All three Jamaica Stock Exchange closed trading on Friday, with solid gains in the major indices of the Main Market and the Junior Market index. The JSE USD Market closed moderately higher on the final day of the week. At the end of trading, the prices of 36 shares rose, 32 declined and 36 remained firm. The market closed with a rise in the volume of stocks traded but with a lower value than on Thursday.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index popped 3,518.66 points to wrap up trading at 334,489.99, the All Jamaican Composite Index rallied 4,292.44 points to end at 367,664.97, the JSE Main Index rallied 3,280.95 points to close at 323,843.10, the Junior Market Index bounced by 53.38 points to 3,463.93 and the JSE USD Market Index climbed by 1.04 points to 197.60.
At the close of the market, 21,421,900 shares were exchanged in all three markets, up from 14,550,983 units on Thursday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounted to $75.18 million, down from $150.99 million on the previous day and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 24,870 shares for US$3,934 compared to 107,676 units at US$8,375 on Thursday.
In Main Market activity, Sagicor Select Manufacturing & Distribution Fund led trading with 1.13 million shares, followed by Caribbean Producers with 1.08 million stocks and Sagicor Select Financial Fund with 971,166 units.
In Junior Market trading, JFP led with 2.02 million shares, followed by Derrimon Trading with 2.01 million stocks and ONE on ONE Educational with 2.0 million units.
In the preference segment, 138 Student Living preference share climbed $42.85 in closing at $263, Productive Business Solutions 10.5% slipped $5 to $1,155 and Sygnus Credit Investments C10.5% popped $4.90 to end at $105.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to value stocks, ended at 13.8 based on 2025-26 earnings and 15.2 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. 
The PE ratio chart covers all ordinary shares are 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 the 2024 and 2025 actual or projected earnings, excluding any major one time income or expense.
Pertinent information is used to navigate numerous investment options in the stock market. The chart should be used in making rational decisions when investing in stocks close to the sector average, not moving too far from it, unless there are compelling reasons to do so. This approach helps to remove emotions from investment decisions and place them on fundamentals, while not being too far from the majority of investors. Investors who buy when the price of a stock is close to the average will find that they are not inclined to overpay for a stock. The net asset value of each company is incorporated into the chart.
Investors can use this measure in assessing stock values. The chart also shows daily changes in stock prices and the percentage year to date price movement based on the last traded prices. Dividends that are paid or are due to be paid and yields for each company are shown in the Main and Junior Markets’ daily report charts, along with the closing volume of the highest bid and the lowest offer for each company.