Stocks traded in higher volumes on the US Dollar Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Monday, with a 65 percent jump and a 76 percent drop in value compared to Friday, following trading in 10 securities, down from 14 on Friday, with prices of two rising, three declining and five ending unchanged.
The market closed with an exchange of 341,194 shares for US$12,521 compared to 206,954 stock units at US$51,717 on Friday.
Trading ended with an average of 34,119 shares valued at US$1,252 compared to 14,782 stock units at US$3,694 on Friday, with a month to date average of 28,436 units at US$12,335 compared with 27,588 stock units at US$13,989 on the previous day and December, ending with an average of 75,710 units for US$4,415.
The US Denominated Equities Index lost 0.31 points to wrap up trading at 222.15. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and none with a lower offer.
The PE Ratio, one of the most used measures to determine an appropriate stock value, averages 9.4. The PE ratio is derived by dividing the last traded price by earnings per share. ICInsider.com compiles the earnings per share used in this report for companies with their financial year ending around August 2026.
At the close of the market, First Rock Real Estate USD share advanced 0.38 of a cent to close at 2.88 US cents with 506 shares crossing the market, Margaritaville popped 0.5 of one cent to 9 US cents with an exchange of 55 stocks, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy ended at 41.28 US cents with 10 shares crossing the market. Productive Business Solutions sank 3 cents and ended at US$1.17 following trading of 60 units, Proven Investments dipped 0.4 of a cent to end at 9.5 US cents with investors dealing in 10,511 stock units, Sterling Investments remained at 2 US cents with 2,000 shares changing hands. Sygnus Credit Investments lost 0.01 of a cent to 6.49 US cents with investors trading 29,279 units, Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share remained at 6 US cents after an exchange of 120 stocks and Transjamaican Highway ended at 3.15 US cents in trading 298,603 stock units.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 7.5% remained at US$2 with 50 shares passing through the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The All Jamaican Composite Index popped 6,732.90 points to close trading at 385,303.96, the JSE Main Index climbed 4,565.08 points to 332,600.05 and the JSE Financial Index skidded 0.44 points to 63.58.
At the close of the market, AS Bryden advanced by 84 cents to end at $31.19 with an exchange of a mere two shares, Barita Investments declined $1.65 to $71.35 with investors exchanging 5,308 stocks, Berger Paints sank 95 cents to finish at $5.30 with dealers switching ownership of 4,609 shares. GraceKennedy skidded $2 and ended at $70 with investors dealing in 21,979 stock units, Guardian Holdings sank $4.88 in closing at $340 in an exchange of 781 units, Jamaica Broilers dipped 45 cents to close at $16.50 with 48,866 stocks crossing the market. JMMB Group lost 86 cents to $16.62 with a transfer of 219,054 units, Kingston Wharves dropped $1.20 to close at $34.10 with 3,111 shares crossing the market, Massy Holdings shed 50 cents to end at $75.50 in trading 44,714 stock units. Mayberry Group fell 45 cents in closing at $7 with 2,223 shares crossing the exchange, Pan Jamaica slipped $4.94 and ended at $46.51 with investors dealing in 3,441 stock units, Proven Investments popped $1.93 to finish at $15.88 after an exchange of 78,074 units.
Seprod gained 70 cents and ended at $83.70 with trading of 1,041 stocks, Supreme Ventures rose 49 cents to $16.99 with an exchange of 57,312 units and West Indies Petroleum climbed $2.16 to close at a record high of $9.42 with 34,943 stocks changing hands.
The market closed with an exchange of 206,954 shares for US$51,717 compared to 226,379 units at US$16,867 on Thursday.
The market closed with 19,130,466 shares trading for $77,290,456, down from 22,504,770 stock units at $265,888,107 on Thursday.
The Main Market closed trading with an average PE Ratio of 15.7. The JSE Main and the USD Market PE ratios are based on the last traded prices along with earnings forecasted by ICInsider.com for the fiscal year around August 2026.
Supreme Ventures rose $1 and ended at $16.50 with an exchange of 420,858 stocks. Sygnus Credit Investments fell 66 cents to end at $11.75, with 42,238 units crossing the market and West Indies Petroleum rallied $1.69 in closing at a record high of $7.26, with investors exchanging 423,872 shares, with the stock surging 1,350 percent since listing.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index increased 1,211.99 points to end at 337,768.41, the All Jamaican Composite Index rose 1,867.15 points to wrap up trading at 378,571.06, the JSE Main Index climbed by 1,332.55 points to settle at 328,034.97, while the Junior Market Index slipped 8.90 points to 3,360.34 and the JSE USD Market Index rose 1.30 points to settle at 222.46.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to value stocks, ended at 14.4 based on projected 2026-27 earnings and 15.6 computed using historical 2025 earnings, excluding major one time income or expense.
Trading closed with an exchange of 22,504,770 shares with a value of $265,888,107, up from 14,708,083 stock units worth $73,546,829 on Wednesday.
At the close, AS Bryden dipped $3.10 and ended at $30.35, with trading of 1,098 shares, Berger Paints popped 65 cents to $5.95 with a transfer of 1,813 stocks, Caribbean Cement increased 40 cents in closing at $105 with investors swapping 12,466 units. Jamaica Producers fell 88 cents to $23 in switching ownership of 611 shares, JMMB Group rose 47 cents to close at $17.50 after an exchange of 69,124 stock units, Kingston Wharves shed 70 cents to finish at $35.30, with 3,631 shares changing hands. Margaritaville rose $2.43 to $13.97 in an exchange of 8 stocks, Massy Holdings advanced 99 cents in closing at $76 with investors trading 316 units, Pan Jamaica gained $1.03 to finish at $51.98 after a transfer of 1,365 stock units. Proven Investments rallied 50 cents and ended at $15.50 with 40,687 shares crossing the exchange, Scotia Group rose $1.35 to close at $52 with investors dealing in 364,500 stocks, Seprod climbed $5.64 to end at $83.85 in an exchange of 616 units. Stanley Motta sank 47 cents to $6.50, after 752 stock units passed through the market, Supreme Ventures dropped 48 cents to end at $15.50 with traders dealing in 11,457,097 shares and
West Indian Petroleum increased $1.05 in closing at record $5.57 with 839,687 stocks crossing the market, with a released of shares by at least a connected party, in booking hefty profits.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index climbed by 2,349.41 points to end at 336,556.42, at the same time the All Jamaican Composite Index gained 4,267.41 points to end at 376,703.91, the JSE Main Index gained 2,754.03 points to close trading at 326,702.42,while the Junior Market Index shed 40.29 points to finish at 3,369.24 and the JSE USD Market Index slipped 0.90 points to end at 221.16.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to value stocks, ended at 13.9 compiled from 2026-27 earnings and 15.2 based on 2024 earnings, which excludes major one time income or expense.
The market closed with 14,708,083 shares trading worth $73,546,829, compared with 15,161,289 stock units at $89,302,685 on Tuesday.
At the close, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 12 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
Scotia Group sank $1.59 to end at $50.65 after an exchange of 5,766 shares, West Indies Petroleum rallied $1.07 in closing at $4.52 with investors dealing in 7 stock units and Wisynco Group skidded 74 cents to finish at $19.20 in an exchange of 40,108 shares.
The market closed with an exchange of 581,330 shares for US$834,878, up from 523,207 stock units at US$20,031 on Tuesday.