16 stocks fall 7 rise in early JSE trading

Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange resulted in the main market and junior market falling as declining stocks beat out advancing on a 2 to 1 ratio in early Thursday morning activity.
A total of 33 securities traded of which 7 advanced and 16 fell, resulting in a volume of 3,513,020 shares changing hands carrying a value of a $22,530,339 compared with 627,417 shares changing hands with a value of $2,528,726 on Wednesday at 10.45 AM. The average number of shares traded, amount to 106,455 units versus 26,142 units on Wednesday.
At 11:30 am the all Jamaica Composite Index fell 362.17 points to 193,127.24, the Jamaica Stock Exchange Market Index lost 323.84 points to 173,731.89, the Jamaica Stock Exchange combined index declined by 418.09 points to close at 185,754.80 and the junior market index fell 11.46 points to end at 2,398.33.