Trading climbed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market on Friday, with a 220 percent jump in the volume of stocks traded and a more moderate rise of 39 percent in value compared to Thursday’s activities, with trading in 57 securities up from 55 on Thursday, with prices of 16 stocks rising, 20 declining and 21 ending unchanged, and ending with the market index dropping.
JMMB Group and Pulse Investments traded at intraday 52 weeks’ low of $21.90 and $1.34 respectively.
The market closed with an exchange of 26,181,772 shares for $59,057,741 compared with 8,176,004 units at $42,458,252 on Thursday.
Trading averaged 459,329 shares at $1,036,101 up from 148,655 units at $771,968 on Thursday and month to date, an average of 1,182,094 units at $11,365,796 down from 1,276,584 stocks at $12,716,237 on the prior day and June with an average of 246,425 units at $1,945,941.
Wigton Windfarm led trading with 11.73 million shares for 45.1 percent of total volume followed by Palace Amusement with 10.10 million units for 38.9 percent of the day’s trade and Sagicor Select Manufacturing & Distribution Fund with 1.63 million units for 6.3 percent of the day’s trade.
The All Jamaican Composite Index dropped 439.53 points to end the day at 357,690.12, the JSE Main Index fell 675.66 points to close at 318,897.75 and the JSE Financial Index fell 0.06 points to cease trading at 67.31.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.9. The JSE Main and 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 2025.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and five with lower offers.
At the close of market activity, AS Bryden fell $1 to $37 as investors exchanged 8,526 stock units, Barita Investments climbed 60 cents and ended at $74.60, with 2,780 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cement rose $2.39 to close at $64.50 after an exchange of 4,141 units. Eppley rallied $3.67 to finish at $38.67 with a transfer of 7,149 stocks, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund sank $3.38 in closing at $37.60 with investors swapping 6 shares, GraceKennedy popped 41 cents to end at $73.99 in an exchange of 12,024 units. Guardian Holdings declined $10.99 to $349 with investors trading 77 stocks, Jamaica Stock Exchange advanced 95 cents to end at $11.50 in an exchange of 1,630 stock units, Massy Holdings shed $7.90 in closing at $80 with traders dealing in 3,146 shares. MPC Caribbean Clean Energy increased $18 and ended at $108 after an exchange of 14 stock units, NCB Financial gained 79 cents to finish at $57.89 after 25,247 stocks passed through the market, Pan Jamaica rose $1.78 to close at $49.30 after a transfer of 3,442 units. Proven Investments dropped 88 cents to $19.07 with investors trading 2,528 shares, Seprod sank 90 cents to close at $79, with 1,896 stocks crossing the exchange and Sygnus Credit Investments slipped $1.04 to end at $10.95 in trading 10,154 units.
In the preference segment, Jamaica Public Service 9.5% lost $1 in closing at $2,699 after 51 stock units were exchanged and Sygnus Credit Investments C10.5% dipped $2 and ended at $108, with 2,659 shares crossing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Trading sank well below the previous day’s levels on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market on Thursday, with the volume of stocks traded declining 55 percent with the value plunging 73 percent lower than on Wednesday, with trading in 55 securities compared with 57 on Wednesday, with prices of 19 rising, 18 declining and 18 ending unchanged.
The market closed on Thursday with 8,176,004 shares being traded for $42,458,252 compared to 17,985,127 units at $154,395,179 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 148,655 shares at $771,968 compared to 315,529 units at $2,708,687 on Wednesday and for the month to date, an average of 1,276,584 stock units at $12,716,237 compared with 1,439,408 units at $14,440,476 on the previous day and June with an average of 246,425 units at $1,945,941.
Sagicor Select Financial Fund led trading with 2.56 million shares for 31.3 percent of total volume followed by Caribbean Producers with 2.45 million stocks for 29.9 percent of the day’s trade and Wigton Windfarm with 977,128 units for 12 percent market share.
The All Jamaican Composite Index advanced 1,003.17 points to settle at 358,129.65, the JSE Main Index rallied 1,098.84 points to close at 319,573.41 and the JSE Financial Index added 0.40 points to end at 67.37.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 14. The JSE Main and 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 2025.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows eight stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close of trading, AS Bryden rallied $1.98 and ended at $38 in switching ownership of 13,248 stock units, Barita Investments popped 40 cents to $74, with 4,300 shares crossing the market, Caribbean Cement skidded $2.09 to finish at $62.11 in trading 6,297 stocks. Eppley fell 50 cents to close at $35 with 7,702 units crossing the exchange, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund climbed $3.88 in closing at $40.98 with traders dealing in 34 stocks, Jamaica Stock Exchange sank 54 cents to end at $10.55 in an exchange of 10,687 shares. JMMB Group dropped 50 cents to $23.39, with 54,461 units crossing the market, Key Insurance rose 40 cents to $2.05 with investors dealing in 1,360 stock units, Massy Holdings gained $1.90 and ended at $87.90 after closing after an exchange of 1,310 shares. MPC Caribbean Clean Energy advanced $2 to finish at $90 as investors exchanged 20 stocks, NCB Financial sank 78 cents to close at $57.10 with a transfer of 27,346 units, Proven Investments increased 95 cents to end at $19.95 after an exchange of 296 stock units and Scotia Group climbed $1.46 to $45.46, with 2,256 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Absent a big trade in shares on Wednesday similar to the Caribbean Producers block on Tuesday, the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market ended, with a 96 percent plunge in volume with a 97 percent fall in the value of stocks traded compared with Tuesday, following trading in 57 securities up from with 55 on Tuesday and ended with prices of 16 stocks rising, 25 declining and 16 ending unchanged.
At the close of the market Caribbean Producers traded at an intraday 52 weeks’ high of $13.89 before closing at $11.10, Key Insurance ended at a 52 weeks’ closing low of $1.65 and Innovative Energy closed at a 52 weeks’ low of 82 cents.
The market closed on Wednesday with 17,985,127 shares being traded at $154,395,179 from 496,133,361 units at $5,190,393,912 on Tuesday.
Trading averaged 315,529 shares at $2,708,687 versus  9,020,607 stock units at $94,370,798 on Tuesday, with a month to date average of 1,439,408 units at $14,440,476 compared to 1,637,128 units at $16,504,401 on the previous day and June that closed with an average of 246,425 units at $1,945,941.
Transjamaican Highway led trading with 5.49 million shares for 30.5 percent of total volume followed by Wigton Windfarm with 4.45 million stocks for 24.7 percent of the day’s trade. Innovative Energy Group closed with 1.93 million units for 10.7 percent market share, Caribbean Producers was next with 1.24 million shares for 6.9 percent of trading, Carreras contributed 1.21 million stock units for 6.7 percent of shares traded and GraceKennedy ended with 1.06 million units for 5.9 percent of the overall volume.
The All Jamaican Composite Index skidded 225.66 points to wrap up trading at 357,126.48, the JSE Main Index rose 203.31 points to close at 318,474.57 and the JSE Financial Index popped 0.09 points to 66.97.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.9. 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 12 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and none with a lower offer.
At the close of the market, AS Bryden sank $1.73 to end at $36.02 with a transfer of 1,752 stock units, Barita Investments shed $1.40 to $73.60 with investors swapping 11,441 shares, Eppley declined $1 to close at $35.50, with 104,119 units crossing the market. GraceKennedy popped 95 cents in closing at $73.95 after a transfer of 1,057,842 stocks, Guardian Holdings advanced $13.99 to finish at $359.99 in switching ownership of just 4 shares, Jamaica Broilers lost 63 cents and ended at $33.30 and closed with an exchange of 58,086 stocks. Jamaica Stock Exchange rose 74 cents to $11.09 in trading 22,062 units, Key Insurance dropped 40 cents in closing at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.65 after an exchange of 183,343 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing fell 40 cents to finish at $6 with investors trading 312,481 shares. Mayberry Group skidded 40 cents and ended at $8.10 in an exchange of 6,500 stocks, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy slipped $2 to end at $88 with a mere 4 units crossing the market, Pan Jamaica dipped $2.01 to close at $47.49 with an exchange of 1,523 stock units. Proven Investments fell 50 cents to $19 with 60,245 shares clearing the market, Seprod shed $1.67 and ended at $80 in an exchange of 8,728 units and Supreme Ventures gained $1.48 in closing at $24 with investors dealing in 6,872 stocks.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 7% preference share declined 52 cents to end at $2.72, with 10,954 stock units crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

AS Bryden acquired a 44.5 percent holding in Caribbean Producers with the trade put through on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market on Tuesday and swelling the volume traded on the market to 496,133,361 shares totalling $5,190,393,912 compared with just 4,667,318 units at $32,767,188 on Monday.
The market closed with trading in 55 securities compared to 54 on Monday, with prices of 17 rising, 18 declining and 20 ending unchanged.
Trading averaged 9,020,607 shares at $94,370,798 compared to 86,432 units at $606,800 on Monday and month to date, trading averaged 1,637,128 units at $16,504,401 compared to 127,495 units at $583,763 on the previous day and June that closed with an average of 246,425 units at $1,945,941.
Caribbean Producers led trading with 492.77 million shares valued at $5.2 billion for 99.3 percent of total volume followed by Transjamaican Highway with 1.49 million stocks for 0.3 percent of the day’s trade and Wigton Windfarm with 798,214 units for 0.2 percent market share.
The All Jamaican Composite Index increased 58.72 points to finish at 357,352.14, the JSE Main Index lost 315.16 points to wrap up trading at 318,271.26 and the JSE Financial Index slipped 0.18 points to conclude trading at 66.88.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 14.2. 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 11 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close of trading, Caribbean Cement dropped 89 cents to $64, with 10,325 shares being traded, Caribbean Producers gained 53 cents to end at $10.73 after 492,769,160 stock units or nearly half of the issued shares changed owners, Eppley popped 40 cents to close at $36.50 after an exchange of 5,537 stocks. Eppley Caribbean Property Fund shed $2.94 to close at $37.06, with 1,070 units changing hands, General Accident sank 40 cents and ended at $6.30 with 404 stocks being traded, GraceKennedy dropped $1 to finish at $73 with traders dealing in 9,903 units. Guardian Holdings fell $13.99 to $346 in switching ownership of 34 shares, Jamaica Broilers lost $1.57 to end at $33.93 after an exchange of 11,270 stock units, JMMB Group increased 90 cents in closing at $24, with 11,959 shares crossing the market. Massy Holdings skidded $2 and ended at $86 in swapping 415 stock units, Proven Investments shed 50 cents to close at $19.50 with investors trading 12,383 units, Scotia Group slipped $1.65 to finish at $43.85 after 4,188 stocks changed hands. Seprod lost $5.32 to $81.67 with investors dealing in 880 units, Supreme Ventures dropped 49 cents to end at $22.52 after 32,200 stocks crossed the exchange and Sygnus Real Estate Finance climbed $1.15 in closing at $10.65 with investors trading 26 shares.
In the preference segment, Jamaica Public Service 7% fell 45 cents and ended at $47.43 with 21 stock units clearing the market and Sygnus Credit Investments C10.5% rose $2 to close at $110 with an exchange of 34 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Trading climbed above Friday’s levels on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market on Monday, as the market continues to recover from the depression caused by hurricane Beryl  resulting in a 63 percent rise in volume traded accompanied by a 99 percent greater value with trading in 54 securities up from 50 on Friday, with prices of 19 stocks rising, 22 declining and 13 ending unchanged.
The market closed with 4,667,318 shares being traded for $32,767,188 compared with 2,858,995 units at $16,546,674 on Friday.
Trading averaged 86,432 shares at $606,800 compared to 57,180 units at $330,933 on Friday and month to date, an average of 127,495 units at $583,763 compared with 137,808 units at $577,977 on the previous trading day and June that closed with an average of 246,425 units at $1,945,941.
Transjamaican Highway led trading with 2.51 million shares for 53.8 percent of total volume followed by Sagicor Select Manufacturing & Distribution Fund with 500,799 units for 10.7 percent of the day’s trade and Wigton Windfarm with 316,910 units for 6.8 percent market share.
The All Jamaican Composite Index dipped 103.99 points to end at 357,293.42, the JSE Main Index fell 670.12 points to end trading at 318,586.42 and the JSE Financial Index slipped 0.09 points to end at 67.06.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 14. 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 10 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and none with a lower offer.
At the close, Berger Paints sank 78 cents and ended at $8.20 after an exchange of 24,159 shares, Eppley advanced $1.20 to $36.10 with investors swapping 5,594 units, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund popped $2.99 to close at $40 in switching ownership of 1,901 stocks. General Accident increased 40 cents to finish at $6.70, with 23,026 stock units crossing the market, GraceKennedy climbed 50 cents to close at $74 with an exchange of 127,054 shares, Jamaica Broilers rose $1.02 to end at $35.50 with an exchange of 42,317 stocks. Jamaica Producers declined $1.04 to $23.95 with traders dealing in 1,299 units, Mayberry Group rallied 51 cents to end at $8.50 as investors traded 1,810 stock units, NCB Financial gained $2.88 in closing at $57.88 after 14,398 shares changed hands. Pan Jamaica popped $2.50 and ended at $49.50 with investors dealing in 983 units, Seprod climbed $3 to close at $86.99 after 6,000 stocks were exchanged, Sterling Investments ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.91 while 6,479 shares were traded, Supreme Ventures fell 99 cents to finish at $23.01 after 37,591 stock units crossed the market and Wisynco Group dropped 74 cents and ended at $20.50 in trading 21,980 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.