The Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Wednesday with 22 securities changing hands and 3 in the US dollar market with, 10 advancing, 5 declining and 10 trading firm with 13,175,593 units valued at $360,574,899 compared to 3,569,794 units valued at $75,294,915 on Tuesday.
The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index declined by 1,625.76 points to close at 304,084.37 and the JSE Index declined by 1,481.25 points to close at 277,055.25.
Trading ended with an average of 598,891 units at an average of $16,389,768 in contrast to 127,493 units for an average of $2,689,104 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 356,262 units valued at $5,944,195 and reviously 344,905 units valued at $5,455,253. In contrast, October closed with average of 1,185,251 units valued at $16,528,582 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading in the main and the US dollar markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Proven Investments US ordinary share traded 44,384 units in closing at 23.99 US cents and Productivity Business traded 57 US cents with 3,200 shares. In the US market preference segment, JMMB Group 6% ended trading at US$1.12, with 2,175 stock units.
The major movers at the close are Grace Kennedy gained $1.30, NCB Financial dropped $4.99, Scotia Group ended with a loss of $1.44, volume wise, Jamaica Producers accounted for 3,356,105 units, JMMB Group traded 4,971,543 shares and PanJam Investment finished with 3,518,560 units changing hands.
Main market stocks dropped on Wednesday
November 29, 2017 by IC Insider.com
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