JSE’s sizeable gains on Friday

Scotia Investments fell to $24.10 down $2.90 within 6 minutes of the market opening, with 6,485 units trading in response to the nine months results of the company released after trading closed on Thursday, National Commercial Bank traded at $29.50 which helped in pushing the main market indices upwards and Cable & Wireless traded 513,840 shares at 52 cents.
The market has so far have trading in 17 securities with a volume of 720,412 units, with 7 stocks declining and 2 rising.
Trading activity resulted the JSE Market Index rising 478.29 points to 98,133.98. The JSE All Jamaican Composite index gained 534.59 points to 108,626.42 and the JSE combined index added 447.42 points to be at 101,308.70. The junior market fell 0.39 points to 969.49.