Steady trading for JSE USD Market

Trading ended Thursday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market, with the volume of stocks changing hands declining 79 percent valued 2 percent less than on Wednesday, resulting in trading in six securities, down from 10 on Wednesday with two rising, one declining and three unchanged.
Overall, 142,507 shares were traded for US$31,099 compared with 679,924 units at US$31,830 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 23,751 units at US$5,183 compared with 67,992 shares at US$3,183 on Wednesday, with a month to date average of 37,077 shares at US$2,111 compared with 37,722 units at US$1,963 on the previous day. April ended with an average of 394,241 units for US$22,357.
The US Denominated Equities Index slipped 0.80 points to 206.77.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 8.3. The PE ratio is computed based on the last traded stock price 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 five stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, First Rock Real Estate USD share ended at 4.4 US cents after investors traded 28,669 shares, Proven Investments fell 0.02 of a cent to 16 US cents with 102,214 stock units crossing the exchange, Sterling Investments ended at 1.68 US cents with an exchange of 6,285 stocks and Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share popped 0.01 of a cent to close at 11.1 US cents, with 8 units changing hands.
In the preference segment, Productive Business 9.25% preference share remained at US$11.50 after 331 shares passed through the market and JMMB Group 5.75% gained 28.5 cents to close at US$1.90 with shareholders swapping 5,000 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.