Trading drops Thursday on JSE USD Market

Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market ended on Thursday, with the volume of stocks changing hands declining 30 percent, valued 91 percent lower than on Wednesday, resulting in the trading of four securities, compared to eight on Wednesday, with two rising, one declining and one ending unchanged.
Overall, 308,440 shares were traded for US$5,303 compared with 443,134 units at US$59,410 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 77,110 units at US$1,326, versus 55,392 shares at US$7,426 on Wednesday, with a month to date average of 30,013 shares at US$2,210 compared with 25,303 units at US$2,299 on the previous day. October ended with an average of 47,977 units for US$4,392.
The US Denominated Equities Index popped 0.33 points to end at 227.49.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 8.7. 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 two stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, Margaritaville ended at 12 US cents with 54 stocks crossing the market, Sterling Investments lost 0.1 of a cent to close at 1.75 US cents while exchanging 25 units, Sygnus Credit Investments inched 0.1 of a cent higher in closing at 9.1 US cents after 336 shares passed through the market and Transjamaican Highway rose 0.02 of a cent to end at 1.72 US cents after trading 308,025 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.