The second half of the current year started on a muted note on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market on Monday, with the volume of stocks exchanged declining to a mere fraction of that on Friday with a 93 percent lower value, resulting in trading in just four securities, compared to seven with prices of one declining and three ending unchanged.
The market closed with an exchange of 6,425 shares for US$5,351 compared with 1,447,374 units at US$79,036 on Friday.
Trading averaged 1,606 units at US$1,338 versus 206,768 shares at US$11,291 on Friday, with a month to date average of 1,606 shares at US$1,338 compared with 53,325 units at US$3,682 on the previous day and June that ended with an average of 53,325 units for US$3,682.
The US Denominated Equities Index rose 0.13 points to end the day at 236.80.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 7.9. 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 2025.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows none ended with a bid higher than the last selling price and four with lower offers.
At the close of trading, Productive Business Solutions ended at US$1.45 with investors trading 219 shares, Proven Investments ended at 13 US cents after 1,173 stocks were traded and Sygnus Credit Investments remained at 6.75 US cents with investors dealing in 4,583 shares.
In the preference segment, Productive Business Solutions 9.25% preference share dropped US$1.50 to end at US$9.50 after a transfer of 450 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.