Stocks Round Up | 40 stocks advance, 31 decline and 19 trade firm
Published:Tuesday | December 29, 2020 | 5:02 PM
The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Combined Index declined on Tuesday with an advance/decline ratio of 40/31.
The index moved down by 507.14 points or 0.13 per cent to close at 388,806.36.
The JSE Main Market Index declined by 550.89 points or 0.14 per cent to close at 391,753.12 while the Junior Market Index was flat at 2,636.45.
The JSE USD Equities Index declined by 0.35 points or 0.18 per cent to close at 193.88.
Overall market activity
90 stocks traded
40 advanced
31 declined
19 traded firm
Winners
138 Student Living up 27.43 per cent to close at $5.90
Salada Foods up 15.01 per cent to close at $27.27
TransJamaican Highway (8%) up 14.18 per cent to close at $1.61
ICreate up 11.11 per cent to close at $0.60
Eppley up 8.74 per cent to close at $27.49
Losers
Jetcon down 5.71 per cent to close at $0.66
Kingston Wharves down 5.05 per cent to close at $44.52
Wigton Windfarm down 5.00 per cent to close at $0.76
MPC Caribbean down 4.80 per cent to close at $135.01
Derrimon Preference Shares, down 4.76 per cent to close at $2.00
Market volume
33.440 million units valued at over $309.253 million.
Volume leaders were Wigton Windfarm followed by Sagicor X Fund and TransJamaican Highway.
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