Action slows in OneonOne

Trading took a breather from mildly greater robustness on Wednesday, with action in OneonOne moderating with trading in 11.35 million shares, down from 35.5 million on Wednesday, with price coming from the record high of $2.50 on Tuesday to $1.90 as the Junior Market dropped 75.97 points to 4,229.98 after just eight Junior Market stocks rose and 24 declined.
The JSE Combined Index a measure of the overall market, rallied 354.57 points to 375,064.09.
The All Jamaican Composite Index advanced 2,591.81 points to 410,394.66, the JSE Main Index declined 1,117.23 points to 360,448.00 and the JSE USD market Index slipped 0.35 points to 207.18.
Trading ended, with 41,790,814 shares changing hands with a value of $181 million, down from $287 million, with 62,385,335 shares traded in the overall market on the prior trading day. The JSE USD market ended with the value of stocks traded at US$8,146 from US$17,613 on Wednesday.
The market’s PE ratio ended at 22.7 based on 2021-22 earnings and 12.5 times those for 2022-23 at the close of trading.
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