Trading activity jumped on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market on Friday, compared with Thursday, with the volume of stocks traded rising 112 percent with a 35 percent increase in value, with trading in 59 securities compared with 58 on Thursday, and ended with prices of 25 stocks rising, 21 declining and 13 ending unchanged.
Trading resulted in an exchange of 15,689,285 shares at $148,621,916 up from 7,389,877 stock units at $109,962,525 on Thursday.
Trading averaged 265,920 shares at $2,519,016 well above 127,412 stocks for $1,895,906 on Thursday. Trading for the month to date ended with an average of 916,995 units at $34,992,886 just less than 998,036 shares at $39,034,992 on Thursday but well above February with an average of 405,332 stock units at $1,953,730.
Wigton Energy led trading with 6.12 million shares for 39 percent of total volume followed by Jamaica Producers which ended with 2.61 million stocks for 16.7 percent of the day’s trade, JMMB Group 7.35% – 2028 closed with 1.67 million units for 10.6 percent of the volume traded, Transjamaican Highway closed with 1.47 million stocks for 9.4 percent of the total and Eppley with 1.18 million units for 7.5 percent of market share.
The All Jamaican Composite Index popped 772.27 points to 377,974.18, the JSE Main Index gained 264.31 points to settle at 325,959.06 and the JSE Financial Index rose 0.30 points to finish at 68.06. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 10 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 15. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios are based on last traded prices and earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies with their financial year ending in or around August 2025.
At the close, Berger Paints rallied 75 cents in closing at $7.90 in trading 9,612 stock units, Eppley popped $1.67 to close trading at $35 in switching ownership of 1,177,582 shares, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund climbed 60 cents and ended at $30.60 with investors trading 25 units. GraceKennedy rose 70 cents to end at $73.70 after 36,928 stocks switched hands, Guardian Holdings gained $3.01 to finish at $303 with investors trading just one share, Jamaica Broilers advanced $2.01 to close at $37 with 18,114 stocks changing hands. Jamaica Producers lost 87 cents in closing at $23 with investors swapping 2,613,845 units, Kingston Properties increased $1.48 to finish at $10 after an exchange of 120,003 stock units, Kingston Wharves shed $1.65 and ended at $28 with investors dealing in 12,533 shares. 
Lasco Manufacturing fell 49 cents to end at $7.01 after a transfer of 68,009 stocks, Massy Holdings sank $2.19 in closing at $79.31 as investors exchanged 902 units, Pan Jamaica popped 35 cents to close at $52.35 with 100 stock units crossing the market. Proven Investments gained $1.48 to end at $19 with traders dealing in 160,658 shares, Seprod skidded 99 cents in closing at $87.01 in an exchange of 13,084 stocks and Sygnus Real Estate Finance rose 91 cents to end at $9.71 with 324 units crossing the market.
In the preference segment, Jamaica Public Service 9.5% sank $40 to finish at $2,650 in an exchange of 74 stock units, JMMB Group 7.15% – 2028 dipped 38 cents and ended at $2.60 with 106,609 shares clearing the market, 138 Student Living preference share dropped $5 to close at $285 after an exchange of 3 stock units and Sygnus Credit Investments C10.5% slipped $2.95 to $97.05 in trading 3,700 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.