Carib Cinema, the flagship for Palace Amusement, the company’s stock climbed $29 on Tuesday.
There was just modest volume trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange main market on Tuesday with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index increased by 144.01 points to 320,433.17 and the JSE Index advanced by 131.21 points to 291,950.83.
At the close, 25 securities traded, compared to 28 on Monday and ended with the prices of 9 stocks rising, 11 falling and 5 trading firm, in the main and US dollar markets.
At the close of trading Palace Amusement jumped $29 to $780 and Seprod fell $2.39 to $33.01 as only two securities with major price movements.
Main market activity ended with 3,313,428 units valued at $132,584,977 compared to 2,407,626 units valued at $18,652,792 on Monday. At the close of trading, NCB Financial Group closed trading with 1,244,263 units accounting for 37.55 percent of the volume traded and Ciboney Group with 962,000 units and 29 percent of the day’s volume.
Trading resulted in an average of 138,060 shares valued at $5,524,374, for each security traded, compared to 89,171 shares valued at $690,844 on Monday. The average for the month to date is 947,792 shares with a value of $4,897,207 and previously 1,015,505 shares with a value of $4,839,315. In contrast, March closed with an average of 626,526 units with an average value at $20,492,207 for each security traded.
The US dollar market closed on Tuesday with Proven Investments finishing trading at 20 US cents after trading 4,206 shares for US$841. Trading ended with an unchanged market index of 162.84.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 89stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with a lower offers.
For more details of market activities see – JSE main market trading climbs – Tuesday.
