West Indian Petroleum hits a new high on the JSE Main Market on Tuesday, helping to drive the market indices skywards following trading in 61 securities, down from 63 on Monday and ending with prices of 23 securities increasing, 18 declining and 20 ending unchanged. Trading closed with the All Jamaican Composite Index surging a hefty 11,393.36 points to 396,697.32, the JSE Main Index leapt 8,196.42 points to 340,796.47 and the JSE Financial Index gained just 0.32 points to conclude trading at 63.90.
At the close, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 10 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and six with lower offers.
The market closed with 11,727,312 shares, up by 28 percent from 9,166,185 traded on Monday, with the value falling 16 percent to $63,365,354, compared to $75,224,446 on Monday.
Trading averaged 192,251 shares at $1,038,776rising from 145,495 stock units at $1,194,039 on Monday and month to date, an average of 237,987 units at $1,586,969 skidding slightly from 244,536 shares at $1,665,466 on the previous day and December with an average of 395,435 stock units at $4,321,753.
Transjamaican Highway led trading with 2.89 million shares for 24.6 percent of total volume followed by Innovative Energy ending with 1.98 million stocks for 16.9 percent of the day’s trade, Sagicor Select Financial Fund closed with 1.55 million stocks for 13.2 percent of the volume traded and Sagicor Select Manufacturing & Distribution Fund with 1.02 million stock units for 8.7 percent of market trade.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 18.7. The JSE Main and the USD Market PE ratios are based on last traded prices and earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies, with financial years ending around August 2026.
At the close of the market, Barita Investments rallied by $1.65 to end at $73 with traders dealing in 2,306 shares, Berger Paints increased 79 cents to $6.09 in an exchange of 3,426 units, Caribbean Cement rose 96 cents to close at $106.96 with investors trading 4,786 shares. Carreras climbed 44 cents and ended at $18.49 after a transfer of 646,108 stock units, GraceKennedy rose $2 to finish at $72 with dealers switching ownership of 41,671 stocks, Guardian Holdings lost $10 in closing at $330 with investors dealing in 832 units. Jamaica Broilers advanced 44 cents to $16.94 with 72,718 shares crossing the exchange, Jamaica Stock Exchange skidded 45 cents in closing at $11.35 with 8,249 stock units changing hands, Kingston Wharves gained $1.99 to close at $36.09 with investors trading 7,235 stocks. 
Pan Jamaica rose $5.17 and ended at $51.68 after an exchange of 381 shares, Proven Investments sank 88 cents to end at $15 after dealers swapped 1,657 units and West Indies Petroleum climbed $2.98 to finish at a new closing high of $12.40 in trading 967,017 stocks.
In the preference segment, Jamaica Public Service 9.5% popped $290 and ended at $2,590 with 10 stock units crossing the market, Productive Business Solutions 10.5% increased $50 to $1,100 in an exchange of 5 shares and Sygnus Credit Investments 10% slipped $1 to close at $108 with 1,063 stock units crossing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.