The Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market lost ground on Monday, as the volume of stocks traded declined 20 percent and the value dived 47 percent from Friday, following trading in 59 securities compared with 55 on Friday, leading to prices of 22 rising, 26 declining and 11 ending unchanged.
The market closed with trading of 10,127,598 shares for $54,364,045, falling from 12,681,799 stock units at $103,301,856 on Friday.
Trading averaged 171,654 shares at $921,424, a fall from 230,578 stocks at $1,878,216 on Friday. Trading for the month to date closed with an average of 230,674 units at $1,347,570 compared with 237,449 shares at $1,396,485 on the prior day and June with an average of 183,242 stock units at $1,532,211.
Transjamaican Highway led trading with 2.80 million shares for 27.6 percent of total volume followed by JMMB Group 10% which ended with 1.57 million stocks for 15.5 percent of the day’s trade, Sagicor Select Manufacturing & Distribution Fund closed with 1.46 million stock units for 14.5 percent of the volume traded, Wigton Energy with 1.29 million shares for 12.7 percent of the volume traded and Pulse Investments ended with 1.20 million stocks for 11.9 percent of market trade.
The All Jamaican Composite Index skidded 124.69 points to end at 352,851.24, the JSE Main Index lost 572.60 points to close at 305,698.81 and the JSE Financial Index rose 0.10 points to close at 62.79. At the close, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 13 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 13.3. The JSE Main and the 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, Caribbean Cement advanced $1.09 to $84.59 after investors transferred 164,454 shares, JMMB Group slipped 53 cents to a 52 week low of $18.75 as traders exchanged 33,507 stocks, Key Insurance sank 38 cents to close at $2.24 in an exchange of 22 shares. Lasco Distributors popped 40 cents to finish at $3.82 with 3,937 stock units clearing the market, Margaritaville shed $2.54 in closing at $10.22 with traders switching ownership of 266 units, Massy Holdings lost $1.09 to end at $75.90, with trading of 4,786 shares. NCB Financial increased $1 to $35 with investors exchanging 243,221 units, Pan Jamaica climbed $1.51 to finish at $51.28 with 21,874 stocks crossing the market, 
Proven Investments skidded 42 cents and ended at $17.07 in an exchange of 684 stock units. Sagicor Group rose $1.25 in closing at $40.95 with investors trading 7,622 shares, Seprod gained 95 cents to close at $79.45 after an exchange of 6,208 units, Sygnus Real Estate Finance sank 80 cents to end at $7.25 with investors trading 133 stocks and Wisynco Group dipped 70 cents to $19.30 after an exchange of 12,018 stock units.
In the preference segment, 138 Student Living preference share fell $5.99 and ended at $215 with investors dealing in a mere one share, Productive Business Solutions 10.5% rallied $80 in closing at $1,120 with 6 units crossing the market and Sygnus Credit Investments C10.5% declined $1.50 to end at $108.50 as investors exchanged 11,541 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with trading of 252,431 shares for $1,518,876 compared to 288,786 stock units at $26,270,660 on Friday.
Calypso Macro Investment Fund ended at $22.15 in switching ownership of 22 stock units, First Citizens Group declined 5 cents to end at $42 with investors trading 330 stocks, GraceKennedy rallied 2 cents to $3.72 in an exchange of 106 units. Guardian Holdings rose 2 cents to $16.87 with investors swapping 328 stocks, Guardian Media remained at 97 cents after an exchange of only one share, JMMB Group closed at $1.07 after gaining 1 cent to end, with 25,719 stock units changing hands. Massy Holdings slipped 1 cent in closing at $3.95, after 2,499 shares passed through the market. 
Prestige Holdings climbed 50 cents in closing at a 52 week high of $13.50 with investors dealing in 20,155 stock units, Republic Financial popped 3 cents to close at $112.03 after an exchange of 1,215 units, Scotiabank ended at $50.50 in trading 520 shares. Trinidad & Tobago NGL dropped 5 cents to $3.60, with 174,730 units crossing the market, Trinidad Cement remained at $2.05 with an exchange of 2,700 stocks, Unilever Caribbean climbed 39 cents and ended at $14.41 with 217 stock units clearing the market and West Indian Tobacco fell 15 cents to end at a 52 week low $4.50 as investors exchanged 174 shares.
The Junior Market ICTOP10, 
The average PE for the JSE Main Market ICTOP 10 is 5.6, well below the market average of 13.4 and shows 15 stocks with the highest values, accounting for 29 percent of the market, with PE ratios of 15 to 40. The average PE for the market is 24 and 20 for the half with the highest values.
IC TOP10 stocks that will likely deliver the best returns are ranked in order of potential gains, computed using projected earnings, allowing investors to focus on the most undervalued companies when making investment decisions.
The financial sector continues the negative movement, with three stocks declining and just one rising during the week. All stocks in the Conglomerate sector declined and four in the Manufacturing sector, with the price of one rising marginally.
Stocks with the potential to gain 100 percent or more when the market comes back to life, include CIBC Caribbean Bank which could rise 180 percent, Guardian Holdings, a 370 percent potential gain, Medcorp, 230 percent, Republic Holdings at 140 percent, First Citizens Bank 85 percent, Trinidad Cement with 275 percent, Eric Solis with a 190 percent potential gain and One Caribbean Media with 360 percent.
The market closed with 12,681,799 shares traded worth $103,301,856, after jumping from 5,814,614 stock units at $81,101,642 on Thursday.
Main Market trading ended with an average PE Ratio of 13.4. The JSE Main and the USD Market PE ratios are based on last traded prices and earnings projected by ICInsider.com, for financial years ending and or around August 2025.
NCB Financial lost $1 to close at a 52 week closing low of $34 closing with 1,783,475 shares, Seprod slipped 50 cents to end at $78.50 with 400 stock units crossing the exchange, Stanley Motta increased $1.05 to finish at $6.30 in trading 10,820 stock units. Sygnus Credit Investments gained 35 cents to $12.50 with investors trading 515,525 stocks and Wisynco Group sank $1 in closing at $20 with investors swapping 17,392 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with trading of 5,915,476 shares for $13,767,043, up from 4,598,787 stock units at $8,318,202 on Thursday.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index fell 6.73 points to 3,403.06. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ending trading with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
Elite Diagnostic sank 11 cents to $1.51 with traders swapping 1,050 stocks, Fontana rose 17 cents to close at $9.03 with investors dealing in 20,566 units. Honey Bun gained 50 cents to finish at $8 in an exchange of 348,273 shares, Iron Rock Insurance skidded 60 cents to end at $4.90 with investors trading 2,582 units, ISP Finance climbed $1.02 to close at $14.90, with only 6 stocks traded. Jamaican Teas lost 12 cents to end at $2.17 with a transfer of 62,500 stock units, Jetcon Corporation dipped 14 cents in closing at $2.11 after traders exchanged 106,971 shares, Knutsford Express slipped 71 cents to close at $12.50 with investors trading 1,304 units. Lasco Financial rose 7 cents and ended at $1.85 in an exchange of 1,256 stocks, Mailpac Group declined 7 cents to end at $2.36 with traders dealing in 2,942,333 stock units, RA Williams shed 5 cents to finish at 45 cents as 150,000 shares crossed the exchange and Tropical Battery sank 16 cents and ended at $1.89 after a transfer of 219,855 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Stocks ended with mostly losses on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange on Friday, resulting from trading in 23 securities compared with 20 on Thursday, with prices of three stocks rising, 11 declining and nine ending firm including 5 that closed at 52 week low including newly listed Medcorp, closing below the IPO price of $48. 
At the close of a day with increased dollar flowing through the market, Agostini remained at $67 after an exchange of 44 shares, Angostura Holdings increased 45 cents to close at $14.70 after 120 units passed through the market, Ansa McAl declined $1 and ended at $42.50 in trading 20 shares. Ansa Merchant Bank ended at $39, with 50 stock units passing through the exchange, Calypso Macro Investment Fund remained at $22.15, with traders dealing in 1,000 stocks, First Citizens Group rose 5 cents in closing at $42.05 in an exchange of 392 units. GraceKennedy lost 2 cents to end at $3.70 with investors trading 1,327 stocks, Guardian Holdings dipped 2 cents to end at $16.85 after a transfer of 4,182 shares, Guardian Media ended at 97 cents with investors trading 4 stock units. JMMB Group slipped 1 cent to close at $1.06, with 12,879 shares crossing the market. Massy Holdings ended at $3.96 with investors swapping 6,617 stocks, newly listed Medcorp shed $7.20 and ended at an all-time low of $40.80 in an exchange of 861 shares. National Enterprises sank 24 cents to a 52 week low $2.01 after the trading of 7,000 stock units, National Flour Mills dipped 1 cent to close at $1.64, with 41 shares changing hands, 
NCB Financial fell 14 cents and ended at a 52 week low $1.80 after an exchange of 7,000 stock units. One Caribbean Media skidded 9 cents to end at $2.50 with 5,000 stocks clearing the market. Prestige Holdings remained at $13 in switching ownership of 809 units, Republic Financial remained at $112 with investors dealing in 230,860 shares. Scotiabank popped 20 cents and ended at $50.50, after a transfer of 3,040 stocks, Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended at $3.65 as investors exchanged 547 units, Trinidad Cement remained at $2.05 and closed with an exchange of 800 stock units. Unilever Caribbean dropped 58 cents to finish at $14.02, with 1,810 shares crossing the market and West Indian Tobacco lost 5 cents in closing at a 52 week low of $4.65, with an exchange of 4,383 units.
Trading delivered 4,598,787 shares worth $8,318,202 at the close, from 2,618,677 units at $3,468,326 on Wednesday.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index sank 10.94 points to close at 3,409.79. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
Fosrich sank 5 cents and ended at $2.60, after closing with an exchange of 104,259 stock units. Future Energy dipped 11 cents to close at $2.84 as investors exchanged 23,867 shares, GWest Corporation gained 10 cents to end at 90 cents after traders swapped 8,000 stock units, Iron Rock Insurance advanced 60 cents to finish at $5.50 with only 5 units passing through the market. Jetcon Corporation popped 43 cents to close at a 52 week high of $2.25, with a 73 percent gain for the year to date, with traders dealing in 216,492 stocks, as investors cheer the turnaround in operations, Knutsford Express rallied $1.21 to $13.21 with 326 shares switching owners, Lasco Financial lost 7 cents to finish at $1.78 with investors dealing in 1,414,732 stocks. Medical Disposables rose 16 cents in closing at $1.50 with a transfer of 452 units and Regency Petroleum shed 5 cents to end at $4 with 150,418 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with 5,814,614 shares trading for $81,101,642, a slight drop from 5,929,915 stocks for $87,528,704 on Wednesday.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.5. The JSE Main and the 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 sank 95 cents in closing at $40 with a transfer of 3,594 units, Seprod dropped $2 to end at $79 as 10,756 stock units crossed the market and Supreme Ventures gained 70 cents to finish at $20.30 with traders switching ownership of 8,358 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with trading of 240,045 shares for $18,435,443, up from 146,709 stock units at $950,029 on Wednesday.
At the close, Ansa McAl ended at $43.50 in trading 112 units, Ansa Merchant Bank popped by 1 cent to finish at $39, as 300 shares passed through the market. CIBC Caribbean Bank rose by 29 cents to $8.60 with a transfer of 575 stocks, First Citizens Group climbed 1 cent in closing at $42 with investors dealing in 8,248 units, GraceKennedy lost 2 cents to close at $3.72 in switching ownership of 2,904 shares. Guardian Holdings shed 8 cents to $16.87 with investors trading 180 units, Guardian Media remained at 97 cents after an exchange of 190 stocks, JMMB Group remained at $1.07 with investors trading 121 stock units. Massy Holdings rose 2 cents to close at $3.96 after a transfer of 5,276 shares, Medcorp traded for the first time since listing this week and remained at the IPO price of $48 as investors exchanged just 20 shares, National Flour Mills ended at $1.65 after trading of 28,999 stocks, NCB Financial ended at $1.94 with an exchange of 1,000 units. One Caribbean Media advanced 9 cents to $2.59, with 4,005 stock units clearing the market. 
Point Lisas remained at $3.60 with traders dealing in 8,629 shares, Prestige Holdings rallied 5 cents to close at $13 after an trading of 3,937 units. Republic Financial popped 7 cents to close at $112 with investors swapping 158,441 stock units, Scotiabank declined $1 and ended at a 52 week low of $50.30, with 1,985 stock units crossing the exchange, Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose 5 cents to finish at $3.65, with 14,583 shares changing hands. Unilever Caribbean climbed 60 cents and ended at $14.60 in an exchange of 10 units and West Indian Tobacco remained at $4.70, with 530 stocks crossing the market.