Cargo Handlers jumps $3 – Wednesday

Cargo Handlers jumped $3 to close at a new high of $49, with 1,000 units changing hands on the junior market on Wednesday, ahead of an August 3, board meeting to consider a stock split. Trading in the market closed with 12 securities being active. The index closed 12.08 points higher at 2,193.43 as 3 stocks gained and 4 declined with 1 closing at a new high and one at a new low. A total of 1,816,484 units traded, valued at $5,056,429.
A total of 6 stocks closed with bids higher than their last selling prices and none ended with a lower offer.
At the close, Caribbean Cream lost 30 cents with 16,885 shares changing hands to close at $6.70, General Accident lost 10 cents in trading 1,203,707 units at $2.05, Mayberry Investments crossed 1,203,365 of the shares to trade. Honey Bun had 9,913 shares changing hands to close at $5.50. Key Insurance traded 3,539 shares to close at $2.50, KLE Group had 4,950 units trading at $7.40, Lasco Distributors ended with 9.640 shares changing hands, to end at $7.40, Lasco Financial ended with 84,114 shares changing hands to close 5 cents higher at $3.40. Lasco Manufacturing closed at $5 with 81,326 shares trading, Medical Disposables traded 389,454 shares and gained 45 cents to close at $4, tTech traded 8,456 units to end at $4 and Derrimon Trading preference share ended with 3,500 shares changing hands to close 1 cent lower at a 52 weeks’ low of $2.07.