The Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market ended trading on Thursday, with the market declining after an exchange of 53 percent more shares valued 78 percent less than on Wednesday as Wigton Windfarm accounted for just under 90 percent of the day’s volume.
Wigton traded nearly 90% of shares on Thursday.
At the close, the All Jamaican Composite Index declined by 2,930.79 points to 411,956.48, the Main Index dropped 2,537.24 points to 375,941.91, while the JSE Financial Index lost 0.64 points to settle at 98.94.
Trading ended with 48 securities changing hands compared to 44 on Wednesday and closed with the prices of 17 stocks rising, 25 declining and six remaining unchanged. The average PE Ratio ended at 15.5 based on the IC Insider.com forecast of 2020-21 earnings.
The market closed with an exchange of 35,657,782 shares for $66,458,232 compared to 23,292,101 units at $301,807,924 on Wednesday. Wigton Windfarm led trading with 89.9 percent of the total volume of 32.07 million shares, followed by Sagicor Select Financial Fund with 1.8 percent for just 658,539 units and Transjamaican Highway with 605,527 units for 1.7 percent market share.
Trading ended with an average of 742,870 units changing hands at $1,384,547 for each security, compared to an average of 529,366 shares at $6,859,271 on Wednesday. 
The average trade for the month to date ended at 376,667 units at $5,319,395 for each security, in contrast to 347,371 units at $5,634,183. Trading month to date is well ahead of September’s average of 265,170 units at $3,271,625.
At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading for the market shows seven stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and five with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Caribbean Cement fell $1.50 to settle at $42.50, in clearing the market with 19,755 shares, Eppley shed 99 cents to end at $18.01 trading 3,000 units, Jamaica Broilers rose $1.98 to $27.98, with 49,510 shares passing through the market. Jamaica Stock Exchange gained 65 cents to close at $18.15, in an exchange of 5,405 stock units, Key Insurance fell $1.10 to $8.50 after clearing the market with 581,674 stock units, Kingston Properties climbed $1.25 to $7.50 after trading 237 units. Margaritaville climbed $4.83 to settle at a 52 weeks’ high of $37.04 after an exchange of 906 shares, Mayberry Jamaican Equities shed 90 cents, clearing the market with 10,444 stock units to end at $6.50, 
NCB Financial traded at $136.03, with a loss of 47 cents after 6,827 units passed through the market. Palace Amusement added $20 to close at $1,470 in an exchange of 37 units, Proven Investments settled at $38.62, after losing $1.38 with 14,591 stock units changed hands, Salada Foods gained 90 cents to close at $26, with an exchange of 14,663 stocks. Scotia Group lost 31 cents and ending at $46.01, with 41,370 shares changing hands, Seprod dropped $7 to $59.98, trading 187,632 shares, Sygnus Credit Investments lost 50 cents to close at $18, trading 135,856 units and Wisynco Group gained 60 cents after exchanging 40,127 shares to settle at $16.60.
In the preference segment of the Main Market, JMMB Group 7% lost 32 cents to end at 52 weeks’ low of $1.35, in an exchange of 58,000 shares and Productive Business Solutions 9.75% preference share closed at $101, with a loss of $1 trading 60 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
