Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market ended on Thursday, with the volume of stocks changing hands rising 360 percent with a value that is 74 percent more than on Wednesday and resulting in the trading of six securities, compared to eight on Wednesday, with three rising, one declining and two ending unchanged.
A total of 1,054,854 shares were traded for US$35,623 compared with 229,429 units at US$20,421 on Wednesday.
Trading Thursday averaged 175,809 shares at US$5,937 compared with 28,679 units at US$2,553 on Wednesday, with a month to date average of 49,555 shares at US$2,870 compared to 32,721 units at US$2,461 on the previous day. July ended with an average of 95,306 units for US$2,965.
The US Denominated Equities Index slipped 0.47 points to finish at 242.27.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 9.1. 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 three stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close, Productive Business Solutions ended at US$1.80 with a transfer of 100 shares, Proven Investments remained at 14.8 US cents with an exchange of 58,000 units, 
Sygnus Credit Investments rallied 0.02 of a cent to end at 10.91 US cents as investors exchanged 4,838 stock units and Transjamaican Highway dipped 0.05 cents to 1.6 US cents after 986,787 stocks passed through the exchange.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 5.75% advanced 5 cents to end at US$1.95, with stakeholders exchanging 5,079 units and Productive Business Solutions 9.25% preference share gained 30 cents and ended at US$12, with 50 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading picks up on JSE USD Market
August 10, 2023 by
