Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Tuesday with a drop in the volume of stocks traded, with a value falling sharply from Monday, resulting in prices of 43 shares rising, 37 declining and 29 remaining firm with all three markets closing moderately higher.
At the close of trading the JSE Combined Market Index climbed 813.00 points to close at 331,955.11, the All Jamaican Composite Index popped 559.86 points to 365,474.29, the JSE Main Index rallied 769.19 points to 318,514.37, the Junior Market Index rallied 10.80 points to 3,816.23, and the JSE USD Market Index increased 2.58 points to finish at 237.15.
At the close of trading, 12,762,860 shares were exchanged in all three markets, down from 39,850,132 units on Monday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets dropping to just $55.09 million, well below $134.92 million on the previous day and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 49,694 shares for US$9,736 compared to 225,466 units at US$8,422 on Monday.
In Main Market activity, Transjamaican Highway led trading with 1.44 million stocks followed by Sagicor Select Financial Fund with 1.41 million shares and QWI Investments with 807,877 units.
In Junior Market trading, Image Plus led trading with 3.20 million stocks followed by MFS Capital Partners with 1.44 million shares and Everything Fresh with 821,345 units.
In the preference segment, 138 Student Living preference share lost $2 to end at $210.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to value stocks, ended at 13 based on 2024-25 based on projected earnings and 21.2 based on 2023-24 historical earnings. The ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and other more detailed daily charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making. The PE ratio chart covers all ordinary shares 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 2023 and 2024 actual or projected earnings, excluding any major time income or expenses.
Pertinent information is required to navigate numerous investment options successfully in the stock market. The ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and more detailed daily charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making. The chart should be used in making rational decisions when investing in stocks close to the average for the sector, not going too far from it unless there are compelling reasons to do so. 
This approach helps to remove emotions from investment decisions and place them on fundamentals while at the same time not being too far from the majority of investors. Investors who buy when the price of a stock is close to the average will find that they are not inclined to overpay for a stock. The net asset value of each company is incorporated into the chart. Investors can use this measure in assessing stock values. The chart also shows daily changes in stock prices and the percentage year to date price movement based on the last traded prices. Dividends that are paid or are due to be paid and yields for each company are shown in the Main and Junior Markets’ daily report charts, along with the closing volume of the highest bid and the lowest offer for each company.
The market closed with 34,121,468 shares trading for $124,264,644 up from just 12,322,346 stock units at $92,478,739 on Friday.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 14.4. The JSE Main and 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.
Sterling Investments dropped 52 cents in closing at $2.26 with investors dealing in 34,556 stock units and Sygnus Real Estate Finance sank 69 cents to close at $10.81 with a transfer of 583 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with trading of 5,503,198 shares for $10,659,278 up from 5,228,714 units at $8,674,718 on Friday.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 12.3, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for financial years ending around August 2025.
Jetcon Corporation rose 7 cents in closing at $1.18 with investors trading 69,870 shares. JFP Ltd advanced 12 cents to finish at $1.09 with investors dealing in 15,968 stock units, Limners and Bards skidded 22 cents and ended at $1.23 with 164,211 units clearing the market, Lumber Depot slipped 10 cents to close at $2.70 with an exchange of 19,292 stocks. Mailpac Group shed 8 cents to end at $2.57 and closed with 14,878 shares being traded, Regency Petroleum dropped 9 cents and ended at $2.90 with investors swapping 460,971 stocks and Spur Tree Spices sank 11 cents to close at $1.83 after 501,299 units passed through the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
In activity on Monday on the Main Market, Transjamaican Highway led trading with 29.52 million stock units followed by Sagicor Select Financial Fund with 1.78 million shares and Wigton Energy with 910,857 units
The PE ratio chart covers all ordinary shares 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 2023 and 2024 actual or projected earnings, excluding any major time income or expenses.
Investors can use this measure in assessing stock values. The chart also shows daily changes in stock prices and the percentage year to date price movement based on the last traded prices. Dividends that are paid or are due to be paid and yields for each company are shown in the Main and Junior Markets’ daily report charts, along with the closing volume of the highest bid and the lowest offer for each company. 
Guardian Holdings continues to hold on to the number one buy position by a wide margin, in all markets as well as the All JSE TOP10. Caribbean Cream holds the number one spot in the Junior Market followed by Elite Diagnostic, last weeks’ number three holder. The All JSE TOP10 is compiled from all ordinary stocks listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange with the highest potential to gain, based on projected 2024 earnings. This list is more exact than the Junior and Main Market TOP10 lists.
In the Main Market ICTOP10, JMMB Group popped 5 percent to $23.91. Key Insurance suffered an 11 percent drop, to close at $2.24 and Pulse Investments lost 8 percent to end at $1.60.
In the Junior Market IC TOP10 are 13 stocks, 27 percent of the market, with PEs ranging from 15 to 25 with an average of PE of 17 and a PE of 16 for half of the market with the highest PEs.
The market closed with 12,322,346 shares being traded with a value of $92,478,739 down from 27,500,921 stocks amounting to $159,469,871 on Thursday.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 14.5. The JSE Main and 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.
The move was a results of a sharp decline in the volume of stocks on offer over the past several weeks. Massy Holdings rallied $4.95 and ended at $78 with traders dealing in 100,104 shares, NCB Financial slipped 74 cents to end at $52 with 22,706 units crossing the exchange, Proven Investments sank 50 cents in closing at $20 with investors dealing in 111,449 stocks, Scotia Group dropped 50 cents to finish at $45 and closed with 76,631 stock units changing hands. Seprod sank $1.45 to $84.55 in trading 37 shares. Sterling Investments increased 49 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.78 after an exchange of 397,156 units and Sygnus Real Estate Finance popped $1.05 and ended at $11.50 with a transfer of 48,324 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with trading of 5,228,714 shares for $8,674,718 compared to 20,497,379 stock units at $43,414,703 on Thursday.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 12.3, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for financial years ending around August 2025.
Indies Pharma dipped 17 cents to close at $3 after an exchange of 308,713 shares. Jamaican Teas fell 9 cents in closing at $2.26 with investors swapping 20,100 stocks, JFP Ltd dropped 19 cents to finish at 97 cents in an exchange of 1,324,209 units, Knutsford Express climbed 11 cents to end at $12.55 with traders dealing in 3,894 stock units. Mailpac Group shed 15 cents in closing at $2.65 after an exchange of 30,550 shares, One Great Studio fell 10 cents to a 52 weeks’ low of 65 cents with a transfer of 251,763 units and Tropical Battery slipped 7 cents to finish at $2.35 with 63,630 stocks clearing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index advanced 2,348.48 points to 330,905.57, the All Jamaican Composite Index rallied 1,703.81 points to end at 365,438.63, the JSE Main Index climbed 2,601.00 points to close at 317,594.25, the Junior Market Index slipped 19.29 points to 3,792.59, and the JSE USD Market Index popped 0.06 points to settle at 236.24.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to value stocks, ended at 13 based on 2024-25 earnings and 21.3 based on 2023-24 historical earnings. The ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and other more detailed daily charts provide investors with regularly updated data to help decision-making. The PE chart covers all ordinary shares 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 2023 and 2024 actual or projected earnings, excluding any major time income or expenses.
This approach helps to remove emotions from investment decisions and place them on fundamentals while at the same time not being too far from the majority of investors. Investors who buy when the price of a stock is close to the average will find that they are not inclined to overpay for a stock. The net asset value of each company is incorporated into the chart. Investors can use this measure in assessing stock values. The chart also shows daily changes in stock prices and the percentage year to date price movement based on the last traded prices. Dividends that are paid or are due to be paid and yields for each company are shown in the Main and Junior Markets’ daily report charts, along with the closing volume of the highest bid and the lowest offer
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The market closed with 27,500,921 shares trading for $159,469,871 compared to 31,085,446 stocks at $577,400,450 on Wednesday.
The All Jamaican Composite Index climbed 3,211.53 points to end trading at 363,734.82, the JSE Main Index gained 2,216.56 points to finish at 314,993.25 and the JSE Financial Index popped 0.77 points to conclude trading at 66.16. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 12 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
Jamaica Broilers rose $1.98 in closing at $36.98 with trading of 29,321 stock units, Kingston Wharves advanced $2.50 to $28 after a transfer of 6,566 stocks, Massy Holdings sank 95 cents to end at $73.05 after 224 shares passed through the market. MPC Caribbean Clean Energy popped $1.50 and ended at $78 with a transfer of 110 stock units, NCB Financial rallied $1.04 to close at $52.74 with 70,105 units changing hands, Proven Investments climbed 50 cents to finish at $20.50 as investors exchanged 47,031 stocks. Sagicor Real Estate Fund rose 75 cents and ended at $8.50 in trading 864,708 shares, Salada Foods dipped 40 cents to $3.15 after an exchange of 24,502 stocks, Scotia Group rallied 50 cents in closing at $45.50 with an exchange of 27,625 units and Seprod gained $3 to close at $86 with 44,658 stock units crossing the exchange.
In the preference segment, Eppley 7.50% preference share sank 99 cents to end at $5.61 with investors swapping 112 shares and 138 Student Living preference share advanced $38 to finish at $250 with an exchange of 242 units.