Trading volume tumbles on JSE USD market

Trading on Tuesday ended with the volume of shares changing hands declining 98 percent and the value 99 percent lower than on Monday, at the close of the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market, resulting in more stocks falling stocks than rising.
Trading ended with eight securities changing hands, compared to nine on Monday, with the price of one rising, two declining and five ending unchanged.
The JSE US Denominated Equities Index lost 0.58 points to end at 196.30.
Overall, 115,602 shares traded, for US$4,072 contrasting to 5,180,361 units at US$780,108 on Monday. The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values averages 12.1. The PE ratio uses earnings forecasts done by ICInsider.com for each company, with the financial year ending during the current year up to August 2022.
Trading averaged 14,450 units at US$509, compared to 575,596 shares at US$86,679 on Monday and month to date averages 84,044 shares at US$10,908 versus 89,297 units at US$11,693 on Monday. October ended with an average of 48,646 units for US$4,160.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and none with a lower offer.
At the close, First Rock Capital USD share shed 0.4 cents of a cent to 6.6 US cents while exchanging 1,002 shares, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy remained at US$1.08 in an exchange of one stock unit, Proven Investments declined 0.44 of a cent in closing at 22.56 US cents and trading 9,884 stocks. Sterling Investments ended unchanged at 2 US cents in trading 2,000 units, Sygnus Credit Investments USD share finished at 13 US cents after exchanging 1,558 units, Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share ended at 15 US cents in switching ownership of 657 shares and Transjamaican Highway remained at 0.85 US cents after 100,000 stock units crossed the exchange.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 6% popped 10 cents to close at US$1.15 in exchanging 500 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.