Stocks Round Up | Edufocal, JFP and Sterling (US$) today's top winners
Published:Wednesday | March 16, 2022 | 4:27 PM
The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Combined Index declined on Wednesday with an advance/decline ratio of 46/44.
The index moved down by 1,013.51 points or 0.26 per cent to close at $396,342.17.
The JSE Main Market Index declined by 1,158.80 points or 0.30 per cent to close at 385,372.01 while the Junior Market Index advanced by 8.04 points or 0.20 per cent to close at 4,003.47.
The JSE USD Equities Index declined by 0.05 points or 0.02 per cent to close at 207.17.
Overall market activity
106 stocks traded
46 advanced
44 declined
16 traded firm
Winners
Edufocal up 32.58 per cent to close at $1.75
JFP Limited up 15.85 per cent to close at $1.90
Sterling (US$) up 15.00 per cent to close at $0.02
Supreme Ventures up 10.82 per cent to close at $18.95
Cargo Handlers up 8.09 per cent to close at $9.89
Losers
Everything Fresh down 13.22 per cent to close at $1.05
Key Insurance down 8.72 per cent to close at $4.29
Lumber Depot down 7.37 per cent to close at 3.14
Kingston Properties down 7.07 per cent to close at $8.81
Berger Paints down 6.94 per cent to close at $11.54
Market volume
Some 43.397 million units valued at over $235.420 million were traded today.
Volume leaders were JFP Limited followed by Lumber Depot shares and Edufocal Ltd.
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