Stocks Round Up | 19 stocks advance, 46 declined and 9 traded firm
Published:Wednesday | January 29, 2020 | 8:58 AM
The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) combined index declined on Tuesday.
The index declined by 5,524.82 points or 1.12 per cent to close at 487,391.30.
The JSE Main Market Index declined by 5,702.93 points or 1.14 per cent to close at 493,316.12, while the Junior Market Index declined by 25.98 points or 0.83 per cent to close at 3,111.04.
The JSE USD Equities Index declined by 11.09 points or 4.59 per cent to close at 230.50.
Overall market activity
74 stocks traded
19 advanced
46 declined
9 traded firm
Winners
Pulse Investments Limited up 12.20 per cent to close at $6.62.
Gwest Corporation Limited up 11 per cent to close at $1.11.
Stanley Motta Limited up 4.36 per cent to close at $5.75.
Mayberry Jamaican Equities up 4.35 per cent, closing at $11.75.
Lasco Manufacturing up 4.17 per cent closing at $4.25.
Losers
GraceKennedy Limited down 10.67 per cent to close at $66.78.
Proven Investments (USD) down 8.79 per cent to close at $0.31.
HoneyBun down 8.54 per cent to close at $7.39.
Jetcon Corporation down 8.54 per cent to close at $1.50.
Fosrich Company down 8.39 per cent to close at $4.04.
Market volume
61.901 million units valued at over $225.777 million.
Volume leaders were Sagicor Select Funds Limited – Financial followed by Wigton Windfarm and QWI Investments Limited.
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