JSE inches up in early trading

The Jamaica stock market recorded small gains in early trading, in the main and junior markets. A total of 27 securities traded with 9 stocks rising and 8 declining as 1,112,484 units traded.
At 10:45 am, the all Jamaica Composite Index gained 7.16 points to 160,179.83, the JSE Market Index gained by 6.41 points to 144,264.34, the JSE combined index gained 20.50 points to 150,757.74 and the junior market index is up 1.62 points to 1,629.49.
Interesting trades, with 75 minutes having elapsed are, Gleaner that fell to $1.25 cents with 202,000 units trading, the decline in the stock is a sign that a number of investors are not sold on the merger of the Gleaner Media and Radio Jamaica. Jamaica Broilers added $1.90 to the last price on Wednesday to be at $10.50, National Commercial Bank had traded 111,750 shares up to $39.70, but with 2,000 additional shares traded, the price was down to at $38.51. In the junior market AMG Packaging and Caribbean Flavours traded at a new highs of $7.50 and $9.30 respectively.