Activity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, resulted in the prices of 6 stocks rising, 8 declining as 19 securities changed hands, ending in 2,545,551 units trading, valued at $13,385,867, in all market segments.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index gained just 28.96 points to 84,837.26, the JSE All Jamaican Composite index rose 32.38 points to close at 93,570.30 and the JSE combined index gained 40.13 points to close at 86,628.32.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator was flashing strong signals of rising prices ahead, with 15 stocks having bids higher than their last selling prices and only 2 with offers that were lower. In trading on the main market, Cable & Wireless traded 556,317 units at 50 cents to gain a cent at the close, 
Jamaica Producers had 508,889 shares changing hands to close at $16, after trading down at $15.96, at the close there was buying interest in 496,095 shares at $15.96. National Commercial Bank traded just 15,300 shares to close at $25.26 for a 24 cents decline, but there is 137,000 units on the bid to buy at $25.26, Sagicor Group had just 54,877 units changing hands at $10.40 and Scotia Group traded 16,788 at $21.95 to decline by 55 cents, with 192,864 units on the bid at $21.92. Radio Jamaica did not traded but ended with a bid to buy 200,000 at $1.50, with the lowest offer being 48,000 units at $2 and the next, 15,100 units at $3.
Low trading on JSE Wednesday
April 15, 2015 by
