The Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed down on for the second time in two days on Monday, with JSE All Jamaican Composite Index dropping 296.85 points to 318,961.81 and the JSE Index falling 270.46 points to 290,610.27.
Trading on Monday closed 28 securities changing hands with 8 advancing, 14 declining and 6 trading firm in the main and US dollar markets.
The securities with the largest price changes include, Caribbean Cement with a gain of $1.45 to $33 and NCB Financial that traded with a loss of $1.02 to end at $98.97 after the acquisition deal to buy up to 62 percent of Guardian Holding was cancelled due to investigations into the deal being carried out by the securities commission of Trinidad.
Main market activity ended with 9,756,068 units valued at over $152,399,537 compared to 4,322,228 units valued at $69,892,327 on Monday. Sagicor Group accounted for 19.6 percent of shares traded with 1,912,055 units, followed by Jamaica Producers 17.9 percent with 1,748,275 units and Ciboney Group with 12.3 percent and ending trading with 1,199,900 shares.
Trading results in an average of 348,431 shares valued at $5,442,841 for each security traded, in contrast to 160,083 shares valued at $2,588,605 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 213,111 units valued at $3,322,294 and previously, 204,802 units valued at $3,183,567. In contrast, January closed with average of 349,084 units at an average of $5,801,440 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
There was no trading in the US dollar market.
For more details of market activities see – JSE trading jumps higher on Monday.
JSE main market lost ground again – Monday
February 26, 2018 by IC Insider.com
Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Caribbean Cement, Ciboney, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Guardian Holding, Jamaica Producers, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, JMMB Group, NCB Financial, PANJAM Investment, Proven Investments, Sagicor Group, Trading Activity
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