Trading on the US Dollar Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange dropped on Friday, with the volume and the value of trading declining by 69 percent and 83 percent respectively, from trading on Thursday. Trading ended with an exchange of nine securities, down from 11 on Thursday, with prices of three rising, one declining and five ending unchanged.
Transjamaican Highway USD shares closed at a new record high on Friday.
The market closed with an exchange of 1,015,936 shares for US$43,957 after falling from 3,285,230 stock units at US$265,998 on Thursday.
Trading ended with an average of 112,882 shares at US$4,884 in, falling from 298,657 stocks at US$24,182 on Thursday. Trading for the month to date ended with an average of 80,722 units at US$9,110 compared to 79,311 stock units at US$9,295 on the previous day and December ending with an average of 75,710 units for US$4,415.
The US Denominated Equities Index shed 3.20 points to close at 265.00, up a solid 26.4 percent for January, with a sharp rise in the price of Transjamaican contributing most to the rally. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
The PE Ratio, one of the most used measures to determine appropriate stock values, averages 9.9. The PE ratio is derived by dividing the last traded price by earnings per share. ICInsider.com compiles the earnings per share used in this report for companies with their financial year ending around August 2026.
At the close of the market, Margaritaville ended at 7 US cents with investors trading 2,474 shares, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy gained 4.05 cents to 31.05 US cents with an exchange of 618 stock units, 
Productive Business Solutions skidded 15 cents to finish at 85 US cents after trading 11 stocks. Proven Investments remained at 8.99 US cents with a transfer of 350 shares, Sterling Investments ended at 1.99 US cents with investors swapping 995 units, Sygnus Credit Investments popped 0.97 of one cent to 6.97 US cents after an exchange of 1,312 shares and Transjamaican rallied 0.04 of one cent to close at a record high of 4.5 US cents with 1,010,168 units changing hands.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group US8.5% remained at US$1.20 following trading of 7 stocks and AS Bryden 6% ended at US$1 with a mere one stock unit crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.