Cargo Handlers traded at a new all-time high of $12 on Wednesday.
Trading volume dropped 48 percent from Tuesday’s levels, ending with 718,533 units changing hands, while value traded, fell 42 percent to $4,825,236 from $8,364,061 on Tuesday.
An average of 44,908 units with an average value of $301,577 traded, compared to 81,413 units with an average value of $492,004 on the preceding trading day. The average for the month to date, amounts to 140,710 units at $781,154.
At the close of the market on 16 securities traded, versus 17 on Tuesday resulting in 5 stocks advancing and 4 declining stocks as 1 stock closed a new high. The market index climbed 36.24 points to 2,381.82 to be up 33 percent for the year to date.Market activities ended with 4 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 ending with lower offers.
CAC 2000 that could being facing a $200 million legal claim pay out, failed to trade but ended with an offer of $6.16 compared to $5.36 on Tuesday versus the last traded price of $6.30.
In trading activity, AMG Packaging climbed $2.58 while trading 3,000 shares to close at $19.58, Blue Power lost 10 cents and ended at $24.40 with 9,700 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream ended with 12,750 shares changing hands at $7.10, Caribbean Flavours traded 2,670 units to end at $8.38. Caribbean Producers lost 10 cents in trading 9,550 units to end at $3.65, Consolidated Bakeries had 20,000 units changing hands to end at $2.50,
C2W Music traded 14,000 shares but fell 1 cent to 24 cents, Derrimon Trading ended at $4.60 with 25,000 shares changing hands, after rising by 60 cents. General Accident closed trading with 1,500 units at $3 but ended with the stock being offered at $2.99, Jetcon Corporation lost 5 cents and ended with 10,000 shares trading at $4.15, Lasco Distributors traded 178,472 units and rose 25 cents to close at $6.75, Lasco Financial ended with 40,310 shares changing hands at $3.10, Lasco Manufacturing rose 1 cent and closed at $5 with 193,398 shares trading but was on offer at $4.80 at the close. tTech ended with 9,420 shares changing hands at $5 and Eppley 10% preference share, traded 26,000 units at $6.10.
