Trading activity ended with 48 percent fewer shares changing hands on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market on Tuesday, with 73 percent lower value than trading on Monday, with 55 securities trading compared to 57 on Monday, with 21 rising, 19 declining and 15 ending unchanged.
A total of 9,556,783 shares were traded for $28,842,985 compared to 18,209,479 units at $105,140,128 on Monday.
Trading averaged 173,760 shares at $524,418 versus 319,465 shares at $1,844,564 on Monday and month to date, an average of 247,913 units at $1,196,278 compared with March with an average of 356,137 units at $3,015,416.
Transjamaican Highway led trading with 5.46 million shares for 57.2 percent of total volume followed by Sagicor Select Financial Fund with 1.01 million units for 10.6 percent of the day’s trade and Ciboney Group with 947,765 units for 9.9 percent market share.
The All Jamaican Composite Index declined 494.93 points to 371,255.18, the JSE Main Index dipped 390.22 points to 331,377.07 and the JSE Financial Index dipped 0.19 points to close at 76.29.
The PE Ratio, a formula used to compute appropriate stock values, averages 13.6 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 2022 and August 2023.
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, Barita Investments gained 52 cents to end at $80.50 in an exchange of 16,038 shares, Caribbean Cement rallied $1 after ending at $57 in trading 16,291 stocks, Eppley advanced 49 cents to $37.49 with the swapping of 561 units. Eppley Caribbean Property Fund shed $4.10 to close at $40.40 w with investors trading 3,390 stock units, GraceKennedy fell $2.50 to $80 in switching ownership of 39,584 units, Guardian Holdings climbed $5 after ending at $490 as investors exchanged 19 stocks. Jamaica Broilers dipped $2.35 to end at $35, with 12,988 shares changing hands, Jamaica Producers dropped 80 cents to $21 with investors transferring 20,061 stock units, Kingston Wharves lost 49 cents to close at $34 with an exchange of 339 stocks. Massy Holdings popped $3.80 in closing at $89 after an exchange of 5,529 units, NCB Financial dropped $2 to $73 after 17,263 shares passed through the market, Pan Jamaica Group increased $3.94 to end at $55.94 after a transfer of 10,135 stock units. Sagicor Group fell $3.40 in closing at $47.50 in an exchange of 37,018 shares, Seprod rose $2.49 after ending at $69.99 with a transfer of 5,493 stock units and Supreme Ventures gained 90 cents to close at $26.90, with 15,373 stocks crossing the exchange.
In the preference segment, Eppley 5% preference share rose $2 in closing at $22 after 11 units crossed the market, Jamaica Public Service 7% dropped $30.99 to $98, with 46 units crossing the market, Jamaica Public Service 9.5% climbed $2 to end at $3000 after exchanging one stock unit and Productive Business Solutions 9.75% preference share increased $16.05 in ending at $107 while exchanging 28 stocks.
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.
Huge surge in JSE USD Market
Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market ended on Wednesday, with the volume of stocks changing hands rising 205 percent with a 40 percent lower value than on Tuesday, resulting in seven securities being traded, compared to five on Tuesday with three rising, two declining and two ending unchanged.
A total of 1,034,911 shares were traded for US$21,566 compared with 339,743 units at US$36,245 on Tuesday.
Trading averaged 147,844 shares at US$3,081 versus 67,949 shares at US$7,249 on Tuesday, with a month to date average of 170,037 shares at US$13,731 compared with 171,109 units at US$14,245 on the previous day. February ended with an average of 43,793 units for US$2,015.
The JSE USD Equities Index surged 36.77 points to end at 229.38.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 9.4. 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 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 increased 0.39 of a cent in closing at 6.4 US cents after trading 460 shares, Productive Business Solutions rallied 55 cents to close at US$1.90 after closing with an exchange of one stock unit, Proven Investments lost 0.49 of a cent after ending at 17.5 US cents with 43,111 stocks changing hands. Sterling Investments ended at 2 US cents after trading 1,100 units, Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share fell 0.18 of a cent to 7 US cents with investors transferring 25 units and Transjamaican Highway popped 0.02 of a cent in closing at 0.97 of one US cent with an exchange of 988,002 stocks.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 5.75% remained at US$2 as investors exchanged 2,212 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.