Trading closed Tuesday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange with a fall in the volume of stocks exchanged, with a lower value than on Monday, following Monday’s big trade of 113 million Cargo Handlers shares, worth $1 billion. At the close, the Main Market major indices and the JSE USD Market Index fell and the Junior Market index declined, following the prices of 44 shares rising, 38 declining and 24 remaining firm.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index rose 143.04 points to close at 316,747.95, the All Jamaican Composite Index gained 68.59 points to conclude trading at 352,919.83, the JSE Main Index rallied 164.30 points to end at 305,863.11, the Junior Market Index slipped 1.94 points to end at 3,388.10 and the JSE USD Market Index increased 1.97 points to end at 206.82.
At close of a low-keyed session, 12,704,818 shares were traded in all three markets, down from 132,281,634 units on Monday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounted to $59.37 million, down from $1.17 billion on the previous day and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 181,959 shares for US$12,055, down from 353,790 units at US$13,093 on Monday.
In Main Market activity, Transjamaican Highway led trading with 2.22 million shares, followed by Wigton Energy with 1.0 million stocks and NCB Financial with 596,552 units.
In Junior Market trading, Spur Tree Spices led with 1.14 million shares, followed by RA Williams with 1.10 million stocks and Regency Petroleum with 778,464 units.
In the preference segment, Eppley 7.75% preference share shed $2.98 to $17, Jamaica Public Service 9.5% climbed $5 to finish at $2,655 and Sygnus Credit Investments C10.5% rose $1.24 and ended at $110.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to value stocks, ended at 1314 based on 2024-25 earnings and that for 2024 earnings, 15.8.
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