Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market ended on Friday, with the volume of stocks traded declining 62 percent after 41 percent more money changed hands compared to Thursday and resulting in trading in four >securities, compared to eight on Thursday, with prices of three rising, none declining and two ending unchanged.
The market closed with an exchange of 30,414 shares for US$3,460 compared to 81,185 units at US$2,499 on Thursday.
Trading averaged 7,604 units at US$865 versus 10,148 shares at US$312 on Thursday, with a month to date average of 14,035 shares at US$1,058 compared with 14,540 units at US$1,073 on the previous day and December that ended with an average of 28,010 units for US$1,403.
The US Denominated Equities Index declined 0.01 points to culminate at 238.06.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 10.4. 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 six stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close, Proven Investments ended at 13.5 US cents with investors trading 14,181 units, Sterling Investments rallied 0.03 of a cent to 1.6 US cents, with 3,700 stocks crossing the exchange and Transjamaican Highway rose 0.01 of a cent to end at 1.71 US cents with 12,422 shares changing hands.
In the preference segment, Productive Business Solutions 9.25% preference share remained at US$11.50 while exchanging 111 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Steady trading for JSE USD Market
January 12, 2024 by