The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) was the fifth best-performing stock exchange in the world for 2019, according to a report from Bloomberg.

One year ago, the JSE received global recognition when it was recognised — yet again — as the world’s best-performing stock exchange for 2018.

The JSE had a return for the year of 34.26 per cent, placing it just between stock exchanges in Romania and Brazil.

News about the best-performing stock market this year is not as abundant as last year, but, according to Bloomberg, the top-five performing stock exchanges in the world for 2019 were:

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