Stocks Round Up | Edufocal today's top winner, 1834 Investments leads decliners
Published:Thursday | March 17, 2022 | 4:22 PM
The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Combined Index declined on Thursday with an advance/decline ratio of 37/54.
The index moved down by 2,719.24 points or 0.69 per cent to close at $393,622.93.
The JSE Main Market Index declined by 2,641.22 points or 0.69 per cent to close at $382,730.79 while the Junior Market Index declined by 27.76 points or 0.69 per cent to close at $3,975.71.
The JSE USD Equities Index declined by 0.81 points or 0.39 per cent to close at $206.36.
Overall market activity
102 stocks traded
37 advanced
54 declined
11 traded firm
Winners
Edufocal up 32.57 per cent to close at $2.32
Cargo Handlers up 11.22 per cent to close at $11
MPC Caribbean up 10.00 per cent to close at $115.50
Key Insurance up 9.09 per cent to close at $4.68
Kingston Properties up 7.83 per cent to close at $9.50
Losers
1834 Investments down 11.49 per cent to close at $0.77
First Rock Capital (US$) down 11.66 per cent to close at $0.08
Mayberry Investments down 10.42 per cent to close at $6.02
JMMB Group (US$) 6% down 9.98 per cent to close at 0.99
Lasco Distributors down 6.93 per cent to close at $3.49
Market volume
Some 48.881 million units valued at over $174.575 million were traded today.
Volume leaders were JFP Limited followed by Edufocal shares and Wigton Windfarm.
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