Trading picked up on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on the US dollar market on Thursday, with Trans Jamaican Highway accounting for 6.9 million or 99.7 percent of the overall volume passing through the market.
Trading activity resulted in five securities changing hands, with one rising, one stock declining and three remaining unchanged, leading to the volume of 6,934,785 units changing hands with a value of US$80,338, in contrast to 648,937 units for US$25,614 on Wednesday.
At the close, the market lost 0.83 points to 201.92. The PE ratio of the market closed with an average of 13.6 times 2020 earnings.
In trading, First Rock Capital shed 0.8 of a cent to close at 9.2 US cents, in exchanging 7,994 units, JMMB Group 5.75% preference share transferred 3,869 units at US$2.13, JMMB Group 6% preference ended at US$1.10, with 1,100 stock units changing hands. Sygnus Credit Investments traded 7,016 units at 14 US cents and Trans Jamaican Highway ended at 1.01 US cents, in exchanging 6,914,806 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market ended with 648,937 shares trading valued at US$25,614, in contrast to 285,192 units for US$123,486 on Tuesday, as one stock rose, one declined, leaving four unchanged. The PE ratio of the market closed with an average of 13.7 times 2020 earnings.
The market closed with three stocks rising, the price of one declining and three stocks closing unchanged. The market ended with 285,192 units valued at US$123,486 changing hands, in contrast to 147,823 units for US$12,944 on Thursday from just three stocks. At the close, the market index gained 0.62 points to end at 202.99 and the PE ratio ended at an average of 13.6 times 2020 earnings.
Market activity resulted in three securities changing hands and ended with no stock gaining while one stock declined and two stocks trading with the price unchanged. The volume of shares traded was 147,823 units with a value of US$12,944, in contrast to 291,094 units for US$266,784 on Wednesday.
The usual large volume traded by the recently listed Trans Jamaica Highway remained moderate on Wednesday, with just over 100,000 shares changing hands.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange, US dollar market, closed on Tuesday, with modest trading as just four securities changed hands. Trading resulted in only 4,926 shares valued at US$4,838 trading as the recently listed Trans Jamaica Highway that traded recently in mostly large volumes exchanged just 10,004 shares at the close.
The market closed with three stocks rising and two declining. The volume of stocks passing through the market rose to 827,966 shares valued at US$14,632 compared to 651,114 shares valued at US$42,388 on Thursday.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange, US dollar market, rose by 3.2 percent with the market index climbing 6.44 points to close at 208.70, with the year to date decline being 7.7 percent. At the close of trading, the PE ratio of the market was an average of 14.5 times 2020 earnings. 
Market activity resulted in six securities changing hands, accounting for 7,448,842 units having a value of US$122,863, in contrast to 3,646,138 units for US$59,981 on Monday. The PE ratio of the market close with an average of12 times 2020 earnings.
