Big leap for JSE Main Market 


The Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on June, with a solid performance on Monday, with the volume of stocks traded rising 91 percent and the value 7 percent more than on Friday, resulting in trading of 59 securities compared with 60 on Friday, with prices of 30 rising, 18 declining and 11 ending unchanged, sending the All Jamaican Composite Index up a robust 6,722.24 points to 367,866.54, the JSE Main Index popping an impressive 4,616.34 points to finish at 317,312.98 and the JSE Financial Index gaining 0.54 points to 65.74.

The market closed with 33,243,094 shares trading worth $207,945,862 compared with 17,403,798 stock units at $193,831,769 on Friday.
Trading averaged 563,442 shares for $3,524,506, up from 290,063 stock units at $3,230,529 on Friday and month to date, an average of 183,242 units at $1,532,211 up from 163,460 shares at $1,428,555 on the previous day and May with an average of 245,284 stock units at $2,050,773.
Wigton Energy led trading with 17.47 million shares for 52.6 percent of total volume followed by Transjamaican Highway, with 6.38 million stocks for 19.2 percent of the day’s trade, Mayberry Group closed with 1.29 million stocks for 3.9 percent of the volume traded, Supreme Ventures ended with 1.13 million units for 3.4 percent of stocks traded and Radio Jamaica with 1.11 million units for 3.3 percent of market share.
At the close, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 14 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.8. The JSE Main and the USD Market PE ratios are based on last traded prices and earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies with the financial year ending around August 2025.
At the close, AS Bryden declined $1 to end at $24 as investors traded 3,463 shares, Berger Paints rose 97 cents in closing at $7.47, with 855 stocks clearing the market, Caribbean Cement climbed $6.99 to $88 with investors trading 124,697 shares. Eppley fell 50 cents and ended at $32.50 with an exchange of 1,346 units, Eppley Caribbean Fund popped 50 cents to close at $38.50 with 1,340 stocks passing through the market. Guardian Holdings sank $11 to finish at $308 with investors dealing in 1,435 units. Jamaica Broilers advanced 55 cents and ended at $25.50 after an exchange of 69,676 stocks, JMMB Group gained 55 cents to $21.40 and closed with an exchange of 69,698 shares, Kingston Wharves rallied $3.18 to finish at $32.49 in an exchange of 11,454 stock units. Massy Holdings increased 50 cents to close at $77.50 with investors swapping 320,000 shares, Mayberry Group popped $1.49 to end at $8.39 in switching ownership of 1,290,459 stock units, Mayberry Jamaican Equities advanced 50 cents in closing at $11, with 27,060 units crossing the exchange. NCB Financial rose $1.30 to $41.30 in trading 414,178 stocks, Sagicor Real Estate Fund lost 50 cents and ended at $8 after a transfer of 127,993 units, Scotia Group gained 50 cents to end at $53 after the trading of 65,125 stocks. Seprod rallied $2.20 in closing at $83.20 in an exchange of 80,104 shares, Supreme Ventures increased 60 cents to finish at $21.20 with investors trading 1,129,965 stock units and Wisynco Group climbed 89 cents to close at $21.89 after 337,081 shares passed through the market.
In the preference segment, 138 Student Living preference share increased $4.75 to $223.25 with a transfer of 634 stocks, Productive Business Solutions 10.5% shed $5 and ended at $1,125, with 71 units crossing the market and Sygnus Credit Investments C10.5% dropped $2.51 in closing at $107.49 with traders dealing in 126 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

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