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Stocks Round Up | 82 stocks traded

Published:Thursday | May 28, 2020 | 9:27 AM

The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Combined Index was slightly down on Wednesday with an advance/decline ratio of 25/42.

The JSE Combined Index fell marginally 2,069.83 points or 0.54 per cent to close at 378,508.16.

The JSE Main Market Index was down 2,473.80 points or 0.64 per cent to close at 381,213.32 while the Junior Market Index advanced 19.32 points or 0.75 per cent to close at 2,580.44.

The JSE USD Equities Index advanced 2.96 points or 1.58per cent to close at 190.18.

Overall market activity

82 stocks traded
25 advanced
42 declined
15 traded firm

Winners 

Main Event up 14.87 per cent to close at $4.79
Wigton Windfarm up 14.67  per cent to close at $0.88
First Rock Capital Holdings up 12.64 per cent to close at $13.55
Express Catering up 11.97 per cent to close at $3.93
Jetcon up 11.25 per cent to close at $ 0.89

Losers 

Salada Foods down 14.30 per cent to close at $25.71
Sagicor Real Estate X Fund down 10.33 per cent to close at $7.12
Carib Cement down 6.80 per cent to close at $48.24.
JamTeas down 6.76 per cent to close at $4.14
Knutsford Express down 5.63 per cent to close at $5.63
 

Market volume

32.42 million units valued at over $ 217.75 million.
Volume leaders were: Lasco Manufacturing followed by Wigton and TransJamaican.

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