Trading closed Monday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, with a rise in the volume of stocks exchanged, at a lower value than on Friday, resulting in the major indices of the Main Market increasing, the Junior Market index and the JSE USD Market slipping. At the end of trading, prices of 38 shares rose, 48 declined and 25 remained firm.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index rallied 977.35 points to 315,124.93, the All Jamaican Composite Index climbed 1,217.16 points to close at 349,209.17, the JSE Main Index increased by 1,126.04 points to 304,111.12, as the Junior Market Index slipped 13.67 points to end at 3,395.20 and the JSE USD Market Index dipped 1.07 points to 202.50.
At the close of trading, 17,198,365 shares were exchanged in all three markets, up from 11,652,567 units on Friday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounted to $73.33 million, slightly down from $73.79 million on the previous trading day. The JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 1,153,803 shares for US$29,575, up from 200,040 units at US$20,497 on Friday.
In Main Market activity, JMMB 9.5% led trading with 5.01 million shares followed by Transjamaican Highway with 1.75 million stocks and Wigton Energy with 1.20 million units.
In Junior Market trading, Jamaican Teas led with 1.23 million shares, followed by JFP with 407,661 stocks and Regency Petroleum with 380,039 units.
In the preference segment, Jamaica Public Service 7% lost $2 to $41, 138 Student Living preference share fell $24.20 to end at $191, Sygnus Credit Investments 10% declined $1.10 in closing at $107 and Sygnus Credit Investments C10.5% shed $7 to close at $98.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to value stocks, ended at 13 based on 2024-25 earnings and 15.9 based on 2024 earnings.
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