Steady trading on the JSE USD market

Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market ended on Wednesday, with a 13 percent fall in the volume of stocks changing hands, with a value that was 21 percent lower than on Tuesday and resulting in the trading of six securities, compared to seven on Tuesday with two rising, three declining and one ending unchanged.
Investors traded 193,894 shares for US$13,133, down from 223,523 units at US$16,568 on Tuesday.
Trading remains consistent for the month to date with an average of 32,316 shares at US$2,189 on Wednesday, versus 31,932 shares at US$2,367 on Tuesday, with a month to date average of 13,503 shares at US$2,816 compared with 12,496 units at US$2,849 on the previous day. February ended with an average of 43,793 units for US$2,015.
The JSE USD Equities Index jumped 21.31 points to end at 216.14.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 8.8. The PE ratio is computed based on the last traded price of each stock divided by projected earnings forecasts done by ICInsider.com for companies with their financial year ending between November 2022 and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ended with bids higher than the last selling prices and none with a lower offer.
At the close, First Rock Real Estate USD share rose 0.1 of a cent to 6.5 US cents after an exchange of 30 shares, Productive Business Solutions remained at US$1.75 trading one stock unit, Proven Investments lost 1.5 cents in closing at 16.5 US cents, with 21,425 stocks clearing the market. Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share rallied 1.08 cents to 7.18 US cents after three units crossed the market and Transjamaican Highway dipped 0.06 of a cent to close at 0.9 of one US cent with a transfer of 171,800 shares.
In the preference segment, Productive Business Solutions 9.25% preference share declined 40 cents to US$12.50 with the swapping of 635 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.