Stocks Round Up | Sterling Investments USD, JMMB Group 7.25% and ISP Finance today's top advancers

The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Combined Index advanced on Monday with an advance/decline ratio of 40/36. 

The index moved up by 2,362 points or 0.55 per cent to close at 431,037. 

The JSE Index advanced by 2,473.87 points or 0.58 per cent to close at 429,100.21, while the Junior Market Index advanced by 7.42 points or 0.22 per cent to close at 3,363.37.  

The JSE USD Equities Index declined by 1.98 points or 1.06 per cent to close at 185.01 and the JSE Financial Index advanced by 0.56 points or 0.53 per cent to close at 105.98.  

The JSE Manufacturing & Distribution Index advanced by 1.65 points or 1.56 per cent to close at 107.72.  

Overall market activity 

90 stocks traded
40 advanced
36 declined
14 traded firm 

Winners 

Sterling Investments USD up 22 per cent to close at US$0.02 
JMMB Group 7.25 per cent preference shares up 17 per cent to close at $1.48 
ISP Finance up 16 per cent to close at $25 
Caribbean Flavours and Fragrances up 10 per cent to close at $2.15 
Gwest Corporation up 8.5 per cent to close at $1.15 

Losers 

JMMB Group 7.15 per cent cumulative preference shares down 13 per cent to close at $2.92 
Eppley Limited 8.25 per cent preference shares down 13 per cent to close at $6.19
Eppley Caribbean Property Fund down 13 per cent to close at $41
Cargo Handlers down 10 per cent to close at $7.60
First Rock Capital down 12 per cent to close at $13.72 

Market volume 

Some 108 million units valued at over $13.9 billion were traded today. 

NCB Financial was the volume leader with 95 million units followed by Fesco with 1.6 million units and Wigton Windfarm with 1,579,367 units.

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