The US Dollar Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange inched higher on Tuesday, with the volume and value of stocks traded falling by 56 percent and 53 percent, respectively, on Monday, resulting from an exchange of nine securities, down from seven on Monday, with prices of three rising, four declining and two ending unchanged.
The market closed with an exchange of 608,576 shares for US$30,667, after falling from 1,393,066 stock units at US$65,908 on Monday.
Trading ended with an average of 67,620 shares at US$3,407, with a decline from 199,009 stocks at US$9,415 on Monday, with a month to date average of 99,360 units at US$6,950, down from 101,400 stock units at US$7,178 on the previous day and higher than January, with an average of 80,722 units for US$9,110.
The US Denominated Equities Index gained 6.14 points to close trading at 276.17. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
The PE Ratio, one of the most used measures to determine an appropriate stock value, averages 10.3. The PE ratio is derived by dividing the last traded price by earnings per share. ICInsider.com compiles the earnings per share used in this report for companies with their financial year ending around August 2026.
At the close of trading, AS Bryden climbed 3.75 cents to finish at 25 US cents with a mere one share crossing the exchange, First Rock Real Estate USD share increased 0.09 of one cent to 3.39 US cents with investors swapping 2,489 stocks, Margaritaville remained at 8.05 US cents in an exchange of 249 shares. Proven Investments fell 0.6 of one cent to close at 8 US cents with 44,200 stock units crossing the market, 
Sterling Investments slipped 0.47 of a cent to 2 US cents after an exchange of 4,989 units, Sygnus Credit Investments sank 0.69 of a cent in closing at 6 US cents with a transfer of 50,000 shares. Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share dipped 0.02 of a cent to 5.25 US cents after an exchange of 99 shares and Transjamaican Highway popped 0.21 of one cent to finish at 4.71 US cents after trading of 506,469 stocks.
In the preference segment, Sygnus Credit Investments E8.5% ended at US$10.10 with 80 units passing through the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.