Declining stocks outclassed those rising more than 2 to 1 in trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market on Tuesday, following a 63 percent jump in the volume of stocks traded, with the value 23 percent more than on Monday, emanating from trading in 57 securities, down from 60 on Monday, with prices of 12 advancing, 27 declining and 18 ending unchanged.
The market closed with 13,296,040 shares trading for $59,268,535, up from only 8,172,827 stock units at $48,080,512 on Monday.
Trading averaged 233,264 shares valued at $1,039,799, well over the 136,214 stock units at $801,342 on Monday and well below the month to date average of 2,405,440 units at $9,818,079, down from 2,618,545 shares worth $10,679,287 on the previous day and March with an average of 896,190 stock units at $20,804,277.
Transjamaican Highway led trading with 6.42 million shares for 48.3 percent of the total volume, followed by Wigton Energy that ended with 3.66 million stock units for 27.5 percent of the day’s trade and Sagicor Select Financial Fund with 769,936 stocks for 5.8 percent of the volume traded.
The All Jamaican Composite Index slipped 2,110.82 points to 362,382.67, the JSE Main Index dropped 1,103.52 points to wrap up trading at 314,944.15 and the JSE Financial Index gained 0.15 points to close at 64.99. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 10 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and five with lower offers.
The Main Market ended with an average PE Ratio of 13. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios are based on the last traded prices and earnings that are forecasted by ICInsider.com for companies with the financial year ending around August 2025.
At the close of a consolidating market, Barita Investments fell 50 cents in closing at $71 with a transfer of 1,000 shares, Caribbean Cement fell $2.20 to $80.30 with investors trading 3,638 units, GraceKennedy sank $1.35 to end at $72.63 after an exchange of 13,587 shares. Jamaica Broilers slipped 35 cents and ended at $26.50 after the trading of 121,080 stock units, Jamaica Producers sank $1 to finish at $23 as investors exchanged 22,455 stocks, Kingston Wharves shed $2.57 to close at $26.22 with 150,381 shares clearing the market. Lasco Manufacturing dropped 49 cents to $7.09 in an exchange of 50,913 stocks, NCB Financial dipped 50 cents to end at $43.50 with investors trading 22,930 units, 138 Student Living popped 73 cents in closing at $3.85 with traders crossing the exchange with 11,006 stock units. 
Pan Jamaica climbed $3 to close at $57 with investors dealing in 101,816 shares, Proven Investments declined 48 cents to finish at $17 with 8,357 stocks passing through the market, Sagicor Group skidded $2.47 and ended at $39.51 with an exchange of 59,908 units. Sagicor Real Estate Fund fell 65 cents to $8 with sellers crossing the market with 1,036 stock units, Sygnus Credit Investments rose 90 cents to finish at $11.90 in an exchange of 88,338 shares and Wisynco Group lost $1 and ended at $20 with 10,846 stock units crossing the market.
In the preference segment, Jamaica Public Service 7% sank $4.50 to close at $40 after a transfer of 70 units, Jamaica Public Service 9.5% gained $38 in closing at $2,688 with 5 stock units changing hands and Sygnus Credit Investments C10.5% dipped $5.98 to end at $95 and closed after 1,040 shares were traded.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with 8,172,827 shares trading for $48,080,512, much lower than the 12,317,187 stocks at $78,954,503 on Friday.
At the close of the market, AS Bryden gained $1.95 to end at $29.95 as investors exchanged 1,505 shares, after trading at a 52 weeks’ intraday low of $24.31, Berger Paints popped 78 cents to $7.89 with traders clearing the market with 10 units, Caribbean Cement advanced $1.50 to close at $82.50 in an exchange of 5,427 shares. Carreras rose 80 cents in closing at $15.80 with traders dealing in 214,188 stock units, First Rock Real Estate rallied 95 cents and ended at $9.45 after investors exchanged 5,776 stocks, Guardian Holdings increased $2 to finish at $306 with 2,755 shares being exchanged by the close. Lasco Manufacturing climbed 52 cents to $7.58 after a transfer of 79,091 stocks, Massy Holdings popped $1.45 to close at $80 with traders swapping 203 units, Mayberry Group dipped 49 cents in closing at $6.98 after shareholders exchanged 1,000 stock units. 138 Student Living fell 68 cents and ended at $3.12 with 7,932 shares passing through the market, 
Sagicor Group sank 52 cents to finish at $41.98 with an exchange of 50,811 stock units, Scotia Group increased $1.32 to end at $53.82 with 112,213 units changing hands. Sygnus Credit Investments lost 76 cents to $11 with 107,082 stocks crossing the exchange and Sygnus Real Estate Finance climbed $1.07 to end at $9.50 in trading 29 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with 12,317,187 shares being traded at $78,954,503 compared with 1,228,240,349 units at $4,388,967,714 on Thursday.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.3. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios are based on last traded prices and earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies with financial years ending around August 2025.
Proven Investments popped 49 cents in closing at $17.49 after investors exchanged 8,960 stock units. Sagicor Group climbed 50 cents to finish at $42.50 in switching ownership of 23,153 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund increased 65 cents and ended at $8.65 with investors swapping 205 stock units, Scotia Group dipped 50 cents to close at $52.50 in an exchange of 75,741 units and Seprod slipped $1.29 to $84.20 with 11,112 stocks changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with 1,228,240,349 shares trading for $4,388,967,714, sharply up from 94,550,139 stock units at $433,147,553 on Wednesday.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios are based on last traded prices and earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies with financial years ending around August 2025.
Sagicor Group sank 50 cents in closing at $42 with 21,251 stock units passing through the market, Scotia Group dropped 98 cents to finish at $53 in an exchange of 181,423 stocks, Seprod climbed $1.29 to $85.49, with investors dealing in 67,291 units and Sygnus Real Estate Finance lost $1.26 to finish at $8.14 after a transfer of 2,377 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with 94,550,139 shares trading for $433,147,553, a significant increase from 10,896,568 stocks at $47,423,116 on Tuesday.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.3. The JSE Main and 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 2025.
JMMB Group advanced 53 cents in closing at $20.75 with 97,820 stocks passing through the market, Mayberry Group gained 49 cents to finish at $7.47 with 875 units switching owners. MPC Caribbean Clean Energy rallied $7 to $64 as investors exchanged 80 stock units, 138 Student Living skidded 59 cents in closing at $3.27 with a transfer of 1,898 shares, Pan Jamaica increased 39 cents to close at $52.70 with investors swapping 21,966 stock units. Sagicor Group sank 64 cents to finish at $42.50 in an exchange of 11,904 stocks, Scotia Group climbed 97 cents and ended at $53.98 with traders dealing in 452,813 units and Seprod slipped $4.30 to end at $84.20 with 8,844 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with 10,896,568 shares trading worth $47,423,116, falling from the 14,564,460 stock units at $47,513,938 on Monday.
Trading averaged 175,751 shares at $764,889, down from 251,111 stock units at $819,206 on Monday and well below the month to date average of 514,722 units valued at $3,628,657 and the 588,723 shares at $4,253,846 on the previous day and March that ended with an average of 896,190 stock units at $20,804,277.
Wigton Energy led trading with 3.98 million shares for 36.5 percent of total volume followed by Transjamaican Highway which ended with 3.45 million stock units for 31.7 percent of the day’s trade and JMMB 9.5% preference share with 606,122 stocks for 5.6 percent of the volume traded.
The All Jamaican Composite Index shed 2,832.48 points to close at 370,133.83, the JSE Main Index lost 2,120.55 points to settle at 319,974.29 and the JSE Financial Index slipped 0.56 points to conclude trading at 66.06. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 11 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.4. The JSE Main and 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 2025.
At the close of the market, Barita Investments slipped $1.44 to finish at $72 as investors exchanged 9,932 shares, Berger Paints advanced 90 cents and ended at $7.90 with 4,000 stocks switching owners, Caribbean Cement declined $2 to $83 with investors dealing in 83,780 shares. Eppley Caribbean Property Fund fell $2.89 to $34.60 in exchanging 6,556 units, GraceKennedy popped 52 cents in closing at $73.99 with 7,662 stocks crossing the market, Jamaica Broilers lost 57 cents to close at $27.40 with an exchange of 22,733 shares after the price hit an a 52 weeks intraday low of $25.52. JMMB Group declined 51 cents to $20.22 in trading 29,879 units, Kingston Wharves fell 43 cents in closing at $28.90 after an exchange of 5,410 stocks, Mayberry Group dropped 52 cents to end at $6.98 with investors trading 15,764 stock units. MPC Caribbean Clean Energy shed $7 and ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $57 in an exchange of 10 shares, NCB Financial fell 50 cents to finish at $43.50 with traders dealing in 43,151 stocks, Pan Jamaica dipped $2.69 to close at $52.31 after a transfer of 49,381 units. 
Sagicor Group sank 76 cents to $43.14 with investors swapping 28,972 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund slipped 65 cents to end at $8 with a transfer of 52,489 shares, Scotia Group sank 59 cents in closing at $53.01 with 65,921 stock units crossing the market and Sygnus Real Estate Finance climbed $1.26 and ended at $9.40 in trading 10 stocks.
In the preference segment, Eppley 7.25% preference share shed $2 to finish at $18 with 184 stock units crossing the exchange, Jamaica Public Service 7% increased 49 cents to close at $40 with 408 shares changing hands. 138 Student Living preference share declined $18 to $172 with 80 stock units passing through the market, Productive Business Solutions 10.5% preference share rose $50 in closing at $1,050 with an exchange of 79 stocks and Sygnus Credit Investments C10.5% rallied $9 to close at $99 with 1,064 units clearing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated. 
The market closed with just 14,564,460 shares trading for a mere $47,513,938, far below the 69,176,426 stock units at $329,968,167 on Friday.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.5. The JSE Main and 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 2025.
Sagicor Real Estate Fund rallied 65 cents in closing at $8.65 in an exchange of 580 stocks, Scotia Group shed 40 cents to finish at $53.60 with 27,829 units crossing the market. Seprod declined 46 cents to $88.50 in trading 11,837 stock units, Supreme Ventures advanced 44 cents in closing at $20.39 after 30,745 shares crossed the market, Sygnus Real Estate Finance sank $1.36 to finish at $8.14 as investors exchanged 2,336 units and Wisynco Group skidded 75 cents and ended at $21.05 with 64,316 stocks crossing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.6. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios are based on last traded prices and earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies with financial year ending around August 2025.
Pan Jamaica dropped $1.79 in closing at $52.31 with investors trading 168,674 stock units. Sagicor Group gained 70 cents to finish at $43.70 with 61,936 shares crossing the market, Scotia Group rose 60 cents to close at $54 with 570,364 units switching owners, Seprod climbed 61 cents to end at $88.96 with 57,915 stocks passing through the market and Supreme Ventures popped 39 cents to $19.95 after an exchange of 91,261 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
market closed with 25,828,337 shares trading for $632,142,176 compared to 35,151,057 stocks at $100,056,439 on Wednesday.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.4. The JSE Main and 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 2025.
Sagicor Group lost $1 to close at $43 in an exchange of 1,866 shares, Seprod popped 35 cents in closing at $88.35 with investors swapping 8,497 stocks and Supreme Ventures sank 83 cents to end at $19.56 with 16,009 stock units passing through the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with 35,151,057 shares trading for $100,056,439, comfortably above Tuesday’s trade with 22,477,080 stock units for $98,411,558.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.6. The JSE Main and 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 2025.
agicor Real Estate Fund shed 64 cents to $8 in trading 5,500 shares, Scotia Group sank 40 cents in closing at $53.60 with 152,345 units being traded. Seprod slipped $1.90 to finish at $88 as investors exchanged 14,305 stocks and Sygnus Real Estate Finance rallied $1.29 to end at $9.36 with 1,867 stock units clearing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.