Trading jumps on Jamaica Stock Exchange

Trading surged on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday as First Rock Real Estate USD share gained 0.16 cents to end at 6.1 US cents trading 19.35 million shares with a value of US$1.18 million and Proven Investments with an exchange of 2.626 million stock units at US$451,745, while trading slipped in the Main and Junior markets.
At the close, the USD Market and the Junior Market fell while the Main Market recorded a moderate gain at the end of trading.
At the close of trading, the JSE Combined Market Index climbed 852.77 points to 347,080.44, the All Jamaican Composite Index rallied 816.41 points to 377,204.24, the JSE Main Index climbed 954.77 points to 335,788.53, while the Junior Market Index slipped 4.17 points to 3,688.75 and the JSE USD Market Index dropped 19.78 points to finish at 217.80.
Shares in the preference segment of the Main Market that are not included in the TOP10 graphs ended with Jamaica Public Service 7% gaining $19.12 to close at $98.61.
At the close, investors exchanged 38,009,067 shares in all three markets, up from 34,160,286 units on Wednesday, with the value of stocks trading amounting to $64.5 million down from $335.12 million on Wednesday. Trading on the JSE USD market resulted in investors exchanging 22,118,146 shares for US$1.68 million, up from 114,200 units at US$33,588 on Wednesday.
The market’s PE ratio ended at 18. 7 on 2022-23 earnings and 12.3 times those for 2023-24 at the close of trading.
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