Another record close for juniors – Wednesday

The junior market index closed at a new all-time high on Wednesday, as advancing stocks were edged out by declining ones pushing the market index up by 20.38 points to end at 2,573.55 points with a 44 percent increase for the year to date.
At the close, the prices of 7 stocks rose, 3 declined with 14 securities trading, compared to 14 trading on Friday. Volume of stocks traded surged on Wednesday by 334 percent, from Friday’s level, ending with 2,545,501 units changing hands, valued at $16,691,479, up by 559 percent from $2,533,304 on Friday.
Market activities ended with 3 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 ending with a lower offer.
An average of 181,822 units with an average value of $1,192,249 traded, compared to 41,940 units with an average value of $180,950 on the preceding trading day. The average for December to date is 136,554 units, at an average of $696,188. The average for December to Friday is 133,892 units, at an average of $667,008. November ended with an average of 109,679 units with an average value of $607,092.
In trading Blue Power rose $2 in trading 10,000 shares at $27, Cargo Handlers dropped $1.10 to close at $17.50, with 41,172 units changing hands, Caribbean Flavours had 20,000 units being exchanged at $12, C2W Music traded 11,939 units at 35 cents, General Accident had 7,976 units changing hands to close at $3. Honey Bun had 544 shares changing hands to close at $5.95 after shedding 5 cents. Jetcon Corporation rose 2 cents to close at $5.90 with 1,094,291 shares trading, KLE Group closed with 1,504 shares trading at $1.95, Knutsford Express traded 6,700 shares at $19.55, Lasco Distributors ended with 1,117,322 units trading with a gain of 25 cents at $7. Lasco Financial lost 5 cents with 21,345 shares changing hands, to end at $3.20, Lasco Manufacturing ended at $4.98, after 147,247 units switched hands, Paramount Trading exchanged 64,362 units at $3 and tTech traded 1,079 units with a rise of 5 cents to close at $5.30.