More than 4 million shares were traded in Wigton Energy, Kintyre Holdings and ONE on ONE Educational on Tuesday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, resulting in the volume and value of stocks exchanged, tracking very close to trading on Monday, on a day with two Main Market major indices and the Junior Market index declining and the JSE USD Market rising moderately. At the end of trading the prices of 41 shares rose, 35 declined and 33 remained firm.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index declined 535.84 points to conclude trading at 335,498.72, while the All Jamaican Composite Index squeezed out a modest gain of 17.58 points to wrap up trading at 375,839.23, as the JSE Main Index dipped 329.67 points to settle at 324,797.60, the Junior Market Index fell 30.79 points to 3,472.63 and the JSE USD Market Index popped 0.68 points to end at 233.61.
At the close of trading, 24,026,098 shares were exchanged in all three markets, down from 24,167,602 units on Monday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounted to $75.24 million, down slightly from $75.61 million on the previous day and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 742,788 shares for US$92,365 compared to 648,661 units at US$55,393 on Monday.
In Main Market activity, Wigton Energy led with 4.27 million shares followed by Transjamaican Highway with 2.38 million stocks and Innovative Energy Group Ltd with 622,149 units.
In Junior Market trading, Kintyre Holdings led with 5.09 million shares followed by ONE on ONE Educational with 4.52 million stocks and Derrimon Trading with 877,197 units.
In the preference segment, Jamaica Public Service 9.5% gained $40 to $2,690, 138 Student Living preference share popped $3.98 to close at $312 and Sygnus Credit Investments C10.5% advanced $1.99 to finish at $102.
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