Increased funding for the JSEUSD market

Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market ended on Friday, with the volume of stocks changing hands declining 24 percent but with the value surging 878 percent over Thursday, resulting in trading in seven securities, compared to three on Thursday with two rising, two declining and three ending unchanged.
A total of 112,013 shares were traded for US$25,887 compared with 147,149 units at US$2,647 on Thursday.
Trading averaged 16,002 units at US$3,698 compared t0 49,050 shares at US$882on Thursday, with a month to date average of 25,916 shares at US$2,853 compared to May with an average of 43,350 units for US$2,759.
The US Denominated Equities Index lost 0.40 points to settle at 238.16.
The PE Ratio, a measure used to compute 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.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ending with a bid higher than the last selling price and none with a lower offer.
At the close, Productive Business Solutions dipped 5.5 cents to US$1.845, with 5 shares crossing the exchange, Proven Investments rose 0.1 of a cent to finish trading at 16.1 US cents after 29,361 stock units were traded, Sterling Investments ended at 1.68 US cents after 13,500 stocks changed hands, Sygnus Credit Investments fell 1.03 cents to end at 10 US cents with 2,208 units being traded and Transjamaican Highway climbed 0.2 of a cents to close at 1.4 US cents while exchanging 65,367 shares.
In the preference segment, Productive Business 9.25% preference share ended at US$12.50 with shareholders swapping 1,570 stock units and JMMB Group 5.75% ended at US$1.90 with an exchange of 2 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.