JSE USD Market pops on Monday

Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market ended on Monday, with the volume of stocks changing hands rising 31 percent, valued 68 percent lower than on Friday, resulting in seven securities traded, compared to six on Friday, with three rising, two declining and two ending unchanged.
A total of 155,440 shares were traded for US$5,637 compared with 118,609 units at US$17,580 on Friday.
Trading ended with an average of 22,206 shares at US$805 compared to 19,768 shares at US$2,930 on Friday, with a month to date average of 43,771 shares at US$2,650 compared with 46,419 units at US$2,877 on the previous trading day. July ended with an average of 95,306 units for US$2,965.
The US Denominated Equities Index popped 2.16 points to close at 244.56.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages nine. The PE ratio is calculated 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 one with a lower offer.
At the close, First Rock Real Estate USD share remained at 4 US cents and closed with 509 shares being traded, Margaritaville popped 0.1 of a cent to end at 11 US cents in trading 2,130 units, Proven Investments rose 0.3 of a cent and ended at 14.8 US cents, with 251 stocks crossing the market. Sterling Investments popped 0.02 of a cent to 1.98 US cents with investors trading six stocks, Sygnus Credit Investments dropped 1.41 cents to close at 9.5 US cents with 32,422 stock units clearing the market and Transjamaican Highway dipped 0.05 cents and ended at 1.6 US cents in an exchange of 120,000 units.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 5.75% ended at US$1.95 as investors exchanged 122 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.