Cargo Handlers hits 52 weeks’ high.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Monday with 29 securities changing hands, with the prices of 11 securities advanced, 8 declined and 10 remained unchanged and the Junior Market Index falling 18.43 points to 3,203.91.
Trading resulted in an exchange of 3,001,791 units valued at $10,821,358 compared to 2,589,319 units valued at $7,927,611 on Friday, from 23 securities changing hands. Trading ended with an average of 103,510 units for an average of $373,150 in contrast to 112,579 units for an average of $344,679 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 578,429 units valued at $2,341,491, previously 617,911 units valued at $2,530,504. In contrast, December ended with an average of 136,222 units at a value of $737,367 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks ended with higher bids than their last selling prices and just 2 closing with lower offers.
At the close of the day’s activities, Access Financial closed with a loss of $1 at $49, in trading of 2,286 shares, AMG Packaging ended 10 cents higher at $2.80, with an exchange of 546,887 stock units, Blue Power concluded trading of 23,948 units at $4.95, Cargo Handlers settled 50 cents higher at a 52 weeks’ high of $15.50, with 1,000 shares changing 
hands. Caribbean Cream ended trading with 181,879 shares, rising 36 cents higher to $5.85, Caribbean Flavours traded 10,200 stock units, and gained $2 to close at $19, Caribbean Producers finished trading 38,890 units, for 1 cent higher at $4.97, Consolidated Bakeries closed with a loss of 5 cents at $2.10, in exchanging 28,740 shares. Derrimon Trading ended 35 cents higher at $2.95, with 18,012 shares changing hands, Elite Diagnostic finished 18 cents higher at $3.05, with 382,687 stock units trading, Everything Fresh rose 8 cents in trading 104,348 shares at $1.92, Express Catering settled at $8, with 129,312 units changing hands, Fontana lost 10 cents in trading 1,105,394 shares and closed at $3.20. FosRich Group ended trading 11,067 shares, for 10 cents higher at $4, GWest Corporation finished trading at $1.75, with an exchange of 4,931 shares. Honey Bun closed at $3.75, with 1,812 stock units trading, Indies Pharma fell 5 cents to end at $2.95, trading 85,832 shares, ISP Finance concluded trading of 6,995 shares at $13, KLE Group traded 1,039 units with a loss of 10 cents to end at $2.80, Knutsford Express traded 12,868 shares at $13. 
Lasco Distributors closed at $3.70, in trading 50,300 shares, Lasco Financial ended 10 cents higher at $4.45, in swapping 22,703 shares, Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading of 2,000 stock units, with a loss of 30 cents at $3.40, Main Event finished 8 cents higher at $6.98, with 33,323 units changing hands. Medical Disposables settled with a loss of 10 cents at $6.50, after 1,000 shares were exchanged, SSL Venture Capital exchanged 33,723 shares to close at $1.95, Stationery and Office traded 20,816 shares at $8.50 and tTech closed at $5.50, trading 35,022 units. In the junior market preference segment, CAC 2000 closed with a loss of 10 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of at $1, with 104,777 shares traded.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.