JSE USD Market inched forward

Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market ended on Friday, with a 26 percent fall in the volume of stocks changing hands with a 24 percent greater value than on Thursday and resulted in trading taking place in five securities, compared to three on Thursday with two rising, two declining and one ending unchanged.
Overall, 256,238 shares were traded, for US$8,090 compared to 345,389 units at US$6,537 on Thursday.
Trading averaged 51,248 units at US$1,618, versus 115,130 shares at US$2,179 on Thursday, with a month to date average of 76,993 shares at US$4,598 compared with 78,208 units at US$4,738 on the previous day. October ended with an average of 47,977 units for US$4,392.
The US Denominated Equities Index popped 0.19 points to end at 225.22.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 8.5. 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 none with a lower offer.
At the close, Proven Investments popped 0.97 of one cent to end at 15.98 US cents as investors exchanged 15,350 stock units, Sterling Investments skidded 0.2 of a cent to 1.5 US cents with shareholders swapping 708 shares and Transjamaican Highway fell 0.09 of a cent to close at 1.51 US cents in an exchange of 239,251 units.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 5.75% advanced 28.5 cents in closing at US$2.185 with investors dealing in 848 stocks and JMMB Group 6% ended at US$1 with 81 units crossing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.