Lasco Distributors dominated trading on Monday with 9m shares.
The market closed with 9,177,959 units valued at $63,684,987 passing through the market, compared to 5,586,153 units valued at $33,901,745 that were traded on Friday. At the close, with 21 securities changing hands, up from 19 on Friday with 6 advancing and 7 declining.
The junior market ended trading with an average of 437,046 units for an average value of $3,032,618 traded, compared to 294,008 units for an average value of $1,784,302 on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for the month to date is 328,309 units and $2,363,612.
The average volume and value for the month to the previous trading day ended at 306,561 units and $2,229,811. 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 1 ending with a lower offer, than the last traded price.
At the close of the market on Monday, AMG Packaging gained 30 cents to close at $5.80 with 800 units changing hands, Blue Power traded 1,000 units to close at $35, Cargo Handlers traded 2,630 shares to end at $21, Caribbean Cream traded 20,100 units to end at $7.30, Consolidated Bakeries lost 1 cent with 4,500 shares changing hands, to close at $2.91, Derrimon Trading had 24,868 units changing hands to close at $8.70, Dolphin Cove ended at $20 with 1,000 shares trading, General Accident fell 10 cents and closed trading with 3,000 shares at $3.05, Honey Bun had 14,265 shares changing hands to close with a gain of 19 cents at $7.49, Jamaican Teas traded 28,071 shares to close at $7.40, Jetcon Corporation lost 35 cents to end at $11.50 with 1,000 shares traded, KLE Group traded 17,182 shares and fell 50 cents in closing at $3,
Knutsford Express traded just 2,537 shares and gained $1 in closing at $41, Lasco Distributors gained 5 cents and ended with 8,934,455 units trading to close at $6.85, Lasco Financial shed 5 cents and ended with 83,990 shares changing hands at $3.80, Lasco Manufacturing closed with 10,755 units changing hands at $4.99, Main Event rose 3 cents trading 200 shares at $5.23, Medical Disposables closed trading with 10,500 shares at $6, Paramount Trading closed with a loss of 10 cents to end a $3.60 with 600 units trading, tTech trade 1,500 shares and gained 50 cents to end at $7.50 and Derrimon Trading preference share fell 6 cents and ended with 15,000 units changing hands to close at $2.05.