Trading levels are soaring at the Jamaica Stock Exchange in 2022 with the amount of funds passing through the Main Market for trading jumping 141 percent over 2021 with an exchange of $14.87 billion over the $6.16 billion in the first quarter of 2021, at the same time the Junior Market attracted 184 percent more funds for all three months amounting to $4.6 billion up from just $1.62 billion in 2021.
New listings helped considerably in pushing the value of trading in the Junior Market in March but not significantly in January and February. March benefitting strongly from Spur Tree that was listed in January, accounting for $617 million, JFP Ltd with trading of just $160 million and EduFocal $286 million with the three accounting for $1.06 billion of the $1.84 billion increased trading in March over 2021. Spur Tree in January when it was listed accounted for $208 million and just $186 million in February.
The Main Market benefitted from the listing of Massey Holdings in January but has had a moderate impact on the value of stocks traded, with March showing the largest amount of $1 billion, with just $369 million in February and $150 million in January.
Trading rose 145 percent in January 2022 over 2021 for the Junior Market to hit $979 million and 90 percent in February to $1.19 billion, with March enjoying a big 309 percent rise to $2.4 billion. In the Main Market trading rose 114 percent in January 2022 over 2021 to $2.7 billion, 66 percent in February to $3.64 billion and 215 percent to $8.5 billion in March.
Importantly, in both markets, the increases are reflected in higher value month over month suggesting that investors are getting increasingly more aggressive in trading stocks. The buoyancy in the market will swell revenues and profit in the first quarter for the JSE.
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