Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market ended on Monday, with a 74 percent fall in the volume of stocks changing hands having a 74 percent lower value than on Friday and resulting in nine securities traded, compared to 10 on Friday with two rising, three declining and four ending unchanged and resulting in the US Denominated Equities Index jumping 16.75 points to 236.30 and pushing the market back into positive territory.
Overall, 194,605 shares were exchanged for US$3,511 compared with 742,486 units at US$13,313 on Friday.
Trading averaged 21,6n23 shares at US$390 down from 74,249 shares at US$1,331 on Friday, compared with April with an average of 394,241 units at US$22,357.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 9.5. 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 their last selling prices and none with a lower offer.
At the close, Margaritaville remained at 11.48 US cents after a transfer of 25 shares, Productive Business Solutions gained 29.99 cents to end at US$1.8999 as investors exchanged one stock unit, Proven Investments shed 0.19 of a cent in ending at 17.4 US cents after trading 3,996 units, 
Sygnus Credit Investments lost 0.39 of one cent to close at 9.05 US cents in trading 3,168 stocks, Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share climbed 1.16 cents to close at 12.16 US cents, with 3,383 stock units crossing the exchange and Transjamaican Highway fell 0.05 of a cent and ended at 1.11 US cents with an exchange of 184,000 stocks.
In the preference segment, Eppley 6% preference share ended at US$1.40 after an exchange of two units, Equityline Mortgage Investment preference share had one share changing hands at US$1.64 and JMMB Group 5.75% remained at US$2, with 29 stocks clearing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
JSE USD market jumps into May
Rising stocks clipped losers on JSE USD Market
Trading dropped back to more recent levels on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market on Friday, with the volume of stocks changing hands declining 97 percent with 99 percent lower value than on Thursday, resulting in 10 securities traded, similar to that on Thursday and ended with the prices of three rising, two declining and five ending unchanged.
Investors traded 742,486 shares for US$13,313 compared to 22,118,146 units at US$1,680,361 on Thursday.
Trading averaged 74,249 units at US$1,331, down from 2,211,815 shares at US$168,036 on Thursday, with a month to date average of 394,241 shares at US$22,357, compared with 426,563 units at US$24,480 on the previous day. March ended with an average of 172,829 units for US$12,793.
The US Denominated Equities Index rallied 1.94 points to end at 219.56.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 9.5. 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 five stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and none with a lower offer.
At the close, First Rock Real Estate USD share dropped 0.94 of one cent to end at 5.16 US cents in switching ownership of 1,000 shares, Margaritaville gained 1.45 cents and ended at 11.48 US cents 12 with stock units crossing the market, 
Proven Investments ended at 17.59 US cents and closed with an exchange of 15,823 stocks, Sygnus Credit Investments climbed 0.44 of a cent to close at 9.44 US cents with investors transferring 11,000 units, Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share rallied 0.43 of one cent in closing at 11 US cents, with 5,312 stock units clearing the market and Transjamaican Highway remained at 1.16 US cents after a transfer of 708,836 stocks.
In the preference segment, Eppley 6% preference share ended at US$1.40 with a transfer of just one unit, Equityline Mortgage Investment preference share remained at US$1.64 with the swapping of a mere one share, JMMB Group 5.75% declined 20 cents in closing at US$2 in an exchange of only one stock and JMMB Group 6% remained at US$1.07 in an exchange of 500 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Transjamaican dominates JSE USD market
Heavy trading in shares of Transjamaican Highway lifted the volume of stocks changing hands by 1,409 percent valued 348 percent more than on Tuesday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market on Wednesday, with the stock price jumping to a record high of $1.30 and resulted in trading of five securities, compared to six on Tuesday with four rising and one unchanged.
Market activity resulted in an exchange of 1,049,056 shares for US$18,330 up from 69,500 units at US$4,092 on Tuesday.
Trading Wednesday averaged 209,811 units at US$3,666 versus 11,583 shares at US$682 on Tuesday, with a month to date average of 270,272 shares at US$6,627 compared with 275,148 units at US$6,866 on the previous trading day. March averaged 172,829 shares for US$12,793.
The US Denominated Equities Index popped 2.23 points to 242.88.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 10.4. 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 three stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and none with a lower offer.
At the close, First Rock Real Estate USD share remained at 6 US cents after 1,449 shares were traded, Proven Investments rallied 0.05 of a cent to end at 17.99 US cents after 28,959 stock units crossed the market, Sygnus Credit Investments gained 0.14 of a cent to close at 9.44 US cents in trading 1,147 units, Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share advanced 1.37 cents to 10.57 US cents with the swapping of just one unit of the stock and Transjamaican Highway climbed 0.2 of a cent to end at a 52 weeks’ high of 1.30 US cents after investors exchanged 1,017,500 units in reaction to positive 2022 full year results that points to increased profits in 2023.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
JSE USD Market closes higher on Tuesday
Trading dipped on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market on Tuesday, with the volume of stocks changing hands declining 80 percent valued 90 percent less than on Monday, and resulting in the trading of six securities, up from three on Monday with four rising, no declining and two ending unchanged.
Overall, 69,500 shares were traded for US$4,092 compared with 353,880 units at US$40,414 on Monday.
Trading averaged 11,583 units at US$682, down from 117,960 shares at US$13,471 on Monday, with a month to date average of 275,148 shares at US$6,866 compared to 303,387 units at US$7,528 on the previous day. March ended with an average of 172,829 units for US$12,793.
The US Denominated Equities Index increased by 6.12 points to close at 240.64.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 9.9. 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 four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and none with a lower offer.
At the close, First Rock Real Estate USD share ended at 6 US cents after an exchange of 48,393 shares, Proven Investments gained 1.86 cents to close trading at 17.94 US cents with an exchange of 832 units, Sterling Investments ended at 2 US cents after 11,912 stocks crossed the exchange, Sygnus Credit Investments popped 0.3 of a cent after ending at 9.3 US cents and trading 7,667 stock units and Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share increased 2.02 cents in closing at 9.2 US cents in trading 672 stocks.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 6% climbed 2 cents to end at US$1.10 and closed with 24 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Gains for JSE USD Market
Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market ended on Thursday, with the volume of stocks changing hands rising 193 percent but valued 17 percent lower than on Wednesday and resulted in trading of nine securities, compared to six on Wednesday, with four rising, three declining and two ending unchanged.
A total of 694,591 shares were traded for US$29,863 compared with 236,678 units at US$35,767 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 77,177 units at US$3,318 compared with 39,446 shares at US$5,961 on Wednesday, with the month to date averaging 74,634 shares at US$3,440 compared to 73,490 units at US$3,495 on the previous day. trading in March averaged 172,829 units for US$12,793.
The US Denominated Equities Index rallied 9.57 points to 219.91.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 8.9. 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 their last selling prices than the last selling prices and none with a lower offer.
At the close, First Rock Real Estate USD share advanced 0.01 of a cent to 6.38 US cents, with 431,901 shares crossing the market, Margaritaville lost 1.72 cents to close at 9.76 US cents as investors exchanged 2 units, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy remained at 69.77 US cents and closed trading with 140 stocks changing hands, 
Productive Business Solutions declined 6.87 cents to US$1.6613, with an exchange of 25 stock units, Proven Investments dipped 0.5 of a cent to 19 US cents after trading 61 units, Sygnus Credit Investments ended at 9.44 US cents in switching ownership of 161 shares, Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share gained 0.18 of one cent to close at 7.18 US cents with one unit passing through the market and Transjamaican Highway added 0.01 of a cent in closing at 1.01 US cents, with 262,275 stocks clearing the market.
In the preference segment, Productive Business 9.25% preference share climbed 50 cents to US$13 after an exchange of 25 stock units.
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.
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.
Big fall for JSE USD market
Trading jumped on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market on Monday, leading to a fall in the market with the volume of stocks changing hands rising 127 percent, valued 770 percent more than on Friday and resulting in nine securities traded, compared to seven on Friday with five rising, two declining and two ending unchanged.
Trading accounted for 620,736 shares for US$61,293, compared with 273,362 units at US$7,044 on Friday.
Trading on Monday averaged 68,971 shares at US$6,810, compared with 39,052 units at US$1,006 on Friday, with a month to date average of 174,793 shares at US$14,495 compared with 182,063 units at US$15,023 on the prior trading day. February ended with an average of 43,793 units for US$2,015.
The JSE USD Equities Index dived 24.22 points to end at 191.48. The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 8.9. 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 ending with a bid higher than the last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close, First Rock Real Estate USD share gained 0.18 of a cent to end at 6.25 US cents, with 288,908 shares clearing the market, Margaritaville increased 0.05 of a cent after finishing at 11 US cents, while 37 stocks passed through the market, Productive Business Solutions declined 40 cents to close at US$1.35 trading 248 units. 
Proven Investments shed 0.5 of a cent to end at 16.5 US cents after 258,719 stock units passed through the market, Sygnus Credit Investments advanced 0.5 of a cent in closing at 9.5 US cents while exchanging 1,024 units. Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share remained at 7.18 US cents after an exchange of 1,375 shares and Transjamaican Highway rallied 0.06 of a cent to 0.94 of one US cent, with investors transferring 70,422 stock units.
In the preference segment, Eppley 6% preference share popped 8.88 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ high of US$1.40 as investors exchanged two stocks and Equityline Mortgage Investment preference share ended at US$1.64 after a transfer of 1 stock unit.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
JSE USD market pulled back on Friday
Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market ended on Friday, with the volume of stocks changing hands declining 99 percent valued being 100 percent lower than the huge trades that took place on Thursday, resulting in trading seven securities, compared to six on Thursday with none rising, five declining and two ending unchanged.
Overall, 273,362 shares were traded for US$7,044 compared with 21,983,490 units at US$1,628,700 on Thursday.
Trading averaged 39,052 shares at US$1,006 down from 3,663,915 units at US$271,450 on Thursday. The average trade month to date amounts to 182,063 shares at US$15,023 compared to 190,136 units at US$15,814 on the previous day. February ended with an average of 43,793 units for US$2,015.
The JSE USD Equities Index fell 1.66 points to end at 215.70.
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 four stocks ended with bids higher than the last selling prices and none with a lower offer.
At the close, First Rock Real Estate USD share shed 0.01 of a cent to to close at 6.07 US cents after investors traded 900 shares, Margaritaville dipped 0.04 of a cent to end at 10.95 US cents with an exchange of 87 units, Proven Investments lost 0.5 of a cent to close at 17 US cents in switching ownership of 4,964 stocks. Sygnus Credit Investments dipped 0.5 of a cent to end at 9 US cents with traders exchanging 3,900 stock units, Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share remained at 7.18 US cents with investors transferring 858 stocks and Transjamaican Highway fell 0.06 of a cent in ending at 0.88 of one US cent in an exchange of 260,960 shares.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 5.75% ended at US$2 with the trading of 1,693 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.