Stocks Round Up | ​83 stocks traded, Iron Rock top advancer

The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Combined Index closed Thursday, entering the holidays on a winning note.

The busy trading ended with an advance/decline ratio of 36/30.

The JSE Combined Index advanced by 4,607.46 points or 1.20 per cent to close at 388,495.00.

The JSE Main Market Index was up 4,683.95 points or 1.21 per cent to close at 391,901.83 while the Junior Market Index advanced 27.65 points or 1.08 per cent to close at 2,594.40

The JSE USD Equities Index declined 4.86 points or 2.53 per cent, closing at 102.17.

Overall market activity

83 stocks traded
36 advanced
30 declined
17 traded firm

Winners 

Iron Rock, up 13.43 per cent to close at $3.80
Portland JSX, up 8.20 per cent to close at $9.50
Express Catering up 7.71 per cent to close at $3.77
Radio Jamaica up 7.41 per cent to close at $1.45
Carreras up 6.44 per cent to close at $7.11

Losers

Eppley 7.5% Preference Shares down 14.29 per cent to close at $6.00.
C&WCU Deferred Shares down 11.35 per cent to close at $1.64
Lasco Financial down 10.18 per cent to close at $2.47
138 Student Living down 9.03 per cent closing at $4.43
MPC Caribbean Clean Energy down 6.90 per cent closing at $135.00

Market volume

Twenty-two million units valued at over $ 226.8  million.

Volume leaders were Sagicor Real Estate X Fund, followed by and Trans Jamaican and Wigton.

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