The Junior Market fall pushed the index to close at 3,398.78 on Monday with 29 securities changing hands, resulting in the prices of 11 securities gaining, 14 declined and 4 remained unchanged.
At the close of trading, 2,155,083 units valued at $9,679,894 passed through the market, compared to 2,702,763 units valued at $10,370,231 with 26 securities changing hands on Friday.
Trading ended with an average of 74,313 units at $333,789 for each security exchanged, in contrast to 103,952 units for an average of $398,855 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 1,192,684 valued at $3,076,854 and previously 1,269,357 valued at $3,264,913 for each security traded. August ended with an average of 232,398 units valued at $1,072,851 for each traded security.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the close of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial dived $5.14 in trading of 8,824 units to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $34.86. AMG Packaging fell 12 cents in trading of 4,100 units at $1.70, Caribbean Cream climbed 25 cents in exchanging 100 shares at $5.25, Cargo Handlers ended with a loss of 1 cent at $9.50 with 3,338 stock units changing hands. Caribbean Producers shed 10 cents trading of 402,636 units to close at $4.70, Derrimon Trading fell 3 cents with 6,000 units changing hands at $2.44, Express Catering ended market activity in exchanging 1,000 shares to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $5.60 after falling 90 cents, Everything Fresh declined by 26 cents trading 54,100 units to end at $1. Elite Diagnostic dipped 29 cents with 44,524 units crossing the exchange to close at $5.31, Fosrich ended trading with 99,251 shares, after rising 2 cents to end at $4.95, Fontana exchanged 5,390 shares and declined 5 cents to settle at $8.05, General Accident climbed 60 cents in trading 104,600 shares to end at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $6.85. Honey Bun traded 6,719 shares, after rising 30 cents to end at $6.50, iCreate exchanged 10,000 shares to close at 75 cents after falling 2 cents, Iron Rock Insurance fell 5 cents in trading 103,000 units at $3.95, Jamaican Teas climbed 12 cents and exchanged 120,687 shares at $6.10. Jetcon Corporation climbed 30 cents with 188,632 shares changing hands at $2.10, Knutsford Express ended market activity exchanging 2,750 shares to close at $10.90 after falling 9 cents, Limners and Bards closed 3 cents higher at $2.55, with 252,272 stock units clearing the exchange, Lasco Distributors ended exchanging 126,000 shares to close at $3.25 after falling 23 cents. Lasco Financial traded 95,877 shares, after rising 22 cents to end at $4.90, Medical Disposables climbed 70 cents and exchanged 99,870 shares at $8.80, Main Event ended trading with 150 shares, after rising 34 cents to end at $5.99 and tTech swapped 27,000 shares, after rising 70 cents to end at $6.60. In the junior market preference segment, CAC 2000 dipped 2 cents in trading 18,045 units at $1.08.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.