Trading dipped on the US Dollar Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Tuesday, with the volume of stocks traded sliding 12 percent with a 27 percent lower value than on Friday. Trading ended with an exchange of eight securities, similar to Friday with prices of two rising, three declining and three ending unchanged.
The market closed with investors trading 1,332,877 shares for US$67,999 after falling from 1,507,840 stock units at US$93,434 on Friday.
Trading ended with an average of 166,610 shares at US$8,500 after declining from 188,480 stock units at US$11,679 on Friday, with a month to date average of 196,039 units at US$9,312 compared with 198,069 stock units at US$9,368 on the previous day and well above April with an average of 121,441 units for US$6,732.
The US Denominated Equities Index declined 11.96 points to finish at 250.04. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
The PE Ratio, one of the most used measures to determine appropriate stock values, averages 8.6. ICInsider.com compiles the earnings per share and the PE used in this report. The P/E ratio is derived by dividing the last traded price of a stock by the earnings per share for the financial year ending around August 2026.
At the close of trading, AS Bryden ended at 19.92 US cents with 124 shares crossing the market, First Rock Real Estate USD share remained at 2.99 US cents after investors exchanged just one share, 
Margaritaville climbed 0.75 of a cent to 5.8 US cents in switching the ownership of 132 stocks. Productive Business Solutions dropped 13 cents to finish at 71 US cents with investors trading 699 shares, Proven Investments sank 0.99 of a cent and ended at 6 US cents with an exchange of 254,564 stock units, Sterling Investments remained at 2 US cents after traders swapped just one share. Sygnus Credit Investments rose 0.01 of a cent to 6 US cents with a transfer of 5,200 stocks and Transjamaican Highway skidded 0.32 of a cent to 4.67 US cents after an exchange of 1,072,156 units.
Prices of traded stocks are those for the last transaction