Trading picks up on JSE Main Market

Trading activity picked up on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market to close of the week on Friday, with the volume of stocks traded rising 16 percent and the value 63 percent more than on Thursday, with 51 securities trading compared with 53 on Thursday, with 19 rising, 19 declining and 13 ending unchanged.
A total of 10,571,793 shares were traded for $57,562,911 up from 9,151,844 units at $35,266,609 on Thursday.
Trading averaged 207,290 shares at $1,128,685 compared to 172,676 shares at $665,408 on Thursday and month to date, an average of 338,081 units at $1,620,947, compared with 345,517 units at $1,648,935 on the previous day. Trading in July closed with an average of 283,368 units at $2,135,482.
Stanley Motta led trading with 6.01 million shares for 56.9 percent of total volume, Wigton Windfarm followed with 1.82 million units for 17.2 percent of market share and Transjamaican Highway with 1.14 million units for 10.8 percent of the day’s trade.
The All Jamaican Composite Index skidded 1,591.81 points to finish at 353,416.92, the JSE Main Index popped 23.12 points to end at 320,329.81 and the JSE Financial Index inched 0.19 points higher to close at 70.60.
The PE Ratio, a formula used to compute appropriate stock values, averages 12.9 for the Main Market. The JSE Main and USD Markets’ PE ratios are calculated based on the last traded prices and earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies with the financial year ending up to August 2024.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows seven stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close, Berger Paints rose 71 cents to end at $7.76 with stakeholders exchanging 127 shares, Caribbean Cement fell $2 to end at $50 and in exchanging 6,100 stocks, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund advanced $1.10 to close at $41.10 with investors transferring 220 stock units. First Rock Real Estate gained 79 cents in closing at $8.50, with 2,400 units changing hands, Guardian Holdings jumped $37.84 to $439.75 after an exchange of 1,029 units,Jamaica Stock Exchange lost 23 cents and closed at a 52 weeks’ low of $9.77 after hitting an intraday 52 weeks’ low of $9.10 in trading 86,890 shares. Jamaica Producers shed 31 cents to end at $19.18 after an exchange of 1,100 shares, JMMB Group rallied $1.76 to $28.79 with traders dealing in 82,869 stock units, Kingston Properties skidded 39 cents to $7 with a transfer of 1,302 stocks. Kingston Wharves dipped $1.90 and ended at $27 with shareholders swapping 16,096 shares, Massy Holdings climbed 90 cents in closing at $101 in an exchange of 960 stocks, Mayberry Jamaican Equities popped 40 cents to end at $11.80, with 38,877 stock units crossing the exchange. NCB Financial rallied $1 to $74, with 26,455 units crossing the market, Sagicor Group lost 41 cents to end at $46.49 as investors exchanged 1,711 shares, Scotia Group dropped $1 in closing at $33 in trading 4,346 units, Seprod increased 50 cents to close at $68 with 18,577 stocks clearing the market and Wisynco Group rose 94 cents and ended at $17.95 trading 7,870 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.