The US Dollar Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Index climbed on Monday, with the volume of stocks traded falling a hefty 93 percent with a 99 percent lower value than on Friday, resulting from an exchange of 10 securities, compared with nine on Friday, with prices of five rising and five ending unchanged.
The market closed with an exchange of 222,238 shares for US$21,598 after tumbling from 3,291,527 stock units at US$2,445,825 on Friday.
Trading ended with an average of 22,224 shares at US$2,160, after declining from 365,725 stock units at US$271,758 on Friday, with a month to date average of 77,475 units at US$37,061 compared with 85,846 stock units at US$42,349 on the previous day and well below June with an average of 625,703 units for US$203,999.
The US Denominated Equities Index gained 16.77 points to finish at 279.34. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ended with a bid higher than the last selling price and none with a lower offer.
The PE Ratio, one of the most used measures to determine appropriate stock values, averages 12.5. ICInsider.com compiles the earnings per share and the PE used in this report. The PE ratio is derived by dividing the last traded price of a stock by the earnings per share for the financial year ending around August 2026.
At the close of trading, Margaritaville remained at 5.5 US cents with 833 units crossing the market, Productive Business Solutions rose 20.65 cents to US$1 after the trading of 6,000 stocks, Proven Investments ended at 6.79 US cents with investors transferring 8,441 shares. Quantas Advantage climbed 1 cent to close at 13 US cents in trading 39,233 stock units, Sterling Investments ended at 2 US cents after a transfer of 4,899 shares, 
Sygnus Credit Investments remained at 5.89 US cents with investors swapping 1,066 stock units. Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share and ended at 4.5 US cents with traders dealing in 252 shares and Transjamaican Highway advanced 0.11 of a cent to close at a record high of 5.61 US cents with an exchange of 161,359 stocks.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group US8.5% ended at US$1.20 with 137 shares clearing the market and Sygnus Credit Investments 8% gained 10 cents and ended at US$11.20 with investors trading 18 stocks.
Closing prices of stocks trading are those of the last transaction.
The market closed with an exchange of 3,291,527 shares, following three block transactions in shares of Productive Business Solutions covering 3,055,842 shares with a value of US$2,424,811, swelling trading in the overall market to US$2,445,825 after surging from 395,609 stock units at US$80,018 on Thursday.
Trading ended with an average of 365,725 shares at US$271,758 after increasing from 49,451 stock units at US$10,002 on Thursday, with a month to date average of 85,846 units at US$42,349 compared with 41,655 stock units at US$6,127 on the previous day and June that ended with an average of 625,703 units for US$203,999.
The US Denominated Equities Index climbed 13.34 points to finish at 262.64. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ended with a bid higher than the last selling price and none with a lower offer.
The PE Ratio, one of the most used measures to determine appropriate stock values, averages 13.3. ICInsider.com compiles the earnings per share and the PE used in this report. The PE ratio is derived by dividing the last traded price of a stock by the earnings per share for the financial year ending around August 2026.
At the close of trading, Margaritaville fell 0.25 of a cent to 5.5 US cents after an exchange of 20,003 units, Productive Business Solutions rose 0.1935 of a cent to 79 US cents with traders swapping a mere 3 shares, Proven Investments remained at 6.79 US cents in an exchange of 28,422 shares. 
Quantas Advantage declined 1 cent in closing at 12 US cents after the trading of 116,313 stock units, Sterling Investments ended at 2 US cents as investors exchanged 278 shares, Sygnus Credit Investments ended at 5.89 US cents in switching ownership of 1,855 stock units. Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share gained 0.48 of one cent to 4.48 US cents with 367 stocks passing through the market and Transjamaican Highway rose 0.1 of a cent to close at a 52 weeks high of 5.5 US cents in trading 68,433 units.
In the preference segment, Productive Business Solutions 9.25% advanced US$2.30 and ended at a 52 weeks high of US$13 with 11 shares crossing the exchange.
Closing prices of stocks are those of the last transaction. 
Investors exchanged 395,609 shares worth US$80,018 after climbing from 334,610 stock units at US$19,892 on Wednesday.
Proven Investments gained 0.04 of a cent to end at 6.79 US cents with 43,387 shares crossing the market. Quantas Advantage ended at 13 US cents with investors trading 1,839 stock units, Sterling Investments remained at 2 US cents with 5 shares crossing the exchange, Sygnus Credit Investments ended at 5.89 US cents with investors dealing in 5 stocks and Transjamaican Highway rose 0.18 of a cent and ended at a record 5.4 US cents after an exchange of 243,204 units.
The market closed with an exchange of 334,610 shares for US$19,892, after tumbling from 435,339 stock units at US$184,279 on Tuesday.
Sygnus Credit Investments rose 0.06 of a cent in closing at 5.89 US cents after an exchange of 889 stocks, Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share skidded 0.94 of a cent to close at 4 US cents with 2,703 shares crossing the market and Transjamaican Highway lost 0.04 of a cent to end at 5.22 US cents with investors swapping 267,967 stocks.
The market closed with an exchange of 435,339 shares for US$184,279, up from 135,178 stock units at US$9,177 on Monday, as Productive Business Solutions gobbled up a little over 250,000 shares, valued at $173,082.
Proven Investments skidded 0.2 of a cent to end at 6.4 US cents after an exchange of 8,479 stock units, Quantas Advantage ended at 12 US cents with 3,500 shares crossing the market, Sterling Investments remained at 2 US cents following trading of 421 stocks. Sygnus Credit Investments fell 0.06 of a cent to 5.83 US cents after an exchange of 905 units and Transjamaican Highway slipped 0.01 of one cent to end at 5.26 US cents with investors trading 169,725 stock units.
Quantas Advantage remained at 12 US cents after an exchange of 1,010 stocks, Sterling Investments ended at 2 US cents with investors trading 2,045 shares, Sygnus Credit Investments rose 0.04 of one cent to end at 5.89 US cents with an exchange of 6,027 stocks and Transjamaican Highway fell 0.02 of one cent in closing at 5.27 US cents with 122,361 units passing through the market.
The market closed following trading falling by 57 percent 
The All Jamaican Composite Index rallied a solid 5,202.98 points to finish at a 5-year by a record high of 423,099.82, the JSE Main Index rose 2,502.79 points to settle at 355,579.82 and the JSE Financial Index popped by 0.64 points to end at 68.33. At the close, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows seven stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
NCB Financial climbed $2 to finish at a 52 weeks closing high of $65 after an exchange of 235,149 shares, with the price trading at an intraday high of $66 and more that doubling since August last year. Proven Investments advanced 45 cents to $11.45 with 4,451 stocks passing through the market, Quantas Advantage dipped $1.01 in closing at $19.99 in switching ownership of 146,197 units, Sagicor Group rallied 70 cents to $39.70 with investors trading 4,467 stock units. Sagicor Real Estate Fund slipped 90 cents to $8.10 with 1,030,603 shares crossing the exchange, Scotia Group ended at $58.00 with dealers swapping 37,590 shares and Sygnus Real Estate Finance climbed $1.76 to end at $8.50 with 124 units clearing the market.
Closing prices of stocks trading are those of the last transaction.
Quantas Advantage traded for the first time since listing this week and closed at 12 US cents after an exchange of 2,000 stock units, Sterling Investments rallied 0.39 of a cent to end at 2 US cents after a transfer of 2,000 units, Sygnus Credit Investments declined 0.13 of one cent in closing at 5.85 US cents with 559 stocks passing through the market and Transjamaican Highway rose 0.19 of one cent to close at a record high of 5.29 US cents, with 339,797 shares crossing the exchange.
At the close, 535,822 shares were traded for US$27,949, up from just 90,111 stock units at US$4,785 on Wednesday. Trading ended with an average of 76,546 shares at US$3,993, after rising from 18,022 stock units at US$957 on Wednesday, with a month to date average of 52,161 units at US$2,728 compared with June that ended with an average of 625,703 units for US$203,999.
Sygnus Credit Investments ended at 5.98 US cents with investors trading 5,614 shares. Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share declined by 0.0118 of a cent and ended at 0.0494 of a cent with investors exchanging 1,566 shares and Transjamaican Highway remained at 5.1 US cents after the trading of 525,870 shares.