Trading in One Great Studio plunges

Investors seem to have cooled on newly listed One Great Studio with less than 2 million units changing hands on Friday following three days of more than 14 million stocks being traded for each day since listing on Tuesday, with the price drifting down to $1.20 at the close of the week when the overall market end the week with mixed fortunes as the Junior Market inched higher and the Main Market main index rose but the All Jamaican Composite Index fell.
At close, the JSE Combined Market Index rose 869.06 points to close at 326,253.01, with the All Jamaican Composite Index falling 1,768.93 points to 343,636.27, the JSE Main Index rallied 876.64 points to close at 312,277.29, the Junior Market Index rose 5.83 points to 3809.59, while the JSE USD Market Index shed 1.12 points to finish at 254.26.
At the close, investors exchanged 11,124,804 shares in all three markets, up from 27,691,335 stock units on Thursday. The value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounted to $85.12 million, up from $72 million on Thursday. Trading on the JSE USD market ended with investors exchanging 580,017 shares for US$10,197 up from 73,572 units at US$2,495, on Thursday.
In the preference segment, 138 Student Living preference share jumped $11.52 and ended at $105.
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