The Jamaica Stock Exchange ended trading on Monday with a rise in the volume of stocks exchanged, with a greater value than on Friday, resulting in the major indices of the Main Market declining, the Junior Market index rising and the JSE USD Market declining. At the end of trading, the prices of 34 shares rose, 50 declined and 22 remained firm.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index shed 1,950.07 points to end at 329,181.32, the All Jamaican Composite Index declined by 2,630.31 points to 364,546.10, the JSE Main Index slipped 2,144.87 points to 318,477.79, while the Junior Market Index rallied 14.44 points to 3,439.37 and the JSE USD Market Index shed 1.25 points to 203.24.
At the close of the market, 16,034,779 shares were traded in all three markets, up from 13,694,070 units on Friday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounting to $86.35 million, up from $66.59 million on the previous day. The JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 142,485 shares for US$29,278 compared to 234,618 units at US$22,007 on Friday.
In Main Market activity, Transjamaican Highway led with 5.39 million shares, followed by Sagicor Select Financial Fund with 1.14 million stocks and Radio Jamaica with 1.01 million stock units.
In Junior Market trading, Kintyre Holdings led with 1.97 million shares, followed by Dolla Financial with 463,498 stocks and Mailpac Group with 288,371 units.
In the preference segment, Jamaica Public Service 7% increased $1.65 to finish at $45 and 138 Student Living preference share climbed $93.50 and ended at $334.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to value stocks, ended at 13.6 based on 2025-26 earnings and 16.2 based on 2024-25 historical earnings. The ICInsider.com PE chart and other detailed daily charts provide investors with updated data to help decision-making.
The PE ratio chart covers all the ordinary shares that are 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 not being staying 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.