A number of stocks made double-digit gains during Monday’s trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange.
The top gaining stocks were loss-makers as investors continue to move up these thinly traded stocks by adding higher than usual volumes.
These include GWest Corporation which gained 21 per cent to $0.91, Everything Fresh which gained 20 per cent to $1.22, SSL Venture Capital up 18 per cent to $0.67.
Profitable companies which made strong gains included Portland JSX up 18 per cent to $8.50, Indies Pharma up 13 per cent to $3.36, Key Insurance up 12 per cent to $4.74, Caribbean Cement which gained 12 per cent to $71, AMG Packaging and Paper which gained 10 per cent to $1.80, and GraceKennedy which gained 9.7 per cent to $90.