A solid majority of stocks declined in trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market on Monday, following 61 securities changing hands, up slightly from 60 on Friday, with prices of only 14 rising, 36 declining and 11 ending unchanged. Transjamaican Highway accounted for 47 percent of all stocks traded, with the volume crossing the market dropping by 57 percent and the value by 23 percent lower compared to Friday.
The market closed with 10,529,723 shares traded for $90,762,098 after falling from 24,529,732 stock units at $118,203,561 on Friday.
Trading averaged 172,618 shares at $1,487,903 after a decline from 408,829 units at $1,970,059 on Friday and January closing with an average of 271,336 stock units at $2,043,022.
Transjamaican Highway was the leading traded stock with 4.95 million stocks for 47 percent of total volume followed by Sagicor Select Financial Fund ending with 1.80 million stocks for 17.1 percent of the day’s trade and Wigton Energy with 1.05 million stock units for 10 percent of shares traded.
The All Jamaican Composite Index dropped 1,843.02 points to close at 401,579.62, the JSE Main Index slipped 691.98 points to 345,745.18 and the JSE Financial Index dipped 0.28 points to 63.96. At the close, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 13 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 17.9. 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.
At the close of the market, Barita Investments sank $1.12 to $70.89 with 17,071 shares crossing the market, Caribbean Cement shed 50 cents to close at $107 with investors dealing in 5,754 units, Eppley shed $1.95 to finish at $32 after an exchange of 176 shares. Eppley Caribbean Property Fund declined by 65 cents and ended at $46.50 with 1,647 stocks changing hands, Guardian Holdings gained $4.50 to end at $369.50 after an exchange of 77 stocks, Jamaica Producers fell 67 cents in closing at $23.73 with 12,594 units crossing the market. JMMB Group slipped $1.51 to $16.98 with investors trading 227,644 stocks, Margaritaville popped 46 cents to finish at $12.12 with 10 shares passing through the market, Massy Holdings lost 99 cents and ended at $74 after an exchange of 234,334 stock units. Mayberry Jamaican Equities skidded $1.64 in closing at $6.50 with traders dealing in 27,587 shares, 138 Student Living increased 41 cents to end at $3.49 in an exchange of 6,675 stocks, Pan Jamaica sank $2.19 to close at $47.21 with investors trading 5,148 units. Proven Investments fell 86 cents to $14.23, with34,337 stock units crossing the exchange, 
Sagicor Real Estate Fund dipped 39 cents to finish at $7.60 after a transfer of 2,856 shares, Scotia Group climbed 44 cents and ended at $51.65 as investors exchanged 6,461 stocks. Seprod dropped $5.88 to end at $78.10 in trading 18,634 units, Supreme Ventures shed 50 cents in closing at $16.50 with 182,922 stock units clearing the market, West Indies Petroleum rose 45 cents to close at $11 in an exchange of 102,160 shares and Wisynco Group declined 38 cents to $22.61 after hitting a 52 weeks intraday high of $23 in trading 48,733 units.
In the preference segment, Eppley 7.75% preference share rallied $1.97 to close at $19.99 with a transfer of 3 stocks and 138 Student Living preference share advanced $24 to finish at $244 with investors swapping 39 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 1,043,254 shares for US$46,472, rising from 1,015,936 stock units at US$43,957 on Friday.
Proven Investments ended at 8.99 US cents with investors trading 136 stocks, Sterling Investments remained at 1.99 US cents after a transfer of 1,300 units, Sygnus Credit Investments fell by 0.91 of a cent to close at 6.06 US cents with investors swapping 35,671 stocks and Transjamaican Highway sank 0.3 of a cent to 4.2 US cents in an exchange of 1,005,813 units.
The market closed after trading 24,529,732 shares with a value of $118,203,561, after a decline from 26,835,604 stock units at $357,812,042 on Thursday.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 18. 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 fiscal year ending around August 2026.
Sagicor Real Estate Fund advanced $1.83 to end at $7.99 after a transfer of 136,908 shares, Scotia Group rose $1.46 and ended at $51.21 after the trading of 23,498 stocks, Seprod gained $5.98 to finish at $83.98 with 80,620 units crossing the exchange. West Indies Petroleum fell $1.65 to $10.55, with traders dealing in 209,310 stock units and Wisynco Group increased 50 cents to end at a 52 weeks high of $22.99 after an exchange of 32,362 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
At the close, the All Jamaican Composite Index declined by 2,856.23 points to 402,575.60, the JSE Main Index slipped a mere 38.98 points to close at 345,816.24, while at the same time the JSE Financial Index dipped 0.85 points to close at 63.65.
At the close of the market, AS Bryden popped $2.90 to end at $34.10 with 199 shares passing through the market, Caribbean Cement rallied $1.05 to $107 with investors trading 18,047 stock units, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund slipped by just 35 cents and ended at $46.80 with 419 shares crossing the market. GraceKennedy fell 35 cents to finish at $70.25 in an exchange of 39,490 stock units, Guardian Holdings rose by $5 to $365 with 9,145 stock units changing hands, JMMB Group climbed 49 cents to close at $17.99 with 338,664 shares crossing the exchange. Kingston Properties increased 35 cents to $9.70 after a transfer of 201,764 stocks, Kingston Wharves slipped $2 to close at $35 as investors exchanged 7,471 units, Margaritaville lost $1.76 to finish at $11.66 with 1,015 stock units crossing the market. MPC Caribbean Clean Energy gained $3 and ended at $41 with an exchange of three shares, 138 Student Living dropped 40 centsto $3.08 with 23,750 units clearing the market, Sagicor Real Estate Fund shed 88 cents to end at $6.16 with investors swapping 16,837 stocks. 
Scotia Group declined $1.46 to $49.75 after an exchange of 98,922 stock units, Seprod fell $1.98 to close at $78 with investors dealing in 4,160 shares, Supreme Ventures advanced 45 cents to end at $17 in an exchange of 193,449 stock units. West Indies Petroleum popped 68 cents in closing at $12.20, with investors trading 133,676 stocks and Wisynco Group gained 69 cents and ended at a 52 weeks high of $22.49 after switching ownership of 323,607 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Proven Investments rallied 0.89 of a cent to end at 8.99 US cents with 2,784,383 stock units being traded, Sterling Investments rose 0.14 of a cent to finish at 1.99 US cents with traders dealing in 40 shares. Sygnus Credit Investments dropped 0.97 of one cent and ended at 6 US cents as investors exchanged 136,000 stocks, Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share fell 0.93 of a cent to 5.3 US cents with 660 units clearing the market and Transjamaican Highway popped 0.17 of one cent in closing at a new all-time high of 4.46 US cents with investors trading 359,628 stock units.In the preference segment, Productive Business Solutions 9.25% advanced 50 cents to end at US$11 in an exchange of 4 shares and Sygnus Credit Investments E8.5% remained at US$10 with investors swapping 310 units.
The market closed after 27,431,284 shares were traded at $355,623,563 compared to 18,449,174 stock units at $119,913,464 on Tuesday.
the highest close since late October in 2022, the JSE Main Index jumped by a solid 3,888.79 points to end at 345,855.22 and the JSE Financial Index rose 0.71 points to end at 64.50. At the close, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 10 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
Jamaica Producers climbed $1.29 to end at $24.99 with a transfer of 192,372 stock units, Kingston Wharves dipped 39 cents to $37, with investors swapping 4,183 stocks, Massy Holdings rose 99 cents to $74.99 after an exchange of 291,626 units. Mayberry Jamaican Equities gained $1.13 and ended at $8.14 in trading 3,433 stocks, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy rallied $6.20 to $38 with a mere 5 shares crossing the market, NCB Financial sank $1.20 to end at $43 with investors dealing in 136,848 stock units. Proven Investments dropped $1.17 in closing at $14.02 with 2,411 shares clearing the market and Scotia Group fell 79 cents to finish at $51.21 with traders dealing in 77,179 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
At the close of the market, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy popped 0.05 of one cent in closing at 24.6 US cents with 135 shares switching owners of, Proven Investments shed 0.31 of a cent to 8.1 US cents after trading of 44,873 stocks, Sygnus Credit Investments climbed 0.07 of one cent and ended at 6.97 US cents in an exchange of 11,466 shares and Transjamaican Highway increased 0.19 of a cent to close at a new record high of 4.29 US cents with investors trading 327,619 stock units.
Productive Business Solutions ended at US$1 with investors dealing in 119 shares. Proven Investments lost 0.39 of one cent to finish at 8.41 US cents in an exchange of 5,280 units, Sygnus Credit Investments remained at 6.9 US cents with 6,860 stock units clearing the market and Transjamaican Highway popped 0.1 of a cent in closing at a record high of 4.1 US cents with a transfer of 1,157,047 shares.
The market closed with 18,449,174 shares trading for $119,913,464, compared with 15,600,130 stock units at $123,170,250 on Monday.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 18.2. The JSE Main and the USD Market PE ratios are based on last traded prices and earnings forecasts that are computed by ICInsider.com for the companies with financial year ending around August 2026.
138 Student Living climbed 40 cents in closing at $3.48 as investors exchanged 721 units, Proven Investments rallied $1.18 to $15.19 in trading 2,749 shares, Transjamaican Highway rose 38 cents to finish at $6.67 after an exchange of 13,220,063 stock units and West Indies Petroleum gained $1.16 and ended at $11.51 with a transfer of 133,023 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with an exchange of 847,820 shares for US$93,018 after increasing from 725,892 stock units at US$82,111 on Friday.
Sterling Investments sank 0.1 of one cent and ended at 1.85 US cents with traders dealing in 3,491 units, Sygnus Credit Investments remained at 6.9 US cents after an exchange of 145 stocks, Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share ended at 6.23 US cents after the swapping of 5 shares and Transjamaican Highway increased 0.16 of one cent to close at a record high of 4 US cents in an exchange of 784,804 stock units.