Trading on the US dollar market of Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Tuesday, with higher volume and value of stocks changing hands than on Friday, but ended with just three securities switching ownership.
Market activity ended, with the price of one stock rising, one declining and one remaining unchanged. Trading resulted in the exchange of 159,533 units with a value of US$23,544, in contrast to 57,581 units for US$12,255 from seven securities changing hands on Friday.
At the close, the market fell by 3.17 points to 187.22. The PE ratio of the US dollar market closed with an average of 13.2 times 2020 earnings.
The stocks trading on Tuesday are, Proven Investments shed 0.85 of a cent to close at 22.5 US cents with an exchange of 102,056 shares, Sygnus Credit Investments closed at 13 US cents, with 477 units changing hands and Trans Jamaican traded 57,000 shares and gained 0.07 of a cent to end at 1 US cent.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
