Declining stocks crush risers on TTSE

Declining stocks crushed those rising on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange on Friday, after a big jump in the volume of stocks traded and a near doubling in value compared to Wednesday. The total volume dropped 69 percent below trading on Wednesday as the value slipped a mere four percent, resulting in 21 securities trading compared with 20 on Wednesday, with five stocks rising, nine declining and seven remaining unchanged.
Trading climbed to 454,057 shares for $$7,929,953, compared with 1,467,927 units for $8,272,610 on Wednesday.
An average of 21,622 shares were traded at $377,617 versus 72,896 shares at $413,630 on Wednesday, with trading month to date averaging 23,611 shares at $241,670 marginally more than 23,716 shares at $234,460 on the previous day. The average trade for February amounts to 51,996 shares at $458,520.
The Composite Index fell 8.81 points to 1,318.18, the All T&T Index dipped 9.84 points to 1,972.52, the SME Index ended at 61.52 and the Cross-Listed Index slipped 1.08 points to close at 86.49.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, Angostura Holdings closed trading of 5,740 shares at $24.50, Ansa McAl traded three shares after the price popped $1.20 to $52, Calypso Macro Index Fund slipped 1 cent to end at $20.75 after investors traded 1,143 units. First Citizens Group dipped 1 cent in ending at $50 with an exchange of 6,295 stocks, FirstCaribbean International Bank fell by 10 cents in ending at $7.15, with 1,523 stock units clearing the market. Guardian Holdings had an exchange of 2,001 shares after dropping 94 cents to close at $25.05, Guardian Media ended with an exchange of 4,080 units after dropping 10 cents to close at $2.20, GraceKennedy popped 2 cents in ending at $4.48 after an exchange of 3,400 units, JMMB Group lost 3 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.67 with a transfer of 40,686 shares, Massy Holdings ended at $4.50 after an exchange of 56,239 stock units. NCB Financial traded 12,505 shares and fell 25 cents to $3.50, National Enterprises had an exchange of 59,780 stocks in closing at $3.55 after a fall of 15 cents, National Flour rose 10 cents in trading 37 shares to $1.50. One Caribbean Media closed at $3.70, with 20 units changing hands, Prestige Holdings ended at $7.40 in switching ownership of 157 shares. Republic Financial closed at $138 after 23,150 shares crossed the market, Scotiabank ended at $77.95 while exchanging just six stock units, Trinidad and Tobago NGL had an exchange of 11,077 shares after slipping 1 cent to end at $$20, Trinidad Cement traded 500 stock units in closing at $3.52, Unilever Caribbean ended trading at $14.79 after rising 4 cents with an exchange of 218,012 stocks and West Indian Tobacco added 20 cents to end at $16.75 after trading 7,703 shares.

Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Bounce in trading on JSE USD Market

Investors traded 55 percent more stocks on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market on Thursday with a 7 percent contraction in value compared to Wednesday, resulting in trading in nine securities, compared to seven on Wednesday with four rising, one declining and four ending unchanged.
Overall, 1,608,959 shares were traded for US$20,097 compared with 1,034,911 units at US$21,566 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 178,773 shares for US$2,233 compared to 147,844 shares at US$3,081 on Wednesday, with a month to date average of 170,526 shares at US$13,088 compared with 170,037 units at US$13,731 on the previous day. February ended with an average of 43,793 units for US$2,015.
The JSE USD Equities Index gained 2.26 points to end at 231.64.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 9.2. The PE ratio is computed based on the last traded price of each stock divided by ICInsider.com’s projected earnings by  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 one with a lower offer.
At the close, First Rock Real Estate USD share fell 0.03 of a cent to close at 6.37 US cents, with 2,549 shares clearing the market, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy rose 3.17 cents in closing at 69.77 US cents with five stock units crossing the market, Productive Business Solutions remained at US$1.90 while two units passed through the market. Proven Investments climbed 0.5 of a cent to 18 US cents after the trading of 22,307 stocks, Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share ended at 7 US cents with an exchange of 69 shares and Transjamaican Highway popped 0.03 of a cent to close at 1 US cent and closed with an exchange of 1,584,009 stocks.
In the preference segmentProductive Business 9.25% share rallied 90 cents to US$13, with 14 shares changing hands, Eppley 6% preference share remained at US$1.40 after just two stock units crossed the market and Equityline Mortgage Investment preference share ended at US$1.64 in an exchange of two units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Huge Main Market bounce as winners crush losers

Investors shifted gears and pushed stocks solidly higher on the penultimate day of the 2023 first quarter at the close of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market on Thursday, with a 78 percent fall in the volume of stocks traded, after a 64 percent fall in value than on Wednesday, following trading in 60 securities compared to 56 on Wednesday, with prices of 30 rising, 13 declining and 17 ending unchanged.
A total of 13,390,755 shares were traded for $105,410,403 compared to 60,107,710 units at $290,707,932 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 223,179 shares at $1,756,840 versus 1,073,352 shares at $5,191,213 on Wednesday and month to date, an average of 353,545 units at $2,691,945, compared with 360,213 units at $2,739,777 on the previous day. February closed with an average of 183,599 units at $2,160,070.
Transjamaican Highway led trading with 5.86 million shares for 43.8 percent of total volume followed by Wigton Windfarm with 1.92 million units for 14.3 percent of the day’s trade, Supreme Ventures with 1.15 million units for 8.6 percent share of the day’s trading and Sagicor Select Financial Fund with 1.01 million units for 7.6 percent market share.
The market indices surged, with the All Jamaican Composite Index popping 8,472.58 points to 377,465.17, the JSE Main Index climbing 8,348.24 points to 335,070.77 and the JSE Financial Index rallying 1.45 points to close at 77.60.
The PE Ratio, a formula used to compute appropriate stock values, averages 13.6 for the Main Market. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios incorporate ICInsider.com’s earnings forecasts for companies with the financial year ending between November 2022 and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 10 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and six with lower offers.
At the close, Barita Investments rose $1.17 to end at $81.20 with investors transferring 45,746 shares, Caribbean Cement climbed $5 to $56 as investors exchanged 15,391 units, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund increased $1.50 to close at $44.50 after a transfer of 4,453 stock units. First Rock Real Estate dipped $1.25 in closing at $10.74 after an exchange of 7,125 stocks, GraceKennedy climbed $2 to $82 with the swapping of 33,004 stock units, Guardian Holdings rallied $4 to $494, with 76 units clearing the market. Jamaica Broilers popped $1 after ending at $38 after an exchange of 453,507 stocks, Jamaica Producers lost 74 cents to close at $21 in switching ownership of 7,618 shares, Kingston Wharves advanced $1.10 in closing at $34 with an exchange of 22,177 stock units. Massy Holdings increased $8.11 to end at $89.11 in trading 1,002 stocks, NCB Financial shed 48 cents to $74.50, with 10,681 units crossing the market, Proven Investments gained 50 cents to end at $27 and closed with 3,803 shares changing hands. Sagicor Group advanced $3 after ending at $50 in trading 109,283 stocks, Scotia Group dropped 94 cents in closing at $34, with 124,974 shares changing hands, Seprod popped $3 to close at $70 while exchanging 24,463 units. Supreme Ventures rose $3.18 to end at $31 as 1,148,754 stock units passed through the market and Sygnus Real Estate Finance climbed 66 cents in closing at $9.96 in an exchange of 465 stocks.
In the preference segmentJamaica Public Service 7% fell $43.39 in ending at $220, with 26 shares crossing the market, Jamaica Public Service 9.5% declined $98 to $2900 with a transfer of 2 stock units and Productive Business Solutions 9.75% preference share dropped $16.05 to close at $90.95 in an exchange of 62 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Surge in trading on Junior Market

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Trading jumped sharply on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday, with a 199 percent rise in the volume of stocks traded as the value surged 176 percent over Wednesday following trading in 42 securities compared with 45 on Wednesday and ended with prices of 21 rising, 17 declining and four closing unchanged.
Investors traded 30,528,396 shares for $77,798,162 up from 10,202,465 units at $28,165,787 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 726,867 shares at $1,852,337, in contrast with 226,721 shares at $625,906 on Wednesday, with the month to date, averaging 505,086 units at $1,038,359 compared to 494,951 stock units at $1,001,159 on the previous day. February closed with an average of 318,024 units at $782,332.
Fosrich led trading with 16.34 million shares for 53.5 percent of total volume followed by Spur Tree Spices with 3.75 million units for 12.3 percent of the day’s trade, Regency Petroleum 2.79 million units for 9.2 percent of the day’s trade, Image Plus Consultants with 1.51 million units for 4.9 percent, JFP Ltd 1.40 million units for 4.6 percent of the market and Dolla Financial ended with 1.04 million units for 3.4 percent market share.
At the close, the Junior Market Index gained 23.51 points to 3,701.89.
The PE Ratio, a measure of computing appropriate stock values, averages 11.1. The PE ratios of Junior Market stocks are computed based on the last traded stock price in conjunction with ICInsider.com’s projected earnings for the financial years ending between November 2022 and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 10 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial gained $2.99 in closing at $25.19 in an exchange of 24,883 shares, Cargo Handlers lost 10 cents to end at $13.40 as investors exchanged 1,487 units, Caribbean Assurance Brokers fell 10 cents to close at $1.90 after trading 5,853 stock units. Derrimon Trading dipped 24 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.81 after an exchange of 125,357 stocks, Dolphin Cove shed 30 cents after ending at $14.70 following an exchange of 6,316 stocks, Express Catering advanced 10 cents in closing at $5.10 with trading of 82,589 shares. Honey Bun rose 50 cents to $6.80 after a transfer of 28,453 stock units, Iron Rock Insurance climbed 18 cents to close at $2.27 after exchanging two units, ISP Finance rallied $5.55 to end at $25.55, with 4 stocks crossing the market. Jamaican Teas dropped 19 cents to $2.10 with a transfer of 606,002 shares, Knutsford Express declined 33 cents to close at $11, with 7,280 units crossing the market, Lasco Manufacturing increased 34 cents to $4.34 in an exchange of 44,885 stock units. Main Event declined 44 cents to $11.66 with 26,394 shares clearing the market, Regency Petroleum popped 10 cents after ending at $2.19 with investors transferring 2,794,741 stocks, Spur Tree Spices popped 23 cents to end at $2.73 after 3,751,342 units crossed the exchange. Stationery and Office Supplies gained 35 cents after ending at $14.50 after 35,010 stock units passed through the market and tTech advanced 55 cents to $2.55 in switching ownership of two stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Trading climbs on JSE Main Market

Trading activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market ended on Wednesday with a 252 percent jump in the volume of stocks traded, valued at 233 percent more than on Tuesday, with 56 securities trading compared to 55 on Tuesday, with 18 rising, 24 declining and 14 ending unchanged.
A total of 60,107,710 shares were traded for $290,707,932, up from 17,081,333 units at $87,212,275 on Tuesday.
Trading averaged 1,073,352 shares at $5,191,213 compared with 310,570 shares at $1,585,678 on Tuesday and month to date, an average of 360,213 units at $2,739,813, compared with 324,461 units at $2,616,913 on the previous day. February closed with an average of 183,599 units at $2,160,070.
Key Insurance led trading with 44.75 million shares for 74.5 percent of total volume, followed by Transjamaican Highway with 7.36 million units for 12.2 percent of the day’s trade, Wigton Windfarm with 2.69 million units for 4.5 percent market share and Supreme Ventures with 1.19 million units for 2 percent of stocks traded.
The All Jamaican Composite Index surged 3,756.40 points to 368,992.59, the JSE Main Index popped 976.04 points to finish at 326,722.53 and the JSE Financial Index rallied 0.68 points to 76.15.
The PE Ratio, a formula used to compute appropriate stock values, averages 13.7 for the Main Market. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios incorporate earnings forecasted by ICInsider.com for companies with the financial year ending between November 2022 and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows seven stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close, Barita Investments lost $1.17 to end at $80.03 in switching ownership of 10,847 shares, Berger Paints shed 65 cents in closing at $8.50, with 1,081 stock units crossing the exchange, Caribbean Cement fell $7.49 to $51 after trading 9,596 stocks. GraceKennedy dipped $2.50 in ending at $80 as 270,948 units passed through the market, Guardian Holdings dropped $4 to close at $490 in an exchange of 25 units, JMMB Group gained 45 cents to close at $30 after trading 88,644 shares. Massy Holdings declined $8 to end at $81 after trading 500,481 stock units, Mayberry Jamaican Equities increased $1 in closing at $12.50 with the swapping of 7,309 stocks, NCB Financial popped 98 cents to close at $74.98 after exchanging 11,726 stock units. Proven Investments rallied 50 cents after ending at $26.50 with investors transferring 1,144 stocks, Seprod shed $2.88 after finishing at $67 with a transfer of 21,165 shares, Stanley Motta rose 54 cents to $5.34, with 190,246 units changing hands. Supreme Ventures advanced 82 cents to end at $27.82, with 1,194,866 stocks crossing the market, Sygnus Real Estate Finance declined 67 cents to close at $9.30, with 1,600 stock units clearing the market and Wisynco Group climbed 40 cents to $16.70 while exchanging 206,419 shares.
In the preference segmentJamaica Public Service 7% dropped $41.61 to end at $263.39 and closed with 649 units changing hands and Jamaica Public Service 9.5% rallied $98 to close at $2998 as investors exchanged just one stock.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Huge surge in JSE USD Market

Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market ended on Wednesday, with the volume of stocks changing hands rising 205 percent with a 40 percent lower value than on Tuesday, resulting in seven securities being traded, compared to five on Tuesday with three rising, two declining and two ending unchanged.
A total of 1,034,911 shares were traded for US$21,566 compared with 339,743 units at US$36,245 on Tuesday.
Trading averaged 147,844 shares at US$3,081 versus 67,949 shares at US$7,249 on Tuesday, with a month to date average of 170,037 shares at US$13,731 compared with 171,109 units at US$14,245 on the previous day. February ended with an average of 43,793 units for US$2,015.
The JSE USD Equities Index surged 36.77 points to end at 229.38.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 9.4. 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 one with a lower offer.
At the close, First Rock Real Estate USD share increased 0.39 of a cent in closing at 6.4 US cents after trading 460 shares, Productive Business Solutions rallied 55 cents to close at US$1.90 after closing with an exchange of one stock unit, Proven Investments lost 0.49 of a cent after ending at 17.5 US cents with 43,111 stocks changing hands. Sterling Investments ended at 2 US cents after trading 1,100 units, Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share fell 0.18 of a cent to 7 US cents with investors transferring 25 units and Transjamaican Highway popped 0.02 of a cent in closing at 0.97 of one US cent with an exchange of 988,002 stocks.
In the preference segmentJMMB Group 5.75% remained at US$2 as investors exchanged 2,212 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Trading rises on Junior Market but prices fall

Trading picked up on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Wednesday, but the market value slipped after the volume of stocks traded rose 24 percent and the value 26 percent more than on Tuesday following trading in 45 securities compared with 44 on Tuesday and ended with nine rising, 24 declining and 12 closing unchanged.
Investors traded 10,202,465 shares for $28,165,787 up from 8,256,705 units at $22,347,499 on Tuesday.
Trading averaged 226,721 shares at $625,906, compared to 187,652 shares at $507,898 on Tuesday with the month to date, averaging 494,951 units at $1,001,159 compared to 508,761 stock units at $1,020,480 on the previous day. February closed with an average of 318,024 units at $782,332.
Fosrich led trading with 2.82 million shares for 27.6 percent of total volume followed by Spur Tree Spices with 2.17 million units for 21.3 percent of the day’s trade and MFS Capital Partners with 792,425 units for 7.8 percent market share.
At the close, the Junior Market Index slipped 15.98 points to close at 3,678.38.
The PE Ratio, a measure of computing appropriate stock values, averages 10.9. The PE ratios of Junior Market stocks are computed based on the last traded stock price in conjunction with ICInsider.com’s projected earnings for the financial years ending between November 2022 and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows six stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, CAC 2000 fell $1.10 to $7.10 after trading 973 shares, Cargo Handlers rose 49 cents to $13.50 with investors transferring 10 stocks, Consolidated Bakeries shed 18 cents to end at $2.01 in switching ownership of 726 stock units. Dolla Financial declined 12 cents after ending at $2.66 with a transfer of 596,131 units, Dolphin Cove climbed 30 cents to close at $15 while exchanging 200 stock units, Everything Fresh dipped 11 cents to close at $1.45 as investors exchanged 2,104 units. Future Energy Source lost 12 cents to end at $4.35 with 497,865 shares crossing the exchange, General Accident dropped 35 cents to close at $4.70, with 5,150 stocks changing hands, ISP Finance declined $5.56 in closing at $20 after a transfer of 3,028 units. Jamaican Teas popped 13 cents to end at $2.29 with an exchange of 13,870 stock units, Knutsford Express rallied $1.33 to close at $11.33 with the swapping of 69,943 stocks, Lasco Distributors dropped 23 cents to $2.45 in an exchange of 13,792 shares. Lasco Manufacturing dipped 15 cents after ending at $4 and an exchange of 7,155 stocks, Limners and Bards lost 26 cents in closing at $2.25 after trading 6,624 shares, Main Event shed 15 cents to land at $12.10 in an exchange of 19,599 units. MFS Capital Partners fell 14 cents to end at $3.31 as 792,425 stock units passed through the market, Paramount Trading rose 19 cents to close at $2.34 after exchanging 545 units and tTech lost 30 cents in closing at a 52 weeks’ low of $2, with 117,880 shares crossing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Rising & declining stocks share spotlight in Trinidad & Tobago

Stocks rising and declining shared the spotlight equally on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday, after a big jump in the volume of stocks traded and a near doubling in Tuesday’s value. The total volume surged 466 percent over the miniscule amount on Tuesday as the value climbed 89 percent, resulting in 20 securities trading similar to Tuesday, with seven stocks rising, seven declining and six remaining unchanged.
Trading climbed to 1,467,927 shares for $8,272,610, up from 257,799 stock units at $4,379,273 on Tuesday.
An average of 72,896 shares were traded at $413,630 compared with 12,890 shares at $218,964 on Tuesday. Trading month to date averaged 23,716 shares at $234,460 marginally more than 21,100 units at $224,930 on the previous day. The average trade for February amounts to 51,996 shares at $458,520.
The Composite Index fell 8.81 points to 1,318.18, the All T&T Index dipped 9.84 points to 1,972.52, the SME Index remained at 61.52 and the Cross-Listed Index dipped 1.08 points to close at 86.49.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close, Angostura Holdings popped 40 cents to $24.50 after trading 10 shares, Ansa McAl traded 3,501 shares after the price dropped $3.70 to $50.80, Calypso Macro Index Fund ended $20.76 after investors traded 357 units. First Citizens Group slipped 1 cent to $50.01 with an exchange of 3,000 stocks, FirstCaribbean International Bank ended at $7.25, with 161 stock units clearing the market. Guardian Holdings had an exchange of 1,684 shares after gaining 49 cents to close at $25.99, Gracekennedy slipped 2 cents in ending at $4.46 after an exchange of 1,100 units, JMMB Group popped 1 cent to $1.70 with a transfer of 8,815 shares, Massy Holdings fell 1 cent to $4.50 after an exchange of 1,216,645 stock units. NCB Financial traded 1,110 shares and fell 14 cents to close at $3.75, National Enterprises had an exchange of 81,296 stocks in closing at $3.70, National Flour lost 10 cents in trading 3,401 shares at $1.40. One Caribbean Media gained 14 cents to end at $3.70, with 16,500 units changing hands, Prestige Holdings ended at $7.40 in switching ownership of 405 shares. Point Lisas traded 92,463 shares and gained 1 cent to close at $3.60, Republic Financial closed at $138 after 8,554 shares crossed the market, Scotiabank fell 5 cents to $77.95 while exchanging 1,504 stock units, investors in Trinidad and Tobago NGL swapped 13,424 after slipping 4 cents to end at $$20.01, Unilever Caribbean ended trading at $14.75 with an exchange of 1,050 stocks and West Indian Tobacco added 4 cents to end at $16.55 after trading 2,947 shares.

Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Winning Main Market stocks beat out losers

Rising stocks had the upper hand over decliners in trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market on Tuesday, following an 80 percent decline in the volume of stocks traded valued 49 percent less than Monday, following trading in 55 securities down from 59 on Monday, with 24 rising, 18 declining and 13 ending unchanged.
A total of 17,081,333 shares were exchanged for $87,212,275 versus 83,621,528 units at $169,448,467 on Monday.
Trading on Tuesday averaged 310,570 shares at $1,585,678 compared to 1,417,314 shares at $2,872,008 on Monday and month to date, an average of 324,461 units at $2,616,876, compared with 325,180 units at $2,670,281 on the previous day. In contrast, February closed with an average of 183,599 units at $2,160,070.
Transjamaican Highway led trading with 9.06 million shares for 53 percent of total volume followed by Wigton Windfarm with 2.16 million units for 12.6 percent of the day’s trade and Mayberry Jamaican Equities with 1.21 million units for 7.1 percent of market share.
The All Jamaican Composite Index popped 40.23 points to 365,236.19, the JSE Main Index rallied 2,546.17 points to 325,746.49 and the JSE Financial Index popped 0.16 points to close at 75.47.
The PE Ratio, a formula to ascertain appropriate stock values, averages 13.7 for the Main Market. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios incorporate earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies with the financial year ending between November 2022 and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows seven stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and six with lower offers.
At the close, Berger Paints rallied 65 cents to $9.15 after a transfer of 150 shares, Caribbean Cement rallied $2.59 to $58.49 with the swapping of 5,002 stock units, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund gained $1 to close at $43 after exchanging 203 stocks. GraceKennedy climbed 50 cents to end at $82.50 after 9,092 units passed through the market, Guardian Holdings advanced $24 to $494 after an exchange of 181 shares, Jamaica Broilers popped $4.03 after ending at $37 with investors transferring 411,918 stocks. JMMB Group dipped 46 cents to close at $29.55 as investors exchanged 501,919 stock units, Kingston Properties rose 69 cents to $7.04 in an exchange of 183,876 units, Massy Holdings gained $7 in closing at $89 in trading 1,531 stock units. Mayberry Jamaican Equities lost $1.05 to end at $11.50 with 1,209,652 shares crossing the exchange, NCB Financial shed 99 cents in closing at $74, with 30,174 stocks changing hands, PanJam Investment climbed $1 to end at $54 after 14,552 units passed through the market. Portland JSX increased $1.57 after ending at $11.27 with 103 units changing hands, Proven Investments lost 50 cents to $26 in an exchange of 24,024 stock units, Sagicor Group rallied 45 cents to close at $47 in trading 5,002 shares. Scotia Group popped 88 cents to $34.94 with 129,877 stocks clearing the market, Seprod rose $8.87 to end at $69.88 while exchanging 21,814 stock units and Supreme Ventures advanced $1.50 to close at $27 in trading 358,872 stocks.
In the preference segmentJamaica Public Service 7% declined by $94.99 after ending at $305 in switching ownership of 226 shares and Jamaica Public Service 9.5% increased by $200 in closing at $2,900 with an exchange of one unit.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Gains for JSE USD stocks

Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market ended on Tuesday, with the volume of stocks changing hands declining 45 percent and valued 41 percent lower than on Monday, resulting in five securities traded, compared to nine on Monday, with two rising, one declining and two ending unchanged.
Overall, 339,743 shares were traded for US$36,245 compared to 620,736 units at US$61,293 on Monday.
Trading averaged 67,949 shares at US$7,249 versus 68,971 shares at US$6,810 on Monday, with a month to date average of 171,109 shares at US$14,245, marginally lower than 174,793 units at US$14,495 on the previous day. February ended with an average of 43,793 units for US$2,015.
The JSE USD Equities Index gained 1.13 points to end at 192.61.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 9. The PE ratio is calculated 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 three stocks ending with bids higher than the last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close, First Rock Real Estate USD share declined 0.24 of a cent to close at 6.01 US cents after trading 65,888 shares, Margaritaville remained at 11 US cents after 12,000 units changed hands, Proven Investments rose 1.49 cents to 17.99 US cents in an exchange of 177,107 stock units. Sygnus Credit Investments ended at 9.5 US cents after 1,825 stocks crossed the exchange and Transjamaican Highway increased 0.01 of a cent to 0.95 of one US cent with 82,923 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.