Tuesday, 11th June 2013 | Only 5 stocks traded in the junior market today with AMG Packaging closing up 22 cents at $4.40 while trading 24,937 units. Lasco Distributors closed at $13 off 74 cents for the day as it traded 14.900 units. General Accident traded 149,954 units at $1.92 and Lasco Manufacturing was flat for the day in trading 28,750 units at $14.
In the main market, Grace Kennedy traded 1.17 million units between $58 and $58.75 before closing at $58, down $1. Jamaica Money Market Brokers traded 706,000 units between $8.65 and $8.75 but closed at $8.65. Sagicor Life saw 319,000 shares swapping hands at $9 down 43 cents for Monday. Proven preference shares traded 1.336 million units at $5.09, National Commercial Bank closed up 30 cents at $19.50 at the close as 70,310 shares traded. Pan Jam rose 40 cents to close at $55.50. Seprod gained 39 cents to reach $15 at the close. Carreras traded 95,696 units while closing at $59 after loosing $1, the stock closed with its offer at $58.95. D&G had trading in 93,941 units at the closing price of $4.95 and at the end of trading there were 365,955 units with a bid at the closing price of $4.95.
In the end 4,502,486 shares traded for a value of $94.58 million as 23 stocks changed hands as 9 stocks registered price gains and 8 recorded declines. At the end of the day, bids for 2 stocks were higher and 5 stocks had offers that were lower than their last selling price
All the indices except the US dollar index where there was no trades and the junior market that slipped less than a point recorded moderate increases on the day.
