Trading closed Tuesday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, resulting in gains of the major indices of the Main Market and the Junior Market, with a modest decline in the JSE USD Market index. At the end of trading the prices of 46 shares rose, 40 declined and 34 remained firm, following a fall in the volume of stocks traded, with a lower value than on Monday.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index increased 2,197.74 points to 356,726.21, the All Jamaican Composite Index rallied 3,082.83 points to close at 404,662.45, the JSE Main Index climbed 2,224.36 points to end at 347,969.54, with the Junior Market Index advancing by just 9.75 points to end at 3,343.66 and the JSE USD Market Index dipped by 0.96 points to end at 269.21.
At the close of trading, 25,150,043 shares were exchanged in all three markets, down from 26,845,370 units on Monday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amount to $82.81 million, down from $111.3 million on the previous day. The JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 645,573 shares for US$308,181, in stark contrast to 1,043,254 units at US$46,472 on Monday.
In Main Market activity, Transjamaican Highway led with 4.37 million shares, followed by Wigton Energy with 1.79 million stocks and QWI Investments with 980,607 units.
In Junior Market trading, Kintyre Holdings led with 7.44 million shares, followed by Dolla Financial with 2.05 million stocks and Atlantic Hardware with 869,802 units.
In the preference segment, 138 Student Living preference share lost $24 and ended at $220.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to value stocks, ended at 13.3. The PEs are compiled from 2026-27 projected earnings and 15.5 based on 2025 historical earnings, excluding any major one time income or expense.
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