Stocks Round Up | FESCO, Blue Power and Jamaica Producers today's top winners
Published:Wednesday | September 8, 2021 | 4:14 PM
The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) combined index declined on Wednesday with an advance/decline ratio of 37/39.
The index moved down by 1,425.13 points or 0.34 per cent to close at 412,878.02.
The JSE Main Market Index declined by 1,512.01 points or 0.37 per cent to close at 410,377.75 while the Junior Market Index declined by 2.42 points or 0.07 per cent to close at 3,281.81.
The JSE USD Equities Index declined by 9.18 points or 4.91 per cent to close at 177.86.
Overall market activity
95 stocks traded
37 advanced
39 declined
19 traded firm
Winners
FESCO up 13.64 per cent to close at $2.50
Blue Power up 13.03 per cent to close at $3.47
Jamaica Producers up 11.95 per cent to close at $24.64
Sterling Investments up 6.05 per cent to close at $2.98
1834 Investments up 5.88 per cent to close at $1.08
Losers
TransJamaican ($US) down 11.11 per cent to close at $0.01
Palace Amusement down 9.52 per cent to close at $950
Express Catering down 9.09 per cent to close at $5.00
Medical Disposables down 6.09 per cent to close at $4.78
C&WJ (deferred share) down 5.29 per cent to close at $1.61
Market volume
Some 17.412 million units valued at over $285.581 million were traded today.
Volume leaders were Pulse Investments followed by Wigton Windfarm and FESCO.
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