Trading closed on Wednesday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange with a rise in the volume of stocks that were exchanged, with a lower value than on Tuesday, resulting in the major indices of the Main Market and the Junior Market index rising, with the JSE USD Market falling. At the end of trading, the prices of 44 shares rose, 36 declined and 27 remained firm.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index rallied 556.11 points to finish trading at 326,028.09, the All Jamaican Composite Index gained 645.91 points to settle at 362,682.17, the JSE Main Index increased 432.44 points to 315,726.32, the Junior Market Index popped 20.05 points to finish at 3,366.08 and the JSE USD Market Index dipped 0.24 points to finish at 201.98.
At the close of trading, 24,712,783 shares were exchanged in all three markets, up from 23,864,046 units on Tuesday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounted to $103.94 million, down from $127 million on the previous day and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 98,617 shares for US$2,913, down sharply from 844,825 units at US$48,855 on Tuesday.
In Main Market activity, Wigton Energy led trading with 4.88 million shares, followed by JMMB Group 7.35% – 2028 with 4.03 million stocks and Transjamaican Highway with 1.82 million units.
In Junior Market trading, Fosrich led with 5.41 million shares, followed by Regency Petroleum with 1.14 million stocks and Spur Tree Spices with 821,949 units.
In the preference segment, 138 Student Living preference share popped $2.31 to close at $240, Productive Business Solutions 10.5% climbed $1.91 to $1,131, Sygnus Credit Investments 10% fell $3.05 to end at $105 and Sygnus Credit Investments C10.5% shed $1.80 in closing at $104.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used in valuing stocks, ended at 13.2 based on 2025-26 earnings and 16.3 based on 2024 historical earnings.
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