The junior market closed on Tuesday with 17 securities trading, 8 of which advanced, 5 declined but the market index slipped 5.86 points to end at 2,217.64. The market ended with 4 stocks closing at a new 52 weeks’ highs.
The volume of 2,288,351 units changed hands, valued at $8,386,950. At the close, 1 security ended with no bid to buy and 8 securities had no stocks being offered for sale but 3 stocks closed with bids that were higher than their last selling prices and 1 ended with a lower offer.
In trading, AMG Packaging gained 50 cents with 13,116 units changing hands at $15.50 for a new 52 weeks high, CAC 2000 closed with 12,000 units changing hands with a gain of 18 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $6.71, C2W Music closed with 4,620 units changing hands to close at 49 cents. Caribbean Cream ended with a loss of 10 cents as the stock remains under selling pressure, as 35,984 shares changed hands to close at $4.65. Caribbean Flavours traded 1,896 units to end with a loss of 45 cents at $8.50, Caribbean Producers traded 13,317 units but fell 50 cents to close at $5.50 after trading as low as $5.10, Consolidated Bakeries traded 815,024 shares at $1.40. Derrimon Trading closed with gain of 29 cents at 52 weeks’ high of $4.50 with 57,000 units changing hands, General Accident gained 5 cents while trading 49,450 shares to close at $2.10, Honey Bun ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $9.25 with 5,650 units trading with a gain of 10 cents. Jamaican Teas gained 10 cents with 94,640 shares trading to close at a $5.10, KLE Group closed with 89,800 units changing hands at $2.75, after rising 25 cents, Lasco Distributors closed with 44,649 units trading and ended with a gain of 10 cents at $7.35. Lasco Financial fell 2 cents to close at $4.12 with 9,309 shares changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 1,035,846 shares to close at $5, Medical Disposables closed at $3.57 with 4,000 shares trading but lost 1 cent and tTech closed at $4.75 with 2,050 shares trading.
4 new junior highs on Tuesday
February 2, 2016 by