In an uncharacteristic move, Stanley Motta led trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange with 20.01 million shares on Wednesday and was followed by Transjamaican Highway with 11.23 million units, but that did not prevent a fall in the number of stocks traded. Trading ended with the major indices of the Main Market and the JSE USD Market falling, while the Junior Market index rose. At the end of trading, prices of 43 shares rose, 40 declined and 28 remained firm.
At the end of the market activity, the JSE Combined Market Index dropped 4,023.11 points to end at 383,644.76, the All Jamaican Composite Index shed 5,130.22 points to close at 452,382.38, the JSE Main Index dived 4,344.70 points to 378,024.27, the Junior Market Index rose 18.26 points to wrap up trading at 3,093.02 and the JSE USD Market Index dipped by 2.16 points to finish at 276.40.
At the close of trading on the market, 42,578,666 shares were exchanged across the three markets, down from 133,389,675 units on Tuesday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounting to $350.76 million, up from $219.48 million on the Tuesday. Trading on the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 299,786 shares for US$17,915, down sharply from 111,613,440 units at US$6,726,739 on Tuesday.
In Main Market activity, except for Stanley Motta and Transjamaican Highway, Wigton Energy is the only Main Market stock with more than 1 million shares traded, with an exchange of 2.64 million units.
In Junior Market trading, Lasco Financial led with 1.50 million shares, followed by Express Catering with 801,123 stocks and Omni Industries with 603,929 units.
In Main Market ordinary share trading, Seprod rallied $1.94 in closing at $79.96, Scotia Group rose $1.50 to finish at $71.50, Caribbean Cement climbed 68 cents and ended at $113.68, Caribbean Producers climbed 40 cents to close at $7.46 and JMMB Group increased 38 cents to close at $18.01. 
Among the top losers, Guardian Holdings dipped by $5 to $370.00, GraceKennedy shed $4.80 in closing at $85.00, AS Bryden lost $1.97 to close at $17.02, NCB Financial dropped $1 to finish at $71.00 and Pan Jamaica fell 90 cents and ended at $45.00.
In the preferred share segment, Jamaica Public Service 9.5% declined by $100 to $2,100, 138 Student Living preference share dropped $14.29 to end at $215 and Productive Business 10.5% rallied $50 in closing at $1,200.
In the Junior Market, among the top winners, Knutsford Express advanced 59 cents to $8.45, Main Event gained 49 cents to close at $3.80, Caribbean Cream increased by 35 cents and ended at $3.45, Consolidated Bakeries gained 32 cents to close at $1.60 and Stationery and Office Supplies rose 14 cents to $1.60. Among the top losers, Access Financial dropped $1.87 to $19.11, Everything Fresh skidded by 17 cents and ended at $1.58, Regency Petroleum declined by 9 cents to $4.06, Atlantic Hardware dropped 9 cents in closing at $1.55 and Limners and Bards fell 5 cents to $1.08.
At the close of trading, the PE ratio for the current year, compiled from projected 2026-27 earnings, is 13.6 and 17.4 based on 2025 historical earnings. Major one-off income or expenses are excluded from earnings where applicable. The PE ratio is one of the most used measures in valuing shares. It is calculated by dividing the stock price by earnings per share. 
The ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and the daily charts provide investors with regularly updated information to assist in making investment decisions. The PE ratio chart includes all ordinary shares listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, grouped by industry and facilitates easy comparison within sectors and the overall market.
Pertinent information is required to navigate the various options in the stock market. The chart should be used to help in decision-making, especially when investing close to the market or sector averages, and not going too far from it unless compelling reasons exist. This approach reduces emotional bias in investment decisions and places them on fundamentals, without straying far from the majority of investors. Investors who buy stocks near the average will not overpay. The net asset value of each company is incorporated into the chart. Investors can use this measure in assessing stock values. The chart also includes daily changes in stock prices and percentage year to date price movements based on the last traded price. Dividends that are paid or due to be paid and yields for each company are shown in the Main and Junior Markets’ daily report charts, along with the closing volume of the highest bid and the lowest offer for each company.
The market closed with 20,075,573 shares trading for $216,289,202, compared with 9,077,498 stock units at $171,397,249 on Monday.
Quantas Advantage climbed 60 cents and ended at $22.50 crossing the market 8,953 stock units, Sagicor Group fell by 90 cents to close at $42.50 with an exchange of 12,894 shares. Scotia Group dipped by $2 to finish at $70 in crossing the market with 288,949 stocks, Seprod slipped $1.98 and ended at $78.02, following trading of 128,657 shares, Supreme Ventures rose 65 cents to finish at $19.40 with investors trading 10,160 stock units and Sygnus Real Estate Finance popped 40 cents in closing at $7.90 closed at 8,027 shares.
The market closed with an exchange of 111,613,440 shares for US$6,726,739, up from 3,033,688 stock units at US$351,530 on Monday.
Quantas Advantage shed 1.49 cents to close at 13.51 US cents after trading of 3,889 stock units, Sterling Investments rose 0.04 of a cent to end at 2.24 US cents with trading of 552 shares, Sygnus Credit Investments shed 0.01 of one cent in closing at 6.57 US cents in trading 300 stock units and Transjamaican Highway skidded by 0.1 of a cent to close at 6 US cents with investors swapping 111,547,585 units.
The market closed with trading of 1,700,662 shares for $3,195,077, compared with 4,656,367 units at $8,404,674 on Monday.
ICInsider.com computes the 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.
Future Energy fell 12 cents and ended at $3.56 after trading of 55,502 stock units. Iron Rock Insurance rallied 40 cents to close at a 52eks high of $4.20 with an exchange of 10,000 shares, ISP Finance gained 87 cents in closing at $8.87 with investors trading just 1 stock unit, Jamaican Teas slipped 5 cents to end at $2.10 with an exchange of 5,020 stock units. Jetcon Corporation popped 5 cents in closing at 52 weeks high of $4.90 after 124,349 units passed through the market, Knutsford Express fell 64 cents and ended at $7.86 with a transfer of 62 shares, Mailpac Group increased 20 cents to close at $2.30 after an exchange of 7,024 units. Main Event slipped 48 cents to finish at $3.31 in trading 2,933 stocks, One Great Studio climbed 5 cents to end at 55 cents and closed with an exchange of 98,663 stock units, Regency Petroleum lost 10 cents in closing at $4.15 with trading of 8,128 shares. Spur Tree Spices dropped 9 cents to close at $1.35, with 17,849 units crossing the market and Stationery and Office Supplies declined by 14 cents and ended at $1.46 with investors swapping 15,330 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction.
At the end of the market activity, the JSE Combined Market Index skidded by 3,750.44 points to end at 387,667.87, the All Jamaican Composite Index shed 6,139.28 points to end at 457,512.60, the JSE Main Index fell by 3,976.27 points to finish at 382,368.97, the Junior Market Index rallied 7.17 points to close trading at 3,074.76 and the JSE USD Market Index climbed 3.67 points to 278.56.
Among the top losers, Scotia Group slipped $2 and ended at $70.00, Guardian Holdings fell $2 to end at $375.00, Seprod skidded by $1.98 after it closed at $78.02, Jamaica Producers lost $1.10 to finish at $19.90 and Caribbean Cement dipped by 95 cents to close at $113.00.
The ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and the daily charts provide investors with regularly updated information to assist in making investment decisions. The PE ratio chart includes all ordinary shares listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, grouped by industry and facilitates easy comparisons within sectors and the overall market.
Caribbean Assurance Brokers is second in the ICTOP10, with the potential to increase 471 percent, followed by Express Catering at 279 percent after rising more than 16 percent this past week. All ten stocks in the forecast are projected to gain at least 140 percent.
ICInsider.com’s forecast Kintyre Holdings as the dominant stock with projections, of 1,076 per cent over the next twelve months, on the assumption that trading in the stock will resume. That is more than double the projection for the second-placed stock, and reflects the stock’s extremely low price. Caribbean Assurance Brokers follows with potential gains of 471 percent, with Express Catering at 279 percent and could be better with the company now charging interest on its intercompany loan that will raise profits above forecast. Caribbean Cream is in at 220 percent and R.A. Williams Distributors at 197 percent. Interestingly, this stock was listed at a $1 in 2024 and was oversubscribed but profits for the 2026 first quarter is more than 50 percent of the 2024 profits. MFS Capital Partners sits with potential of 190 percent, K.L.E. Group at 170 percent, Main Event Group at 165 percent, Omni Industries at 153 percent and Fontana 143 percent.
Caribbean Cream and Express Catering both posted weekly gains and are also forecast to be among the best performers, so the recent momentum is consistent with the outlook. By contrast, Caribbean Assurance Brokers, R.A. Williams and Main Event appear among this week’s biggest losers, each is projected to gain between 165 percent and 471 percent.
The market closed with 9,077,498 shares trading for $171,397,249 compared with 12,119,774 stock units at $114,939,495 on Friday.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 16. 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.
Pan Jamaica rallied $1.75 in closing at $45.95 in an exchange of 33,998 shares. Quantas Advantage dropped $2.10 and ended at $21.90, with 11,592 shares changing hands, Salada Foods advanced 43 cents in closing at $3.30 as investors exchanged 10,987 units, Scotia Group rose 45 cents to close at $72 with a transfer of 6,887 stock units. Supreme Ventures lost $1.20 to finish at $18.75, with 93,756 shares crossing the market and Sygnus Real Estate Finance skidded 40 cents and ended at $7.50 after trading of 3,849 units.
The market closed with an average of 275,790 shares for US$31,957, up from 46,526 stocks at just US$3,022 on Friday. Trading month to date, averages 80,642 units at US$7,744 compared with 49,976 stock units at US$3,940 on the preceding day and an average of 120,090 shares for US$9,981.for September.
Sygnus Credit Investments popped 0.55 of a cent to close at 6.58 US cents, with 72 shares changing hands and Transjamaican Highway fell by 0.1 of one cent and ended at 6.1 US cents, with 1,375,528 stocks crossing the exchange.
The market closed with trading of 4,656,367 shares for $8,404,674, down sharply for 45,061,140 units at $77,107,032 on Friday.
ICInsider.com computes the 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.
Lumber Depot rallied 19 cents to finish at $2.47 with investors trading 3,633 stocks. Mailpac Group skidded by 22 cents to end at $2.10, after 25,360 shares passed through the market, Main Event gained 39 cents in closing at $3.79 in trading 767 stock units, ONE on ONE Educational rose 5 cents to close at 77 cents, with 57,223 units changing hands. Paramount Trading climbed 11 cents in closing at 99 cents, with 85,355 stocks crossing the exchange, RA Williams increased 8 cents to finish at 72 cents after trading of 347,717 units and Regency Petroleum rose 20 cents and ended at $4.25 after trading of 47,109 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction.
At the end of the market activity, the JSE Combined Market Index rose by a mere 3.64 points to end at 391,418.31, the All Jamaican Composite Index gained 925.60 points to end at 463,651.88, the JSE Main Index popped 312.21 points to end at 386,345.24, the Junior Market Index fell 41.09 points to settle at 3,067.59 and the JSE USD Market Index fell 4.90 points to 274.89.
In the Junior Market, Access Financial gained $1.03 to finish at $20.98, Dolphin Cove rallied by 65 cents and ended at $9.36, Main Event climbed 39 cents to $3.79, as Regency Petroleum rose 20 cents to close at $4.25 and Lumber Depot popped 19 cents to $2.47. Among the top losers, Honey Bun skidded 61 cents to finish at $7.00, Mailpac Group dropped 22 cents and ended at $2.10, Dolla Financial lost 17 cents in closing at $3.69, Cargo Handlers dropped 12 cents to close at $15.70, Blue Power declined by 9 cents to finish at $3.20 and Elite Diagnostic fell 9 cents and ended at $1.76.
Pertinent information is needed to navigate the numerous options in the stock market. The chart should be used to help in decision-making, especially when investing close to the market or sector averages, and not going too far from it unless compelling reasons exist. This approach reduces emotional bias in investment decisions and places them on fundamentals, without straying far from the majority of investors. Investors who buy stocks near the average will not overpay. The net asset value of each company is included in the chart. Investors can use this measure in assessing stock values. The chart also includes daily changes in stock prices and percentage year to date price movements based on the last traded price. Dividends that are paid or due to be paid and yields for each company are shown in the Main and Junior Markets’ daily report charts, along with the closing volume of the highest bid and the lowest offer for each company.