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Stocks Round Up | 25 advance, 35 decline, 11 trade firm

Published:Tuesday | January 21, 2020 | 12:00 AM

The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) combined index advanced on Tuesday with an advance/decline ratio of 25 to 35.

The JSE Combined Index advanced by 7,002.16 points or 1.43 per cent to close at 497,738.63 points.

The JSE Main Market Index advanced by 7,718.70 points or 1.56 per cent to close at 503,194.75 points.

The Junior Market Index declined by 8.19 points or 0.25 per cent to close at 3,226.8 points. 

The JSE USD Equities Index advanced by 4.19 points or 1.76 per cent to close at 241.65 points

Overall market activity
71 stocks traded
25 advanced
35 declined
11 traded firm

Winners 
Kingston Wharves up 15.31 per cent to close at $62 
Sygnus Credit Investments up 87.92 per cent to close at US$0.175
GWest up 6.31 per cent to close at $1.11 
Scotia Group Jamaica up 5.71 per cent closing at $56.90
FOSRICH up 5.10 per cent closing at $4.24

Losers 
Blue Power down 3.90 per cent to close at $4.36
Jamaica Producers down 4.46 per cent to close at $8.21
Mayberry Investments down 4.61 per cent to close at $.8.21
Medical Disposables down 8.83 per cent to close at $7.52
RJR down 9.05 per cent to close at $1.88
Portland JSX down 9.71 to close at $8.00

Market volume
39 million units valued at over $137 million.

Volume leaders were Wigton followed by Sagicor Select Financial and Sagicor Select Manufacturing.

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