Trading picked up on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market ended on Monday, with a 296 percent jump in the volume of stocks changing hands valued 183 percent more than on Friday, resulting from trading in six securities, compared to just three on Friday and ended with prices of two rising, four declining.
A total of 576,968 shares were exchanged for US$11,519, up from 145,630 units at US$4,064 on Friday.
Trading ended with an average of 96,161 shares at US$1,920 up from 48,543 shares at US$1,355 on Friday. Trading for the month to date averages 52,224 stocks at US$1,382 compared to 44,235 units at US$1,284 on the previous trading day. September ended with an average of 73,281 units for US$5,102.
The US Denominated Equities Index dropped 4.09 points to end at 243.85.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 8.5. 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, First Rock Real Estate USD share dipped 0.2 of a cent in closing at 4.2 US cents with stakeholders exchanging 3,100 shares, Proven Investments shed 0.59 of one cent to end at 14.1 US cents, with 2,377 stocks traded, Sterling Investments rallied 0.03 of a cent and ended at 1.83 US cents with 1,033 stock units crossing the market. Sygnus Credit Investments declined 0.05 of a cent to 8.95 US cents, with investors trading 15,080 units, Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD sharepopped 0.4 of a cent to close at 9.9 US cents after investor traded 1,000 stocks and Transjamaican Highway dropped 0.05 of a cent to 1.71 US cents after 554,378 shares crossed the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading picks up on the JSE USD Market
October 9, 2023 by
