Stock Round Up | 70 stocks traded
The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Combined Index regained lost ground on Wednesday in heavy trading, with an advance/decline ratio of 29/30.
The JSE Combined Index ticked up 4,048.48 points or 1.08 per cent to close at 378,348.39.
The JSE Main Market Index was up 4,332.12 points or 1.15 per cent to close at 380,725.82 while the Junior Market Index inched up 5.73 points or 0.22 per cent to close at 2,607.41.
The JSE USD Equities Index was down 1.93 points or 1.02 per cent to close at 186.86.
Overall market activity
70 stocks traded
29 advanced
30 declined
11 traded firm
Winners
Express Catering up 15.31 per cent closing at $4.97.
Salada Foods up 9.77 per cent to close at $29.10
Jetcon Corporation up 9.01 per cent to close at $1.21
138 Student Living up 6.81per cent closing at $6.43
Jamaican Teas up 6.22 to close at $1.21
Losers
Derrimon Trading down 10.20 per cent to close at $2.20
First Rock Capital Holdings (USD) down 8.00 per cent to close at US$0.10
Sagicor Select Funds Financial down 6.67 per cent to close at $0.70
Jamaica Broilers down 6.42 per cent to close at $27.86.
Dolphin Cove down 4.99 per cent to close at $7.42
Market volume
27.82 million units valued at over $ 1.079 billion.
Volume leaders were NCB Group followed by Sagicor Select Financial and MailPac.
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