Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market ended with gains on Friday, with the volume of stocks traded rising 24 percent and the value 10 percent lower than on Thursday, with trading in 56 securities similar to trading on Thursday, with prices of 23 rising, 19 declining and 14 ending unchanged.
The market closed with 13,799,663 shares trading for $80,790,833, an increase from 7,536,952 stock units at $72,798,887 on Thursday.
Trading averaged 246,423 shares at $1,442,693 compared to 135,277 stocks at $1,332,277 on Thursday and month to date, an average of 214,529 stock units at $1,493,272 compared with 204,381 shares at $1,509,365 on the previous day and July with an average of 270,399 stock units at $2,493,078.
JMMB Group 7.35% – 2028 led trading with 5.29 million shares for 38.3 percent of total volume, followed by Transjamaican Highway, with 5.14 million units for 37.2 percent of the day’s trade and Wigton Energy with 858,749 stocks for 6.2 percent of the volume traded.
The All Jamaican Composite Index popped 1,267.23 points to settle at 354,261.59, the JSE Main Index climbed 1,561.65 points to 308,374.69 and the JSE Financial Index rose 0.77 points to close at 62.57. At the close, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 10 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and five with lower offers.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.4. The JSE Main and the USD Market PE ratios are based on last traded prices and earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies with fiscal year ending around August 2025.
At the close of the market, Caribbean Cement dipped $10.73 to end at $85.27, trading of 3,938 shares, Eppley lost 50 cents to $32 as investors exchanged 1,713 units, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund advanced 80 cents to finish at $43.30 with a transfer of 4,062 shares. Guardian Holdings shed $1 in closing at $319 with investors swapping 2,683 stocks, Jamaica Broilers dropped 50 cents to close at $24 with 30,593 stock units switching ownership, JMMB Group sank 73 cents to end at $18.65 with traders dealing in 27,093 shares. Margaritaville popped 70 cents in closing at $10.92, with 158 units changing hands, Massy Holdings climbed $1.50 to $77.50, with investors trading 101,485 stocks, 
NCB Financial rose 80 cents to close at $31.40 after traders exchanged 649,230 stock units. Pan Jamaica rallied $1.09 to end at $49.99 in trading 3,997 shares, Proven Investments increased 63 cents to finish at $17.13 with 641 stock units crossing the exchange, Sagicor Group gained 50 cents and ended at $41.50 after a transfer of 1,291 units and Stanley Motta popped 38 cents to $6 with investors trading 11,199 stock units.
In the preference segment, Jamaica Public Service 7% climbed $2 in closing at $41 in an exchange of 11 shares and Sygnus Credit Investments 10% rose $6 and ended at $106 after trading of 510 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.