The Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market climbed just under two percent on Wednesday, with Transjamaican Highway leading the market in volume traded following a 33 percent drop in quantity of shares being traded, valued 141 percent more than on Tuesday resulting from an exchange of eight securities, down from 10 on Tuesday with prices of five rising, one declining and two ending unchanged.
The market closed with an exchange of 371,175 shares for US$159,855, dropping from 552,534 stocks at US$66,374 on Tuesday.
Trading ended with an average of 46,397 shares at US$19,982, falling from 55,253 stocks at US$6,637 on Tuesday, with a month to date average of 80,901 units at US$9,490 compared with 95,429 stocks at US$5,073 on the previous day and May that ended with an average of 71,616 units for US$3,425.
The US Denominated Equities Index popped 4.13 points to settle at 214.37. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows no stock ended with a bid higher than the last selling price and one with a lower offer.
The PE Ratio, one of the most frequently used measures to determine appropriate stock values, averages 10.3. The PE ratio is calculated based on last traded prices divided by projected earnings, computed by ICInsider.com for companies with financial year ending around August 2025.
At the close of trading, First Rock Real Estate USD share advanced 0.28 of a cent to end at 1.68 US cents in trading 21,832 shares, Proven Investments popped 0.5 of one cent to 11.5 US cents as traders exchanged 2,015 stock units, Sterling Investments remained at 1.83 US cents with investors trading 12,637 shares. Sygnus Credit Investments gained 0.33 of a cent and ended at 7.33 US cents with brokers executing transfer of 2,323 units, Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share ended at 6.6 US cents in trading 900 stocks and Transjamaican Highway rose 0.05 of one cent in closing at 2.35 US cents with a transfer of 178,283 shares.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group US8.5% declined 10 cents to US$1.00 with 153,183 units changing hands and Sygnus Credit Investments US 8% rallied 1 cent to end at US$9.01 with a transfer of 2 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Only 6,582,118 shares were traded with a value of $50,375,973, a fall from 10,166,077 stock units at $53,905,822 on Monday.
At the close of the market, AS Bryden dropped $5.88 in closing at $24.06 after traders exchanged 335 shares, Caribbean Cement shed $2 to close at $83 with investors dealing in 1,554 stock units, Eppley Caribbean Property Fund rallied 80 cents to end at $36 with 226 shares being traded. Jamaica Broilers sank $1 to $27 with trading of 112,886 stock units, Jamaica Producers shed $2.90 to finish at $22.10 with 102,005 units clearing the market, JMMB Group sank $1.81 and ended at $20.18 with investors trading 126,554 stocks. Kingston Wharves declined 85 cents to $32 after a transfer of 37,738 units, Margaritaville lost 59 cents and ended at $13.50 as investors traded 318 shares, Massy Holdings popped 50 cents to finish at $77.50 with 1,010 stock units crossing the market. Mayberry Jamaican Equities skidded 95 cents to close at $10.10 with traders dealing in 45,285 shares, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy fell 48 cents to end at $64.52 with brokers switching ownership of 4 stock units,
The market closed with an exchange of 552,534 shares for US$66,374 compared to 1,260,621 stocks at US$30,005 on Monday.
Trading averaged 55,253 shares at US$6,637 compared to 140,069 stocks at US$3,334 on Monday, with a month to date average of 95,429 units at US$5,073 compared with May, with an average of 71,616 units for US$3,425.
The US Denominated Equities Index declined 3.62 points to conclude trading at 210.24. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ended with a bid higher than the last selling price and one with a lower offer.
The PE Ratio, one of the most frequently used measures to determine appropriate stock values, averages 10.1. The PE ratio is calculated based on last traded prices divided by projected earnings, computed by ICInsider.com for companies with financial year ending around August 2025.
At the close of the moderate trading, First Rock Real Estate USD share sank 0.49 of one cent to close at a 52 week low of 1.4 US cents with 3,266 shares passing through the market, Margaritaville dropped 0.7 of a cent to 7.5 US cents with investors trading 3,000 units, Productive Business Solutions shed 5 cents in closing at US$1.20 with 50 stocks clearing the market. 
The market closed with 10,166,077 shares trading for $53,905,822 after falling sharply from 22,968,539 stock units at $187,235,609 on Friday.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE of 13.7.
The market closed with 22,968,539 shares trading for $187,235,609 compared to 16,693,892 stocks at $197,735,173 on Thursday.
At the close, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 14 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and five with lower offers.
The market closed with an exchange of 2,331,792 shares for US$107,303, sharply higher than the 1,443,539 stocks at US$59,446 exchanged on Thursday.
Trading closed with an exchange of 16,693,892 shares with a value of $197,735,173, from 14,979,388 stock units at $133,414,112 on Wednesday.
The All Jamaican Composite Index surged 4,084.54 points to 373,127.19, the JSE Main Index jumped 3,426.04 points to end at 324,371.27 and JSE Financial Index rose 0.97 points to 67.98.
The market closed with an exchange of 1,443,539 shares for US$59,446 compared with 776,682 stocks at US$43,426 on Wednesday.
The market closed with 14,979,388 shares trading for $133,414,112, climbing from 9,576,121 stock units at $87,077,760 on Tuesday.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13. The JSE Main and the USD Market PE ratios are based on last traded prices and earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies with their financial year ending on or around August 2025.