Stocks Round Up | JSE Combined Index advances marginally
Published:Tuesday | May 5, 2020 | 5:08 PM
The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Combined Index regained lost ground on Tuesday with an advance/decline ratio of 28/38
The JSE index advanced marginally 1,154.11 points or 0.32 per cent to close at 360,497.91.
The JSE Main Market Index was up 1,535.01 points or 0.42 per cent to close at 363,775.87 while the Junior Market Index was down 24.14 points or 1.00 per cent to close at 2,397.40.
The JSE USD Equities Index advanced 1.74 points or 0.91 per cent to close at 192.25.
Overall market activity
72 stocks traded
28 advanced
38 declined
8 traded firm
Winners
Main Event up 26.36 per cent to close at $4.89
Carib Cement up 9.95 per cent to close at $45.20
Key Insurance up 7.91per cent closing at $8.73
Lasco Financial up 5.47 per cent to close at $2.70
Kingston Wharves up 4.31 per cent closing at $44.
Losers
Salada Foods down 14.04 per cent to close at $24.50
SSLVC down 13.04 per cent to close at $0.80
Knutsford Express down 12.79 per cent to close at $7.84
Eppley Ltd down 10.13 per cent to close at $11.36
Access Financial down 7.50 per cent to close at $24.05.
Market volume
17.21 million units valued at over $95.65 million.
Volume leaders were: Mailpac followed by TransJamaican Highway and General Accident.
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