West Indies Petroleum closing trading at the end of August with the price at $9.17, for a 600 percent increase, from the start of the year, and dwarfing all others, with the JSE Main Market climbing just 17.4 percent for the year to the end of August.
Elsewhere, the IC TOP 10 winners recorded gains ranging from a low of 11 percent for the year to the end of August for Scotia Group, up to 127 percent for Transjamaican Highway. NCB Financial followed with a 90 percent increase for the country’s largest banking group.
West Indies Petroleum increased revenue in the quarter ended June due to increased revenues, leading to investors maintaining interest in the stock at an elevated valuation. Transjamaican Highway finished with gains of 127 percent, to be the second best performing Main market stocks, aided by the increase in toll revenue as traffic volume across the network grew. NCB Financial, rose 90 percent, as gains from core banking and insurance activities delivered attractive profits from continuing operations. Carreras gained 86 percent and General Accident boosted by a rise in insurance contract revenue and other income, as well as the planned acquisition of the majority shares in Trinidadian based Beacon Insurance ended with the stock climbing 38 percent to end of August. Lascelles Manufacturing and Sagicor Real Estate X Fund also joined the ICTOP 10. Lascelles Manufacturing had a rise in revenue and profit in the June quarter and Sagicor Real Estate Fund benefitting improved results in its core operations.
The Worst Performers. Notwithstanding the top performance of the companies with healthy gains, the market suffered from notable declines, following poor profit results for several companies. 
MPC Caribbean Clean Energy tops ICInsider.com Top 10 Main Market losers, reporting a steep 46.8 percent loss for the year to August, 2026. During this period the company had unrealized fair value losses and slowdown of its wind farming operations. Palace Amusement ended as the second worst performing stock, with a 40 percent, with sharp fall in operating profits. Revenue for the period dropped, following damage caused by Hurricane Melissa to Multiplex in Montego Bay, which has not reopened, but the problem was compounded by lack sufficient quality films during the period to attract sufficient patrons to the cinemas. Sygnus Real Estate Finance slipped 38 percent, with huge losses incurred in 2026 to date. First Rock Real Estate Investments fell sharply 36 percent and VM Investments declined by 34 percent, with underperformance of the investments portfolio, in rounding out the list of the five worst performers.