Trading closed Friday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange after a fall in the volume of stocks exchanged, with a lower value than on Thursday. Trading resulted in major indices of the Main Market falling, the Junior Market index jumping and the JSE USD Market falling. At the end of trading, the prices of 40 shares rose, 49 declined and 22 remained firm, with GraceKennedy closing at a 52 weeks high.
At the end of the market activity, the JSE Combined Market Index skidded 560.06 points to wrap up trading at 389,217.95, the All Jamaican Composite Index popped 1,312.75 points to end at 460,163.17, the JSE Main Index dipped by 932.06 points to close at 383,592.83, the Junior Market Index rose 46.14 points to 3,127.70 and the JSE USD Market Index shed 2.90 points to finish at 292.48.
At the close of trading, 16,285,654 shares were exchanged in all three markets, down from 109,903,732 units on Thursday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounting to $114.06 million, down from $361.69 million on the previous day. Trading on the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 743,959 shares for US$54,674 compared to 500,052 units at US$74,118 on Thursday.
In Main Market activity, Transjamaican Highway led with 5.35 million shares, followed by Sagicor Select Financial Fund with 1.75 million stocks and Wigton Energy with 1.56 million units.
In Junior Market trading, Woodcats International led with 704,253 shares, followed by RA Williams with 656,913 stocks and Atlantic Hardware with 602,565 units.
In Main Market ordinary share movements, NCB Financial rallied $4.02 to close at $74.00, GraceKennedy popped $2 to $91.00, Sagicor Group climbed 70 cents and ended at $43.00, Scotia Group increased 55 cents to end at $70.55 and JMMB Group gained 53 cents in closing at $18.30. 
Among the top losers, Barita Investments shed $1.99 to finish at $82.00, General Accident took a big hit by falling $1.48 to end at $7.00, Sygnus Real Estate Finance skidded $1.28 to $7.27, First Rock Real Estate lost 93 cents to finish at $5.30 and Caribbean Cement declined by 88 cents to end at $114.00.
In the preference segment, 138 Student Living preference share slipped $25 to $205.
In the Junior Market, Dolphin Cove advanced 40 cents to close at $10.38, Access Financial rose 35 cents to close at $19.35, Express Catering gained 33 cents to $2.49, Regency Petroleum popped 22 cents to close at $4.34 and Mailpac Group advanced 12 cents and ended at $2.17. Among the losers, Jetcon Corporation dipped 46 cents to finish at $4.28, Spur Tree Spices declined 34 cents to end at $1.06, CAC 2000 slipped 25 cents and ended at a 52 weeks low of 95 cents, Jamaican Teas fell 9 cents to $2.10 and Atlantic Hardware shed 9 cents to finish at $1.43.
At the close of trading, the PE ratio for the current year, compiled from projected 2026-27 earnings, is 13.7 and 17.2 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 comparisons within sectors and the overall market.
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 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 trading of 95,139,132 shares with a value of $188,360,616, after climbing from 28,573,089 stocks at $57,024,764 on Wednesday.
At the close of trading, Access Financial climbed 50 cents and finished at $19 in an exchange of 476 stocks, AMG Packaging rose 6 cents to $1.86 with 3,978 units crossing the market, Blue Power dipped 27 cents in closing at $3.23 in an exchange of 2,038 shares. Cargo Handlers advanced by17 cents to end at $15.15 with 5 stock units changing hands, Caribbean Assurance Brokers popped 19 cents and ended at $1.60 with investors dealing in 809 shares, Caribbean Cream rallied 58 cents to close at $2.99 with a transfer of 20,473 stocks. Caribbean Flavours increased 13 cents to $1.34 with a transfer of 570,600 units, Derrimon Trading lost 8 cents to close at 90 cents after a transfer of 1,589 stock units, Dolla Financial slipped 10 cents and ended at $4 with 752,994 shares changing hands. Dolphin Cove gained 48 cents to end at $9.98 with 6,437 units clearing the market, Elite Diagnostic rose 10 cents and ended at $2 with an exchange of 88,474,298 stocks, Honey Bun rallied 36 cents to finish at $6.52 with 1,246 stock units crossing the market. Image Plus fell 13 cents and ended at $1.84 as investors exchanged 87,171 shares, Iron Rock Insurance increased 42 cents to $3.80 in trading 137,643 units, Jamaican Teas declined 9 cents to finish at $2.19 after an exchange of 35,280 stocks. 
Jetcon Corporation shed 5 cents to close at $4.74 with investors dealing in 56,966 stock units, KLE Group dropped 15 cents in closing at 70 cents after an exchange of 4,578 shares, Knutsford Express skidded 5 cents to end at $7.75 with investors trading 7,122 stock units. Limners and Bards climbed 11 cents to $1.11 with 100 stocks passing through the market, Mailpac Group fell 39 cents and settled at $2.05 after trading of 780,367 units, One Great Studio rose 7 cents and settled at 57 cents with a transfer of 36,416 shares. ONE on ONE Educational dipped 8 cents to close at 72 cents with investors swapping 45,815 stock units, Regency Petroleum lost 28 cents to finish at $4.12 with a transfer of 93,324 stocks and Spur Tree Spices advanced 9 cents to end at $1.40 as investors exchanged 168,903 units.
Prices of securities trading are those of the last transaction.
The market closed with trading of 28,573,089 shares for $57,024,764, compared with 76,861,663 units at $116,606,016 on Tuesday.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 11.8. 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.
Elite Diagnostic rose 20 cents to close at $1.90, with trading 1,055,683 shares, Fontana dipped 5 cents to $6.15 after an exchange of 40,686 stocks, Fosrich advanced 18 cents to close at $1.59, with 1,490,680 stocks crossing the market. Future Energy increased 14 cents to $3.64 in switching ownership of 3,178,452 shares, Jetcon Corporation climbed 9 cents to finish at $4.79 with 57,971 units crossing the market, Limners and Bards fell 13 cents and ended at $1 in an exchange of 64,178 stocks. One Great Studio rallied 6 cents, after closing at a 52 weeks high of 50 cents, after 2,378,309 stock units passed through the market, ONE on ONE Educational rose 9 cents to end at 80 cents with a transfer of 1,534,384 shares, Regency Petroleum advanced 20 cents to close at $4.40 as investors exchanged 1,177,787 stocks and Spur Tree Spices dropped 9 cents to $1.31 after trading of 9,695 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction.
The market closed with an exchange of 1,821,141 shares for US$121,746, well over the 585,996 stock units at US$37,012 on Tuesday.
Proven Investments remained at 6 US cents in an exchange of 10,000 stock units, Quantas Advantage skidded 2.5 cents in closing at a new high of 13.5 US cents with 50,000 shares clearing the market, Sterling Investments ended at 2.28 US cents after an exchange of 1,313 units. Sygnus Credit Investments popped 0.1 of a cent to 7 US cents with investors dealing in 203,053 stocks and Transjamaican Highway rallied 0.2 of one cent to finish at 6.7 US cents after a transfer of 1,451,183 stock units.
At the end of the market activity, the JSE Combined Market Index increased 6,576.00 points to end at 390,695.79, the All Jamaican Composite Index enjoyed a big surge of 10,049.00 points to end at 460,707.36, the highest point since May 2022, the JSE Main Index rallied 6,777.05 points to 385,314.47, the highest closing level since June 2022, the Junior Market Index rose 13.40 points to conclude trading at 3,104.25 and the JSE USD Market Index ends at 4.31 points to end at 295.45, up 39 percent for 2026.
Among the losing stocks Eppley Caribbean Property Fund lost $1.73 to close at $41.00, JMMB Group declined by $1.28 to $18.72, Berger Paints fell48 cents to close at $5.25, Quantas Advantage fell 44 cents to finish at $24.55 and Carreras dropped 28 cents and ended at $28.99.
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.
Going forward, ICInsider.com’s forecast of leading Main Market stocks for the twelve months into late 2027 anticipates substantial upside across a group of stocks. Berger Paints tops the list with forecasted appreciation of 597 percent, ahead of Margaritaville with 572 percent and Sygnus Credit Investments with a 496 percent. QWI Investments is projected to gain 433 percent, Jamaica Broilers 402 percent and JMMB Group 382 percent. Further down, 138 Student Living is projected to rise 300 percent, as it recovers from a recent steep fall. Palace Amusement Company is projected to deliver a 239 percent, as good quality movies is expected to be a big pulling card for patrons, Lasco Distributors is projected for 215 percent rise and Caribbean Cement Company 155 percent to round out the ten.
It was followed by First Rock Real Estate, up 24.6 percent, VM Investments rallied by 20.6 percent. Sygnus Real Estate popped 14.5 percent and Berger Paints rose 12.6 percent. Kingston Properties advanced 12.3 percent while Jamaica Broilers Group rose 11.1 percent. 138 Student Living moved 9.1 percent higher, Barita Investments rose 8.3 percent, and a security trading under the symbol Tropical Battery closed out the top ten with a gain of 7.1 percent.
Eppley lost 9.09 percent, and Caribbean Producers declined by 6.25 percent. Rounding out the bottom half, , Mayberry Jamaican Equities fell by 4.23 percent, Sagicor Select Manufacturing and Distribution 
The market closed with 76,861,663 shares changing hands valued at $116,606,016, up from 15,797,464 units at $29,523,288 on Monday.
Express Catering rallied 22 cents to finish at $2.18 in an exchange of 3,112,026 stocks, Fontana fell 15 cents to end at $6.20 after trading of 36,155 units. ISP Finance advanced 37 cents in closing at $8.88, with 152 shares clearing the market, Jamaican Teas rose 16 cents to $2.27 in trading 2,520,876 stock units, Jetcon Corporation slipped 5 cents and ended at $4.70, with 99,682 shares changing hands. Limners and Bards gained 16 cents to end at $1.13 with a transfer of 73,320 units, Mailpac Group popped 17 cents to finish at $2.45 as investors exchanged 1,560,381 shares and Regency Petroleum rallied 10 cents to close at $4.20, with 85,577 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction. 
The market closed with trading of 19,036,666 shares with the value at $284,857,279, up from 12,183,080 stocks at $237,605,239 on Monday.
At the close, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
Quantas Advantage climbed 49 cents to $24.99 in trading 96,330 stocks, QWI Investments climbed 11 cents to close at a 52 weeks high of 87 cents, after trading of 747,061 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund rallied $1.48 to $9.78, with 102 stocks crossing the market. Scotia Group advanced $8.25 to a 52 weeks high of $67.50, with swapping of 890,332 shares and Sygnus Real Estate Finance rose $1.13 in closing at $8.63 after 35 stocks passed through the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction
Aided by the big move in the price of Scotia Group’s shares, the JSE Combined Market Index surged 6,784.22 points to 384,119.79, the All Jamaican Composite Index popped 7,035.81 points to finish at 450,658.36, a 4 year high the JSE Main Index rallied 6,842.80 points to wrap up trading at 378,537.42, for a high of just over four years, the Junior Market Index gained 33.65 points to conclude trading at 3,090.85 and the JSE USD Market Index lost 3.38 points to settle at 291.14.
Among the top losers, Guardian Holdings fell $5 to finish at $355.00, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy slipped $3 and ended at $18.00, Proven Investments lost 98 cents to finish at $9.02, Jamaica Producers skidded 96 cents to end at $18.02 and JMMB Group dipped 43 cents in closing at $20.00.
Pertinent information is required 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 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.