At the close of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, US dollar Market Equities Index declined by 0.56 points to close at 184.86 in a moderate trading session on Monday.
Trading ended with four securities changing hands. No stock closed with an increase in the price, while three declined and one remained unchanged. The average PE Ratio of the JSE US Dollar Market ended at 13 based on IC Insider.com’s forecast of 2020-21 earnings.
The market closed with an exchange of 107,140 shares, accounting for US$25,311 compared to 911,996 units at US$186,648 on Friday.
An average of 26,785 units at US$6,328 traded for the day, in contrast to an average of 182,399 at US$37,330 on Friday. An average of 136,106 units traded for the month to date at US$20,442 in contrast to 143,274 units at US$21,367. June ended with an average of 281,680 shares at US$46,787.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading for the JSE US Dollar market shows four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and none with lower offers.
At the close of the market, First Rock Capital Investment closed at 9 US cents with an exchange of 916 shares, JMMB Group 5.75% preference shares carved out a loss 25 US cents to settle at US$2.05 after trading 800 units. Proven Investments declined 1.5 US cents ending at 23 US cents with 102,424 shares changing hands and Transjamaican Highway lost one-tenth of a cent and settled at 0.94 US cent in exchanging 3,000 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
JSE US$ market slipped on Monday
July 20, 2020 by
