Trading jumped sharply on Monday at the close of the Jamaica Stock Exchange with a surge in the volume and value of stocks changing hands, compared with last Wednesday, resulting in the Main Market major indices rising, the Junior Market index rallying and the JSE USD Market rising. At the end of trading, the prices of 53 shares rose, 37 declined and 30 remained firm.
The market closed with the JSE Combined Market Index climbing 1,033.05 points to 326,345.91, the All Jamaican Composite Index increasing 551.36 points to end at 363,310.52, the JSE Main Index advancing by 833.59 points to end at 316,034.39, the Junior Market Index rallying 33.15 points to end at 3,368.99 and the JSE USD Market Index popping 7.38 points to finish at 207.01.
At the close of trading, 62,710,252 shares were traded in all three markets, up robustly from 14,590,782 units on Wednesday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets soaring to $1.17 billion, from just $83.59 million on the previous day, as Supreme Ventures and GraceKennedy accounted for a total of 31 million shares. The JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 564,343 shares for US$54,108 compared to 236,264 units at US$117,366 on Wednesday.
In Main Market activity, Supreme Ventures led with 20.88 million shares, followed by GraceKennedy with 10.11 million stocks and Transjamaican Highway with 3.04 million units.
In Junior Market trading, Kintyre Holdings led trading again, with 4.97 million shares, followed by Jamaican Teas with 3.65 million stock units and Fosrich ended with 3.06 million units.
In the preference segment, Jamaica Public Service 9.5% skidded $389.85 in closing at $2,209, 138 Student Living preference share popped $5 to $220, Productive Business Solutions 10.5% sank $20 to end at $1,130 and Sygnus Credit Investments C10.5% gained $2 to close at $102.
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