Rally for the JSE USD market

Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market ended on Thursday, with a 46 percent decline in the volume of stocks changing hands, with a 5 percent greater value than on Wednesday, resulting from trading seven securities, similar to Wednesday with two rising, three declining and two ending unchanged.
Overall, 21,693 shares were traded for US$2,318 compared with 39,854 units at US$2,210 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 3,099 shares at US$331 versus 5,693 shares at US$316 on Wednesday, with a month to date average of 35,668 shares at US$1,277 compared with 39,468 units at US$1,388 on the previous day. April ended with an average of 394,241 units for US$22,357.
The US Denominated Equities Index rallied 5.36 points to 239.70.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 9.9. The PE ratio is computed based on the last traded price of each stock divided by projected earnings forecasts done by ICInsider.com for companies with their financial year ending between November 2023 and August 2024.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close, First Rock Real Estate USD share fell 0.01 of a cent to 6.19 US cents after an exchange of 906 shares, Proven Investments ended at 17.6 US cents in trading 2,558 stocks, Sterling Investments rose 0.05 of a cent to end at 1.9 US cents with an exchange of 498 units, Sygnus Credit Investments remained at 10 US cents with 17,600 stock units changing hands, Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share dipped 0.1 of a cent in closing at 11.9 US cents with shareholders swapping 82 shares and Transjamaican Highway rallied 0.12 of a cent to 1.26 US cents after 30 units changed hands.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 5.75% lost 30 cents to close at US$1.70, with 19 stocks crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.