The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market Index jumped 42.15 points to close at 3,374.61 on Monday as 30 securities changed hands, with 11 rising, 12 declining and 7 remaining unchanged.
Trading settled with an exchange of a mere 928,669 units valued at $4,592,801 compared to 2,670,009 units valued at $10,210,028 from 26 securities changing hands on Friday.
Trading ended with an average of 30,956 units for an average of $153,093 in contrast to 102,693 units for an average of $392,693 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 95,253 units valued at $445,940 and previously 98,899 units valued at $462,547. In contrast, September closed with an average of 954,574 units valued at $2,612,695 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 bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial traded 16,365 shares and closed 79 cents down to $34.21, AMG Packaging closed with a loss of 10 cents at $1.90, in swapping 12,128 shares, Blue Power rose 90 cents to end at $7.80, trading 8,435 stock units. CAC 2000 gained $1.10 to end at $15.10 with an exchange of 800 stock units, Consolidated Bakeries lost 8 cents to close at $1.67 while trading 15,000 shares, Derrimon Trading closed with 19,000 units changing hands and gained 25 cents to end at $2.45. Elite Diagnostic traded 33,099 shares and lost 1 cent to close at $5.81, Express Catering ended trading with 95,931 shares after rising 20 cents to end at $6.50, Fosrich ended swapping 1,420 shares to close at $4.76 after falling 8 cents. General Accident lost 44 cents in trading 6,532 shares to close at $8.06, Honey Bun lost 60 cents in trading 12,000 units to close at $6.30, iCreate lost 5 cents in trading of 50,000 units at 65 cents, Indies Pharma climbed 9 cents and exchanged 7,004 shares at $3.15. Iron Rock insurance traded 218 shares and gained 40 cents to close at $4, Jamaican Teas ended trading with 63,736 shares after rising 37 cents to end at $6.30. Jetcon Corporation lost 9 cents with 8,100 units crossing the exchange at $1.90, Lasco Financial rose 5 cents to end at $4.90, with an exchange of 86,959 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing lost 30 cents trading 23,036 units at $5.05. Limners and Bards closed 5 cents lower at $2.45, with 30,992 stock units changing hands, Main Event climbed 9 cents in exchanging 8,053 shares at $5.11, Medical Disposables closed with a loss of 9 cents at $8, after swapping 1,000 shares. Paramount Trading ended market activity exchanging 100 shares to close at $1.80 after falling 20 cents and SSL Venture ended trading with 33,190 shares, after rising 15 cents to end at $1.45.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.