Trading ended on Monday, with the volume of shares changing hands surging 1,210 percent with 416 percent higher than on Friday, at the close of the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market, resulting in three stocks falling to one rising.
Four securities changed hands, down from eight on Friday with prices of one rising and three declining and resulting in the JSE US Denominated Equities Index losing 2.88 points to end at 198.93.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 12.5. The PE ratio uses ICInsider.com earnings forecasts for companies with the financial year up to August 2022.
Overall, 2,476,312 shares traded, for US$55,475 compared to 188,974 units at US$10,744 on Friday.
Trading averaged 619,078 units at US$13,869, compared to 23,622 shares at US$1,343 on Friday and month to date an average of 91,572 shares at US$7,142 versus 74,418 units at US$6,924 on Friday. December ended with an average of 439,975 units for US$68,382.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ending with a bid higher than their last selling prices and none with a lower offer.
At the close, Productive Business Solution shed 1 cent to US$1 after 99 shares changed hands, Proven Investments lost 1.95 cents in closing at 21 US cents after exchanging 151,817 stock units, Sygnus Credit Investments USD share declined 0.95 of a cent after ending at 12 US cents crossing the exchange 12,542 units and Transjamaican Highway advanced 0.12 of a cent to close at 0.95 of one US cents in switching ownership of 2,311,854 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
