On Monday 3,001,791 units valued at $10,821,358 were traded. At the close of market activities, the prices of 7 securities advanced, 11 declined and 8 remained unchanged leading the Junior Market Index to drop 32.73 points to 3,171.18.
Trading ended with an average of 409,732 units for an average of $1,381,255 in contrast to 103,510 units for an average of $373,150 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 560,963 units valued at $2,271,558, previously 578,429 units valued at $2,341,491. In contrast, December ended with an average of 136,222 units at a value of $737,367 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ended with higher bids than their last selling prices and just 3 closing with lower offers.
At the close of the day’s activities, Access Financial ended $1 higher at $50, while trading 975 shares, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 25 cents at $2.55, with 284,007 stock units trading, Blue Power concluded trading of 5,379 units, 5 cents higher at $5, CAC 2000 ended the day at $16, with an exchange of 15,768 shares. Caribbean Cream ended trading of 17,182 shares at $5.85, Caribbean Producers finished trading 10,724 units and rose 3 cents to $5, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 20 cents at $2.75, with 135,052 shares changing hands, Dolphin Cove concluded trading of 78,277 shares and rose by 1 cent to $15.01. Elite Diagnostic finished with a loss of 14 cents at $2.91, in exchanging 2,400 stock units, Everything Fresh closed trading of 36,200 shares at $1.92, Express Catering settled with a loss of 20 cents at $7.80 trading 50,500 units, Fontana traded another large volume, with 9,588,993 shares changing hands to close at $3.20. FosRich Group ended trading 29,221 shares, with a loss of 20 cents at $3.80, General Accident traded 15,471 shares and close 5 cents higher at $3.50, Honey Bun closed at $3.75, with 9,177 stock units changing hands. Indies Pharma rose by 20 cents to end at $3.15, trading 15,986 shares, Jamaican Teas closed at $4, with 25,813 shares traded, Jetcon Corporation settled with a loss of 20 cents at $3.10, with an exchange of 29,414 shares, Knutsford Express finished trading 8,984 shares with a loss of 1 cent at $12. Lasco Distributors closed at $3.70, with 80,575 shares trading, Lasco Financial ended 5 cents higher at $4.50, with 55,330 shares changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading of 65,410 stock units, with a loss of 10 cents to end at $3.30. Main Event finished with a loss of $1.08 at $5.90, exchanging 1,991 units, Medical Disposables settled at $6.50, trading 24,000 shares. Stationery and Office traded 22,286 shares with a loss of 10 cents at $8.40 and tTech closed with a loss of 50 cents at $5, after 43,924 units were traded.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.