Jamaican stocks mostly up on Wednesday

Stocks trading on the Jamaican Stock Exchange, on Wednesday mostly rose leading to gains in the man market indices, moderate gains for the junior market and a rise of the US dollar market index.
The market closed with trading in 51 securities with 23 stocks rising and 14 falling, in all markets. At the close, the main market had 11 stocks rising and 11 declining, while 12 stocks gained and 4 declined from the junior market based on the last selling price and 1 fell in the US dollar market.
The JSE combined index rose 657.50 points, to close at 248,171.94, the All Jamaica Composite Index climbed 744.89 points to finish at 255,197.40 the JSE Market Index moved higher by 666.06 points to end at 232,566.36. The junior market index gained 3.90 points to close at record 3,162.69 points and the JSE US dollar market index rose 9.57 points, to close at 235.54.
Trading in the overall market reached 9,365,244 units valued at $67,194,537 compared with the previous day with 15,737,390 units valued at $95,432,907, having changed hands. The junior market accounted for 6,803,575 units valued at over $35,960,840 of those trading. The US dollar market index traded 9,768 units valued at US$3,077.
The average trade for the day in the main market ended at 101,437 shares compared to an average of 85,131 units on Tuesday. For the month to date, an average of 116,741 shares traded, compared to an average of 132,046 units up to the prior trading day. January ended with an average of 592,602 units.
The junior market ended trading with an strong>average of 272,143 units for an average value of $1,438,434 traded, compared to of 53,783 units with an average value of $315,952 on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for the month to date ended at 258,893 units and $1,588,639 compared to 258,010 units and $1,598,653 to the previous day. The average volume and value for January, ended at 165,547 units and $884,749.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 17 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.