Trading picked up on Wednesday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange with a rise in the volume of stocks exchanged by investors at a value that is greater than on Tuesday, resulting in Main Market major indices and the JSE USD Market declining falling, while the Junior Market index closed higher. At the close of trading the prices of 38 shares rose, 45 declined and 24 remained firm in the overall market.
At the close of the market the JSE Combined Market Index dropped 2,899.50 points to 324,228.12, the All Jamaican Composite Index fell 2,372.43 points to 359,090.31, the JSE Main Index dived 3,081.90 points to settle at 311,271.77, the Junior Market Index rallied a mere 6.58 points to conclude trading at 3,704.56, and the JSE USD Market Index sank 19.87 points to close at 223.47.
At the close of trading, 32,998,129 shares were exchanged in all three markets, up from 23,239,607 units on Tuesday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounted to $168.94 million, much higher than the $70.63 million on the previous day and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 3,730,741 shares for US$237,829 up sharply from 93,280 units at US$4,522 on Tuesday.
In Main Market activity, Sygnus Credit Investments led trading with 2.57 million stocks followed by Sagicor Select Financial Fund with 1.81 million shares and Transjamaican Highway with 1.32 million units.
In Junior Market trading, Dolla Financial led trading with 8.14 million stocks followed by Indies Pharma with 5.04 million shares and Mailpac Group with 2.60 million units.
In the preference segment, 138 Student Living preference share sank $54.01 to finish at $209.99.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to value stocks, ended at 12.6 on 2024-25 earnings 20.5 based on 2024-24 historical earnings.
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