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Stocks Round Up | 39 stocks advance, 30 decline and 13 trade firm

Published:Monday | August 3, 2020 | 3:35 PM

The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Combined Index advanced on Monday with an advance/decline ratio of 39/30.

The index moved up by 5,475.06 points or 1.49 per cent to close at 374,153.88.

The JSE Main Market Index advanced by 5,796.89 points or 1.56 per cent to close at 376,218.86 while the Junior Market Index advanced by 13.05 points or 0.50 per cent to close at 2,603.08.

The JSE USD Equities Index advanced by 1.60 points or 0.86 per cent to close at 187.75.

Overall market activity

82 stocks traded
39 advanced
30 declined
13 traded firm

Winners

Ttech up 20.86 per cent to close at $7.30
Eppley up 17.05 per cent to close at $17.44
Kingston Properties up 15.06 per cent to close at $7.03
Iron Rock up 15.00 per cent to close at $3.45
Palace Amusement up 15.00 per cent to close at $1,782.50

Losers 

Consolidated Bakeries down 20.47 per cent to close at $1.36
AMG Packaging down 12.14 per cent to close at $1.52
Ciboney down 8.33 per cent to close at $0.11
Jamaica Producers down 3.78 per cent to close at $22.65
Derrimon Trading down 3.77 per cent to close at $2.30

Market volume

18.131 million units valued at over $111.876 million.

Volume leaders were Derrimon Trading followed by Wigton Windfarm and Transjamaican Highway.

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