Trading climbed on the US Dollar Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Friday, with an exchange of 14 securities, compared with 13 on Thursday, with the volume of stocks traded declining by a mere 9 percent, with a 207 percent greater value compared to Thursday, resulting in prices of six rising, three declining and five ending unchanged, with the market closing at the highest level for the year to date.
The market closed with an exchange of 206,954 shares for US$51,717 compared to 226,379 units at US$16,867 on Thursday.
Trading ended with an average of 14,782 shares at US$3,694 compared to 17,414 stock units at US$1,297 on Thursday, with a month to date average of 27,588 units at US$13,989, down from 30,970 stock units for US$16,708 on the preceding day, compared to December, with an average of 75,710 units for US$4,415.
The US Denominated Equities Index rose 1.28 points to close at 222.46, up 5 percent year to date. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ended with a bid higher than the last selling price and none with a lower offer.
The PE Ratio, one of the most used measures to determine appropriate stock values, averages 9.4. 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, First Rock Real Estate USD share increased by 0.02 of a cent to finish at 2.5 US cents, with 1,059 shares crossing the exchange, Margaritaville lost 1.39 cents to close at 8.5 US cents in switching ownership of 200 units, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy climbed 5.38 cents to 41.28 US cents and closed after trading of 30 stocks. Productive Business Solutions rose 5 cents to end at US$1.20 in an exchange of 65 shares, Proven Investments rallied 0.3 of a cent and ended at 9.9 US cents, with 1,106 stock units crossing the market, 
Sterling Investments popped 0.1 of a cent to 2 US cents with investors dealing in 1,425 shares. Sygnus Credit Investments dipped 0.15 of one cent to 6.5 US cents with a transfer of 13,407 stock units and Transjamaican Highway ended at 3.15 US cents with investors swapping 151,661 stocks.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 7.5% remained at US$2 after an exchange of 5,190 units. JMMB Group US8.5% slipped 15 cents to finish at US$1.03 with investors trading 32,700 stocks, AS Bryden 6% remained at US$1 after an exchange of one unit, Productive Business Solutions 9.25% ended at US$10.50, with 96 shares crossing the market. Sygnus Credit Investments 8% remained at US$10 as investors exchanged 10 stock units and Sygnus Credit Investments E8.5% advanced 54 cents to US$10.44 after four shares passed through the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.