
Blue Power jumped $3.50 to close at $56.5.
There were big price movements on the Junior Market at the close on Wednesday with reduced volume and value going through the market compared to Tuesday. Trading ended with 6 stocks advanced and 5 declined with 22 securities traded, the same as on Tuesday and market index slipped 7.28 points to 3,253.10.
A total of 801,626 units valued $6,349,583 traded, compared to 982,035 units valued $8,762,028 on Tuesday. At the close of trading, 7 stocks having bids higher than their last sale prices and 1 closed with a lower offer.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average of 36,438 units for an average value of $288,617 compared to 44,638 units for an average value of $398,274, on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for the month to date are 146,705 units valued at $$770,385, compared with 174,272 units valued at $890,827, previously, In contrast, May closed with averages of 89,339 units and $596,722.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended at $4.80 with 2,966 units changing hands, Blue Power jumped $3.50 to close at $56.50 in trading 2,000 units, Cargo Handlers lost $2.90 and closed at $15 with 1,171 shares trading and seems to be heading lower with just one bid at $10.50 in the market currently. The stock has fallen 50 percent from its high of $30 this year. Caribbean Cream traded 4,500 units to end at $8 after gaining 48 cents, Caribbean Flavours traded 3,000 units to end at $12, Caribbean Producers traded 60,066 units and lost 15 cents to end at $3.35, Consolidated Bakeries climbed 60 cents and ended at $3.20 with 122,586 shares changing hands, Derrimon Trading rose 10 cents and ended at $9.50 with 9,897 shares being exchanged, Dolphin Cove fell $1.98 to end at $18 with 3,000 shares trading, Eppley had 500 units changing hands to close of $12. General Accident closed trading with 10,000 shares to end at $2.90, Honey Bun had 19,271 shares changing hands to close at $6.85,
ISP Finance dropped $4 to $24 with 9,400 units trading, Jetcon Corporation ended at $14.88 with 77,087 shares trading, after falling to a low of $13 during trading, Knutsford Express traded 82,185 shares in closing at $16, Lasco Distributors ended trading 250,200 units at $7.25, Lasco Financial fell 5 cents, with 45,887 shares changing hands to end at $4. Lasco Manufacturing rose 18 cents to $4.99 in trading 22,700 shares. Main Event dropped 70 cents and ended trading 37,123 shares at $6.50, after the company audited accounts for the year to October 2016 shows lower profit than for the 11 months to September. Medical Disposables ended at $6 with 20,772 units crossing the exchange, Sweet River ended with 5,006 units changing hands at $3.50 and supply of tTech has dried up with few units being offered for sale. Investors traded 12,309 units with a gain of 10 cents at $7.70.