Stocks Round Up | 25 stocks advance, 40 decline and 10 trade firm
Published:Monday | August 24, 2020 | 5:03 PM
The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) combined index advanced on Monday with an advance/decline ratio of 25/40.
The index moved up by 3,992.41 points or 1.09 per cent to close at 369,645.41.
The JSE Main Market Index advanced by 4,093.95 points or 1.11 per cent to close at 372,193.08 while the Junior Market Index advanced by 20.95 points or 0.84 per cent to close at 2,528.12.
The JSE USD Equities Index advanced by 1.95 points or 1.05 per cent to close at 187.78.
Overall market activity
75 stocks traded
25 advanced
40 declined
10 traded firm
Winners
Caribbean Flavours up 28.29 per cent to close at $15.01
JMMB Group (7.25%) up 18.32 per cent to close at $1.55
Express Catering up 15.45 per cent to close at $3.81
Caribbean Cream up 15.05 per cent to close at $4.74
Scotia Group up 14.56 per cent to close at $52.57
Losers
Main Event down 12.59 per cent to close at $3.47
Everything Fresh down 11.27 per cent to close at $0.63
Caribbean Assurance down 11.16 per cent to close at $1.91
Mayberry Investments down 9.90 per cent to close at $5.28
Elite Diagnostics down 7.46 per cent to close at $3.10
Market volume
15.607 million units valued at over $169.651 million.
Volume leaders were Sagicor Group followed by Pulse Investments and TransJamaican Highway.
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