Trading remained subdued on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market on Thursday, even with a 53 percent rise in the volume of stocks changing hands, valued 298 percent more than on Wednesday. Market activity resulted in trading of five securities, compared to six on Wednesday with prices of two rising, one declining and two ending unchanged.
At the close of the market on Thursday, 250,247 shares were traded for US$11,360 up from 163,964 units at US$2,851 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 50,049 units at US$2,272 versus 27,327 shares at US$475 on Wednesday, with a month to date average of 25,867 shares at US$1,071 compared with 16,566 units at US$609 on the previous day. In comparison, December ended with an average of 28,010 units for US$1,403.
The US Denominated Equities Index lost 1.31 points to conclude trading at 237.36.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 10.5. The PE ratio is computed based on the last traded price divided by projected earnings done by ICInsider.com for companies with their financial year ending and or around August 2024.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and none with a lower offer.
At the close, Proven Investments remained at 14.6 US cents in an exchange of 488 units, Sygnus Credit Investments rose 0.5 of a cent to 9 US cents and closed after 4,091 stocks changed hands and Transjamaican Highway lost 0.12 of a cent to end at 1.6 US cents after a transfer of 239,600 shares.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 6% advanced 4 cents in closing at US$1.05 trading 6,001 stock units and Productive Business Solutions 9.25% preference share ended at US$11.50 while exchanging 67 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
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