Activity surged on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Wednesday with a giant rise in the volume and value of stocks exchanged, compared to Tuesday, resulting in Main Market indices and the Junior Market index declining and the JSE USD Market rising. At the end of trading the prices of 28 shares rose, 60 declined and 21 remained firm.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index declined 1,664.06 points to 338,112.08, the All Jamaican Composite Index shed 2,456.91 points to 378,896.13, the JSE Main Index dropped by 1,497.96 points to 327,116.35, the Junior Market Index skidded 32.31 points to 3,527.89 and the JSE USD Market Index climbed 2.53 points to finish at 240.09.
At the close of trading, 51,449,996 shares were exchanged in all three markets, up from 29,654,488 units on Tuesday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounting to $498.42 million, up from $90 million on the previous day and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 648,148 shares for US$24,798 compared to 266,132 units at US$92,122 on Tuesday.
In Main Market activity, JMMB Group 10% preferred shares led with 21.52 million shares followed by Transjamaican Highway with 6.98 million stocks and GraceKennedy with 5.21 million units.
In Junior Market trading, MFS Capital Partners led with 2.02 million shares followed by Kintyre Holdings with 1.74 million stocks and ONE on ONE Educational with 934,062 units.
In the preference segment, 138 Student Living preference share dropped $40.07 to finish at $255, Productive Business Solutions 10.5% preference share sank $50 and ended at $1,000 and Sygnus Credit Investments C10.5% declined $3.95 to $96.
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