Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market ended on Wednesday, with a 95 percent drop in the volume of stocks that changed hands, with a 97 percent lower value than on Tuesday, resulting in trading in three securities, compared to five on Tuesday with prices of two rising, no declining and one ending unchanged as the market gained nearly 8 percent in January.
The market closed with 15,298 shares trading for a mere US$860 compared with 286,861 units at US$30,962 on Tuesday.
Trading averaged 5,099 units at US$287 compared to 57,372 shares at US$6,192 on Tuesday, with a month to date average of 42,169 shares at US$5,037 compared to 43,045 stock units at US$5,149 on the previous day and December with an average of 28,010 units for US$1,403.
The US Denominated Equities Index gained 2.46 points to finish at 249.26, up 7.9 percent for the month.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 10.6. The PE ratio is computed based on the last traded price divided by projected earnings done by ICInsider.com for companies with their financial year ending and or around August 2024.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows six stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close of trading, Productive Business Solutions popped 2 cents to US$1.79 with 29 stocks being traded and Transjamaican Highway advanced 0.01 of a cent to 2 US cents, with 14,769 units changing hands.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group US8.5% preference share remained at US$1.03 after trading of 500 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
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