Activity on the Junior Market closed with 6 securities traded and ending with 622,936 units changing hands valued at $866,023. The JSE Junior Market Index declined 1.24 points to close at 700.44, with the price of 1 stock advancing and 4 declining with two stocks reaching news lows by the end of trading.
At the close of the market, there were 6 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 stocks with offers that were lower. The junior market ended with 6 securities closing with no bids to buy and 5 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, Lasco Financial ending with 156,000 units to close with a gain of 1 cent at $1.06, General Accident while dealing in 152,836 shares closed at $1.70, Caribbean Flavours ending with 10,000 units and closing 30 cents lower at a new 52 weeks’ low of $2.05. Lasco Distributors ending with 164,700 shares, closed with a loss of 1 cent at $1.45, Lasco Manufacturing trading 100,400 units to fall 9 cents to $1.15, Medical Disposables concluded trading with 39,000 units with a decline of 20 cents to a new low of $1.60.
2 junior market stocks hit lows
March 3, 2015 by