Trading on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended trading on Tuesday with 28 securities changing hands of which 11 advanced, 11 declined and 3 traded firm with 3,569,794 units valued at $75,294,915 changing hands, down sharply from 19,187,109 units valued at $205,077,757 on Monday.
The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index declined by 898.61 points compared to a fall of 3,027.95 points on Monday, to close at 305,710.13 and the JSE Index declined by 818.74 points versus a fall of 2,758.81 points on Monday, to close at 278,536.50.
Trading ended with an average of 127,493 units for an average of $2,689,104 in contrast to 799,463 units for an average of $8,544,907 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 344,905 units valued at $5,455,253 and previously 358,678 units valued at $5,630,484. In contrast, October closed with an average of 1,185,251 units valued at $16,528,582 for each security traded.
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 2 with lower offers.
In the US dollar market, the index rose 11.04 points to close at 179.19 with 76,985 units trading at a value of US$67,389. Productivity Business ordinary share traded 1,549 units and rose 2 cents to close at 57 US cents, Proven Investments ordinary share traded 20,416 units to gain 2 cents to close at 23.98 US cents and JMMB Group 6% US Preference share traded 55,000 units at US$1.12.
The main movers for the day are, Grace Kennedy falling $1.30, NCB Financial Group adding $1, Salada Foods fell $1.19, Scotia Group jumped $2.64, Seprod dropped $3.99 and Ciboney traded at a 52 weeks’ high of 50 cents while Carreras ended trading 2,009,745 units.
JSE majors down with 11 stocks rising & 11 falling
November 28, 2017 by IC Insider.com
Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Ciboney Group, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Jamaican stocks, NCB Financial Group, Salada Foods, Scotia Group, Seprod, Trading Activity
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