Trading in Wigton Energy trading at a record high of $1.36 pushed the volume of stocks traded up 21 percent over Friday’s trades on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market on Monday with the value of stocks traded dropping 59 percent following activities in 60 securities up from 55 on Friday, with prices of 20 stocks rising, 26 declining and 14 ending unchanged, leading to a modest rise in the JSE Main Index.
The market closed with trading of 30,240,989 shares with a value of $131,168,749 versus 25,057,280 stocks at $318,023,674 on Friday. Trading averaged 504,016 shares at $2,186,146 versus 455,587 stocks at $5,782,249 on Friday and compared with an average of 286,669 stock units at $2,555,172 in November.
Wigton Energy led trading with 19.06 million shares for 63 percent of the total volume followed by Transjamaican Highway with a total of6.32 million units for 20.9 percent of the day’s trade. With the stock trading at a record high of $4.98 and Radio Jamaica with 569,027 stock units for 1.9 percent market share.
The All Jamaican Composite Index rallied 1,241.73 points to close at 371,167.41, the JSE Main Index climbed 276.37 points to cease trading at 321,867.86 and the JSE Financial Index rose 0.37 points to end the day at 65.89. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 13 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and five with lower offers.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 14.2. 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 trading activity, Caribbean Cement gained $3 to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $77 as investors exchanged 13,334 units, Caribbean Producers shed $1.18 to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $7.32 with a transfer of 37,118 stocks, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund sank 50 cents to $34.50 with 130 shares passing through the market. GraceKennedy rose 45 cents to $77.46 with investors trading 13,257 stock units, Jamaica Broilers shed 82 cents and ended at $37.63 with an exchange of 15,646 shares, Jamaica Producers fell $1 to close at $23 with 189,707 stock units clearing the market. Margaritaville lost 60 cents to close at $14.50 in trading a mere 2 units, Mayberry Jamaican Equities dipped 58 cents to $9.50 with 2,085 stocks changing hands, NCB Financial sank $1.90 and ended at $50, after trading as low as $49 in the early morning session with investors dealing in 190,288 units.
Pan Jamaica gave back a big portion of Friday’s gains as the price slipped $4 to end at $52 after an exchange of 53,678 stocks, Sagicor Group gave back all of the $3.10 gains on Friday with a fall of $3.54 to finish at $36.56 with 203,165 shares changing hands, Scotia Group advanced $1.43 to close at $45.50 in an exchange of 45,506 stock units. Seprod declined 70 cents to $84 with investors trading 39,671 shares, Sygnus Credit Investments popped 45 cents and ended at $12.45 with 19,291 stock units crossing the exchange and Sygnus Real Estate Finance fell 44 cents to end at $11 after a transfer of a mere 9 stocks.
In the preference segment, Jamaica Public Service 7% rallied $3 to close at $43 as 47 units passed through the market, Jamaica Public Service 9.5% increased $65 to finish at $2,755 after an exchange of a mere 1 stock and 138 Student Living preference share declined $2.92 to close at $233.50 with investors swapping 38 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with an exchange of 8,545,502 shares with a valued at $16,979,195, down from 11,969,953 stock units at $29,144,541 on Friday. Trading averaged 178,031 shares at $353,733 down from 272,044 stocks at $662,376 on Friday compared to November that averaged 309,920 shares at $766,307.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging dipped 14 cents to end at $2.73 after 45,276 shares were traded, Blue Power increased by 7 cents to end at $4.37 with investors dealing in 91,449 stocks, CAC 2000 popped 42 cents in closing at $2.43 with 200 shares switching owners. Cargo Handlers climbed 39 cents to close at $12.39 with investors trading 163 stocks, Consolidated Bakeries lost 14 cents to finish at $2.02 with 11,282 shares changing hands, Dolphin Cove slipped 13 cents to end at $19.67 with investors trading 14,254 stocks. Elite Diagnostic rose 16 cents to $2.01 after a transfer of 226 units, Everything Fresh sank 13 cents to $2.10 after 99,960 stock units changed hands, Express Catering declined 20 cents and ended at $3.25 after an exchange of 2,817 shares. Future Energy slipped 12 cents to $3.78 with investors trading 648,383 units, Honey Bun rallied 8 cents to finish at $8.45 with 3,952 stocks passing through the market, Image Plus dipped 11 cents to end at $1.50 with investors swapping 48,871 stock units. 
Iron Rock Insurance fell 9 cents to $3.80 with 80,221 shares being traded, Jamaican Teas shed 12 cents in closing at $2.10 in an exchange of 131,741 stocks, Knutsford Express skidded 59 cents to finish at $12 with 10,252 units crossing the market. Lasco Financial lost 16 cents and ended at $1.53 with traders dealing in 166,438 stock units, Mailpac Group sank 10 cents to close at $2.60 as investors exchanged 264,824 shares, Main Event dropped 17 cents to end at $10.80 with 11,000 stocks crossing the market. Paramount Trading gained 7 cents to close at $1.12 with a transfer of 26,793 units and tTech climbed 20 cents to $2.20 after an exchange of 50 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with trading of 656,134 shares for $2,888,756 up sharply from 92,455 stock units at $603,956 on Friday. An average of 31,244 shares were exchanged at $137,560 compared to 5,136 units at $33,553 on Friday and with November that average of 25,044 shares at $171,335.
Endeavour Holdings increased $1.50 to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $18.50 as investors exchanged 25 stock units, First Citizens Group fell 20 cents to end at $40.20 with investors trading 779 shares, GraceKennedy slipped 11 cents and ended at $3.59 with 501,100 stock units crossing the exchange. Guardian Holdings remained at $13.75 with a transfer of 1,820 stocks, JMMB Group popped 1 cent in closing at $1.08 with 49 units clearing the market, Massy Holdings ended at $3.84 with an exchange of 79,325 shares. National Enterprises skidded 5 cents and ended at $2.75, with 14,353 stocks crossing the market, National Flour Mills remained at $1.70 after an exchange of 10 units, NCB Financial ended at $2.30 with investors trading 50 stock units. One Caribbean Media gained 1 cent to close at $2.82 in an exchange of 207 shares, Point Lisas fell 5 cents to end at $3.15 with investors trading 70 units, Prestige Holdings ended at $11.30 in switching ownership of 478 stocks.
Republic Financial rallied 1 cent to finish at $113 after an exchange of 3,043 stock units, Scotiabank remained at $55.95, with 25 shares changing hands, Trinidad & Tobago NGL slipped 5 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ lows of $4.60 with traders dealing in 35,015 units. Trinidad Cement lost 11 cents to a 52 weeks’ lows of $2.20 in an exchange of 3,920 stock units, Unilever Caribbean rose 28 cents in closing at $11.48 with 13,000 stock units crossing the market and West Indian Tobacco declined 44 cents to finish at a 52 weeks’ lows of $5.06 after a transfer of 2,744 shares.
Against the above developments, just two stocks recorded gains and 5 fell in the Junior Market TOP10 and in the Main Market TOP10, only 3 stocks gained and 5 declined.
In Main Market ICTOP10 activity, Guardian Holdings climbed 4 percent to $315 and JMMB Group also gained 4 percent to $22.50. Pulse Investments dropped 11 percent to $1.16 and Berger Paints declined 9 percent to $7.80, 138 Student Living gave up 5 percent to close at $4.10 and VM Investments lost 4 percent in closing at $2.49.
In the Junior Market IC TOP10 are 14 stocks, 29 percent of the market, with PEs ranging from 15 to 32 with an average of 20 and a PE of 17 for half of the market with the highest PEs.
Iron Rock Insurance delivered capital gains of 54 percent as the next best following robust 2023 and nine months of profit for the current year. Everything Fresh that is enjoying an about turn in profitability after the fall out in business caused by the downturn in the tourism sector up to 2023, benefited with a jump the stock price of 45 percent, Tropical Battery delivered a 32 percent rise for its shareholders followed by Caribbean Assurance Brokers and Honey Bun with 31 percent each. Regency Petroleum buoyed by expansion of the gas stations network delivered gains of 29 percent.
from 29 to 80 percent and 30 stocks declining from a low of one percent upwards. The troubled EduFocal was the leading loser and dropped a massive 80 percent, KLE Group was next with a decline of 46 percent followed by MFS Partners down 75 percent, CAC 2000 chipped in at 58 and Medical Disposables 37 percent.
During trading Caribbean Cement price hit a 52 weeks’ intraday high of $75.10 but it closed at $74, Pan Jamaica closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $56.90, Jamaica Public Service 9.5% ended at $2,690, after trading at a 52 weeks Intraday high of $3,280.16 and Pulse Investments traded at an intraday low of $1, but bounced back to close at $1.16.
The market indices jumped sharply, helped by a big price movement in Pan Jamaica and Sagicor Group, as the All Jamaican Composite Index popped 6,733.96 points to close at 369,925.68, the JSE Main Index increased 5,333.88 points to 321,591.49 and the JSE Financial Index advanced 1.75 points to settle at 65.52. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 17 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and six with lower offers.
Margaritaville gained 81 cents in closing at $15.10 after an exchange of just 4 units. Massy Holdings climbed $1.90 to $79.90 with 137 stocks changing hands, Pan Jamaica rallied $6.90 to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $56 with 500,762 stock units crossing the exchange, Sagicor Group increased $3.10 in closing at $40.10 in switching ownership of 319,580 shares. Sagicor Real Estate Fund climbed 60 cents to $8.50 after an exchange of 357,268 stocks and Sygnus Credit Investments fell 70 cents to finish at $12 trading 24,961 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise state
The market closed with trading of 11,969,953 shares for $29,144,541 down from 14,349,215 stock units at $30,292,181 on Thursday. Trading ended with an average of 272,044 shares at $662,376 compared with 326,119 stock units at $688,459 on Thursday with the month to date, averaging 309,920 units at $766,307 compared to 311,801 stock units at $771,468 on the previous day and October with an average of 196,034 shares at $399,810.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index sank 10.13 points to 3,722.52. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows seven stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
Honey Bun increased 16 cents to end at $8.37 with an exchange of 1,193 stocks. Indies Pharma popped 12 cents to $3.15 after 121,651 shares passed through the market, JFP Ltd gained 7 cents in closing at $1.03 with investors swapping 199,878 stock units, KLE Group declined 35 cents to end at $1.05 after an exchange of 680 shares. Medical Disposables shed 30 cents and ended at $1.70, with 18,000 stocks crossing the market, Paramount Trading dropped 22 cents to close at $1.05 as investors exchanged 26,604 units, Regency Petroleum advanced 15 cents to finish at $3.20 after a transfer of 2,158,054 stock units and Stationery and Office Supplies rose 18 cents and ended at $1.68 with 1,654,271 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Ansa Mcal jumped $7 to close the week at $67 on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange that closed with mixed fortunes with gains with the All Trinidad Index closing 0.4 percent lower and the Composite index rising 0.5 percent. 
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 200 percent, the highly undervalued Guardian Holdings, a stock, with a 480 percent potential, Republic Holdings at 120 percent, Massy Holdings at 100 percent, Trinidad Cement with 350 percent, Eric Solis trading at a new high closes the week with a 400 percent and One Caribbean Media with 300 percent.
The market closed with trading of 92,455 shares with valued $603,956 compared to 258,779 stock units at $882,403 on Thursday. At close an average of 5,136 shares were traded at $33,553 compared to 18,484 units at $63,029 on Thursday, with trading month to date, averaging 25,044 shares at $171,335 compared with 26,054 stock units at $178,322 on the previous day and an average for October than ended with 39,057 shares at $305,306.
Calypso Macro Investment Fund fell 5 cents to end at $23.60 with 1,267 shares changing hands. CIBC Caribbean Bank climbed 25 cents and ended at $7.90 after closing with an exchange of 2,170 stock units, First Citizens Group slipped 10 cents to finish at $40.40 as investors traded 1,537 shares, GraceKennedy popped 11 cents to close at $3.70 after transferring of 14,440 stocks. Guardian Holdings advanced 11 cents to $13.75 after the trading of 5,415 units, JMMB Group lost 3 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.07 with an exchange of 7,110 stock units, L.J. Williams B share shed 1 cent to end at a 52 weeks’ low of 79 cents with 2,067 shares crossing the market. Massy Holdings increased 15 cents in closing at $3.84 with a transfer of 1,907 stock units, National Enterprises rallied 5 cents to finish at $2.80 after an exchange of 1,580 stocks, 
Prestige Holdings ended at $11.30 with investors dealing in 2,271 units. Republic Financial declined 51 cents to $112.99 after an exchange of 1,162 stocks, Scotiabank sank 55 cents and ended at $55.95 with investors trading 262 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL dropped 5 cents in closing at $4.65 with 6,738 stocks changing hands. Trinidad Cement remained at $2.31 after 38,600 stock units passed through the market, Unilever Caribbean sank 5 cents to $11.20 with 2,433 stocks crossing the exchange and West Indian Tobacco gained 50 cents to end at $5.50 with investors trading 3,050 shares.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index popped 20.90 points to wrap up trading at 3,732.65. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and six with lower offers.
Fontana rallied 15 cents to end at $8.15 with 6,729 units crossing the market. Future Energy gained 7 cents to end at $3.77 after investors exchanged 31,203 stocks, Honey Bun lost 22 cents to close at $8.21 after 1,993 stock passed through the market, Kintyre Holdings formerly iCreate, ended at 40 cents with investors trading 60,000 shares. Lasco Financial rose 10 cents to close at $1.65 after an exchange of 458,930 stock units, Lumber Depot gained 10 cents to finish at $2.55 with 348,726 stock units crossing the market, Mailpac Group popped 15 cents and ended at $2.65 with an exchange of 267,008 stock units. Main Event increased 17 cents to $10.97 after investors ended trading 72,028 shares, One Great Studio climbed 9 cents to finish at 70 cents with 387,033 units crossing the exchange, Regency Petroleum rallied 20 cents and ended at $3.05 in switching ownership of 2,395,167 stocks. Stationery and Office Supplies dipped 8 cents to close at $1.50 after a transfer of 139,899 stock units and tTech fell 30 cents in closing at $2 in trading 1,632 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.