Trading levels have been moderate in the early Thursday morning session on the Jamaica Stock Exchange with a fall in the average number of securities trading after 75 minutes of the market’s opening compared with the levels on Wednesday. The volume traded dropped sharply compared the the amount traded on Wednesday.
After 75 minutes of trading in the early morning session, on Thursday, the all Jamaica Composite Index rose 69.79 points to 170,983.33, the JSE Market Index rose 62.40 points to 153,931.43, the JSE combined index gained 139.33 points, to 164,627.66 and the junior market index rose 7.94 points to 2,129.12.
No trade accounted for 100,000 units or more with Barita Investments coming closest as the price fell 45 cents to $3.05 while trading 90,700 shares.
Trading resulted in activity in 25 securities, accounting for a mere 382,827 units versus 3,602,821 shares changing hands on Wednesday as 13 stocks gained and 6 declined. The average number of shares traded is just 15,313 units compared to an average of 128,672 units on Wednesday.
Moderate JSE trading Thursday
May 19, 2016 by IC Insider.com
Filed Under: JSE Combined Tagged With: Barita Investments, Daily Trading, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican Stock, Trading Activity
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