Stocks Round Up | 32 stocks advance, 32 decline and 11 trade firm
Published:Friday | October 2, 2020 | 5:41 PM
The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Combined Index closed Friday losing ground, with an advance/decline ratio of 32/32.
The JSE Combined Index declined by 6618.74 points or 1.77 per cent to close at 366,291.17
The JSE Main Market Index was down 7585.01 points or 2.02 per cent to close at 368,099.75 while the Junior Market Index advanced 34.26 points or 1.35 per cent to close at 2,567.42.
The JSE USD Equities Index advanced 3.40 points or 1.77 per cent to close at 195.96.
Overall market activity
75 stocks traded
32 advanced
32 declined
11 traded firm.
Winners
MPC Caribbean up 20.67 per cent to close at $163.00
Paramount Trading up 17.24 per cent to close at $1.70
Eppley Caribbean SCC up 12.01 per cent to close at $50.00
Community & Workers CCU up 11.04 per cent to close at $1.81
Jetcon Corporation up 10.98 per cent to close at $0.91
Losers
Barita Investments down 15.89 per cent to close at $70.46.
Stationery & Office Supplies down 11.07 per cent to close at $4.82
Tropical Battery down 10.16 per cent to close at $1.15
Ciboney down 7.14 per cent closing at $0.13
Jamaica Broilers down 5.28 per cent closing at $26.20
Market volume
17.77 million units valued at over $ 96 million.
Volume leaders were Tropical Battery, followed by Trans Jamaican Highway and MailPac Group.
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