Demand came in for a number of stocks on Tuesday morning in trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange with Margaritaville Turks having 577,051 units changing hands having gained 2.47 US cents to trade at 17.47 US cents.
Other stocks that came in for decent demand are, Grace Kennedy with 61,027 shares, Jamaica Broilers 79,000 shares, Radio Jamaica 125,520 stock units, Caribbean Cream 143,550 shares, Lasco Financial Services 144,669 units and Lasco Manufacturing with 74,201 shares.
Trading saw all major indices rising after 75 minutes of trading on Tuesday with an average of 57,433 per active stock traded, up from an average of 54,170 units traded in the mid-morning session on Tuesday.
A total of 23 securities compared, accounting for 1,320,967 shares changed hands at 10.45 am as 7 stocks gained and 7 declined.
The market saw the all Jamaica Composite Index dived 3,468.44 points to 167,465.91, the JSE Market Index dropped 3,101.35 points to 150,786.29the JSE combined index ending with a fall of 2,931.71 points to 159,046.28 and the junior market index fell 5.34 points to 1,869.38.
JSE gives up gains in early trading – Tuesday
April 19, 2016 by
