Trading closed Monday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange with a rise in the volume of stocks changing hands, with a lower value than on Friday, resulting in major indices of the Main Market, the Junior Market index and the JSE USD Market rising, even as trading ended with prices of 38 shares rising, 54 declined and 25 remained firm.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index rallied by 1,222.92 points to 355,537.77, the All Jamaican Composite Index gained 646.56 points to end at 405,451.35, while the JSE Main Index popped 1,166.09 points to close at 346,073.99, the Junior Market Index rose 15.08 points to 3,431.76 and the index of the USD Market popped 1.05 points to end at 288.42.
At the close of trading, 18,672,192 shares were exchanged in all three markets, up from 18,263,937 units on Friday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounted to $94.9 million, down sharply from $248.57 million on the previous trading day and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 1,213,201 shares for US$898,871 compared to 771,156 units at US$43,569 on Friday.
In Main Market activity, Transjamaican Highway led trading with 4.64 million shares, followed by Wigton Energy with 971,883 stocks and Tropical Battery with 584,920 units.
In Junior Market trading, Future Energy led with 4.54 million shares, followed by Kintyre Holdings with 1.76 million stocks and Limners and Bards with 749,323 units.
In the preference segment, 138 Student Living preference share gained $12 to close at $192 and Productive Business Solutions 10.5% declined $8 to end at $1,190.
At the close of trading, the market’s PE ratio ended at 14.9, computed using projected 2026-27 earnings and 15.8 based on 2025 historical earnings, excluding any major one-time income or expense. The PE ratio is one of the most popular measures for valuing shares and is calculated by dividing the stock price by the company’s earnings per share. The ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and the more detailed daily charts provide investors with regularly updated information to assist decision-making. The PE ratio chart includes all ordinary shares listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, grouped by industry, with easy comparisons within sectors and the overall market.
Pertinent information is needed to navigate the numerous options in the stock market. The chart should be used in decision-making, especially when investing around the sector average, and not going too far from it unless compelling reasons exist. This approach reduces emotion from investment decisions and places them on fundamentals, without straying far from the majority of investors. Investors who buy stocks near the average will not be inclined to overpay. The net asset value of each company is incorporated into the chart. 
Investors can use this measure in assessing stock values. The chart also shows daily changes in stock prices and percentage year to date price movements based on the last traded price. Dividends that are paid or due to be paid and yields for each company are shown in the Main and Junior Markets’ daily report charts, along with the closing volume of the highest bid and the lowest offer for each company.
The market closed with trading of 10,710,751 shares with a value of $231,348,510, up from 7,609,641 stock units worth $142,459,801 on Thursday.
At the close, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows seven stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
Kingston Wharves declined $1.45 to close at $35.50 after 6,608 units passed through the market, Pan Jamaica shed $1.44 and ended at $48.01, with 532 shares changing hands, Proven Investments rose 35 cents to end at $12.95 in an exchange of 1,649 stock units. Scotia Group advanced 40 cents to close at $50.95 with investors swapping 324,513 shares, Seprod dropped 74 cents to finish at $78 with a transfer of 4,369 stock units and West Indies Petroleum increased 49 cents to end at $11.40, with 40,086 units crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index climbed 1,664.22 points to 354,314.85, the All Jamaican Composite Index increased by 2,026.35 points to close at 404,804.79, the JSE Main Index rallied by 1,532.21 points to wrap up trading at 344,907.90, the Junior Market Index rose 27.88 points to 3,416.68, the second time for the year, the market is closing above the 2025 close and the JSE USD Market Index lost 1.80 points to finish at 287.37.
The market’s average PE ratio ended at 14.9 which is computed using projected 2026-27 earnings and 15.9 on 2025 earnings and excludes major one-time income or expense.
The net asset value of each company is incorporated into the chart. Investors can use this measure in assessing stock values. The chart also shows daily changes in stock prices and percentage year to date price movements based on the last traded price. Dividends that are paid or due to be paid and yields for each company are shown in the Main and Junior Markets’ daily report charts, along with the closing volume of the highest bid and the lowest offer for each company.
The market closed with 7,609,641 shares trading for $142,459,801 after a dive from 12,263,110 units at $111,826,164 on Wednesday.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 20.7. The JSE Main and the USD Market PE ratios are based on last traded prices and earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies with fiscal year ending around August 2026.
Lasco Manufacturing gained 45 cents to $6.90 as investors exchanged 14,324 units, Mayberry Group rallied 49 cents in closing at $6.49 with a transfer of a mere one stock, NCB Financial popped 60 cents to close at $44.97 after an exchange of 2,598,715 stock units. Salada Foods fell 35 cents to end at $2.45 after investors swapped 43,608 shares and Seprod gained $5.74 to finish at $78.74 in an exchange of 40,722 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
At the close, the JSE Combined Market Index advanced 1,839.96 points to end at 352,650.63, the All Jamaican Composite Index gained 2,501.05 points to end at 402,778.44, the JSE Main Index rallied by 1,863.87 points to close at 343,375.69, the Junior Market Index inched 7.94 points higher to 3,388.80 and the JSE USD Market Index popped 3.03 points to end at 289.17.
At the close of trading, the market’s PE ratio ended at 15.1 computed using projected 2026-27 earnings and 15.9 based on 2025 historical earnings, excluding any major one-time income or expense. The PE ratio is one of the most popular measures used to value shares and is computed by dividing the stock price by the earnings per share of each company.
Investors who buy stocks near the average will not be inclined to overpay. The net asset value of each company is incorporated into the chart. Investors can use this measure in assessing stock values. The chart also shows daily changes in stock prices and percentage year to date price movements based on the last traded price. Dividends that are paid or due to be paid and yields for each company are shown in the Main and Junior Markets’ daily report charts, along with the closing volume of the highest bid and the lowest offer for each company.
The market closed with trading of 12,263,110 shares, compared to 12,379,931 stocks on Tuesday, with the value falling 57 percent to $111,826,164, well off from $259,288,386 on Tuesday.
The All Jamaican Composite Index skidded 3,568.80 points to cease trading at 400,277.39, the JSE Main Index dipped 4,165.03 points to 341,511.82 and the JSE Financial Index fell 0.36 points to 62.98.
First Rock Real Estate fell 89 cents to $8.30 with investors trading 16,002 stock units, GraceKennedy dipped $1.71 to end at $70.50 after a transfer of 18,485 units, Guardian Holdings lost $2 to $338 with the trading of 12,108 stocks. JMMB Group sank 66 cents to end at $16.88 with 49,586 units crossing the exchange, Kingston Wharves skidded $1 to $36 in switching ownership of 6,762 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing dropped 49 cents to finish at $6.45 with investors swapping 21,787 shares. Mayberry Group shed 41 cents to $6 after an exchange of 10,001 stock units, NCB Financial rose $1.35 to close at $44.37 in trading 1,067,021 shares, Proven Investments sank 47 cents to finish at $12.50 with 15,134 stocks crossing the market and Seprod fell $5.80 and ended at $73 with an exchange of 4,159 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index declined 3,971.97 points to wrap up trading at 350,810.67, the All Jamaican Composite Index shed 3,568.80 points to 400,277.39, the JSE Main Index sank 4,165.03 points to 341,511.82, the Junior Market Index rose a mere 1.93 points to end at 3,380.86 and the JSE USD Market Index slipped 0.70 points to settle at 286.14.
The market’s PE ratio, one of the most popular measures used in valuing shares, finished at 15. The PE ratio is calculated using projected 2026-27 earnings and 15.8 based on 2025 historical earnings, excluding any major one-time income or expense.
Investors can use this measure in assessing stock values. The chart also shows daily changes in stock prices and percentage year to date price movements based on the last traded price. Dividends that are paid or due to be paid and yields for each company are shown in the Main and Junior Markets’ daily report charts, along with the closing volume of the highest bid and the lowest offer for each company.
The market closed with 12,379,931 shares trading for $259,288,386 compared with 12,724,432 stock units at $152,983,551 on Monday.
The Main Market ended with an average PE Ratio of 20.9. 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.
Mayberry Group popped 41 cents and ended at $6.41 after 1,380 units passed through the market, Mayberry Jamaican Equities gained 80 cents in closing at $7.50 as investors exchanged 2,569 stocks, NCB Financial fell 98 cents to end at $43.02 after a transfer of 543,410 stock units. Pan Jamaica rose 93 cents in closing at $49.45 with investors trading 25,715 shares, Scotia Group rallied 50 cents to close at $50.50 after an exchange of 8,027 units and West Indies Petroleum increased 50 cents to finish at $11 in closed with an exchange of 46,900 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index gained 625.85 points to end at 354,782.64, the All Jamaican Composite Index rose 689.93 points to 403,846.19, the JSE Main Index rallied 647.14 points to end at 345,676.85, the Junior Market Index held on to a small gain of 0.93 points at the close at 3,378.93, after trading as high as 3,421.06 in the early session and the JSE USD Market Index dipped 0.29 points to 286.84. At the close of trading, 23,520,150 shares were exchanged in all three markets, down from 24,992,068 units on Monday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounted to $274.7 million, up from $171.72 million on the previous day and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 653,047 shares for US$34,987, down from 833,530 units at US$50,795 on Monday.
In Junior Market trading, Kintyre Holdings led with 3.99 million shares, followed by Fosrich with 2.27 million stocks and Atlantic Hardware with 1.42 million units. The market’s PE ratio, one of the most popular measures used to value stocks, finished at 15.1. The PE ratio is calculated using projected 2026-27 earnings and 15.7 based on 2025 historical earnings, excluding any major one-time income or expense. The ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and the more detailed daily charts provide investors with regularly updated information to assist decision-making. The PE ratio chart includes all ordinary shares listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, grouped by industry, with easy comparisons within sectors and the overall market. Pertinent information is needed to navigate the numerous options in stock markets. The chart should be used in decision-making, especially when investing around the sector average, and not going too far from it unless compelling reasons exist. This approach reduces emotion from investment decisions and places them on fundamentals, without straying far from the majority of investors. 
Investors who buy stocks near the average will not be inclined to overpay. The net asset value of each company is incorporated into the chart. Investors can use this measure in assessing stock values. The chart also shows daily changes in stock prices and percentage year to date price movements based on the last traded price. Dividends that are paid or due to be paid and yields for each company are shown in the Main and Junior Markets’ daily report charts, along with the closing volume of the highest bid and the lowest offer for each company.
The market closed with 12,724,432 shares trading for $152,983,551, with Wisynco Group contributing just over 34 percent of the traded value on Monday. In contrast, 13,914,119 stock units were traded at $99,178,461 on Friday.
The All Jamaican Composite Index rallied 716.35 points to 403,156.26, the JSE Main Index advanced 1,799.67 points toend at 345,029.71 and the JSE Financial Index climbed 0.15 points to cease63.27. At the close, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows eight stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and five with lower offers.
Mayberry Group lost 60 cents to close at $6 with 118,135 shares clearing the market. Mayberry Jamaican Equities dipped 74 cents to $6.70 as investors exchanged 3,591 stock units, 138 Student Living fell 45 cents to end at $3.15 with 208,729 stocks changing hands, Pan Jamaica skidded 48 to $48.52 after a transfer of 5,642 units. Scotia Group sank 46 cents to finish at $50 with investors trading 66,132 stocks and Seprod rose $5.90 and ended at $79 after an exchange of 1,316 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.