The Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Wednesday, with a rise in the volume of stocks exchanged by investors, with a much greater value and volume of shares changing hands than on Tuesday, resulting in the prices of 51 shares rising, 33 declining and 26 remaining firm Main Market and the Junior Market index declining, while the JSE USD Market gained moderately.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index slipped 730.36 points to wrap up trading at 331,585.03, the All Jamaican Composite Index fell 391.55 points to 369,042.65, the JSE Main Index dropped 569.44 points to settle at 320,945.23, the Junior Market Index slipped 25.63 points to 3,447.89 and the JSE USD Market Index gained 0.68 points to wrap up trading at 245.02.
At the close of the market, 42,256,549 shares were traded in all three markets, up from 26,561,803 units on Tuesday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounting to $175.24 million, up from $110.72 million on the previous day. The JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 776,682 shares for US$43,426, up from 272,089 units at US$14,764 on Tuesday.
In Main Market activity, Sterling Investments led with 5.51 million shares, followed by Transjamaican Highway with 3.07 million stocks and Wigton Energy with 1.79 million units.
In Junior Market trading, ONE on ONE Educational led with 11.68 million shares, followed by Derrimon Trading with 3.24 million stocks and RA Williams with 2.65 million units.
In the preference segment, Productive Business Solutions 10.5% climbed $49 to end at $1,150.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to value stocks, ended at 13 based on 2024-25 earnings and 16.4 using earnings for 2024.
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