Stocks Round Up | IronRock today's top winner, Purity leads decliners
Published:Thursday | August 12, 2021 | 4:02 PM
The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Combined Index regained some lost ground at the close of trading on Thursday.
The moderate trading session ended with an advance/decline ratio of 34/39.
The JSE Combined Index advanced by 1,102.76 points or 0.26 per cent to close at 418,888.92.
The JSE Main Market Index was up 953.49 points or 0.23 per cent to close at 417,041.66 while the Junior Market Index advanced 22.06 points or 0.68 per cent to close at 3,265.32.
The JSE USD Equities Index advanced 3.01points or 1.57 per cent, closing at 194.88.
Overall market activity
92 stocks traded
34 advanced
39 declined
19 traded firm
Winners
IronRock Insurance Company up 24.17 per cent to close at $3.75
Sygnus Credit Invest JMD up 21.91 per cent to close at US$0.15
TransJamaican (USD) up 20.25 per cent to close at US$0.01
Express Catering up 14.73 per cent to close at $4.44
Salada up 13.06 per cent to close at $7.79
Losers
Purity down 10.56 per cent closing at $1.61
Palace Amusement down 9.24 per cent to close at $1,033.76
Cargo Handlers down 8.24 per cent closing at $7.80
MDS down 7.98 per cent to close at $4.73
Sterling Investments down 7.69 per cent to close at $2.76
Market volume
Some 18.2 million units valued at over $65 million were traded today.
Volume leaders were, FESCO followed by Radio Jamaica and Wigton.
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