The junior market that has been lagging the performance of the main market, recorded a new high on Monday and in the first half an hour of trading, surged to yet another new high at 863.50 with a gain of 19.20 points. Eleven junior market stocks have traded so far, with new 52 weeks highs being reached by 4 of them with Access Financial trading 37,672 units at $15.10, Caribbean Producers with 181,547 at $3 and Lasco Manufacturing 63,000 units at $1.34.
The main market is up as well, with new 52 weeks high being reached by JMMB Group while trading at $9.50, but with 12,680 shares, Scotia Group is back at $27. Carib Cement traded 391,598 units at $5.
A total of 27 companies have traded so far in the overall market with an hour just ended. The main market indices are up with the All Jamaica Composite index now at 109,218.56 with an increase of 137.28 and the JSE market index at 98,833.35 an increase so far of 122.79 points. The combined index jumped 313.39 to 101,022.09.