Stocks Round Up | KLE, MPC Caribbean and VM Investments today's top advancers

The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Combined Index closed Wednesday clawing back recent losses.

Slow to moderate trading ended with an advance/decline ratio of 43/33.

The JSE Combined Index advanced by 2,459.50 points or 0.61 per cent to close at 403,735.99.

The JSE Main Market Index was up 2,394.62 points or 0.60 per cent to close at 398,792.32, while the Junior Market Index advanced 24.26 points or 0.71 per cent to close at 3,444.62.

The JSE USD Equities Index declined by 1.05 points or 0.51 per cent, closing at 203.18.

Overall market activity

96 stocks traded
43 advanced
33 declined
20 traded firm

Winners

KLE Group up 29.13 per cent to close at $2.97
MPC Caribbean up 12.43 per cent to close at $115
VM Investments up 10.06 per cent to close at $6.89
FosRich up 9.94 per cent to close at $11.28
Salada up 5.79 per cent to close at $6.84
Lasco Manufacturing up 5.46 per cent to close at $4.83

Losers

Sygnus Real Estate JMD down 8.87 per cent to close at $15.52
JMMB Group 7.25% down 7.25 per cent closing at $3.07
Cargo Handlers down 6.91 per cent to close at $7.00
Main Event down 6.42 per cent closing at $4.23
Eppley Caribbean Property Fund SCC down 6.09 per cent closing at $43.00

Market volume

Some 9.57 million units valued at over $46 million were traded today.

Volume leaders were Sagicor Select-Financial, followed by Cargo Handlers and then Transjamaican.

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