Trading activity surged, with Massy Holdings trading 16.5 million shares, valued at $54 million on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange on Thursday, sending trading higher with a massive 8,439 percent jump in volume and a 1,657 percent hike in value over Wednesday. Trading ended with an exchange of 19 securities down from 25 on Wednesday, with three rising, seven declining, and nine ending firm.
The market closed with trading of 17,575,654 shares for $81,165,984 after soaring from a mere 205,821 stock at an average of $4,592,373 on Wednesday.
An average of 925,034 shares were traded at $4,271,894 after jumping from just 8,233 units at $183,695 on Wednesday, with trading month to date averaging 114,411 shares at $629,369, up from 15,044 units at $182,885 on the previous day and an average for August of 16,054 shares at $137,863.
The Composite Index rose 2.31 points to 1,015.42, the All T&T Index climbed 4.43 points to 1,437.59, the SME Index remained at 70.21 and the Cross-Listed Index ended at 79.01.
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At the close of trading, Agostini shed 1 cent in closing at a 52 weeks low of $49.99 with 505 stock units clearing the exchange Angostura Holdings popped by 66 cents to $10.67, with a transfer of 11,861 stocks, Ansa McAl fell $1.99 to end at $45.01, with 50 shares passing through the market. AS Bryden ended at $1.50 following trading of 150 stock units, CIBC Caribbean Bank ended at $7.55 with investors swapping 484,190 shares, Eric Solis Marketing remained at $4.17 in an exchange of 794 units. First Citizens Group ended at $40 with 268 stocks changing hands, GraceKennedy staid at $4.15 with 110 stock units crossing the exchange, Guardian Holdings slipped 10 cents and ended at $16 after a transfer of 8,748 shares. Massy Holdings ended at $3.30 with 16,498,943 units crossing the market, Medcorp advanced $5.50 to finish at $42.20 with investors trading 45 stocks, National Enterprises rose 10 cents to end at $4.60 with an exchange of 13 stock units. National Flour Mills lost 17 cents and closed at $1.53 with 72,152 shares passing through the market, 
Republic Financial dropped by 20 cents to $111.80 as investors exchanged 175 stocks, Scotiabank remained at $48.50 after trading 473,939 stock units. Trinidad & Tobago NGL skidded 15 cents to finish at $10.25 after an exchange of 1,916 stocks, Trinidad Cement dropped by 10 cents to $1.90 with investors dealing in 301 stock units, Unilever Caribbean settled at $15 after trading of 20 shares and West Indian Tobacco ended at $4.10 in an exchange of 21,474 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those of the last transaction.
Trading ended with an exchange of 44,278,737 shares with a value of $164,593,495 compared with 12,013,747 stock units valued at $200,084,049 on Tuesday.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 15.5. ICInsider.com compiles the JSE Main and the USD Market PE ratios based on last traded prices and earnings forecasts for companies with the financial year ending around August 2027.
Proven Investments rallied 61 cents to $9.45 with 9,523 shares crossing the market, Quantas Advantage slipped by $2.50 to close trading at $17 with an exchange of 1,003 stocks, Sagicor Group dipped 48 cents and ended at $44 with 29,663 units changing hands. Sagicor Real Estate Fund increased $1.46 to $9.80 with 1,600 stocks crossing the exchange, Scotia Group popped 50 cents to finish at $59 with investors dealing in 29,244 units, Seprod rallied $1 to close at $75 with 107,199 stocks passing through the market and Sygnus Real Estate Finance rose 59 cents to $9 with investors trading 506 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those of the last transaction.
The market closed with trading of an average of 167,945 shares traded at $209,496, after an increase from 106,086 stock units at $201,983 on Tuesday. Trading month to date, ended with an average of 140,604 stock units at $270,599 compared to 136,439 stock units at $279,908 on the preceding day and well lower than August, with an average of 433,821 shares at $676,565.
ICInsider.com compiles the PE ratios, which are derived by dividing the last traded price of a stock by earnings per share for companies with their fiscal year ending around August 2026.
Jetcon Corporation popped 21 cents in closing at a 52 weeks high of $4.35, with trading of 287,330 shares, Knutsford Express shed 34 cents to end at $8.66 with 7,107 stock units passing through the market. Lasco Financial gained 15 cents to close at $1.55 in trading 43,784 shares, Lumber Depot slipped 21 cents and settled at $2.32 with 51,344 shares changing hands, Main Event lost 20 cents to stop at $3.80 with investors trading 4,753 units. MFS Capital Partners shed 5 cents to close at 45 cents with a transfer of 27,351 stock units and Regency Petroleum rallied 19 cents to finish at $4.18 after an exchange of 1,074 shares.
The market closed with an exchange of 1,277,677 shares for US$117,937 after climbing from 438,783 stock units at US$73,278 on Tuesday.
Quantas Advantage popped 0.02 of one cent and settled at 13 US cents with investors swapping 1,000 shares, Sygnus Credit Investments dipped 0.05 of one cent to finish at 5.7 US cents with an exchange of 3,691 shares and Transjamaican Highway rallied 0.29 of one cent to end at 7.58 US cents in an exchange of 1,260,350 units.
At the end of the market activity, the JSE Combined Market Index gained 1,849.54 points in ending at 371,685.18, the All Jamaican Composite Index popped higher by 1,804.91 points to 437,622.77, the JSE Main Index climbed 1,801.20 points to 366,665.69, the Junior Market Index rallied 17.74 points to end at 2,939.88 and the JSE USD Market Index rallied 13.43 points to 317.28.
Among the top losers, Quantas Advantage skidded by $2.50 to finish at $17.00, Pan Jamaica fell $1.98 and ended at $43.50, Carreras slipped $1.09 to $28.70, NCB Financial lost 99 cents to finish at $67.00 and General Accident dropped 82 cents to end at $8.01.
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The market closed with trading of 205,821 shares for $4,592,373 after an exchange of 498,704 stock units at $3,735,603 on Tuesday.
CIBC Caribbean Bank ended at $7.55 after an exchange of 16,268 stock units, Endeavour Holdings ended at $13.50 with investors dealing in 102 shares, Eric Solis Marketing ended at $4.17 with 2,381 stocks clearing the market. First Citizens Group lost 75 cents to $40 with an exchange of 101,276 stock units, GraceKennedy remained at $4.15 with 11,854 stocks passed through the market, Guardian Holdings declined 9 cents to close at $16.10 with a transfer of 642 units. Guardian Media shed 4 cents to finish at 75 cents with 100 stocks crossing the exchange, JMMB Group ended at 88 cents after a transfer of 30,016 shares, Massy Holdings ended at $3.30 in switching ownership of 28,470 stock units. Medcorp fell 10 cents to $36.70 after trading of 100 shares, National Enterprises remained at $4.50 in an exchange of 50 stocks, National Flour Mills gained 17 cents to finish at $1.70 with investors trading 308 units. One Caribbean Media skidded 13 cents in closing at $1.55 with 101 stock units crossing the market, Point Lisas slipped 5 cents to close at $7.20 with an exchange of 102 shares, 
Prestige Holdings dipped 97 cents to end at $11.01 with a mere one stock unit crossing the market. Republic Financial popped 25 cents in closing at $112, with investors trading 441 stocks, Scotiabank rallied $1.50 to $48.50 after an exchange of 2,429 stock units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL increased 50 cents and ended at $10.40 with 1,050 shares changing hands. Trinidad Cement climbed 1 cent to close at $2 in an exchange of 5,924 units, Unilever Caribbean remained at $15 with 171 stocks passing through the market, West Indian Tobacco lost 10 cents to finish at $4.10 after a transfer of 3,262 stock units and West Indian Traders ended at $2.13 in trading 5 shares.
Elsewhere, the IC TOP 10 winners recorded gains ranging from a low of 11 percent for the year to the end of August for Scotia Group, up to 127 percent for Transjamaican Highway. NCB Financial followed with a 90 percent increase for the country’s largest banking group.
MPC Caribbean Clean Energy tops ICInsider.com Top 10 Main Market losers, reporting a steep 46.8 percent loss for the year to August, 2026. During this period the company had unrealized fair value losses and slowdown of its wind farming operations. Palace Amusement ended as the second worst performing stock, with a 40 percent, with sharp fall in operating profits. Revenue for the period dropped, following damage caused by Hurricane Melissa to Multiplex in Montego Bay, which has not reopened, but the problem was compounded by lack sufficient quality films during the period to attract sufficient patrons to the cinemas. Sygnus Real Estate Finance slipped 38 percent, with huge losses incurred in 2026 to date. First Rock Real Estate Investments fell sharply 36 percent and VM Investments declined by 34 percent, with underperformance of the investments portfolio, in rounding out the list of the five worst performers.
The market closed with 12,013,747 shares trading for $200,084,049 compared with 13,478,774 stock units at $150,097,002 on Monday.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 15.4. ICInsider.com compiles the JSE Main and the USD Market PE ratios based on last traded prices and earnings forecasts for companies with the financial year ending around August 2027.
Quantas Advantage climbed by $2.40 to close at $19.50 with 17,932 stock units changing hands. Scotia Group increased $1.50 to $58.50 in an exchange of 11,785 shares, Seprod dipped by 60 cents to $74 with investors dealing in 13,342 stock units, Supreme Ventures fell 43 cents to finish at $17 in an exchange of 50,291 stocks. Sygnus Real Estate Finance advanced 91 cents to close at $8.41 after trading of 106 units, Transjamaican Highway rose 86 cents to end at $10.99 in switching ownership of 5,537,086 shares and West Indies Petroleum lost 76 cents in closing at $9.20 after a transfer of 2,621 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those of the last transaction.
Trading resulted in an exchange of 4,455,615 shares for $8,483,284, with an increase from 4,381,580 units at $7,840,390 on Monday.
At the close of trading, Access Financial fell $1.17 in closing at $16.83 with 847 stock units being traded, AMG Packaging rallied 24 cents to $1.84 with an exchange of 2,998 shares, Atlantic Hardware rose 5 cents to close at $1.43 after a transfer of 377,830 stocks. CAC 2000 lost 26 cents to end at $1.44 after exchanging of 600 stock units, Cargo Handlers gained 35 cents after closing at $14.50 with trading of a mere 1,000 shares, Caribbean Assurance Brokers climbed by 7 cents and to $1.70 with a transfer of 332,456 stock units. Caribbean Cream declined 20 cents to $2.45 in an exchange of 3,473 units, Derrimon Trading shed 7 cents to finish at 88 cents with investors swapping 595,928 stocks, Dolla Financial climbed 10 cents and ended at $3.50 after an exchange of 785,742 units. Elite Diagnostic dropped 30 cents to end at $1.57 with a transfer of 4,736 stocks, Express Catering increased 13 cents in closing at $1.98 with 40,734 shares crossing the exchange, 
Lasco Financial skidded 6 cents to close at $1.40 in trading 418,652 stock units. Mailpac Group gained 6 cents to close at $2.37 with 2,423 shares crossing the market, ONE on ONE Educational popped 11 cents and ended at 73 cents with investors exchanging 17,457 shares, Regency Petroleum slipped 20 cents to $3.99 with 193,016 units clearing the market and Spur Tree Spices dipped 12 cents and ended at $1.28 with investors dealing in 120,140 stock units.
At the end of the market activity, the JSE Combined Market Index lost 2,634.80 points to 369,835.64, the All Jamaican Composite Index dropped 2,564.49 points to end at 435,817.86, the JSE Main Index shed 2,749.52 points to 364,864.49, the Junior Market Index slipped 0.81 points to end at 2,922.14 and the JSE USD Market Index skidded 3.49 points to end trading at 303.85.
Amongst the top Main Market losers, Guardian Holdings fell $18 to close at $352.00, Massy Holdings declined by $2.90 to $70.00, AS Bryden shed $2.85 to end trading at $21.25, Barita Investments dropped $1.40 in closing at $66.50 and Eppley skidded 88 cents to finish at $35.00.
The ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and the daily charts provide investors with regularly updated information to assist in making investment decisions. The PE ratio chart includes all ordinary shares listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, grouped by industry and facilitates easy comparisons within sectors and the overall market.