The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Combined Index declined marginally on Tuesday.
Moderate trading ended with an advance/decline ratio of 42/54.
The JSE Combined Index declined by 2,089.31 points, or 0.60 per cent, to close at 346,481.08.
The JSE Main Market Index declined by 2,316.43 points, or 0.69 per cent, to close at 332,917.44, while the Junior Market Index advanced by 7.39 points, or 0.19 per cent to close at 3,912.36.
The JSE USD Equities Index declined by 1.18 points, or 0.50 per cent, to close at 235.95.
Overall market activity
106 stocks traded
42 advanced
54 declined
10 traded firm
Winners
MFS Capital Partners up 14.65 per cent to close at $3.60
PBS 9.75% Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares up 10.93 per cent to close at $120.
Key Insurance up 9.83per cent to close at $3.24
IronRock Insurance up 9.63 per cent to close at $2.39
JMMB Group 7.50% up 9.30per cent to close at $0.94
Losers
MPC Clean Energy down 20.48 per cent closing at $77.93
JMMB Group 7.25% VR JMD Cr Preference Shares down 12.02 per cent to close at $1.61
Sterling Investments USD down 9.05 per cent to close at US$0.02.
Edufocal down 8.28 per cent to close at $2.14.
Mayberry Jam Equities down 8.17cper cent closing at $11.69
Market volume
Some 17.42 million units valued at over $124.96 million were traded today.
Volume leaders were JMMB Group 7.35 Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares, followed by Image Plus Consultants, and then Wigton.
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