Trading closed Monday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange with a rise in the volume of stocks changing hands, with a lower value than on Friday, resulting in major indices of the Main Market, the Junior Market index and the JSE USD Market rising, even as trading ended with prices of 38 shares rising, 54 declined and 25 remained firm.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index rallied by 1,222.92 points to 355,537.77, the All Jamaican Composite Index gained 646.56 points to end at 405,451.35, while the JSE Main Index popped 1,166.09 points to close at 346,073.99, the Junior Market Index rose 15.08 points to 3,431.76 and the index of the USD Market popped 1.05 points to end at 288.42.
At the close of trading, 18,672,192 shares were exchanged in all three markets, up from 18,263,937 units on Friday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounted to $94.9 million, down sharply from $248.57 million on the previous trading day and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 1,213,201 shares for US$898,871 compared to 771,156 units at US$43,569 on Friday.
In Main Market activity, Transjamaican Highway led trading with 4.64 million shares, followed by Wigton Energy with 971,883 stocks and Tropical Battery with 584,920 units.
In Junior Market trading, Future Energy led with 4.54 million shares, followed by Kintyre Holdings with 1.76 million stocks and Limners and Bards with 749,323 units.
In the preference segment, 138 Student Living preference share gained $12 to close at $192 and Productive Business Solutions 10.5% declined $8 to end at $1,190.
At the close of trading, the market’s PE ratio ended at 14.9, computed using projected 2026-27 earnings and 15.8 based on 2025 historical earnings, excluding any major one-time income or expense. The PE ratio is one of the most popular measures for valuing shares and is calculated by dividing the stock price by the company’s earnings per share. The ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and the more detailed daily charts provide investors with regularly updated information to assist decision-making. The PE ratio chart includes all ordinary shares listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, grouped by industry, with easy comparisons within sectors and the overall market.
Pertinent information is needed to navigate the numerous options in the stock market. The chart should be used in decision-making, especially when investing around the sector average, and not going too far from it unless compelling reasons exist. This approach reduces emotion from investment decisions and places them on fundamentals, without straying far from the majority of investors. Investors who buy stocks near the average will not be inclined to overpay. The net asset value of each company is incorporated into the chart. 
Investors can use this measure in assessing stock values. The chart also shows daily changes in stock prices and percentage year to date price movements based on the last traded price. Dividends that are paid or due to be paid and yields for each company are shown in the Main and Junior Markets’ daily report charts, along with the closing volume of the highest bid and the lowest offer for each company.