The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market suffered a big reversal in the market index, pushing it down 64 points in early trading to 3,223.96 from the close on Tuesday at 3,287.50, with the fall of Express Catering from $5 close Tuesday to $3.65 this morning that led to an automatic freeze in the stock at 9.35 am.
At 10:30 am, the junior market index moved up to 3,235.59 points. Medical Disposables rose from $4.70 at the close on Tuesday to $5.25 as investors responded positively to 10 cents per share earnings in the June quarter versus a loss in 2020. The All Jamaican Composite Index trades at 458,039.67, up from 457,385.71 at the close on Tuesday. Guardian Holdings fell to $615 during the trading session, the lowest pointy since listing this year.
Junior Market 64 points tumble
August 11, 2021 by