Trading climbed higher on the JSE Market

Trading climbed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Tuesday with the volume and value of stocks traded jumping on Monday, as market activity pushed the Main Market higher with the Junior Market JSE USD market closing lower as trading ended with the prices of 42 shares rising and 35 declining.
At the close of trading on Tuesday, the JSE Combined Market Index climbed 1,659.59 points to close at 343,316.77, the All Jamaican Composite Index gained 3,671.55 points to settle at 370,635.12, the JSE Main Index rose 2,050.06 points to cease trading at 330,803.46. The Junior Market Index dropped 30.03 points to end at 3,776.65 and the JSE USD Market Index skidded 8.81 points to finish at 256.38.
At the close of trading, 42,523,060 shares were exchanged in all three markets, up from 34,746,725 units on Monday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounted to $289.25 million, up from $209.43, million on the previous trading day and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 2,937,043 shares for US$118,791 compared to 60,767 units at US$33,398 on Monday.
Trading in the Main Market was dominated by Carreras led trading with 10.46 million shares followed by Wigton Windfarm with 9.06 million units, QWI Investments with 3.90 million shares, Transjamaican Highway ended with 3.26 million units and GraceKennedy with 1.38 million stock units.
In the Junior Market, Future Energy led trading with 2.27 million shares followed by EduFocal with 1.34 million units and Fosrich with 573,092 stocks.
In the preference segment, 138 Student Living preference share rallied $1 and ended at $218
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to determine the value of stocks, ended at 20.4 on 2022-23 earnings and 14.1. times those for 2023-24 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.
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