Trading on Monday ended with the volume of shares changing hands declining 69 percent, with a 92 percent lower value than on Friday, at the close of the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market, resulting in more stocks rising than falling.
Trading ended with six securities changing hands, compared to six on Friday, with prices of four rising, two declining and none traded unchanged.
The JSE US Denominated Equities Index fell 3.09 points to end at 200.27. The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 12.2. The PE ratio uses ICInsider.com earnings forecasts for each company, with the financial year ending during the current year up to August 2022.
Overall, 127,160 shares were traded for US$4,503 compared to 407,025 units at US$58,989 on Friday.
Trading averaged 21,193 units at US$751, compared to 67,838 shares at US$9,832 on Friday and the month to date, averaging 235,072 shares at US$46,683 versus 310,559 units at US$62,894 on Friday. Trading in November averaged 79,766 units for US$10,928.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ending with a bid higher than their last selling prices and none with a lower offer.
At the close, First Rock Capital USD share popped 0.4 of a cent to 7 US cents while exchanging 12,693 units, Margaritaville rose half a cent to 9.5 US cents, with 676 units changing hands, Proven Investments lost half a cent in closing at 23 US cents with an exchange of 12,250 shares. Sygnus Credit Investments USD share popped 2 cents to 12 US cents after trading 1,000 stock units, Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share advanced 3 cents to 14 US cents after exchanging 55 stocks and Transjamaican Highway fell 0.12 of a cent to 0.78 US of one cent in exchanging 100,486 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Prices mostly rise on JSE USD market
December 6, 2021 by
