Stocks Round Up | JPSCo 7.00% today's top performer
Published:Thursday | February 9, 2023 | 9:14 PM
The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Combined Index again advanced marginally on Thursday.
Heavy trading ended with an advance/decline ratio of 37/48
The JSE Combined Index advanced by 1,542.26 points or, 0.44 per cent, to close at 349,398.85.
The JSE Main Market Index advanced by 1,520.99 points or, 0.45 per cent, to close at 335,983.12, while the Junior Market Index advanced by 13.50 points or, 0.35 per cent, to close at 3,919.02.
The JSE USD Equities Index declined by 1.15 points or, 0.49 per cent, to close at 231.63.
Overall market activity
97 stocks traded
37 advanced
48 declined
12 traded firm
Winners
JPSCo 7.00% up 16.67 per cent to close at $7.00
Eppley Caribbean Property Fund SCC up 15.00 per cent to close at $46.09
Sterling Investments USD up 9.94 per cent to close at US$0.02
Main Event Entertainment up 7.47 per cent to close at $10.21
Knutsford Express up 11.60 per cent to close at $11.83
Losers
138 Student Living down 15.21 per cent closing at $4.85
Portland JSX, down 20.84 per cent to close at $9.00
JMMB Group7.35% Cumulative Redeemable Preference Share, down 6.01 per cent to close at $1.72
Lasco Financial, down 6.38 per cent to close at $ 2.64
Ciboney down 5.56 per cent closing at $0.51
Market volume
Some18.51 million units valued at over $120.21 million were traded today.
Volume leaders were Kingston Wharves, followed by Wigton and Image Plus Consultants.
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