Stocks Round Up | Jetcon, KPREIT and SSLVC today's top winners
Published:Monday | August 30, 2021 | 4:36 PM
The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Combined Index opened the week on Monday on a losing note.
The heavy trading ended with an advance/decline ratio of 36/38
The JSE Combined Index declined by 685.01 points or 0.16 per cent to close at 417,899.12.
The JSE Main Market Index was down 520.39 points or 0.13 per cent to close at 415,194.70, while the Junior Market Index declined 20.40 points or 0.61 per cent to close at 3,337.91.
The JSE USD Equities Index advanced 3.01 points or 1.64 per cent, closing at 180.75.
Overall market activity
91 stocks traded
36 advanced
38declined
17 traded firm
Winners
Jetcon up 25.27 per cent to close at $1.14
KPREIT up 13.89 per cent to close at $10.25
SSLVC up 10.45 per cent to close at $0.74
SOS up 10.43 per cent to close at $7.20
1834 Investments up 8.82 per cent to close at $1.11
Losers
JMMB Group 7.25% VR JMD Cr Preference Shares down 11.54 per cent to close at $1.15
FESCO down 6.62 per cent to close at $2.96
Radio Jamaica down 5.98 per cent to close at $4.09
Tropical Battery down 5.71 per cent closing at $1.32
Medical Disposables down 5.49 per cent closing at $4.82
Market volume
Some 34 million units valued at over $907.23 million were traded.
Volume leaders were FESCO, followed by NCB Group and Wigton.
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