Transjamaican Highway continued to lead the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market, contributing nearly half of the total stocks traded on Thursday. The volume of stocks traded declined 48 percent, with a 61 percent lower value compared to Wednesday, following trading in 59 securities from 58 on Wednesday, with prices of 22 rising, 19 declining and 18 ending unchanged.
The market closed with 16,948,175 shares trading worth $132,898,559 in falling from 32,642,342 shares at $342,167,799 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 287,257 shares at $2,252,518, after declining from 562,799 stock units at $5,899,445 on Wednesday. Trading for the month to date ended at an average of 289,939 stocks at $2,767,451, well aligned with 290,099 shares at $2,798,077 on the Wednesday and well below an average of 895,289 stocks at $10,824,938 in August.
Transjamaican Highway led trading with 8.07 million shares for 47.6 percent of total volume, followed by Wigton Energy with 2.94 million shares for 17.3 percent of the day’s trade and Sagicor Select Financial Fund with 1.95 million units for 11.5 percent of all stocks traded.
The All Jamaican Composite Index slipped 42.17 points to end at 440,178.37, the JSE Main Index fell 140.40 points to close at 369,804.57 and the JSE Financial Index declined a mere 0.30 points to settle at 70.32. At the close, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows seven 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 15.8. ICInsider.com compiles the JSE Main Market PE ratios that are derived by dividing the last traded stock price by earnings per share for companies with the fiscal year ending around August 2027.
At the close, Barita Investments gained $2.33 to finish at $67.48 in swapping owners of 67,161 units, General Accident shed 74 cents to end at $8 after trading of 30,236 stocks, GraceKennedy dipped by $1.02 in closing at $79.98 with a transfer of 18,703 shares. Guardian Holdings rose $1.90 and ended at $376.90 after an exchange of 1,003 stock units, Jamaica Broilers fell $1.74 to end at $13.26 with 361,559 shares crossing the market, Kingston Properties skidded 44 cents to close at $11.50 in an exchange of 3,432 units. Kingston Wharves lost 56 cents to end at $33.44 with 10,553 stocks passing through the market, Margaritaville slipped $1.23 and ended at $6.97 with 13,417 shares changing hands, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy rallied 44 cents and ended at $18.45 with investors trading just one share. 
NCB Financial increased by $1.80 to close at $68.80 with an exchange of 4,748 stock units, Proven Investments climbed by 77 cents in closing at $9.79 with an exchange of 20,443 stock units, Quantas Advantage climbed by $1.44 and ended at $22.99 with investors exchanging 89,595 stock units. Seprod dipped $1 to close at $79, with an exchange of 115,358 units and Sygnus Credit Investments declined 48 cents to $10.52 after a transfer of 209,097 shares.
In the preference segment, Sygnus Credit Investments 10% advanced $1 to $104 with 500 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transactions
The market closed with 32,642,342 shares trading for $342,167,799 in soaring from 16,506,315 stock units at $117,276,115 on Tuesday.
The All Jamaican Composite Index increased 2,026.86 points to finish at 440,220.54, the JSE Main Index popped by 1,115.01 points to end at 369,944.97 and the JSE Financial Index rose by 0.07 points to end at 70.62. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows nine stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
Jamaica Producers rose 62 cents to $19.12 after a transfer of 1,552,131 stocks, JMMB Group advanced $1.70 to close at $20.94 with investors dealing in 24,739 stock units, Kingston Wharves climbed 85 cents to close at $34, with a transfer of 11,948 shares. NCB Financial slipped $1.90 to end at $67 after an exchange of 148,740 stocks, Pan Jamaica increased by 48 cents and ended at $42.63 with investors trading 57,095 units, Scotia Group gained 40 cents and ended at $59.00 with investors dealing in 7,117 shares and Seprod advanced $8.50 to $80 with investors swapping 622,078 shares.
Prices of securities trading are thoseof the last transaction.
The market closed with trading of 181,985 shares worth $2,539,597 after sinking from 11,884,684 stock units at $46,210,950 on Tuesday.
CIBC Caribbean Bank lost 15 cents to finish at $8 as investors exchanged 3,805 stocks, CinemaOne settled at $2.87 following an exchange of 9 shares, Endeavour Holdings ends at $13.50 after trading of 10 stocks. First Citizens Group fell 50 cents in closing at $40.25 with 1,356 units crossing the market, GraceKennedy declined 25 cents to $4.15 in an exchange of 75,466 stocks, gaGuardian Holdings ined 25 cents to finish at $16.60 with investors swapping 584 shares. JMMB Group remained at 88 cents with a transfer of 2 stock units, Massy Holdings ended at $3.42 with 11,646 stocks passing through the market, National Enterprises popped 10 cents to close at $4.50 in trading 85 units. National Flour Mills shed 3 cents to $1.61 after a transfer of 2,619 shares, NCB Financial dropped 23 cents in closing at $3 with investors trading 38,976 stocks, One Caribbean Media gained 18 cents and finished at $1.68 with an exchange of a mere one unit. 
Republic Financial ended at $112 with a transfer of 7,859 stock units, Scotiabank slipped 36 cents and settled at $47.63 with 14,736 shares changing hands, Trinidad & Tobago NGL skidded 45 cents to close at $10 with 16,218 stock units crossing the exchange. Trinidad Cement remained at $1.91 after trading of 145 units, Unilever Caribbean rose 1 cent to close at $15.20 with 5,000 stocks crossing the market and West Indian Tobacco remained at $4.15 after an exchange of 439 units.
The market closed with 16,506,315 shares trading for $117,276,115, after an increase from 5,092,750 stocks at $71,147,987 on Monday.
At the close of trading, AS Bryden dropped by $2.25 to $22.20 with investors dealing in 6,433 shares, Carreras climbed $1.47 to close at $29.47 in switching ownership of 176,056 units, Eppley lost $1 and ended at $30 with investors trading 8,583 shares. Eppley Caribbean Property Fund popped $2 to end at $42, with an exchange of 14,861 stocks, First Rock Real Estate gained $1.99 to close at $6.24 with 1,615 shares crossing the market, General Accident rose 64 cents to finish at $8.74 after a transfer of 44 units. GraceKennedy shed 40 cents to $79.10 as investors exchanged 17,356 stocks, Guardian Holdings rallied $13.93 to close at $377.93 after trading of 78 stock units, Kingston Properties increased $1.31 to end at $11.94 in an exchange of 642 shares. Kingston Wharves dropped 79 cents to close at $33.15 with investors trading 13,796 units, Massy Holdings fell 50 cents and ended at $73.50 following an exchange of 61,671 stocks, NCB Financial advanced $1.77 to $68.90 in trading 458,625 stock units. 
Pan Jamaica skidded $1.95 to $42.15 after an exchange of 91,229 shares, Scotia Group declined 41 cents to finish at $58.60 with 5,723 stock units crossing the market, Seprod slipped $2.46 and ended at $71.50 with 5,953 shares changing hands and Sygnus Real Estate Finance gained $1.06 and ended at $8.06 with investors dealing in 667 shares.
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Trading ended with an exchange of 11,884,684 shares for $46,210,950, up from just 57,409 stock units at $881,704 on Monday.
CinemaOne ended at $2.87 after an exchange of 2 stock units, First Citizens Group gained 75 cents to end at $40.75, in trading 3,925 shares, GraceKennedy closed at $4.40 after investors exchanged 1,390 stocks. Guardian Holdings rose by 35 cents to $16.35 after trading of 4,758 units, Guardian Media advanced 9 cents to close at 85 cents following an exchange of 14,003 stocks, JMMB Group ended at 88 cents after 304 shares passed through the market. L.J. Williams B share climbed 5 cents to close at 65 cents with a transfer of 68,809 stocks, Massy Holdings slipped 3 cents to $3.42, with 11,003,056 shares changing hands, National Enterprises lost 10 cents to end at $4.40 with investors trading 5,598 stock units. National Flour Mills dipped 2 cents to close at $1.64 after a transfer of 6,585 shares, Point Lisas increased 20 cents to $7.45 in switching ownership of 13 stock units, 
Republic Financial fell 3 cents to close at $112 with investors trading 1,836 units. Scotiabank slipped 1 cent to end at $47.99, with 1,070 stocks changing hands, Trinidad & Tobago NGL rallied 20 cents to end at $10.45 with investors dealing in 52,511 units, Unilever Caribbean remained at $15.19 with 367 stocks clearing the market. West Indian Tobacco remained at $4.15 following an exchange of 10 shares and West Indian Traders declined 1 cent to close at $2.12 with investors swapping 1 stock unit.
The market closed with 5,092,750 shares trading valued $71,147,987 after dropping from 9,228,296 stock units at $154,835,594 on Friday.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 15.2. ICInsider.com compiles the JSE Main Market PE ratios that are derived by dividing the last traded stock price by earnings per share for companies with the fiscal year ending around August 2027.
In the preference segment, Jamaica Public Service 7% slipped $4.98 to end at $30.02 after an exchange of 22 stock units, Jamaica Public Service 9.5% fell $4 to finish at $2,156 with investors dealing in 50 stock units. 138 Student Living preference share dropped $28.99 to $201.01 with a transfer of 35 shares, Sygnus Credit Investments 10% rallied $8.99 to $113.99 after trading of 302 stock units and Sygnus Credit Investments C10.5% shed $5 to finish at $95 with 15,757 stocks crossing the exchange.
The market closed with trading of 57,409 shares valued $881,704 in tumbling from 99,935 stock units at $2,190,631 on Friday.
CIBC Caribbean Bank fell by 15 cents to $8.15 after trading 401 stock units, CinemaOne ended at $2.87 with investors swapping 24 shares, Endeavour Holdings rose 75 cents to close at $13.50 after a transfer of a mere stock. First Citizens Group remained at $40 with 3,138 units changing hands, GraceKennedy remained at $4.40 in an exchange of 40 stock units, Guardian Holdings dipped 20 cents to $16, with investors trading 697 shares. JMMB Group rallied 4 cents to end at 88 cents with 501 stock units crossing the exchange, Massy Holdings shed 1 cent to finish at $3.45 with a transfer of 11,074 units, Medcorp ended at $43.75 with a mere one stock unit changing hands. National Enterprises declined 7 cents to $4.50 with investors swapping 6,252 shares, National Flour Mills advanced 14 cents in closing at $1.66 with 2,162 stock units crossing the market, Prestige Holdings increased 50 cents to finish at $12 with investors trading 6 stocks. Republic Financial ended at $112.03 with 3,704 units passing through the market, 
Scotiabank ended at $48 after an exchange of 109 stock units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL climbed 24 cents to close at $10.25 in trading 2,975 shares. Trinidad Cement skidded 9 cents to close at $1.91 as investors exchanged 29 units, Unilever Caribbean gained 19 cents to finish at $15.19 in switching ownership of 8,045 stock units, West Indian Tobacco remained at $4.15 with investors dealing in 10,950 shares and West Indian Traders ended at $2.13 with an exchange of 5 stock units.
The market closed with an average of just 4,759 shares being traded at $104,316, up from a mere 3,327 stocks worth $42,471 on Thursday. Trading month to date ended with an average of 69,166 shares at $404,923, down from 73,862 units at $426,841 on the previous day and well ahead of an average of 16,054 shares worth $137,863 for 
CIBC Caribbean Bank climbed 30 cents to $8.30 in the swapping 1,167 stock units, Endeavour Holdings remained at $12.75, with 2 shares clearing the market, Eric Solis Marketing ended with 3,158 shares being traded and gained 63 cents in closing at a 52 weeks high of $4.80. First Citizens Group sat at $40 with trading 39,493 units, GraceKennedy gained 25 cents to $4.40 after an exchange of 3 stock units, Guardian Holdings ended at $16.20 with a transfer of 6,332 shares. JMMB Group remained at 84 cents as investors exchanged 2,106 stocks, Massy Holdings shed 2 cents to close at $3.46, after 21,262 units changed hands, Medcorp fell $1.54 to $42.20 in an exchange of 130 stock units. National Enterprises rose 21 cents to $4.57 with investors swapping 59 shares, National Flour Mills ended at $1.52 with an exchange of 2,292 stocks, Prestige Holdings slipped 50 cents and ended at $11.50, with 106 shares changing hands. 
Republic Financial remained at $112.03 in trading 1,162 stock units, Scotiabank ended at $48, with 529 shares crossing the exchange, Trinidad & Tobago NGL declined 24 cents to end at $10.01 after a transfer of 461 units. Unilever Caribbean skidded 19 cents to $15 after closing with 7,739 stocks, West Indian Tobacco remained at $4.15 in an exchange of 12,187 stock units and West Indian Traders gained 1 cent and ended at $2.13 after trading of 17 shares.
The market closed with only 6,123,360 shares trading for $88,487,284 after sliding from 10,593,921 stock units at $101,610,805 on Wednesday.
Trading closed with an average PE ratio of 15.7. ICInsider.com compiles the 
MPC Caribbean Clean Energy lost $2.61 to $18.60 with 2 stocks crossing the market, Sagicor Group climbed $1.89 to close at $43.40 in switching ownership of 61,945 stock units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund increased $1.43 to finish at $9.43 with 109 shares clearing the market and Seprod slipped $1.04 and ended at $73.96 9,595 shares.
The market closed with trading of just 79,844 shares for $1,019,294, after falling from 471,595 stocks at $2,920,326 on Wednesday.
AS Bryden ended at $1.50 after an exchange 230 stocks, CIBC Caribbean Bank shed 30 cents to settle at $8 with a transfer of 1,002 shares, Endeavour Holdings fell by 75 cents to finish at $12.75 with investors dealing in 2,000 units. First Citizens Group closed at $40 with 1,278 stocks crossing the exchange, GraceKennedy skidded 19 cents in closing at $4.15 following trading in 22,000 stock units, Guardian Holdings popped 30 cents to end at $16.20 in an exchange of 5,043 shares. JMMB Group remained at 84 cents after trading of 5,001 units, Massy Holdings rallied 8 cents to finish at $3.48 in an exchange of 2,910 stocks, Medcorp fell 1 cent to close at $43.74 with a transfer of 3 stock units. National Enterprises dropped 20 cents to $4.36 in trading 11,752 shares, National Flour Mills dipped 4 cents to $1.52 after an exchange of 5,553 stock units, NCB Financial rose 21 cents in closing at $3.23 with 200 units changing hands. One Caribbean Media slipped 18 cents and ended at $1.50 after trading of 1,111 shares, Point Lisas remained at $7.25 with 26 shares clearing the market, Prestige Holdings ended at $12 in switching ownership of 1 stock unit. 
Republic Financial gained 3 cents to close at $112.03 with investors trading 295 stocks, Scotiabank remained at $48 with an exchange of 8,054 units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended at $10.25 with 4,494 stocks crossing the market. Trinidad Cement advanced 30 cents to $2 after a transfer of 3,349 units, West Indian Tobacco climbed 8 cents to finish at $4.15 with investors trading just one share and West Indian Traders ended at $2.12 in an exchange of 390 stock units.