The Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market ended trading on Wednesday with a modest rise after shares gaining outnumbered those falling by a near two to one ratio after an exchange of 33 percent fewer shares with 96 percent of the value of stocks traded on Tuesday.
At the close, the All Jamaican Composite Index gained 884.00 points to close at 399,279.64, the Main Index advanced 900.71 points to 364,390.65 and the JSE Financial Index gained 0.27 points to close at 96.22.
Trading ended with 45 securities changing hands compared to 42 on Tuesday, with the prices of 21 stocks rising, 12 declining and 12 remaining unchanged. The average PE Ratio of the market ended at 15.4 based on IC Insider.com forecast of 2020-21 earnings.
The market closed with an exchange of 7,341,364 shares for $40,755,755 compared to 10,999,409 units at $42,539,683 on Tuesday. QWI Investments led trading with 2.54 million shares for 34.6 percent of total volume, followed Wigton Windfarm with 1.48 million units for 20.2 percent of the day’s trade and Sagicor Select Financial Fund with 647,235 units for 8.8 percent market share.
Trading ended with an average of 163,141 units changing hands for the day at $905,683 for each security, in comparison to an average of 261,891 shares at $1,012,850 on Tuesday. 
The average trade for the month to date is 210,813 units at $957,419 for each security. Trading month to date compares adversely to August’s average of 497,441 units at $3,201,918.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading for the market shows four stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and five with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Barita Investments advanced $1 to settle at $53.50, with an exchange of 9,486 stock units, Eppley dropped $2 to settle at $22, in transferring 574 units. Eppley Caribbean Property Fund climbed $2.90 to $49.90, in an exchange of 3,256 stock units, First Rock Capital rose 97 cents to close at $12.50 in trading 32,400 shares, Grace Kennedy gained 55 cents, after ending at $57 with 52,708 shares clearing the market. Jamaica Broilers Group shed 90 cents to end at $24.60 with investors switching ownership of 29,852 shares, 
Jamaica Producers Group advanced to $22, with gains of $2 and 32,899 shares changing hands, Key Insurance lost 34 cents to end at $7.21, with 5,536 stock units changing hands. Kingston Properties climbed $1.52 and ended at $7.69, in trading 4,282 stock units, Kingston Wharves rose $2 to settle at $44 with investors swapping 9,554 stock units, NCB Financial Group climbed $2.50 to end at $138.50, in trading 58,879 shares. PanJam Investment rose $2.50 to settle at $69, after exchanging 955 units, Seprod gained 50 cents in ending at $54.50, with 7,685 stock units passing through the market and Wisynco Group picked up 50 cents to close at $16.50 and 77,995 shares changing hands.
In the preference segment of the Main Market, Community & Workers Credit Union shed 30 cents to close at $1.70 as just 84 units changed hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
