Trading ended with mixed results at the close of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Tuesday, with a near doubling in the volume of stocks exchanged, with marginal gains in value. At the end of trading, the major indices of the Main Market declined, while the Junior and JSE USD markets rallied, with prices of 45 shares rising, 43 declining and 22 remaining firm.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index shed 864.72 points to finish at 328,907.38, the All Jamaican Composite Index declined by 1,018.92 points to 366,315.67, the JSE Main Index dropped 1,021.00 points to 318,404.72, the Junior Market Index rose 15.83 points to end at 3,410.63 and the JSE USD Market Index rallied just 0.04 points to end at 203.29.
At the close of trading on Tuesday, a total of 21,684,352 shares were exchanged in all three markets, up from just 11,033,090 units on Monday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounted to $65.46 million, up from only $50.89 million on the previous day, while the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 7,320,894 shares for US$182,827 well over the 126,779 units at US$11,408 on Monday.
In Main Market activity, Transjamaican Highway led trading with 3.60 million shares, followed by Wigton Energy with 2.54 million stocks and Lasco Manufacturing with 2.02 million units.
In Junior Market trading, One Great Studio led with 1.01 million shares, followed by RA Williams with 503,663 stocks and Fosrich with 247,628 units.
In the preference segment, Jamaica Public Service 7% rose $3 to close at $43 and Sygnus Credit Investments C10.5% advanced $3.90 to $104.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to value stocks, ended at 13.2 based on 2025-26 earnings compared with 16 using the 2024 historical earnings.
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