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Stocks Round Up | Caribbean Producers today's top winner

Published:Tuesday | February 23, 2021 | 6:02 PM

The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Combined Index closed Tuesday losing ground marginally.

The moderately active trading ended with an advance/decline ratio of 42/43.

The JSE Combined Index declined by 35.74 points or 0.01 per cent to close at 392,140.01

The JSE Main Market Index was down 464.43 points or 0.12 per cent to close at 392,238.37 while the Junior Market Index advanced 35.59 points or 1.24 per cent to close at 2,907.48

The JSE USD Equities Index advanced 0.54 points or 0.28 per cent, closing at 196.61.

Overall market activity

93 stocks traded
42 advanced
43 declined
8 traded firm

Winners

Caribbean Producers up 24.11 per cent to close at $3.50
JMMB Group 7.5% Variable Rate JMD Preference Shares up 18.90 per cent to close at $1.51
Everything Fresh up 15.07 per cent to close at $0.84
KLE Group up 14.66 per cent to close at $1.33
Jetcon up 13.04 per cent to close at $0.78

Losers

Express Catering down 8.56 per cent to close at $3.31
First Rock Capital Holdings down 8.29 per cent to close at $13.94
Jamaica Broilers Group down 5.14 per cent to close at $27.33
QWI Investments down 4.76 per cent closing at $1.00
Eppley Ltd 8.75% Preference Share down 4.73 per cent closing at $7.05

Market volume

Some 33.7 million units valued at over $ 234 million.

Volume leaders were Caribbean Producers, followed by TransJamaican Highway and Sagicor Select Financial.

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