All three markets of the Jamaica Stock Exchange declined at the end of trading on Monday, as the Main market gave up the early 2025 gains on Friday, with prices of 26 shares rising, 56 declining and 32 remaining firm, following a rise in the volume of stocks exchanged, with a lower value than on Friday.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index dropped 4,265.80 points to 325,472.58, the All Jamaican Composite Index declined by 3,694.26 points and ended at 363,505.90, the JSE Main Index plunged by 4,212.23 points to end at 315,271.70, the Junior Market Index fell 33.09 points to 3,348.78 and the JSE USD Market Index lost 3.03 points to settle at 211.05.
At the close of trading, 23,649,464 shares were exchanged in all three markets, up from 21,189,062 units on Friday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounted to $73.72 million, down from $80.45 million on the previous trading day and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 107,514 shares for US$4,811, down from 202,981 units at US$8,951 on Friday.
In Main Market activity, Sagicor Select Manufacturing & Distribution Fund led with 3.13 million shares, followed by Radio Jamaica with 3.10 million stocks and Transjamaican Highway with 2.18 million units.
In Junior Market trading, Kintyre Holdings led with 3.64 million shares, followed by JFP with 1.18 million stocks and EduFocal with 1.13 million units.
In the preference segment, 138 Student Living preference share declined $35.99 to $214 and Productive Business Solutions 10.5% fell $171.75 to finish at $973.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to value stocks, ended at 15.6 based on 2026-27 earnings and 16 based on 2025-26 historical earnings, excluding any major one time income or expense.
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