Eppley jumps by $85 on Friday
August 26, 2016 by
The stocks trading at new highs are, Cargo Handlers climbing 98 cents to $76.01 with 3,470 shares changing hands, Eppley closing at $735 with 9,000 units traded and Knutsford Express Services jumping $1.75 to close at $25 as just 190 units of the company’s shares traded.
The standoff between buyers and sellers as the market continues to consolidate with volumes being offered slowly falling remains in place at the market’s close leaving a number of stocks short on supply to meet any meaningful demand. Trading ended with 5 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 ending with lower offers.
At the close, CAC 2000 gained 40 cents in trading 81,096 shares, to end at $6.40, Caribbean Cream closed with 55,718 shares changing hands at $7, Caribbean Flavours traded 2,791 units to end at $7, Caribbean Producers rose 15 cents in trading 91,336 units at $3.55, Dolphin Cove ended at $15.61 with 2,000 shares trading, to gain 11 cents. Honey Bun rose 45 cents with 9,140 shares changing hands, to close at $5.55, Iron Rock with 3,697 units changing hands, ended at $3.30, KLE Group ended at $1.40 with 86,818 shares changing hands after falling by 3 cents. Lasco Distributors ended with 15,875 shares changing hands at $7, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.55 with 111,727 shares trading, after falling 35 cents. Medical Disposables ended with a rise of 3 cents as 28,207 shares changed hands at $3.09, Sweet River Abattoir with 6,000 units trading rose 1 cent to end at $3.85 and Derrimon Trading preference share gained 12 cents ended with 2,050 units changing hands to close at $2.20.