JSE loses ground Monday morning

Trading on the Jamaica Stock Market started off slowly on Monday morning as was the case on Friday, with the first trade taking place well after opening. By 10:30 the main indices fell with 20 securities changing hands after 60 minutes of trading with a volume of 5,744,495 units as 6 stocks gained and 3 declined.
At 11 am, the all Jamaica Composite Index is dropped 595.63 points to 157,514.86, the JSE Market Index fell 532.98 points to 141,879.70 the JSE combined index erased 531.76 points to be at 148,343.69 and the junior market index lost 3.20 points to 1,611.28.
Interesting trades, with 60 minutes having elapsed, are Derrimon Trading with 5,375,692 units changing hands at $3.50 and Jamaica Producers with 43,347 units trading as the price gained 50 cents to $32.