Published:Thursday 4:18 PM
The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Combined Index retreated on Thursday.
The bustling trading ended with an advance/decline ratio of 40/46
The JSE Combined Index declined by 1,416.76 points or 0.40 per cent, to close at 348,871.69.
The JSE Main Market Index declined by 1,383.23 points or 0.41 per cent, to close at 335,838.19, while the Junior Market Index declined by 13.80 points or 0.35 per cent, to close at 3,876.80.
The JSE USD Equities declined by 1.45 points or 0.62 per cent, to close at 231.11.
Overall market activity
108 stocks traded
40 advanced
46 declined
22 traded firm
Winners
JPSCo 7%, up 21.67per cent to close at $36.50
IronRock Ins, up 15.00 per cent to close at $2.30
Mayberry Inv, up 11.82 per cent to close at $8.80
Lasco Mfg., up 7.27 per cent to close at $4.28
Sterling Inv (USD), up 5.82 per cent to close at US$0.02
Losers
Stanley Motta, down 12.25 per cent to close at $4.80
Cargo Handlers down 12.07 per cent to close at $13.19
Access Financial, down 9.02 per cent closing at $23.61
Jamaica Producers, down 8.65 per cent to close at $20.17
Knutsford Express, down 5.94 per cent closing at $11.87
Market volume
20.75 million units valued at over $156 million.
Volume leaders were: Wigton followed by Derrimon and Trans Jamaican.
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