Major reversals in the closing prices Scotia Group, NCB Financial Group along with a rise in the price of Carreras after the 10 for 1 stock split, drove the Jamaica Stock Exchange indices sharply higher at the close on Monday.
At the end of trading, the All Jamaica Composite Index jump of 7,363.43 points after rising over 9,000 points in the first hour of trading and settled at 284,312.79. The JSE Market Index held on to a big rise of 6,708.92 points by the close to 259,041.12 after the index surged close to 9,000 points in early morning trading. The JSE US dollar market index rose 4.60 points to 191.28.
Trading was light resulting from 25 securities changing hands in the main market with 2 trading in the US dollar market, leading to 9 stocks advancing and 9 declining. The main market ended with 4,567,079 units valued at $32,966,262 changing hands compared to 58,667,241 units valued at $128,145,103 at the close on Friday. Trading in the US dollar market accounted for 6,380 units valued at US$6,206 bringing the total of all trades to J$33,779,196.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and US dollar markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
The main market ended trading with an average of 182,683 units, for an average of $1,318,651 for each security traded, compared to an average of 2,256,432 units valued at $4,928,658 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date ended at 352,182 units with an average value of $$3,275,641 compared with an average of 367,951 units with an average value of $3,438,723 on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for August ended at 184,094 units with an average value of $4,336,090.
JSE rebounds on limited trading – Monday
September 18, 2017 by IC Insider.com
Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Carreras, Daily Trading, Emerging markets, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, NCB Financial Group, Scotia Group, Trading Activity
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