Trading ended on Thursday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange with a fall in the volume and the value of stocks exchanged, compared to Wednesday, resulting in losing stocks distancing those that fell and ending with the prices of 34 shares rising, 41 declining and 28 remaining firm, leading to declines in all three markets.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index sank 1,043.88 points to settle at 320,439.12, the All Jamaican Composite Index shed 264.23 points to close at 358,341.41, the JSE Main Index declined 935.66 points to 310,119.74, the Junior Market Index dropped 20.74 points to 3,336.55 and the JSE USD Market Index fell 9.52 points to wrap up trading at 201.46.
At close of trading, 9,013,387 shares were exchanged in all three markets, down from 13,424,131 units on Wednesday. The value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounted to $32.89 million, down from $103.27 million on the previous day and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 84,860 shares for US$32,196 compared to 782,822 units at US$56,379 on Wednesday.
In Main Market activity, Transjamaican Highway led with 2.08 million shares, followed by Wigton Energy with 1.91 million stocks and QWI Investments with 501,500 units.
In Junior Market trading, Kintyre Holdings led with 403,016 shares, followed by Atlantic Hardware with 261,565 stocks and Dolla Financial with 254,419 units.
In the preference segment, 138 Student Living preference share shed $35.50 to $195.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to value stocks, ended at 13.6 based on 2024-25 earnings and 16 based on the 2024 earnings.
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