US$ market heavily rocked on Tuesday

June 23, 2020 by

Trading jumped on the US dollar market on Tuesday with six securities changing hands compared to three on Monday and First Rock Capital dominating trading with 15.4 million shares for 96 percent of the day’s volume.

First Rock led trading with 15.4 million shares

At the close of the market, the Index carved out a miniscule rise of 0.02 points to close at 187.85 and the PE ratio averaged 13.1 times IC Insider.com projected 2020 earnings.
The market closed with the prices of two stocks advancing, two declining and two closing unchanged. Trading pushed investors to exchange 16,076,419 shares for US$1,552,647, in contrast to just 552,258 shares at US$125,657 on Monday.
At the close of market activity, First Rock Capital gained of 0.65 of a cent to close at 10 US cents, after trading 15,400,300 shares, infrequently traded, Productive Business Solutions exchanged 500 units at 64 US cents. Proven Investments gained 1 cent to end at 23 US cents, in swapping 19,851 stock units, Sygnus Credit Investments had 11,400 units transferred at 15 US cents and Trans Jamaican Highway lost less than one-tenth of a cent in trading 636,914 shares to end at 0.94 US cents.
In the US dollar preference shares segment, JMMB Group 6% traded 7,454 units with the loss of a cent to close at US$1.

Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

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Proven dominates JSE US$ market

June 19, 2020 by

The volume of stocks trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market jumped on Friday as investors exchanged just over 2 million units as market activity resulted in three securities changing hands, up from two Thursday as more than 2 million units of Proven Investments were exchanged.
Traded ended with the prices of one stock rising one declining and one closing unchanged. Trading ended with 2,160,753 shares at US$235,284 changing hands, in contrast to 57,099 units at US$9,471 on Monday.
At the close, the market declined by 7.20 points to 181.56. The PE ratio of the market closed with an average of 13 times IC Insider.com projected 2020 earnings.
At the close of the market, Proven Investments fell 0.99 of a cent after exchanging 2,157,865 shares to close at 23 US cents. Trans Jamaican Highway ended at 0.99 of a US cent, after trading 2,810 units and in the preference segment, JMMB Group 6% preference share gained 2 cents, in trading just 78 stock units to close at US$1.01.

Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

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Investors shun JSE US dollar market?

June 18, 2020 by

Investors seem to have shunned the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market on Thursday, with trading in only two securities, compared to five on Wednesday, although the total the volume of stocks traded rose to than twice that on Wednesday. At the same time, the value fell to a third.
The market closed with the prices of one stock advancing and one closing unchanged. Trading ended with 235,284 shares with a value of US$9,471 changing hands, in contrast to 102,201 shares with an amount of US$28,100 from five securities on Wednesday.
At the close, the market index gained 1.90 points to close at 188.76 and the PE ratio of the market closed with an average of 13.1 times IC Insider.com projected 2020 earnings.
At the close of market activity, Proven Investments gained 0.53 of a US cent in exchanging 31,331 stock units and closed at 23.99 US cents and Trans Jamaican Highway closed at 0.99 of a US cent trading 203,953 shares.

Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

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Volume rises on JSE US$ market

June 17, 2020 by

Trading remained subdued on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market on Wednesday as investors exchanged just over 100,000 stocks as market activity resulted in five securities changing hands, similar to Tuesday.
Traded ended with the prices of three stocks declining and two closing unchanged. Trading ended with 102,201 shares at US$28,100 changing hands, in contrast to 57,099 units at US$26,170 on Monday.
At the close, the market declined by 1.93 points to 186.86. The PE ratio of the market closed with an average of 13 times IC Insider.com projected 2020 earnings.
At the close of market activity, First Rock Capital lost 1.15 cents in trading 8,000 stock units at 9.35 US cents, Margaritaville exchanged 1,106 units at 18 US cents, Proven Investments fell 1.44 cents after exchanging 74,433 units and closed at 23.46 US cents and Trans Jamaican Highway ended at 0.99 of a US cent, after trading 8,662 units.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 6% preference share traded 10,000 stock units and lost a fraction of a cent to close at 99 US cents.

Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

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Volume down JSE US$ market prices up

June 16, 2020 by

Trading remained subdued on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market on Tuesday as stocks crossing the exchange fell to just 13 percent of Monday’s volume.

Proven Investments gained the most on the market.

Trading activity resulted in five securities changing hands, compared to four on Monday. Traded ended with the prices of three stocks advancing and two closing unchanged. Trading ended with 57,099 shares at US$26,170 changing hands, in contrast to 442,807 shares at US$25,355 on Monday.
At the close, the market added 1.15 points to 188.79. The PE ratio of the market closed with an average of 13.3 times IC Insider.com projected 2020 earnings.
At the close of market activity, First Rock Capital transferred 25,000 stock units at 10.5 US cents, Proven Investments rose 1.9 cents, exchanging 13.930 units and closed at 24.9 US cents. Sygnus Credit Investments gained one-tenth of a cent to end at 13.1 US cents, with 799 units changing hands and Trans Jamaican Highway ended at 0.99 of a US cent, after adding one-tenth of a cent in trading 7,370 units.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 5.75% preference share traded 10,000 stock units at US$2.01.

Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

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Trading drops on JSE US$ market

June 15, 2020 by

Trading on the US dollar Market dipped on Monday bellows Friday’s moderate levels of less than one million shares resulting from four securities changing hands, compared to three on Friday.
The market closed with the prices of two stocks advancing and two declining. Trading ended with 442,807 shares with a value of US$25,355 changing hands, in contrast to 701,862 shares at US$78,028 on Friday.
At the close, the market gained 0.87 points to 187.64. The PE ratio of the market closed with an average of 13 times IC Insider.com projected 2020 earnings.
At the close of market activity, First Rock Capital rose half a cent to 10.5 US cents, in exchanging 92,000 shares, Proven Investments closed at 23 US cents, after falling nine-tenth of a cent, after trading 52,965 stock units. Sterling Investments picked up four-tenths of a  cent to end at 2.3 US cents in swapping 7,504 units and Trans Jamaican Highway lost one-tenth of a cent after transferring 290,338 shares to close at 0.91 of a US cent.

Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

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Proven gains push JSE US$ index higher

June 12, 2020 by

At the close of trading, the JSE US dollar market closed higher with the market index rising 5.08 points to 186.77 as the value and volume of stock changing hands dropped sharply compared to Thursday.

Proven Investments closed higher on Friday.

The PE ratio of the market closed with an average of 12.9 times IC Insider.com projected 2020 earnings.
As was the case on Thursday, the market closed with just three securities changing hands, with only one stock rising, one declining and one remaining unchanged. Market activity resulted in 701,862 units crossing the market at US$78,028, in contrast to 2,663,090 units at US$471,391 changing hands on Thursday.
At the close of market activity, Productivity Business Solution lost 11 cents, trading only 452 shares to close at 64 US cents. Proven Investments rose 0.55 of a cent to end at 23.90 US cents, exchanging 320,080 shares and Trans Jamaican Highway closed with 381,330 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.

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JSE US dollar stocks drop 7.8%

June 11, 2020 by

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.

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JSE US dollar market rises

June 10, 2020 by

Trading fell back on the JSE US dollar market on Wednesday, with just a fraction of the levels of stocks traded compared to Tuesday activity.
The market activity resulted in four securities changing hands, similar to trading on Tuesday. The market closed with the prices of one stock advancing, two declining and one unchanged. Trading ended with 48,474 shares with a value of US$4,762 changing hands, in contrast to 638,054 shares with a value of US$127,752 from the trading of six securities on Tuesday.
At the close, the market advanced by 3.98 points to 197.11. The PE ratio of the market closed with an average of 13.2 times 2020 earnings.
At the close of market activity, First Rock Capital lost 1 cent to close at 10 US cents, with an exchange of 34,551 stock units, Proven Investments gained 3.9 cents to end at 25.88 US cents, with the trading of 4,862 units. Sygnus Credit Investments shed 3 cents to end at 13 US cents, after transferring just one stock unit and Trans Jamaican Highway had 9,060 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.

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JSE US$ Market index slips

June 9, 2020 by

Trading closed on the JSE US$ Market on Monday with the number of active securities slipping to four compared to six on Monday and led to a fall-off in the volume and value of stocks changing hands.
The market closed with the price of one declining and three remaining unchanged. Trading ended with 638,054 shares with a value of US$127,752 changing hands, in contrast to 1,287,024, shares with a value of US$713,238 on Monday.
At the close, the US dollar market index dipped 2.75 points to 193.13. The PE ratio of the market closed with an average of 13.4 times 2020 earnings.
At the close of market activity, First Rock Capital traded 25,000 shares and closed at 11 US cents, Proven Investments fell 3.9 cents to close at 22.03 US cents, after transferring 573,173 shares. Sygnus Investments settled at 15.99 US cents, after exchanging 52,200 stock units and Trans Jamaican Highway ended at 0.99 US cents exchanging 37,681 shares.
There was no trading in the preference segment of the US dollar market.

Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

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