Caribbean Cement climbed $3 to $30.50 with 5,500 units to recover most of what it lost on Tuesday as investors had reacted negatively to the third quarter loss the company reported. 
Paramount Trading had a small volume changing hands but the stock traded at a new all-time high of $27 after rising $3.
Trading volume is very low after 80 minutes trading having taken place. Caribbean Cream with 100,000 units trading down to $7.05 is the sole stock with a volume in 6 figures.
The all Jamaica Composite Index climbs 1,338.30 points to 186,051.61, the Jamaica Stock Exchange Market Index gained 1,196.67 points to 167,405.00, the Jamaica Stock Exchange combined index rose 1,115.25 points to close at 180,306.17 and the junior market index inched up 0.53 points to 2,439.08.
At 10:50 am, a total of 28 securities traded, resulting in a volume of 337,469 shares changing hands carrying a value of $9,036,840, compared to 2,927,694 shares changing hands carrying a value of $45,399,096, on Tuesday.
The average number of shares traded amounts to 12,052 units compared to 121,987 on Tuesday. Market activity resulted in 9 stocks falling while the prices of 11 securities rose.
Cement jumps back to $30.50
November 2, 2016 by
