Stocks Round Up | CAC 2000 today's top advancer, Pan Jamaica leads decliners
Published:Wednesday | August 16, 2023 | 3:56 PM
The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Combined Index advanced marginally on Wednesday.
The moderate trading ended with an advance/decline ratio of 39/44.
The JSE Combined Index advanced by 692.52 points or 0.21 per cent to close at 335,170.47.
The JSE Main Market declined by 192.39 points or 0.06 per cent to close at 321,213.41, while the Junior Market Index advanced by 95.27 points or 2.52 per cent to close at 3,873.37.
The JSE USD Equities Index advanced by 2.64 points or 1.10 per cent to close at 243.05.
Overall market activity
98 stocks traded
39 advanced
44 declined
15 traded firm
Winners
CAC 2000 up 14.99 per cent to close at $6.98
Lasco Manufacturing up 13.54 per cent to close at $5.20
Express Catering, up 11.60 per cent to close at $5.10
Dolla Financial up 10.19 per cent to close at $2.92
AMG Packaging up 10.00 per cent to close at $2.53
Losers
Pan Jamaica down 11.91 per cent closing at $41.58
Wigton down 10.81 per cent to close at $0.66.
Palace Amusement down 9.09 per cent closing at $2.00
Lasco Financial down 8.29 per cent to close at $1.88
Ciboney down 7.14 per cent to close at $1.30
Market volume
Some 42.45 million units valued at over $161.40 million were traded today.
Volume leaders were Sterling Investment followed by Stanley Motta and Lasco Manufacturing.
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