The Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange dropped sharply in trading on Monday, the Junior Market suffered more slippage, following last week’s decline, while the JSE USD Market rose moderately to close out the day, resulting from prices of 28 shares rising, 50 declining and 32 remaining firm. Trading ended with a fall in the volume and value of stocks exchanged compared to Friday.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index dived 5,057.09 points to 327,655.73, the All Jamaican Composite Index declined 4,113.02 points to close at 365,793.24, while the JSE Main Index sank sharply by 5,216.14 points to 317,090.76, the Junior Market Index dipped 10.43 points to close at 3,413.75 and the JSE USD Market Index rallied 1.73 points to wrap up trading at 211.15.
At the close of trading, 7,997,488 shares were exchanged in all three markets, down from 12,067,164 units on Friday. The value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounted to $47.94 million, just below the $52.72 million on the previous day and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 313,665 shares for US$18,561 compared to 73,658 units at US$42,410 on Friday.
In Main Market activity, JMMB Group 7.35% – 2028 led with 1.79 million shares, followed by Transjamaican Highway with 1.07 million stocks and Sygnus Credit Investments with 466,229 units.
In Junior Market trading, on a day of low trading, Dolla Financial led with 256,573 shares, followed by RA Williams with 210,000 stocks and MFS Capital Partners with 190,762 units.
In the preference segment, Eppley 7.75% preference share declined $1.87 to $18 and Jamaica Public Service 7% rallied $5.66 to close at $43.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to value stocks, ended at 13.8 based on earnings for 2024-25 and 16.2 based on 2024 earnings.
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