Rising stocks edged out those declining at the close of trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market on Tuesday, following a 54 percent rise in the volume of stocks that changed hands after 11 percent fewer funds were swapped than on Monday and resulting in trading in 10 securities, up from five on Monday with prices of three rising, two declining and five ending unchanged.
The market closed with an exchange of 151,001 shares for US$8,136 compared to 98,295 units at US$9,105 on Monday.
Trading averaged 15,100 units at US$814 compared with 19,659 shares at US$1,821 on Monday, with a month to date average of 32,471 shares at US$2,771 compared with 34,445 units at US$2,994 on the previous day and April that ended with an average of 35,401 units for US$2,453.
The US Denominated Equities Index dropped 2.51 points to 236.00.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 9.5. The PE ratio is computed based on the last traded price divided by projected earnings done by ICInsider.com for companies with their financial year ending and or around August 2024.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ended with a bid higher than the last selling price and none with a lower offer.
At the close, First Rock Real Estate USD share fell 0.58 of one cent to end at 4.11 US cents, with 6,116 shares crossing the market, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy ended at 61 US cents with a transfer of 7 stock units, Proven Investments remained at 13.08 US cents, with 2,369 stocks crossing the exchange. Sterling Investments rose 0.07 of a cent to close at 1.6 US cents with traders dealing in 30 units,
Sygnus Credit Investments declined 1 cent to finish at 9 US cents, with 38,346 stocks changing hands, Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share remained at 8.8 US cents in trading 2,665 units and Transjamaican Highway ended at 2.1 US cents after an exchange of 101,316 shares.
In the preference segment, Productive Business Solutions 9.25% preference share advanced 44 cents in closing at US$11.49 with investors transferring 101 stock units, Sygnus Credit Investments US 8% popped 40 cents to end at US$11 in an exchange of a mere one share and Sygnus Credit Investments E8.5% ended at US$10.40 with investors swapping 50 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Rising stocks on top in JSE USD trading
Junior Market drops
Trading closed on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Tuesday, with a 62 percent decline in the volume of stocks traded, with a 54 percent drop in value compared with Monday after trading in 44 securities compared with 45 on Monday and ending with prices of nine rising, 23 declining and 12 closing unchanged.
The market closed with an exchange of 3,806,992 shares at $7,393,971 compared with 9,933,959 units at $16,224,087 on Monday.
Trading averaged 86,523 shares at $168,045 compared with 220,755 units at $360,535 on Monday with the month to date, averaging 569,968 units at $1,204,210 compared to 605,840 stock units at $1,281,092 on the previous day and April with an average of 204,118 units at $439,599.
EduFocal led trading with 1.16 million shares for 30.4 percent of total volume followed by Dolla Financial with 409,370 stocks for 10.8 percent of the day’s trade and One Great Studio with 359,377 units for 9.4 percent market share.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index lost 47.71 points to wrap-up trading at 3,692.54.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 12.5, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for the financial years ending around August 2025.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial skidded $1.60 to close at $19.50 in an exchange of 5,012 shares, AMG Packaging fell 61 cents to $2.89 with 7,742 stocks clearing the market, Blue Power gained 61 cents in closing at $3.61 with a transfer of 19 shares. CAC 2000 dipped 48 cents to finish at a 52 weeks’ low of $3.36 with trading of 1,673 stock units, Caribbean Assurance Brokers sank 10 cents and ended at $2.69 in an exchange of 537 shares, Derrimon Trading slipped 25 cents to end at $1.9 1after 148,710 stock units passed through the market. Everything Fresh dipped 10 cents to $1.70 in switching ownership of 123,182 stocks, Express Catering shed 15 cents in closing at $3.75 with investors dealing in 25,012 units, Indies Pharma declined 20 cents and ended at $2.50 after an exchange of 3,017 shares. JFP Ltd fell 10 cents to close at $1.12 with investors transferring 19,381 units, KLE Group rose 20 cents to end at $2.29, with 21 stocks crossing the exchange, Knutsford Express sank 80 cents to finish at $11 in trading 5,528 stock units. 
Lasco Financial dropped 11 cents and ended at $1.57, with 68,526 shares crossing the market, Limners and Bards fell 20 cents to $1.36 after a transfer of 1,166 stock units, Lumber Depot climbed 15 cents to close at $2.79 with an exchange of 174,549 units. Main Event skidded 49 cents in closing at a 52 weeks’ low of $12.51 with 1,836 stocks changing hands, Medical Disposables lost 20 cents to end at $2 with investors swapping 2,447 units, MFS Capital Partners gained 12 cents to finish at $1.42 with an exchange of 219,501 stocks. Tropical Battery dipped 9 cents and ended at $2.29, with 68,100 shares crossing the market and tTech popped 8 cents to $2.26 with traders dealing in 14,731 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
All Jamaica Stock Exchange markets fall
All three Markets of the Jamaica Stock Exchange declined in trading on Tuesday with moderately trading, with the number of stocks changing hands falling, with the value of stocks traded rising modestly higher over the previous trading day, resulting in prices of just 23 shares rising and 46 declining.
At the close of trading, the JSE Combined Market Index declined 1,567.79 points to 331,742.67, the All Jamaican Composite Index slipped 361.32 points to end at 357,487.01, the JSE Main Index skidded 1,288.58 points to close trading at 319,217.40. The Junior Market Index dropped 47.71 points to finish at 3,692.54 and the JSE USD Market Index declined 2.56 points to conclude trading at 236.00.
At the close of trading, 14,746,118 shares were exchanged in all three markets, up from units on 17,563,944 Monday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounted to $80.45 million, just above the $75.2 million on the previous trading day and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 151,001 shares for US$8,136 compared to 98,295 units at US$9,105 on Monday.
In Main Market activity, Wigton Windfarm led trading with 4.83 million shares followed by Transjamaican Highway with 2.25 million units and Lasco Distributors with 683,042 stock units.
In the Junior Market, EduFocal led trading with 1.16 million shares followed by Dolla Financial with 409,370 stock units and One Great Studio with 359,377 shares.
In the preference segment, Eppley 7.75% preference share dropped $2.95 to close at $17.05.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to determine the value of stocks, ended at 21.1 on 2023-24 earnings and 13.1 times those for 2024-25 at the close of trading. ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and the more detailed daily charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making.
The PE ratio chart covers all ordinary shares on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, grouped by industry, allowing for easy comparisons within a sector and the overall market. The EPS & PE ratios are based on 2023 and 2024 actual or projected earnings, excluding major one off items.
Pertinent information is required to navigate numerous investment options successfully in the stock market. The ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and the more detailed daily report charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making.
The chart should be used in making rational decisions when investing in stocks close to the average for the sector, not going too far from it unless there are compelling reasons to do so. This approach helps to remove emotions from investment decisions and place them on fundamentals while at the same time not being too far from the majority of investors.
Investors who buy when the price of a stock is close to the average will find that they are not inclined to overpay for a stock.
The net asset value of each company is reported as a guide for investors to quickly assess the value of stocks based on this measure. The chart also shows daily changes in stock prices and the percentage year to date price movement based on the last traded prices.
Dividends paid or payable 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.
Trading drops on JSE USD Market
The Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market ended trading on Monday, with a 65 percent decline in the volume of stocks exchanged having a 72 percent lower value than on Friday, after trading in five securities, similar to Friday and ended with prices of four rising, one declining leaving none unchanged.
The market closed with an exchange of 98,295 shares for US$9,105 compared to 280,988 units at US$32,878 on Friday.
Trading averaged 19,659 units at US$1,821 versus 56,198 shares at US$6,576 on Friday, with a month to date average of 34,445 shares at US$2,994 compared with 35,336 units at US$3,065 on the previous day and April that ended with an average of 35,401 units for US$2,453.
The US Denominated Equities Index gained 1.51 points to end at 238.56.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 9.7. The PE ratio is computed based on the last traded price divided by projected earnings done by ICInsider.com for companies with their financial year ending and or around August 2024.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ending with a bid higher than the last selling price and one with a lower offer.
At the close, Margaritaville rose 0.2 of a cent to 10.01 US cents after exchanging 97 stock units, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy rose 1 cent to 61 US cents after 14 shares were traded, Proven Investments dropped 0.01 of a cent to close at 13.08 US cents after 12,602 stock units were exchanged. Sygnus Credit Investments popped 1.52 cents to end at 10 US cents, with 76,442 stocks changing hands and Transjamaican Highway climbed 0.05 of a cent in closing at 2.1 US cents after an exchange of 9,140 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Main Market trading dives on Monday
Market activity fell sharply Monday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market, with the volume of stocks traded declining 72 percent valued 88 percent lower than on Friday, with trading taking place in 59 securities up from 57 on Friday, with prices of 23 stocks rising, 17 declining and 19 unchanged.
Trading accounted for an exchange of 7,531,690 shares for $58,984,158 down from 26,822,609 stock units at $484,009,143 on Friday.
Trading averaged 127,656 shares at $999,731 compared to 470,572 units at $8,491,388 on Friday and month to date, an average of 412,263 stocks at $2,609,321, down from 434,071 units at $2,732,653 on the previous trading day and April that closed with an average of 680,802 stock units at $3,619,595.
Wigton Windfarm led trading with 2.38 million shares for 31.6 percent of total volume followed by Transjamaican Highway with 1.11 million stocks for 14.7 percent of the day’s trade and Lasco Distributors with 1.10 million units for 14.6 percent of stock traded.
The All Jamaican Composite Index sank 551.92 points to end trading at 357,848.33, the JSE Main Index fell 811.24 points to settle at 320,505.98 and the JSE Financial Index slipped 0.41 points to close trading at 67.86.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.5. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios are based on the last traded prices and earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies with the financial year ending around August 2025.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 14 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close, Berger Paints skidded $1.17 to close at $7.33 crossing the market 806 units, Caribbean Cement popped $1.10 to $64 in an exchange of 39,266 stocks, Caribbean Producers fell 75 cents and ended at $8.55 closed at 6,430 shares. Eppley shed 50 cents to end at $39 clearing the market with 29 stock units, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund shed 90 cents in closing at $38.60 trading 882 shares, GraceKennedy lost $2 to finish at $73.50 changing hands 110,782 stocks. Guardian Holdings slipped $9 and ended at $360 with an exchange of 13,197 units, Jamaica Broilers increased 50 cents to $31.50 passed through the market 76,485 stock units, Jamaica Stock Exchange climbed $1.25 to end at $10.50 with investors swapping 91,493 shares. JMMB Group rose $1.22 in closing at $24.72 after a transfer of 55,524 units, 
Lasco Manufacturing advanced 32 cents to finish at $5.70 as investors exchanged 537,047 stocks, Pan Jamaica sank $1.50 to close at $46 in trading 2,087 stock units. Sagicor Group dipped 40 cents to $40 after an exchange of 71,182 shares, Scotia Group dropped $1.35 to close at $41.90 with investors dealing in 23,949 units, Seprod gained 59 cents to finish at $78.59 after exchanging 52,091 stocks. Supreme Ventures shed 40 cents and ended at $24.60 with investors trading 16,871 stock units, Sygnus Real Estate Finance rallied 39 cents in closing at $11 in an exchange of 27 shares and Wisynco Group increased 75 cents to end at $21.25 with traders dealing in 91,445 stocks.
In the preference segment, 138 Student Living preference share popped 54 cents to $214.54 crossing the exchange 1 unit and Sygnus Credit Investments C10.5% gained $1 to end at $109 in switching ownership of 14 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Junior Market price changes evenly split
Trading closed on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Monday, following a 93 percent rise in the volume of stocks traded, valued 19 percent more than Friday with trading in all 45 securities available to trade well up from just 36 on Friday and ending with price movements evenly split at 15 each between stocks rising, declining and closing firm.
Trading closed with 9,933,959 shares for $16,224,087 up from 5,151,901 units at $13,657,450 on Friday.
Trading averaged 220,755 shares at $360,535 compared to 143,108 stock units at $379,374 on Friday with the month to date, averaging 605,840 stocks at $1,281,092 compared with 637,462 stock units at $1,356,686 on the previous trading day and April with an average of 204,118 units at $439,599.
ONE on ONE Educational led trading with 4.37 million shares for 44 percent of total volume followed by Stationery and Office Supplies with 2.01 million units for 20.2 percent of the day’s trade and Everything Fresh with 908,181 units for 9.1 percent market share.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index increased 13.66 points to culminate at 3,740.25.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 12.8, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for the financial years ending around August 2025.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and seven with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial jumped on the $3.10 to close at $21.10 in trading 3,450 shares, AMG Packaging spiked 61 cents to $3.50, with 305 stocks changing hands, Caribbean Assurance Brokers skidded 41 cents to finish at $2.79 after trading as low as $2.24 shortly after opening with an exchange of 33,315 shares. Dolphin Cove popped $1.19 and ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $22.69 after investors ended trading 89,551 stock units, Everything Fresh gained 10 cents to end at $1.80 in an exchange of 908,181 shares, Fosrich fell 7 cents in closing at $2.13 with investors transferring 12,894 stock units.
Future Energy shed 9 cents to close at $3.30 in an exchange of 75,815 units, Indies Pharma rose 34 cents and ended at $2.70 with 3,191 stocks clearing the market, Jetcon Corporation advanced 12 cents to close at 99 cents with an exchange of 416 units. KLE Group rallied 19 cents to finish at $2.09, with 556 stocks crossing the market, Limners and Bards declined 20 cents to end at $1.56 with investors trading 770 shares, Lumber Depot rose 9 cents in closing at $2.64 after a transfer of 53,042 stock units. MFS Capital Partners lost 14 cents to end at $1.30 as investors exchanged 10,351 shares and Spur Tree Spices gained 13 cents in closing at $2.35 with a transfer of 168,232 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading dives on the Jamaica Stock Exchange
Rising stocks outclassed those declining on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Monday but the market indices dropped at the end of trading, the Junior Market rose while the JSE USD market closed moderately higher as trading ended with the number and the value of stocks changing hands falling from the previous trading day, resulting in prices of 35 shares rising and 32 declining.
At the close of trading, the JSE Combined Market Index climbed 682.46 points to 333,310.47 and the All Jamaican Composite Index fell 551.92 points to 357,848.33. The JSE Main Index shed 811.24 points to settle at 320,505.98. The Junior Market Index rose 13.66 points to 3,740.25 and the JSE USD Market Index gained 1.51 points to close at 238.56.
At the close of trading, 17,563,944 shares were exchanged in all three markets, down from 32,255,498 units on Friday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounted to $75.2 million, well below the $497.67 million on Friday and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 98,295 shares for US$9,105 compared to 280,988 units at US$32,878 on Friday.
In Main Market activity, Wigton Windfarm led trading with 2.38 million shares followed by Transjamaican Highway with 1.11 million stocks and Lasco Distributors with 1.10 million units.
In the Junior Market, ONE on ONE Educational led trading with 4.37 million shares followed by Stationery and Office Supplies with 2.01 million stock units and Everything Fresh with 908,181 units.
In the preference segment, Sygnus Credit Investments C10.5% gained $1 to end at $109.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to determine the value of stocks, sits at 21.3 on 2023-24 earnings and 13.3 times those for 2024-25 at the close of trading. ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and the more detailed daily charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making.
The PE ratio chart covers all ordinary shares on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, grouped by industry, allowing for easy comparisons within sectors and the overall market. The EPS & PE ratios are based on 2023 and 2024 actual or projected earnings, excluding major one off items.
Pertinent information is required to navigate numerous investment options successfully in the stock market. The ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and the more detailed daily report charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making.
The chart should be used in making rational decisions when investing in stocks close to the average for the sector, not going too far from it unless there are compelling reasons to do so. This approach helps to remove emotions from investment decisions and place them on fundamentals while at the same time not being too far from the majority of investors. 
Investors who buy when the price of a stock is close to the average will find that they are not inclined to overpay for a stock.
The net asset value of each company is reported as a guide for investors to quickly assess the value of stocks based on this measure. The chart also shows daily changes in stock prices and the percentage year to date price movement based on the last traded prices.
Dividends paid or payable 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.
3 new additions to ICTOP10
In a week when most results for the 2024 first quarter were released, the JSE Jamaica Stock Exchange junior market had major swings while the Main Market continued to record gains. Only three stocks in the IC TOP10 recorded notable gains while 4 suffered sizable declines, the impact was that 3 new stocks entered the TOP10.
Dropping from the ICTOP10 this week are ISP Finance from the Junior Market and from the Main Market General Accident and Scotia Group. Earnings for ISP Finance were adjusted to $1.60 per share to reflect what the first quarter results suggest. Prices of General Accident and Scotia Group moved up slightly and were replaced by stocks that had lower prices by the end of the week.
tTech gained 9 percent to close at $2.20 following the company reporting earnings for the first quarter. Based on the report and other data, earnings for the current year have expanded to 35 cents per share, up from 30 cents originally projected. This is the only major upward price move in the week, for the Junior Market ICTOP10 as AMG Packaging, fell 17 percent $2.89, followed by Access Financial and Caribbean Assurance Brokers each down 9 percent to close at $18.00 and $3.20 respectively and ISP Finance chipped in with a 5 percent fall to $28.01 had your full cup chopped 4 percent to $0.90.
In the Main Market, Berger Pant, added to the list last week, jumped 17 percent to close at $8.50. Compared to last week, more sellers came into the market than at the close the previous week, but that did not prevent the stock from posting gains of 70 percent just before the company released results during the last week. selling in the stock is moderate below $12. Palace Amusement rose 6 percent to $1.08, while there were no major losses in the market during the week.
Dolla Financial is the only new listing for the ICTOP10 Junior Market for the week. In the Main Market, Pulse Investments and Lasco Manufacturing which dropped out of the list last week, are now in the ICTOP10.
The average PE for the JSE Main Market ICTOP 10 stands at 5.2, well below the market average of 13.3 and the Junior Market TOP10 sits at 7.3, just over half of the market, with an average of 12.6.
The Main Market ICTOP10 is projected to gain an average of 288 percent by May 2025, based on 2024 forecasted earnings and providing better values than the Junior Market with the potential to achieve 220 percent over the same period.
In the Main Market ICTOP 10, a total of 15 of the most highly valued stocks representing 29 percent of the Main Market are priced at a PE of 15 to 79, with an average of 32 and 20 excluding the highest PE ratios, and a PE of 20 for the top half and 16 excluding the stocks with overweight values.
In the Junior Market IC TOP10 are 12 stocks, or 26 percent of the market, with PEs ranging from 15 to 41, averaging 20, well above the market’s average. The average PE in the top half of the market is 17, possibly the lowest fair value for stocks, currently.
ICTOP10 focuses on likely yearly winners, accordingly, the list includes some of the best companies in the market, but this is not always so. ICInsider.com ranks stocks based on projected earnings, allowing investors to focus on the most undervalued stocks and helping to remove emotions in selecting stocks for investments that often result in costly mistakes.
IC TOP10 stocks will likely deliver the best returns on or around May 2025 and are ranked in order of potential gains, computed using projected earnings for the current fiscal year. Expected values will change as stock prices fluctuate, resulting in weekly movements in and out of the lists. Revisions to earnings are ongoing, based on receipt of new information.
Persons who compiled this report may have an interest in securities commented on in this report.
Jump in trading on JSE USD market
Increased market activity ended Friday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market ended, with a 175 percent rising the volume of stocks exchanged, with a value of 199 percent more than on Thursday, resulting in trading in five securities, the same as on Thursday with prices of two rising, two declining and one ending unchanged.
The market closed with an exchange of 280,988 shares for US$32,878 compared to 102,017 units at US$10,991 on Thursday.
Trading averaged 56,198 units at US$6,576 versus 20,403 shares at US$2,198 on Thursday, with a month to date average of 35,336 shares at US$3,065 compared with 33,999 units at US$2,839 on the previous day and April that ended with an average of 35,401 units for US$2,453.
The US Denominated Equities Index gained 0.19 points to wrap up trading at 237.05.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 9.4. The PE ratio is computed based on the last traded price divided by projected earnings done by ICInsider.com for companies with their financial year ending and or around August 2024.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows no stock ended with a bid higher than the last selling price and none with a lower offer.
At the close, First Rock Real Estate USD share slipped 0.01 of a cent to 4.69 US cents with 106 shares crossing the market, Proven Investments lost 0.79 of one cent in closing at 13.09 US cents with investors trading 242,886 stock units and Transjamaican Highway rose 0.02 of a cent to end at 2.05 US cents after 37,951 shares passed through the market.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group US8.5% preference share rallied 6 cents to close at US$1.26 with investors swapping 20 stock units and Sygnus Credit Investments E8.5% ended at US$10.40 and closed with an exchange of 25 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Grace pushes JSE trading on Friday
A surge in trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market ended on Friday, with a 336 percent jump in the volume of stocks traded with a value of 1,246 percent more than on Thursday, after investors traded nearly 5.3 million shares in GraceKennedy and ended trading in 57 securities compared with 54 on Thursday, with prices of 22 stocks rising, 24 declining and 11 ending unchanged.
The market closed with 26,822,609 shares trading for $484,009,143 up from just 6,147,676 units for a mere $35,957,977 on Thursday.
Trading averaged 470,572 shares at $8,491,388 up sharply from 113,846 units at $665,888 on Thursday and month to date, an average of 434,071 units at $2,732,653 compared with 431,153 units at $2,272,278 on the previous day and April that closed with an average of 680,802 units at $3,619,595.
JMMB Group 7.25% preference share due 2024 led trading with 13.0 million shares for 48.5 percent of total volume followed by GraceKennedy with 5.27 million stocks for 19.6 percent of the day’s trade, Wigton Windfarm with 3.31 million units for 12.3 percent market share, Carreras with 1.87 million stock units for 7 percent of trading and Transjamaican Highway with 1.47 million shares for 5.5 percent of total volume.
The All Jamaican Composite Index climbed 1,282.66 points to 358,400.25, the JSE Main Index increased 854.69 points to end trading at 321,317.22 and the JSE Financial Index rose 0.34 points to settle at 68.27.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 12.4. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios are based on the last traded prices and earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies with financial year ending around August 2025.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows eight stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close, Barita Investments rose $1.76 and ended at $71.80 with traders dealing in 113 shares, Caribbean Producers rallied 89 cents to $9.30, with 384 stocks crossing the exchange, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund slipped 49 cents to finish at $39.50 with investors swapping 100 shares. First Rock Real Estate increased 58 cents to end at $9.78 in an exchange of 2,431 stock units, GraceKennedy climbed $1.50 in closing at $75.50 with investors dealing in 5,267,115 shares, Guardian Holdings fell 98 cents to close at $369 in switching ownership of 1 stock unit. 
Jamaica Broilers popped 49 cents to close at $31 after 22,298 units crossed the market, Jamaica Stock Exchange sank $2.01 to close at $9.25 after an exchange of 3,201 stocks, JMMB Group shed 51 cents to end at $23.50 after 27,027 units were traded. Kingston Wharves advanced $1.04 to close at $26 with an exchange of 8,458 stocks, Mayberry Group gained 50 cents in closing at $8 as 10,016 shares passed through the market, NCB Financial rose $1 to end at $63 as investors exchanged 569,374 stock units. Pan Jamaica gained $1.50 to close at $47.50 with a transfer of 5,734 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund popped 59 cents to close at $7.64 after an exchange of 23 stocks, Scotia Group rallied $1.75 in closing at $43.25 with investors transferring 64,233 units. Seprod declined $2 to end at $78, with 614 stock units changing hands and Wisynco Group lost 65 cents to finish at $20.50 after an exchange of 8,096 shares.
In the preference segment, Eppley 7.25% preference share increased 34 cents and ended at $18.84 with investors trading 498 stock units and JMMB Group 7% preference share dropped 50 cents to $2.80 after a transfer of 1,000 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
