More trades, smaller deals on JSE
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July 12, 2026
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INVESTORs traded more frequently on the Jamaica Stock Exchange during the first half of 2026, but in smaller parcels and with fewer large-value deals, leaving the headline transaction count to tell only part of the story.
The Main Market recorded 158,017 ordinary transactions between January and June, up 27.8 per cent from 123,633 in the same period of 2025. Yet the volume of shares traded fell 46.5 per cent to 2.17 billion, while the value of trading dropped 52.3 per cent to $19.86 billion.
The size of the average trade tells the story.
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