The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange attracted 29 percent more money on Tuesday than Monday, with the volume of stocks traded rising moderately after 46 securities changed hands versus 45 on Monday and ended with prices of 24 rising, 17 declining and five closing unchanged.
A total of 11,719,807 shares were traded for $40,628,150, up from 11,121,148 units at $31,427,127 on Monday.
Trading averaged 254,778 shares at $883,221 against 247,137 units at $698,381 on Monday, with the month to date, averaging 473,358 units at $1,544,697 versus 486,150 units at $1,583,408 on the previous day. August closed with an average of 407,186 units at $1,330,946.
Future Energy Source led trading with 2.10 million shares for 17.9 percent of total volume followed by ONE on ONE Educational with 1.66 million units for 14.2 percent of the day’s trade, iCreate with 1.36 million units for 11.6 percent market share and EduFocal with 1.26 million units for 10.8 percent market share.
At the close, the Junior Market Index rallied 25.80 points to 4,133.76. The PE Ratio, a measure of computing appropriate stock values, averages 12.7. The PE ratios of Junior Market stocks incorporate ICInsider.com projected earnings for companies with financial year end that falls between November this year and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial popped $2.23 to end at $24.53, with 5 shares crossing the market, AMG Packaging gained 19 cents in closing at $3.80 with a transfer of 67,016 stocks, Cargo Handlers rallied $1.30 to $14 in switching ownership of 100 units. Caribbean Cream dipped 35 cents to $4.12 with the swapping of 1,478 stock units, Consolidated Bakeries fell 39 cents to close at $2.50 after a transfer of 42,419 stock units, Dolphin Cove dropped $2.22 in ending at $12.78 in an exchange of 198,324 units. EduFocal advanced 10 cents to close at $2.50, with 1,260,065 shares crossing the exchange, Elite Diagnostic climbed 23 cents to $3.54 after trading 7,011 stocks, Everything Fresh increased 19 to $1.70 as investors exchanged 40,428 stocks. Fontana rose 45 cents to end at $9.45, with 327,265 units changing hands, Fosrich rallied 28 cents to $4.04 and closed with an exchange of 805,812 stock units, Future Energy Source increased 46 cents to end at $5.56 while exchanging 2,098,558 shares. Honey Bun declined 25 cents in closing at $7.60 and finished with trading of 6,582 stock units, iCreate gained 36 cents to $2.89 trading 1,361,931 shares, Iron Rock Insurance climbed 40 cents to close at $2.50 in exchanging 20,047 units. ISP Finance lost $3.82 in closing at $19.18 after 5 stocks changed hands, Lasco Distributors shed 10 cents to end at $2.90 after exchanging 14,427 stock units, Lasco Financial rose 12 cents in ending at $2.83, with 89,887 units clearing the market. Lasco Manufacturing advanced 24 cents to close at $4.52 in trading 19,319 stocks, 
Mailpac Group popped 11 cents to $2.35 with an exchange of 17,258 shares, Main Event advanced $2.41 to close at $9 with investors transferring 127 stock units. Paramount Trading dropped 12 cents in closing at $1.81 after trading 180 stocks, Spur Tree Spices fell 12 cents to $3.35 in switching owners of 100,777 shares, Stationery and Office Supplies gained $1.55 to end at $16.75 with an exchange of 3,113 units and Tropical Battery lost 10 cents ending at $2.53 as investors exchanged 43,079 shares.
In the preference segment, CAC 2000 9.5% preference share increased 12 cents to close at $1.13 after 103 units crossed the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Mixed JSE trading on Tuesday
The Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange declined on Tuesday but the Junior Market and the JSE USD market closed higher, with the value of stocks trading rising above Monday’s total, leaving the JSE Combined Index, a measure of the overall market, rising a mere 28.82 points to 372,072.41.
The All Jamaican Composite Index fell 1,853.78 points to 408,840.45, the JSE Main Index fell 219.67 points to 358,179.60, the Junior Market Index popped 25.80 points to 4,133.76 and the JSE USD market Index added 4.81 points to close 208.69.
Trading ended, with 22,396,363 shares changing hands, valued at $151.3 million, up from $102.3 million, with 23,686,595 shares traded in the overall market on the previous trading day. The JSE USD market ended with the value of stocks traded at US$27,536 from US$16,872 on Monday.
The market’s PE ratio ended at 23.7 based on 2021-22 earnings and 12.3 times those for 2022-23 at the close of trading.
Investors need pertinent information to successfully navigate many investment options in the local stock market. The ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and the more detailed daily report charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making.
Investors should use the chart to help make rational investment decisions by investing in stocks close to the average for the sector and not going too far from it unless there are compelling reasons to do so. This approach helps to remove emotions from investment decisions and put in on fundamentals while at the same time not being too far from the majority of investors. Investors who buy when the price of a stock is close to the average will find that they are not inclined to overpay for a stock.
The ICInsider.com PE Ratio chart covers all ordinary shares on the Jamaica Stock Exchange. It shows companies grouped on an industry basis, allowing easy comparisons between the same sector companies and the overall market.
The net asset value of each company is reported as a guide to assess the value of stocks based on this measure quickly. The chart also shows daily changes in stock prices and the percentage year to date price movement based on the last traded prices. Dividends payable and yields for each company are shown in the Main and Junior Markets’ daily report charts that show the closing volume for the bids and offers.
The EPS & PE ratios are based on 2021 and 2022 actual or projected earnings, excluding major one off items. The PE Ratio is the most popular measure used to determine the value of stocks.
Trading dropped on the JSE USD market
Trading slipped on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market on Monday, with a 41 percent decline in the volume of stocks exchanged as the value dipped 45 percent lower than in market activity on Friday, resulting in eight securities changing hands, similar to Friday and ended with two rising, two declining and four ending unchanged.
Trading ended with 278,103 shares valued US$16,872 down from 468,198 units at US$30,924 on Friday.
Trading averaged 34,763 shares at US$2,109 compared to 58,525 units at US$3,866 on Friday, with a month to date average of 53,123 shares at US$4,645, down from 54,253 units at US$4,801 on the previous trading day. August ended with an average of 53,206 units for US$7,288.
The JSE US Denominated Equities Index gained 1.26 points to end at 203.88.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 8.5. The PE ratio uses ICInsider.com earnings forecasts for companies with financial years ending between November and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows no stock ending with a bid higher than the last selling price and none with a lower offer.
At the close, First Rock Real Estate USD share remained at 5 US cents with 5,129 shares crossing the exchange, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy ended at US$1 after exchanging 22 units, Proven Investments closed at 21 US cents after finishing trading 67,536 stock units. 
Sterling Investments ended at 2.1 US cents after a transfer of 300 stocks, Sygnus Credit Investments J$ share advanced 0.01 of a cent to 15 US cents while exchanging 529 units, Sygnus Credit Investments USD share gained 0.01 of a cent to 10.97 US cents trading 3,130 stock units and Transjamaican Highway shed 0.01 of a cent in closing at 0.93 of one US cent after 200,650 stocks crossed the market.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 6% fell 1 cent to end at US$1.04 with an exchange of 807 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Rally for JSE Main Market
Market activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market ended on Monday, with the volume of stocks traded declining 42 percent with an 85 percent lower value than on Friday, leading to gains in the major indices after 60 securities were exchanged compared to 58 on Friday, resulting in 23 rising, 27 declining and 10 ending unchanged.
Investors traded 12,286,844 shares for $70,856,504 against 21,314,565 units at $485,002,686 on Friday.
Trading averaged 204,781 shares at $1,180,942 versus 367,493 stock units at $8,362,115 on Friday and month to date, an average of 213,094 units at $3,048,601, against 213,626 units at $3,168,195 on the previous trading day. August closed with an average of 738,534 units at $5,975,613.
Transjamaican Highway led trading with 4.23 million shares for 34.4 percent of total volume, followed by Wigton Windfarm with 3.16 million units for 25.7 percent of the day’s trade and Sagicor Select Financial Fund with 2.52 million units for 20.5 percent market share.
The All Jamaican Composite Index advanced 3,865.75 points to 410,694.24, the JSE Main Index rallied 2,301.06 points to 358,399.27 and the JSE Financial Index gained 0.62 points to close at 85.48.
The PE Ratio, a formula to ascertain appropriate stock values, averages 13.8 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 and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 11 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, Barita Investments gained $4 to close at $98 after trading 293,687 shares, Caribbean Cement popped $1.48 to $62.48 after 5,402 units crossed the exchange, Carreras increased 48 cents to $8.98 with a transfer of 63,210 stocks. Eppley climbed $2.51 to $41 in trading 2,335 stock units, First Rock Real Estate dropped $1.50 to $12 as investors exchanged 2,785 stock units, Guardian Holdings fell $24.97 to close at $495 in switching ownership of 712 units. Jamaica Stock Exchange declined 50 cents to $15.50, with 4,355 shares crossing the market, Kingston Properties advanced $1.05 in closing at $7 after exchanging 4,313 stocks, Kingston Wharves shed $6 to $38, with 20,715 stocks changing hands. Massy Holdings lost $7.90 to end at $82.10 after exchanging 310 shares, 138 Student Living dipped 96 cents to close at $5.54 with an exchange of 4,066 stock units, Palace Amusement rallied $19.95 to $750 after exchanging 119 units. PanJam Investment dropped $1.49 to $58.50 while exchanging 26 stocks, Sagicor Group rose $3.50 in closing at $53.50 with the swapping of 29,523 units, Scotia Group rallied $2 to end at $35.50, with 408 shares clearing the market. 
Seprod climbed $1.95 to $67 after a transfer of 5,676 stock units, Supreme Ventures lost $2.40 to end at $27.60, with 403,709 stock units changing hands and Sygnus Real Estate Finance shed $1.64 in closing at $9.27 in an exchange of 1,133 shares.
In the preference segment, Productive Business Solutions 9.75% preference share dipped 50 cents to $139.50 and closed with 198 stocks traded.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading gains for Junior Market
Trading closed on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Monday, with the volume of stocks traded rising 10 percent and the value 17 percent more than on Friday with 45 securities trading versus 41 on Friday and ended with 14 rising, 21 declining and 10 closing unchanged.
A total of 11,121,148 shares were exchanged for $31,427,127 versus 10,149,669 units at $26,870,316 on Friday.
Trading averaged 247,137 shares at $698,381 compared to 247,553 stock units at $655,374 on Friday, with the month to date, averaging 486,150 units at $1,583,408 compared to 500,665 units at $1,637,154 on the previous trading day. August closed with an average of 407,186 units at $1,330,946.
iCreate led trading with 3.06 million shares for 27.5 percent of total volume followed by Fosrich with 1.26 million units for 11.3 percent of the day’s trade and JFP Limited with 1.07 million units for 9.6 percent market share.
At the close, the Junior Market Index increased 7.85 points to 4,107.96. The PE Ratio, a measure of computing appropriate stock values, averages 12.4 The PE ratios of Junior Market stocks incorporate ICInsider.com projected earnings for companies with financial year end that falls between November this year 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, AMG Packaging lost 20 cents to end at $3.61 in an exchange of 5,003 shares, Blue Power fell 40 cents to close at $3.10 in trading 16,658 units, CAC 2000 shed $1.24 to $7.06 with the swapping of 37 stock units. Cargo Handlers dropped $1 to $12.70, with 440 stocks crossing the exchange, Consolidated Bakeries rallied 39 cents in ending at a multi-year closing high of $2.89 as investors exchanged 710,394 shares, Dolla Financial dipped 11 cents to close at $3.12 after a transfer of 854,931 stocks. Fontana declined 45 cents in closing at $9 with a transfer of 141,832 units, Fosrich declined 24 cents to $3.76 with an exchange of 1,257,430 stock units, General Accident increased 78 cents to end, with 250 stock units crossing the market. Honey Bun dropped 42 cents to $7.85 with 12,260 units clearing the market, iCreate climbed 32 cents in closing at $2.53 after exchanging 3,057,352 shares, Iron Rock Insurance shed 63 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $2.10, in switching ownership of 32,050 stocks. Lasco Distributors advanced 16 cents to $3 after exchanging 24,768 shares, Limners and Bards lost 10 cents to close at $2.90, with 213,357 units changing hands, Mailpac Group dipped 18 cents in ending at $2.24, with 141,473 stock units crossing the market. 
Main Event fell $1.42 to $6.59 while exchanging 63 stocks, MFS Capital Partners shed 10 cents in closing at $3.30 with investors transferring 427,301 stock units, Stationery and Office Supplies dipped $1 to end at $15.20 in trading 16,747 units and tTech lost 45 cents to close at $2.55 after trading 11,581 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
JSE stocks popped on Monday
All three markets of the Jamaica Stock Exchange rose moderately on Monday at the close of a trading session, with the value of stocks trading falling sharply from Friday’s amount, leaving the JSE Combined Index, a measure of the overall market, to rise 2,193.77 points to 372,016.68.
The All Jamaican Composite Index popped 3,826.38 points to 410,654.87, the JSE Main Index rose 2,272.26 points to 358,370.48, the Junior Market Index popped 7.85 points to 4,107.96 and the JSE USD market Index added 1.25 points to close 203.88.
Trading ended, with 23,686,595 shares changing hands, valued at $102.3 million, down from $511.8 million, with 31,932,432 shares traded in the overall market on the previous trading day. The JSE USD market ended with the value of stocks traded at US$16,872 from US$30,924 on Thursday.
The market’s PE ratio ended at 22.4 based on 2021-22 earnings and 12.1 times those for 2022-23 at the close of trading.
Investors need pertinent information to successfully navigate many investment options in the local stock market. The ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and the more detailed daily report charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making.
Investors should use the chart to help make rational investment decisions by investing in stocks close to the average for the sector and not going too far from it unless there are compelling reasons to do so. This approach helps to remove emotions from investment decisions and put in on fundamentals while at the same time not being too far from the majority of investors. Investors who buy when the price of a stock is close to the average will find that they are not inclined to overpay for a stock.
The ICInsider.com PE Ratio chart covers all ordinary shares on the Jamaica Stock Exchange. It shows companies grouped on an industry basis, allowing easy comparisons between the same sector companies and the overall market.
The net asset value of each company is reported as a guide to assess the value of stocks based on this measure quickly. The chart also shows daily changes in stock prices and the percentage year to date price movement based on the last traded prices. Dividends payable and yields for each company are shown in the Main and Junior Markets’ daily report charts that show the closing volume for the bids and offers.
The EPS & PE ratios are based on 2021 and 2022 actual or projected earnings, excluding major one off items. The PE Ratio is the most popular measure used to determine the value of stocks.
31% Express Catering rebounding profit
Tourist arrivals passing through Montego Bay rebounded strongly in the August quarter just a fraction less than the previous high mark in 2019 pushing revenues at Express Catering up 35 percent for the first quarter of the 2023 fiscal year to August to US$4.9 million as profit surged 31 percent to US$652,841, even as the 2021 period benefited from a rental concession of US$351,544, with none in the latest quarter.
Ian Dear, Managing Director of Express Catering
The company also released full year results showing continued recovery from last fiscal year’s fallout, with a profit of US$1.1 million, up from a loss of USUS$1.73 million in 2021. In contrast, in the nine months to February, profit was just US$364,607, with only US$120,248 of it generated in the February quarter.
Sales jumped 223 percent for the year to US$14.24 million from just US$4.4 million in 2021. For the fourth quarter, revenues rose to US$4.6 million, just 7 percent behind the August 2022 quarter and well ahead of the US$933,000 generated in 2021.
According to directors Ian Dear and John Byles, “total passengers accessing the departure lounge at the Sangster International Airport during the quarter were just below 623,000 or 37.44 percent higher than the similar period last year.” The directors also stated that they expect the trend to continue for the rest of the fiscal year.
Gross profit margin remained stable at around 65 percent for all periods from 2021, but input rose a tad faster than sales, with that for the latest quarter rising 40 percent and 228 percent for the fiscal year. The effect, gross profit rose just 32 percent in the August quarter to US$3.17 million from US$2.4 million in 2021 and increased 220 percent for the 2022 fiscal year, to US$9.3 million from US$2.9 million in 2021.
Administrative expenses rose 24 percent to US$1.23 million in the August 2022 quarter and increased 100 percent in the year to May, to US$5 million. Depreciation charge moved from US$2.4 million to US$2.78 million for the fiscal year and was stable at US$678,000 in the latest quarter. Finance costs rose in the quarter, to US$522,000 from US$515,000 in 2021 and from US$1.9 million to US$2.1 million for the year to May.
Gross cash flow brought in US$1.35 million, with US$1 million advanced to a related company, in addition to fixed assets consuming $298,324 and lease payment absorbed US$475,222.
At the end of August, shareholders’ equity stood at US$3.9 million with borrowings at US$33 million. Current assets ended the period at US$12.6 million, with US$11 million due from related company, without a date for repayment and on which no interest is charged even as the company is due to pay interest at around 12 percent per annum on funds it owes. Current liabilities amount to $6.47 million and Net current assets ended the period at US$6.1 million.
Earnings per share came in at 0.04 US cents for the quarter and 0.067 US cents for the fiscal year, If the company passed on the interest cost to the related party, profit for the quarter would be higher by around U$350,000 for the quarter, assuming no amount changed back for the prior years and more than US$1 3 million for the year.
ICInsider.com forecasts 40 Jamaican cents per share earnings for 2023 fiscal, assuming no interest is charged on the intercompany debt. The rebound in tourist arrivals only came back to 2019 levels in June, this year. Providing there are no reversals, the company that is highly dependent on the sector will enjoy a big bounce for the next nine months compared to the lower business generated from last year to May this year.
The PE is 13 times earnings based on the latest stock price of $5.25 on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange.
The company is increasing its coverage in the airport, according to the Directors, construction work on the revamped post security food and beverage lounge is ongoing. “There was a soft transitioning into the new food court with some concepts opening March 2022” stated the report accompanying the quarterly. Work on the second phase is slated for completion by the end of December, the directors indicated, “with the full rollout of the rest of Concepts – Bob Marley One Love, Freshens and Bento Sushi.”
Consolidated Bakeries hits new high
Consolidated Bakeries ended at a fresh multiyear closing high of $2.50 on Friday, with more than a million shares trading. Investors can expect more gains from this one as the company enjoyed strong first half year results that are expected to carry over to the second half and with the pe ratio now at 10 times this year’s earnings.
Consolidated Bakeries (Purity) traded at a 52 weeks’ closing high on Friday.
Key Insurance is added to the watch list with the price down to $3.36. After releasing full year results last week, Express Catering released first quarter results to August. Based on those numbers, ICInsider.com revised earnings per share to 40 Jamaica cents for the current fiscal year, with the PE now at 13.
ICInsider.com watch list comprises Caribbean Assurance Brokers, Consolidated Bakers, Dolphin Cove, Caribbean Producers, Elite Diagnostic, Everything Fresh, General Accident, Guardian Holdings, Jamaica Broilers, Key Insurance, Knutsford Express, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Manufacturing, NCB Financial, Stationery and Office Supplies, Paramount Trading and Scotia Group.
Major factors to consider going forward. The rebound in tourist arrivals only came back to 2019 levels since June. Providing there are no reversals, then companies who are highly dependent on the sector will enjoy a big bounce for the next nine months compared to the lower business generated from last year to April this year. The same applies to the entertainment industry as the sector only opened up after March this year. Banks will make a fortune from increased interest rates.
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Barita corners a third of value traded
Barita trading high volumes since announcing to buy shares to populate the staff option portfolio.
Barita Investments, one of the volume leaders in the Main Market on Friday accounted for more than a third of the value of stocks traded on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market and helped to push the volume of stocks traded up 211 percent and the value 491 percent higher than on Thursday, with 58 securities trading compared to 56 on Thursday, with prices of 25 rising, 19 declining and 14 ending unchanged.
Investors exchanged 21,314,565 shares for $485,002,686 up from 6,862,645 units at $82,023,834 on Thursday. Trading averaged 367,493 units at $8,362,115, versus 122,547 shares at $1,464,711 on Thursday and month to date, an average of 213,626 units at $3,168,195, compared to 203,473 units at $2,825,479 on the previous day. August closed with an average of 738,534 units at $5,975,613.
Transjamaican Highway led trading with 9.18 million shares for 43.1 percent of total volume followed by Supreme Ventures with 4.71 million units for 22.1 percent of the day’s trade, Barita Investments ended with 1.74 million units for 8.2 percent of trade share and Massy Holdings with 1.23 million units for 5.8 percent market share.
The All Jamaican Composite Index increased 1,975.07 points to 406,828.49, the JSE Main Index increased 284.34 points to 356,098.21 and the JSE Financial Index gained 0.60 points to settle at 84.86.
The PE Ratio, a formula to ascertain appropriate stock values, averages 13.9 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 and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 11 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close, Barita Investments popped $3 to $94 with 1,743,018 shares crossing the exchange, Caribbean Cement rose $1.70 to $61 as investors exchanged 21,036 stock units, Caribbean Producers rose 75 cents to $14 in an exchange of 23,344 stocks. Carreras dropped 49 cents to end at $8.50 with 204,917 units crossing the market, Eppley lost $2.01 to close at $38.49 with the swapping of 514 stock units, First Rock Real Estate climbed $2 to $13.50 while exchanging 89,910 stocks. GraceKennedy dipped $1.25 to end at $92 in switching ownership of 139,928 units, Guardian Holdings gained $24.87 to close at $519.97 with a transfer of 250 shares, Jamaica Broilers advanced $1.10 to $29.30 with an exchange of 21,115 stock units. Jamaica Stock Exchange fell 49 cents in closing at $16 after trading 19,419 units, Kingston Properties declined $1.05 in ending at a 52 weeks’ low of $5.95 after a transfer of 59,297 stocks, Kingston Wharves rallied $5.10 to $44, with 44,779 shares clearing the market. Massy Holdings increased $5 in closing at $90, with 1,229,433 units changing hands, Mayberry Jamaican Equities climbed $3.01 to end at $13.01 with investors transferring 414,835 stock units, Palace Amusement shed $119.95 to close at $730.05 trading two shares. PanJam Investment rallied $1.69 to close at $59.99 after exchanging 33,816 stocks, Portland JSX advanced $1.52 to end at $10.52 in trading 501 units, Supreme Ventures rose $1.65 to $30 in exchanging 4,714,407 stocks. 
Sygnus Real Estate Finance gained $1.42 after ending at $10.91, with 200 stock units changing hands.
In the preference segment, Eppley 7.50% preference share lost $1.33 in closing at $6, with 200 shares crossing the market and Productive Business Solutions 9.75% preference share fell $9.50 in ending at $140 after exchanging two shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading climbs on the JSE US dollar market
Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market ended on Friday, with the volume of stocks exchanged rising 109 percent, valued 15 percent lower than in trading on Thursday, resulting in action in eight securities, compared to four on Thursday with three rising, one declining and four ending unchanged.
Overall, 468,198 shares were traded for US$30,924 compared to 223,783 units at US$36,555 on Thursday.
Trading averaged 58,525 shares at US$3,866 versus 55,946 units at US$9,139 on Thursday, with the month to date averaging 54,253 shares at US$4,801 versus 53,973 units at US$4,863 on the previous trading day. August ended with an average of 53,206 units for US$7,288.
The JSE US Denominated Equities Index gained 0.96 points to end at 202.62.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 8.5. The PE ratio uses ICInsider.com earnings forecasts for companies with financial years ending between November and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows no stock ended with a bid higher than the last selling prices and none with a lower offer.
At the close, First Rock Real Estate USD share remained at 5 US cents, with 301,294 shares crossing the market, 
MPC Caribbean Clean Energy ended at US$1 with a transfer of 2 stock units, Proven Investments popped 1 cent to 21 US cents and closed with 44,288 units changing hands. Sygnus Credit Investments USD share advanced 1.96 cents to close at 10.96 US cents, with 1,963 stocks clearing the market and Transjamaican Highway gained 0.04 of a cent in closing at 0.94 of one US cent as investors exchanged 117,255 stocks.
In the preference segment, Eppley 6% preference share ended at US$1.13 after exchanging 15 shares, JMMB Group 5.75% fell 5 cents to close at US$1.75, with 2,881 stock units crossing the exchange and JMMB Group 6% remained at US$1.05 in switching ownership of 500 units.
