Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market ended on Thursday, with the volume of stocks changing hands surging 9,370 percent with a value 55 percent lower than on Wednesday and resulted in five securities traded, compared to four on Wednesday with one rising, three declining and one ending unchanged.
Overall, 281,542 shares were traded for US$6,866 compared to 2,973 units at US$15,157 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 56,308 units at US$1,373, versus 743 shares at US$3,789 on Wednesday, with a month to date average of 44,626 shares at US$1,487 compared with 43,847 units at US$1,495 on the previous day. September ended with an average of 73,281 units for US$5,102.
The US Denominated Equities Index dropped 0.88 points to end at 230.60.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 8.6. 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 between November 2023 and August 2024.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, First Rock Real Estate USD share fell 0.52 of a cent and ended at 4.35 US cents after trading 21,613 shares, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy ended at 54 US cents with stakeholders exchanging 54 stock units, Proven Investments dipped 0.19 cents to close at 14.5 US cents as investors exchanged 734 stocks and Transjamaican Highway rose 0.01 of a cent in closing at 1.64 US cents in an exchange of 258,358 units.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 5.75% dropped 2 cents to US$1.98 in switching ownership of 783 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading jumps on JSE USD market
October 19, 2023 by
