Scotia help push down JSE 3,000 points

The seesaw movement in the price of Scotia Group continued in the morning session with the stock trading at $30.30 compared with yesterday’s close on which the indices is computed, helping to push the main stock market indices down between 2,894 to just under 3,481.54 points..
After 75 minutes of trading, the all Jamaica Composite Index dropped 3,481.54 points to 174,260.97 the JSE Market Index declined 3,115.31 points to 156,864.27 the JSE combined index fell 2,893.83 points to 170,963.97 and the junior market index rose 4.84 points to 2,247.67. In trading, 31 securities were active and accounted for 3,595,430 units changed hands with 13 stocks rising and 12 falling.