Published:Wednesday 3:53 PM
The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Combined Index closed Wednesday on up.
Another hectic trading session ended with an advance/decline ratio of 34/47.
The JSE Combined Index advanced by 1,251.80 points or 0.37 per cent, to close at 335,403.70.
The JSE Main Market Index advanced by 1,812.61 points or 0.56 per cent, to close at 323,708.81, while the Junior Market Index declined by 46.89 points or 1.27 per cent, to close at 3,643.55.
The JSE USD Equities Index advanced by 21.31 points or 10.94 per cent, to close at 216.14.
Overall market activity
124 stocks traded34 advanced47 declined43 traded firm
Winners
PBS (USD), up 31.71 per cent to close at US$1.75JPSCo 7% up 31.37 per cent to close at $ 292.29Sygnus Real Estate Finance (USD), up 17.70 per cent to close at US$ 0.07Jamaican Teas, up 12.38 per cent to close at $ 2.36AMG Packaging, up 9.74 per cent to close at $ 3.38
Losers
Sterling Investment down 14.19 per cent closing at $2.54Knutsford Express down 11.92 per cent to close at $ 8.94Sagicor Select-Distribution down 10.20 per cent to close at $0. 0.44Purity down 9.09 per cent to close at $ 2.00.MailPac Group down 7.43 per cent closing at $ 1.62.
Market volume
Some 24.6 million units valued at over $62.74 million were traded today.
Volume leaders were: Sagicor Select-Financial, followed by Wigton and Sagicor Select-Mfg. & Distrib.
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