Trading closed Monday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, with the major indices of the Main Market benefitted from 35 cents rally in West Indian Petroleum, adding the most to the gins in the indices, followed by a $2.60 jump in Scotiabank and 34 cent rise in Transjamaican Highway, at the same time, the Junior Market index gained, but it was insignificant, while the JSE USD Market climb sharply. The market closed with a rise in the number of stocks traded, with the value lower than on Friday. At the end of trading, the prices of 41 shares rose, 44 declined and 33 remained firm.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index gained 2,609.94 points to wrap up trading at 347,387.75, the All Jamaican Composite Index popped 5,195.35 points to 395,624.06, the JSE Main Index advanced 2,726.22 points to 338,406.45, the Junior Market Index increased by 0.15 points to finish at 3,317.30 and the JSE USD Market Index increased 9.59 points to end at 249.86.
At the close of trading, 33,415,045 shares were exchanged in all three markets, up from 31,467,132 units on Friday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounted to $147.97 million, down from $248.68 million on the previous day and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 847,820 shares for US$93,018 after rising from 725,892 units at US$82,111 on Friday.
In Main Market activity, Transjamaican Highway led with 8.29 million shares, after closing at a record high of $6.35, followed by Wigton Energy with 1.70 million stocks and Sagicor Select Financial Fund with 1.36 million units.
In Junior Market trading, Kintyre Holdings led with 3.75 million shares, followed by Atlantic Hardware with 3.64 million stocks and RA Williams with 1.53 million units.
In the preference segment, 138 Student Living preference share declined $22.99 in closing at $171.
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