One Great Studio dominates trading

The volume for the newly listed One Great Studio dropped back from the more than 21 million stocks traded on Wednesday to be close to that on the opening day in the region of 14 million shares with 14.8 million shares more than half of the total shares traded on Thursday with the price edging 9 cents higher to a record $1.27. Trading in the new listing, kept the volume traded elevated but below Wednesday’s level with the value of stocks traded slipping.
At close, the JSE Combined Market Index dipped 223.89 points to close at 325,383.95, at the same time the All Jamaican Composite Index fell 541.98 points to close at 345,405.20, the JSE Main Index shed 445.30 points to 311,400.65, the Junior Market Index rose 20.71 points to settle at 3803.96, while the JSE USD Market Index rallied 0.95 points to settle at 255.38.
At the close, investors traded 27,691,335 shares in all three markets, up from 31,325,305 stock units on Wednesday. The value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounted to $72 million, up from $122.83 million on Wednesday. Trading on the JSE USD market ended with investors exchanging 73,572 shares for US$2,495 down from 218,675 units at US$32,659, on Wednesday.
In the preference segment, Eppley 7.25% preference share dipped $1.30 in closing at $18.65 and Jamaica Public Service 7% shed $12.71 to $44.29.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to determine the value of stocks ended at 19.7 on 2022-23 earnings and 10.8 times those for 2023-24 at the close of trading. ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and the more detailed daily report charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making.
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