Dolla Financial gains 32% on debut

Dolla Financial was listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market on Wednesday, with the price hitting the maximum permitted for the day at $1.32, up 32 percent from the IPO price of $1 with trading in only 63,940 shares after the online trading platform frooze up for some time preventing investors from interacting with the market for almost an hour. At the close of trading, there were 45 million units on the bid at $1.32, and just over 30 million at $1.30, with less than 300,000 on the offer below $2.
At the close of trading, the Main and USD Indices, Junior Market and the USD market all slipped moderately, with the JSE Combined Index falling 394.65 points to 395,090.66.
The All Jamaican Composite Index lost 332.58 points to 437,611.11, the JSE Main Index fell 219.82 points to 383,330.79, and the Junior Market index slipped 21.05 points to 4,077.96 and the SE USD market index dipped 1.02 points to close at 217.95.
Investors exchanged 16,183,710 shares in all markets, with the value of stocks traded in the Main and Junior Markets amounting to a mere $79.8 million and in the JSE USD market, US$$34,212.
The market’s PE ratio ended at 23.6 based on 2021-22 earnings and 13.2 times those for 2022-23 at the close of trading.
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