6 stocks fall on the JSE USD Market

Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market ended on Friday, with a 57 percent drop in the volume of stocks changing hands valued 92 percent less than on Thursday, resulting in trading of eight securities compared to three on Thursday with two rising, six declining and no ending unchanged.
A total of 57,458 shares were traded for US$3,210 compared to 134,274 units at US$39,564 on Thursday.
Trading averaged 7,182 units at US$401 compared with 44,758 shares at US$13,188 on Thursday, with a month to date average of 21,954 shares at US$1,825 compared to 26,499 units at US$2,262 on the previous day. November ended with an average of 249,102 units for US$14,204.
The US Denominated Equities Index dipped 0.42 points to lock up trading at 230.61.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 10.2. The PE ratio is computed based on the last traded price divided by projected earnings done by ICInsider.com for companies with their financial year ending and or around August 2024.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close, First Rock Real Estate USD share declined 0.04 of a cent in closing at 4.4 US cents after a transfer of 1,000 stocks, Margaritaville fell 0.15 of a cent to 10.89 US cents with 1,000 units crossing the exchange, Proven Investments skidded 1.93 cent and ended at 13.07 US cents with a transfer of 1,000 shares. Sterling Investments popped 0.01 of a cent to end at 1.59 US cents after investors ended trading 1,493 stock units, Sygnus Credit Investments lost 0.29 of a cent to close at 8.71 US cents as investors exchanged 1,000 shares and Transjamaican Highway gained 0.04 of a cent to close at 1.72 US cents after trading 51,418 stock units.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 5.75% dropped 10 cents to end at US$2 with shareholders swapping 450 stocks and Productive Business Solutions 9.25% preference share shed US$1.49 in closing at US$10.01 after 97 units passed through the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.