Transjamaican Highway traded 2.5 million shares on Wednesday, pushing the volume of stocks traded up by a substantial 8,704 percent increase accompanied with an 876 percent greater value than on Tuesday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market, following an exchange of five securities, compared with eight on Tuesday with prices of two rising, one declining and two ending unchanged.
The USD market closed after investors exchanged 2,521,741 shares valued at US$130,691 up sharply from 28,644 stocks at US$13,387 on Tuesday.
Trading ended with an average of 504,348 shares at a value of US$26,138 well above the mere 3,581 stocks at US$1,673 on Tuesday, with a month to date average of 129,511 units at a value of US$7,323 compared to 12,374 stocks at US$1,444 on the previous day and January with an average of 103,137 units for US$4,549.
The US Denominated Equities Index dipped 1.48 points to 241.96. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
The PE Ratio, one of the best known measures to determine appropriate stock values, averages 7.5. 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 day, Proven Investments climbed 0.81 of a cent to close at 12.8 US cents as investors exchanged 4,110 stocks, Sterling Investments popped 0.08 of one cent to 1.88 US cents in trading 200 units, Sygnus Credit Investments ended at 6.8 US cents after an exchange of 2,475 shares and Transjamaican Highway declined 0.01 of one cent to finish at 2.79 US cents with 2,509,086 stock units passing through the market.
In the preference segment, Productive Business Solutions 9.25% preference share remained at US$10.40 with 5,870 shares crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.




The market closed with an exchange of 42,535 shares for US$5,597, down from 680,107 stocks at US$21,934 on Monday. Trading averaged 3,867 shares at US$509 well below 113,351 stocks at US$3,656 on Monday, with a month to date average of 114,839 units at US$4,710 compared with 122,977 stock units at US$5,018 on the previous day and with December with an average of 229,957 units for US$7,451.
The market closed with an exchange of 680,107 shares for US$21,934 up from 145,889 stocks at US$9,208 on Friday. Trading averaged 113,351 shares at US$3,656 compared to 16,210 stocks at US$1,023 on Friday, with a month to date average of 122,977 units at US$5,018 compared with 123,379 shares at US$5,075 on the previous day and December that ended with an average of 229,957 units for US$7,451.