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Stocks Round Up | 109 stocks traded today

Published:Thursday | May 12, 2022 | 5:26 PM

The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Combined Index continued with a second day of decline on Thursday.

Moderate trading ended with an advance/decline ratio of 47/45.

The JSE Combined Index declined by 2,632.86 points or 0.63 per cent to close at 414,590.52.

The JSE Main Market Index declined by 1,867.86 points or 0.46 per cent to close at 400,487.74, while the Junior Market Index declined by 99.56 points or 2.18 per cent to close at 4,464.82.

The JSE USD Equities Index declined by 1.00 points or 0.44 per cent to close at 223.97.

Overall market activity

109 stocks traded
47 advanced
45 declined
17 traded firm

Winners

MPC Caribbean up 15 per cent to closing at $107.26.
Sygnus Real Estate Finance (USD)up 14.52 per cent to close at US$0.14
C&WJCCU Deferred Shares up 9.44 per cent to close at $1.97
Iron Rock Insurance, up 7.81per cent to close at $3.45
Sterling Investment (USD), up 6.25 per cent to close at US$0.02

Losers

ISP Finance down 24.41 per cent closing at $22.30
138 Student Living down 15.84 per cent closing at $4.41
Blue Power Group,down 12.28 per cent closing at $4.00
Mailpac down 9.00per cent to close at $2.73
JMMB Group (USD) 6% down 7.27 per cent to close at $1.02.

Market volume

Some 43.63 million units valued at over $580.9 million were traded today.

Volume leaders were Transjamaican, followed by JFP Ltd and then FESCO.

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