Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange in the early morning session, saw stocks rising and just inching out declining ones but with moderate trading taking place.
Trading had all major indices rising, with the main market indices gaining over 1,000 points each and the junior market index climbing 2.24 percent after 75 minutes of trading, on Monday. The average volume traded amounts to 71,293 units per active stock, compared to an average of 59,318 units traded in the mid-morning session on Friday.
A total of 26 securities accounting for 1,853,606 shares changed hands at 10.45 am. A total of 9 stocks gained and 7 declined with Palace Amusement climbing to a $95, with a gain of $9.99 as 402 shares changed hands.
402The market saw the all Jamaica Composite Index climbed 1,293.41 points to 166,114.09, the JSE Market Index gained 1,156.52 points to 149,577.55, the JSE combined index ended with a rise of 1,557.65 points to 160,919.46 and the junior market index rose 47.28 points to 2,161.36.
JSE indices jump in early trading – Monday
April 25, 2016 by