Prices of 46 shares climbed, 32 declined and 22 remained firm, at the close of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday, following a fall in the volume of stocks changing hands, with a lower value than on Wednesday, resulting in Main Market major indices and the Junior Market index rising and the JSE USD Market falling.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index climbed 419.80 points to close at 330,445.35, the All Jamaican Composite Index rose 1,295.56 points to wrap up trading at 367,388.26, the JSE Main Index gained 214.37 points to end at 319,910.42, the Junior Market Index advanced 29.55 points to settle at 3,427.08 and the JSE USD Market Index declined 2.22 points to 244.73.
At the close, 13,852,317 shares were exchanged in all three markets, down from 21,792,734 units on Wednesday. The value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounted to $84.03 million, down from $103.22 million on the previous day and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 197,380 shares for US$50,568, down from 2,301,473 units at US$61,640 on Wednesday.
In Main Market activity, Transjamaican Highway led trading with 2.26 million shares, followed by Sterling Investments with 799,878 stocks and Wigton Energy with 756,312 units.
In Junior Market trading, Jetcon Corporation led with 3.0 million shares, followed by Dolla Financial with 1.31 million stocks and MFS Capital Partners with 1.0 million units.
In the preference segment, 138 Student Living preference share declined $30 to finish at $211 and Productive Business Solutions 10.5% preference share fell $109 and ended at $1,101.
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