All the Jamaica Stock Exchange markets closed higher in a pre-Christmas rally as investors traded fewer shares, with a higher value at the close on Wednesday compared to Tuesday, resulting in the prices of 42 shares rising, including West Indies Petroleum, trading at a high of 74 cents, with just 5,000 shares changing hands, 34 stocks declined and 35 remained unchanged.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index rose 2,326.70 points to end at 325,312.86, the All Jamaican Composite Index increased by 2,316.92 points to 362,759.16, the JSE Main Index popped 2,228.18 points to 315,200.80, the Junior Market Index gained 27.39 points to 3,335.84 and the JSE USD Market Index popped 1.02 points to finish at 199.63.
At the close of the market, 14,590,782 shares were traded in all three markets, down from 17,361,226 units on Tuesday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounting to $83.59 million, up from $80.94 million on the previous day. The JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 236,264 shares for US$117,366 compared to 885,137 units at US$43,488 on Tuesday.
In Main Market activity, Transjamaican Highway led with 1.05 million shares, followed by Wigton Energy with 807,896 stocks and JMMB 9.5% with 356,754 units.
In Junior Market trading, Kintyre Holdings led with 4.69 million shares, followed by JFP with 836,000 stocks and Limners and Bards with 675,000 units.
In the preference segment, Jamaica Public Service 7% popped $3.38 to finish at $45 and Productive Business Solutions 10.5% increased $95 to $1,150.
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he market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to value stocks, ended at 14.2 based on 2025-26 earnings and 15.2 compiled using 2024 historical earnings, excluding any major one time income or expense.
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