Stocks climbed into the New Year after winners beat losers on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Friday, with the volume of stocks traded declining 93 percent, with a 92 percent lower value compared to trading on Wednesday, with trading in 59 securities compared with 60 on Wednesday, with prices of 27 rising, 23 declining and nine ending firm.
The market closed with an exchange of 9,985,799 shares for $64,681,027 compared to 138,255,200 stock units at $802,340,940 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 169,251 shares at $1,096,289, down from 2,304,253 units at $13,372,349 on Wednesday, compared to December, averaging 395,435 stock units at $4,321,753.
Sagicor Select Manufacturing & Distribution Fund led trading with 2.66 million shares for 26.6 percent of the total volume, followed by Transjamaican Highway, which ended with 1.92 million stocks for 19.2 percent of the day’s trade and Supreme Ventures with 1.61 million units for 16.1 percent of the volume traded.
The All Jamaican Composite Index climbed 1,885.78 points to close at 367,200.16, the JSE Main Index advanced 1,497.05 points to 319,483.93 and the JSE Financial Index skidded 0.19 points to end at 64.25. At the close, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows eight stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and six with lower offers.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.9. 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 first day trading in 2026, Barita Investments shed $5.90 in closing at a 52 weeks low of $69.85 after an exchange of 2,504 shares, Caribbean Cement sank $1.50 to end at $106, after the trading of 5,487 stocks, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund rose 40 cents to close at $47.15 with an exchange of 555 units. First Rock Real Estate dropped 87 cents to finish at $10.09, with 3,963 shares crossing the exchange, Guardian Holdings rose $2.40 and ended at $344.90 with traders dealing in 103 stock units, JMMB Group lost 75 cents to end at $19.20 in an exchange of 87,839 shares. Kingston Wharves rallied $4.49 in closing at $36.49 with investors trading 1,991 stock units, Mayberry Group skidded 90 cents to $7, after 18,733 stocks passed through the market, Mayberry Jamaican Equities sank 49 cents to close at $8.51 as investors exchanged 143 units. NCB Financial popped $3.75 and ended at $39.75 after it closed with 125,392 shares changing hands, Pan Jamaica dropped $6 to end at $45 with investors swapping 775 stock units, Proven Investments increased $2.24 to finish at $15.99, with an exchange of 3,579 stocks. 
Sagicor Group fell 48 cents and ended at $41, with 83,824 units crossing the market, Seprod shed 78 cents to $83.20 after trading of 8,205 stocks, Supreme Ventures dipped $3.07 to end at $16.49 after a transfer of 1,605,332 units. Sygnus Credit Investments advanced 72 cents in closing at $12.40 with investors trading 25,837 shares, Sygnus Real Estate Finance gained $1.15 to close at $13 in switching ownership of 1,930 stock units, West Indian Petroleum rose 64 cents to finish at a record high of $1.95 after an exchange of only one share and Wisynco Group advanced 46 cents and ended at $19.96 with a transfer of 83,839 stock units.
In the preference segment, Jamaica Public Service 7% jumped $3.63 to $39.90, with 8 stocks crossing the exchange, 138 Student Living preferred share increased $2.99 to finish at $249.99, with 18 units changing hands. Productive Business Solutions 10.5% climbed $85 to close at $1,145, with investors dealing in 13 stocks, Sygnus Credit Investments 10% fell $4 to end at $106, with 45 shares clearing the market and Sygnus Credit Investments C10.5% rallied $1.95 in closing at $103.95 in an exchange of just one unit.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with an exchange of 202,981 shares for US$8,951 compared to 2,016,016 stock units at US$116,202 on Wednesday.
Sterling Investments rose 0.01 of a cent and ended at 2 US cents after investors exchanged 20 units and Transjamaican Highway popped 0.16 of a cent to close at 3.16 US cents, after 173,714 stock units passed through the market.
The market closed with 138,255,200 shares being traded at $802,340,940 compared with 38,501,644 stocks at $489,916,796 on Tuesday.
At the closing day of the year, Barita Investments rallied $5.75 to $75.75 after 124,035 shares passed through the market. Berger Paints gained 45 cents to finish at $6.19, with investors trading 48 stocks. Caribbean Cement shed 50 cents to end at $107.50, with trading of 359,920 shares. Carreras fell $1.05 to close at $18, after trading of 191,796 units, General Accident climbed 40 cents in closing at $6.20 with investors dealing in 2,309 stock units, GraceKennedy rose $1.25 to end at $73.25 after an exchange of 20,410 shares. JMMB Group advanced $1.05 in closing at $19.95 with investors trading 270,974 stock units, Kingston Wharves sank $3 to $32, with 306,437 units crossing the exchange, Massy Holdings rose 90 cents and ended at $75.90 with a transfer of 865 stocks. Mayberry Group gained 90 cents to end at $7.90 as investors exchanged 53,924 units, Mayberry Jamaican Equities popped 49 cents to close at $9, with 53,990 shares crossing the market, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy gained $2 to finish at $47 in an exchange of 22 stock units. NCB Financial lost $4.50 and ended at $36 in closing with an exchange of 590,226 stocks, 
Pan Jamaica slipped 99 cents to $51 in switching ownership of 277,183 units, Proven Investments sank $1.29 to close at $13.75 after 43,440 shares changed hands. Sagicor Group rose $1.93 to end at $41.48 in trading 1,132,613 stock units, Salada Foods climbed 50 cents in closing at $3.42 after a transfer of 485,071 stocks, Scotia Group dipped 94 cents to finish at $53, with 10,577 shares clearing the market. Stanley Motta increased 68 cents to $6.98 with investors swapping 2,070 stock units, Supreme Ventures advanced $3.76 to finish at $19.56 with 23,159,158 stocks crossing the market, Sygnus Credit Investments fell 80 cents and ended at $11.68 with traders dealing in 36,704 units and Wisynco Group skidded 62 cents to end at $19.50 in an exchange of 97,228 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with an exchange of 2,016,016 shares for US$116,202 compared to 1,030,885 stock units at US$37,357 on Tuesday.
Proven Investments shed 0.01 of one cent to end at 9.99 US cents in switching ownership of 307,608 stock units, Sterling Investments remained at 1.99 US cents in trading 26,750 shares. Sygnus Credit Investments rallied 0.08 of a cent to 6.58 US cents in an exchange of 11,945 stock units and Transjamaican Highway fell 0.25 of a cent to 3 US cents with traders dealing in 1,647,211 units.
The volume of stocks traded declined by a mere 5 percent, with the value 57 percent less than on Monday, with trading of 38,501,644 shares with a value of $489,916,796, down from 40,517,832 stock units at $1,132,576,395 on Monday.
At the close, Caribbean Producers rose 61 cents in closing at $7.60 after a transfer of 967,044 shares, Carreras rose $1.45 to $19.05 in the trading of 1,975,857 stock units, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund popped 80 cents and ended at $46.75, with 852 units crossing the market. First Rock Real Estate increased 87 cents to $10.96 with an exchange of 84 shares, General Accident dipped 40 cents to end at $5.80 in trading 5,077 stock units, GraceKennedy climbed $2 to finish at $72 in an exchange of 324,667 shares. Guardian Holdings fell $2.50 to $342.50, with 12,881 stock units crossing the market, Jamaica Producers skidded 50 cents to end at $24 in switching ownership of 873,200 stocks, Kingston Wharves gained $5.02 in closing at $35 with an exchange of 380,715 units. Margaritaville rallied 44 cents to finish at $11.98 with traders dealing in 1,516 shares, Massy Holdings sank 99 cents and ended at $75 as investors exchanged 1,681 stock units, Mayberry Group increased 50 cents to close at $7 with a transfer of 567 units. NCB Financial declined $1 to $40.50 with investors dealing in 3,348,354 stocks, Sagicor Group climbed 55 cents and ended at $39.55 after an exchange of 850,553 shares, Scotia Group rose 44 cents to finish at $53.94 with investors trading 24,141 stocks. 
Stanley Motta shed 84 cents in closing at $6.30, with 1,507 units changing hands, Supreme Ventures dropped 60 cents to end at $15.80 with investors swapping 3,303,706 stock units, Sygnus Credit Investments sank 52 cents to close at $12.48 in an exchange of 203,188 shares. Sygnus Real Estate Finance gained 64 cents to end at $11.89, with 909 stocks clearing the market and Wisynco Group popped 42 cents to end at $20.12 and closed after an exchange of 78,301 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with an exchange of 1,030,885 shares for US$37,357 compared to 564,343 stock units at US$54,108 on Monday.
Sterling Investments ended at 1.99 US cents after an exchange of 8,691 units, Sygnus Credit Investments fell 0.08 of one cent to end at 6.5 US cents with investors dealing in 33,469 units, Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share rallied 0.01 of a cent in closing at 5.71 US cents with, 1,081 shares crossing the exchange and Transjamaican Highway increased 0.11 of a cent to close at a 52 weeks high if 3.25 US cents with traders dealing in 965,293 units.
Trading resulted in 64 securities changing hands compared with 63 on Wednesday, ending with prices of 29 rising, 18 declining and 17 unchanged, leading to gains in the major indices of the market.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.6. The JSE Main and the USD Market PE ratios are based on last traded prices and earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies with their fiscal year ending around August 2026.
Massy Holdings rallied 99 cents and ended at $75.99 in trading 3,393 stock units, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy rose $3 to $45, after 351 shares passed through the market, Pan Jamaica gained $6 to finish at $52 in switching ownership of 190,722 units. Sagicor Real Estate Fund advanced 73 cents to close at $7.63 with trading of 940 stocks, Scotia Group sank 70 cents to end at $53.50 with an exchange of 55,923 units, Stanley Motta increased 94 cents in closing at $7.14, with 54 shares crossing the market. Supreme Ventures climbed 40 cents to $16.40 as investors exchanged 20,876,062 stocks, Sygnus Credit Investments popped $1.35 to close at $13 with 321,954 units clearing the market and Sygnus Real Estate Finance dipped $2.75 to finish at $11.25 after an exchange of 3,584 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Proven Investments popped 1 cent to finish at 10 US cents, with traders dealing in 495,586 stock units, Sterling Investments gained 0.09 of a cent to close at 1.99 US cents, as 4,698 shares passed through the market. Sygnus Credit Investments ended at 6.58 US cents with an exchange of 771 stocks, Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share remained at 5.7 US cents with 2,064 units crossing the market and Transjamaican Highway advanced 0.2 of a cent and ended at a 52 weeks high of 3.14 US cents in trading 58,835 stock units.
The market closed with 4,775,830 shares trading for $74,688,010 compared with 6,387,421 stock units at $69,616,031 on Tuesday.
At the close, AS Bryden rallied 98 cents to end at $28.98 with a transfer of 2,130 shares, Eppley dropped $2.40 in closing at $31.10 after an exchange of 100 units, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund sank $1.04 to $45.95 with investors trading 946 stocks. Guardian Holdings popped $5 to close at $340 in an exchange of 122 shares, Jamaica Broilers declined 60 cents to finish at $16.85 with investors dealing in 42,461 stock units, Jamaica Stock Exchange sank 77 cents and ended at $10.53, with 2,878 shares crossing the market. JMMB Group climbed 99 cents to $17.99 after an exchange of 101,185 units, Kingston Wharves rose 75 cents to end at $34 after closing with an exchange of 17,813 stocks, Margaritaville lost 93 cents in closing at $14 with traders dealing in 10 stock units. Mayberry Group skidded 50 cents and ended at $6.50 as investors exchanged 13,700 shares, NCB Financial gained $1.80 to finish at $41.80, with 136,019 stocks crossing the market, 
Pan Jamaica fell $2 to close at $46 in an exchange of 4,623 units. Scotia Group shed 90 cents to $54.20 with 69,485 stock units clearing the market, Sygnus Real Estate Finance advanced $1.21 in closing at a 52 weeks high of $14 after the trading of 2,011 shares and West Indian Petroleum increased 24 cents to close at a record high of 74 cents after 5,000 shares were exchanged, leaving 284 bidders for more than 60.6 million shares unsatisfied at the close.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction 
The market closed with an exchange of 236,264 shares for US$117,366 compared to 885,137 stock units at US$43,488 on Tuesday.
Sterling Investments climbed 0.15 of a cent to close at 1.9 US cents with 9,600 stocks changing hands, Sygnus Credit Investments increased 0.08 of a cent and ended at 6.58 US cents with investors swapping 1,815 units, Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share remained at 5.7 US cents in an exchange of 997 stocks and Transjamaican Highway sank 0.06 of one cent to 2.94 US cents, with 194,671 units clearing the market.