Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange remained elevated with a minute fall in the volume of stocks exchanged, with little less than half the value on Monday. The market closed with a mild decline in major indices of the Main Market, with the Junior Market and the JSE USD Market indices rising. At the end of trading, the prices of 50 shares rose, 44 declined and 16 remained firm.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index declined by 79.96 points to end at 326,265.95, the All Jamaican Composite Index declined by 779.87 points to 362,530.65, the JSE Main Index slipped 234.40 points to finish at 315,799.99, the Junior Market Index increased 20.33 points to close at 3,389.32 and the JSE USD Market Index popped 6.62 points to 213.63.
At close of trading, 62,384,534 shares were exchanged in all three markets, down slightly from 62,644,058 units on Monday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounted to $532.21 million, down sharply from $1.17 billion on the previous day and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 1,030,885 shares for US$37,357 compared to 564,343 units at US$54,108 on Monday.
In Main Market activity, Transjamaican Highway led with 8.24 million shares, followed by Radio Jamaica with 6.49 million stock units and Wigton Energy with 5.56 million units.
In Junior Market trading, Jamaican Teas led with 8.19 million shares, followed by Dolla Financial with 3.64 million stock units and Kintyre Holdings with 3.39 million units.
In the preference segment, Eppley 7.25% preference share sank $1.39 in closing at $18, Jamaica Public Service 7% shed $8.73 to end at $36, Jamaica Public Service 9.5% popped $90.85 and ended at $2,300, 138 Student Living preference share lost $5.50 to end at $215, Productive Business Solutions 10.5% dropped $70 to finish at $1,060, Sygnus Credit Investments 10% gained $4.97 to close at $110 and Sygnus Credit Investments C10.5% fell $1.80 to $100.
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