Trading plunged on JSE USD Market

Trading activity plunged sharply on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market on Tuesday, with a 93 percent fall in the volume of stocks changing hands and a 97 percent decline in value from Monday, resulting from trading of five securities, compared to six on Monday with one rising, none declining and four ending unchanged.
On Tuesday, a mere 12,114 shares were traded for just US$1,838 compared with 169,789 units at US$62,331 on Monday.
Trading averaged 2,423 units at US$368 from 28,298 shares at US$10,388 on Monday, with a month to date average of 32,045 shares at US$1,846 compared with 33,920 units at US$1,939 on the previous day. April ended with an average of 394,241 units for US$22,357.
The US Denominated Equities Index popped 0.89 points to conclude trading at 239.93.
The PE Ratio, a measure used to compute appropriate stock values, averages 9.2. The PE ratio is computed based on the last traded prices divided by projected earnings forecasts done by ICInsider.com for companies with their financial year ending between November 2023 and August 2024.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close, Margaritaville advanced 1 cent and ended at 11 US cents with 4 shares crossing the market, Proven Investments ended at 17 US cents in an exchange of 202 units, Sygnus Credit Investments remained at 10 US cents as investors traded 11,012 stocks and Transjamaican Highway ended at 1.3 US cents and closed after 530 stock units were traded.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 5.75% remained at US$1.90 after a transfer of 366 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.