The volume of stock traded jumped sharply on Tuesday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, with a greater value than on Monday, resulting in all the market’s major indices rising, as the market closed with prices of 48 stocks rising, 29 declining and 32 remaining firm.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index gained 1,914.05 points to finish at 317,038.98, the All Jamaican Composite Index ended rising by 1,806.75 points to close at 351,015.92, the JSE Main Index rose 1,880.87 points to close at 305,991.99, the Junior Market Index rallied 16.16 points to end at 3,411.36 and the JSE USD Market Index rose 3.34 points to end at 205.84.
At the close, 25,960,254 shares were traded in all three markets, up from 17,901,920 units on Monday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounting to $202.61 million, up from $78.44 million on the previous day. The JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 161,665 shares for US$29,714 compared to 1,153,803 units at US$29,575 on Monday.
In Main Market activity, Transjamaican Highway led trading with 3.52 million shares, followed by Wigton Energy with 2.48 million stocks and Jamaica Broilers with 2.12 million units.
In Junior Market trading, ONE on ONE Educational led with 5.11 million shares, followed by Regency Petroleum with 1.15 million stocks and Dolla Financial with 787,699 units.
In the preference segment, 138 Student Living preference share rallied $9.20 and ended at $200 and Sygnus Credit Investments C10.5% rose $4.99 to $103.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to value stocks, ended at 13.2 based on 2024-25 earnings and 16 based on 2024 earnings.
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