Trading ended on Monday, with the volume of shares changing hands falling 33 percent after the value fell 37 percent below Friday’s trades, on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market, resulting in an even number of stocks rising and falling and the market index slipping 4.4 percent for the year to date.
Trading ended with five securities changing hands, compared to seven on Friday with prices of two stocks rising, two declining and one remaining unchanged.
The US Denominated Equities Index lost 4.85 points to end at 178.19. The PE Ratio, a measure that computes appropriate stock values, averages 11.3 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2021-22 earnings.
Overall, 329,386 shares traded for US$32,977 compared to 490,246 units at US$52,340 on Friday. Trading averaged 65,877 units at US$6,595 compared to 70,035 shares at US$7,477 on Friday, with the month to date averaging 30,966 shares at US$7,093 versus 26,999 units at US$7,149 on Friday. August ended with an average of 210,413 units for US$12,959.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows no stock ending with the bid higher than the last selling price and one stock with a lower offer.
At the close, First Rock Capital rallied 0.2 of a cent to 7 US cents after trading 566 shares, Proven Investments lost 1.86 cents to end at 22.14 US cents, with 113,357 stocks clearing the market, Sygnus Credit Investments US$ share remained at 12.5 US cents after 20,804 units crossed the market and Transjamaican Highway declined 0.07 of a cent to 0.81 US cents with the swapping of 190,966 stock units.
In the preference segment JMMB Group 6% climbed 1 cent to US$1.01, with 3,693 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
