The Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar Market enjoyed increased trading on Thursday over that on Wednesday leading to slippage in the market index.
Market activity resulted in four securities changing hands, with one declining, leaving three unchanged. Investors traded 851,302 units with a value of US$82,312, in contrast to 80,549 units for US$15,756 on Wednesday.
At the close, the market lost 0.03 points to 192.55 and the PE ratio of the market closed with an average of 13.2 times 2020 earnings.
In trading, Proven Investments closed unchanged at 22.8 US cents with 330,173 shares changing hands, Sygnus Credit Investments traded 7,400 units at 13 US cents, Trans Jamaican Highway ended at 1 US cent transferring 512,777 shares and JMMB Group 6% preference share lost 11 cents swapping 952 units and closed at 99 US cents.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
