General Accident Momentum Continues – Fri Oct 7, 2011

Market Summary: In Friday’s trading session, the overall Market activity on the markets resulted in the trading of 25 stocks of which 14 advanced, 3 declined and 8 traded firm.

The Overall Market Volume (excluding blocks) amounted to 9,407,751 units valued at $42,835,167.04, with the following companies representing the volume leaders: –

• General Accident Insurance Co. (Jamaica) Ltd with 2,425,856 units, amounting to 25.79% of the market volume
• Cable & Wireless (Jamaica) Ltd. with 2,113,870 units, amounting to 22.47% of the market volume
• Jamaica Broilers Group with 1,507,200 units, amounting to 16.02% of the market volume

Main Market

The Regular Market activity resulted in the trading of 19 stocks of which 11 advanced, 2 declined and 6 traded firm.
Regular market volume (excluding blocks) amounted to 6,491,680 units valued at $32,286,509.03, with the following companies representing the volume
leaders: –

• Cable & Wireless (Jamaica) Ltd. with 2,113,870 units, amounting to 32.56% of the market volume
• Jamaica Broilers Group with 1,507,200 units, amounting to 23.22% of the market volume
• Sagicor Life Jamaica Limited with 1,113,212 units, amounting to 17.15% of the market volume

Junior Market

The Junior market volume (excluding blocks) amounted to 2,916,071 units valued at $10,548,658.01

• General Accident Insurance Co. (Jamaica) Ltd with 2,425,856 units, amounting to 83.19% of the market volume
• Lasco Distributors Limited with 361,672 units, amounting to 12.40% of the market volume
• Caribbean Producers Jamaica Limited with 60,145 units, amounting to 2.06% of the market volume