A new junior record on – Thursday

Trading on the Junior market ended with a third consecutive record high Thursday as the closed at a new high of 2,373.89 for a gain of 7.58 points as 4 stocks rose and 2 declined with just 10 securities that trading.
Trading volume and value rose from Wednesday’s levels, ending with 1,742,459.00 units changing hands, 129 percent more than on Wednesday, while the value traded climbed by 224 percent to $12,530,207, from $3,870,697 on Wednesday.
Market activities ended with 10 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 ending with lower offers. Month end is a period when some bids increase to show stronger close than for a few days before with valuation of portfolios based on the higher bids.
In market activity Cargo Handlers stock has not traded since it closed at $86.10 on September 12, the market closed with the bid at $91 to buy 3,000 units, with no units offered for sale, next in line to buy is 6,540 shares at $89, there were stocks offered for sale at the close. The company at a recent extraordinary meeting approved a 10 for 1 stock split, to take effect from the close of business on October 21. Key Insurance remains under pressure with the offer at $2.30 to sell 30,000 units compared with the last sale of $2.49. There were no bids to buy the stock at the close.
Blue Power closed at $25 with 12,400 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream lost 23 cents with 31,000 shares changing hands to close at $9.27, C2W traded 37,949 shares to close at 24 cents, Honey Bun with 3,050 shares changing hands and closed at $6.19 with a gain of 19 cents. Jetcon Corporation had just 2,200 units changing hands, to end at $4.70, KLE Group ended at $2.10 with 48,500 shares changing hands after rising by 24 cents, Knutsford Express traded 10,500 units to close at $24 after shedding 48 cents, Lasco Distributors closed with a gain of 24 cents as 1,610,495 units traded at $7.24. Lasco Financial ended with 11,739 shares changing hands at $3.18, after rising by 13 cents, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $5 with 9,565 shares trading.