JSE slips in early trading – Monday

The Jamaica Stock Exchange market stocks indices fell slightly on Monday morning trading with moderate volume in all markets.
At 11 am, a total of just 22 securities traded, resulting in a volume of 621,667 shares changing hands, carrying a value of $3,693,105, compared to 423,544 shares changing hands with a value of $4,545,931 on Friday.
The average number of shares traded on Monday by mid morning, amounts to 28,258 units compared to 16,290 on Friday. Market activity resulted in 3 stocks falling while the prices of 7 securities rose, including AMG Packaging that traded 5,000 shares with $1.50 gain to $19 and a 49 cents rise in the price of JMMB Group to $15.
The all Jamaica Composite Index fell 75.37 points to 186,768.70, the Jamaica Stock Exchange Market Index fell 67.40 points to 168,046.21, the Jamaica Stock Exchange combined index slipped 72.38 points to close at 181,007.07 and the junior market index declined 0.96 points to 2,449.42.