Trading volume fell 47 percent and the value traded fell 63 percent from Friday’s levels,
ending with 28 securities changing hands and an exchange of 931,633 units valued at $3,535,851, compared to trading of 32 securities and 1,771,092 units valued at $9,457,886, on Friday.
Although, trading levels declined, the market climbed 23.23 points to 3,098.42 as the prices of 11 securities advanced, 9 declined and 8 remained unchanged.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Trading ended with an average of 33,273 units for an average of $126,280 in contrast to 55,347 units for an average of $295,559 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 87,372 units valued at $314,379 and previously, 94,551 units valued at $339,340. In contrast, April closed with an average of 87,963 units valued $317,267 for each security traded.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed $1 higher at $45, with 620 shares traded, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 1 cent at $1.89, with an exchange of 26,107 stock units, Blue Power concluded trading of 2,100 units, at $4.60, Caribbean Flavours declined by 50 cents, to close at $16, with 770 stock units changing hands. Caribbean Producers finished trading 3,020 units and rose 39 cents to $4.99, Consolidated Bakeries closed at $1.80, with an exchange of 2,850 shares, Derrimon Trading ended at $2.68, in exchanging 17,732 shares, Everything Fresh settled 2 cents higher at $1.62, with 48,759 units changing hands. Express Catering traded 8,114 shares and rose 13 cents, to end at $7.29, FosRich Group finished trading 21,724 shares and gained 27 cents to a new closing high of $4.67, Fontana closed 30 cents higher at a new closing high of $4.80, with an exchange of 200,841 stock units. General Accident jumped 87 cents higher to $4.89, with 5,100 units changing hands, GWest Corporation concluded trading of 34,500 shares, with a loss of 4 cents at $1.35, Honey Bun finished with a loss of 5 cents at $4.05, with an exchange of 47,710 shares, iCreate settled at 90 cents, with 2,500 shares trading. Indies Pharma ended trading 281,171 stock units after adding 14 cents in closing at $3.34, Jamaican Teas closed 10 cents higher at $4.20, with 1,898 shares changing hands, Jetcon Corporation ended with a loss of 18 cents at $2.30, with 8,088 shares crossing the exchange, but traded earlier, at an intraday 52 weeks’ low of $2.29. Key Insurance concluded trading with 1,247 stock units, after rising 20 cents to end at $3.90, Lasco Distributors traded 65,399 shares with a loss of 1 cent at $3.89, Lasco Financial ended at $5, with 28,300 shares changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing finished with a loss of 2 cents at $3.50, in trading 15,511 stock units. Main Event closed 60 cents higher at $5.60, with an exchange of 888 units, Paramount Trading concluded trading with 11,750 shares at $2.10, SSL Venture Capital finished at $1.70, with 2,846 shares passing through the exchange. Stationery and Office settled at $7.01 with 60,158 stock units changing hands and tTech traded with a loss of 10 cents at $6.10, with the trading of 6,300 shares. In the junior market preference segment, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 8 cents at $1.90, with 25,630 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.