Following the significant 51 million share trade in Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) stock on Tuesday, trading on the JSE market dropped sharply on Wednesday, resulting in a major decline in the volume of stocks exchanged and a substantially lower value than on Tuesday. At the end of trading, the prices of 31 shares rose, 59 declined, 17 remained firm, and all the major market indices fell.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index dropped 1,400.46 points to end at 334,123.00, the All Jamaican Composite Index shed 2,196.71 points to end at 369,973.95, the JSE Main Index declined 963.73 points to end at 324,219.60, the Junior Market Index sank 67.36 points to 3,361.49 and the JSE USD Market Index slipped 1.59 points to close at 191.96.
At the close, 25,830,748 shares were exchanged in all markets, down from 132,156,879 units on Tuesday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounted to $143.57 million, down from $1.88 billion on the previous day and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 1,304,395 shares for US$51,957 compared to 2,975,098 units at US$101,016 on Tuesday.
In Main Market activity, Transjamaican Highway led trading on the market, with 11.32 million shares, followed by Wigton Energy with 1.41 million stocks and Radio Jamaica with 1.15 million units.
In Junior Market trading, Access Financial led with 1.70 million shares, followed by Lumber Depot with 1.14 million stocks and Kintyre Holdings with 942,862 units.
In the preference segment, Jamaica Public Service 9.5% advanced $18 to end at $2,598 and 138 Student Living preference share rose $1.99 in closing at $252.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to value stocks, ended at 13.3 based on 2025-26 earnings and 15.1 based on 2024 historical earnings. The 
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