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Stocks Round Up | Consolidated Bakeries today's top winner, 138 Student Living leads decliners

Published:Friday | July 23, 2021 | 3:27 PM

The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Combined Index continued its advance amid mixed results at the close of trading on Friday.

The moderate trading session ended with an advance/decline ratio of 39/40.

The JSE Combined Index advanced by 287.42 points or 0.07 per cent to close at 422,064.63

The JSE Main Market Index was down 52.77 points or 0.01 per cent to close at 419,356.37 while the Junior Market Index advanced 33.83 points or 1.01 per cent to close at 3,369.03

The JSE USD Equities Index declined 2.26 points or 1.18 per cent, closing at 188.95.

Overall market activity

88 stocks traded
39 advanced
40 declined
Nine traded firm

Winners

Consolidated Bakeries up 21.21 per cent to close at $2.00
Eppley7.50% up 14.97 per cent to close at $14.82
Lasco Manufacturing up 9.38 per cent to close at $5.25
KLE Group up 8.47 per cent to close at $1.28
Caribbean Cream up 6.90 per cent to close at $6.35

Losers

138 Student Living down 11.78 per cent closing at $6.59
JMMB Group 7.5% down 11.00 per cent to close at $0.89
Berger down 10.52 per cent closing at $13.70
Sagicor Select-Manufacturing down 7.61 per cent to close at $0.85
tTech down 7.37 per cent to close at $4.40

Market volume

Some 20.989 million units valued at over $122.1 million were traded today.

Volume leaders were Sygnus Credit Investments (USD), followed by Wigton and Sagicor Select-Financial.

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