Stock prices tumble on JSE USD market

Trading picked up on Thursday and ended with the volume of shares changing hands jumping 678 percent more than on Wednesday with 200 percent higher value at the close of the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market, resulting in more stocks falling than rising and ended with slippage in the market index.
Six securities traded, compared to seven on Wednesday with prices of one rising and five declining. The JSE US Denominated Equities Index lost 4.72 points to end at 210.08.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 12.2. The PE ratio uses earnings forecasts done by ICInsider.com for each company with the financial year ending during the current year up to August 2022.
In closing, 303,241 shares traded at US$16,780 compared to 38,972 units at US$5,600 on Wednesday. Trading averaged 50,540 units at US$2,797, compared to 5,567 shares at US$800 on Wednesday and month to date an average of 389,610 shares at US$52,373 versus 414,420 units at US$56,001 on Wednesday. November ended with an average of 79,766 units for US$10,928.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ending with a higher bid than the last selling price and one stock with a lower offer.
At the close, First Rock Capital USD share declined 0.98 of a cent in closing at 6 US cents after trading 21,501 shares, Margaritaville shed half a cent to close at 9.5 US cents with an exchange of 1,362 units, Proven Investments dropped 0.3 of a cent to end at 22.5 US cents after 57,950 stocks changed hands. Sterling Investments fell 0.01 of a cent ending at 2.09 US cents in an exchange of 10,000 stock units, Sygnus Credit Investments USD share increased 0.02 of a cent to 12.6 US cents with 2,428 stock units crossing the market and Transjamaican Highway lost 0.13 of a cent and ended at 0.71 US cents after exchanging 210,000 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.