Only two securities traded on Wednesday compared to six on Tuesday on the US dollar market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, with the market index unchanged after there were no price changes at the close.
The JSE USD Equities Index was unchanged at 192.46, with the average PE Ratio ending at 12.9 based on the IC Insider.com forecast of 2020-21 earnings.
The market closed with 95 percent fewer shares traded than on Tuesday, as only 794 shares changed hands, with a value of US$454 compared to 16,817 units at US$12,542 on Tuesday. The average trade for the day amounted to 397 units at US$227, in contrast to an average of 2,803 shares at US$2,090 on Tuesday. Trading ended with an average of 1,078,429 units for the month to date at US$18,191 in contrast to 1,122,430 units at US$18,924.
By comparison, September ended with an average of 84,017 units for US$10,590 .
At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows three stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and none with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Sygnus Credit Investments remained at 13.5 US cents, with 613 units changing hands and in the preference segment, JMMB Group 5.75% remained at US$2.05 after crossing the exchange with 181 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
At the close of the market, trading ended with six securities changing hands compared to four on Friday and closed with the prices of three stocks rising, one declining and two remaining unchanged.
At the close, First Rock Capital Investment added four-tenths of a cent to close at 8.9 US of cents, with investors swapping 1,204 stock units, Margaritaville gained 1 US cent in closing at 15 US cents, after an exchange of 125 units, Proven Investments was unchanged at 27 US cents trading 9,679 shares and Sygnus Credit Investments lost 1 US cent to end at 13.5 US cents, with a transfer of 1,016 units.
At the close of the market, trading ended with four securities changing hands compared to two on Thursday and ended with the prices of two stocks rising, one declining and one remaining unchanged.
At the close of the market, First Rock Capital Investment gained 1.29 US cents to close at 8.5 US cents, after trading 14,011 stock units, Margaritaville remained at 14 US cents trading 3,500 units. Proven Investments gained 1 US cent to close at 27 US cents in a transfer of 45,510 shares and Transjamaican Highway slipped by 0.02 of a cent and closed at 0.83 of a US cent, with 631,965 shares changing hands.
At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading for the market shows five stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and none with lower offers.
Two securities changed hands at the close of the market compared to three on Tuesday and ended with the price just one stock rising and one remaining unchanged.
By comparison, September ended with an average of 84,017 units for US$10,590.
At the close of the market, trading ended with three securities changing hands compared to four on Monday and ending with one stock rising, one declining and one remaining unchanged.
At the close of the market, Proven Investments shed 1 US cent to settle at 27 US cents, with 34,979 shares changing hands, Sygnus Credit Investments gained 1 US cent to close at 14.5 US cents with investors switching ownership of just one stock and Transjamaican Highway closed at 0.81 US cent, with 545,032 shares crossing the exchange.
At the close of the market, trading ended with four securities changing hands compared to four on Friday and ended with the prices of one stock rising, three declining and none remaining unchanged.
At the close of the market, Proven Investments lost 1.8 cents to end at 28 US cents with an exchange of29,580 stock units. Sygnus Credit Investments lost eight-tenths of a cent and closed the trading of 930 shares at 13.5 US cents and Transjamaican Highway shed 0.011 of a cent to close at 0.081 of a US cent with investors switching ownership of 4,180,389 units of the stock.
At the close of the market, trading ended with four securities changing hands compared to three on Thursday and ended with the prices of two stocks rising, one declining and one remaining unchanged.
At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading for the market shows two stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows one stock ending with a higher bid than the last selling price and none with lower offers.
At the close of the market, trading ended with four securities changing hands compared to two on Tuesday and ended, with the prices of two stocks each, rising and declining.
At the close of the market, First Rock Capital Investment lost four-tenths of a cent to settle at 8.6 US cents after trading 2,000 shares, Sygnus Credit Investments added 0.08 of a cent to close at 14.85 US cents with 5 stock units changing hands and Transjamaican Highway slipped 0.01 of a cent to 0.9 of a US cent, with 95,000 stocks passing through the market.