The Jamaica Stock Exchange USD equity market declined at the close of trading on Monday, with the market Index slipping 4.22 points to 191.24 after the market enjoyed increased breath, leading to an exchange of 600 percent more shares than on Friday, at an increase of 393 percent in value, resulting in rising stocks outnumbering falling ones.
Trading ended with eight securities changing hands, compared to five on Friday, with the prices of three stocks rising, two declining and there ending unchanged as the market has just held on to 2.7 percent of the gains this year.
The PE Ratio, a measure that is used to computes an appropriate value for a stock, averages 12.1 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2021-22 earnings.
Overall, 235,315 shares traded for US$63,279 up from 33,598 units at US$12,823 on Friday. Trading averaged 29,414 units at US$7,910, compared to 6,720 shares at US$2,565 on Friday. Month to date trading averages 21,361 units for US$5,145 in contrast to 12,157 units at US$1,984 on Friday. June ended with an average of 87,444 units for US$6,162.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ended with a higher bid than the last selling price and one with a lower offer.
At the close, First Rock Capital rallied 1.11 cents to 8.5 US cents with 59 shares clearing the market, Margaritaville traded 110 stock units at 9.2 US cents, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy exchanged 30 units and closed at US$1.05. 
Productive Business Solutions rose 0.01 of a cent to close at 80.01 US cents trading 9,000 stocks, Proven Investments gained 0.4 of a cent to finish at 25.4 US cents with 95,551 shares traded, Sygnus Credit Investments remained at 14 US cents with a transfer of 3,265 units and Transjamaican Highway dropped 0.08 of a cent 0.8 of a US cent with 97,300 stock units crossing the exchange.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 6% slipped 0.01 of a cent to US$1.03 with 30,000 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
