Trading ended on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Monday with a minor fall in the volume of stocks exchanged at a lower value than on Friday. Trading finished with mixed results for the Main Market indices, while the Junior Market index fell and the JSE USD Market rose. At the end of trading, the prices of 37 shares rose, just slightly below 39 declining stocks and the same as the 37 that remained firm.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index advanced 301.80 points to conclude trading at 326,998.51, at the same time the All Jamaican Composite Index dropped 1,358.42 points to close at 364,493.49, the JSE Main Index climbed 428.98 points to wrap up trading at 316,047.67, the Junior Market Index dipped 14.15 points to end at 3,455.66 and the JSE USD Market Index rallied by 5.44 points to wrap up trading at 220.22.
At the close of trading, 16,269,395 shares were exchanged in all three markets, down from 16,601,761 units on Friday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounted to $56.7 million, down from $85.43 million on the previous day and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 3,997,953 shares for US$108,139 compared to 510,567 units at US$22,529 on Friday.
In Main Market activity, Transjamaican Highway led with 3.62 million shares followed by Wigton Energy with 1.80 million stocks and QWI Investments with 604,270 units.
In Junior Market trading, Derrimon Trading led with 1.01 million shares followed by Lumber Depot with 907,941 stocks and Tropical Battery with 295,403 units.
In the preference segment, 138 Student Living preference share lost $41.53 to finish at $191, Productive Business Solutions 10.5% preference share declined $45.30 to $1,000 and Sygnus Credit Investments 10% increased $1.50 in closing at $100.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to value stocks, ended at 12.6 based on 2024-25 earnings and 19.3 based on 2024 earnings.
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