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Stocks Round Up | Transjamaican Highway 8% today's top performer

Published:Tuesday | October 4, 2022 | 5:13 PM

The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Combined Index closed Tuesday again marginally down.

Active trading ended with an advance/decline ratio of 48/53.

The JSE Combined Index declined by 1,871.06 points or 0.50 per cent to close at 373,225.06.

The JSE Main Market Index declined by 1,429.05 points or 0.40 per cent to close at 359,272.56, while the Junior Market Index declined by 59.11 points or 1.40 per cent to close at 4,148.29.

The JSE USD Equities Index advanced by 4.63 points or 2.18 per cent to close at 217.29.

Overall market activity

116 stocks traded
48 advanced
53 declined
15 traded firm

Winners

Transjamaican Highway 8% up 28.34 per cent to close at $2.40
QWI Investments up 11.59 per cent to close at $0.77
JMMB Group 6% USD up 10.20 per cent to close at US$1.08
Eppley 7.50% Preference Shares due 2024 up 9.94 per cent to close at $7.74
Paramount Trading up 9.55 per cent to close at $1.95

Losers

Sygnus Real Estate Finance (USD) down 22.12 per cent to close at US$0.10
Portland JSX, down 13.81 per cent closing at $ 9.05
Eppley 5.00% Preference down 13.71 per cent to close a $ 18.12
First Rock Real Estate Investment down 10.24 per cent closing at $ 12.01
CAB down 9.27 per cent to close at $2.35

Market volume

Some 32.35 million units valued at over $150.77 million were traded today.

Volume leaders were FosRich, followed by One on One Educational and then Wigton.

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