Stock Round Up | LAB today's top advancer, AS Bryden leads decliners

The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Combined Index closed Wednesday going back to losing ways.

The moderate trading ended with an advance/decline ratio of 42/45.

The JSE Combined Index declined by 3,639.94 points or 1.06 per cent to close at 339,676.83.

The JSE Main Market Index declined by 3,917.90 points or 1.18 per cent to close at 326,885.56 while the Junior Market Index advanced by 3.93 points or 0.10 per cent to close at 3,780.58.

The JSE USD Equities Index declined by 8.85 points or 3.45 per cent to close at 247.53.

Overall market activity

108 stocks traded
42 advanced
45 declined
21 traded firm.

Winners

LAB up 20.95 per cent to close at $1.79
Margaritaville Turks USD, up 20.00 per cent to close at US$0.12
138 Student Living, up 13.61 per cent to close at $4.34
JMMB Grp 5.75% FR USD CR Prefs, up 12.30 per cent to close at US$2.145.
JMMB Grp 7.25% Credit VR JMD Prefs, up 10.00 per cent to close at $1.87.

Losers

AS Bryden down 13.49 per cent to close at US$0.22
Eppley Ltd down 11.72 per cent to close at $34.72
Kremi down 10.77 per cent to close at $3.48
Ciboney down 9.37 per cent closing at $1.16
JMMB Grp Cumul Redeem Prefs down 8.94 per cent closing at $2.75.

Market volume

Some 27.59 million units valued at over $ 172.23 million were traded today.

Volume leaders were Carreras, followed by General Accident and Wigton.

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