10 junior stocks fall 3 rise – Thursday

Trading closed on the junior market with declining stocks beating out advancing stocks 3 to 1, the market index nevertheless advanced as Lasco Distributors that carries a heavy weighting in the index climbed to $6.99 from $6.75.
Trading volume jumped 89 percent from Wednesday’s levels, ending with 1,360,374 units changing hands, while value traded, climbed 66 percent to $8,009,663 from $4,825,236 on Wednesday.
An average of 71,599 units with an average value of $421,561 traded, compared to 44,908 units with an average value of $301,577 on the preceding trading day. An average for the month to date of 136,645 units at $760,002 traded.
At the close of the market on 19 securities traded, versus 16 on Wednesday resulting in just 3 stocks advancing and 10 declining stocks, with Key Insurance falling to a new low. The market index climbed 21.12 points to 2,402.94 to be up 34 percent for the year to date.
Market activities ended with 5 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 ending with lower offers.
CAC 2000 that faces a big legal they lost their appeal against a claim for damages closed without trading with an offer of $6.16 and the highest bid at $5.10 versus the last traded price of $6.30.
In trading activity, Access Financial Services traded 25,195 units at $20.50, Blue Power dropped $4.20 while trading 288 shares to close at $20.20 but closed with the bid at $24.40, Cargo Handlers lost $1 with 100,000 shares trading to close at $11, Caribbean Cream ended with 50,477 shares changing hands at $7.10. Caribbean Producers closed trading with 8,793 units at $3.65, Consolidated Bakeries had 51,701 units changing hands to end at $2.50, Dlophin Cove gained 29 cents to end at $12.50 with 2,480 shares changing hands, General Accident lost 5 cents and closed trading with 2,247 units at $2.95. Iron Rock Insurance rose 10 cents in trading 29,812 units to close at $3.30, Jamaican Teas fell 1 cent in trading 25,658 shares to close at $4, Jetcon Corporation lost 12 cents and ended with 1,616 shares trading at $4.03, Key Insurance lost 23 cents in trading 5,924 units to close at a new low of $2. Knutsford Express traded 10,500 shares but lost 45 cents in closing at $22.50, Lasco Distributors traded 39,885 units and rose 24 cents to close at $6.99, Lasco Financial ended with 28,956 shares changing hands at $3.10, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $5 with 970,918 shares trading as investors responded strongly to improved second quarter results. Medical Disposables fell 13 cents to close at $5.49 with 810 shares changing hands, Paramount Trading dropped $2 to close at $22 with 4,114 shares changing hands, tTech lost 5 cents and ended with 1,000 shares changing hands at $4.95.