Trading on Thursday, with the volume and the value of stocks traded rising 103 percent respectively, than on Wednesday, at the close of the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market, resulting in five securities traded, compared to eight on Wednesday with none rising, two declining and three ending unchanged.
The JSE US Denominated Equities Index lost 3.17 points to end at 208.06. The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 8.6. The PE ratio uses ICInsider.com earnings forecasts for companies with financial year ending, up to August 2023.
Overall, 207,860 shares were traded for US$11,046 versus 102,227 units at US$5,437 on Wednesday. Trading averaged 41,572 units at US$2,209 compared to 12,778 shares at US$680 on Wednesday, with month to date average of 33,857 shares at US$3,258 versus 33,438 units at US$3,315 on the previous day. June ended with an average of 71,901 units for US$8,793.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ended with bids higher than the last selling prices and none with a lower offer.
At the close, First Rock Capital USD share remained at 6 US cents while exchanging 87,279 shares, Proven Investments fell 1.13 cents to close at 23 US cents with 6,603 stocks crossing the exchange, Sygnus Credit Investments USD share ended unchanged at 12 US cents after trading 12,257 stock units and Transjamaican Highway lost 0.05 of a cent to end at 0.9 US cents with 100,000 units crossing the market.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 6% finished at US$1.10 in an exchange of 1,721 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
JSE USD market falls
July 21, 2022 by
