Trading rises on JSE USD Market

Jamaica’s stock market closed on Wednesday ahead of the holiday break on Thursday, with a 83 percent rise in the volume of stocks traded a 313 percent jump in value on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US ended dollar market over Tuesday, resulting in trading in seven securities, compared to 10 on Tuesday with prices of three rising, three declining and one ending unchanged.
The market closed Wednesday with an exchange of 276,289 shares for US$33,572 compared to 151,001 units at US$8,136 on Tuesday.
Trading averaged 39,470 units at US$4,796 versus 15,100 shares at US$814 on Tuesday, with a month to date average of 32,938 shares at US$2,906 compared with 32,471 units at US$2,771 on the previous day and April that ended with an average of 35,401 units for US$2,453.
The US Denominated Equities Index popped 2.61 points to conclude trading at 238.61.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 9.3. 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 2024.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and none with a lower offer.
At the close, First Rock Real Estate USD share popped 0.01 of a cent to 4.12 US cents with investors swapping 3,306 stock units, Proven Investments rallied 0.74 of one cent and ended at 13.82 US cents with 102 shares clearing the market, Sygnus Credit Investments fell 1.3 cents to 7.7 US cents with trading of 100,000 units and Transjamaican Highway ended at 2.1 US cents after 159,023 stock units passed through the market.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group US8.5% preference share advanced 1 cent to end at US$1.27 with a transfer of 13,332 stock units, Productive Business Solutions 9.25% preference share sank 44 cents in closing at US$11.05 as investors traded 16 shares and Sygnus Credit Investments E8.5% lost 37 cents to end at US$10.03 after a transfer of 510 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.