JSE USD Market get one new listing

One new security was listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market on Wednesday, with AS Bryden ordinary share started trading for the first time with the price falling 0.34 of a cent to 22 cents on a day when the volume of stocks that were exchanged declined 96 percent after 89 percent fewer US dollars changed hands than on Tuesday, resulting in trading in 11 securities, compared to eight on Tuesday with prices of five rising, four declining and two ending unchanged.
The market closed with an exchange of 110,543 shares for US$13,237 compared to 2,937,043 units at US$118,791 on Tuesday.
Trading averaged 10,049 units at US$1,203 versus 367,130 shares at US$14,849 on Tuesday, with a month to date average of 76,411 shares at US$5,322 compared with 91,011 units at US$6,228 on the previous day and February with an average of 46,765 units for US$6,084.
The US Denominated Equities Index dipped 8.85 points to end the day at 247.53.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 9.7. 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 four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, AS Bryden lost 0.34 of a cent and ended at 22 US cents after exchanging a mere 100 units, First Rock Real Estate USD share sank 0.2 of a cent to 4.2 US cents and closed with an exchange of 26,937 stocks, Margaritaville rose 2 cents to 12 US cents with a transfer of 100 shares. Productive Business Solutions skidded 7 cents in closing at US$1.73 while exchanging 18 stock units, Proven Investments advanced 1.2 cents to end at 15.7 US cents after a transfer of 2,347 shares, Sterling Investments popped 0.01 of a cent in closing at 1.51 US cents in switching ownership of 1,500 stocks. Sygnus Credit Investments ended at 8.99 US cents after an exchange of 23,534 units, Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share lost 0.68 of one cent and ended at 6.82 US cents with investors transferring 2,547 stock units and Transjamaican Highway rallied 0.17 of a cent to close at 2.2 US cents in an exchange of 48,963 shares.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group US8.5% preference share remained at US$1.1601 with investors trading 1,341 stock units and JMMB Group 5.75% increased by 23.5 cents in closing at US$2.145 after 3,156 units passed through the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.