Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market ended on Tuesday, with the volume of stocks changing hands declining 45 percent and valued 41 percent lower than on Monday, resulting in five securities traded, compared to nine on Monday, with two rising, one declining and two ending unchanged.
Overall, 339,743 shares were traded for US$36,245 compared to 620,736 units at US$61,293 on Monday.
Trading averaged 67,949 shares at US$7,249 versus 68,971 shares at US$6,810 on Monday, with a month to date average of 171,109 shares at US$14,245, marginally lower than 174,793 units at US$14,495 on the previous day. February ended with an average of 43,793 units for US$2,015.
The JSE USD Equities Index gained 1.13 points to end at 192.61.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 9. The PE ratio is calculated 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 2022 and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ending with bids higher than the last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close, First Rock Real Estate USD share declined 0.24 of a cent to close at 6.01 US cents after trading 65,888 shares, Margaritaville remained at 11 US cents after 12,000 units changed hands, Proven Investments rose 1.49 cents to 17.99 US cents in an exchange of 177,107 stock units. Sygnus Credit Investments ended at 9.5 US cents after 1,825 stocks crossed the exchange and Transjamaican Highway increased 0.01 of a cent to 0.95 of one US cent with 82,923 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Gains for JSE USD stocks
March 28, 2023 by
