The US Dollar Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange hit a new record high on Friday, up 33.4 percent year to date. The volume of stocks traded declined by 76 percent as the value dropped 73 percent from trading on Thursday. The market closed with an exchange of nine securities, up from seven on Thursday, with prices of two rising, six declining and one ending unchanged.
Trading ended with an exchange of 858,377 shares for US$45,278, after tumbling from 3,562,272 stock units at US$167,176 on Thursday.
Trading ended with an average of 95,375 shares at US$5,031 after falling from 508,896 stock units at US$23,882 on Thursday, with a month to date average of 96,263 units at US$7,060 compared with 96,327 stock units at US$7,208 on the previous day and January that ended with an average of 80,722 units for US$9,110.
The US Denominated Equities Index climbed 1.87 points to a new record high of 283.04. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
The PE Ratio, one of the most used measures to determine appropriate stock values, averages 10.5. The PE ratio is derived by dividing the last traded price by earnings per share. ICInsider.com compiles the earnings per share used in this report for companies with their financial year ending around August 2026.
At the close of trading, AS Bryden remained at 25 US cents with investors trading 35 shares, First Rock Real Estate USD share slipped 0.09 of one cent to 3.3 US cents after an exchange of 1,000 units, Margaritaville fell 0.95 of one cent to 8.05 US cents with 400 stocks changing hands. Proven Investments dipped 0.4 of one cent and ended at 8 US cents with 25,212 shares passing through the market, 
Sygnus Credit Investments gained 0.5 of a cent to finish at 6.5 US cents with trading of 2,057 stock units, Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share sank 0.03 of a cent to end at 6.2 US cents with 300 shares crossing the market and Transjamaican Highway declined 0.11 of one cent to 4.79 US cents in an exchange of 826,639 stocks.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group US8.5% rose 5.01 cents to finish at US$1.20 after 2,704 units were swapped and Sygnus Credit Investments E8.5% shed 10 cents and ended at US$10.10 with trading of 30 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.