Trading on Friday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, with an appreciable rise in the volume and value of stocks exchanged, over Thursday, resulting in the major indices of the Main Market declining, the Junior Market and the JSE USD Market indices rising. At the end of trading, prices of 48 shares rose, 39 declined and 26 remained firm.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index dropped 939.28 points to end at 349,492.46, the All Jamaican Composite Index declined by 2,540.17 points to 396,978.87, the JSE Main Index dropped by 1,038.69 points to 340,787.31, the Junior Market Index rallied 7.70 points to end at 3,292.84 and the JSE USD Market Index advanced 9.91 points to wrap up trading for the week at 264.13.
At the close of trading on friday, 29,223,516 shares were exchanged in all markets, up from 18,441,477 units on Thursday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounted to $236.47 million, up from $106.36 million on the previous day. Trading on the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 765,285 shares for US$51,760, up from 668,102 units at US$40,675 on Thursday.
In Main Market activity, Transjamaican Highway led trading with 9.48 million shares, followed by Wigton Energy with 5.04 million stocks and Carreras with 2.34 million units.
In Junior Market trading, Kintyre Holdings led with 2.25 million shares, followed by Dolla Financial with 1.0 million stocks and Atlantic Hardware with 850,868 units.
Trading ended in the preference segment, with Jamaica Public Service 9.5% falling $85 to close at $2,500, Productive Business Solutions 10.5% increased $17 to end at $1,147 and Sygnus Credit Investments 10% popped $2 to finish at $107.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used in valuing stocks, ended at 14.2, computed using projected 2026-27 earnings and 15.3 based on 2025 historical earnings, excluding any major one time income or expense. The ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and the 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, with easy comparisons within sectors and the overall market.
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