Junior market trading ended with the Index gaining 27.35 points to close at 3,101.31 on Wednesday with the prices of 13 securities advancing, 9 declining and 5 remaining unchanged.
Trading ended with 27 securities changing hands, compared to 26 previously, resulting in an exchange of 2,637,177 units valued at $9,847,525, compared to 3,139,829 units valued at $14,134,481 on Tuesday.
Trading ended with an average of 97,673 units for an average of $364,723 in contrast to 120,763 units for an average of $543,634 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 270,714 valued at $702,301 and previously 276,019 valued at $729,188. In contrast, January closed with average of 2,245,428 units with a value of $7,372,574 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended at $2.50, with an exchange of 2,420 stock units, Blue Power traded 6,315 units and rose 15 cents to close at $5, CAC 2000 finished with a loss of 48 cents at $12.12, with 500 shares changing hands. Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of 50 cents at $14, in exchanging 500 shares, Caribbean Flavours traded 500 stock units with a gain of $1.42 to close at $18, Caribbean Producers finished trading 19,809 units at $4.70, Derrimon Trading ended at $2.70, with an exchange of 155,256 shares. Dolphin Cove concluded trading of 700 shares at $15, with a loss of 50 cents. Everything Fresh finished with a loss of 19 cents at $1.60, trading 57,525 stock units, Elite Diagnostic settled at $3, with an exchange of 4,100 units, Express Catering ended trading of 62,902 shares, at $7.06. FosRich Group traded 204,252 shares, with a loss of 7 cents to close at $3.98, Fontana finished trading with a loss of 4 cents at $3.95, with 816,855 shares changing hands. General Accident closed 1 cent higher at $4, while exchanging 82,475 stock units, GWest Corporation ended 14 cents higher at $1.69, with 15,182 units trading, Honey Bun concluded trading of 201,036 shares and rose 14 cents higher to $3.99, Indies Pharma finished 10 cents higher at $2.80, in exchanging 61,592 shares. ISP Finance ended trading with 5,000 stock units and climbed $2 to $13, Jamaican Teas traded 81,678 units for 28 cents more at $4, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 446,571 shares, adding 15 cents to end at $3.15, Knutsford Express lost $1.60 cents to close at $10.90, with 4,100 stock units changing hands. Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 29 cents at $3.70, with 210,378 units trading, Lasco Financial settled 24 cents higher at $4.80, with 82,082 shares crossing through the exchange, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 101,576 shares, and rose 4 cents to end at $3.20, Medical Disposables finished trading 1,381 stock units and gained 25 cents to end at $5.75. SSL Venture Capital ended with a loss of 5 cents at $1.90, trading 9,803 shares and Stationery and Office concluded trading 30 cents higher at $8.50, with 2,689 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.