The Jamaica Stock Exchange Trading closed Thursday, with a fall in the number of stocks exchanged, with a greater value than on Wednesday, resulting in the major indices of the Main Market falling, the Junior Market index just edging higher and the JSE USD Market falling. At the end of trading, the prices of 25 shares rose, 45 declined and 39 remained firm.
At the close, the JSE Combined Market Index fell 1,402.61 points to wrap up trading at 322,829.15, the All Jamaican Composite Index dropped 1,841.11 points to 360,124.79, the JSE Main Index shed 1,470.24 points to settle at 311,812.74, the Junior Market Index popped a mere 0.61 points to 3,443.04 and the JSE USD Market Index fell 1.15 points to finish at 205.15.
At the close, 20,454,791 shares were exchanged in all three markets, down from 32,507,275 units on Wednesday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets climbing to $154.6 million, from $112.34 million on the previous day. The JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 816,058 shares for US$31,247 compared to 1,777,761 units at US$118,474 on Wednesday.
In Main Market activity, Transjamaican Highway led with 4.54 million shares, followed by Supreme Ventures with 2.61 million stocks and Wigton Energy with 1.14 million units.
In Junior Market trading, RA Williams led with 3.14 million shares, followed by Regency Petroleum with 794,973 stocks and Dolla Financial with 660,697 units.
In the preference segment, 138 Student Living preference share dipped $17 to end at $215, Sygnus Credit Investments 10% fell $2.95 in closing at $105 and Sygnus Credit Investments C10.5% slipped $4 to $98.
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