Trading climbs on JSE Main Market

Trading activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market ended on Wednesday with a 252 percent jump in the volume of stocks traded, valued at 233 percent more than on Tuesday, with 56 securities trading compared to 55 on Tuesday, with 18 rising, 24 declining and 14 ending unchanged.
A total of 60,107,710 shares were traded for $290,707,932, up from 17,081,333 units at $87,212,275 on Tuesday.
Trading averaged 1,073,352 shares at $5,191,213 compared with 310,570 shares at $1,585,678 on Tuesday and month to date, an average of 360,213 units at $2,739,813, compared with 324,461 units at $2,616,913 on the previous day. February closed with an average of 183,599 units at $2,160,070.
Key Insurance led trading with 44.75 million shares for 74.5 percent of total volume, followed by Transjamaican Highway with 7.36 million units for 12.2 percent of the day’s trade, Wigton Windfarm with 2.69 million units for 4.5 percent market share and Supreme Ventures with 1.19 million units for 2 percent of stocks traded.
The All Jamaican Composite Index surged 3,756.40 points to 368,992.59, the JSE Main Index popped 976.04 points to finish at 326,722.53 and the JSE Financial Index rallied 0.68 points to 76.15.
The PE Ratio, a formula used to compute appropriate stock values, averages 13.7 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 2022 and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows seven stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close, Barita Investments lost $1.17 to end at $80.03 in switching ownership of 10,847 shares, Berger Paints shed 65 cents in closing at $8.50, with 1,081 stock units crossing the exchange, Caribbean Cement fell $7.49 to $51 after trading 9,596 stocks. GraceKennedy dipped $2.50 in ending at $80 as 270,948 units passed through the market, Guardian Holdings dropped $4 to close at $490 in an exchange of 25 units, JMMB Group gained 45 cents to close at $30 after trading 88,644 shares. Massy Holdings declined $8 to end at $81 after trading 500,481 stock units, Mayberry Jamaican Equities increased $1 in closing at $12.50 with the swapping of 7,309 stocks, NCB Financial popped 98 cents to close at $74.98 after exchanging 11,726 stock units. Proven Investments rallied 50 cents after ending at $26.50 with investors transferring 1,144 stocks, Seprod shed $2.88 after finishing at $67 with a transfer of 21,165 shares, Stanley Motta rose 54 cents to $5.34, with 190,246 units changing hands. Supreme Ventures advanced 82 cents to end at $27.82, with 1,194,866 stocks crossing the market, Sygnus Real Estate Finance declined 67 cents to close at $9.30, with 1,600 stock units clearing the market and Wisynco Group climbed 40 cents to $16.70 while exchanging 206,419 shares.
In the preference segment, Jamaica Public Service 7% dropped $41.61 to end at $263.39 and closed with 649 units changing hands and Jamaica Public Service 9.5% rallied $98 to close at $2998 as investors exchanged just one stock.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.