Stocks Round Up | 20 stocks advance, 53 decline and 8 trade firm
Published:Friday | March 6, 2020 | 4:30 PM
The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Combined Index ended the week down on Friday with an advance/decline ratio of 20/53.
The index dropped 7,429.27 points or 1.72 per cent to close at 424,781.35.
The JSE Main Market Index lost 6,632.94 points or 1.51 per cent to close at 432,053.03 while the Junior Market Index was down 121.90 points or 4.59 per cent to close at 2,534.51.
The JSE USD Equities Index was down 5.32 points or 2.45 per cent to close at 211.79.
Overall market activity
81 stocks traded
20 advanced
53 declined
8 traded firm
Winners
tTech Ltd up 18.99 per cent to close at $ 4.70
Mayberry Jamaican Equities up 11.05 per cent to close at $ 9.95
Jetcon Corp up 9.24 per cent to close at $ 1.30
First Rock Capital Holdings (USD) up 5.02 per cent closing at $ 0.08
First Rock Capital Holdings up 4.59 per cent closing at $ 10.49
Losers
Caribbean Flavours & Fragrances down 30.67 per cent to close at $ 10.15
Sygnus Credit Investments JMD down 15.74 per cent to close at $ 18.68
Radio Jamaica down 12.50 per cent to close at $ 1.26
Express Catering down 12.41 per cent to close at $ 3.81
Fontana down -11.68 per cent to close at $ 4.99.
Market volume
31.60 million units valued at over $ 132.71million.
Volume leaders were Wigton followed by Sagicor Select Financial and Sagicor Select Manufacturing & Distribution.
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