At the close of market activities the Junior Market Index dropped 49.56 points to close at 2,777.49 as the prices of 6 securities advanced, 7 declined and 11 remained unchanged.
At the close of trading, 24 securities changed hands compared to 23 on Monday, resulting in an exchange of 1,666,398 units valued at $6,383,021 compared to 2,275,981 units valued at $9,193,941 on Monday.
Trading ended with an average of 69,433 units for an average of $265,959 in contrast to 98,956 units for an average of $399,737 on Monday. Trading month to date amounts to an average of 123,374 shares valued at $507,918 and previously, an average of 134,730 units valued at $558,856. December closed with average of 568,732 units valued at $3,447,957 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ending with bids higher than the last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed at $43, with 4,600 shares traded, AMG Packaging ended at $2.92, with 20,779 stock units changing hands, Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of 90 cents at $10, in exchanging 803 shares, Caribbean Flavours gained 5 cents to end at $11.05, with 4,600 units, Caribbean Producers finished trading at $4.28, with 178,383 shares. Consolidated Bakeries rose 4 cents to $2, with 100,000 shares trading, C2W Music ended at 51 cents, with 6,779 stock units, Derrimon Trading closed at $7, with 9,500 units traded, Express Catering ended trading at $4.50, with 24,765 stock units. FosRich Group traded 2 cents higher at $2.52, with 122,543 units, General Accident finished trading with a loss of 5 cents at $2.95, with 21,277 shares, GWest Corporation closed with a loss of 23 cents at $2.87, with 461,864 shares, Honey Bun ended at $4.15, with 1,160 stock units.
Jamaican Teas settled with a loss of 35 cents at $4.50, with 106,755 shares, Jetcon Corporation traded with a loss of 24 cents at $4.50, exchanging 157,418 stock units, KLE Group rose 15 cents to $2.30, with 7,905 shares, Knutsford Express closed 10 cents higher at $14.90, with 527 shares. Lasco Distributors ended 15 cents higher at $3.70, with 177,800 stock units, Lasco Financial concluded trading with a loss of 1 cent at $5.38, with 152,002 units, Lasco Manufacturing finished at $3.65, with 79,533 shares, Main Event settled at $6, with 24,393 shares. Stationery and Office finished trading at $4.80, with 1,400 shares, tTech ended with a loss of 10 cents at $6.50, with 1,478 stock units and In the Junior Market preference segment, Eppley concluded trading at $7.20, with 134 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
