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Stocks Round Up | SSL Venture Capital today's top advancer, Caribbean Cream leads decliners

Published:Monday | April 12, 2021 | 4:39 PM

The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Combined Index closed Monday on a losing note, declining marginally.

The slow trading ended with an advance/decline ratio of 21/47.

The JSE Combined Index declined by 2,081.52 points or 0.53 per cent to close at 393,720.14.

The JSE Main Market Index was down 1,779.46 points or 0.45 per cent to close at 392,649.46 while the Junior Market Index declined 40.82 points or 1.33 per cent to close at 3,017.44

The JSE USD Equities Index advanced 1.25 points or 0.60 per cent, closing at 208.65.

Overall market activity

87 stocks traded
21 advanced
47 declined
19 traded firm

Winners

SSL Venture Capital up 12.73 per cent to close at $0.62
Key Insurance up 7.61 per cent to close at $5.94
CAC 2000 9.5% Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares up 7.25 per cent to close at $1.48
Ciboney up 7.02 per cent to close at $0.61
Sterling Investments up 6.02 per cent to close at US$0.02

Losers

Caribbean Cream down 16.35 per cent to close at $5.32
Salada down 10.40 per cent to close at $4.65
Margaritaville (Turks) USD down 10.00 per cent to close at US$0.09
Radio Jamaica down 9.94 per cent closing at $1.45
Eppley Ltd down 8.24 per cent closing at $31.28

Market volume

Some 26.5 million units valued at over $ 69.8 million were traded.

Volume leaders were Wigton, followed by Derrimon and Sagicor Select- Financial.

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