Large trades in Supreme Ventures falling by 49 cents with 10,031,100 changing hands at $5.01, Sagicor Group with 1,218,818 shares at $24 after rising by $1 and Sagicor Real Estate Fund covering 1,300,894 units at $9.60 while losing 40 cents, dominated trading on Jamaica Stock Exchange in the early morning session on Thursday.
Trading saw all major indices rising after 75 minutes of trading on Thursday with an average of 398,593 per active stock traded, up from an average of 251,635 units traded in the mid-morning session on Wednesday.
The market saw the all Jamaica Composite Index rising 508.80 points to 166,369.06, the JSE Market Index climbing 454.95 points to 149,805.53 the JSE combined index ending with a gain of 490.18 points to 157,703.26 and the junior market index increasing by 6.64 points to 1,827.13.
A total of 33 securities compared to 20 on Wednesday, accounting for 13,153,558 shares changed hands at 10.45 am as 8 stocks gained and 9 declined.
Volumes climb early Thursday
April 14, 2016 by