Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market ended on Monday, with five securities traded, compared to six on Friday with one rising, one declining and three ending unchanged following a mild increase in the volume of stocks changing hands after a 59 percent lower value than on Friday and resulted in the US Denominated Equities Index climbing 3.80 points to 247.63.
Overall, 628,194 shares were traded for US$15,066 compared to 684,072 units at US$37,141 on Friday.
Trading averaged 125,639 units at US$3,013 compared to 114,012 shares at US$6,190 on Friday, with a month to date average of 104,501 shares at US$3,280 compared with 100,856 units at US$3,326 on the previous day. June ended with an average of 60,969 units for US$3,967.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 8.9. 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 between November 2023 and August 2024.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close, First Rock Real Estate USD share slipped 0.2 of a cent to a 52 weeks’ low of 3.8 US cents with an exchange of 64,248 shares, Proven Investments advanced 1.6 cents to end at 14.6 US cents after switching ownership of just one share, Sterling Investments ended trading of 18,919 stocks to close at 1.6 US cents and Transjamaican Highway ended at 1.81 US cents after closing with an exchange of 543,766 stock units.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 5.75% ended at US$1.90 while investors were exchanging 1,260 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Steady trading for JSE USD Market
July 10, 2023 by