Trading surges on JSE USD Market

Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market ended on Thursday and the month, with a 267 percent surge in the volume of stocks changing hands following a 165 percent rise in the value over trading on Wednesday, resulting in the trading of eight securities up from seven on Wednesday, with five rising, one declining and two ending unchanged.
A total of 500,869 shares were traded for US$62,995 compared to 136,351 units at US$23,735 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 62,609 shares for US$7,874 compared with 19,479 units at US$3,391 on Wednesday, with a month to date average of 57,291 stocks at US$4,251 compared with 56,990 units at US$4,045 on the previous day. Trading in July ended with an average of 95,306 units for US$2,965.
The US Denominated Equities Index rose 1.37 points to 239.83.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 9.1. 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 five with lower offers.
At the close, First Rock Real Estate USD share ended at 4 US cents with a transfer of 76,276 shares, Margaritaville rose 0.01 of a cent to 11.5 US cents after closing with 4,671 units changing hands, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy climbed 11.74 cents to 64.75 US cents after swapping 200 stocks. Sterling Investments dipped 0.04 of a cent to 1.94 US cents in trading 241,000 stocks, Sygnus Credit Investments ended at 10.23 US cents with investors dealing in 192 shares and Transjamaican Highway popped 0.04 of a cent in closing at 1.74 US cents after an exchange of 151,153 stock units.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 5.75% gained 10 cents to close at US$1.90, with investors transferring 27,360 units and JMMB Group 6% popped 8 cents and ended at US$1.08 as investors exchanged 17 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.