Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Tuesday with 22 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 11,662,775 units valued at $43,945,611 as Key Insurance traded 9.5 million units. On Monday just 843,267 units valued at $2,847,021 traded from 26 securities.
At the close of market activities, the prices of 4 securities advanced, 11 declined and 7 remained unchanged leading the Junior Market Index to dive 82.86 points to close at 3,187.17.
Trading ended with an average of 530,126 units for an average of $1,997,528 in contrast to 32,433 units for an average of $109,501 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 195,380 units valued at $677,394 and previously 177,719 units valued at $607,746. October, ended with an average of 69,421 units valued at $347,455 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed with a loss of $2.50 at $49.50, with 81,323 shares changing hands, AMG Packaging ended at $1.89, with an exchange of 2,100 stock units, Blue Power concluded trading of 807 units and rose 45 cents to $5.45, Caribbean Producers finished trading with a loss of 9 cents at $5.40, with 500 units, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 10 cents at $2.85, with 183,100 shares changing hands. Elite Diagnostic finished 5 cents higher at $3.05, trading 70,455 stock units, Eppley settled at $9.10, with an exchange of 298 units, Everything Fresh traded 368,432 shares after falling 10 cents and closed at an all-time low of $1.50, Express Catering ended trading of 48,905 shares, with a loss of 50 cents at $8, FosRich Group traded 54,955 shares and rose 10 cents to close at $4. General Accident finished trading of 13,917 shares with a loss of 2 cents at $3.50, Indies Pharma traded 68,298 shares in closing at $3, Jamaican Teas settled at $4, trading 1,294 shares, Jetcon Corporation ended trading with a loss of 4 cents at $3.75, with 26,843 stock units changing hands, Key Insurance traded 9,535,317 units with a loss of 55 cents to end at $3.45. Lasco Distributors ended at $3.80, with 1,016,500 shares changing hands, Lasco Financial concluded trading with an exchange of 87,215 stock units after falling 40 cents to $4.85, Lasco Manufacturing finished trading 58,277 units at $3.50, Main Event settled 10 cents higher at $6.10, with an exchange of 7,226 shares. Paramount Trading dropped 82 cents to end at $2.15, with 25,000 shares trading, SSL Venture Capital traded 9,823 shares to end at $1.80 and Stationery and Office finished trading of 2,190 stock units with a loss of 8 cents to close at $9.40.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.