Trading closed on Tuesday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange with a big bounce in the volume of stocks exchanged, with a higher value than on Monday. Trading resulted in the major indices of the Main Market and the Junior Market index falling and the JSE USD Market rising. At the end of trading, prices of 49 stocks rose, 35 declined and 23 remained firm.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index fell 1,253.03 points to wrap up trading at 327,341.06, the All Jamaican Composite Index sank 660.75 points to end at 367,671.31, the JSE Main Index declined 1,153.08 points to finish at 317,348.67, the Junior Market Index slipped 21.08 points to settle at 3,332.33 and the JSE USD Market Index rallied 2.61 points to 208.04.
At the end of trading on Tuesday, 22,447,967 shares were exchanged in all three markets, up from 14,136,447 units on Monday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounting to $161.22 million, up from $157.71 million on the previous day. The JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 354,683 shares for US$28,017, compared to 61,580 units at US$21,533 on Monday.
In Main Market activity, Transjamaican Highway led with 4.02 million shares, followed by Supreme Ventures with 3.02 million stocks and 138 Student Living with 1.80 million units.
In Junior Market trading, Jamaican Teas led with 5.02 million shares, followed by RA Williams with 1.40 million stock units and Fosrich with 944,152 units.
In the preference segment, 138 Student Living preference share popped $5 in closing at $255.
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