Transjamaican Highway led trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, with more than half of stocks changing hands on Thursday and pushing the volume of stocks that were exchanged well above the prior day, with a lower value than on Wednesday, resulting in the major indices of all markets falling, following the prices of 32 shares rising, 52 declining and 25 remaining firm.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index shed 2,022.46 points to end at 326,314.13, the All Jamaican Composite Index skidded by 1,664.71 points to 364,253.87, the JSE Main Index dropped 1,968.79 points to 316,085.96, the Junior Market Index fell 19.50 points to 3,357.90, having traded above the 3,400 market earlier in the day and the JSE USD Market Index fell 5.83 points to 187.11.
At the close of the market, 37,091,732 shares were exchanged in all three markets, up from 28,278,985 units on Wednesday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounted to $217.52 million, down from $298.82 million on the previous day and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 179,556 shares for US$84,417 compared to 208,255 units at US$6,331 on Wednesday.
In Main Market activity, Transjamaican Highway led with 19.81 million shares, followed by Supreme Ventures with 5.62 million stocks and Wigton Energy with 3.97 million units.
In Junior Market trading, Future Energy led with 406,551 shares, followed by Stationery and Office Supplies with 350,000 stocks and Fosrich with 276,282 units.
In the preference segment, Productive Business Solutions 10.5% dropped $135.90 in closing at $1,002.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to value stocks, ended at 13.1 based on 2025-26 earnings and 15.1 based on 2024 historical earnings.
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