Kintyre Holdings was the star performer on Thursday at the close of trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, with the stock delivering the highest traded volume after the price gained a solid 28 percent to be the leading mover of the day. Despite the big volume move by the leading stock, the volume of stocks traded in the overall market declined with a lower value compared to Wednesday and ending with prices of 33 shares rising, 49 declining and 21 remaining firm.
At the close of trading, major indices of the Main Market rose, the Junior Market index and the JSE USD Market declined. The JSE Combined Market Index rose 623.80 points to 324,502.97, the All Jamaican Composite Index jumped 2,416.15 points to 360,498.70, the JSE Main Index rallied 701.10 points to end at 314,748.22, the Junior Market Index slid 6.62 points to 3,283.14 and the JSE USD Market Index declined 3.10 points to 198.34.
Investor exchanged, 24,221,455 shares in all three markets, down from 43,536,110 units on Wednesday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounted to just $82.65 million, down from $181.73 million on the previous day. The JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 221,178 shares for US$11,156 compared to 220,029 units at US$8,175 on Wednesday.
In Main Market activity, Transjamaican Highway led with 4.16 million shares, followed by Lasco Manufacturing with 3.32 million stocks and Wigton Energy with 2.39 million units.
In Junior Market trading, Kintyre Holdings led with 8.32 million shares, followed by Omni Industries with 442,870 stocks and Atlantic Hardware with 431,695 units.
In the preference segment, 138 Student Living preference share lost $37.50 and ended at $213.
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