Trading surged on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange on Thursday, with the volume of stocks traded rising 2,580 percent valued 1,301 percent more than with market activity on Wednesday, resulting in 17 securities trading compared with 15 on Wednesday, ending with prices of seven stocks rising, four declining and six remaining unchanged.
The market closed 0n Thursday with trading of 603,629 shares carrying a value of $2,944,390, up from 22,520 stock units at $210,128 on Wednesday.
An average of 35,508 shares were traded at $173,199 compared to 1,501 units at $14,009 on Wednesday, with trading month to date averaging 14,939 stocks at $144,372 compared with 12,000 stock units at $140,269 on the previous day and an average for January of 15,998 shares at $167,627.
The Composite Index popped 4.98 points to finish at 1,170.04, the All T&T Index climbed 2.13 points to end the day at 1,748.40, the SME Index remained unchanged at 78.23 and the Cross-Listed Index increased 1.12 points to settle at 77.14.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, Agostini’s ended at $68 with investors swapping 10 stock units, Angostura Holdings dipped 5 cents to $21.20 after 10 shares passed through the exchange, Ansa McAl remained at $51.62 with investors trading 65 units. First Citizens Group rose 32 cents to $50 in an exchange of 22 stocks, FirstCaribbean International Bank popped 5 cents in closing at $7.05 with investors trading 60 shares, Guardian Holdings rallied 75 cents to $18.50 after an exchange of 13,150 stocks. JMMB Group ended at $1.45, with 3,547 shares being traded, Massy Holdings sank 6 cents in closing at $4.25 as investors exchanged 475,962 stock units, National Enterprises increased 15 cents to close at $3.90 after 310 shares passed through the market. National Flour Mills ended at $2.10 with traders dealing in 10,010 stocks, 
NCB Financial rose 15 cents to $3.05 in switching ownership of 90,000 units, Point Lisas ended at $4 while exchanging 10 stock units. Republic Financial dropped 1 cent to end at $120.01 with a transfer of 1,260 shares, Scotiabank remained at $66 with 2,616 stocks clearing the market, Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose 42 cents to close at $9.43 following an exchange of 532 units. Trinidad Cement shed 1 cent to close at $2.87, with investors trading 6,035 stock units and Unilever Caribbean gained 85 cents and ended at $11.85 with an exchange of 30 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading surges on the Trinidad Exchange
Profit jumps at Stanley Motta
Profit before taxation and gains on the valuation of investment properties for 2023 rose 12.8 percent from $242 million in 2022 to $273 million at Stanley Motta, a real estate owner, with the final quarter increasing 11 percent from $64 million to $71 million in the final quarter of the year.
Stanley Motta 58 Half Way Tree building.
Revenues, primarily comprising rental income rose 6.6 percent for the year to $535 million from $502 million in 2022 and increased 10 percent from $127 million in the December 2022 quarter to $140 million in 2023. Finance cost was $83 million for 2023 and $90 million in 2022 with the final quarter cost down to $22 million from $33 million in 2022, even borrowing cost ballooned to $1.86 billion from $982 million at the end of 2022.
The company expended nearly $1.2 billion on the construction of a 10 story building at 58 Half Way Tree road property to add 84,000 square feet of rentable space within the complex to cost $1.8 billion to be completed in the middle of this year, the 2022 annual report stated. The new building will add around 40 percent to the rented space and generate rental in the order of $200 million to rental income per annum. Finance costs associated with funding the construction will be in the order of $100 million in the early years.
After fair value gains on investment properties of $1.5 billion versus $616 million in 2022 the company ended with net profit of $1.78 billion in 2023 and $849 million in 2022, with the final quarter results being $1.58 billion compared with $675 million in 2022.
Administrative expenses for 2023 remained stable, compared to that in 2022, at $180 million for the year and for the final quarter it rose 10 percent to $33 million from $30 million in 2022.
The company ended the year with shareholders’ equity of $1.9 billion, with cash and equivalent of just 439 million and current liabilities of $231 million.
Earnings per share for the year, was $2.34, compared to $1.12 in 2022. The stock last traded at $7 on the Main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange and closed on Tuesday with only a handful of offers.
Lacklustre trading after Trinidad’s Carnival break
Following closure of trading for the carnival break on Monday and Tuesday, the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange opened on Wednesday, with the volume and value of stocks traded dropping 88 percent from Friday, resulting in 15 securities changing hands up from 13 on Friday and ending with prices of four stocks rising, six declining and five remaining unchanged.
The market closed with an exchange of only 22,520 shares for just $210,128 compared with 181,111 stock units at $1,706,620 on Friday.
An average of 1,501 shares traded at $14,009 compared with 13,932 units at $131,278 on Friday, with trading month to date averaging 12,000 shares at $140,269 compared with 13,515 units at $158,481 on Friday and an average for January of 15,998 shares at $167,627.
The Composite Index lost 3.44 points to end at 1,165.06, the All T&T Index lost 6.65 points to end the day at 1,746.27, the SME Index remained unchanged at 78.23 and the Cross-Listed Index remained unchanged at 76.02.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows eight stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, Agostini’s ended at $68 after exchanging 20 stocks, Angostura Holdings ended at $21.25 in switching ownership of 20 units, Ansa McAl popped $1.61 to end at $51.62 with traders dealing in 190 shares. First Citizens Group dipped 32 cents to $49.68, with 625 stocks crossing the market, L.J. Williams B share rallied 9 cents to $2.09 with an exchange of 1,500 shares, Massy Holdings fell 4 cents to $4.31 after 8,480 units passed through the market. National Flour Mills ended at $2.10 with investors swapping 660 stocks, One Caribbean Media ended at $3.45 after 2,856 stock units changed hands, Prestige Holdings shed 25 cents to close at $10.25, with 75 shares crossing the exchange. 
Republic Financial lost $1.93 to end at $120.02 with a transfer of 288 units, Scotiabank ended at $66 as investors traded 180 stocks, Trinidad & Tobago NGL sank 21 cents in ending at $9.01 following trading of 2,576 stock units. Trinidad Cement popped 1 cent in closing at $2.88 in an exchange of 400 shares, Unilever Caribbean declined 80 cents to end at $11 with investors dealing in 1,220 stock units and West Indian Tobacco rose 29 cents to close at $9 after an exchange of 3,430 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading dips on JSE Main market
Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market ended on Tuesday, with the volume of stocks traded declining 64 percent and the value 61 percent lower than on Monday, with trading in 55 securities compared with 58 on Monday, with prices of 24 stocks rising, 19 declining and 12 ending unchanged.
The market closed with 12,851,415 shares trading for $53,884,935, down from 35,567,325 units at $139,024,409 on Monday.
Trading averaged 233,662 shares at $979,726 compared to 613,230 units at $2,396,973 on Monday and month to date, an average of 256,947 units at $1,150,430, compared with 259,799 units at $1,171,340 on the previous day and January with an average of 265,804 units at $2,438,118.
Wigton Windfarm led trading with 4 million shares for 31.1 percent of total volume followed by JMMB 9.5% preference share with 3.94 million units for 30.7 percent of the day’s trade and Transjamaican Highway with 1.83 million units for 14.3 percent of the volume of stocks traded.
The All Jamaican Composite Index popped 93.57 points to close trading at 370,839.06, the JSE Main Index fell 377.08 points to finish at 334,406.36 and the JSE Financial Index sank 0.55 points to close at 71.25.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.5. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios are based on the last traded prices and earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies with the financial year ending around August 2024.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows 13 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and six with lower offers.
At the close, Barita Investments dipped $1.02 to end at $70.18 in trading 25,060 stock units, Caribbean Cement climbed $1.99 to $55.99, with 5,141 shares changing hands, Eppley popped $1.99 to $35.99 as investors exchanged 5,247 stocks. Eppley Caribbean Property Fund fell by $2.50 to close at $37.50, with 7,102 units crossing the market, GraceKennedy advanced 44 cents and ended at $76 with a transfer of 2,422 stocks, Guardian Holdings rose $8 to $368 with 19 units clearing the market. Jamaica Broilers declined 50 cents to close at $34 after closing with an exchange of 28,112 shares, Jamaica Producers rallied 65 cents to end at $24.20 with investors trading 84 stock units, JMMB Group shed $1.39 in closing at $24.05 while exchanging 242,450 shares. 
Kingston Wharves dropped $2.40 and ended at $28.10 in switching ownership of 80,542 units, Massy Holdings lost 50 cents to close at $99.50 after exchanging 26 stocks, Pan Jamaica increased $1.08 to end at $51.20 with investors trading 189 stock units. Sagicor Group gained 50 cents in closing at $44 in an exchange of 7,763 shares, Salada Foods sank 33 cents and ended at $3.12 with investors swapping 11,295 units, Scotia Group rose 50 cents to close at $45 with an exchange of 47,920 stocks. Seprod rallied $1 to $83, with 2,377 stock units crossing the market, Supreme Ventures increased $1.97 and ended at $26.50 with investors transferring 68,313 shares, Victoria Mutual Investments climbed 32 cents in closing at $3 in an exchange of 49,930 units and Wisynco Group skidded 30 cents to close at $21.70 with investors dealing in 307,864 stocks.
In the preference segment, Jamaica Public Service 7% sank $5.80 to end at $43 after a transfer of 561 stock units and Productive Business Solutions 10.5 % preference share declined $16 to $1284 with traders dealing in 3 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading declined on JSE USD Market
Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market ended on Tuesday, with the volume of stocks exchanged declining 60 percent after 10 percent fewer dollars changed hands than on Monday, resulting in trading in eight securities, compared to seven on Monday with prices of three rising, three declining and two ending unchanged.
The market closed with an exchange of 180,495 shares for US$53,094 from 452,800 units at US$59,221 on Monday.
Trading averaged 22,562 units at US$6,637 versus 64,686 shares at US$8,460 on Monday, with a month to date average of 52,795 shares at US$6,559 compared to 57,731 units at US$6,546 on the previous day and January with an average of 42,169 units for US$5,037.
The US Denominated Equities Index popped 1.76 points to end at 255.60.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 10.7. The PE ratio is computed based on the last traded price divided by projected earnings done by ICInsider.com for companies with their financial year ending and or around August 2024.
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 climbed 0.62 of one cent to end at 4.7 US cents after an exchange of 1,080 shares, Proven Investments rose 0.01 of a cent to 13.5 US cents with a transfer of 47,510 units, Sterling Investments fell 0.24 of a cent and ended at 1.61 US cents as investors exchanged 3,066 shares. 
Sygnus Credit Investments ended at 8.9 US cents, with 61,406 stock units changing hands, Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share dipped 0.3 of a cent to close at 6.7 US cents with an exchange of 4,935 shares and Transjamaican Highway remained at 2 US cents with traders dealing in 25,000 stock units.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group US8.5% preference share gained 0.17 of a cent and ended at US$1.05 while exchanging 37,408 units and Productive Business Solutions 9.25% preference share sank 42 cents in closing at US$11.06 with investors transferring 90 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading plunges on Junior Market
Trading dropped sharply on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Tuesday, with a decline of 71 percent in the volume of stocks traded, following a 65 percent fall in value compared with Monday’s trading, resulting in 45 securities changing hands compared with 42 on Monday and ending with prices of 10 stocks rising, 26 declining and nine closing unchanged.
The market closed with an exchange of 3,460,585 shares for $8,913,356 down from 11,955,696 units at $25,250,753 on Monday.
Trading averaged 76,902 shares for $198,075 compared to 284,659 units at $601,208 on Monday with the month to date, averaging 216,711 stock units at $518,289 compared to 235,325 stock units at $560,921 on the previous day and January with an average of 175,081 units at $401,738.
Tropical Battery led trading with 847,958 shares for 24.5 percent of total volume followed by One Great Studio with 346,363 units for 10 percent of the day’s trade and Indies Pharma with 292,036 units for 8.4 percent market share.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index sank 19.52 points to wrap-up trading at 3,813.84.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.4, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for the financial years ending around August 2024.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows seven stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial dropped $1.24 to close at $21.41 with investors dealing in a mere 76 stock units, AMG Packaging shed 24 cents to close at $2.71 in an exchange of 1,265 shares, CAC 2000 declined 68 cents to end at $3.83 with traders dealing in 526 units. Caribbean Flavours lost 10 cents in closing at $1.60, with 2,000 stocks crossing the market, Consolidated Bakeries increased 11 cents and ended at $2.21 with investors trading 2,000 shares, Dolphin Cove skidded 32 cents to $18 and closed with an exchange of 7,149 units. Elite Diagnostic sank 12 cents in closing at $1.69 after a transfer of 19,333 stocks, Everything Fresh dipped 18 cents and ended at $1.52 in trading 13,655 stock units, Fontana climbed 28 cents to close at $10.60 after 52,304 shares passed through the market. Honey Bun rose 19 cents to end at $6.69 with investors transferring 768 stocks, Indies Pharma fell 8 cents in closing at $2.60 in an exchange of 292,036 units, ISP Finance dropped $6.33 to $25.02 with 16 stock units clearing the market. Jamaican Teas rallied 9 cents and ended at $2.58 with a transfer of 111,114 shares, 
Lasco Distributors fell 22 cents to close at $3.76 after an exchange of 86,350 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing popped 14 cents to end at $5 after trading 166,322 stocks. Limners and Bards gained 10 cents in closing at $1.65 with an exchange of 6,102 units, Lumber Depot fell 18 cents to $2.32, with 110,547 shares crossing the market, Mailpac Group advanced 9 cents to end at $2.19 with investors exchanging 86,500 stock units, ahead of the company announcing the acquisition of MyCart Express, a Jamaican based courier service company. Main Event dipped 13 cents to close at $14.79 in switching ownership of 248 stocks, Medical Disposables sank 20 cents and ended at $2.52, with 262 stock units crossing the exchange, Spur Tree Spices shed 8 cents to $2.32 with investors swapping 200,107 shares and Tropical Battery declined 15 cents in closing at $2.55 after exchanging 847,958 units after the company reported a solid 45 percent growth in their first quarter profit.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The JSE Main & Junior markets fall
The Main and the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange lost ground in trading on Tuesday as the JSE USD market inched moderately higher as trading ended with the volume and the value of stocks changing hands falling, compared with the previous day and resulted in the prices of 30 stocks rising and 42 declining.
At the close of trading, the Combined Market Index shed 524.55 points to close at 347,021.46, the All Jamaican Composite Index advanced by 93.57 points to 370,839.06, the JSE Main Index sank 377.08 points to close at 334,406.36. The Junior Market Index fell 19.52 to 3,813.32. The JSE Main & Junior markets rose 0.21 points to 255.60.
At the close of trading, 16,492,495 shares were exchanged in all three markets, down from 47,975,821 units on Friday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounted to $62.80 million, from $164.28 million yesterday and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 180,495 shares for US$53,094 compared to 452,800 units at US$59,221 on Monday.
Trading in the Main Market was dominated by Wigton Windfarm with a leading trade of 4 million shares followed by JMMB 9.5% preference share with 3.94 million units and Transjamaican Highway with 1.83 million stocks.
In the Junior Market, Tropical Battery led trading with 847,958 shares followed by One Great Studio with 346,363 units and Indies Pharma with 292,036 shares.
At the close of trading on the Main Market, Barita Investments dipped $1.02 to $70.18, Caribbean Cement climbed $1.99 in closing at $55.99, Eppley popped $1.99 to $35.99, Guardian Holdings rose $8 to $368, Pan Jamaica increased $1.08 to end at $51.20, Seprod rallied $1 to $83 and Supreme Ventures increased $1.97 and ended at $26.50.
The major declining Main Market stocks are Eppley Caribbean Property Fund that fell $2.50 to close at $37.50, JMMB Group shedding $1.39 in closing at $24.05 and Kingston Wharves dropping $2.40 and ending at $28.10.
At the end of Junior Market trading, Fontana climbed 28 cents to close at $10.60, with the major losing stocks being Access Financial down $1.24 to close at $21.41, AMG Packaging shedding 24 cents to $2.71, CAC 2000 declining 68 cents to end at $3.83, Dolphin Cove skidding 32 cents to $18 as ISP Finance dropped $6.33 to $25.02.
In the preference segment, Jamaica Public Service 7% sank $5.80 to end at $43 and Productive Business Solutions 10.5 % preference share declined $16 to $1,284.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to determine the value of stocks, ended at 21.3 on 2022-23 earnings and 14.2. times those for 2023-24 at the close of trading. ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and the more detailed daily charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making.
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This approach helps to remove emotions from investment decisions and place them on fundamentals while at the same time not being too far from the majority of investors. Investors who buy when the price of a stock is close to the average will find that they are not inclined to overpay for a stock.
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Dividends paid or payable and yields for each company are shown in the Main and Junior Markets’ daily report charts, along with the closing volume pertaining to the highest bid and the lowest offer for each company.
Flat profit at Wisynco Group
Wisynco Group reported flat profits of $1.2 billion, in the December quarter, from revenues that grew 9.3 percent to $13.25 billion from $12.1 billion in 2022, while revenues rose by 12 percent from $24 billion for the half year to December 2022 to $27 billion in the six months to December 2023, with profits rising nearly 11 percent to $2.77 billion from $2.5 billion in 2022.
Other operating and finance income made a solid contribution to profits with the December quarter reporting $228 million up from $144 million in 2022 and for the half year to December $452 million from $287 million in 2022.
Gross profit margin fell in the second quarter to 33.3 percent, down from 34.7 percent for the same quarter last year, with a Gross Profit of $4.4 billion, 4.7 percent greater than the $4.2 billion of the prior year’s second quarter. According to the company’s management, “this key performance indicator was also adversely affected by the production constraints in November and December 2023 which effectively caused a lower absorption of our fixed costs and limited our product mix for optimal shopper takeup.” The half year performance saw a Gross profit of $9.2 billion up 8 percent from $8.5 billion and the gross profit margin slipped to 34.2 percent versus 35.5 percent in 2022.
Selling and distribution expenses for the quarter amounted to $2.6 billion or 13 percent more than the $2.3 billion for the corresponding quarter of the prior year and rose per cent to $5 billion for the half year from $4.4 billion in 2022.
Wata one of Wisynco best known brands
Administrative expenses climbed 14 percent in the second quarter and for the year to date to $502 million for the second quarter from $439 million in 2022 and $1 billion for the half year from $894 million in 2022. Finance costs fell to $17 million in the second quarter from $99 million in 2022 and for the half year, it declined from $249 million to just $21 million.
For the year to December, earnings per share attributable to stockholders of the group was 32 cents for the quarter and 74 cents for the half year, up from 67 cents in 2020. ICInsider.com’s projection is for earnings of $1.80 per share in 2024, with the stock now trading at $22 with a PE of 12.
Since December 2022 the group added $3 billion to fixed assets and now has loans of $3.6 billion, with cash and investments standing at $11.5 billion and shareholders’ equity of $24 billion.
The Company declared a dividend of 23 cents per share payable to shareholders on March 7.
JSE Main market declines
Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market ended on Monday, with the volume of stocks traded jumping 135 percent and the value 64 percent more than on Friday, with trading in 58 securities compared with 53 on Friday, with prices of 23 stocks rising, 19 declining and 16 ending unchanged.
The market closed with 35,567,325 shares trading for $139,024,409 up from 15,118,549 units at $85,008,912 on Friday.
Trading averaged 613,230 shares at $2,396,973 compared with 285,256 units at $1,603,942 on Friday and month to date, an average of 259,799 units at $1,171,340, in comparison with 207,372 units at $989,533 on the previous day and January closing with an average of 265,804 units at $2,438,118.
QWI Investments led trading with 13.42 million shares for 37.7 percent of total volume, following one major seller and two main buyers, followed by Wigton Windfarm with 8.98 million units for 25.3 percent of the day’s trade, Transjamaican Highway ended with 5.22 million stock units for 14.7 percent market share, Mayberry Group finished trading with 1.31 million units for 3.7 percent of the overall volume, Carreras chipped in with 1.26 million stocks for 3.5 percent stocks traded and Sagicor Select Financial Fund with 1.04 million units for 2.9 percent of total volume.
The All Jamaican Composite Index dropped 775.69 points to end at 370,745.49, the JSE Main Index shed 467.96 points to close trading at 334,783.44 and the JSE Financial Index shed 0.22 points to end at 71.80.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 13.7. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios are based on the last traded prices and earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies with the financial year ending around August 2024.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows nine stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close, Barita Investments gained 93 cents to end at $71.20 in trading 144,505 units, Berger Paints climbed 46 cents and ended at $6.23 with 100 stocks clearing the market, Caribbean Cement rose 49 cents in closing at $54 with investors dealing in 5,877 shares. Eppley declined $4.50 to end at $34 with a transfer of 447 stock units, Guardian Holdings shed $8 to close at $360 with investors swapping 539 shares, Jamaica Broilers advanced 50 cents to $34.50 in an exchange of 24,238 stocks. Jamaica Producers dropped $1.45 in closing at $23.55, with 274,748 units crossing the market,
JMMB Group fell 94 cents to $25.44 as investors traded 535,797 stock units, Kingston Wharves popped $2.50 to end at $30.50 after 38,792 shares were traded. Massy Holdings gained $1 and ended at $100 with investors transferring 594 units, NCB Financial rallied 60 cents to $68.50 after exchanging 43,508 stocks, Sagicor Group skidded 49 cents and ended at $43.50, with 54,195 stock units crossing the market. Salada Foods rose 35 cents to close at $3.45 with traders dealing in 285 shares, Scotia Group lost $1 to end at $44.50 and closed after an exchange of 208,902 units, Supreme Ventures dipped $1.17 to close at $24.53 with investors trading 326,625 stocks, Sygnus Credit Investments climbed 42 cents to $10.94 in an exchange of 855 stock units and Victoria Mutual Investments sank 52 cents to end at $2.68 changing hands 196,536 shares.
In the preference segment, Eppley 7.25% preference share increased 90 cents in closing at $18.90 after an exchange of 500 stocks. 
Jamaica Public Service 7% popped $1.80 and ended at $48.80 as 225 units passed through the market and Productive Business Solutions 10.5 % preference share advanced $210 to close at $1,300 with 10 stock units crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Slippage for JSE USD Market
Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market ended on Monday, with the volume of stocks changing hands jumping 528 percent after a 1,990 percent surge in the amount of US dollars that changed hands compared to Friday, resulting in trading in seven securities, compared to five on Friday and ended with no price gains, after four stocks declined and three ended unchanged.
The market closed with trading of 452,800 shares for US$59,221 up from 72,092 units at just US$2,833 on Friday.
Trading averaged 64,686 units at US$8,460 versus 14,418 shares at US$567 on Friday, with a month to date average of 57,731 shares at US$6,546 compared with 56,572 units at US$6,228 on the previous trading day and January that ended with an average of 42,169 units for US$5,037.
The US Denominated Equities Index lost 0.80 points to wrap up trading at 255.39.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 10.7. The PE ratio is computed based on the last traded price divided by projected earnings done by ICInsider.com for companies with their financial year ending and or around August 2024.
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, Proven Investments ended at 13.49 US cents with investors dealing in 2,184 stocks, Sterling Investments dipped 0.15 of a cent to 1.85 US cents in an exchange of 5,366 units, 
Sygnus Credit Investments remained at 8.9 US cents, with 1,050 shares crossing the market and Transjamaican Highway fell 0.05 of a cent to close at 2 US cents with traders dealing in 403,502 stock units.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group US8.5% preference share sank 10.17 cents and ended at US$1.0483, with 39,898 shares crossing the exchange, Sygnus Credit Investments US 8% ended at US$10.50 with investors swapping 100 stock units and Sygnus Credit Investments E8.5% dipped 75 cents in closing at US$11 after an exchange of 700 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
