Trading pushed the Main Market and the Junior Market higher at the close on Thursday, but the JSE USD Market slipped on the Jamaica Stock Exchange with a 44 percent jump in the number of stocks exchanged, with a lower value than on Wednesday. At the end of trading the prices of 34 shares rose, 43 declined and 30 remained firm.
At the conclusion of market activities, the JSE Combined Market Index climbed 1,115.58 points to 325,943.32, the All Jamaican Composite Index increased 2,050.55 points to close at 360,344.86, the JSE Main Index gained 1,053.67 points to finish at 315,845.07, while the Junior Market Index rose 15.11 points to 3,338.14 and the JSE USD Market Index fell 1.17 points to finish at 202.25.
At the conclusion of trading, 32,969,415 shares were exchanged in all three markets, up from 22,882,845 units on Wednesday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounting to $108.66 million, down from $182.93 million on the previous day. The JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 516,470 shares for US$15,861, up from 260,903 units at US$8,733 on Wednesday.
In Main Market activity, Wigton Energy led with 15.75 million shares, followed by Transjamaican Highway with 8.43 million stock units and JMMB 9.5% with 1.64 million units.
In Junior Market trading, Atlantic Hardware led with 620,066 shares, followed by Omni Industries with 502,536 stocks and Future Energy with 467,600 units.
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