Stocks Round Up | 35 stocks advance, 28 decline and 16 trade firm
Published:Friday | July 17, 2020 | 4:36 PM
The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Combined Index advanced on Friday with an advance/decline ratio of 35/28.
The index moved up by 1,662.49 points or 0.45 per cent to close at 373,121.12.
The JSE Main Market Index advanced by 1,812.50 points or 0.48 per cent to close at 375,955.23 while the Junior Market Index declined by 0.53 points or 0.02 per cent to close at 2,529.34.
The JSE USD Equities Index advanced by 0.56 points or 0.30 per cent to close at 185.42.
Overall market activity
79 stocks traded
35 advanced
28 declined
16 traded firm
Winners
Caribbean Cream up 14.48 per cent to close at $3.40
Dolphin Cove up 13.96 per cent to close at $8.00
Berger Paints up 12.80 per cent to close at $13.48
JMMB Group (7.25%) up 7.48 per cent to close at $1.58
Caribbean Assurance Brokers up 7.46 per cent to close at $2.16
Losers
KLE Group down 24.58 per cent to close at $1.35
Consolidation Bakeries down 21.29 per cent to close at $1.22
Eppley Caribbean down 15.55 per cent to close at $39.10
SSL Ventures down 12.36 per cent to close at $0.78
Honey Bun down 9.93 per cent to close at $4.90
Market volume
13.818 million units valued at over $130.336 million.
Volume leaders were TransJamaican Highway followed by Wisynco Group Limited and Wigton Windfarm.
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