Junior Market climbs – Wednesday

Junior Market ended trading on Wednesday with an exchange of just 994,247 units valued at $3,815,366 from 20 securities changing hands, compared with 4,609,834 units valued at $19,615,022 from 18 securities on Tuesday.
Market activity resulted in with just 9 security advancing, 4 declining and 7 remaining unchanged, with the Junior Market Index advanced 32.75 points to close at 2,904.96.
Trading ended with an average of 49,712 units for an average of $190,768 compared to an average of 256,102 units for an average of $1,089,723 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 153,101 units at $652,558, compared to an average of 191,316 units at $681,419 on the previous trading day. February closed with an average of 338,697 units at an average value of $1,495,774 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows just 5 stocks ending with the bid higher than the last selling price and 6 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed at $51, with 839 shares, CAC 2000 finished with a loss of 30 cents at $8.70, trading 7,644 shares, Caribbean Flavours traded 2,490 stock units at $10.90, Caribbean Producers finished trading with a loss of 10 cents at $4.45, with 17,550 units, Consolidated Bakeries closed with a loss of 1 cent at $2.04, while trading 1,000 shares. Elite Diagnostic settled 1 cent higher at $3.11, with 310,018 units, Express Catering traded 2,450 shares at $4.50, FosRich Group finished trading with a loss of 11 cents at $2.40, in exchanging 56,934 shares, General Accident closed 29 cents higher at $3.19, with 700 stock units. GWest Corporation ended at $2.70, with 210,721 units, Honey Bun concluded trading 9 cents higher at $4.39, with 19,360 shares, Jamaican Teas rose 50 cents to $4.50, with a mere 105 stock units, Jetcon Corporation traded 5 cents higher at $4.25, with 11,572 units. Lasco Distributors concluded trading at $4, with 73,705 stock units, Lasco Financial finished 30 cents higher at $5, with 67,740 units, Lasco Manufacturing gained 21 cents to end at $4.20, with 10,720 shares, Medical Disposables traded at $4.85, with 24,000 shares. Stationery and Office closed at $5.50, with 166,199 units and tTech climbed $1 higher to $6, with 500 shares. In the junior market preference segment, Eppley 8.75% finished trading at $6, with 10,000 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.