Heavy trading in shares of Transjamaican Highway lifted the volume of stocks changing hands by 1,409 percent valued 348 percent more than on Tuesday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market on Wednesday, with the stock price jumping to a record high of $1.30 and resulted in trading of five securities, compared to six on Tuesday with four rising and one unchanged.
Market activity resulted in an exchange of 1,049,056 shares for US$18,330 up from 69,500 units at US$4,092 on Tuesday.
Trading Wednesday averaged 209,811 units at US$3,666 versus 11,583 shares at US$682 on Tuesday, with a month to date average of 270,272 shares at US$6,627 compared with 275,148 units at US$6,866 on the previous trading day. March averaged 172,829 shares for US$12,793.
The US Denominated Equities Index popped 2.23 points to 242.88.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 10.4. 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 three stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and none with a lower offer.
At the close, First Rock Real Estate USD share remained at 6 US cents after 1,449 shares were traded, Proven Investments rallied 0.05 of a cent to end at 17.99 US cents after 28,959 stock units crossed the market, Sygnus Credit Investments gained 0.14 of a cent to close at 9.44 US cents in trading 1,147 units, Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share advanced 1.37 cents to 10.57 US cents with the swapping of just one unit of the stock and Transjamaican Highway climbed 0.2 of a cent to end at a 52 weeks’ high of 1.30 US cents after investors exchanged 1,017,500 units in reaction to positive 2022 full year results that points to increased profits in 2023.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Transjamaican dominates JSE USD market
JSE USD Market closes higher on Tuesday
Trading dipped on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market on Tuesday, with the volume of stocks changing hands declining 80 percent valued 90 percent less than on Monday, and resulting in the trading of six securities, up from three on Monday with four rising, no declining and two ending unchanged.
Overall, 69,500 shares were traded for US$4,092 compared with 353,880 units at US$40,414 on Monday.
Trading averaged 11,583 units at US$682, down from 117,960 shares at US$13,471 on Monday, with a month to date average of 275,148 shares at US$6,866 compared to 303,387 units at US$7,528 on the previous day. March ended with an average of 172,829 units for US$12,793.
The US Denominated Equities Index increased by 6.12 points to close at 240.64.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 9.9. 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 four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and none with a lower offer.
At the close, First Rock Real Estate USD share ended at 6 US cents after an exchange of 48,393 shares, Proven Investments gained 1.86 cents to close trading at 17.94 US cents with an exchange of 832 units, Sterling Investments ended at 2 US cents after 11,912 stocks crossed the exchange, Sygnus Credit Investments popped 0.3 of a cent after ending at 9.3 US cents and trading 7,667 stock units and Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share increased 2.02 cents in closing at 9.2 US cents in trading 672 stocks.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 6% climbed 2 cents to end at US$1.10 and closed with 24 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading dips on JSE USD Market
Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market slipped on Monday, with the market index dipping and the volume of stocks changing hands declining 30 percent and the valued 27 percent lower than on Friday, resulting in just three securities trading, compared to five on Friday and ended with one rising and two unchanged.
A total of 353,880 shares were exchanged for US$40,414 compared with 506,557 units at US$55,262 on Friday.
Trading averaged 117,960 units at US$13,471 compared with 101,311 shares at US$11,052 on Friday, with a month to date average of 303,387 shares at US$7,528 compared with 313,883 units at US$7,192 on the previous day. Trading in March ended with an average of 172,829 units for US$12,793.
The US Denominated Equities Index dipped 2.45 points to close at 234.52.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 9.7. 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 four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and none with a lower offer.
At the close, First Rock Real Estate USD share ended at 6 US cents, with 151,283 units traded, Proven Investments rallied 0.08 cents to end at 16.08 US cents, with 194,000 stocks passing through the market and Transjamaican Highway remained at 1.1 US cents after an exchange of 8,597 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Steady JSE USD Market
Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market ended on Tuesday, with the volume of stocks changing hands declining by 57 percent with a 14 percent lower value than on Thursday, and resulting from trading in eight securities, compared to nine on Thursday with four rising and four declining.
Overall, 299,535 shares were traded for US$25,772 compared with 694,591 units at US$29,863 on Thursday.
Trading averaged 37,442 shares at US$3,221, compared with 77,177 shares at US$3,318 on Thursday, with a month to date average of 66,592 shares at US$3,393, down from 74,634 units at US$3,440 on the previous day. March ended with an average of 172,829 units for US$12,793.
The US Denominated Equities Index increased by 0.04 points to close at 219.95.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 8.7. 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 their last selling prices and none with a lower offer.
At the close, Margaritaville popped 0.24 of a cent to close at 10 US cents after exchanging 2,300 shares, Productive Business Solutions rose 7.52 cents to US$1.7365 in switching ownership of 29 units, 
Proven Investments shed 2.5 cents in closing at 16.5 US cents with 132,027 stock units clearing the market, Sterling Investments fell 0.12 of a cent to 1.87 US cents after 11,563 stocks crossed the market, Sygnus Credit Investments declined 0.04 of a cent after ending at 9.4 US cents and trading 3,131 stocks and Transjamaican Highway dipped 0.01 of a cent to 1 US cent after a transfer of 150,000 shares.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 5.75% rallied 7.88 cents to close at US$2.20 with an exchange of 20 units and JMMB Group 6% gained 3 cents after ending at US$1.08 and closed with trading of 465 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Gains for JSE USD Market
Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market ended on Thursday, with the volume of stocks changing hands rising 193 percent but valued 17 percent lower than on Wednesday and resulted in trading of nine securities, compared to six on Wednesday, with four rising, three declining and two ending unchanged.
A total of 694,591 shares were traded for US$29,863 compared with 236,678 units at US$35,767 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 77,177 units at US$3,318 compared with 39,446 shares at US$5,961 on Wednesday, with the month to date averaging 74,634 shares at US$3,440 compared to 73,490 units at US$3,495 on the previous day. trading in March averaged 172,829 units for US$12,793.
The US Denominated Equities Index rallied 9.57 points to 219.91.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 8.9. 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 three stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices than the last selling prices and none with a lower offer.
At the close, First Rock Real Estate USD share advanced 0.01 of a cent to 6.38 US cents, with 431,901 shares crossing the market, Margaritaville lost 1.72 cents to close at 9.76 US cents as investors exchanged 2 units, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy remained at 69.77 US cents and closed trading with 140 stocks changing hands, 
Productive Business Solutions declined 6.87 cents to US$1.6613, with an exchange of 25 stock units, Proven Investments dipped 0.5 of a cent to 19 US cents after trading 61 units, Sygnus Credit Investments ended at 9.44 US cents in switching ownership of 161 shares, Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share gained 0.18 of one cent to close at 7.18 US cents with one unit passing through the market and Transjamaican Highway added 0.01 of a cent in closing at 1.01 US cents, with 262,275 stocks clearing the market.
In the preference segment, Productive Business 9.25% preference share climbed 50 cents to US$13 after an exchange of 25 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Gains for JSE USD Market
Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market ended on Wednesday, with the volume of stocks changing hands declining 22 percent valued 89 percent more than on Tuesday, resulting in trading of six securities, compared to six on Tuesday with four rising, no declining and two ending unchanged.
A total of 236,678 shares were exchanged for US$35,767 compared with 303,705 units at US$18,904 on Tuesday.
Trading averaged 39,446 shares at US$5,961 compared with 50,618 units at US$3,151 on Tuesday, with a month to date average of 73,490 shares at US$3,495 compared with 88,080 units at US$2,438 on the previous day. March ended with an average of 172,829 units for US$12,793.
The JSE US Denominated Equities Index inched 0.44 points higher to close at 210.34.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 10.3. 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 three stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices than last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close, Margaritaville gained 2.13 cents in closing at 11.48 US cents with investors exchanging 152 shares, Productive Business Solutions advanced 19.55 cents to close at US$1.73, with 2,202 units crossing the market, 
Proven Investments rose 1.5 cents to 19.5 US cents with an exchange of 167,094 stock units. Sygnus Credit Investments remained at 9.44 US cents with investors transferring 50 stocks and Transjamaican Highway ended at 1 US cent with a transfer of 67,070 units.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 5.75% climbed 27.67 cents in closing at US$2.1212 in an exchange of 110 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Fall back for JSE USD Market
Trading dropped on Tuesday with the volume of stocks changing hands declining 67 percent with a 24 percent greater value than on Monday at the close of the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market and resulted in the trading of six securities, compared to eight on Monday with no rising, five declining and one ending unchanged.
Overall, 303,705 shares were traded for US$18,904 compared with 929,408 units at US$15,231 on Monday.
Trading averaged 50,618 units at US$3,151 compared to 116,176 shares at US$1,904 on Monday, with a month to date average of 88,080 shares at US$2,438. March ended with an average of 172,829 units for US$12,793.
The JSE USD Equities Index lost 19.77 points to end at 209.90.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 8.8. 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 three stocks ended with bids higher than the last selling prices and none with a lower offer.
At the close, Margaritaville dropped 1.65 cents in closing at 9.35 US cents, with 1,122 shares changing hands, 
Productive Business Solutions declined by 26.55 cents after ending at US$1.5345 with the swapping of 445 stocks, Proven Investments ended at 18 US cents while exchanging 87,301 units. Sterling Investments dipped 0.01 of a cent to 1.99 US cents in an exchange of 1,299 stock units and Transjamaican Highway shed 0.1 of a cent to 1 US cent, with 213,428 stocks crossing the exchange.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 5.75% lost 32.55 cents to close at US$1.8445, with 110 shares crossing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading drops on the JSE USD Market
The volume of stocks traded dropped 25 percent on Monday compared with Friday to start off the second quarter of the year on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market ended, with changing hands as funds passing through the market declined marginally and resulted in trading in eight securities, compared to five on Friday and ended with three rising, three declining and two ending unchanged.
A total of 929,408 shares were traded for US$15,231 compared with 1,234,958 units at US$16,361 on Friday.
Trading on Monday averaged 116,176 shares at US$1,904 compared with 246,992 shares at US$3,272 on Friday. Trading averaged 172,829 units for US$12,793 in March
The JSEUSD Equities Index lost 2.23 points to end at 229.67. The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 9.1. 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 one stock ended with a bid higher than the last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, First Rock Real Estate USD share ended at 6.37 US cents while exchanging 34 units, Productive Business Solutions dipped 38.49 cents to US$1.80 with investors transferring 113 stock shares, Proven Investments gained 0.5 of a cent after ending at 18 US cents in switching ownership of 2,360 units. 
Sygnus Credit Investments declined 0.05 of one cent to close at 9.44 US cents in trading 300 shares, Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share remained at 7 US cents after an exchange of 1,056 units and Transjamaican Highway increased 0.01 of a cent to 1.10 US cents crossing the exchange 925,181 stock units.
In the preference segment, Productive Business 9.25% fell 50 cents to end at US$12.50 with an exchange of 343 shares and JMMB Group 5.75% rose 17 cents in closing at US$2.17 after trading 21 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading slipped on the JSE USD Market
Trading slipped back from Thursday’s level as the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market ended on a positive note on Friday, after the volume of stocks changing hands declined 23 percent, valued 19 percent less than Thursday, 
resulting in trading in five securities, compared to nine on Thursday with two rising, two declining and one ending unchanged as the JSE USD Equities Index gained 0.86 points to close at 231.90.
Overall, 1,234,958 shares were traded for US$16,361 compared with 1,608,959 units at US$20,097 on Thursday.
Trading averaged 246,992 units at US$3,272 versus 178,773 shares at US$2,23 on Thursday, with a month to date average of 172,829 shares at US$12,793 compared with 170,526 units at US$13,088 on the previous day. February ended with an average of 43,793 units for US$2,015.
The PE Ratio, a measure in computing appropriate stock values, averages 9.3. 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 remained at 6.37 US cents and closed with 47 shares changing hands, Productive Business Solutions gained 28.49 cents to close at US$2.1849 as investors exchanged 561 stocks, Proven Investments dropped 0.5 of a cent to end at 17.5 US cents in switching ownership of 14,348 units. Sygnus Credit Investments lost 0.01 of a cent in ending at 9.49 US cents with investors transferring one stock unit and Transjamaican Highway advanced 0.09 of a cent to 1.09 US cents in trading 1,220,001 stock units.
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 segment, Productive 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.