JSE USD Market inched higher

Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market ended on Tuesday, with the volume of stocks changing hands declining by 30 percent, valued 92 percent more than on Monday and resulted in four securities changing hands, compared to five on Monday with two rising and two declining.
Overall, 104,786 shares were traded, for US$6,106 compared to 148,704 units at US$3,173 on Monday.
Trading averaged 26,197 units at US$1,526, versus 29,741 shares at US$635 on Monday, with a month to date average of 17,781 shares at US$1,017 compared with 16,578 units at US$944 on the previous day. October ended with an average of 47,977 units for US$4,392.
The US Denominated Equities Index gained 1.46 points to finish at 231.85.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 8.9. 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 between November 2023 and August 2024.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ended with a bid higher than the last selling price and two with lower offers.
At the close, Margaritaville dropped 0.98 of one cent and ended at 12 US cents after a transfer of 6,669 units, Proven Investments popped 0.01 of a cent to 16 US cents in trading 21,020 stocks and Transjamaican Highway gained 0.05 of a cent to close at 1.7 US cents, with 76,467 shares changing hands.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 6% fell 3 cents in closing at US$1.02 in an exchange of 630 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.