Market Updates | Barita Insights | January 19, 2026

For the week ending January 16, 2025, the local stock market, measured by the Combined Index, improved by 0.37%. The Main Market Index improved by 0.49%, the Junior Market Index declined by 1.21%, and the JSE USD Equities Index improved by 4.65%. During the First Rock Real Estate Investments Limited (USD) was the largest gainer, rising by approximately 50.00% to close at $0.04. ISP Finance Services Limited was the biggest decliner, which fell by 23.22% to close at $11.51.

Large-cap stocks, reflecting those listed on the Main Market Index are outperforming on a YTD basis, improving by 3.66%, relative to its Junior Market counterpart which has declined by 2.40%.

For the week ending January 16, 2025, overall market activity resulted from 127 stocks of which 53 advanced, 58 declined and 16 traded firm. Market volume amounted to 126,859,749 units valued at over $482,065,582.63. Key contributors to trading volume are TransJamaican Highway Limited with 27,557,439 (21.31%), followed by Atlantic Hardware and Plumbing Company Limited with 17,885,479 units (13.83%) AMG Packaging & Paper Company Limited with 13,112,123 units (10.14%).

Revisiting relevant news during the week:

Inflation picks up in December — Statin
After months of relative easing, inflation gathered fresh momentum at the end of 2025, with higher food prices and rising electricity costs pushing consumer prices sharply upward in December, reflecting the lingering effects of Hurricane Melissa.
Inflation picks up in December — Statin

Massy accelerates AI upgrades; grows footprint in Guyana
Massy Holdings Limited is not afraid to step into the digital world as 2025 was a year filled with artificial intelligence (AI) and automation while expanding aggressively in Guyana, according to its 2025 annual report.
 Massy accelerates AI upgrades; grows footprint in Guyana 

Hurricane Melissa cuts October-November sales for Paramount
The passage of Hurricane Melissa late last year scaled back revenue flows for Paramount Trading Limited during the second quarter period ended November 30, 2025.
Hurricane Melissa cuts October-November sales for Paramount

Image Plus names Steven Lewis as new chairman
After three decades as one of Jamaica’s most established diagnostic imaging companies, Image Plus Consultants Limited, which trades as Apex Radiology, is formalising a leadership transition that management says is designed to preserve continuity while positioning the business for its next phase of growth.
Image Plus names Steven Lewis as new chairman

WISYNCO’S US$35-M BET
Wisynco Group has begun the regulatory and licensing process to export beverages from its newly commissioned brewery into the United States, signalling an early move into what Chairman William Mahfood expects will become one of the company’s largest overseas markets over time — even as exports remain a small part of its business today.
WISYNCO’S US$35-M BET

Tourism’s triple five targets blown off track but sector resilient
Jamaica’s ambitious plan to welcome five million visitors, generate US$5 billion in tourism earnings, and add some 5,000 new hotel rooms in 2025 was thrown off track as a series of disruptive events left the sector short on projected targets, even as its investment momentum remains strong.
Tourism’s triple five targets blown off track but sector resilient