Trading fell on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market on Wednesday, with a 77 percent fall in the volume of stocks changing hands, valued 63 percent less than on Tuesday and resulting in trading of seven securities, the same number as Tuesday and ended, with four rising and three ending unchanged.
A total of 136,351 shares were exchanged for US$23,735 compared with 593,068 units at US$64,296 on Tuesday.
Trading averaged 19,479 shares at US$3,391 versus 84,724 units at US$9,185 on Tuesday, with a month to date average of 56,990 shares at US$4,045 compared with 58,949 units at US$4,079 on the previous day. July ended with an average of 95,306 units for US$2,965.
The US Denominated Equities Index rose 3.33 points to finish at 238.46.
PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 8.8. The PE ratio is calculated based on the last traded price divided by projected earnings done by ICInsider.com for companies with their financial year ending between November 2023 and August 2024.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, First Rock Real Estate USD share remained at 4 US cents, with 12,795 shares crossing the exchange, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy popped 0.01 of a cent to 53.01 US cents after trading 194 units, Proven 
Investments gained 0.45 of one cent and ended at 15 US cents in an exchange of 70,006 stock units. Sygnus Credit Investments climbed 1.13 cents to end at 10.23 US cents with 21,557 stocks changing hands, Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share ended at 10 US cents with shareholders swapping 48 units and Transjamaican Highway rose 0.09 of a cent and ended at 1.7 US cents, with 21,369 stock units crossing the market.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 6% ended at US$1, with traders dealing in 10,382 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading drops on JSE USD Market
August 30, 2023 by
