Trading declined on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market on Thursday, with Transjamaican Highway snapping up 59 of the total of stocks traded. The day closed with a 20 percent fall in the overall volume changing hands, with the value dipping 8 percent compared to Wednesday. Trading ended with activity in 60 securities, up from 59 on Wednesday, resulting in prices of 26 rising, 23 declining and 11 ending unchanged.
The market closed with 9,312,867 shares changing hands valued at $93,820,699, after falling from 11,655,439 units at $101,650,621 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 155,214 shares at $1,563,678 after falling from 197,550 stock units at $1,722,892 on Wednesday and for the month to date, an average of 220,161 stocks at $1,810,916, compared to 228,163 shares at $1,841,376 on the previous day and January, with an average of 271,336 stock units at $2,043,022.
Transjamaican Highway led trading with 5.46 million shares for 58.6 percent of the total volume, followed by Wigton Energy, ending with 947,469 units for 10.2 percent of the day’s trade and Sagicor Select Manufacturing & Distribution Fund with 348,079 stocks for 3.7 percent of the volume traded.
The All Jamaican Composite Index fell 1,209.53 points to settle at 399,519.04, the JSE Main Index dipped 96.65 points to 341,826.00 and the JSE Financial Index skidded 0.18 points to stand at 61.91. At the close, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 13 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and five with lower offers.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 17.5. The JSE Main and the USD Market PE ratios are based on the last traded prices and earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies with the fiscal year ending around August 2026.
At the close of the market, Barita Investments dropped $1.23 and ended at $69.02 with 16,148 shares passing through the market, Berger Paints increased 52 cents to $6.14 with investors swapping 2,001 stock units, Caribbean Cement sank $1 to close at $113 with 46,138 shares changing hands. Eppley popped $1.38 to end at $33.94, following the trading of 1,827 stocks, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund rallied $8.65 to $47.15 with the transfer of 1,344 units, GraceKennedy rose 39 cents to finish at $71.89 with investors trading 17,850 stocks. Guardian Holdings climbed $12.06 and ended at $362 after an exchange of 14,033 units, Jamaica Producers slipped $1.20 to $22.80 with investors trading 7,193 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange allied 62 cents to close at $11.28 with 14,851 stock units clearing the market. Kingston Wharves lost 99 cents to end at $35.01 in an exchange of 6,979 shares, Mayberry Group advanced 76 cents in closing at $6.77 with investors dealing in 496 stock units,
Sagicor Group declined 94 cents to finish at $39.05 with 23,561 stocks crossing the exchange. Scotia Group rose 40 cents and ended at $50.50 with a transfer of 322,276 units, Seprod fell 55 cents to $78.31 after an exchange of 5,796 shares and West Indies Petroleum skidded 63 cents to $10.07 after trading 57,328 stock units.
In the preference segment, Eppley 7.25% preference share climbed 50 cents to close at $19.50 with 360 stocks crossing the market, Jamaica Public Service 7% sank $6.40 to finish at $37.05 with an exchange of 1,883 units and Sygnus Credit Investments 10% increased $2 to end at $105 with 1,000 shares crossing the market.Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with 11,655,439 shares trading worth $101,650,621 after sliding from 15,264,024 stock units at $150,066,974 on Tuesday. Trading averaged 197,550 shares at $1,722,892, after declining from 242,286 stock units at $2,382,015 on Tuesday and month to date, an average of 228,163 stock units at $1,841,376 compared to 232,383 shares at $1,857,709 on Tuesday and January with an average of 271,336 stock units at $2,043,022. Transjamaican Highway led trading with 5.49 million shares for 47.1 percent of total volume, followed by Tropical Battery, ended with 1.26 million units for 10.9 percent of the day’s trade and Jamaica Producers, with 873,884 stocks for 7.5 percent of the volume traded.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 17.7. 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.
Proven Investments shed 74 cents to finish at $13.10 trading 24,712 units, Scotia Group dropped $1.15 to end at $50.10 with a transfer of 98,843 stocks. Seprod dropped $2.14 to close at $78.86 with 5,431 stock units crossing the exchange and Stanley Motta advanced 47 cents to close at $6.50 in trading 199 shares.
The market closed with an exchange of 702,385 shares for US$64,328 after rallying from 331,797 stock units at US$24,284 on Tuesday.
The market closed with an exchange of 393,091 shares worth $3,197,526, from 1,307,448 shares at $3,572,751 on Tuesday.
At the close of trading Agostini dropped $1.50 to at a 52 weeks low of $60 with trading of 123 shares, Angostura Holdings increased 40 cents to end at $12.70 with 51 units clearing the market, AS Bryden shed 2 cents in closing at $1.65, with traders dealing in 630 shares. Eric Solis Marketing ended at $3.91 with 15 stock units crossing the market, First Citizens Group remained at $40 with investors dealing in 974 stocks, Guardian Holdings ended at $14.75 after an exchange of 9,560 shares. Massy Holdings remained at $3.55 with investors swapping 306,308 stocks, Medcorp ended at $45 after dealers traded 25 units, National Enterprises declined 2 cents to close at $2.40 as investors exchanged 2,826 stock units. National Flour Mills remained at $1.50 after a transfer of 138 shares, Point Lisas ended at $5.08 with 500 units changing hands, Republic Financial popped 25 cents to finish at $105 in an exchange of 15,566 stocks.
Scotiabank sank 5 cents to $48.25 with investors trading 26 stock units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL gained 20 cents to close at $5.50 after an exchange of 53,668 shares, Trinidad Cement lost 20 cents to finish at $1.74 with an exchange of 2,000 stock. Unilever Caribbean dipped 24 cents and ended at $15 in trading 200 units and West Indian Tobacco remained at $2.61 after 481 stock units crossed the market.
The market closed with the trading of 15,264,024 shares with a value of $150,066,974, compared with 14,908,834 units for $89,566,329 on Monday.
At the close of trading, AS Bryden dropped $3.33 to close at $30.60 after trading of 55 shares, Barita Investments sank 99 cents to $69.01 after an exchange of 18,979 stocks, Berger Paints rose 35 cents to end at $5.85 with investors swapping 1,316 units. Caribbean Cement advanced $3 and ended at $113 with a transfer of 6,121 shares, Carreras popped $1.45 to close at a 52 weeks high of $22, after hitting an intraday high of $24, with investors exchanging 256,535 stock units, Guardian Holdings declined $13.83 to end at $350 with 140 shares passing through the market. JMMB Group sank 70 cents in closing at $16.90 with traders dealing in 44,185 stock units, Massy Holdings skidded 50 cents to $74 after an exchange of 1,363 stocks, Mayberry Group fell 97 cents to close at $6.01 with investors trading 27,974 units. Pan Jamaica increased 45 cents to end at $45.50 with 1,663,495 shares crossing the market, Sagicor Group dipped 49 cents and ended at $39.90 with an exchange of 175,715 units, Seprod lost 43 cents to finish at $81, with 1,530 stocks crossing the market.
Sygnus Real Estate Finance slipped 48 cents to $11 after an exchange of 1,997 stock units and Wisynco Group climbed 91 cents to end at $23.42, after trading of 167,821 shares.
AS Bryden ended at $1.67 with 192 stock units changing hands, CIBC Caribbean Bank remained at $8.30 in trading 71 shares, Endeavour Holdings sank $1.90 to end at $16.50 with 20 shares crossing the exchange. Eric Solis Marketing ended at $3.91 with traders dealing in 793 units, First Citizens Group ended at $40 after an exchange of 1,169 stocks, Guardian Holdings slipped by 25 cents to close at $14.75 with investors trading 623 stock units. JMMB Group skidded 4 cents to end at 78 cents after a transfer of 623 shares, Massy Holdings remained at $3.55 as investors exchanged 60,508 stocks, Medcorp lost $2 to finish at $45 following the trading of 64 units. National Enterprises popped 2 cents to $2.42 with an exchange of 1,212,893 stock units, National Flour Mills gained 3 cents to close at $1.50 with 1,000 shares crossing the market, Point Lisas ended at $5.08 with traders switching 6,000 units.
Republic Financial declined 75 cents and closed at $104.75 after the swapping of 1,319 stock units, Scotiabank remained at $48.30 with a transfer of 3,618 stock units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL shed 54 cents in closing at $5.30 with 10,252 shares being traded. Trinidad Cement ended at $1.94 in an exchange of 12 units and West Indian Tobacco ended at $2.61, with trading of 7,522 stocks.
The market closed with 14,908,834 shares trading for $89,566,329 after rising from 10,418,450 stock units at $88,310,564 on Friday.
At the close of the market, Caribbean Cement skidded 50 cents to $110 after the transfer of 27,945 shares, Caribbean Producers sank 44 cents to end at $6.35 with 104,105 stock units changing hands, Carreras gained $1 in closing at a record high of $20.55 after an exchange of 657,015 shares. Eppley rose $1.40 to finish at $33.95 in trading of 2,152 stock units, General Accident rose by $1.03 to $6.03 after closing with an exchange of 862 stocks, GraceKennedy shed $1.11 to close at $70 with investors trading 63,348 shares. Guardian Holdings popped $23.83 to $363.83 with an exchange of 537 stock units, Jamaica Producers increased $1.25 to $24 with 146 units passing through the market, JMMB Group climbed 60 cents to end at $17.60 with a transfer of 133,361 stocks. Margaritaville rallied $1.03 to finish at $11.33 as investors exchanged a mere one unit, Mayberry Jamaican Equities rose $1.69 and ended at $7.70 with 704,805 shares clearing the market, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy advanced 80 cents to close at $44.50 after an exchange of 845 shares. NCB Financial lost 76 cents to close at $42 with investors swapping 151,185 stock units, 138 Student Living slipped 36 cents to end at $2.75 in an exchange of 16,345 shares, Portland JSX sank $1.50 to a 52 weeks low of $8.50 with 8,000 stock units crossing the market.
Proven Investments popped 35 cents to finish at $13.90 after trading 17,414 stocks, Sagicor Group gained $2.39 and ended at $40.39 with 29,661 stock units crossing the exchange, Seprod dropped $1.37 to close at $81.43 with investors trading 4,622 shares. Stanley Motta fell 48 cents to $6.02 in an exchange of 5,856 units, Supreme Ventures dipped 56 cents and ended at $16.84 with 22,719 stocks passing through the market and Transjamaican Highway increased 50 cents in closing at $6.40 with investors dealing in 6,137,092 stock units.
The market closed with an exchange of 415,487 shares for US$33,408, following a jump from 321,131 units at US$14,336 on Friday.
At the close of the market, 713,642 shares were traded for $2,447,911, in tumbling from 2,673,335 stocks valued at $4,315,494 on Friday.
Ansa Merchant Bank shed 20 cents and ended at $24 with 13 shares crossing the market, AS Bryden ended at $1.67 with an exchange of 1,925 stock units, CIBC Caribbean Bank rose 2 cents to end at $8.30 with 3,188 shares passing through the market. Endeavour Holdings remained at $18.40 with traders switching ownership of 3 stocks, Eric Solis Marketing ended at $3.91 with 1,000 units changing hands, First Citizens Group ended at $40 in an exchange of 5,229 stock units. GraceKennedy remained at $3.40 after trading of 43 shares, Guardian Holdings declined 7 cents to close at $15 after an exchange of 2,176 units, Guardian Media advanced 6 cents to finish at 68 cents with investors trading a mere one stock. JMMB Group climbed 2 cents to 82 cents with 13,499 stock units clearing the market, Massy Holdings increased 10 cents in closing at $3.55 in trading 166,370 shares, Medcorp remained at $47 with one unit crossing the market. National Enterprises rallied 5 cents and ended at $2.40 as investors exchanged 100,283 stocks, National Flour Mills increased 4 cents to finish at $1.47 with a transfer of 134,049 stock units,
NCB Financial ended at $1.97 after an exchange of 53 shares. One Caribbean Media ended at $1.35 with investors trading 102,304 units, Point Lisas climbed 8 cents to close at $5.08 with 62 stocks crossing the exchange, Prestige Holdings remained at $12.49 with investors swapping 48 stocks. Republic Financial fell 10 cents and ended at $105.50 after a transfer of 2,295 stock units, Scotiabank skidded 8 cents to end at $48.30 with traders dealing in 5,530 stocks, Trinidad & Tobago NGL fell 6 cents to finish at $5.84 with 17,853 units crossing the market. Trinidad Cement popped 20 cents and ended at $1.94 after an exchange of 49,307 stock units, Unilever Caribbean advanced 4 cents to $15.24 with 1,109 shares changing hands and West Indian Tobacco remained at $2.61 as investors exchanged 107,066 stock units.
The market ended with an exchange of 321,131 shares for US$14,336 after the volume fell from 563,158 stock units at US$24,398 on Thursday.