Trading closed Thursday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange with all the major indices dropping as the volume and value of stocks changing hands were lower than on Wednesday. At the end of trading, the prices of 42 shares rose, 48 declined and 20 remained firm.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index dropped 4,078.75 points to end at 347,341.38, the All Jamaican Composite Index sank 3,821.13 points to wrap up trading at 393,889.97, the JSE Main Index sank 4,058.20 points to finish at 338,256.11, the Junior Market Index declined 27.51 points to 3,331.03 and the JSE USD Market Index fell 2.75 points to conclude trading at 259.93.
At the close of trading, 19,110,121 shares were exchanged in all three markets, down from 41,686,186 units on Wednesday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets falling to $116.78 million, down from $221 million on the previous day. The JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 563,158 shares for US$24,398, well below 2,237,272 units at US$79,651 on Wednesday.
In Main Market activity, Transjamaican Highway led trading with 10.43 million shares, followed by Wigton Energy with 846,956 shares and JMMB Group 7.35% – 2028 with 482,716 units.
In Junior Market trading, EduFocal led with 683,289 shares, followed by Omni Industries with 453,241 stocks and Paramount Trading with 400,854 units.
In the preference segment, Jamaica Public Service 7% slipped $5.95 to finish at $37 and Sygnus Credit Investments 10% sank $3.50 and ended at $103.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to value stocks, ended at 14.4 computed using 2026-27 earnings and 15.3 based on 2025 historical earnings, excluding any major one time income or expense.
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