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Stocks Round Up | 84 stocks traded

Published:Wednesday | January 13, 2021 | 3:10 PM

The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Combined Index closed Wednesday continuing a losing trend, declining marginally.

The moderate trading ended with an advance/decline ratio of 32/44.

The JSE Combined Index declined by 1601.43 points or 0.41 per cent to close at 386,040.57.

The JSE Main Market Index was down 1637.84 points or 0.42 per cent to close at 388,617.77 while the Junior Market Index declined 8.77 points or 0.33 per cent to close at 2,647.80

The JSE USD Equities Index advanced 4.10 points or 2.17 per cent, closing at 193.40.

Overall market activity

84 stocks traded
28 advanced
42 declined
14 traded firm

Winners

Salada Foods up 27.71 per cent to close at $36.04
JMMB Group 7.25% up 25.00 per cent to close at $1.50
GWest up 19.35 per cent closing at $ 0.74
Cargo Handlers up 11.01 per cent to close at $7.66
Main Event up 9.09 per cent to close at $3.24

Losers

Eppley Ltd down 16.51 per cent to close at $23.37
Blue Power Group down 11.89 per cent to close at $2.39
Kingston Properties down 6.90 per cent to close at $ 6.75
Dolphin Cove down 5.47 per cent closing at $9.50
Indies Pharma down 5.24 per cent closing at $2.53

Market volume

Some 35 million units valued at over $102 million.

Volume leaders were Derrimon Trading, followed by QWI Investments and TransJamaican Highway.

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