Junior Market close out October down

In Junior Market activity, Express Catering traded 5 million that pushed the overall volume to 7,039,541 units valued at $46,203,913, compared to 1,044,222 units valued at $3,800,904 on Tuesday.
Trading ended in the regular market with 25 securities changing hands, versus 29 on Tuesday, leading to gains in the prices of 11, decline of 5 while 10 remained unchanged. The market Index rose 17.11 points but closed October with a loss of 88.45 point to close at 3,306.56, on Wednesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading had 10 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices, while 5 closed with lower offers.
Trading ended with an average of a mere 281,582 units for an average of $1,848,156 in contrast to 36,008 units for an average of $131,066 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 69,421 units valued at $347,455 and previously 59,915 units valued at $276,934. September, ended with an average of 484,335 at $2,628,299 for each security traded.
At the close of trading, Access Financial closed $2 higher at $52, with 1,645 shares changing hands, AMG Packaging ended at $1.80, exchanging 302,368 stock units, Blue Power concluded trading with a loss of 20 cents at $6, with 3,970 units, Cargo Handlers settled at $13, trading 5,467 shares, Caribbean Flavours traded 5,117 stock units at $18. Caribbean Producers finished trading 10,859 units, for 5 cents higher at $6.55, Consolidated Bakeries closed 1 cent higher at $2.30, with 50,000 shares changing hands, Derrimon Trading ended 41 cents higher at $2.82, with 46,000 shares trading, Elite Diagnostic finished with 18,229 stock units changing hands at $3.17. Everything Fresh fell 6 cents in trading 177,881 shares, to close at $2, Express Catering ended trading 5,012,164 shares with a loss of 25 cents to close at $7.85, FosRich Group traded with a loss of 5 cents at $3.05, with 171,333 shares, Honey Bun ended 9 cents higher at $4.14, in exchanging 6,350 units, Indies Pharma rose 10 cents and closed at $3.30 with 659,403 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas settled at $4, trading 5,827 shares. Jetcon Corporation ended trading 36,193 stock units, for 15 cents more at $3.85, KLE Group finished 15 cents higher at $3.90, trading 1,640 shares, Knutsford Express closed at $12, exchanging 807 shares, Lasco Distributors ended at $4, with 54,996 shares. Lasco Financial concluded trading of 320,455 stock units, with a loss of 5 cents to end at $5.45, Lasco Manufacturing finished 6 cents higher at $3.66, swapping 117,031 units, Paramount Trading ended at $2.75, with 28,694 shares changing hands, Sweet River closed with a loss of 30 cents at a 52 weeks’ low of $3.50, trading 1,200 units and tTech ended $1 higher at $6, with 800 shares trading. In the junior market preference segment, Eppley 9.5% finished at $6, with 1,112 shares, In the US dollar Junior Market, Eppley 5% US preference share traded 5,626 units at US$1.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.