Stocks closed Trading on Friday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange with a fall in the volume of stocks changing hands, with a lower value than Thursday. At the end of trading, the prices of 38 shares rose, 52 declined and 30 remained unchanged, resulting in the major indices Main Market rising, the Junior Market index falling and the JSE USD Market rising modestly.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index rallied 3,585.88 points to 350,927.26, the All Jamaican Composite Index popped 3,038.24 points to close at 396,928.21, the JSE Main Index climbed by 4,105.61 points to end at 342,361.72, the Junior Market Index helped by notable declines in the values of Access Financial, Lasco Financial and Blue Power, sank 48.30 points to 3,282.73 and the JSE USD Market Index rose 0.97 points to settle at 260.90.
At the close of trading, 18,411,087 shares were exchanged in all three markets, down from 19,096,561 units on Thursday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounting to $98.12 million, down from $116.2 million on the previous day. The JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 321,131 shares for US$14,336 compared to 563,158 units at US$24,398 on Thursday.
In Main Market activity, Transjamaican Highway led trading with 4.87 million shares, followed by Wigton Energy with 1.20 million stocks and QWI Investments with 674,410 units.
In Junior Market trading, Kintyre Holdings led with 2.70 million shares, followed by Omni Industries with 1.0 million stocks and Atlantic Hardware with 568,134 units.
In the preference segment, Jamaica Public Service 7% rallied $5.95 to close at $43, Jamaica Public Service 9.5% lost $99 to $2,500, Productive Business Solutions 10.5% popped by $174.87 to end at $1,140, while Sygnus Credit Investments 10% advanced $3 in closing at $106.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to value stocks, ended at 14.2 computed on projected 2026-27 earnings and 15.4 based on 2025 historical earnings, excluding any major one time income or expense. The ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and the 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, with easy comparisons within a sector and the overall market.
Pertinent information is required to successfully navigate the various investment options 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 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. 
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