Trading falls on Junior Market



Trading fell on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Tuesday, with the volume and value of stocks traded declining by 11 percent and 41 percent respectively compared to Monday, with the market Index slipping 17.76 points to 3,274.33, following trading in 46 securities, down from 47 on Monday and ending with prices of 14 rising, 21 declining and 11 closing unchanged.

The market closed with trading of 7,122,679 shares for $7,747,839, after sliding from 7,960,170 units at $13,236,337 on Monday.
Trading averaged 154,841 shares at $168,431, down from 169,365 stocks at $281,624 on Monday, with the month to date, averaging 226,965 units at $298,598, down from 239,162 shares at $320,611 on the previous day and January closing with an average of 469,885 shares at $594,149.
Kintyre Holdings ended as the leading trade with 3.15 million shares for 44.2 percent of total volume, followed by Atlantic Hardware with 1.07 million units for 15 percent of the day’s trade and ONE on ONE Educational with 710,969 stock units for 10 percent of the volume traded.
At the close of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ending with the bid higher than the last selling price and two with lower offers.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.3, derived by dividing the last traded price of a stock by the earnings per share. ICInsider.com compiles the PE ratios in this report for companies with their financial year ending around August 2026.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging rose 30 cents to $2.40, with 141,470 shares clearing the market, Atlantic Hardware climbed 9 cents to $2.14, with investors trading 1,069,551 units, Blue Power increased 75 cents to finish at $3.75, with 2,497 shares crossing the market. Caribbean Assurance Brokers popped 26 cents and ended at $2 after an exchange of just 923 stock units, Consolidated Bakeries rallied 25 cents to end at $1.55 with 3,719 stocks passing through the market, Dolphin Cove gained $1.10 to close at $12 after trading of 10,601 units. Express Catering fell 17 cents to $2.33 with 4,582 shares crossing the exchange, Iron Rock Insurance sank 30 cents to end at $2.50 with a transfer of 126 stocks, Jamaican Teas slipped 12 cents to $2.18 after an exchange of 7,908 stock units. KLE Group sank 14 cents to finish at 90 cents with investors trading 34 shares, Knutsford Express dropped 70 cents and ended at $10.29 in an exchange of 1,616 stocks, Limners and Bards advanced 11 cents to close at $1.03 with traders dealing in 149,436 units. Mailpac Group lost 30 cents to $2.49 after a transfer of 28,552 stock units, Main Event declined 10 cents to finish at $7 as investors exchanged 3,743 shares, Medical Disposables popped 24 cents and ended at $1.34 with 203 stocks crossing the market. Paramount Trading shed 22 cents in closing at $1.06 with an exchange of 25,578 units and Regency Petroleum rallied 6 cents to close at $3.94 with 3,998 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Junior Market loses more ground


The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Monday, with a 77 percent fall in the volume of stocks traded, with 66 percent lower value than Friday following trading in 42 securities down from 47 on Friday and ending with prices of 10 rising, 18 declining and 14 closing unchanged and resulted in more slippage in the market following last weeks’ declines.
The market closed with trading of 5,281,187 shares for $8,580,323 down sharply from 22,554,448 units at $24,909,066 on Friday. Trading averaged 125,743 shares at $204,293 well off of the 479,882 stocks at $529,980 on Friday with the month to date, ending with an average of 202,642 stock units at $326,313 compared with 217,458 stocks at $349,822 on the previous day and January with an average of 350,850 shares at $615,775. RA Williams led trading with 1.31 million shares for 24.7 percent of total volume followed by One Great Studio which ended with 806,029 stock units for 15.3 percent of the day’s trade and Jamaican Teas with 655,503 stocks for 12.4 percent of the volume traded. At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index slipped 15.73 points to close at 3,701.64. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers. The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.1, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for financial years ending around August 2025. At the close of the market, CAC 2000 shed 36 cents to end at $2.09 after an exchange of 17,547 stock units, Cargo Handlers fell 40 cents to $11.10 with investors dealing in 100 shares, Elite Diagnostic lost 12 cents and ended at $1.68 after the trading of 48,045 stocks by investors. Everything Fresh sank 8 cents to end at $1.97 in an exchange of 19,512 units, Express Catering skidded 8 cents in closing at $3.22 with traders dealing in 2,792 shares, Fontana lost 6 cents to finish at $9.11 as investors exchanged 79,011 stocks. GWest Corporation climbed 8 cents and ended at 93 cents with 557 units crossing the market, Honey Bun rose 22 cents to $8.22 with investors trading 16,369 stock units, Jamaican Teas rallied 7 cents to close at $2.30 with 655,503 shares clearing the market, but ended with nearly 5.2 million shares on offer at $2.30. JFP Ltd popped 7 cents to end at 89 cents with 41,603 stocks switching owners, Main Event increased 55 cents in closing at $11.35 with 1,718 stock units crossing the exchange, Paramount Trading dipped 10 cents to finish at $1 in trading 85,581 stocks. Stationery and Office Supplies sank 8 cents and ended at $1.50 after an exchange of 580,722 shares, Tropical Battery declined 12 cents to $2.92 with 299,623 stocks passing through the market and tTech dropped 16 cents to end at 52 weeks’ low of $1.40 with an exchange of 40,894 units. Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

ICTOP10 stocks weather stormy week


Stocks sold off in the past week on the Jamaica Stock Exchange with Junior Market stocks that gained 4 percent during the prior week lost 1.8 percent and the Main Market slipped by nearly 3 percent by the end of the week, not a healthy sign for ICI Top 10 stocks.

Market movements resulted in prices of just two stocks rising and four declining in the Junior Market TOP10 stocks while the Main Market TOP10 ended with three gaining and five falling.
In the Junior Market ICTOP10, Express Catering gained 8 percent to close at $3.30, while Limners and Bards fell by 8 percent to $1.21. Caribbean Flavours followed with a 4 percent fall to $1.25 and Access Financial declined by 3 percent to close at $17.99.
In the Main Market ICTOP10, Key Insurance gained 4 percent to close at $2.29. Scotia Group and Berger Paints lost 5 percent in closing at $56.97 and $7.90 respectively and VM Investment lost 4 percent to close at $2.39.
The JSE TOP10, compiled from all listed ordinary stocks on the Jamaica Stock Estate ended with Lasco Distributors dropping out and replaced by JMMB Group.
JMMB Group returns to the Main Market ICTOP10 after a week’s absence, replacing Caribbean Producers. There is no change in the Junior Market ICTOP10 list.

The average PE for the JSE Main Market ICTOP 10 sits at just 5.4, well below the market average of 14.5 and the Junior Market TOP10 stands at 8.5, more than half of the market, with an average of 13.7.
Based on the earnings projected estimates for 2024, the Main Market ICTOP10 is projected to gain an average of 282 percent by May 2025, providing better values than the Junior Market, projected to achieve a 151 percent increase for the same period.
In the Main Market ICTOP 10, there are 14 stocks with the highest values representing 27 percent of the Main Market, with PEs between 15 to 107, with an average of 31 and 23 excluding the highest PE ratios and a PE of 24 for the top half of the market with the highest values and 18 excluding the stocks with overweight values.
In the Junior Market IC TOP10, 16 stocks or 33 percent of the market have PEs ranging from 15 to 32 with an average of 19 and a PE of 18 for half of the market with the highest PEs.
ICTOP10 focuses on likely yearly winners, accordingly, the list includes some of the best companies in the market, but this is not always so. ICInsider.com ranks stocks based on projected earnings, allowing investors to focus on the most undervalued stocks and helping to remove emotions in selecting stocks for investments that often result in costly mistakes.
IC TOP10 stocks will likely deliver the best returns on or around May 2025 and are ranked in order of potential gains, computed using projected earnings for the current fiscal year. Expected values will change as stock prices fluctuate, resulting in weekly movements in and out of the lists. Revisions to earnings are ongoing, based on receipt of new information.

Persons who compiled this report may have an interest in securities commented on in this report.

Gains for Trinidad& Tobago Exchange


Trading on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange on Monday, resulted in a surge in the volume of stocks changing hands by 457 percent and valued 407 percent more than on Friday following 16 securities being active compared with 20 on Friday and ending with prices of four stocks rising, six declining and six ended firm with the main market indices rising at the close.

Trading ended with an exchange of 404,700 shares for $2,458,018 well above 72,614 stocks at $484,805 on Friday.
An average of 25,294 shares were traded at $153,626 compared with 3,631 units at $24,240 on Friday. Trading for the month to date ended with an average of 21,428 shares at $106,712 compared with 20,771 units at $98,722 on the previous trading day and January with an average of 17,669 shares at $153,409.
The Composite Index popped 5.11 points to settle at 1,068.46, the All T&T Index gained 3.08 points to cease trading at 1,574.83, the SME Index remained unchanged at 96.65 and the Cross-Listed Index advanced 1.02 points to conclude trading at 73.70.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and seven with lower offers.
At the close of market activity, Ansa Merchant Bank remained at $40 after a transfer of 80 stock units, Calypso Macro Investment Fund ended at $23.75 in swapping just 20 shares, CIBC Caribbean Bank rose 20 cents in closing at $8 with investors dealing in 720 units. First Citizens Group slipped 11 cents to $41.99 after 9,223 stocks changed hands, GraceKennedy climbed 6 cents to close at $3.80 as investors exchanged 12,062 units, Guardian Holdings fell 15 cents to end at $14.85 with 70 stocks crossing the market. Massy Holdings remained at $3.90 after an exchange of 364,699 shares, National Enterprises ended at $2.72 as 1,015 stock units passed through the market, National Flour Mills skidded 4 cents in closing at $1.65 with investors ended up trading 3,847 shares. One Caribbean Media lost 5 cents to close at $2.80 with 5,107 stocks clearing the market, Prestige Holdings rose 25 cents to end at $11 with investors swapping 10 units, Republic Financial dipped 1 cent to finish at $113.30 with 2,786 stock units crossing the market. Scotiabank remained at $56 in an exchange of 4,420 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL shed 5 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $4.60 with traders dealing in 90 stock units, Unilever Caribbean rallied 39 cents to finish at $11.19 with 505 stocks crossing the exchange and West Indian Tobacco ended at $5.39 with a transfer of 46 units.

Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Kintyre and Teas head Junior Market trades


Holdings, formerly iCreate and Jamaican Teas, beverage input producers commanded 84 percent of the volume of shares traded on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Friday, following a 72 percent increase in the shares traded in the market, with the value in line with Thursday’s level with trading in 47 securities up from 42 on Thursday and ending with prices of 21 rising, 11 declining and 15 closing unchanged as the Junior Market Index dropped 24.63 points to 3,717.37 and pushing the market back into negative for the year to date.

The market closed with 22,554,448 shares being traded at $24,909,066 compared with 13,148,598 units at $24,952,294 on Thursday.
Trading averaged 479,882 shares at $529,980 versus 313,062 stocks at $594,102 on Thursday with the month to date, averaging 217,458 units at $349,822 compared to 145,330 stock units at $300,304 on the previous day and January with an average of 350,850 shares at $615,775.
Kintyre Holdings led trading with 13.26 million shares for 58.8 percent of total volume followed by Jamaican Teas with 5.72 million stocks for 25.4 percent of the day’s trade and Omni Industries with 1.03 million stock units for 4.6 percent of stocks traded.
At the close of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.3, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for financial years ending around August 2025.
At the close of trading, Access Financial advanced 94 cents to $17.99 with investors swapping 496 stocks, Blue Power increased 41 cents to close trading at $5.52 in an exchange of 842 units, Everything Fresh climbed 35 cents to close at $2.05 with an exchange of 4,906 shares. Fosrich dipped 7 cents and ended at $2.20 after a transfer of 100,196 stock units, Future Energy increased 7 cents to close at $3.50 with 93,896 shares clearing the market, Indies Pharma rose 8 cents to finish at $3.60 with an exchange of 5,005 stocks. Iron Rock Insurance gained 6 cents and ended at $4.20 with 148 units changing hands, Jamaican Teas sank 27 cents to $2.23 with a transfer of 5,719,042 stock units, Knutsford Express rallied 32 cents to close at $12.82 with 1,285 shares crossing the exchange. Lumber Depot rose 10 cents in closing at $2.90 with traders trading 14,098 stocks, Paramount Trading slipped 6 cents to finish at $1.10 in an exchange of 5,088 units and tTech sank 40 cents to end at $1.56 with investors dealing in 18,736 stocks.

Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Wigton cornered major share of Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market


Following the reporting of a pretax loss of $108 million in its third quarter, Wigton Energy captured just over 35 percent of the volume of shares traded on the JSE Main Market on Friday, with a 109 percent jump in the volume of stocks traded and a 34 percent rise in value over Thursday’s activities after trading in 61 securities compared with 62 on Thursday, with prices of 22 rising, 25 declining and 14 ending unchanged.

The market closed with 17,554,244 shares trading for $100,875,544, up from 8,386,532 stock units at $75,006,097 on Thursday.
Trading averaged 287,774 shares for $1,653,697, well above 135,267 stocks at $1,209,776 on Thursday. Trading for the month to date ended with an average of 197,154 units at $1,804,779 compared with 174,311 shares at $1,842,862 on the previous day, down from an average of 257,074 stock units at $2,582,065 in January.
Wigton Energy led trading with 6.25 million shares for 35.6 percent of total volume followed by JMMB 9.5% preference share which ended with 3.53 million stocks for 20.1 percent of the day’s trade, JMMB Group 7.35% – 2028 closed with 2.02 million units for 11.5 percent of the volume traded, Transjamaican Highway with 1.32 million shares for 7.5 percent of the overall traded volume, QWI Investments ended with 1.11 million stocks for 6.3 percent of the day’s trades and Eppley Caribbean Property Fund with 1.07 million stock units for 6.1 percent of market share.
The All Jamaican Composite Index climbed 460.84 points to end at 380,783.40, the JSEMain Index popped just 45.59 points to 329,809.59 and the JSE Financial Index slipped 0.07 points to finish at 67.97. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 10 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 14.5. The JSE Main and USD MarketPE 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 on a day of increased trading, AS Bryden dropped 60 cents to close at $30 after investors traded 1,422 stock units, Caribbean Cement lost 49 cents to $86 with an exchange of 15,990 units, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund skidded 50 cents to end at $37 in swapping 1,072,118 shares. First Rock Real Estate climbed 81 cents to finish at $9.80 with a mere 8 stocks passing through the market, while Jamaica Broilers sank $1 to end at $36.99 with the trading of 47,213 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange popped 38 cents in closing at $13.36 with 112 units clearing the market. JMMB Group slipped 97 cents to $20.53 with investors trading 32,593 stocks, Kingston Properties advanced 39 cents and ended at $9.14 with 6,592 stock units crossing the market, Kingston Wharves rose $1.09 in closing at $30.99 in an exchange of 6,656 shares. Massy Holdings sank 60 cents to finish at $82.40 with investors trading 701 stocks, NCB Financial rallied 50 cents to close at $50 after an exchange of 73,874 units, Pan Jamaica increased $1.09 to end at $53.99 with 9,024 stock units being traded. Proven Investments dropped 68 cents in closing at $17.81 with an exchange of 4,217 shares, Scotia Group gained $1.67 to close at $56.97 with 14,271 units crossing the market, Seprod fell $1.70 to close at $84.45 in an exchange of 25,576 stocks. Stanley Motta declined 64 cents to end at $6.76 with investors dealing in 9,389 stock units and Supreme Ventures dipped 38 cents to finish at $20.60 with 116,855 shares crossing the exchange.
In the preference segment, Jamaica Public Service 7% rose $3.96 and ended at $40 in trading 478 stock units and 138 Student Living preference share climbed $10.68 to $300.68 after a transfer of 78 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Steadier trading in Trinidad for week

Stocks declined for a second week on Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange driven mostly by cross-listed shares as the All Trinidad and Tobago Index rose marginally in the week, with prices of just 6 stocks rising and 12 declining, for an improved performance over just 5 rising and 15 declining at the end of the previous week.

The average PE ratio of the market closed at 7.70 based on 2023 earnings compared to 7.95 last week and 5.42 based on the estimate of the 2024 earnings. The difference graphically illustrates the market’s current undervalued level and the potential gains ahead.
In a week when price movements were mostly moderate, Agostini’s having dropped $2 last week gained $2.50 this week to close at $68.50, Prestige Holdings one of the stocks to watch, rose 69 cents to $10.75.
Unilever Caribbean fell 39 cents to $10.80, Ansa McAl fell 30 cents in landing at $59.50 and Guardian Holdings lost 25 cents to $15.
Stocks with the potential to gain more than 100 percent when the market comes back to life, include CIBC Caribbean Bank with a possible gain of 210 percent, the severely undervalued Guardian Holdings, with a 430 percent potential, Republic Holdings at 160 percent, First Citizens Bank 100 percent, Massy Holdings 50 percent, Trinidad Cement with 340 percent. Eric Solis with a 90 percent potential gain and One Caribbean Media with 31 percent.
Investors should watch Prestige Holdings with the potential to gain 90 percent and Trinidad and Tobago NGL with a potential gain of 240 percent.

Trading drops on T&T Stock Exchange



Investors pulled money away from trading stocks on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange on Friday, resulting in a steep 82 percent fall in the volume of stocks traded with a 90 percent lower value than on Thursday resulting in 20 securities trading compared with 22 on Thursday and ending with prices of six stocks rising, four declining and 10 ended firm.

The market closed with a mere 72,614 shares being traded for just $484,805, down from 398,160 stock units at $4,658,562 on Thursday. At the close of the market, an average of 3,631 shares were exchanged at $24,240 well below the 18,098 units at $211,753 on Thursday. Trading for the month to date averaged 20,771 shares at $98,722 compared with 25,403 units at $118,857 on Thursday, compared to an average for January of 17,669 shares for $153,409.
The Composite Index declined 3.38 points to settle at 1,063.35, the All T&T Index dropped 1.74 points to end trading at 1,571.75, the SME Index remained unchanged at 96.65 and the Cross-Listed Index declined 0.72 points to settle at 72.68.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close of trading, Agostini’s gained 50 cents to end at $68.50 after a transfer of just 7 stock units, Angostura Holdings rose 50 cents in closing at $14.50 with 136 shares crossing the market, Ansa McAl dropped 30 cents to $59.50 with traders dealing in 111 stock units. Calypso Macro Investment Fund ended at $23.75 after an exchange of 11 units, CIBC Caribbean Bank remained at $7.80 in switching ownership of 917 stocks, CinemaOne ended at $5.50 with investors swapping 5 units. Eric Solis Marketing fell 5 cents to $4.20 in an exchange of a mere 2 shares, First Citizens Group remained at $42.10 with investors trading 2,222 stock units and Guardian Holdings rallied 15 cents to end at $15 after 16 shares passed through the market. Massy Holdings declined 5 cents and ended at $3.90 in an exchange of 60,726 stock units, National Enterprises popped 3 cents to close at $2.72 with investors dealing in 90 stocks, National Flour Mills remained at $1.69 after an exchange of 25 units. NCB Financial ended at $2.39 in trading 209 shares, One Caribbean Media ended at $2.85 after an exchange of 370 units, Prestige Holdings remained at $10.75 with a transfer of 940 stocks. Republic Financial ended at $113.31 with 746 stocks changing hands, Scotiabank advanced 19 cents to close at $56 with 282 shares crossing the exchange, Trinidad & Tobago NGL remained at $4.65 after trading 5,000 units. Unilever Caribbean shed 39 cents to finish at $10.80 with 122 stocks clearing the market and West Indian Tobacco increased 10 cents to finish at $5.39 with an exchange of 677 stock units.

Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Trading surges on the Junior Market  


One of Jamaica’s leading suppliers of stationery and office equipment, Stationery and Office Supplies and beverage producers Jamaican Tea, led trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday, with 80 percent of the total volume traded. Trading culminated in an increase of 325 percent in the volume of stocks changing hands with 236 percent more value than Wednesday, when 42 securities were traded, the same as Thursday and ending with prices of 17 rising, 19 declining and six closing unchanged.

The market closed with 13,148,598 shares trading for $24,952,294 up from 3,096,129 units at $7,428,101 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 313,062 shares at $594,102 well above the 73,717 stocks at $176,860 on Wednesday with the month to date, averaging 145,330 units at $300,304 up from 90,719 stock units at $204,649 on the previous day and January with an average of 350,850 shares at $615,775.
Stationery and Office Supplies ended with 7.45 million shares for 56.7 percent of total volume followed by Jamaican Teas which ended with 3.03 million stock units for 23.1 percent of the day’s trade and Omni Industries with 309,810 stocks for just 2.4 percent of the volume traded. All three stocks are worth noting for future major activities and possible prices breaking out.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index skidded 13.23 points to finish at 3,742.00, still a fraction above the 2024 close. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.3, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for financial years ending around August 2025.
At the close of an interesting session, Access Financial dropped 95 cents and ended at $17.05 after an exchange of 1,010 stock units and closed with an offer of 439,488 shares at $17.99, which could keep a lid on the price in the short run. AMG Packaging advanced 23 cents to $3.24 with investors trading 2,906 units, Blue Power sank 43 cents to close at $5.11 with 4,469 shares changing hands. CAC 2000 rose 20 cents to close at $2.43 as investors exchanged 109 stock units, Cargo Handlers climbed 40 cents to end at $11.50 with just 14 shares being traded, Caribbean Assurance Brokers increased 26 cents to finish at $2.48 with investors swapping 922 stock units. Consolidated Bakeries popped 8 cents and ended at $2.05 with 75,966 stocks passing through the market, Dolla Financial declined 7 cents to $2.89 with a transfer of 189,840 units, Dolphin Cove rallied 98 cents to end at $19.60 with trading in 2,134 stocks. Everything Fresh lost 39 cents to close at $1.70 after a transfer of 200,714 units, Express Catering slipped 8 cents to finish at $3.25 with 22,383 shares crossing the market, Future Energy sank 6 cents to close at $3.43 in an exchange of 34,814 stock units.  GWest Corporation gained 5 cents to 90 cents with investors trading 73,489 shares, Honey Bun dipped 25 cents and ended at $7.95 with an exchange of 30,513 stocks, Image Plus fell 10 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.31 with 159,942 units changing hands. Jamaican Teas popped 29 cents to close at $2.50 after an exchange of 3,032,490 stock units, following the release of first quarter results showing an 11.4 percent increase in net profits, with little contribution from QWI Investments. JFP Ltd skidded 7 cents to finish at 82 cents in trading 23,313 shares, KLE Group shed 14 cents to end at $1.15 with 13,257 units crossing the exchange. Knutsford Express dropped 30 cents in closing at $12.50 with traders dealing in 971 stocks, Medical Disposables sank 15 cents to $2 in an exchange of 678 stock units, ONE on ONE Educational skidded 5 cents to end at 94 cents with investors dealing in 18,660 shares and Tropical Battery climbed 7 cents and ended at $3.07 with 305,461 units clearing the market.

Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Drop for JSE Main Market in light session


On a light trading day, the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market indices closed down on Wednesday as Transjamaican Highway snapped up the largest share of the day’s trade, after the volume of stocks traded dropped 39 percent, with a 71 percent lower value than on Wednesday, following trading in 58 securities down from 62 on Tuesday, with prices of 20 rising including Seprod that jumped $4.10 to lead the winners, 23 declining and 15 ending unchanged.

The market closed with 10,786,528 stock units traded for $74,668,059, down sharply from 17,763,087 units at $261,676,546 on Tuesday. Trading averaged 185,975 shares at $1,287,380, down from 286,501 stocks at $4,220,589 on Tuesday. For the month to date, an average of 187,760 units were traded at $2,060,924 compared with 188,609 units at $2,428,675 on Wednesday and January with an average of 257,074 stock units at $2,582,065.
Transjamaican Highway led trading with 2.65 million shares for 24.6 percent of total volume followed by Wigton Energy with 2.28 million stocks for 21.1 percent of the day’s trade and Sagicor Select Financial Fund with 1.03 million units for 9.6 percent of the volume traded.
The All Jamaican Composite Index dropped 1,532.52 points to 383,262.39, the JSE Main Index declined by 1,024.19 points to close at 332,094.96 and the JSE Financial Index shed 0.59 points to end at 68.34. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 10 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 14.5. 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.
At the close of the market, AS Bryden dropped 53 cents to $30.07 with a mere 15 shares switching owners, Berger Paints popped 40 cents to close at $8.30 with just 12 stocks traded, Caribbean Cement slipped $3.85 to end at $83 after a transfer of 56,963 shares. Eppley sank 48 cents in closing at $36 as investors exchanged 87 stock units, First Rock Real Estate dipped $1.18 to finish at $8.62 with 43,433 shares clearing the market, General Accident lost 44 cents and ended at $6 in an exchange of 83,039 stock units. Guardian Holdings advanced $1.50 to $303 with 787 units changing hands, Jamaica Broilers rose 48 cents to $37.99 with 3,188 stocks crossing the exchange, the Jamaica Producers shed $2 and ended at $24 with investors snapping up a total of 300,107 shares. Jamaica Stock Exchange gained 40 cents to close at $13.39 with 426 stock units crossing the market, Kingston Wharves climbed $1.61 to end at $31.50 after an exchange of 4,367 stock units, Scotia Group increased $1.98 to finish at $56.98 with a transfer of 28,121 stocks. Seprod rallied $4.10 and ended at $89.10 with 13,649 shares passing through the market and Supreme Ventures dropped $1.37 to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $20.08 with traders dealing in 881,804 stock units.
In the preference segment, 138 Student Living preference share rose $43 to close at $270 with 44 units crossing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.