Trading on Tuesday closed with the US dollar market declining as investors exchanged 83 percent fewer shares at 74 percent less the value than on Monday, resulting in falling stocks just nudging out those rising.
Trading ended with five securities changing hands, the same number as on Monday, with prices of one rising, two declining and two ending unchanged.
The JSE US Denominated Equities Index dropped 2.47 points to end at 192.43.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 12.1. The PE ratio is based on earnings forecasted by ICInsider.com for each company with the financial year ending during the current year up to August 2022.
Overall, 162,849 shares traded for US$7,301 down from 931,949 units at US$28,540 on Monday. Trading averaged 32,570 units at US$1,460 compared to 186,390 shares at US$5,708 on Monday and the month to date averages 109,480 at US$3,584. October ended with an average of 48,646 units for US$4,160.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two stocks with lower offers.
At the close of trading on Tuesday, First Rock Capital US lost 0.01 of a cent to end at 6.99 US cents with 7,199 shares changing hands, Margaritaville remained unchanged at 9.45 US cents with 3,415 stock units traded, Proven Investments rallied 0.09 of a cent to finish at 23.99 US cents with 20,736 units passing through the market, Sygnus Credit Investments USD based stock settled at 12.99 US cents with a transfer of 5,791 stocks and Transjamaican Highway fell 0.05 of a cent to 0.75 US cents with 125,708 shares crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.