Trading closed with a marked drop in the value and volume of stocks changing hands on Thursday compared with the prior day on the Jamaica Stock Exchange. The day’s activity resulted in mixed fortunes in major indices of the Main Market, while the Junior Market index jumped and the JSE USD Market closed higher. At the end of trading, prices of 41 shares rose, 38 declined and 34 remained firm.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index popped 645.54 points to 334,768.54, the All Jamaican Composite Index sank 839.63 points to conclude trading at 369,134.32, the JSE Main Index rallied 460.80 points to 324,680.40, the Junior Market Index advanced 28.82 points to 3,390.31 and the JSE USD Market Index gained 3.12 points to settle at 195.08.
At the close of trading, 14,820,560 shares were exchanged in all three markets, down from 25,830,748 units on Wednesday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounting to $72.98 million, down from $143.57 million on the previous day. The JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 425,662 shares for US$24,730, down from 1,304,395 units at US$51,957 on Wednesday.
In Main Market activity, Transjamaican Highway led trading with 3.98 million shares, followed by Sagicor Select Financial Fund with 2.13 million stocks and Sagicor Select Manufacturing & Distribution Fund with 796,000 units.
In Junior Market trading, JFP led with 1.74 million shares, followed by Kintyre Holdings with 1.62 million stocks and Future Energy with 387,183 units.
In the preference segment, Jamaica Public Service 9.5% shed $18 to finish at $2,580, 138 Student Living preference share sank $53.99 to $198 and Productive Business Solutions 10.5% climbed $123 to close at $1,140.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to value stocks, ended at 13.4 based on 2025-26 projected earnings and 15.2 based on 2024 historical earnings.
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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. 
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