Transjamaican Highway finished with a 76 percent take of the stocks traded on the US Dollar Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, with the volume of stocks traded rising 19 percent with a 6 percent lower value than on Monday, following an exchange of 10 securities, up from nine on Monday, with prices of two rising, three declining and five ending unchanged.
The market closed with an exchange of 924,452 shares for US$39,397, compared to 778,828 stock units at US$41,701 on Monday.
Trading ended with an average of 92,445 shares at US$3,940 versus 86,536 stock units at US$4,633 on Monday, with a month to date average of 80,420 units at US$4,530 in contrast to 78,772 stocks at US$4,611 on the previous day and March that ended with an average of 93,192 units for US$48,041.
The US Denominated Equities Index shed 6.46 points to finish at 253.83. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ended with a bid higher than the last selling price and one with a lower offer.
The PE Ratio, one of the most used measures to determine appropriate stock values, averages 9.7. The PE ratio is derived by dividing the last traded price by earnings per share. ICInsider.com compiles the earnings per share used in this report for companies with their financial year ending around August 2026.
At the close of trading, First Rock Real Estate USD share ended at 3 US cents with 601 shares crossing the exchange, Margaritaville remained at 7 US cents with investors trading 632 units, Productive Business Solutions ended at US$1.02 after an exchange of 45 stocks. Proven Investments fell 0.15 of a cent to finish at 6.9 US cents, following trading of 22,944 shares, 
Sterling Investments increased 0.02 of one cent and ended at 2 US cents as investors exchanged 273 stock units, Sygnus Credit Investments remained at 6.1 US cents after a transfer of 17,717 shares. Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share ended at 4.5 US cents with 178,572 stock units passing through the market and Transjamaican Highway dipped 0.44 of one cent to end at 4 US cents with an exchange of 703,592 units.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group US8.5% climbed 1.5 cents in closing at US$1.02 with 50 stocks clearing the market and AS Bryden 6% dipped 3 cents to close at 97 US cents with a transfer of 26 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.