Trading picked up on Friday over Thursday’s levels on the Jamaica Stock Exchange with a rise in the volume of stocks exchanged carrying a greater value than on Thursday and resulting in the Main Market major indices and the Junior Market index rising and the JSE USD Market falling. At the end of trading the increased trading activity pushed prices of 42 shares higher, 40 lower and 28 remaining firm.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index increased 1,760.22 points to wrap up trading at 339,950.43, the All Jamaican Composite Index climbed 1,628.08 points to 381,038.54, the JSE Main Index gained 1,734.11 points to end at 328,873.32, the Junior Market Index rose 14.21 points to settle at 3,549.95 and the JSE USD Market Index slipped 1.26 points to 221.50.
At the close of trading, 23,374,881 shares were exchanged in all three markets, up from 16,802,695 units on Thursday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounted to $299.11 million, up from $80.27 million on the previous day and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 1,177,910 shares for US$32,735 compared to 577,225 units at US$58,717 on Thursday.
In Main Market activity, Kingston Wharves led with 4.0 million shares followed by Sagicor Select Financial Fund with 2.27 million stocks and Transjamaican Highway with 2.21 million units.
In Junior Market trading, MFS Capital Partners led with 1.72 million shares followed by Mailpac Group with 898,950 stocks and Lumber Depot with 751,407 units.
In the preference segment, 138 Student Living preference share fell $10.75 to $259, Productive Business Solutions 10.5% preferred share gained $87 to end at $980, Sygnus Credit Investments 10% lost $4.73 in closing at $111 and Sygnus Credit Investments C10.5% declined $2 to finish at $100.
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