At the close of trading, the JSE US dollar market dropped 7.8 percent but with only one stock declining and none rising as the market index dived 15.42 points to 181.69 on Thursday.
Trading levels jumped on as three securities changed hands, compared to four stocks trading on Wednesday as investors picked up 2.4 million of Proven Investments shares.
Market activity resulted in 2,663,090 units at US$471,391 changing hands, in contrast to 48,474 shares with a value of US$4,762 on Wednesday. The PE ratio of the market closed with an average of 13.1 times 2020 earnings.
At the close of market activity, First Rock Capital closed at 10 US cents, with an exchange of 20,900 stock units, Proven Investments lost 2.53 cents to end at 23.35 US cents, trading of 2,405,960 shares and Trans Jamaican Highway had 236,230 units changing hands at 0.99 of a US cent.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.