Trading dropped on the US Dollar Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Friday, with the volume of stocks traded declining 73 percent and the value sliding 44 percent compared to Thursday, resulting from an exchange of seven securities, after slipping from nine on Thursday with prices of one rising, one declining and five ending unchanged.

The market closed with an exchange of 337,799 shares for US$51,834 after decreasing from 1,237,260 stock units at US$93,191 on Thursday.
Trading ended with an average of 48,257 shares at US$7,405 compared to 137,473 stock units at US$10,355 on Thursday, with a month to date average of 92,357 units at US$8,170 down from 96,473 stock units at US$8,241 on the previous day and August that ended with an average of 115,072 units for US$12,480.
The US Denominated Equities Index dipped 1.60 points to close trading at 313.98. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and none with a lower offer.
The PE Ratio, one of the most used measures to determine appropriate stock values, averages 16.5. ICInsider.com compiles the earnings per share and the PE used in this report. The PE 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, Margaritaville remained at 5.89 US cents in switching ownership of 20,595 stock units, Sygnus Credit Investments ended at 5.89 US cents with investors swapping 3,485 shares, Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share ended at 4.79 US cents with a transfer of 2,155 stocks and Transjamaican Highway gained 0.14 of one cent in closing at 7.49 US cents with investors trading 304,235 units.

In the preference segment, JMMB Group 7.5% shed 2.01 cents and ended at a 52 weeks low of US$1.98 with 4,802 shares passing through the market, JMMB Group US8.5% remained at US$1.23 after trading of 792 units and Sygnus Credit Investments 8% remained at US$10 with 1,735 stocks crossing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those of the last transaction.