PanJam & JPG push Jamaica Stock Exchange

Jamaica Producers and PanJam Investment shares climbed higher on Monday following the disclosure that the two groups reached an agreement to merge their operations, with a likely conclusion in 2023. The stock prices of both companies rose on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, with Jamaica Producers gaining 22.9 percent to $22.50 from a close on Friday of $18.31 and Pan Jam Investment jumping just over 18 percent to $58 from the last traded price of $49 on Friday.
The gains in the above two companies pushed the Main Market higher, at the same time that investors pushed the Junior Market down for another day, but the JSE US dollar market rose modestly at the close.
At the end of trading the Combined Market Index rose 1,988.03 points to 350,382.05, the JSE Main Index popped 2,531.53 points in ending at 337,908.71, the Junior Market Index dropped 41.57 points to 3,830.39 while the All Jamaica Composite Index shed 1,041.52 points to 379,320.32 and the JSE US dollar market rallied 1.62 points to end at 228.89.
Trading ended, with 22,782,785shares changing hands, for $91.10 million, versus $116.96 million, with 18,045,996 shares traded in all markets on the previous day. The JSE USD market ended with the value of stocks traded amounting to US$60,270 from US$22,001 on Friday.
The market’s PE ratio ended at 22.6 based on 2021-22 earnings and 12.4 times those for 2022-23 at the close of trading.
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