Stock Round Up | JSE closes on losing note

The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Combined Index closed today on a losing note, declining marginally. The active trading ended with an advance/decline ratio of 27/57.

The JSE Combined Index declined by 3,696.83 points, or 1.07 per cent, to close at 341,657.18.

The JSE Main Market Index declined by 3,675.03 points, or 1.11 per cent, to close at 328,753.40; while the Junior Market Index declined by 28.57 points, or 0.74 per cent, to close at 3,806.68.

The JSE USD Equities Index advanced by 9.35 points, or 3.65 per cent, to close at 265.19.

Overall market activity

• 112 stocks traded.
• 27 advanced.
• 57 declined.
• 28 traded firm.

Winners 

• Eppley Ltd, up 22.68 per cent, to close at $41.97.
• Margaritaville, up 12.21 per cent, to close at $15.99
• Trans Jamaican (USD), up 9.66 per cent, to close at US$0.023.
• LAB, up 9.46 per cent, to close at $1.62.
• Spur Tree, up 9.33 per cent, to close at $2.46.

Losers

• JMMB Grp 7.15% Cumul Redeem Prefs, down 19.71 per cent to close at $2.73.
• JMMB Grp 7.00% Credit Prefs, down 14.86 per cent to close at $2.75
• Mayberry Jamaican Equities, down 14.72 per cent to close at $9.27.
• JSE, down 13.00 per cent closing at $8.97
• GWest, down 10.89 per cent closing at $0.90.

Market volume

• 34.68 million units valued at over $ 209.43 million.

Volume leaders were: Transjamaican followed by Wigton, and JSE

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