Transjamaican, the Highway 2000 operators, carved out just over 98 percent of all shares moving over the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market on Friday resulting in a 430 percent hike in the volume of stocks traded, having 184 percent more value than on Thursday with market activity leading to six securities switching owners, compared with seven on Thursday with prices of just one rising, two declining and three ending unchanged.
The market closed with an exchange of 818,516 shares for US$25,705, shooting up from 154,390 stocks at US$9,049 on Thursday.
Trading averaged 136,419 shares at US$4,284 well above 22,056 stocks at US$1,293 on Thursday, with a month to date average of 44,113 units at US$1,698, up from 38,461 stocks at US$1,540 on the previous day, versus April, with an average of 261,717 units for US$10,686.
The USD Denominated Equities Index sank 0.55 points to 246.36. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ended with a bid higher than the last selling price and two with lower offers.
The PE Ratio, one of the most frequently used measures to determine appropriate stock values, averages 12. The PE ratio is calculated based on last traded prices divided by projected earnings, computed by ICInsider.com for companies with financial year ending around August 2025.
At the close of the market, First Rock Real Estate USD share ended at 1.98 US cents after an exchange of 2,319 shares, Sygnus Credit Investments declined 0.02 of one cent to 7.42 US cents after closing with 5,400 stocks changing hands, Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share remained at 8 US cents with traders dealing in 1,741 stock units and Transjamaican Highway advanced 0.03 of one cent to end at 2.49 US cents after an exchange of 806,121 shares.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 7.5% sank 1 cent to close at US$1.97 with investors swapping 2,917 stock units and Productive Business Solutions 9.25% remained at US$10.11 with 18 shares crossing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.stock
The market closed with trading of 10,899,363 shares at $12,643,835, well below the 14,892,052 units at $29,081,001 on Thursday.
At the close of the market, Access Financial declined 6 cents to finish at $17.18 with a transfer of a mere one share, AMG Packaging lost 10 cents to land at $2.35 with 4,207 stock units changing hands, Atlantic Hardware gained 11 cents to close at 97 cents with investors dealing in 240,100 shares. Cargo Handlers popped 90 cents to end at $11.10 with traders exchanging 3,015 stocks, Caribbean Cream climbed 16 cents in closing at $2.35 with investors trading 549 stock units, Caribbean Flavours rose 21 cents to end at $1.50 with 5,963 shares crossing the market. Derrimon Trading advanced 15 cents in closing at $1.90 with sellers trading 10,000 stocks, Dolphin Cove fell 67 cents to $11.83 with 36,930 units crossing the market, Elite Diagnostic slipped 10 cents and ended at $1.30 with investors trading 4,917 stock units. Everything Fresh shed 6 cents to end at $2.03 as investors exchanged 2,040,760 shares, Future Energy sank 6 cents to finish at $3 as 216,174 stock units changed hands,
The market closed with an exchange of 154,390 shares for US$9,049, sharply lower than the 955,101 stocks at US$24,981 on Wednesday. Trading averaged 22,056 shares at US$1,293, falling from 95,510 stocks at US$2,498 on Wednesday, with a month to date average of 38,461 units at US$1,540 in line with 39,723 stocks at US$1,559 on the previous day in contrast to April that ended with an average of 261,717 stock units for US$10,686 The US Denominated Equities Index rallied 2.23 points to close trading at 246.93. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ended with a bid higher than the last selling price and four with lower offers. The PE Ratio, one of the most frequently used measures to determine appropriate stock values, averages 12. The PE ratio is calculated based on last traded prices divided by projected earnings, computed by ICInsider.com for companies with financial year ending around August 2025. At the close of the market, First Rock Real Estate USD share ended at 1.98 US cents with investors trading 301 shares,
The market closed with a mere 134,176 shares changing hands at just US$5,186, well below the 329,701 stocks at US$12,304 on Monday.
The market closed with trading of 18,164,035 shares with a value of $19,343,788, soaring well above 7,541,461 units at $9,279,095 on Tuesday.
At the close of the market, Atlantic Hardware increased 9 cents to end at 95 cents with an exchange of 849,987 shares, CAC 2000 slipped 23 cents to end at $1.96 and closed with an exchange of 88 stock units, Consolidated Bakeries fell 9 cents to close at $1.66 after a transfer of just 65 shares. Dolla Financial shed 19 cents to finish at $2.46 with 816,179 stock units crossing the market, Dolphin Cove declined 74 cents to close at $13.57 with traders dealing in 5,071 stocks, Elite Diagnostic sank 25 cents to end at $1.26 with 28,582 shares changing hands. Express Catering dipped 35 cents in closing at $2.54 after an exchange of 13,183 stocks, Fontana climbed 49 cents to $9.48 with investors trading 119,026 units, Indies Pharma rose 23 cents and ended at $3.80 after an exchange of 838 stock units. Iron Rock Insurance gained 20 cents to finish at $3.90 with investors dealing in 23,727 shares, ISP Finance popped $2.50 to close at $11.50 with traders exchanging 345 stocks, Jetcon Corporation rallied 9 cents to end at $1.10 with investors swapping 700 units.
Trading plunged sharply on Monday with a 73 percent decline in the volume of stocks traded down to 3,818,332 from 14,213,890 units on Friday, with 77 percent lower value of $5,134,860, dramatically lower than $21,868,340 previously.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 14.7, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for financial years ending around August 2025.
Trading ended with activity in just 41 securities, down from 44 on Thursday and ending with prices of 10 stocks rising, 16 declining and 15 closing unchanged.
At the close of the market, Access Financial recovered $3.25 of the loss on Thursday in closing at $17.30 with investors dealing in 781 shares, Caribbean Cream shed 40 cents to $2.20 after an exchange of 101,000 stocks, Derrimon Trading advanced 10 cents and ended at $2 with investors trading 6,774,835 units. Dolla Financial popped 7 cents to end at $2.62 with 99,151 shares changing hands, Elite Diagnostic lost 21 cents to finish at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.19 with investors swapping 100,337 stock units, Express Catering increased 52 cents to close at $2.94 with traders transferring 500 shares through the market. Fontana fell 6 cents to $9 with investors dealing in 31,899 stock units, GWest Corporation dropped 12 cents in closing at 85 cents in an exchange of 248,961 stocks, Indies Pharma sank 20 cents to finish at $3.55 with 415,551 units changing hands. 
The market closed with an exchange of 217,386 shares for US$11,618, falling from 264,864 stocks at US$21,126 on Wednesday.
The market closed with trading of 6,456,385 shares for $10,590,257, well above the 4,821,612 units at $8,531,764 on Wednesday.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 14.6, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for financial years ending around August 2025.