JSE major recovers 3,000 points – Tuesday

Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange main market ended with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index recovering 3,026.80 of the nearly 7,000 points lost on Monday to end at 322,429.21 as advancing stocks edged out declining ones.
The JSE Index regained 2,757.76 of the more than 6,000 points plunge on Monday, to close at 293,769.46.
At the close with 28 securities traded, the same number as on Monday. Trading ended with the prices of 13 stocks rising, 10 falling and 5 trading firm, in the main and US dollar markets.
At the close of trading, Caribbean Cement lost $2.37 to end at $35.53, Grace Kennedy rose 96 cents to $48.96 and Scotia Group fell $1.50 at $50.50.
Main market activity ended with 84,503,992 units valued at $180,560,263 compared to 5,325,114 units valued at $49,013,254 on Monday. At the close Cable & Wireless with 80,371,757 units 95.11 percent, followed by Carreras with 1,686,921 shares and Scotia Group with 544,473 stock units.
Trading resulted in an average of 3,129,777 shares valued at $6,687,417, for each security traded, compared to 190,183 shares valued at $1,750,473 on Monday. The average for the month to date is 1,355,881 shares with a value of $5,441,440 and previously 1,056,536 shares with a value of $5,441,440. In contrast, March closed with an average of 626,526 units with an average value at $20,492,207 for each security traded.
The US dollar market closed on Tuesday with 1,500 units valued at US$1,500 as JMMB 7.5 % preference share ended closed at US$1 trading 1,500 stock units. Trading ended, leaving the market index unchanged at the close at 173.30.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with a lower offers.
For more details of market activities see – Cable & Wireless corners 95% of JSE – Tuesday.