Stocks Round Up | SSLVC today's top performer, Paramount Trading leads decliners
Published:Friday | July 15, 2022 | 5:30 PM
The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Combined Index closed Friday on a losing note.
The slow trading session ended with an advance/decline ratio of 34/51.
The JSE Combined Index declined by 774.70 points or 0.20 per cent to close at 394,724.22.
The JSE Main Market Index declined by 652.21 points or 0.17 per cent to close at 380,664.04 while the Junior Market Index declined by 18.34 points or 0.42 per cent to close at 4,314.71.
The JSE USD Equities Index declined by 1.26 points or 0.60 per cent to close at 209.66.
Overall market activity
105 stocks traded
34 advanced
51 declined
20 traded firm
Winners
SSLVC up 10.00 per cent to close at $3.30
Eppley 7.50% Preference Shares due 2024 up 9.95 per cent to close at $6.96
Mayberry Jam Equities up 7.64 per cent to close at $14.37
Lasco Distributors up 5.38 per cent to close at $3.33
Jamaican Teas up 5.28 per cent to close at $2.79
Losers
Paramount Trading down 24.62 per cent to close at $1.50
Margaritaville (Turks) down 13.28 per cent closing at $0.13
Cargo Handlers down 16.27 per cent to close at $11.22.
CAC 2000 down 12.65 per cent to close at $8.56
First Rock Real Estate Investments (USD) down 12.62 per cent closing at US$0.06
Market volume
Some 15.49 million units valued at over $127 million were traded today.
Volume leaders were Mailpac, followed by Transjamaican and Wigton.
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