Trading jumped sharply on Thursday, with the volume of shares changing hands surging 2,339 percent and valued 627 percent higher than Wednesday, at the close of the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market, resulting in twice the number of stocks rising than falling.
Trading ended with six securities changing hands, compared to two on Wednesday, with prices of four rising and two declining. The JSE US Denominated Equities Index gained 3.19 points to end at 204.92. The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 12. The PE ratio is calculated based on ICInsider.com earnings forecasts for each company, with the fiscal year ending up to August 2022.
Overall, 467,492 shares traded for US$29,403, up from 19,170 units at US$4,043 on Wednesday. Trading averaged 77,915 units at US$4,901, versus 9,585 shares at US$2,022 on Wednesday and month to date an average of 175,721 shares at US$33,311 versus 196,679 units at US$39,399 on Wednesday. November ended with an average of 79,766 units for US$10,928.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close, First Rock Capital USD share lost 1 cent to end at 6 US cents in switching ownership of 120,000 shares, Margaritaville climbed 0.5 of a cent to 10 US cents, with an exchange of 50 units, Proven Investments rallied 1.4 cents to close at 23.9 US cents trading 50,452 stocks. Sterling Investments rose 0.01 of a cent to 2.1 US cents after exchanging 145,405 stock units, Sygnus Credit Investments USD share fell 1.57 cents in closing at a 52 weeks’ low of 11.25 US cents with 45,000 stocks crossing the market and Transjamaican Highway popped 0.01 of a cent to end at 0.79 US cents after exchanging 106,585 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading ended on Wednesday, with the volume of shares changing hands falling 76 percent and valued 84 percent lower than on Tuesday, at the close of the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market, resulting in just two securities changing hands, compared to three on Tuesday with the prices of one declining and the other ending unchanged. 
Overall, 19,170 shares traded, for US$4,043 compared to 81,192 units at US$25,432 on Tuesday.
November ended with an average of 79,766 units for US$10,928.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ending with a bid higher than their last selling prices and none with a lower offer.
A total of six securities traded, compared to eight on Tuesday with one rising, two declining and three ending unchanged.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ended with a bid higher than their last selling prices and none with a lower offer.
Trading ended with eight securities changing hands, versus nine on Monday with four rising, two declining and two ending unchanged. The JSE US Denominated Equities Index jumped 8.81 points to end at 205.52 to be up 10.3 percent for the year to date.
MPC Caribbean Clean Energy popped 3 cents to close at US$1.08 after exchanging one stock unit, Productive Business Solutions rose 3.45 cents to US$1.1615 trading 51 stocks. Proven Investments increased 0.15 of a cent to end at 23 US cents, with 500,827 units changing hands, Sygnus Credit Investments USD share finished unchanged at 12.85 US cents after exchanging 3,815 units, Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share dropped 2 cents to 14 US cents with an exchange of 3,542 stocks and Transjamaican Highway gained 0.01 of a cent to close at 0.86 of one US cent in switching ownership of 335,655 shares.
Trading ended with nine securities changing hands, compared to five on Friday with prices of three rising, four declining and two ended unchanged. The JSE US Denominated Equities Index squeezed out a rise of 0.16 points to end at 196.71.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ended with the bid higher than the last selling price, while none closed with a lower offer.
Trading ended with five securities changing hands, similar to Thursday, with one rising, four declining. The JSE US Denominated Equities Index gained 1.34 points to end at 196.55.
October ended with an average of 48,646 units for US$4,160.
At the close, First Rock Capital USD share ended at 6.6 US cents in exchanging 1,135 shares, Margaritaville advanced 0.49 of a cent to 9.49 US cents while exchanging 13,928 units, Proven Investments increased 0.02 of a cent in ending at 22.58 US cents, with 49,538 stocks crossing the market. Sterling Investments spiked 0.09 of a cent in closing at 2.09 US cents after 4,331 stock units changed hands, Sygnus Credit Investments USD share remained at 13 US cents after exchanging 5,280 units, Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share rallied 1 cent to close at 16 US cents in exchanging 1,389 stock units and Transjamaican Highway dropped 0.05 of a cent to 0.8 US cents, with 140,000 shares crossing the market.
Margaritaville finished unchanged at 9 US cents with an exchange of 65,070 stocks, Proven Investments declined 0.44 of a cent in ending at 23 US cents with the swapping of 40,373 stock units. Sygnus Credit Investments Jamaican dollar denominated share remained at 12.83 US cents in an exchange of 53 units, Sygnus Credit Investments USD share rose half a cent to end at 13 US cents, with 4,481 units clearing the market, Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share ended at 15 US cents after trading 5,000,478 shares. Transjamaican Highway finished unchanged at 0.85 f a US cent with 60,764 stocks changing hands.