Trading jumped sharply on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Wednesday, with a sharp bounce in the volume of stocks changing hands. The value of stocks ended higher than on Tuesday, resulting in major indices of the Main Market, the Junior Market index and the JSE USD Market index all rising. At the end of trading, the prices of 36 shares rose, 46 declined and 22 remained firm.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index rallied 347.02 points to wrap up trading at 323,879.17, as the All Jamaican Composite Index climbed by 3.49 points to end at 358,082.55, the JSE Main Index rose by 352.11 points to end at 314,047.12, the Junior Market Index popped 1.42 points to settle at 3,289.76 and the JSE USD Market Index increased 0.12 points to 201.44. At the close of trading, 43,536,110 shares were exchanged in all three markets, up from 17,689,153 units on Tuesday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounted to $181.73 million, up from $74.84 million on the previous day and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 220,029 shares for US$8,175 compared to 214,838 units at US$16,685 on Tuesday.
In Main Market activity, Transjamaican Highway led with 7.19 million shares, followed by Carreras with 4.19 million stock units and Innovative Energy with 728,450 units.
In Junior Market trading, AMG Packaging led with 13.84 million shares, followed by Kintyre Holdings with 11.42 million stock units and Regency Petroleum with 1.16 million units.
In the preference segment, Eppley 7.75% preference share climbed $3.20 to $21, 138 Student Living preference share lost $31.60 to $250, Productive Business Solutions 10.5% skidded $100 to finish at $1,055 and Sygnus Credit Investments C10.5% increased $2 to end at $101.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to value stocks, ended at 13.7 based on 2025-26 earnings and 14.7 based on 2024-25 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 the ordinary shares that are 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 remove emotions from investment decisions and places them on fundamentals while not staying 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. The net asset value of each company is incorporated into the chart. Investors can use this measure in assessing stock values. The chart also shows daily changes in stock prices and the percentage year to date price movement based on the last traded prices. Dividends that are paid or are due to be paid and yields for each company are shown in the Main and Junior Markets’ daily report charts, along with the closing volume of the highest bid and the lowest offer for each company.