Main Market stocks enjoyed a big bounce at the close of trading on Monday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, with the JSE Combined Market Index jumping 5,252.78 points to finish at 331,804.63, the All Jamaican Composite Index surging 8,077.93 points to end at 371,312.55, the JSE Main Index galloping 5,411.95 points to settle at 321,170.96, the Junior Market Index popped 13.19 points to close at 3,446.06 and the JSE USD Market Index lost 2.36 points to conclude trading at 209.87.
Trading resulted in a rise in the volume of stocks exchanged, with a greater value than on Friday, resulting in the prices of 37 shares rising, 48 declining and 32 closing firm.
At the close, 25,240,870 shares were traded in all three markets, up from 13,414,513 stock units on Friday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets totalling $136.9 million, up from $63.46 million on the previous day and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 1,023,379 shares for US$89,468 up from 433,666 units at US$22,834 on Friday.
In Main Market, Wigton Energy led with 6.08 million shares, followed by Transjamaican Highway with 2.65 million shares and JMMB Group 7.35% – 2028 with 655,653 units.
In Junior Market trading, Derrimon Trading led with 2.28 million shares, followed by Jamaican Teas with 1.80 million shares and ONE on ONE Educational with 1.73 million units.
In the preference segment, 138 Student Living preference share increased $38.53 and ended at $230 and Sygnus Credit Investments 10% climbed $1.01 to $100.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to value stocks, ended at 12.5 based on 2024-25 earnings and 19.1 based on 2024 historical earnings. The ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and the other 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, allowing for easy comparisons within a sector and the overall market. The earnings per share (EPS) and PE ratios are based on 2024 and 2025 actual or projected earnings, excluding any major one time income or expense.
Pertinent information is required to navigate numerous investment options successfully in the stock market. The chart should be used in making rational decisions when investing in stocks close to the sector average, not going too far from it unless there are compelling reasons to do so. This approach helps to remove emotions from investment decisions and place them on fundamentals while at the same time not being too far from the majority of investors. Investors who buy when the price of a stock is close to the average will find that they are not inclined to overpay for a stock. 
The net asset value of each company is incorporated into the chart. Investors can use this measure in assessing stock values. The chart also shows daily changes in stock prices and the percentage year to date price movement based on the last traded prices. Dividends that are paid or are due to be paid and yields for each company are shown in the Main and Junior Markets’ daily report charts, along with the closing volume of the highest bid and the lowest offer for each company.