Trading closed Wednesday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange with fewer shares changing hands, with a lower value than on Tuesday, resulting in the major indices of the Main Market rising moderately, the Junior Market index just slipping lower and the JSE USD Market inching marginally higher. At the end of trading, the prices of 33 shares rose, 39 declined and 32 remained firm.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index popped 145.27 points to conclude trading at 328,296.49, the All Jamaican Composite Index rose 1,045.43 points to wrap up trading at 366,085.51, the JSE Main Index increased 157.76 points to settle at 317,798.14, the Junior Market Index slipped by just 0.81 points to 3,406.34 and the JSE USD Market Index edged 0.09 points up to 204.46.
At the close of the day’s trading, 10,394,061 shares were exchanged in all three markets, down from 11,984,502 units on Tuesday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounted to $43.88 million, down from $59.48 million on the previous day and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 991,036 shares for US$40,146 compared to 99,949 units at US$34,172 on Tuesday.
In Main Market activity, Transjamaican Highway was the leading traded stock with 4.09 million units, followed by Sagicor Select Financial Fund with 1.0 million stocks and Radio Jamaica with 575,001 shares.
In Junior Market trading, Future Energy led with 509,675 shares, followed by Indies Pharma with 246,026 stocks and Derrimon Trading with 136,967 units.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used in valuing stocks, ended at 13.3 based on the 2025-26 earnings and 15.9 based on 2024 historical earnings. The ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and the other, more detailed daily charts provide investors with regularly updated data to help in decision-making. The PE ratio chart covers all ordinary shares listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, grouped by industry, allowing for easy comparisons within a sector and the overall market. The earnings per share (EPS) and PE ratios are based on 2024 and 2025 actual or projected earnings, excluding any major one time income or expense.
Pertinent information is required to navigate numerous investment options successfully in the stock market. The chart is a useful guide in making rational decisions when investing in stocks close to the sector average, not straying 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 incorporated into the chart. Investors can use this measure in assessing stock values. The chart also shows daily changes in stock prices and the percentage year to date price movement based on the last traded prices. Dividends that are paid or are due to be paid 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.