NCB Financial grabbed 31 percent of stocks trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market on Monday, with the volume of stocks traded declining 53 percent and the value 10 percent less than on Friday. Trading ended with activity in 63 securities, similar to trading on Friday, and resulted in prices of 22 stocks rising, 28 declining and 13 ending unchanged as the market indices closed higher at the end of the day.
The market closed with the trading of 10,177,449 shares for $204,345,478, after falling from 21,498,975 stock units at $226,400,641 on Friday.
The average trade for the day ended at 161,547 shares at $3,243,579, after falling from 341,254 units for $3,593,661 on Friday and month to date, an average of 226,010 units at $2,111,912, in contrast with 232,667 shares at $1,995,035 on the prior trading day and January with an average of 271,336 stock units at $2,043,022.
NCB Financial led trading with 3.20 million shares for 31.4 percent of total volume, followed by Transjamaican Highway with 2.72 million units for 26.8 percent of the day’s trade and Wigton Energy with 822,250 stocks for 8.1 percent of the volume traded.
The All Jamaican Composite Index advanced 1,852.11 points to end at 398,830.98, the JSE Main Index rallied 1,041.96 points to settle at 341,829.27 and the JSE Financial Index slipped 0.09 points to 62.55. At the close, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows nine stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and five with lower offers.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 17.6. The JSE Main and the 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 2026.
At the close of the market, AS Bryden climbed $1 and ended at $31 after a transfer of 284,322 shares, Barita Investments rose $1.05 to $70.23 with investors trading 787 stocks, Eppley shed 45 cents to $33.50 after an exchange of 3,574 shares. GraceKennedy lost 68 cents to end at $71.21 with 5,818 stock units passing through the market, Guardian Holdings rallied $11.90 to close at $359.90 with investors swapping 439 units, Massy Holdings dipped $1.50 to finish at $72.50 with 273,928 shares changing hands. Mayberry Jamaican Equities fell $1.76 to $6.07 with investors trading 3,000 stock units, 
NCB Financial increased $1.24 in closing at $44 after an exchange of 3,200,228 units, Pan Jamaica dropped $2.45 to finish at $45.61 with 8,394 stock units crossing the market. Seprod popped $1.50 and ended at $81 after an exchange of 8,045 shares and Stanley Motta advanced 35 cents to close at $6.35 in trading 5,685 units.
In the preference segment, Eppley 7.25% preference share sank $2.80 to end at $16.70 with 1,990 stocks clearing the market. Jamaica Public Service 7% gained $5.43 to $42.50 in an exchange of 439 stock units, Sygnus Credit Investments 10% declined $2 to end at $105 with traders dealing in 2,000 shares and Sygnus Credit Investments C10.5% popped 50 cents in closing at $100.50 in an exchange of 1,762 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 only 188,429 shares for US$15,799 after dropping from 765,285 stock units at US$51,760 on Friday.
Sterling Investments remained at 1.99 US cents after an exchange of 150 shares. Sygnus Credit Investments shed 0.88 of one cent to end at 6.02 US cents with 30,000 units clearing the market, Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share dropped 1.09 cents to finish at 5 US cents in an exchange of 129 stocks and Transjamaican Highway popped 0.17 of a cent and ended at 4.57 US cents with 93,213 stock units changing hands.
The market closed with an exchange of 765,285 shares for US$51,760 compared to 668,102 stock units at US$40,675 on Thursday.
Productive Business Solutions remained at US$1, after 20 shares changed hands. Proven Investments dipped 1.08 cents in closing at a 52 weeks low of 7.8 US cents in switching ownership of 417,743 stocks, Sterling Investments ended at 1.99 US cents, with 1,850 stock units crossing the market, Sygnus Credit Investments slipped 0.05 of one cent to finish at a 52 weeks low of 6.9 US cents following an exchange of 205,331 shares and Transjamaican Highway ended at 4.4 US cents after 139,941 stock units passed through the market.
The All Jamaican Composite Index dropped 2,540.17 points to close at 396,978.87, the JSE Main Index dipped by 1,038.69 points to 340,787.31 and the JSE Financial Index advanced 0.73 points to end at 62.64.
At the close of trading, Caribbean Cement climbed by 95 cents to end at $113.95 with an exchange of 480,554 shares, Carreras dropped $2.15 to end at $20.25, after an exchange of 2,335,985 stock units, Guardian Holdings sank $14 in closing at $348 with trading of 69 shares. Jamaica Producers rose $1.19 to close at $23.99 after an exchange of 41,303 stock units, Kingston Wharves advanced 99 cents to finish at $36 with a transfer of 15,994 shares, Margaritaville rose $2.56 and ended at $13.89 with investors swapping 26 shares. Massy Holdings dipped 50 cents to $74, 276,543 stocks with crossing the exchange, NCB Financial rallied $1.26 and ended at $42.76 in trading 160,855 units, Proven Investments slipped 43 cents to $13, with 57,741 stock units crossing the market. Sagicor Group increased 94 cents to $39.99 with investors dealing in 6,135 shares, Scotia Group dropped 51 cents to $49.99 after an exchange of 276,341 stocks, Seprod gained $1.19 to end at $79.50 with investors trading 1,796 units. 
Stanley Motta shed 50 cents in closing at $6 after 19,884 stocks passed through the market, Supreme Ventures popped $1.14 to end at $17.85 as investors exchanged 216,417 shares, Sygnus Real Estate Finance increased 47 cents to end at $11.47 with 142 stock units crossing the market and Wisynco Group declined 50 cents to close at $23 in an exchange of 37,679 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with an exchange of 668,102 shares for US$40,675 down from 702,385 units with a value of US$64,328 on Wednesday.
Productive Business Solutions ended at US$1 with investors trading 6 shares. Proven Investments advanced 0.88 of one cent to 8.88 US cents with 277,186 stocks clearing the market, Sterling Investments ended at 1.99 US cents after an exchange of 1,600 units, Sygnus Credit Investments popped 0.86 of one cent to finish at 6.95 US cents with traders dealing in 46,886 shares and Transjamaican Highway increased 0.23 of a cent and ended at 4.4 US cents with 341,876 units crossing the market.
The market closed with 9,312,867 shares changing hands valued at $93,820,699, after falling from 11,655,439 units at $101,650,621 on Wednesday.
At the close of the market, Barita Investments dropped $1.23 and ended at $69.02 with 16,148 shares passing through the market, Berger Paints increased 52 cents to $6.14 with investors swapping 2,001 stock units, Caribbean Cement sank $1 to close at $113 with 46,138 shares changing hands. Eppley popped $1.38 to end at $33.94, following the trading of 1,827 stocks, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund rallied $8.65 to $47.15 with the transfer of 1,344 units, GraceKennedy rose 39 cents to finish at $71.89 with investors trading 17,850 stocks. Guardian Holdings climbed $12.06 and ended at $362 after an exchange of 14,033 units, Jamaica Producers slipped $1.20 to $22.80 with investors trading 7,193 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange allied 62 cents to close at $11.28 with 14,851 stock units clearing the market. Kingston Wharves lost 99 cents to end at $35.01 in an exchange of 6,979 shares, Mayberry Group advanced 76 cents in closing at $6.77 with investors dealing in 496 stock units, 
Sagicor Group declined 94 cents to finish at $39.05 with 23,561 stocks crossing the exchange. Scotia Group rose 40 cents and ended at $50.50 with a transfer of 322,276 units, Seprod fell 55 cents to $78.31 after an exchange of 5,796 shares and West Indies Petroleum skidded 63 cents to $10.07 after trading 57,328 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with 11,655,439 shares trading worth $101,650,621 after sliding from 15,264,024 stock units at $150,066,974 on Tuesday. Trading averaged 197,550 shares at $1,722,892, after declining from 242,286 stock units at $2,382,015 on Tuesday and month to date, an average of 228,163 stock units at $1,841,376 compared to 232,383 shares at $1,857,709 on Tuesday and January with an average of 271,336 stock units at $2,043,022. Transjamaican Highway led trading with 5.49 million shares for 47.1 percent of total volume, followed by Tropical Battery, ended with 1.26 million units for 10.9 percent of the day’s trade and Jamaica Producers, with 873,884 stocks for 7.5 percent of the volume traded.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 17.7. The JSE Main and the 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 2026.
Proven Investments shed 74 cents to finish at $13.10 trading 24,712 units, Scotia Group dropped $1.15 to end at $50.10 with a transfer of 98,843 stocks. Seprod dropped $2.14 to close at $78.86 with 5,431 stock units crossing the exchange and Stanley Motta advanced 47 cents to close at $6.50 in trading 199 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise state
The market closed with an exchange of 702,385 shares for US$64,328 after rallying from 331,797 stock units at US$24,284 on Tuesday.
Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share gained 0.79 of one cent to end at 6.09 US cents after an exchange of 8,465 shares and Transjamaican Highway skidded 0.08 of a cent in closing at 4.17 US cents in trading 401,503 stock units.
The market closed with the trading of 15,264,024 shares with a value of $150,066,974, compared with 14,908,834 units for $89,566,329 on Monday.
At the close of trading, AS Bryden dropped $3.33 to close at $30.60 after trading of 55 shares, Barita Investments sank 99 cents to $69.01 after an exchange of 18,979 stocks, Berger Paints rose 35 cents to end at $5.85 with investors swapping 1,316 units. Caribbean Cement advanced $3 and ended at $113 with a transfer of 6,121 shares, Carreras popped $1.45 to close at a 52 weeks high of $22, after hitting an intraday high of $24, with investors exchanging 256,535 stock units, Guardian Holdings declined $13.83 to end at $350 with 140 shares passing through the market. JMMB Group sank 70 cents in closing at $16.90 with traders dealing in 44,185 stock units, Massy Holdings skidded 50 cents to $74 after an exchange of 1,363 stocks, Mayberry Group fell 97 cents to close at $6.01 with investors trading 27,974 units. Pan Jamaica increased 45 cents to end at $45.50 with 1,663,495 shares crossing the market, Sagicor Group dipped 49 cents and ended at $39.90 with an exchange of 175,715 units, Seprod lost 43 cents to finish at $81, with 1,530 stocks crossing the market. 
Sygnus Real Estate Finance slipped 48 cents to $11 after an exchange of 1,997 stock units and Wisynco Group climbed 91 cents to end at $23.42, after trading of 167,821 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with an exchange of 331,797 shares for US$24,284 after sliding from 415,487 stock units at US$33,408 on Monday.
Sterling Investments ended at 1.99 US cents after trading of 8,000 shares. Sygnus Credit Investments remained at 6.1 US cents after a transfer of 29,821 stocks and Transjamaican Highway rallied 0.05 of one cent to close at 4.25 US cents following trading of 292,514 stocks.