Trading activity climbed on the US Dollar Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Wednesday, with the volume of stocks traded rising 63 percent with a 31 percent jump in value compared with Tuesday, resulting from an exchange of 11 securities, similar to Tuesday with prices of three rising, five declining and three ending unchanged.
The market closed with an exchange of 845,195 shares for US$62,437 cup from 517,105 stock units at US$47,725 on Tuesday.
Trading averaged 76,836 shares at US$5,676 compared with 47,010 stock units at US$4,339 on Tuesday. Trading for the month to date averages 61,923 units at US$5,007 compared with an average of 115,072 units for US$12,480 for August.
The US Denominated Equities Index lost 2.91 points to close at 314.62. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
The PE Ratio, one of the most used measures to determine appropriate stock values, averages 15.5. ICInsider.com compiles the earnings per share and the PE used in this report. The PE ratio is derived by dividing the last traded price of a stock by the earnings per share for the financial year ending around August 2026.
At the close of trading, First Rock Real Estate USD share ended at 1.85 US cents following trading of 11,044 stock units, Productive Business Solutions remained at 85 US cents with 120 shares clearing the market, Proven Investments fell 0.18 of one cent to close at 5.81 US cents with investors swapping 14,340 stocks. Quantas Advantage gained 2.11 cents in closing at 12 US 
cents after an exchange of 5,049 units, Sterling Investments dropped 0.1 of a cent and ended at 2.2 US cents with a transfer of 40,000 shares, Sygnus Credit Investments shed 0.02 of one cent to end at 5.88 US cents with investors swapping 11,120 units. Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share ended at 4.79 US cents after a transfer of 170 stocks and Transjamaican Highway lost 0.35 of a cent to finish at 7.15 US cents with investors trading 763,020 stock units.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group US8.5% skidded 5 cents and ended at US$1.25 in an exchange of 108 shares. Productive Business Solutions 9.25% popped 9 cents to close at US$11.60 with investors dealing in 24 stock units and Sygnus Credit Investments 8% advanced 39.4 cents in closing at US$9.90 following swapping of 200 units.
Prices of securities trading are those of the last transaction.