The Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market indices recorded more gains on Friday to end with the highest reading for the week but more than 4,000 points lower than the close of the previous week after an exchange of 327 percent more shares and changed hands with an increase of 134 percent in values over Thursday.
At the close, the All Jamaican Composite Index rose 1,581.20 points to 429,895.90, the Main Index advanced 1,446.63 points to 392,235.25 and the JSE Financial Index gained 0.10 points to settle at 102.30.
Trading ended with 43 securities changing hands, down from 46 on Thursday, with the prices of 19 stocks rising, 12 declining and 12 remaining unchanged. The average PE Ratio ended at 16.6 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2020-21 earnings.
Investors exchanged 22,148,337 shares, with a consideration of $106,842,072 compared to 5,190,810 units at $45,639,960 on Thursday. Transjamaican Highway led trading with 70.3 percent of total volume, after exchanging 15.57 million shares followed by Supreme Ventures with 11 percent for 2.45 million units and Wigton Windfarm with 6.2 percent market share for 1.36 million units.
Trading for the day averaged 515,078 units at $2,484,699, compared to an average of 112,844 shares at $992,173 on Thursday. The average month to date trade is 331,966 units at $4,219,492 for each security, in contrast to 309,597 units at $4,431,412. November averaged 623,120 units at $6,686,047.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading has nine stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and seven with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Barita Investments advanced 51 cents to $85.51, with 78,712 shares passing through the market, Caribbean Cement rose $1 in closing at $57 and exchanging 1,339 units. Grace Kennedy climbed $1.97 to $65, with 181,311 shares changing hands, Jamaica Producers Group advanced by $1.20 to $21.70, after crossing the exchange with 5,925 stock units, Jamaica Stock Exchange lost 48 cents in closing at $18.28, and clearing the market with 1,922 units. JMMB Group fell $1 to $34 trading 30,515 shares, Key Insurance slipped 35 cents to $8.10, with the trading of 1,215 units, Kingston Wharves fell 90 cents to $47.90, in exchanging 2,771 units. Mayberry Investments declined by 30 cents to $5.70 trading 76,550 shares, 138 Student Living shed 33 cents to end at $4.32, after exchanging 4,700 stock units, Palace Amusement climbed $100 to end at $1,300, after exchanging 5 units, Pan Jam Investment rose $1.61 to $66, in crossing the exchange with 3,150 units. 
Scotia Group advanced by $5.09 to $46.50 after 6,231 stock units passed through the market, Seprod gained $2 to settle at $66, with an exchange of 10,394 stock units, Sterling Investments lost 34 cents to close at $2.56, as investors switched ownership of 1,076 units and Sygnus Credit Investments fell $1.16 to $15.94, with 429,283 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
