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UPDATED: Stocks Round Up | JSE Combined Index advances

Published:Thursday | January 23, 2020 | 4:27 PM

The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Combined Index advanced on Thursday.

The index moved up by 100.46 points or 0.02 per cent to close at 491,679.36.

The JSE Main Market Index increased by 402.72 points or 0, 08 per cent to close at 497,269.11, while the Junior Market Index declined by 24.57 points or 0.77 per cent to close at 3,170.85.

The JSE USD Equities Index declined by 6.56 points or 2.72 per cent to close at 234.98.

Overall market activity

80 stocks traded
30 advanced
39 declined
11 traded firm

Winners 

JMMB Group 5.75C, up 22.31 per cent to close at $2.10. 
Victoria Mutual Investments, up 10.36 per cent to close at $12.87.
Mayberry Jamaica Equities,  up 8.50 per cent to close at $11.30.
Jamaica Producers,  up 8 per cent closing at $24.50.
Jamaica Broilers Group, up 6.22 per cent closing at $36.75.

Losers 

iCreate, down 17.64 per cent to close at $0.70.
Key Insurance, down 15.12 per cent to close at $3.30.
Iron Rock Insurance, down 12.06 per cent to close at $3.50.
Derrimon Trading, down 8.98 per cent to close at $2.54.
CAC 2000, down 7.72 per cent to close at $13.50.

Market volume

32.93 million units valued at over $198.57 million.
Volume leaders were Sagicor Select Financial followed by Wigton and MailPac.

Note: A previous version of this story contained errors. They have since been corrected. We apologise for the error.

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