Honey Bun dominates Junior Market trade

Trading rose sharply on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday as trading Honey Bun and Medical Disposables shares accounted for 9 million units of the nearly 10 million units to trade.
At the close of trading, 9,971,398 units valued at $49,004,441 were exchanged, compared to just 719,649 units valued at $3,154,582 on Wednesday.
The prices of 9 securities rose, 4 declined and 8 traded unchanged resulting from 22 securities changing hands on the Junior Market, compared to 24 on Tuesday. At the close of trading, the market Index slipped 5.48 points to close at 3,054.90.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Trading closed with an average of 453,245 units for an average of $2,227,475 in contrast to 34,269 units for an average of $150,218 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 291,975 units valued at $1,155,537 and previously 270,856 units valued at $1,015,164. June closed with an average of 139,543 units, valued at $671,002 for each security traded.
At the close of trading, Access Financial closed at $46.50, with 500 shares, AMG Packaging ended at $2.07, with 2,961 stock units traded, Blue Power concluded trading at $40, with 680 units, Caribbean Cream closed 6 cents higher at $4.90, with 259 shares, Caribbean Producers traded 2,000 units at $5.30. Consolidated Bakeries closed 10 cents higher at $2, trading 105,919 shares, Derrimon Trading ended trading with a loss of 1 cent at $22, with 18,262 shares, but only after trading at a record high of $23 earlier, Dolphin Cove finished 80 cents higher at $15.80, with 100 stock units, Elite Diagnostic rose 1 cent to $2.96, with 38,510 units. Everything Fresh traded at a new low since listing at $1.95 in the exchange of 169,459 units, but closed unchanged for the day at $2.10, Express Catering traded 12 cents higher at $7.26, with 22,882 shares changing hands, FosRich Group fell 5 cents to end at $2.85, with 31,244 shares, GWest Corporation ended 5 cents higher at $2.35, with 29,782 units trading, Honey Bun rose 10 cents higher to $5, with 6,006,556 shares. Jamaican Teas traded 3,000 stock units at $5.15, Jetcon Corporation closed 10 cents higher at $4.20, with 104,265 units, Key Insurance traded 13,837 shares at $3.01, Lasco Distributors concluded trading at $4.11, with 9,782 stock units. Lasco Manufacturing settled with a loss of 20 cents at $4, exchanging 8,190 shares, Main Event g 2ained cents to close at $6.82, with 8,559 shares, Medical Disposables traded 3,353,631 shares at $5 and Paramount Trading finished trading with a loss of 2 cents at $2.98, with 41,020 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.