The Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Thursday, resulting in a sharp rise in the volume and value of stocks exchanged, compared to Wednesday, with Transjamaican Highway dominating trading with 85 percent of the day’s volume. Trading closed with the major indices of all markets declining. At the end of trading, the prices of 37 shares rose, 43 declined and 28 remained firm.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index declined by 1,194.22 points to 327,102.27, the All Jamaican Composite Index slipped 160.90 points to finish at 365,924.61, the JSE Main Index shed 1,122.67 points to 316,675.47, the Junior Market Index lost 16.89 points to close at 3,389.45 and the JSE USD Market Index dipped 0.69 points to conclude trading at 203.77.
At the close of trading, 58,489,635 shares were exchanged in all three markets, up from just 10,394,061 units on Wednesday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounted to $230.76 million, up from $43.88 million on the previous day and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 654,501 shares for US$127,810 compared to 991,036 units at US$40,146 on Wednesday.
In Main Market activity, Transjamaican Highway led with 49.68 million shares, followed by Wigton Energy with 1.33 million stocks and Kingston Wharves with 286,335 units.
In Junior Market trading, Fosrich led with 2.71 million shares, followed by Dolla Financial with 639,384 stocks and Fontana with 293,929 units.
In the preference segment, 138 Student Living preference share dropped $5 to close at $250.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to value stocks, ended at 13.3 based on 2025-26 earnings and 16.1 based on 2024 historical earnings. The ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and the other, detailed daily charts provide investors with regularly updated information to assits in decision-making.
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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 to remove emotions from investment decisions and place them on fundamentals, while at the same time not being too far from the majority of investors.
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