Stock prices pulled back across the board, as is the case at the start of a new month following the usual end-of-month window dressing. At the end of trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday, prices of 28 shares rose, 51 declined and 25 remained firm following a fall in the volume and value of stocks exchanged compared with Wednesday, resulting in indices of all three markets of the exchange declining.
At the end of trading the, the JSE Combined Market Index shed 3,555.91 points to wrap up trading at 335,534.35, the All Jamaican Composite Index dived 5,041.82 points to 372,957.21 while the JSE Main Index dropped by 3,392.92 points to end at 324,860.99, the Junior Market Index shed 43.13 points to 3,474.71 and the JSE USD Market Index fell 4.71 points to end at 221.45.
At the close of trading, 19,854,556 shares were exchanged in all three markets, down sharply from 50,435,322 units on Wednesday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounting to $78.81 million, down appreciably from $183.95 million on the previous day and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 645,488 shares for US$23,415, well below the 6,757,426 units at US$185,982 on Wednesday.
In Main Market activity, Transjamaican Highway led with 10.51 million shares followed by Radio Jamaica with 1.19 million stocks and Wigton Energy with 625,781 units.
In Junior Market trading, Kintyre Holdings led with 1.54 million shares followed by Jamaican Teas with 524,003 stocks and MFS Capital Partners with 467,831 units.
In the preference segment, Jamaica Public Service 7% popped $7.99 in closing at $45 and 138 Student Living preference share dipped $22.84 to $242.
The market’s PE ratio, the most frequently used measure in valuing stocks, ended at 12.7 based on 2024-25 earnings and 19.2 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.
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