The JSE US dollar market closed on Friday and recorded another day of moderate activity, resulting in five securities changing hands as was the case on Thursday and ended, with one stock rising, four declining.
At the close, the market lost 9.36 points to 193.68. The PE ratio of the market closed with an average of 13.4 times 2020 earnings.
The volume of shares traded was well below amounts passing through the market on Thursday as investors exchanged just units with a value of US$55,230, in contrast to 161,095 units for US$4,685 on Thursday.
Stocks trading are, First Rock Capital exchanging 600 units and shedding 0.2 of a cent to close at 9 US cents, Margaritaville fell 0.02 of a cent in exchanging 7,761 units and closed at 20 US cents. Proven Investments lost 2 cents to end at 24 US cents, trading of 209,001 units and Trans Jamaican Highway swapped 30,900 shares at 1.06 US cents, after rising 0.2 of a cent.
In the preference market, JMMB Group 6% preference share lost one cent in trading 6,019 units at US$1.11.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.