The Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market closed on Monday with a 366 percent jump in the volume of stocks traded rising, with a 138 percent higher value than on Friday, resulting in the exchange of six securities, compared with nine on Friday with prices of four rising, one declining and one ending unchanged.
The market closed with an exchange of 680,107 shares for US$21,934 up from 145,889 stocks at US$9,208 on Friday. Trading averaged 113,351 shares at US$3,656 compared to 16,210 stocks at US$1,023 on Friday, with a month to date average of 122,977 units at US$5,018 compared with 123,379 shares at US$5,075 on the previous day and December that ended with an average of 229,957 units for US$7,451.
he US Denominated Equities Index lost 1.25 points to wrap-up trading at 236.18. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and none with a lower offer.
The PE Ratio, one of the best known measures used to determine appropriate stock values, averages 7.4. The PE ratio is calculated based on last traded prices divided by projected earnings, computed by ICInsider.com for companies with financial year ending around August 2025.
At the close of trading, First Rock Real Estate USD share advanced 0.01 of one cent to close at 3 US cents with 4,659 stock units crossing the exchange, Productive Business Solutions popped 5 cents to US$1.45 after a transfer of 124 shares, Sterling Investments ended at 1.8 US cents with 2,113 units passing through the market. Sygnus Credit Investments climbed 0.05 of a cent to finish at 7 US cents after an exchange of 8,588 stocks, Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share rose 0.1 of a cent to end at 6 US cents with investors swapping 89,021 shares and Transjamaican Highway fell 0.13 of one cent in closing at 2.74 US cents with 575,602 stock units clearing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.


The market closed with an exchange of 10,853,995 shares for US$299,532 up from just 325,340 stocks at US$10,946 on Tuesday.
The market closed with trading in 20,668 shares amounting to US$13,498, down from 843,267 stocks at US$30,797 on Friday. Trading averaged 2,296 shares at US$1,500 compared to 120,467 stocks at US$4,400 on Friday, with a month to date average of 54,477 units at US$2,908 versus 58,908 stocks at US$3,028 on the previous day and December that ended with an average of 229,957 units for US$7,451.