The main market of the Jamaican Stock Exchange made small gains in the early morning session on Monday but the junior market suffered a mild decrease while newly listed Iron Rock Insurance slipped in price again by 25 cents to $3.75 while trading 117,100 shares.
After 90 minutes of the market’s opening, 25 securities traded, accounting for a mere 839,756 shares changing hands as 8 stocks gained and 5 declined.
The all Jamaica Composite Index rose 164.02 points to 170,199.28, the JSE Market Index gained 146.76 points to 153,229.83, the JSE combined index ended with rise of 121.87 points to 162,303.75 but the junior market index lost 1.80 points to 1,972.52.
Modest gains for JSE majors – Monday
March 21, 2016 by
