Trading in Transjamaican Highway shares fell by just less than a half on Friday from Thursday’s level on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, resulting in a fall in the volume of stocks changing hands, with a lower value than on Thursday. At the close, the major indices of the Main Market rose, the Junior Market index declined and the JSE USD Market closed higher following a rise in prices of 54 shares, a decline of 30, while 27 remained firm.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index rallied 1,073.19 points to finish at 328,175.46, the All Jamaican Composite Index rose 1,663.64 points to conclude trading at 367,588.25, the JSE Main Index jumped by 1,284.45 points to 317,959.92, the Junior Market Index lost 21.97 points to settle at 3,367.48 and the JSE USD Market Index rose 1.08 points to 204.85.
At the close of trading, 34,173,098 shares were exchanged in all three markets, down from 58,489,635 units on Thursday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounting to $200.62 million, down from $230.76 million on the previous day. The JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 102,680 shares for US$6,965 compared to 654,501 units at US$127,810 on Thursday.
In Main Market activity, Transjamaican Highway led trading on the market with 26.84 million shares, followed by Lasco Manufacturing with 1.36 million stocks and Wigton Energy with 444,580 units.
In Junior Market trading, Fosrich led with 663,250 shares, followed by Jamaican Teas with 462,380 stocks and MFS Capital Partners with 295,728 units.
In the preference segment, Eppley 7.25% preference share rose $1.39 in closing at $20 and Jamaica Public Service 7% declined $2.90 to $42.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to value stocks, ended at 13.4 based on 2025-26 earnings per share and 16.1 based on 2024 historical earnings.
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