Big fall for JSE USD Market

The Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market suffered a sharp reversal of recent gains with the market index diving 26.46 points to close at 231.58 after Productive Business Solutions had a massive decline in price on Thursday, after the volume of stocks changing hands declining 22 percent with a 187 percent greater value than on Wednesday, resulting in trading in eight securities, similar to the number traded on Wednesday and ended with two rising, four declining and two ending unchanged.
Overall, 758,093 shares were traded for US$42,021 compared with 966,219 units at US$14,629 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 94,762 units at US$5,253 versus 120,777 shares at US$1,829 on Wednesday. Trading month to date average 39,721 shares at US$1,550 versus 36,460 units at US$1,331 on the previous day. November ended with an average of 33,854 units for US$3,351.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 8.5. The PE ratio uses ICInsider.com earnings forecasts for companies with financial years ending between November and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows no stock ending with a bid higher than the last selling price and one with a lower offer.
At the close, First Rock Real Estate USD share advanced 0.7 of a cent to 7.9 US cents after swapping 415,000 shares, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy dipped 5 cents to close at 60 US cents, with 866 stock units changing hands, Productive Business Solutions fell 44.6 cents in closing at US$1.804 after trading 57 units. Proven Investments popped 0.15 of a cent to 19.3 US cents trading 23,226 stocks, Sterling Investments dropped 0.18 of a cent to end at 2 US cents in an exchange of 13,256 units and Transjamaican Highway shed 0.07 of a cent after ending at 0.9 of one US cents in trading 304,858 shares.
In the preference segment, Equityline Mortgage Investment preference share remained at US$1.67 as investors exchanged one stock unit and JMMB Group 5.75% ended at US$1.50 with a transfer of 829 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.