Investors traded fewer shares on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Tuesday after pumping more funds into the market than on Thursday, ending with prices of 48 shares rising, 36 declining and 28 remaining firm. The JSE Combined Market Index popped 1,967.71 points to close at 325,249.08, the All Jamaican Composite Index rallied 1,277.14 points to wrap up trading at 361,766.06, the JSE Main Index climbed 1,927.56 points to finish at 314,415.45, the Junior Market Index popped 17.53 points to conclude trading at 3,429.76 and the JSE USD Market Index dipped 2.56 points to end at 223.73.
At the close of market activity, 16,478,941 shares were exchanged in all three markets, down from 21,602,495 units on Thursday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets climbing to $79.63 million, from $70.31 million on the previous trading day and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 488,548 shares for US$21,786 compared to 422,657 units at US$21,798 on Thursday.
Mainthe Market activity closed with, Transjamaican Highway leading with 5.60 million shares, followed by QWI Investments with 2.14 million stocks and Wigton Energy with 2.07 million units.
In Junior Market trading, Derrimon Trading led with 917,851 shares followed by ONE on ONE Educational with 812,293 stocks and Atlantic Hardware with 486,513 units.
In the preference segment, Jamaica Public Service 7% fell $6.68 to close at $38, Productive Business Solutions 10.5% preference share rallied $43.99 to $1,044, Sygnus Credit Investments 10% slipped $13.99 in closing at $90 and Sygnus Credit Investments C10.5% rose $2 to end at $100.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to value stocks, ended at 12.3 based on 2025 earnings and 18.9 based on 2024 historical earnings. The ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and the other, more detailed daily charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making. The PE ratio chart covers all the ordinary shares 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.
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