Stocks recorded gains on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market on Tuesday, with the All Jamaican Composite Index rising 1,277.14 points to 361,766.06, the JSE Main Index climbing 1,927.56 points to close at 314,415.45 and the JSE Financial Index gaining 0.66 points to end at 64.96 as the volume of stocks traded declined 16 percent and the value 29 percent more than on Thursday, following trading in 61 securities compared with 60 on Thursday, with prices of 24 rising, 18 declining and 19 ending unchanged.
The market closed with 11,711,045 shares trading worth $73,006,878 compared to 14,003,097 stock units at $56,426,679 on Thursday.
Trading averaged 191,984 shares at $1,196,834 compared to 233,385 stocks at $940,445 on Thursday and month to date, an average of 1,951,430 shares for $7,985,707, down from 2,094,151 stock units at $8,536,400 on the previous trading day and March with an average of 896,190 shares at $20,804,277.
Transjamaican Highway led trading with 5.60 million shares for 47.8 percent of total volume, followed by QWI Investments, with 2.14 million stocks for 18.3 percent of the day’s trade and Wigton Energy with 2.07 million units for 17.7 percent of market share.
The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows nine 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 13.1. 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 market activities, Caribbean Cement rallied 43 cents to end at $84.30 while trading 2,130 shares, Eppley skidded 83 cents to $32.50, with an exchange of 2,473 units, Guardian Holdings climbed $19.75 to close at $309.75 with a transfer of 106,215 shares, the largest trade since November last year when 112,030 shares were traded. Jamaica Stock Exchange gained 74 cents and ended at $12.74 with investors swapping 22,566 stock units, JMMB Group popped 40 cents in closing at $20.50 with an exchange of 5,463 stocks, Kingston Wharves advanced 82 cents to finish at $27.10 with 2,294 units crossing the market. Lasco Manufacturing increased 45 cents and ended at $7.50 with investors trading 22,618 stocks, Massy Holdings climbed $1.35 to $79.90 in an exchange of 618 shares, 138 Student Living lost 49 cents to end at $3.21, with 15,641 stock units clearing the market and Proven Investments rose 57 cents in closing at $17.50 as investors exchanged 80,332 shares.
In the preference segment, Jamaica Public Service 7% sank $6.68 to close at $37.82 after a transfer of 72 stock units, JMMB Group 7.15% – 2028 declined 36 cents to $2.60 with investors trading 20,136 stocks. Productive Business Solutions 10.5% preference share rallied $43.99 and ended at $1,043.99 after an exchange of 3 units, Sygnus Credit Investments 10% sank $13.99 to $90.01 with the trading of 400 stock units and Sygnus Credit Investments C10.5% popped $2 to close at $100 with traders dealing in 141 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with an average of 99,520 shares at $153,952, down from 184,019 stocks at $356,097 on Thursday, with the month to date, ending with an average of 178,745 units at $507,345 compared with 184,939 stock units at $534,974 on the previous day and March with an average of 307,021 stock units at $759,432.
At the close of market activity, CAC 2000 climbed 21 cents to close at $2.50 after a transfer of just 92 shares, Cargo Handlers fell 10 cents to $11.10 with traders dealing in 699 stock units, Consolidated Bakeries sank 15 cents and ended at $1.65 with 126 shares clearing the market. Derrimon Trading popped 11 cents to finish at $1.90 with investors trading 917,851 units, Dolla Financial rallied 10 cents to end at $2.55 with 98,313 stocks crossing the exchange, Dolphin Cove increased 44 cents in closing at $14.19 with a transfer of 9,061 shares. Elite Diagnostic dipped 21 cents to $1.24 with 8,714 stocks crossing the market, Fontana rose 10 cents and ended at $9.78 in switching ownership of 49,071 units, Future Energy sank 6 cents to finish at $3.13 as investors exchanged 35,240 stock units. GWest Corporation gained 14 cents to close at $1 with 149 shares crossing the market, Honey Bun advanced 34 cents in closing at $8.14 after an exchange of 2,301 stocks, Image Plus declined 11 cents to end at 99 cents following trading of 126,094 units. Iron Rock Insurance rose 68 cents in closing at $3.68 after an exchange of 44 stock units, 
ISP Finance gained $1.39 to close at $11 after 20 shares were traded, Jetcon Corporation lost 22 cents to close at 93 cents after 11,421 stocks passed through the market. KLE Group skidded 16 cents to end at 92 cents with investors swapping 1,191 units, MFS Capital Partners shed 6 cents to finish at 34 cents in an exchange of 104,328 stock units, One Great Studio popped 9 cents and ended at 43 cents with investors dealing in 56,917 shares. ONE on ONE Educational increased 5 cents to 90 cents in an exchange of 812,293 units, RA Williams dropped 15 cents to close at 51 cents with investors trading 119,371 stocks, Regency Petroleum slipped 5 cents to end at $3.15 with an exchange of 19,765 stock units and Spur Tree Spices sank 7 cents in closing at $1.15 with 138,743 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
At the end of the last week the Junior Marlet lost 57.58 points for a 1.7 percent decline during the past week, the Junior Marlet TOP10 stocks outperformed the market prices of 6 stocks rising and just two declining, in contrast, the JSE All Jamaica index fell 1.5 percent with prices of 6 stock declining and just one rising.
Caribbean Assurance rose 8 percent to $2.69, Limners and Bards rallied 5 percent to $1.15 and Kintyre Holdings popped 4 percent higher to close at 28 cents. Elite Diagnostic fell 6 percent to $1.45.
In the Junior Market IC TOP10, 17 stocks or 35 percent of the market have PEs ranging from 15 to 53, with an average of 22 and a PE of 20 for half of the market with the highest PEs.
The market closed with trading of 1,543,720 shares for $6,648,762, up from 400,523 stock units at $2,517,104 on Thursday.
At the close of the market following the long Easter break, Agostini’s declined 9 cents to end at $68.10 after an exchange of just 4 shares, Angostura Holdings gained 45 cents in closing at $14.50 with investors swapping 81 stocks, Ansa Merchant Bank fell 50 cents to $39.50 with a mere 4 shares clearing the market. CIBC Caribbean Bank sank 5 cents to close at $8.10 with traders dealing in 297 units, First Citizens Group ended at $41.80 as investors exchanged 1,897 stocks, GraceKennedy rose 45 cents to finish at $3.87 with 185,765 shares changing hands. JMMB Group advanced 4 cents and ended at $1.10 with an exchange of 3,446 stocks, Massy Holdings dipped 3 cents to $3.90 with 1,302,202 units crossing the market, National Enterprises remained at $2.50 with a transfer of 1,235 stock units. 
National Flour Mills shed 5 cents to finish at $1.55 with just one share being traded, NCB Financial ended at $2.30 with investors trading 2,676 stock units, Point Lisas popped 18 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $4.20 with 286 stocks passing through the market. Prestige Holdings slipped 1 cent to $10.98 after the trading of 124 units, Republic Financial climbed $1.24 to $111.99 with investors dealing in 2,967 shares, Scotiabank increased 46 cents in closing at $52.56 in switching ownership of 264 stocks. Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended at $3.32 with investors trading 2,633 units and Unilever Caribbean remained at $12 in an exchange of 39,838 stock units.
Investors should watch Prestige Holdings, which could gain 90 percent and Trinidad and Tobago NGL 380 percent. 
The market closed with trading of 14,003,097 shares for $56,426,679, down from 26,127,733 stock units at $99,012,198 on Wednesday.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 12.9. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios are based on the last traded prices and earnings forecasts for companies with financial year ending around August 2025 done by 
Margaritaville sank 90 cents and ended at $13 with traders dealing in 950 units, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy slipped $1 in closing at $63 with a mere 2 stocks being traded and Sygnus Real Estate Finance gained $1.22 to finish at $9.36 after the trading of 14 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated 
The market closed with trading of 7,176,741 shares for $13,887,774, up from 6,649,966 stock units at $11,415,609 on Wednesday.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.8, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for financial years ending around August 2025.
Jamaican Teas dipped 6 cents to close at $2.29 in switching ownership of 301,647 stock units, Jetcon Corporation rallied 22 cents to end at $1.15 trading just 103 shares. Knutsford Express sank 40 cents to $12.50 as investors exchanged 28 stock units, Mailpac Group rose 9 cents to finish at $2.39 after a transfer of 7,169 stocks, Medical Disposables skidded 31 cents and ended at $1.34 with traders dealing in 10,315 units. One Great Studio fell 6 cents in closing at a 52 weeks’ low of 34 cents in an exchange of 1,765,573 stocks, Spur Tree Spices shed 9 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.22 with investors dealing in 400,685 shares and Tropical Battery climbed 10 cents to end at $2.10 with 107,559 stock units clearing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed after trading 400,523 shares, with a value of $2,517,104, from 135,700 units at $856,763 on Wednesday.
At the close of trading, Agostini’s climbed $1.15 to end at $68.19 after an exchange of 1,460 shares, Ansa McAl remained at $51.55 with investors trading 270 stocks, CIBC Caribbean Bank ended at $8.15 and closed with an exchange of 8,995 shares. Endeavour Holdings increased $1.85 and ended at $18 as 493 stock units passed through the market. First Citizens Group popped 30 cents to close at $41.80 as investors exchanged 7,343 units, GraceKennedy dipped 27 cents in closing at $3.42 with 124,342 stocks crossing the market. Guardian Holdings ended at $16.50 in an exchange of 38 units, JMMB Group remained at $1.06 with 111,400 shares crossing the market, Massy Holdings rallied 4 cents to finish at $3.93 with a transfer of 85,307 stock units. 
National Enterprises skidded 11 cents and ended at $2.50 after an exchange of 17,628 shares, NCB Financial remained at $2.30 with trading of 6 stocks, Prestige Holdings ended at $10.99 after a transfer of 490 units. Republic Financial rose 12 cents to $110.75 with 6,024 stock units crossing the exchange, Scotiabank advanced 10 cents in closing at $52.10 with investors dealing in 3,633 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL lost 9 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $3.32 with 20,476 units changing hands and Unilever Caribbean shed 60 cents to finish at $12 with an exchange of 12,618 stocks.
The market closed with trading of 6,649,966 shares for $11,415,609, up from 3,857,400 stock units at $9,117,312 on Tuesday.
Caribbean Cream increased 30 cents in closing at $2.50 with investors trading 2,209 stock units, Consolidated Bakeries rose 15 cents to end at $1.80 with 1,000 shares changing hands. Dolphin Cove dipped 12 cents to close at $14.58 in an exchange of 31,014 stocks, Elite Diagnostic lost 10 cents and ended at $1.45 after trading of 8,559 units, Express Catering popped 5 cents to finish at $3 with a transfer of 35,364 stocks. Fontana shed 5 cents to close at $9.70 after an exchange of 28,530 units, GWest Corporation sank 8 cents to end at 86 cents with investors dealing in 490 shares, Honey Bun advanced 6 cents in closing at $8 after an exchange of 6,674 stock units. Image Plus rose 11 cents and ended at $1.12 with 230,308 shares clearing the market, Iron Rock Insurance rallied 30 cents to close at $3.70 as investors exchanged 12 stock units, ISP Finance declined $1.40 to finish at a 52 weeks’ low of $9.60 with 1,809 stocks crossing the market, Jamaican Teas fell 5 cents and ended at $2.35 with traders dealing in 4,500 units, 
Knutsford Express gained 90 cents to end at $12.90 with 808 shares crossing the market, Lumber Depot dropped 24 cents to end at $2.80 with an exchange of 1,205,500 units. MFS Capital Partners popped 5 cents in closing at 40 cents with 200 stocks changing hands, One Great Studio slipped 8 cents to finish at a 52 weeks’ low of 40 cents with 248,100 stock units crossing the exchange, RA Williams increased 7 cents to close at 67 cents in switching ownership of 7,500 shares. Regency Petroleum skidded 5 cents to $3.20 with investors trading 12,581 units, Stationery and Office Supplies climbed 8 cents in closing at $1.54 after 3,507 stocks passed through the market and Tropical Battery lost 12 cents to close at $2 in trading 162,200 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with 26,127,733 shares trading for $99,012,198, up from just 13,296,040 stock units at $59,268,535 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.
Lasco Manufacturing advanced 38 cents to end at $7.47 with investors trading 11,471 shares, Massy Holdings sank $1.43 to finish at $78.55 with 132 stock units crossing the market, Pan Jamaica declined $3.50 and ended at $53.50 after an exchange of 6,254 stocks. Sagicor Real Estate Fund gained 65 cents to close at $8.65 with 205 units crossing the market, Scotia Group shed $1.48 to close at $52.52 after an exchange of 8,194 shares, Sygnus Credit Investments shed 43 cents to finish at $11.47 in trading 15,005 units and Sygnus Real Estate Finance lost $1.36 and ended at $8.14 with an exchange of 21 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.