All three Jamaica Stock Exchange indices rallied on Thursday, resulting from the prices of 38 shares rising, 42 declining and 31 remaining firm, following a rise in the volume of stocks traded, with a greater value compared to Wednesday.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index gained 2,174.62 points to wrap up trading at 341,169.38, the All Jamaican Composite Index rose 1,818.80 points to 384,385.78, the JSE Main Index popped 1,868.46 points to 331,596.95, the Junior Market Index rallied a solid 54.46 points to finish at 3,359.27 after the market hit a high during the day at 3,384 points in late morning trading and the JSE USD Market Index rose by just 0.61 points to finish at 239.59.
At the close of trading, 31,861,998 shares were exchanged in all three markets, up from 28,048,913 units on Wednesday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounted to $116.61 million, up from $74.56 million on the previous day and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 1,237,094 shares for US$56,684 well above yesterday’s trades of 740,004 units at US$30,128.
In Main Market activity, Transjamaican Highway led trading with 14.10 million shares, with the price hitting a record high of %5.94, followed by Sagicor Select Manufacturing & Distribution Fund with 1.20 million stocks and Innovative Energy with 1.10 million units.
In Junior Market trading, Kintyre Holdings led with 4.16 million units, followed by Dolla Financial with 3.35 million shares and EduFocal with 1.06 million units.
In the preference segment, shares of Productive Business Solutions 10.5% fell $2 to close at $1,133 and Sygnus Credit Invest C10.5% lost $1.24 to $99.
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