Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange in Thursday’s morning session is off with a good with new 52 weeks’ highs being reached in Berger Paints at $4.25, Pulse Investments at $3.90 and Scotia Group at $35.95. Trading has mostly been focused on main market stocks, in the first 75 minutes of trading, with 31 securities traded amounting to 2,430,952 units.
11 stocks recorded gains and 11 declined as investors continue to buy up stocks even as some are taking profits from the run up in the market since 2015.
Volume leaders are General Accident Insurance with 500,000 shares at $2.10, Cable & with 368,638 withe price falling to $1.51, Jamaica Broilers with 113,936 units at $15.31, JMMB Group with 568074 shares at $11 and Scotia Group with 478,201 units at $35.95.
The all Jamaica Composite Index climbed 727.99 points to 183,162.41, the JSE Market Index rose 651.41 points to 164,829.36, the JSE combined index gained 824.84 points to 175,747.74 and the junior market index gained 23.32 points or 1.05 percent to 2,250.46 as this market continues to make recovery from recent declines.
JSE post gains in early trading
February 4, 2016 by