Main Market plunges as trading drops on Monday

The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange inched higher at the close of trading on Monday but the Main Market dropped while JSE USD Market declined a tad, to start the week on a negative note as Palace Amusement traded with the issued number of shares now increased to 862 million units as it traded x-split at $5.94, to record a gain after the price maxed out for the day with a gain of 32 percent.
Trading levels dropped from that on Friday, with an exchange of just 14,950,243 shares in all three markets, down from 42,712,037 units on Friday, with a value of $100.26 million, well off from $322.7 million previously traded. Trading on the JSE USD market resulted in investors exchanging shares for US$13,457 compared to US$4,336 on Friday.
The JSE Combined Market Index fell 2,350.27 points to 343,477.95, the All Jamaican Composite Index dropped 4,790.29 points to 372,687.17, the JSE Main Index dropped 2,606.82 points to settle at 330,714.66, the Junior Market popped 8.41 points to 3,809.87 and the JSE USD Market Index slipped 0.92 points to end at 247.79.
The market’s PE ratio ended at 19.6 based on 2021-22 earnings and 12.9 times those for 2022-23 at the close of trading.
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