Tansjamaican & Fosrich dominate JSE trading

Transjamaican Highway closed with 172 million shares being traded and Fosrich, with 111 million shares pushed market activity sharply higher on Monday compared with trading on Friday at the close of the Jamaica Stock Exchange. At the close of trading the Main Market squeezed out a modest gain, with the Junior Market suffering a second day of sizable loss and the JSE USD market closed moderately lower as trading ended with the number and value of stocks changing hands jumping sharply over the previous trading day, resulting in prices of 25 shares rising and 51 declining.
At the close of trading, the JSE Combined Market Index rose 387.57 points to end at 331,752.56, the All Jamaican Composite Index rallied 299.17 points to close at 356,495.76, the JSE Main Index advanced 718.15 points to finish trading at 319,280.17. The Junior Market Index skidded 43.17 points to wrap-up trading at 3,685.32 and the JSE USD Market Index dipped 2.81 points to end trading at 233.72.
At the close of trading, 295,800,813 shares were exchanged in all three markets, up sharply from 137,437,210 units on Friday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounted to $811.40 million, well above the $397.68, million on the previous trading day and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 193,327 shares for US$18,349 compared to 24,785 units at US$735 on Friday.
In Main Market activity, Transjamaican Highway led trading with 172.15 million shares followed by Wigton Windfarm with 1.87 million units and Carreras with 686,809 stock units
In the Junior Market, Fosrich led trading with 111.13 million shares for 93.6 percent of total volume followed by ONE on ONE Educational with 3.52 million units for 3 percent of the day’s trade and Jamaican Teas with 1.76 million units
In the preference segment, no stock traded with a notable price change.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to determine the value of stocks, ended at 21.3 on 2023-24 earnings and 12.3 times those for 2024-25 at the close of trading. 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 on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, grouped by industry, allowing for easy comparisons within a sector and the overall market. The EPS & PE ratios are based on 2023 and 2024 actual or projected earnings, excluding major one off items.
Pertinent information is required to navigate numerous investment options successfully in the stock market. The ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and the more detailed daily report charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making.
The chart should be used in making rational decisions when investing in stocks close to the average for the sector, 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 reported as a guide for investors to quickly assess the value of stocks based on this measure. The chart also shows daily changes in stock prices and the percentage year to date price movement based on the last traded prices.
Dividends paid or payable 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.