The Jamaica Stock Exchange closed trading on Monday, with increased activity and gains in all markets, as the volume of stocks exchanged surged and the value of shares changing hands surging over Friday, resulting in prices of 56 shares rising, 35 declining and 20 remaining firm.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index jumped 4,846.73 points to 328,324.87, the All Jamaican Composite Index surged 6,722.24 points to close at 367,866.54, the JSE Main Index climbed 4,616.34 points to wrap up trading at 317,312.98, the Junior Market Index added 60.22 points to finish at 3,476.21 and the JSE USD Market Index rallied 11.55 points to end trading at 210.50.
At the close of trading, 66,672,394 shares were exchanged in all three markets, well over the 34,228,219 units on Friday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounted to $278.33 million, up from $215.99 million on the previous day and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 5,779,467 shares for US$171,261 compared to 3,634,466 units at US$308,861 on Friday.
In Main Market activity, Wigton Energy led with 17.47 million shares, followed by Transjamaican Highway with 6.38 million stocks and Mayberry Group with 1.29 million units.
In Junior Market trading, Dolla Financial led with 8.35 million shares, followed by Derrimon Trading with 3.96 million stocks and Regency Petroleum with 3.14 million units.
In the preference segment, 138 Student Living preference share gained $4.75 to end at $223, Productive Business Solutions 10.5% dipped $5 in closing at $1,125 and Sygnus Credit Investments C10.5% fell $2.51 to $107.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to value stocks, ended at 14 based on 2024-25 earnings and 16.4 based on 2024 earnings.
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