stocks, GraceKennedy popped 1 cent in closing at $4.08 in an exchange of 70,800 stock units, Guardian Holdings remained at $17 after investors traded 2,150 shares. JMMB Group rallied 6 cents and ended at $1.51 while exchanging 337,859 units, Massy Holdings increased 2 cents to $4.37 with traders dealing in 89,058 stocks, National Enterprises lost 7 cents in closing at $3.83 with an exchange of 25,112 stock units. National Flour Mills remained at $2.20 in switching ownership of 31 shares, Prestige Holdings dipped 25 cents to end at $12 as investors exchanged 10,200 stock units, Republic Financial ended at $120 after 27,022 stocks passed through the market. Scotiabank advanced $1.01 to $70.01 in an exchange of 60 units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL dropped 35 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $8.60, with 5,642 stocks changing hands, Unilever Caribbean rose 65 cents to end at $11.77 with investors transferring 11,118 shares and West Indian Tobacco gained 2 cents in closing at $11.02 after exchanging 36,209 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Trading surged on the JSE USD market

Trading surged on Wednesday with a 97 percent jump in the volume of stocks changing hands on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market following a 221 percent jump in the value of stocks changing hands compared to Tuesday, resulting from trading in nine securities, up from eight on Tuesday and ended with prices of three rising, two declining and four ending unchanged.
The market closed with an exchange of 303,812 shares for US$36,667 up from 154,383 units at US$11,426 on Tuesday.
Trading averaged 33,757 units at US$4,074 versus 19,298 shares at US$1,428 on Tuesday, with a month to date average of 50,886 shares at US$3,720 compared with 52,045 units at US$3,696 on the previous day and February that ended with an average of 46,765 units for US$6,084.
The US Denominated Equities Index popped 0.33 points to settle at 249.15.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 9.7. The PE ratio is computed based on the last traded price divided by projected earnings done by ICInsider.com for companies with their financial year ending and or around August 2024.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and none with a lower offer.
At the close, First Rock Real Estate USD share remained at 4.99 US cents while investors exchanged 3,813 stocks, Margaritaville dipped 0.99 of one cent to 10 US cents, with 22,170 units crossing the market, Proven Investments ended at 14.99 US cents after an exchange of 9,156 shares. Sterling Investments advanced 0.07 of a cent to close at 1.69 US cents with 58 stock units crossing the market, Sygnus Credit Investments lost 0.1 of a cent to end at 8.6 US cents in switching ownership of 11 shares, Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share ended at 11 US cents, with 1,000 stocks changing hands and Transjamaican Highway rose 0.03 of a cent to 2.2 US cents and closed with an exchange of 245,862 units.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group US8.5% preference share rallied 1 cent to end at US$1.18 with 19,754 stock units clearing the market and JMMB Group 5.75% remained at US$2.12 with investors dealing in 1,988 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Stocks lost ground on the JSE Main Market

Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market ended on Wednesday, with a 43 percent fall in the volume of stocks traded at a 38 percent lower value than on Tuesday, with trading in 62 securities compared with 60 on Tuesday, with prices of 15 stocks rising, 25 declining and 22 ending unchanged.
The market closed with 8,091,866 shares being traded for $89,053,515 compared with 13,924,449 units at $141,822,725 on Tuesday.
Trading averaged 130,514 shares at $1,436,347 compared to 240,077 units at $2,408,705 on Tuesday and month to date, an average of 878,131 units at $2,354,246 compared to 922,487 units at $2,408,705 on the previous day and February with an average of 387,306 units at $3,375,928.
Transjamaican Highway led trading with 3.84 million shares for 47.5 percent of total volume followed by Wigton Windfarm with 1.03 million units for 12.8 percent of the day’s trade and Carreras with 404,211 units for 5 percent market share.
The All Jamaican Composite Index shed 2,210.62 points to close at 366,309.30, the JSE Main Index dipped 1,536.68 points to settle at 327,011.25 and the JSE Financial Index sank 1.00 points to settle at 69.63.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.3. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios are based on the last traded prices and earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies with financial year ending around August 2024.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and five with lower offers.
At the close, AS Bryden advanced $1.95 in closing at $39.50 with an exchange of 31 shares, Caribbean Cement dipped $1 to $56 with an exchange of 24,911 units, First Rock Real Estate fell 48 cents and ended at $10 with investors dealing in 109,503 shares. General Accident skidded 62 cents to end at $5.48 in an exchange of 104,707 stock units, GraceKennedy lost 85 cents to close at $73.15 with traders dealing in 402,893 shares, Guardian Holdings popped $15 to $366 as investors exchanged 353 stock units. Jamaica Producers climbed $1 and ended at $23.50 with a transfer of 170,650 stocks, JMMB Group shed 49 cents to close at $25 while exchanging 18,296 units, Kingston Wharves declined 40 cents in closing at $30 with investors trading 2,197 stocks. Lasco Manufacturing migrated to the Main market on Wednesday and rose 70 cents to end at $6.10 in an exchange of a mere 620 units, following an absence of meaningful offers to sell. Massy Holdings sank $1 in closing at $89, with 425 shares changing hands, Mayberry Group dropped 68 cents to $7.20 with an exchange of 2,660 stock units. MPC Caribbean Clean Energy sank $1.50 and ended at $93.50, with investors trading 52 shares, NCB Financial declined 70 cents to close at $65 with a transfer of 102,264 stocks, Portland JSX fell 40 cents to end at $10.50 after exchanging 79 units. Sagicor Group skidded $1.78 in closing at $40 with investors swapping 90,279 stock units, Seprod rallied 85 cents to $84.55 with 3,750 shares clearing the market, Stanley Motta lost 57 cents to close at $6.92 in switching ownership of 20,352 stock units. Sygnus Credit Investments shed 43 cents to end at $10.80, with 30,061 stocks crossing the market, Sygnus Real Estate Finance increased 91 cents and ended at $11.01 in trading 4,794 units and Wisynco Group dropped 50 cents to $20.50 after a transfer of 6,113 stocks.
In the preference segment, Eppley 7.50% preference share dipped $1.21 to end at $5.08, with 10,840 shares crossing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Gains for Junior Market

Trading closed on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Wednesday, with a 38 percent decline in the volume of stocks traded, following a 43 percent decline in value compared with Tuesday with trading in 44 securities compared with 41 on Tuesday and ending with prices of 14 rising, 17 declining and 13 closing unchanged following the migration from the Junior Market of Lasco Distributors and Lasco Manufacturing to the Main Market, resulting in 46 listings now on the Junior Market.
The market closed with trading of 7,170,788 shares for $14,644,800 compared with 11,49,682 units at $25,742,485 on Tuesday.
Trading averaged 162,972 shares at $332,836, compared with 280,382 units at $627,865 on Tuesday with the month to date, averaging 190,689 units at $404,736 compared to 192,229 stock units at $408,731 on the previous day and February with an average of 243,917 units at $566,909.
Stationery and Office Supplies led trading with 1.51 million shares for 21 percent of total volume followed by Spur Tree Spices with 1.06 million units for 14.8 percent of the day’s trade and Fosrich with 995,605 stock units for 13.9 percent market share.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index popped 13.03 points to end at 3,829.89.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.5, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for the financial years ending around August 2024.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, Caribbean Assurance Brokers dipped 10 cents to end at $2.15 after exchanging just 3,502 stock units, Dolphin Cove rose 90 cents in closing at $19.40 in switching ownership of 3,252 shares, Express Catering popped 10 cents to $4, with 23,013 units crossing the market. Fosrich popped 9 cents and ended at $2.44 with a transfer of 995,605 stocks, Iron Rock Insurance sank 38 cents to close at $2.14 after 45 shares passed through the market, JFP Ltd increased 12 cents to $1.45 with investors transferring 399,930 stocks. KLE Group declined 36 cents to end at $2.03 after trading a mere one stock unit, Knutsford Express advanced $1.14 in closing at $11.94 with an exchange of 355 stock units, Paramount Trading shed 25 cents to close at $1.24 after an exchange of 3,283 shares. Spur Tree Spices fell 10 cents and ended at $2.54 in an exchange of 1,060,608 stocks and tTech dropped 29 cents to $2.01, with 250 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Main Market drops Junior & USD markets rise

The Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange declined in trading on Wednesday as the Junior and JSE USD markets closed moderately higher as trading ended with the number and value of stocks changing hands falling, compared with the previous trading day, resulting in prices of 29 shares rising and 38 declining, on a day when Lasco Distributors and Lasco Manufacturing switched over to the Main Market from the Junior Market., with the latter jumping 70 cents at the close of the day.
At the close of trading, the JSE Combined Market Index dropped 1,382.30 points to close at 340,171.27, the All Jamaican Composite Index dropped 2,210.62 points to close at 366,309.30, the JSE Main Index sank 1,536.68 points to close at 327,011.25. The Junior Market Index rallied 13.03 points to culminate at 3,829.89 and the JSE USD Market Index gained 0.31 points to finish at 249.15.
At the close of trading, 15,566,466 shares were exchanged in all three markets, down from 25,574,514 units on Tuesday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounting to $103.70 million, compared with $167.57, million on the previous trading day and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 303,812 shares for US$36,667 compared to 154,383 units at US$11,426 on Tuesday.
Trading in the Main Market was dominated by Transjamaican Highway with 3.84 million shares followed by Wigton Windfarm with 1.03 million units and Carreras with 404,211 stocks.
In the Junior Market, Stationery and Office Supplies led trading with 1.51 million shares followed by Spur Tree Spices with 1.06 million stock units and Fosrich with 995,605 units.
In the preference segment, Eppley 7.50% preference share dipped $1.21 to $5.08.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to determine the value of stocks, ended at 20.5 on 2022-23 earnings and 14.2 times those for 2023-24 at the close of trading. ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and the more detailed daily charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making.
The PE ratio chart covers all ordinary shares on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, grouped by industry, allowing for easy comparisons between the same sector companies and the overall market. The EPS & PE ratios are based on 2023 and 2024 actual or projected earnings, excluding major one off items.
Investors need pertinent information to navigate numerous investment options successfully in the stock market. The ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and the more detailed daily report charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making.
Investors should use the chart to help make rational decisions when investing in stocks close to the average for the sector and not going too far from it unless there are compelling reasons to do so. This approach helps to remove emotions from investment decisions and place them on fundamentals while at the same time not being too far from the majority of investors. Investors who buy when the price of a stock is close to the average will find that they are not inclined to overpay for a stock.
The net asset value of each company is reported as a guide for investors to assess the value of stocks based on this measure quickly. The chart also shows daily changes in stock prices and the percentage year to date price movement based on the last traded prices.
Dividends paid or payable and yields for each company are shown in the Main and Junior Markets’ daily report charts, along with the closing volume of the highest bid and the lowest offer for each company.

Trading jumps on Trinidad Exchange

Trading ended on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday, with the volume of stocks traded rising 15 percent with a 48 percent greater value than on Tuesday resulting in 21 securities trading compared with 22 on Tuesday, ending with prices of six stocks rising, seven declining and eight remaining unchanged.
The market closed trading with an exchange of 376,702 shares for $3,712,245 compared to 327,850 stock units at $2,510,383 on Tuesday.
An average of 17,938 shares were traded at $176,774 compared to 14,902 units at $114,108 on Tuesday, with trading month to date averaging 27,890 shares at $233,139 compared to 28,512 units at $236,662 on the previous day and February with an average of 21,839 shares for $159,828.
The Composite Index advanced 0.09 points to 1,199.79, the All T&T Index rallied 2.26 points to 1,795.03, the SME Index remained unchanged at 77.95 and the Cross-Listed Index skidded 0.31 points to end at 78.77.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows six stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, Agostini’s ended at $69 after closing with an exchange of 3,579 stock units, Angostura Holdings remained at $20.50 with investors trading 134 shares, Calypso Macro Investment Fund gained 24 cents in closing at $22.75, with 300 units crossing the exchange. First Citizens Group ended at $49 with investors dealing in 6,390 stocks, FirstCaribbean International Bank end at $7.05 while exchanging 20,536 units, GraceKennedy ended at $4.07, with 37,879 stocks crossing the market. Guardian Holdings remained at $17 in trading 50,413 shares, JMMB Group dipped 5 cents and ended at $1.45 after 35,252 stock units crossed the market, Massy Holdings slipped 1 cent to $4.35 in an exchange of 63,110 shares. National Enterprises shed 4 cents to end at $3.90, with 10,495 units changing hands, National Flour Mills rallied 10 cents in closing at $2.20 as investors exchanged 2,101 stocks, NCB Financial dipped 1 cent to $3.20 with a transfer of 2,000 stock units. One Caribbean Media popped 28 cents to close at $3.83 after exchanging 60,960 shares, Point Lisas climbed 39 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $4.10 with investors swapping 1,200 stocks, Prestige Holdings sank 25 cents to end at $12.25 after an exchange of 215 units. Republic Financial increased 2 cents to $120 with investors transferring 3,026 stock units, Scotiabank skidded $3.99 to close at $69 with 2,571 shares clearing the market, Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended at $8.95 after a transfer of 4,720 units. Trinidad Cement ended at $2.76 in switching ownership of 241 stocks, Unilever Caribbean lost 3 cents in closing at $11.12 with investors trading 35,069 stock units and West Indian Tobacco advanced 97 cents to $11 in an exchange of 36,511 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

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