GraceKennedy closed with 5.2 million shares being traded, value at $377.6 million on Wednesday accounting for 78 percent of the overall value of stocks traded on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market with a 125 percent jump in the volume of stocks changing hands valued at 576 percent more than on Tuesday.
Trading for the day ended with declining stocks whipping losers on a 2 to 1 basis following trading in 60 securities compared with 61 on Tuesday, with prices of 15 rising, 34 declining and 11 ending unchanged with VM Investments trading at a 52 weeks’ low of $2.14.
The market closed with 41,544,650 shares trading for $485,714,988 up sharply from 18,518,178 stock units at $73,536,330 on Tuesday.
Trading averaged 692,411 shares at $8,095,250 well above the 303,577 stocks for $1,205,514 on Tuesday and month to date, an average of 1,119,427 stocks for $44,213,271 being close to the 1,191,397 shares at $50,300,578 on the previous day and well over February with an average of only 405,332 stock units at $1,953,730.
JMMB Group 10% preferred shares led trading with 21.52 million shares for 51.8 percent of total volume followed by Transjamaican Highway which ended with 6.98 million stocks for 16.8 percent of the day’s trade, GraceKennedy closed with 5.21 million stocks for 12.5 percent of the volume traded and Wigton Energy with 4.43 million units for 10.7 percent of market share.
The All Jamaican Composite Index sank 2,456.91 points to conclude trading at 378,896.13, the JSE Main Index dropped 1,497.96 points to 327,116.35 and the JSE Financial Index declined 0.47 points to end at 68.06. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 13 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and seven with lower offers.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 15.1. 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, Caribbean Cement rose $1.97 to end at $85 with 8,584 stocks clearing the market, Eppley dipped $6.50 to $35.50 after an exchange of 4,217 units, First Rock Real Estate lost 66 cents to close at $8.52 with investors dealing in 6,004 shares. General Accident advanced 78 cents in closing at $6 in an exchange of 122,005 stock units, GraceKennedy slipped $1 to finish at $73 with 5,207,964 shares changing hands, Guardian Holdings popped $11.99 and ended at $299.99 as investors exchanged 67 stocks. Jamaica Producers climbed $1.90 to $23.90 with 72,638 units crossing the market, Kingston Wharves fell $1.44 to end at $27.50 in the trading of 4,858 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing skidded 50 cents in closing at $7 with 647,112 shares crossing the market. Pan Jamaica sank 65 cents and ended at $52.35 after an exchange of 6,603 stock units, Proven Investments declined $1.85 to close at $17.55 with investors swapping 1,956 units, 
Scotia Group sank $1.80 to finish at $58.70 in switching ownership of 150,366 stocks. Seprod shed $2 to $88 after a transfer of 1,787 shares, Stanley Motta dropped 58 cents and ended at $6.41 with trading of 2,601 stock units, Supreme Ventures increased 39 cents to finish at $18.50 in an exchange of 29,438 stocks. Sygnus Real Estate Finance fell 91 cents in closing at $8.80 with investors trading 13,462 units and Wisynco Group skidded 60 cents to end at $21.20 after 55,964 stocks passed through the market.
In the preference segment, 138 Student Living preference share sank $40.07 to close at $255.01 with 20 shares crossing the exchange. Productive Business Solutions 10.5% preference share declined $50 to $1,000 with a transfer of 218 stock units, Sygnus Credit Investments 10% sank 77 cents in closing at $110 with traders dealing in 1,803 units and Sygnus Credit Investments C10.5% lost $3.95 to close at $96.05 with investors trading 2,872 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with an exchange of 266,132 shares for US$92,122 compared to 699,719 stocks at US$22,846 on Monday.
Sterling Investments remained at 1.87 US cents after a transfer of 6,399 stocks, Sygnus Credit Investments skidded 0.29 of one cent to end at 6.31 US cents with traders dealing in 63,094 shares, Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share ended at 7.94 US cents after an exchange of 62 stock units and Transjamaican Highway slipped 0.05 of a cent to 2.45 US cents with investors trading 76,817 stocks.
The market closed with 18,518,178 shares being traded for $73,536,330 compared with 8,671,979 stock units at $74,051,831 on Monday.
Trading averaged 303,577 shares at $1,205,534 compared with 139,871 stocks at $1,194,384 on Monday and for the month to date, an average of 1,191,397 stock units at $50,300,578 compared with 1,374,970 shares at $60,452,110 on the previous day and February with an average of 405,332 stock units at $1,953,730.
Sagicor Select Financial Fund led trading with 6.29 million shares for 34 percent of total volume followed by Wigton Energy with 6.03 million stocks for 32.6 percent of the day’s trade and Transjamaican Highway with 1.58 million units for 8.5 percent of the volume of stocks traded.
The All Jamaican Composite Index skidded 881.85 points to finish at 381,353.04, the JSE Main Index climbed 2,744.12 points to finish at 328,614.31 and the JSE Financial Index increased 0.26 points to 68.53. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows eight 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 15.2. 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.
Lasco Manufacturing sank 47 cents to close at $7.50 after a transfer of 73,684 stock units. Massy Holdings climbed $9.99 to $80.99 with investors dealing in 13,547 shares, Mayberry Jamaican Equities rose 59 cents to finish at $10 in trading 102,000 stock units, Proven Investments advanced 98 cents and ended at $19.40 as investors exchanged 65,693 stocks. Scotia Group rose $1.40 to end at $60.50 with 64,768 stocks changing hands, Stanley Motta gained 37 cents in closing at $6.99 after an exchange of 656 shares and Supreme Ventures slipped 79 cents to close at $18.11 after 767,305 units passed through the market.
In the preference segment, Eppley 7.25% preference share popped $2.03 to $19.25 with investors trading 100 stocks, 138 Student Living preferred share rallied $35.83 and ended at $295.08 in switching ownership of 56 stock units and Productive Business Solutions 10.5% preference share increased $50 to end at $1,050 with investors trading 734 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated. 
The market closed with trading in 8,671,979 shares for $74,051,831 down from 16,121,646 stock units at $289,183,399 on Friday.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 15.9. 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.
Kingston Wharves rallied 50 cents in closing at $28.50 with a transfer of 6,947 stocks, Massy Holdings dropped $10.50 to finish at $71 with 4,011 stock units clearing the market. Proven Investments sank 40 cents to $18.42 in trading 5,500 shares, Scotia Group popped 90 cents to $59.10 with investors dealing in 358,019 units, Seprod gained $2.81 to end at $90 with 4,754 stocks crossing the market and Sygnus Real Estate Finance rose 88 cents in closing at $9.71 in trading 40 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with an exchange of 699,719 shares for US$22,846 down from 1,177,910 stocks at US$32,735 on Friday.
Trading averaged 99,960 shares at US$3,264 compared to 196,318 stocks at US$5,456 on Friday, with a month to date average of 79,294 units at US$3,558 in line with 74,471 stocks at US$3,626 on the previous day but below February that ended with an average of 115,433 units for US$5,430.
The US Denominated Equities Index jumped 16.36 points to cease trading at 237.86. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and none with a lower offer.
The PE Ratio, one of the best known measures to determine appropriate stock values, averages 11.6. The PE ratio is calculated based on last traded prices divided by projected earnings, computed by ICInsider.com for companies with financial year ending around August 2025.
At the close, First Rock Real Estate USD share dropped 0.47 of one cent in closing at 1.62 US cents after 18,320 stock units passed through the market, Productive Business Solutions rallied 40 cents to US$1.85 with investors trading just 5 shares, Proven Investments remained at 10 US cents after a transfer of 13,855 stocks. Sterling Investments rose 0.17 of a cent to end at 1.87 US cents as investors exchanged 5,474 units, Sygnus Credit Investments sank 0.4 of a cent to finish at 6.6 US cents with a transfer of 8,400 shares and Transjamaican Highway ended at 2.5 US cents with 653,165 stock units crossing the market.
In the preference segment, Sygnus Credit Investments US 8% gained US$1.50 to end at US$10 with investors trading 500 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated. 
The market closed with an exchange of 1,177,910 shares for US$32,735 compared to 577,225 stock units at US$58,717 on Thursday.
Proven Investments lost 1 cent in closing at 10 US cents in switching ownership of 5,354 units, Sterling Investments remained at 1.7 US cents after investors ended trading 54,699 shares. Sygnus Credit Investments climbed 0.69 of one cent and to 7 US cents with an exchange of 30,256 stock units and Transjamaican Highway increased 0.19 of a cent to close at 2.5 US cents with t 1,074,745 shares crossing the market.
The market closed with 16,121,646 shares trading for $289,183,399 compared with 10,010,074 stock units at $65,070,056 on Thursday.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 16.4. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios are based on last traded prices and earnings forecasted by ICInsider.com for companies with financial year ending around August 2025.
Proven Investments rose 82 cents and ended at $18.82 with investors trading 6,411 stock units, Salada Foods dipped 38 cents to end at $3.20 after an exchange of 3,139 stock units, Supreme Ventures gained 50 cents in closing at $19 with 54,605 units clearing the market and Sygnus Real Estate Finance sank 42 cents to $8.83 in switching ownership of 352 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 15. 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.
Pan Jamaica declined $2.08 and closed at $51.02 after an exchange of 10,847 stocks, just a fraction of the volume passing through the market on Tuesday. Seprod dipped 95 cents to finish at $87 in trading 1,736 shares, Supreme Ventures skidded $1 and ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $18.50 with 352,695 stock units changing hands and Sygnus Credit Investments sank 66 cents to close at $12.70 as investors exchanged 37,164 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Sygnus Credit Investments skidded 0.69 of one cent to close at 6.31 US cents trading 55,000 shares and Transjamaican Highway fell 0.07 of one cent to end at 2.31 US cents after a transfer of 178,647 units.
The market closed with 357,436,208 shares trading for $17,338,588,441 up sharply from 13,379,073 stock units at $66,575,572 on Monday.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 16.6. 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.
NCB Financial dipped $1.55 to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $46.10 after a transfer of 51,269 shares. 138 Student Living gained 36 cents to close at $3.96 with 1,315 stocks crossing the exchange, Pan Jamaica dropped $5.80 and ended at $53.10 with a transfer of 344,365,449 units, Proven Investments declined 84 cents to finish at $17.66 as investors exchanged 564 stocks. Salada Foods popped 52 cents to $3.58 in trading 2,583 shares and Sygnus Real Estate Finance fell 72 cents to end at $9 after an exchange of 2,789 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.