Trading ended with the market index moving higher and continuing to reverse the fall below the year’s opening position on Tuesday after trading 80 percent fewer shares on Thursday than Wednesday at the close of the US dollar market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, resulting in more stocks falling than rising.
Trading ended with eight securities changing hands, compared to seven on Wednesday, with the price of one rising, three declining and four ending unchanged.
The JSE USD Equity Index gained 2.67 points to end at 191.21. The PE Ratio, a measure that computes an appropriate value for a stock, averages 11.9 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast. Overall, 250,508 shares traded for US$61,050 compared to 1,274,755 units at US$54,331 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 31,314 units at US$7,631, compared to 182,108 shares at US$7,762 on Wednesday. Month to date trading averages 122,568 units for US$9,438 in contrast to 131,928 units at US$9,624 on the prior trading day. June ended with an average of 87,444 units for US$6,162.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, First Rock Capital dipped 0.1 of a cent in ending at 7.9 US cents with an exchange of 1,078 shares, 
Margaritaville dropped 0.99 of a cent to 9 US cents, with 3,000 stocks crossing the market, Proven Investments ended trading at 24 US cents, with 235,128 stock units trading, Sterling Investments closed trading at 2.15 US cents in switching ownership of 227 units. Sygnus Credit Investments exchanged a mere 6 shares in ending trading at 16 US cents, Sygnus Credit Investments climbed 1.6 cents to 13.8 US cents after trading 100 stocks and Transjamaican Highway lost 0.05 of a cent after ending at 0.75 US cents in an exchange of 8,469 stocks.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 6% remained at US$1.03 while exchanging 2,500 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Volume falls on JSE US$ market
JSE USD market falls
Trading on Tuesday ended with the market declining after the volume of shares traded plunged 99 percent bellows Monday levels as the value nosedived by a similar percentage at the close of the US dollar market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange.
Similar to trading on Monday, five securities traded, with one rising, three declining and one remaining unchanged. The JSE USD Equity Index slipped 0.61 points to end at 184.41.
The PE Ratio, a measure that computes an appropriate stock value, averages 11.9 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2021-22 earnings.
Just 14,874 shares traded for US$1,480, plunging from 2,078,672 units at US$107,586 on Monday.
Trading averaged 2,975 units at US$296, compared to 415,734 shares at US$21,517 on Monday. For the month to date, trading averages 126,980 units at US$9,807 in contrast to 136,375 units at US$10,528 on Monday. June ended with an average of 87,444 units for US$6,162.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ending, with the bid higher than the last selling price and three with lower offers.
At the close, First Rock Capital investors traded 3,899 shares at 8 US cents, Margaritaville popped 0.97 o a cent in closing at 9.99 US cents, with 1,000 stock units changing hands, Proven Investments declined 0.65 of a cent to 24.05 US cents in switching ownership of 2,902 units. Sterling Investments fell 0.15 of a cent and ended at 2.15 US cents with the swapping of 5,000 stock units and Sygnus Credit Investments lost 1.79 US cents to end at 12.2 US cents trading 2,073 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Volume popped for JSE USD Market on Monday
Trading on Monday ended with the USD market declining moderately, after an exchange of 677 percent more shares than for Friday, as the value of stocks traded surged 1,033 percent and ending, with more stocks rising than falling.
Overall, 2,078,672 shares traded, for US$107,586 compared to 267,463 units at US$9,495 on Friday.
Trading averaged 415,734 units at US$21,517, compared to 53,493 shares at US$1,899 on Friday. Trading month to date averages 136,375 units at US$10,528 in contrast to 113,476 units at US$9,627 on Friday. June ended with an average of 87,444 units for US$6,162.
Trading ended with five securities changing hands, the same number as on Friday, with prices of two stocks rising, none declining and three remaining unchanged.
The JSE USD Equity Index lost 0.93 points to end at 185.02. The PE Ratio, a measure that computes an appropriate value of a stock, averaged 12.1 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2021-22 earnings.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ended with the bid higher than the last selling price and three with lower offers.
At the close, First Rock Capital traded 6,577 shares at 8 US cents, Proven Investments rose 0.7 of a cent to 24.7 US cents with investors switching ownership of 394,370 units, Sygnus Credit Investments settled at 13.99 US cents with the transfer of 2,021 stocks and Transjamaican Highway rose 0.05 of a cent to 0.80 US cents, with 1,675,649 shares crossing the exchange.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 6% remained at US$1.10 with 55 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading drops on JSE USD market
Trading on Friday ended with the market rising after trading 78 percent fewer shares than on Thursday, with more stocks declining than rising on the US dollar market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange.
Trading ended with five securities changing hands, compared to four on Thursday with prices of one stock rising, two declining and two remaining unchanged.
The JSE USD Equity Index rose 1.64 points to end at 185.95.
The PE Ratio, a measure that computes an appropriate value of a stock, averages 12 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2021-22 earnings.
Just 267,463 shares traded costing US$9,495 down from 1,203,958 units at US$22,523 on Thursday.
Trading averaged 53,493 units at US$1,899, compared to 300,990 shares at US$5,631 on Thursday. Trading averaged 113,476 units for the month to date at US$9,627 in contrast to 118,832 units at US$10,317 on Thursday. June ended with an average of 87,444 units for US$6,162.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ending with a higher bid than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, First Rock Capital ended at 8 US cents in switching ownership of 1,850 shares, Margaritaville declined 0.18 of a cent to 9.02 US cents after exchanging 25,260 units, Proven Investments traded 450 stocks at 24 US cents. Sygnus Credit Investments lost 0.01 of a cent to end at 13.99 US cents in switching ownership of 39,903 units and Transjamaican Highway gained 0.05 of a cent ending at 0.75 US cents after exchanging 200,000 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Stocks back above water
Trading ended with the market rising after trading 36 percent more shares with a value that was 1,820 percent higher on Tuesday, than on Monday, at the close of the US dollar market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange as the market closed back above the 2020 closing index.
Trading ended with six securities changing hands, compared to five on Monday with prices of one stock rising, one declining and four remaining unchanged.
The JSE USD Equity Index popped 4.34 points to end at 189.35. The PE Ratio, a measure that computes an appropriate value of a stock, averages 12.2 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2021-22 earnings.
Overall, 566,829 shares traded for US$130,805, up from 417,802 units at US$6,812 on Monday.
Trading averaged 94,472 units at US$21,801, compared to 83,560 shares at US$1,362 on Monday. Trading averaged 108,247 units, month to date at US$10,968 in contrast to 110,215 units at US$9,421 on Monday. June ended with an average of 87,444 units for US$6,162.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ended with the bid higher than the last selling price and two with lower offers.
At the close, First Rock Capital closed at 8 US cents while trading 925 shares, Margaritaville closed at 9.2 US cents after exchanging 30,890 units, Productive Business Solutions dipped 0.01 of a cent to end at 80 US cents in switching ownership of 54 stocks. Proven Investments remained at 24 US cents, with 530,672 units crossing the market and Transjamaican Highway gained 0.11 of a cent to end at 0.81 US cents with the swapping of 3,802 stock units.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 6% settled at US$1.0995 in trading 486 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Proven & Transjamaican dominate JSEUSD Market
Stocks put in a spirited performance in trading on Friday, resulting in a sharp 1,617 percent spike in the number of shares changing hands with the value 1,317 percent greater than on Thursday after the transfer of 2,934,749 shares with a value of US$260,628, up from 170,930 units at US$18,367 on Thursday at the close of Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market.
Proven Investments had the second highest volume of stocks trading on Friday.
Trading was dominated by Proven Investments and Transjamaican Highway, with more than one million shares each.
Trading averaged 419,250 units at US$37,233, compared to 34,186 shares at US$3,673 on Thursday. Month to date trades average 113,817 units at US$10,510 in contrast to 42,549 units at US$4,274 on Thursday. June ended with an average of 87,444 units for US$6,162.
Trading ended with seven securities changing hands, compared to five on Thursday with prices of three rising, three declining and one remaining unchanged.
The JSE USD Equity Index fell 2.62 points to end at 186.99. The PE Ratio, a measure that computes an appropriate value of a stock, averaged 11.9 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2021-22 earnings.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ending with a higher bid than the last selling price and one with a lower offer.
At the close, 
First Rock Capital dipped 0.11 of a cent to finish at 8.89 US cents with 1,860 shares passing through the market, Margaritaville remained at 9.2 US cents with an exchange of just one unit, Proven Investments gained 0.38 of a cent to end at 24.48 US cents with 1,010,948 stocks changing hands. Sterling Investments fell 0.03 of a cent to 1.87 US cents with 110,000 stock units traded, Sygnus Credit Investments rose 1.45 cents to 14.45 US cents with a transfer of 2,000 shares and Transjamaican Highway declined 0.11 of a cent to a 52 weeks’ low of 0.71 US cents with 1,809,928 units crossing the exchange.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 6% rallied 6.95 cents to US$1.10 with 12 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
JSE USD Market slipped on Thursday
Trading picked up on Thursday but the Jamaica Stock Exchange USD market slipped slightly, with a 31 percent rise in the number of shares changing hands compared to Wednesday after 24 percent more funds chased stocks and resulting in more stocks falling than rising.
Trading ended with five securities changing hands, compared to four on Wednesday with the price of one rising, three declining and one remaining unchanged.
The JSE USD Equity Index slipped 0.23 points to end at 189.61. The PE Ratio, a measure that computes an appropriate value of a stock, averaged 12.1 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2021-22 earnings.
A total of 170,930 shares traded for US$18,367 compared to 130,618 units at US$14,817 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 34,186 units at US$3,673, versus 32,655 shares at US$3,704 on Wednesday. Trading month to date averages 42,549 units at US$4,274 in contrast to 44,222 units at US$4,395. June ended with an average of 87,444 units for US$6,162.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, First Rock Capital advanced 0.6 of a cent to 9 US cents, trading 146,096 shares, Margaritaville settled at 9.2 US cents with 1,200 stocks changing hands, Proven Investments dropped 0.4 of a cent to 24.1 US cents with a transfer of 4,120 units and Sygnus Credit Investments fell 0.52 of a cent to 13 US cents with 17,642 stock units crossing the exchange.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 6% lost 6.95 cents to close at US$1.03 with 1,872 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Index gains for JSE USD Market on Wednesday
Trading was a shadow of the previous day at the closed on Wednesday with just changing hands down from six on Tuesday and ended with one stock rising, two declining and one remaining unchanged resulted in an exchange of 80 percent fewer shares and 17 percent less value than on Tuesday, 
but the market index recovered some of the losses suffered on the previous trading day at the close of the Jamaica Stock Exchange USD market.
The JSE USD Equity Index gained 2.66 points to end at 189.84. The PE Ratio, a measure that determines an appropriate relative value of each stock, averaged 12 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2021-22 earnings.
Overall, 130,618 shares traded for US$14,817, down from 654,515 units at US$17,881 on Tuesday. Trading averaged 32,655 units at US$3,704, in contrast to 109,086 shares at US$2,980 on Tuesday. Month to date trades averages 44,222 units at US$4,395 compared to 46,425 units at US$4,526 on the prior trading day. June ended with an average of 87,444 units for US$6,162.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows no stock ended with a higher bid than the last selling price, while one ended with a lower offer.
At the close, First Rock Capital slipped 0.1 of a cent to 8.4 US cents with an exchange of 606 shares, Margaritaville ended at 9.2 US cents with 5,040 stocks traded, Proven Investments fell half a cent to 24.5 US cents with 56,472 units changing hands and Transjamaican Highway rallied 0.12 of a cent to 0.82 US cents with 68,500 shares crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
2021 gains vaporise for JSE US market
Trading on the USD market ended on Tuesday, with the index falling as investors exchanged 178 percent more shares than on Monday at 71 percent less the value, resulting in more stocks falling than rising and the market losing almost all the 17.4 percent gains made up to the end of April, this year when the market hit the year’s peaked at 218.70 points.
Six securities traded, compared to eight on Monday with one rising, three declining and two remaining unchanged.
The JSE USD Equity Index lost 4.06 points to end at 187.18, just a fraction above the 2020 close of 186.30. The PE Ratio, a measure that determines an appropriate value of each stock, averages 11.8 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2021-22 earnings.
A total of 654,515 shares traded for US$17,881 compared to 235,315 units at US$63,279 on Monday. Trading averaged 109,086 units at US$2,980, versus 29,414 shares at US$7,910 on Monday. Month to date trading averages 46,425 units at US$4,526 in contrast to 21,361 units at US$5,145 Monday. June ended with an average of 87,444 units for US$6,162.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ended with a higher bid than their last selling price and one with a lower offer.
At the close, First Rock Capital had an exchange of 318 shares at 8.5 US cents, Margaritaville finished at 9.2 US cents with 300 stocks changing hands, 
Proven Investments dropped 0.4 of a cent to end at 25 US cents, with 53,422 units traded. Sygnus Credit Investments lost 0.48 of a cent to close at 13.52 US cents, with a transfer of 40 stock units and Transjamaican Highway slipped 0.1 of a cent to 0.70 of a US cent with 600,285 shares crossing the exchange.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 6% advanced 6.95 cents to US$1.01 with 150 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
US Dollar Market slips on Tuesday
Trading was mixed at the closed on Tuesday with five securities changing hands, down from seven on Monday with of one stock rising, three declining and one closing unchanged on the US dollar market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, as investors exchanged 92 percent more shares than on Monday for 53 percent less value.
The JSE USD Equity Index fell 1.75 points to close at 193.78. The PE Ratio, a measure that determines an appropriate relative value of each stock, averaged 12 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2021-22 earnings.
Overall, 514,569 shares traded for US$8,228 compared to 267,871 units at US$17,654 on Monday.
Trading averaged 102,914 units at US$1,646, in contrast to 38,267 shares at US$2,522 on Monday. Month to date trades average 75,689 units at US$3,890 in contrast to 74,537 units at US$3,985 on Tuesday. May ended with an average of 138,035 units for US$17,391.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows no stock ended with the bid higher than the last selling price, while two ended with lower offers.
At the close, First Rock Capital fell 0.64 of a cent to finish at 7.36 US cents with an exchange of 2,907 shares, Margaritaville remained at 9.2 US cents with 4,100 stocks traded, Proven Investments rose 0.74 of a cent to 25.75 US cents with 1,625 stock units changing hands. Sygnus Credit Investments slipped 0.3 of a cent to end at 14.7 US cents with a transfer of 22,926 shares and Transjamaican Highway declined by 0.03 of a cent to close at 0.82 US cents with 483,011 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
