Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market ended on Wednesday, with the volume of stocks traded rising 57 percent and the value jumping 216 percent compared to Tuesday, with trading in 63 securities compared with 55 on Tuesday, resulting in prices of 30 rising, 20 declining and 13 ending unchanged and ended with solid gains in the market index.
The market closed with 14,514,678 shares being traded with a value of $206,882,540, up from 9,270,119 units at $65,463,179 on Tuesday.
Trading averaged 230,341 shares at $3,281,616, well above 168,548 stocks at $1,190,240 on Tuesday and month to date, an average of 291,314 units with an average of $2,560,097 versus 294,941 shares at $2,517,174 on the previous day and March with an average of 244,194 stock units at $3,119,428.
Sagicor Select Financial Fund led trading with 4.01 million shares for 27.6 percent of total volume, followed by Transjamaican Highway, with 2.79 million stocks for 19.2 percent of the day’s trade, Supreme Ventures closed with 1.15 million stocks for 7.9 percent of the volume traded and Scotia Group with 1.15 million units for 7.9 percent of market trade.
The All Jamaican Composite Index rallied 2,308.98 points to close trading at 406,683.84, the JSE Main Index popped 1,707.19 points to conclude trading at 345,556.72 and the JSE Financial Index dropped 0.68 points to wrap-up trading at 63.84. At the close, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 15 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 10 with lower offers.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 20.7. The JSE Main and the USD Market PE ratios are based on last traded prices and earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies with the financial year ending around August 2026.
At the close of trading, AS Bryden climbed $3.94 to $29.45 in an exchange of 73 shares, Caribbean Cement popped $2.50 to end at $101.50 in switching ownership of 257,598 units. General Accident rallied 90 cents to close at $6 after an exchange of only 1,601 shares, GraceKennedy rose 50 cents to close at $71 in trading 538,336 stock units, Guardian Holdings climbed $20 to finish at $350 and closed after an exchange of 11,765 shares. Jamaica Producers advanced $2.39 to $24.95 with a transfer of 295,112 units, Kingston Properties gained 49 cents to close at $12.49 as investors exchanged 1,789 stocks, Lasco Manufacturing rose 82 cents and ended at $7.03, with 5,622 stock units crossing the market. Massy Holdings rallied $1 in closing at $72 with traders dealing in 165 shares, Mayberry Jamaican Equities increased 69 cents to finish at $7.20 following an exchange of 10,145 stock units, 
Pan Jamaica sank 50 cents in closing at $48.98, with 135,027 units crossing the market. Proven Investments popped $2.05 to $12.95 with investors swapping 522,331 shares, Scotia Group lost $1 to close at $51 after a transfer of 1,152,432 units, Seprod gained $5 and ended at $83 passed after 47,304 stocks passed through the market and Sygnus Real Estate Finance advanced $1.73 to finish at $10.73 following trading of 834 units.
In the preference segment, Jamaica Public Service 7% popped $5.04 to close at $37.54 after trading of 3 shares and 138 Student Living preference share sank $10 to finish at $210 in an exchange of 36 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.