Trading rose on Jamaica Stock Exchange

The Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange rose at the close of trading on Wednesday, with the Junior Market declining by a few points and the JSE USD market suffered a big percentage fall as trading ended with the number of stocks changing hands falling, with the value of stocks traded jumping sharply over the previous trading day, resulting in prices of 27 shares rising and 42 declining.
At the close of trading, the JSE Combined Market Index climbed 1,324.21 points to 331,987.60, the All Jamaican Composite Index shed 1,046.83 points to 357,718.29, the JSE Main Index gained 1,447.87 points to close trading at 319,363.28. The Junior Market Index slipped 9.15 points to end the day at 3,707.61 and the JSE USD Market Index dropped 9.12 points or 4 percent to conclude trading at 221.76.
At the close of trading, 18,375,177 shares were exchanged in all three markets, up from 17,868,565 units on Tuesday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounted to $85.87 million, above the $69.07 million on the previous trading day and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 552,161 shares for US$14,011 up from 1,188,623 units at US$36,705 on Tuesday.
In Main Market activity, Transjamaican Highway led trading with 3.43 million shares followed by Wigton Windfarm with 1.68 million stocks and Scotia Group with 360,975 units, ahead of second quarter results due Thursday.
In the Junior Market, Limners and Bards led trading with 4.30 million shares followed by Future Energy with 1.92 million stocks and Dolla Financial with 1.54 million units.
In the preference segment, Productive Business Solutions 10.5% preference share advanced $90 in closing at $1,200.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to determine the value of stocks, ended at 21.1 on 2023-24 earnings and 13.3 times those for 2024-25 at the close of trading. ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and the more detailed daily charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making.
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