Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market ended on Thursday with an 83 percent fall in the volume of stocks changing hands at a 97 percent lower value than on Wednesday, resulting from trading in just three securities, compared to seven on Wednesday with one rising, one declining and one ending unchanged.
A total of 147,149 shares were exchanged for US$2,647 compared with 842,727 units at US$97,351 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 49,050 units at US$882 compared to 120,390 shares at US$13,907 on Wednesday. May ended with an average of 43,350 units for US$2,759.
The US Denominated Equities Index shed 4.12 points to settle at 238.57.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 8.8. The PE ratio is computed based on the last traded price of each stock divided by projected earnings forecasts done by ICInsider.com for companies with their financial year ending between November 2023 and August 2024.
The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and none with a lower offer.
At the close, Sygnus Credit Investments rose 0.02 of a cent to 11.03 US cents after trading ended with 2,236 shares changing hands and Transjamaican Highway dipped 0.25 of a cent in closing at 1.2 US cents with a transfer of 144,438 stocks.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 6% remained at US$1.20 after ending with 475 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Fall back for JSE USD Market
June 1, 2023 by