AMG leads Juniors on Thursday

The Junior Market volume and value of stocks trading jumped sharply on Thursday, with AMG Packaging accounting for 10 million units and Lasco Financial 4 million shares. The market index dropped 23.44 points, to end at 3,021.54 with 21 securities changing hands, down from 22 on Wednesday with 5 advancing and 7 declining.
Trading fell back on Thursday from Wednesday’s levels, with a volume of 16,784,123 units valued at $127,813,133 passing through the market, compared to 1,676,664 units valued at $10,468,019 that were traded on Wednesday.
The junior market ended trading with an average of 839,206 units for an average value of $6,390,657 traded, compared to 79,841 units for an average value of $498,477 on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for the month to date is 309,700 units and $2,341,189. The average volume and value for the month to the previous trading day ended at 133,197 units and $961,366. The average volume and value for March was 137,459 units and $1,313,411.
Trading ended with 4 stocks having bids higher than their last sale prices and none ending with a lower offer, than the last traded price.
At the close of the market on Thursday, Access Financial Services gained 25 cents to close at $34.25 in trading traded 1,831 units, AMG Packaging rose by 12 cents to close at $5.61 with 10,000,000 units changing hands, Blue Power traded 500 units to close at $35, CAC 2000 shed 73 cents and closed at $7.27 with 29,360 shares trading, Cargo Handlers traded 2,492 shares to end with a gain of 85 cents at $20.95, Caribbean Cream traded 13,645 units to end at $7.30, Caribbean Producers traded 10,000 units to end at $3.75, Consolidated Bakeries lost 10 cents with 9,127 shares changing hands, to close at $3, C2W Music had 75,230 units changing hands to close at 25 cents, Derrimon Trading gained 20 cents and ended at a new high of $8.70 with 1,063 shares changing hands, Dolphin Cove ended at $20 with 6,611 shares trading. Honey Bun had 5,245 shares changing hands to close at $7.30, I$P Finance traded 2,990 shares to end with a rise of 50 cents at an all-time high of $14, Jamaican Teas had 26,558 shares being exchanged to close at $7.50, Jetcon Corporation lost 1 cent to end at $11.89 with 10,660 shares being exchanged, Knutsford Express traded just 1,209,000 shares and fell $2 in closing at $40, Lasco Distributors ended with 151,076 units trading at $6.80 after losing by 9 cents, Lasco Financial ended with 4,019,937 shares changing hands at $3.80, Lasco Manufacturing closed with 1,180,858 units changing hands at $4.80 after losing 28 cents and Medical Disposables lost 50 cents in trading 27,940 shares to close at $6.