Trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with the ninth straight record close on Wednesday as 23 securities traded. At the close the All Jamaican Composite Index advanced by 759.39 points to 317,455.71 and the JSE Index advanced by 691.89 points to 289,238.05.
The main market closed with 8 securities rising, 8 falling and 7 traded firm with 3,975,709 units valued at $69,965,883 compared to 10,920,273 units valued at $178,163,037 on Tuesday.
In the US dollar market trading accounted for The JSE US dollar Equities Index declined by 2.29 points to close at 183.46 as 10,330 shares traded with a value of US$2,419.
Trading ended with an average of 172,857 units for an average of $3,041,995 in contrast to 455,011 units for an average 
of $7,423,460 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,420,512 units valued at $19,679,752 and 1,498,491 units with an average value of $20,719,611 previously. In contrast, September closed with average of 536,395 units at $1,905,441 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and US dollar markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 9 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
9 straight record close for JSE stocks
October 25, 2017 by IC Insider.com
Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican Stock, Trading Activity
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