Transjamaican Highway hit a record high of $5.10 in trading on Wednesday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, with investors grabbing 10 million units of the stock, but that did not prevent a fall in the volume of stocks changing hands. The traded value climbed over that on Tuesday. At the close, the major indices of the Main Market declined, the Junior Market index fell and the JSE USD Market rose, following prices of 36 shares rising, 41 declining and 32 remaining firm.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index dipped 215.24 points to 324,827.74, the All Jamaican Composite Index sank 1,427.63 points to 358,294.31, the JSE Main Index slipped 103.22 points to close at 314,791.40, the Junior Market Index fell 16.40 points to 3,323.03 and the JSE USD Market Index popped 4.58 points to end at 203.42.
A total of 22,882,845 shares were exchanged in all three markets, down from 28,448,891 units on Tuesday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounting to $182.93 million, up from $102.63 million on the previous day. The JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 260,903 shares for just US$8,733 compared to 708,178 units at US$81,601 on Tuesday.
In Main Market activity, Transjamaican Highway led with 10.05 million shares, followed by Wisynco Group with 3.02 million stocks and Carreras with 453,606 units.
In Junior Market trading, Blue Power led with 945,000 shares followed by Jamaican Teas with 822,136 stocks and Spur Tree Spices with 816,170 units.
In the preference segment, 138 Student Living preference share shed $3 to finish at $252.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to value stocks, ended at 14.3 based on 2025-26 earnings and 15 that is based on 2024 historical earnings.
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