Main & JSE USD Markets drop Juniors rise

A rise of $11.5o in the price of MPC Caribbean Energy could not withstand falls of three plus dollars declines in Pan Jamaica, Scotia Group and Seprod that helped to sink the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market on Friday as the Junior Market made more recovery from the big fall earlier in the week but the JSE USD declined from the record close on Thursday.
At close, the JSE Combined Market Index dropped 1,541.73 points to close at 328,361.75, the All Jamaican Composite Index shed 2,705.34 points to 346,427.98, the JSE Main Index skidded 1,827.78 points to 314,347.08, the Junior Market Index added 17.87 points to close at 3,829.44 while the JSE USD Market Index dipped 3.02 points to finish at 255.36.
At the close, investors traded 8,039,740 shares in all three markets, compared with 8,767,985 stock units on Thursday. The value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets ended at $107.9 million, up from just $40 million on Thursday. Trading on the JSE USD market ended with investors exchanging 596,504 shares for US$36,632, up from 246,487 units at US$10,039 on Thursday.
In the preference segment, 138 Student Living preference share rallied $8.50 to end at $93.48.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to determine the value of stocks ended at 19.5 on 2022-23 earnings and 11.1 times those for 2023-24 at the close of trading. ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and the more detailed daily report charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making.
The PE ratio chart covers all ordinary shares on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, with companies grouped by industry, allowing for easy comparisons between the same sector companies and the overall market. The EPS & PE ratios are based on 2023 and 2024 actual or projected earnings, excluding major one off items.
Investors need pertinent information to successfully navigate numerous investment options in the local stock market. The ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and the more detailed daily report charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making.
Investors should use the chart to help make rational decisions when investing in stocks close to the average for the sector and not going too far from it unless there are compelling reasons to do so. This approach helps to remove emotions from investment decisions and place them on fundamentals while at the same time not being too far from the majority of investors. Investors who buy when the price of a stock is close to the average will find that they are not inclined to overpay for a stock.
The net asset value of each company is reported as a guide to assess the value of stocks based on this measure quickly. The chart also shows daily changes in stock prices and the percentage year to date price movement based on the last traded prices.
Dividends paid or payable and yields for each company are shown in the Main and Junior Markets’ daily report charts along with the closing volume pertaining to the highest bid and the lowest offer for each company.