The Junior Market closed trading with only moderate interest and only 153,055 units valued at $196,918 changed hands. The JSE Junior Market Index increased 2.07 points to close at 666.40 as only 4 securities traded with 1 advancing and 1 declining.
At the close of the market there were 3 stocks with bids higher than the last selling price and 5 stocks with offers that were lower. The junior market continues to exhibit weakness with 9 stocks closing with no bids to buy, against 5 that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Lasco Manufacturing with 29,802 units, closed 2 cents higher at $1.04, Paramount Trading had 18,511 units trading, falling 2 cents to $2.50, Lasco Distributors traded 100,000 shares at $1.15 and Lasco Financial traded only 4,742 units at $1.
4 stocks trade on junior market
October 14, 2014 by