Honey Bun traded at a new high of $7 in the early Tuesday morning session on the Jamaica Stock Exchange with 234,037 units changing hands while 1834 Investments traded and Radio Jamaica traded over 6.4 million units and Lasco Manufacturing had 5 million units changing hands. 
The other stocks trading over 100,000 units in the main market include Cable & Wireless with 100,000units at $1.45, Carreras 101,167 shares at $64.70, Consolidated Bakeries 526,000 at $2, Jamaica Broilers 260,811 at $14 and Lasco Financial Services 828,325 shares down to $3.20.
Trading resulted in activity in 29 securities, accounting for a volume of 20,716,456 units as 11 stocks gained and 13 declined. The average number of shares traded amounts to 714,361 units compared to an average of 34,611 units on Monday. After 2 hours of trading in the early morning session, on Tuesday, the all Jamaica Composite Index dropped 1,136.39 points to 177,864.96, the JSE Market Index lost 1,016.11 points to 160,084.71, the JSE combined index dipped 633.32 points, to 171,320.16 and the junior market index jumped 30.02 points to 2,224.91.
Majors drop juniors rise
June 7, 2016 by
