All the Jamaica Stock Exchange market dropped on Wednesday, with Main Market volume and value of stocks trading falling from Tuesday’s levels while Junior and the JSE USD Markets ended with solid bounces in the volume and value of stocks traded. At the end of trading the prices of 36 shares rose, 33 declined and 31 remained firm.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market dropped 1,800.10 points to 342,119.94, the All Jamaican Composite Index sank 1,811.19 points to conclude trading at 381,011.29, the JSE Main Index declined by 1,575.05 points to 330,383.72, the Junior Market Index pulled back 40.99 points to end at 3,651.14 and the JSE USD Market Index lost 1.65 points to finish at 236.83.
At the close, 42,849,534 shares were exchanged in all markets, up from 13,915,261 units on Tuesday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounted to $98.61 million, down from $261.56 million on the previous day and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 10,853,995 shares for US$299,532 up sharply from 325,340 units at US$10,946 on Tuesday.
In Main Market activity, Transjamaican Highway led with 8.99 million shares followed by Radio Jamaica with 1.70 million stocks and Wigton Energy with 1.23 million units.
In Junior Market trading, Jamaican Teas led with 8.84 million shares followed by Lasco Financial with 2.0 million stocks and Regency Petroleum with 1.72 million units.
In the preference segment, Eppley 7.25% preference share dipped $2.89 to finish at $16.
The JSE market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to value stocks, ended at 13.9 on 2024-25 earnings and 20.1 based on 2023-24 historical earnings. The ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and the other more detailed daily charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help 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 should be used in making rational decisions when investing in stocks close to the sector average, not going 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. 
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