Transjamaican Highway ended trading to close out the week with an exchange of 61.59 million shares on Friday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, pushing the volume of stocks exchanged vastly higher, with the value failing to better Thursday’s level. Trading resulted in the JSE Main Market major indices rising, the Junior Market index and the JSE USD Markets falling, with prices of 32 shares rising, 38 declining and 26 remaining firm. Atlantic Hardware traded on the Junior Market for the first time, with the stock price slipping from the $1 IPO offer.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index advanced 1,284.37 points to 335,698.49, the All Jamaican Composite Index increase by 1,379.00 points to settle at 375,041.25, the JSE Main Index rose 1,496.05 points to 324,375.52, the Junior Market Index dropped 19.86 points to 3,557.50 and the JSE USD Market Index lost 4.38 points to wrap up trading at 209.80.
At the close of the market, 80,478,817 shares were traded in all three markets, up from 37,626,914 units on Thursday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounted to $377 million, down from $712.3 million on the previous day and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 353,552 shares for US$57,064 well above the 66,723 units at US$3,837 on Thursday.
In Main Market activity, Transjamaican Highway led with 61.59 million shares dwarfing Wigton Energy’s 1.85 million stocks and Carreras with 1.60 million stock units.
In Junior Market trading, Fontana led with 4.05 million shares followed by ONE on ONE Educational with 1.97 million stocks and Atlantic Hardware with 1.90 million stock units.
In the preference segment, 138 Student Living preference share slipped $6.18 to $190 and Sygnus Credit Investments C10.5% sank $14.90 and ended at $88.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to value stocks, ended at 12.6 based on 2024-25 earnings and 19.7 based on 2024 historical earnings. The ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and the other more detailed daily charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making. The PE ratio chart covers all ordinary shares listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, grouped by industry, allowing for easy comparisons within a sector and the overall market. The earnings per share (EPS) and PE ratios are based on 2024 and 2025 actual or projected earnings, excluding any major one-time income or expense.
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