The Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed down again on Friday following Thursday’s big drop, while the Junior Market index and that of the JSE USD Market rose, with the volume traded dropping with a modest fall in value than on Thursday. At the close prices of 38 shares rose, 34 declined and 33 remained firm.
The market closed, with the JSE Combined Market Index sinking 1,206.83 points to 325,657.48, the All Jamaican Composite Index dropped 2,539.25 points to close at 358,486.32, the JSE Main Index sank 1,499.05 points to wrap up trading at 315,239.16, the Junior Market Index rose 32.07 points to finish at 3,379.55 and the JSE USD Market Index popped 0.35 points to 191.98.
At the close of trading, 20,628,256 shares were exchanged in all three markets, down from 30,666,967 units on Thursday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounting to $86.82 million, down from moderately from $88.72 million on the previous day and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 30,428 shares for US$3,003 compared to 15,655 units at US$569 on Thursday.
In Main Market activity, Transjamaican Highway led with 5.80 million shares, followed by Wigton Energy with 1.71 million stocks and Carreras with 590,569 units.
In Junior Market trading, Atlantic Hardware led with 5.96 million shares followed by Omni Industries with 1.58 million stocks and Kintyre Holdings with 979,858 units.
In the preference segment, 138 Student Living preference share popped $1.45 to end at $225.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to value stocks, ended at 13.4 based on 2025-26 earnings and 14.8 based on the 2024 historical earnings. The 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 listed on Jamaica Stock Exchange, grouped by industry, allowing for easy comparisons within a sector and the overall market. The earnings per share (EPS) and PE ratios are based on 2024 and 2025 actual or projected earnings, excluding any major one time income or expense.
Pertinent information is required to navigate numerous investment options successfully in the stock market. The chart should be used in making rational decisions when investing in stocks close to the sector average, 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 incorporated into the chart. Investors can use this measure in assessing stock values. The chart also shows daily changes in stock prices and the percentage year to date price movement based on the last traded prices. Dividends that are paid or are 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.
Investors exchanged 6,536,660 shares for $52,361,399, up from 4,749,460 stocks at $38,772,140 on Wednesday.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.2. 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.
Guardian Holdings dropped $5 to end at $365, after 695 stocks were traded, Jamaica Producers lost 40 cents in closing at $22.20 as investors exchanged 38,389 units. Jamaica Stock Exchange increased 49 cents and ended at $11.99 after 150 stocks changed hands, Mayberry Jamaican Equities climbed $1.38 to finish at $9.48 with a transfer of 500 units, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy declined $1.28 to close at $47.02 after an exchange of 20 shares. Proven Investments shed 49 cents to close at $16 in trading 4,158 stock units, Sagicor Group sank $2.01 to finish at $39.98, after 66,439 shares passed through the market and Scotia Group skidded $1 and ended at $52 with investors trading 234,469 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index dropped 3,599.49 points to conclude trading at 326,864.31, the All Jamaican Composite Index dipped 3,317.56 points to settle at 361,025.57, the JSE Main Index dived 3,443.73 points to 316,738.21, the Junior Market Index shed 42.83 points to end at 3,347.48 and the JSE USD Market Index rose 4.61 points to finish at 191.63.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used in valuing stocks, ended at 13.3 based on 2025-26 earnings and 14.8 using 2024 historical earnings. The ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and the other more detailed daily charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making. The PE ratio chart covers all ordinary shares listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, grouped by industry, allowing for easy comparisons within a sector and the overall market. The earnings per share (EPS) and PE ratios are based on 2024 and 2025 actual or projected earnings, excluding any major one time income or expense.
The net asset value of each company is incorporated into the chart. Investors can use this measure in assessing stock values. The chart also shows daily changes in stock prices and the percentage year to date price movement based on the last traded prices. Dividends that are paid or are 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 4,749,460 shares trading for $38,772,140, down from 5,152,349 stock units at $48,418,772 on Tuesday.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.3. 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.
NCB Financial dropped 39 cents to end at $40.60 after an exchange of 40,863 units, Proven Investments climbed $1.49 in closing at $16.49 with a transfer of 21,903 stock units. Seprod sank $1.10 and ended at $79.90 as investors exchanged 823 shares, Supreme Ventures popped 55 cents to finish at $18.05 after it closed with an exchange of 15,471 stock units and Sygnus Credit Investments slipped 39 cents to close at $13 in an exchange of 61,234 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index sank 26.07 points to conclude trading at 330,463.80, the All Jamaican Composite Index shed 1,002.13 points to settle at 364,343.13, the JSE Main Index dropped 26.54 points to 320,181.94, the Junior Market Index sank 0.09 points to end at 3,390.31 and the JSE USD Market Index shed 2.76 points to finish at 187.02.
The PE ratio chart covers all ordinary shares listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, grouped by industry, for easy comparisons within a sector and the overall market. The earnings per share (EPS) and PE ratios are based on 2024 and 2025 actual or projected earnings, excluding any major one time income or expense.
The chart also shows daily changes in stock prices and the percentage year to date price movement based on the last traded prices. Dividends that are paid or are 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.
Transjamaican Highway led trading with an exchange of 1.70 million shares accounting for 32.9 percent of the total volume followed by Sagicor Select Financial Fund which ended with 974,252 units for 18.9 percent of the day’s trade and Carreras with 845,558 stocks for 16.4 percent of the volume traded.
At the close, AS Bryden skidded 50 cents to close at $37.50 crossing the market 359 shares, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund lost $3.50 to $38.50 after an exchange of 606 units, General Accident increased by 62 cents to end at $5.58, with 282 shares crossing the exchange. GraceKennedy dropped $1 to close at $71 with an exchange of 14,859 stock units, Jamaica Stock Exchange fell 60 cents and ended at $11.40 after it closed with an exchange of 10,100 stocks, JMMB Group dropped 50 cents to finish at $17.50 with a transfer of 66,695 units. Mayberry Jamaican Equities popped 92 cents to $9.42 after an exchange of 1,500 stocks, 138 Student Living gained 53 cents to close at $3.77 with investors trading 295 shares, Proven Investments sank $1.25 and ended at $15 in switching ownership of 132,424 stock units. Sagicor Real Estate Fund rose 74 cents to finish at $7.54 with traders dealing in 300 shares, 
Scotia Group shed 70 cents to end at $53, with 34,795 units crossing the exchange and Supreme Ventures sank 40 cents in closing at $17.50 with investors dealing in 21,586 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index climbed 774.41 points to settle at 330,489.87, the All Jamaican Composite Index fell 1,160.68 points to wrap up trading at 365,345.26, the JSE Main Index rose 435.55 points to finish at 320,208.48, the Junior Market Index popped 50.37 points to 3,390.40 and the JSE USD Market Index lost 1.31 points to end at 189.78.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to value stocks, ended at 13.6 based on 2025-26 earnings and 15 based on 2024 historical earnings. The ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and the other more detailed daily charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making. The PE ratio chart covers all ordinary shares listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, grouped by industry, allowing for easy comparisons within a sector and the overall market. The earnings per share (EPS) and PE ratios are based on 2024 and 2025 actual or projected earnings, excluding any major one time income or expense.
The net asset value of each company is incorporated into the chart. Investors can use this measure in assessing stock values. The chart also shows daily changes in stock prices and the percentage year to date price movement based on the last traded prices. Dividends that are paid or are 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.
Seprod sank $1 to $81 and closed with an exchange of 2,817 units and Sygnus Real Estate Finance dipped 40 cents and ended at $8.10 after a transfer of 4,104 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index lost 3,589.95 points to 329,715.46, the All Jamaican Composite Index dropped 1,941.68 points to close trading at 366,505.94, the JSE Main Index fell 3,047.82 points to settle at 319,772.93, the Junior Market Index declined a hefty 94.85 points to 3,340.03 and the JSE USD Market Index skidded 3.67 points to 191.09.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to value stocks, ended at 13.7 based on 2025-26 earnings and 15.1 based on 2024 historical earnings. The ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and the other, more detailed daily charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making. The PE ratio chart covers all the ordinary shares listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, grouped by industry, allowing for easy comparisons within a sector and the overall market. The earnings per share (EPS) and PE ratios are based on 2024 and 2025 actual or projected earnings, excluding any major one time income or expense.
Investors can use this measure in assessing stock values. The chart also shows daily changes in stock prices and the percentage year to date price movement based on the last traded prices. Dividends that are paid or are 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 42,767,820 shares trading for $107,809,982, with trading soared from 11,709,850 units at $63,409,333 on Thursday.
The All Jamaican Composite Index rose 676.16 points to wrap up trading at 368,447.62, the JSE Main Index fell 1,021.05 points to finish at 322,820.75 and the JSE Financial Index rose 0.28 points to 67.15. At the close, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 11 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
First Rock Real Estate popped $1.53 to end at $11.73, following the trading of 92 stock units, Guardian Holdings rallied $7 to close at $382 with a transfer of 1,986 shares, Jamaica Broilers sank $1.20 to finish at $23.50 with 35,474 stocks clearing the market. Kingston Wharves rose $1.23 and ended at $29.83 with ownership of 2,556 units changing hands, 138 Student Living dipped 94 cents to $3.04 with investors trading 697 stocks, Sagicor Real Estate Fund lost $1.09 in closing at $6.51 after brokers exchanged 104,743 stock units. Seprod gained $2.34 to finish at $82 with investors trading 851 shares and Supreme Ventures dropped 41 cents to end at $18.24 in an exchange of 113,805 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.