The Jamaica Stock Exchange is making modest recovery on Tuesday morning. After 75 minutes of trading the junior market index is up 1 percent, well up from the 3 percent decline on Monday, in early trading.
A total of 10 stocks fell and 5 rose as 24 securities have been active with just 909,211 units changing hands. The all Jamaica Composite Index gained 224.52 points to 175,694.53, the JSE Market Index rose 200.90 points to 158,147.03, the JSE combined index fell 412.29 points to 168,364.80 and the junior market index dropped 62.47 points to 2,120.16. On Tuesday the junior index is up by 24.66 points to 2,130.69 points, in contrast to a fall of 64.27 in early trading on Monday.
JSE’s modest recovery in early trading
February 23, 2016 by