All three markets of the Jamaica Stock Exchange declined at the close of trading on Thursday, with the Junior Market falling by 1.74 percent and the JSE USD market closing by 1.23 percent. The Main Market slipped less than one percent as the market 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 only 30 shares rising and 43 declining.
At the close of trading, the JSE Combined Market Index dropped 1,600.50 points to 320,703.28, the All Jamaican Composite Index popped 723.01 points to 349,126.03 and the JSE Main Index shed 1,078.81 points to 308,225.55. The Junior Market Index skidded 63.58 points to 3,635.00 and the JSE USD Market Index fell 2.87 points to finish at 232.78.
At the close of trading, 21,623,552 shares were exchanged in all three markets, up from 17,759,242 units on Wednesday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounted to $70.11 million, well below the $154.3 million on the previous trading day and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 363,724 shares for US$8,719 compared to 341,763 units at US$37,023 on Wednesday.
In Main Market activity, Transjamaican Highway led trading with 1.76 million shares followed by Wigton Windfarm with 976,521 units and Sagicor Select Financial Fund with 493,046 stocks.
In Junior Market trading, Indies Pharma led trading with 12.11 million shares followed by Paramount Trading with 575,018 units and Dolla Financial with 499,885 stocks.
In the preference segment, Jamaica Public Service 9.5% climbed $1 to end at $2,700 and Sygnus Credit Investments C10.5% skidded $3.11 to close at $101.39.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to value stocks, ended at 19.6 on 2023-24 earnings and 13.4 times those for 2024-25 at the close of trading. ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and more detailed daily charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making.
The PE ratio chart covers all ordinary shares on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, grouped by industry, allowing for easy comparisons within a sector and the overall market. The EPS & PE ratios are based on 2023 and 2024 actual or projected earnings, excluding major one off items.
Pertinent information is required to navigate numerous investment options successfully in the stock market. The ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and more detailed daily charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making.
The chart should be used in making rational decisions when investing in stocks close to the average for the sector, 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. 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.
All JSE markets fall on Thursday
Junior Market jumps Main Market slips
The Junior Market index closed above the 3,700 mark for the first time since the first week in August, while the Main Market Index just barely slipped on the Jamaica Stock Exchange in trading on Tuesday as the JSE USD market closed moderately higher as trading ended with the number of stocks changing hands falling, with the value of stocks traded ended slightly higher than on the previous trading day, resulting in prices of 33 shares rising and 33 declining.
At the close of trading, the JSE Combined Market Index climbed 307.18 points to close at 321,200.65, the All Jamaican Composite Index declined 597.26 points to conclude trading at 349,473.56, the JSE Main Index dropped a mere 1.65 points to wrap up trading at 308,076.08. The Junior Market Index popped 43.01 points to cease trading at 3,708.52 and the JSE USD Market Index rallied 1.07 points to end the day at 236.55.
At the close of trading, 16,138,546 shares were exchanged in all three markets, down from 30,425,476 units on Monday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounted to $77 million, just above the $75.49 million on the previous trading day and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 559,013 shares for US$47,507 compared to 107,733 units at US$45,990 on Monday.
In Main Market activity, Transjamaican Highway led trading with 4.17 million shares followed by Transjamaican Highway 8% with 2.01 million units and Wigton Windfarm with 809,692 stocks.
In Junior Market trading, Fontana led trading with 1.70 million shares followed by Fosrich with 1.22 million tocks and iCreate with 659,457 units.
In the preference segment, Jamaica Public Service 9.5% slipped $1 and ended at $2,699 and Sygnus Credit Investments C10.5% climbed $1.50 to close at $104.50.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to value stocks, ended at 19.7 on 2023-24 earnings and 13.3 times those for 2024-25 at the close of trading. ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and more detailed daily charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making.
The PE ratio chart covers all ordinary shares on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, grouped by industry, allowing for easy comparisons within a sector and the overall market. The EPS & PE ratios are based on 2023 and 2024 actual or projected earnings, excluding major one off items.
Pertinent information is required to navigate numerous investment options successfully in the stock market. The ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and more detailed daily charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making.
The chart should be used in making rational decisions when investing in stocks close to the average for the sector, 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. 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.
Gains for all JSE markets
Investors pushed the Jamaica Stock Exchange higher at the close of trading on Monday sending the main market solidly higher with the Junior and the JSE USD markets closed marginally higher, with trading ending with a greater volume of stocks changing hands sending the value traded higher than on the previous trading day, resulting in prices of 44 shares rising and 25 declining.
At the close of trading, the JSE Combined Market Index climbed solidly higher by 3,436.12 points to end at 320,893.47, the All Jamaican Composite Index popped 2,790.40 points to finish at 350,070.82 and the JSE Main Index climbed 3,574.84 points to 308,077.73. The Junior Market Index edged 2.50 points higher to 3,665.51 and the JSE USD Market Index rose 0.70 points to 235.48.
At the close of trading, 30,425,476 shares were exchanged in all three markets, up from 13,107,754 units on Friday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounted to $75.49 million, well over the $53.20 million on the previous trading day and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 107,733 shares for US$45,990 compared to 166,468 units at US$7,387 on Friday.
In Main Market activity, Wigton Windfarm led trading with 9.13 million shares followed by Transjamaican Highway with 4.08 million stocks, Sagicor Select Manufacturing & Distribution Fund with 1.94 million units and Transjamaican Highway 8% with 1.02 million stock units.
In Junior Market trading, Future Energy led trading with 4.70 million shares followed by RA Williams with 3.03 million units and JFP Ltd with 903,993 stocks.
In the preference segment, Eppley 7.50% preference share skidded 86 cents to $5.36, 138 Student Living preference share rallied $24.99 in closing at $199.99 and Sygnus Credit Investments C10.5% sank $2 to $103.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to value stocks, ended at 19.8 on 2023-24 earnings and 13.3 times those for 2024-25 at the close of trading. ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and more detailed daily charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making.
The PE ratio chart covers all ordinary shares on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, grouped by industry, allowing for easy comparisons within a sector and the overall market. The EPS & PE ratios are based on 2023 and 2024 actual or projected earnings, excluding major one off items.
Pertinent information is required to navigate numerous investment options successfully in the stock market. The ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and more detailed daily charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making.
The chart should be used in making rational decisions when investing in stocks close to the average for the sector, 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. 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.
Trading drops on the Jamaica Stock Exchange
All three markets of the Jamaica Stock Exchange declined in trading on Tuesday with the Junior Market losing almost 54 points and the JSE USD Market Index dropping nearly a thousand points, the JSE USD market closed moderately lower 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 21 shares rising and 45 declining.
At the close of trading, the JSE Combined Market Index declined 1,291.28 points to 322,767.65, the All Jamaican Composite Index sank 1,876.70 points to 351,178.56 and the JSE Main Index lost 947.86 points to end at 310,585.95. The Junior Market Index lost 53.62 points to finish at 3,592.50 and the JSE USD Market Index fell 2.49 points to finish at 228.28.
At the close of trading, 47,160,532 shares were exchanged in all three markets, down from 157,980,160 units on Monday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounted to $134.91 million, well below the $218.22 million on the previous trading day and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 6,189,214 shares for US$129,634 compared to 56,649 units at US$10,020 on Monday.
In Main Market activity, Transjamaican Highway led trading with 2.31 million shares followed by Wigton Windfarm with 1.55 million units and NCB Financial with 328,204 stock units.
In Junior Market trading, Regency Petroleum led trading with 18.17 million shares followed by Derrimon 
Trading with 7.36 million stocks, RA Williams with 3.49 million units for 9.9 percent market share and Paramount Trading with 1.85 million shares.
In the preference segment, Sygnus Credit Investments C10.5% fell $4.50 to close at $104.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to value stocks, ended at 19.5 on 2023-24 earnings and 13.2 times those for 2024-25 at the close of trading. ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and more detailed daily charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making.
The PE ratio chart covers all ordinary shares on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, grouped by industry, allowing for easy comparisons within a sector and the overall market. The EPS & PE ratios are based on 2023 and 2024 actual or projected earnings, excluding major one off items.
Pertinent information is required to navigate numerous investment options successfully in the stock market. The ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and more detailed daily charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making.
The chart should be used in making rational decisions when investing in stocks close to the average for the sector, 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. 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
Jamaica Stock Exchange last minute gains
In what has been the norm for years the Jamaica Stock Exchange recorded sizable gains in the last minute of trading on Friday, the last trading day of August after prices of 48 shares rose and 19 declined, with the market closing with the number and the value of stocks changing hands jumping sharply over the previous day.
At the close of trading, the JSE Combined Market Index climbed 3,095.47 points to 325,003.57, after putting on more than 820 points in the last few seconds of trading, the All Jamaican Composite Index jumped 2,859.34 points to close at 355,299.75 and the JSE Main Index climbed 2,988.35 points to finish August at 312,499.25. The Junior Market Index rose 33.15 points to 3,649.12 and the JSE USD Market Index closed 3.75 points higher at 231.89.
At the close of trading, 52,466,642 shares were exchanged in all three markets, up from 35,669,678 units on Thursday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounted to $144.68 million, well above the $89.38 million on the previous trading day and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 868,169 shares for US$18,549 compared to 250,561 units at US$10,284 on Thursday.
In Main Market activity, Wigton Windfarm led trading with 3.07 million shares followed by Sagicor Select Financial Fund with 1.65 million stocks and Transjamaican Highway 8% with 1.52 million units.
In Junior Market trading, Limners and Bards led trading with 8.07 million shares for 19.5 percent of total volume followed by Jamaican Teas with 7.25 million stock units, Regency Petroleum with 5.98 million stock units, RA Williams with 4.59 million stock units, Stationery and Office Supplies with 4.48 million stock units and Omni Industries with 2.57 million units.
In the preference segment, 138 Student Living preference share rallied $20.01 to end at $210.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to value stocks, ended at 19.8 on 2023-24 earnings and 13.7 times those for 2024-25 at the close of trading. ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and more detailed daily charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making.
The PE ratio chart covers all ordinary shares on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, grouped by industry, allowing for easy comparisons within a sector and the overall market. The EPS & PE ratios are based on 2023 and 2024 actual or projected earnings, excluding major one off items.
Pertinent information is required to navigate numerous investment options successfully in the stock market. The ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and more detailed daily charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making.
The chart should be used in making rational decisions when investing in stocks close to the average for the sector, 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. 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.
JSE markets’ tepid ending for August
August trading is yet to end, with one day to go and yet trading on Thursday was lukewarm at best, with the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange declining, while the Junior and the JSE USD markets closed moderately higher as trading ended with the number and the value of stocks changing hands falling, from the previous day, resulting in prices of 34 shares rising and 43 declining.
At the close of trading, the JSE Combined Market Index dropped 2,227.38 points to 321,908.10, the All Jamaican Composite Index fell 537.76 points to close at 352,440.40 and the JSE Main Index dipped 2,365.34 points to conclude trading at 309,510.89. The Junior Market Index inched 4.78 points higher to 3,615.96 and the JSE USD Market Index rallied 1.45 points to finish at 228.13.
At the close of trading, 35,669,678 shares were exchanged in all three markets, marginally less than 36,165,291 units on Wednesday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounted to $89.38 million, well below the $127.96 million on the previous trading day and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 250,561 shares for US$10,284 compared to 12,237,755 units at US$232,672 on Wednesday.
In Main Market activity, Sagicor Select Financial Fund led trading with 5.63 million shares followed by Radio Jamaica with 3.05 million stocks and Transjamaican Highway with 1.42 million units.
In Junior Market trading, Jamaican Teas led trading with 4.76 million shares followed by newly listed RA Williams with 4.22 million stocks, Regency Petroleum ended with 3.12 million units, Derrimon Trading ended with 3.12 million shares, Stationery and Office Supplies closed with an exchange of 1.67 million stock units and Fosrich with 1.34 million units.
In the preference segment, 138 Student Living preference share skidded $7.01 to $189.99 and Sygnus Credit Investments C10.5% rallied $7.57 to close at $109.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to value stocks, ended at 19.6 on 2023-24 earnings and 13.4 times those for 2024-25 at the close of trading. ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and more detailed daily charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making.
The PE ratio chart covers all ordinary shares on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, grouped by industry, allowing for easy comparisons within a sector and the overall market. The EPS & PE ratios are based on 2023 and 2024 actual or projected earnings, excluding major one off items.
Pertinent information is required to navigate numerous investment options successfully in the stock market. The ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and more detailed daily charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making.
The chart should be used in making rational decisions when investing in stocks close to the average for the sector, 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. 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.
RA Williams’s torrid debut, big Main Market gains
The Jamaica stock market’s most recent initial public offering of ordinary shares of RA Williams Distributors had a torrid listing debut with the price closing at 82 cents, 18 cents below the IPO price of $1, on a day that Guardian Holdings jumped $49 to be the leading rising stock on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, with others putting in some sizable gains and leading the JSE Main Market into a solid rise on Wednesday.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market ended marginally higher and the JSE USD market closed lower as trading ended with the number of stocks changing hands in the market rose, with the value of stocks traded in the Main and junior markets falling from the previous day, resulting in prices of 39 shares rising and 27 declining.
At the close of trading, the JSE Combined Market Index jumped 3,935.25 points to 324,135.48, the All Jamaican Composite Index popped 2,662.59 points to close trading at 352,978.16 and the JSE Main Index surged 4,055.15 points to end at 311,876.23. The Junior Market Index gained just 8.05 points to end at 3,611.18 and the JSE USD Market Index shed 2.39 points to close at 226.68.
At the close of trading, 36,165,291 shares were exchanged in all three markets, up from 30,806,410 units on Wednesday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounted to $127.96 million, well below the $260.70 million on the previous trading day and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 12,237,755 shares for US$232,672 compared to 131,371 units at US$17,455 on Tuesday.
In Main Market activity, Sagicor Select Financial Fund led trading with 4.23 million shares, Radio Jamaica followed with 1.11 million stock units and Transjamaican Highway ended with 882,272 stocks.
In Junior Market trading, RA Williams, the most recently listed company, led trading with 2.92 million shares followed by Dolla Financial with 1.96 million stock units, Derrimon Trading was next with 1.82 million stocks, Jamaican Teas ended with 1.19 million units, MFS Capital Partners closed after trading 1.19 million shares and EduFocal with 1.02 million units.
In the preference segment, 138 Student Living preference share rose $35.60 to $197 and Sygnus Credit Investments C10.5% dipped $2.47 to finish at $101.43.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to value stocks, ended at 20 on 2023-24 earnings and 13.5 times those for 2024-25 at the close of trading. ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and more detailed daily charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making.
The PE ratio chart covers all ordinary shares on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, grouped by industry, allowing for easy comparisons within a sector and the overall market. The EPS & PE ratios are based on 2023 and 2024 actual or projected earnings, excluding major one off items.
Pertinent information is required to navigate numerous investment options successfully in the stock market. The ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and more detailed daily charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making.
The chart should be used in making rational decisions when investing in stocks close to the average for the sector, 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. 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.
All JSE markets push higher
Rising stocks pushed the Jamaica Stock Exchange higher on Tuesday, with all markets recording solid gains at the end of trading following a surge in market activity with the number and the value of stocks changing hands jumping sharply, compared with trading on Monday, resulting in prices of 42 shares rising and 37 declining, including a $6.32 rise in the Price of AS Brydens and $6 for Massy Holdings.
At the close of trading, the JSE Combined Market Index jumped 3,210.79 points to 320,200.23, the All Jamaican Composite Index rose 483.03 points to 350,315.57 and the JSE Main Index rallied 3,012.06 points to 307,821.08. The Junior Market Index popped 46.21 points to 3,603.13 and the JSE USD Market Index rallied 9.73 points to finish at 229.07.
At the close of trading, 30,806,410 shares were exchanged in all three markets, up from 24,430,418 units on Monday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounted to $260.7 million, well over $55.13 million on the previous trading day and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 131,371 shares for US$17,455 compared to 281,668 units at US$68,578 on Monday.
In Main Market activity, Radio Jamaica led trading with 10.35 million shares followed by NCB Financial with 3.86 million stock units, Wigton Windfarm with 1.12 million units and Sagicor Select Financial Fund with 1.01 million shares.
In Junior Market trading, Jamaican Teas led trading with 5.55 million shares followed by ONE on ONE Educational with 1.98 million units and EduFocal with 564,254 stocks.
In the preference segment, Eppley 7.75% preference share dipped 99 cents in closing at $19, 138 Student Living preference share rallied $1.40 to $161.40 and Sygnus Credit Investments C10.5% rose $2.51 to $103.90.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to value stocks, ended at 19.4 on 2023-24 earnings and 13.3 times those for 2024-25 at the close of trading. ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and more detailed daily charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making.
The PE ratio chart covers all ordinary shares on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, grouped by industry, allowing for easy comparisons within a sector and the overall market. The EPS & PE ratios are based on 2023 and 2024 actual or projected earnings, excluding major one off items.
Pertinent information is required to navigate numerous investment options successfully in the stock market. The ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and more detailed daily charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making.
The chart should be used in making rational decisions when investing in stocks close to the average for the sector, 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. 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.
Decline for the Jamaica Stock Exchange
All three markets of the Jamaica Stock Exchange declined at the close of trading on Monday following a drop in the number and the value of stocks changing hands, compared with trading on Friday, resulting in prices of 26 shares rising and 35 declining.
At the close of trading, the JSE Combined Market Index dropped 3,362.83 points to 316,989.43, the All Jamaican Composite Index shed 1,178.41 points to 349,832.54 and the JSE Main Index slipped 3,382.53 points to 304,809.02. The Junior Market Index lost 17.62 points to end at 3,556.92 and the JSE USD Market Index lost 1.55 points to close at 219.34.
At the close of trading, 24,430,418 shares were exchanged in all three markets, down from 37,579,905 units on Friday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounted to $55.13 million, well below the $93.73 million on the previous trading day and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 281,668 shares for US$68,578 coup sharply from 87,202 units at US$7,834 on Friday.
In Main Market activity, Radio Jamaica led trading with 10.51 million shares followed by Transjamaican Highway with 1.11 million units for 7.2 percent of the day’s trade and JMMB 9.5% preference share with 859,789 stock units.
In Junior Market trading, EduFocal led trading with 1.82 million shares followed by Stationery and Office Supplies with 1.13 million units and Spur Tree Spices with 547,915 stock units.
In the preference segment, 138 Student Living preference shares dropped $49 to close at $160.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to value stocks, ended at 19 on 2023-24 earnings and 13 times those for 2024-25 at the close of trading. ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and more detailed daily charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making.
The PE ratio chart covers all ordinary shares on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, grouped by industry, allowing for easy comparisons within a sector and the overall market. The EPS & PE ratios are based on 2023 and 2024 actual or projected earnings, excluding major one off items.
Pertinent information is required to navigate numerous investment options successfully in the stock market. The ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and more detailed daily charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making.
The chart should be used in making rational decisions when investing in stocks close to the average for the sector, 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. 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.
Main & Junior Market rise, USD market falls
The Main Market and the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange rose in trading on Friday. The JSE USD market closed moderately lower as trading in all markets ended with the number of stocks changing hands jumping, with the value falling sharply from that on the previous trading day, resulting in prices of 26 shares rising and 40 declining.
At the close of trading, the JSE Combined Market Index climbed 2,420.45 points to 320,352.26, the All Jamaican Composite Index popped 1,212.91 points to close off at 351,010.95 and the JSE Main Index advanced 2,491.45 points to wrap-up trading at 308,191.55. The Junior Market Index popped 5.01 points to end the day at 3,574.54 and the JSE USD Market Index dipped 2.50 points to end the day at 220.89.
At the close of trading, 37,579,905 shares were exchanged in all three markets, up from 15,157,878 units on Thursday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounted to $93.73 million, well below the $253.61 million on the previous trading day and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 87,202 shares for US$7,834 compared to 61,468 units at US$66,283 on Thursday.
In Main Market activity, Radio Jamaica led trading with 15.48 million shares followed by Sagicor Select Financial Fund with 8.70 million stocks, Wigton Windfarm with 1.86 million stock units, Transjamaican Highway with 1.60 million shares and Jamaica Broilers with 1.02 million units.
In Junior Market trading, EduFocal led trading with 1.10 million shares followed by Omni Industries with 975,120 units and Dolla Financial with 901,467 stock units.
In the preference segment, Eppley 7.25% preference share rose $3.46 to $18.60, 138 Student Living preference share sank $1 in closing at $209 and Sygnus Credit Investments C10.5% dipped $8.11 to close at $101.39.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to value stocks, ended at 19.1 on 2023-24 earnings and 13.1 times those for 2024-25 at the close of trading. ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and more detailed daily charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making.
The PE ratio chart covers all ordinary shares on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, grouped by industry, allowing for easy comparisons within a sector and the overall market. The EPS & PE ratios are based on 2023 and 2024 actual or projected earnings, excluding major one off items.
Pertinent information is required to navigate numerous investment options successfully in the stock market. The ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and more detailed daily charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making.
The chart should be used in making rational decisions when investing in stocks close to the average for the sector, 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. 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.
