Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market ended on Wednesday, with the volume of stocks traded declining 8 percent, with the value 20 percent lower than on Tuesday, with trading in 54 securities compared with 53 on Tuesday, with prices of 16 rising, 24 declining and 14 ending unchanged.
The market closed with 4,749,460 shares trading for $38,772,140, down from 5,152,349 stock units at $48,418,772 on Tuesday.
Trading averaged 87,953 shares at $718,003 compared to 97,214 stocks at $913,562 on Tuesday and month to date, an average of 126,465 stock units at $942,844 compared with 145,201 shares at $1,052,226 on the previous day and October with an average of 210,503 stock units at $1,467,012.
Transjamaican Highway led trading with 1.74 million shares for 36.7 percent of total volume, followed by Wigton Energy ending with 1.27 million units for 26.6 percent of the day’s trade and Tropical Batteries with 390,019 stocks for 8.2 percent of the volume traded.
The All Jamaican Composite Index declined 1,002.13 points to close at 364,343.13, the JSE Main Index slipped a mere 26.54 points to end at 320,181.94 and the JSE Financial Index advanced by 0.40 points to 66.41. At the close, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 10 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and six with lower offers.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.3. The JSE Main and the USD Market PE ratios are based on last traded prices and earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies with the financial year ending around August 2026.
At the close, AS Bryden shed $2.50 to close at $35, with 1,493 shares crossing the exchange, Caribbean Cement lost $1.99 in closing at $91 after a transfer of 24,560 units, GraceKennedy declined $2 and ended at $69 with investors dealing in 44,835 shares. Guardian Holdings gained $32.36 in closing at $370, with 6 stocks changing hands, Jamaica Producers fell $1.89 to end at $22.60 with traders dealing in 4,772 stock units, Mayberry Jamaican Equities sank $1.32 to finish at a 52 weeks low of $8.10 in switching ownership of 3,434 shares. MPC Caribbean Clean Energy rose $6.30 to $48.30 with investors trading 412 stocks, 
NCB Financial dropped 39 cents to end at $40.60 after an exchange of 40,863 units, Proven Investments climbed $1.49 in closing at $16.49 with a transfer of 21,903 stock units. Seprod sank $1.10 and ended at $79.90 as investors exchanged 823 shares, Supreme Ventures popped 55 cents to finish at $18.05 after it closed with an exchange of 15,471 stock units and Sygnus Credit Investments slipped 39 cents to close at $13 in an exchange of 61,234 stocks.
In the preference segment, 138 Student Living preference share skidded $39.45 to $223.55, with 50 units crossing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.