Stocks Round Up | GWest today's top winner, Portland JSX leads decliners
Published:Monday | July 5, 2021 | 4:36 PM
The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Combined Index advanced on Monday with an advance/decline ratio of 42/32.
The index moved up by 2,754.32 points or 0.65 per cent to close at 429,631.17.
The JSE Main Market Index advanced by 3,053.18 points or 0.72 per cent to close at 427,216.40 while the Junior Market Index declined by 6.44 points or 0.19 per cent to close at 3,395.86.
The JSE USD Equities Index declined by 4.22 points or 2.16 per cent to close at 191.24
Overall market activity
89 stocks traded
42 advanced
32 declined
15 traded firm
Winners
GWest up 17.65 per cent to close at $1.40
First Rock ($US) up 15.16 per cent to close at $0.09
Eppley (8.75%) up 11.83 per cent to close at $7.28
JMMB (7.15%) up 9.38 per cent to close at $3.50
Indies Pharma up 8.33 per cent to close at $3.90
Losers
Portland JSX down 24.34 per cent to close at $7.12
TransJamaican ($US) down 10.11 per cent to close at $0.01
Eppley Ltd (8.25%) down 8.53 per cent to close at $6.22
General Accident down 6.25 per cent to close at $5.25
Margaritaville (Turks) down 4.76 per cent to close at $14.
Market volume
Some 11.444 million units valued at over $79.848 million were traded.
Volume leaders were Wigton Windfarm followed by FESCO and Sagicor Select Funds – Financial.
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