Stocks Round Up | 26 stocks advance, 32 decline and 13 trade firm
Published:Friday | August 28, 2020 | 4:14 PM
The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) combined index declined on Friday with an advance/decline ratio of 26/32.
The combined index moved down by 765.70 points or 0.21 per cent to close at 364,025.60.
The JSE Main Market Index declined by 775.38 points or 0.21 per cent to close at 366,050.38 while the Junior Market Index declined by 4.86 points or 0.19 per cent to close at 2,531.26.
The JSE USD Equities Index declined by 0.10 points or 0.50 per cent to close at 185.97.
Overall market activity
71 stocks traded
26 advanced
32 declined
13 traded firm
Winners
JMMB Group (6% USD) up 7.66 per cent to close at $1.08
First Rock up 7.40 per cent to close at $13.49
Caribbean Assurance Brokers up 5.26 per cent to close at $2.00
Everything Fresh up 4.48 per cent to close at $0.70
Jamaica Stock Exchange up 3.23 per cent to close at $18.84
Losers
IronRock Insurance down 10.94 per cent to close at $2.85
PanJam down 6.79 per cent to close at $66.16
Mayberry Investments down 6.35 per cent to close at $5.60
ICreate Limited down 5.80 per cent to close at $0.65
Jamaican Teas, down 5.14 per cent to close at $4.61
Market volume
61.370 million units valued at over $320.288 million.
Volume leaders were Carreras Limited followed by Sagicor Select Funds Manufacturing and Distribution and Wigton Windfarm.
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