Stocks Round Up | 34 stocks advance
Published:Tuesday | February 18, 2020 | 5:18 PM
The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Combined Index advanced on Tuesday with an advance/decline ratio of 34/32.
The index moved up by 1,459.19 points or 0.30 per cent to close at 482,191.52
The JSE Main Market Index advanced by 1,450.74 points or 0.30 per cent to close at 489,708.41 while the Junior Market Index advanced by 11.51 points or 0.39 per cent to close at 2,939.03.
The JSE USD Equities Index declined by 0.12 points or 0.05 per cent to close at 230.51.
Overall market activity
80 stocks traded
34 advanced
32 declined
14 traded firm
Winners
138 Student Living up 22.53 per cent to close at $5.33
Paramount Trading up 15.65 per cent to close at $1.70
Stationery and Office Supplies up 9.31 per cent to close at $8.81
JMMB Group (7.25%) up 6.90 per cent to close at $1.55
Seprod up 6.21 per cent to close at $49.10
Losers
Ciboney down 16.67 per cent to close at $0.10
Salada down 8.57 per cent to close at $32.00
AMG Packaging down 5.56 per cent to close at $1.87
Dolphin Cove down 5.40 per cent to close at $9.46
ICreate down 5.19 per cent to close at $0.73
Market volume
23.201 million units valued at over $105.345 million.
Volume leaders were Sagicor Select Funds Limited – Financial followed by Wigton Windfarm Limited and MailPac Group Limited.
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