Trading finished with 4 stocks declining and 1 gaining out of 12 securities that traded, resulting in 3,952,442 units, valued at $11,099,945 changing hands. The market lost 30.25 points to close at 918.48, having shed 122 points or 12 percent since it peaked at 1,040.59 on August 11.
The August decline is a bit worse than the 10 percent pull back, after it recorded a peak of 934.69 on June 10, to bottom out on July 27. The sharp movement by junior market stocks is characteristic of the market around the release of results going back from the early days of the junior market index. At the close, 4 securities ended with no bids to buy, while 4 had no stocks being offered for sale and 2 stocks closed with bids higher than the last traded prices and 4 with the offers being lower.
Stocks trading are, Access Financial Services traded 1,500 shares to close at $10.50, with a gain of 50 cents at the close the bid was at $11 to buy 1,000 units. The stock has been trading on thin volumes, with support mostly around the $10 region. AMG Packaging closed at $3.95 with 4,000 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream traded 67,000 units to close 20 cents lower at $1.60. 
Caribbean Flavours traded 10,000 units unchanged at $2.75, Caribbean Producers traded just 3,077 units at $2.72, General Accident Insurance traded 274,062 units with the price closing unchanged at $1.50, Jamaican Teas had 2,000,000 shares trading to close at $3.12, Lasco Distributors closed with 476,042 units trading, ended down 20 cents at $1.60. Lasco Financial ended with 500,000 shares changing hands at $1.63 for a fall of 2 cents, Lasco Manufacturing with 240,261 units changing hands, closed at $1.70, with a fall of 15 cents, Paramount Trading ended with 2,500 units trading unchanged at $6 and Eppley 9.5% preference share ended with 374,000 units changing hands at $6.05.
Junior market drops 12% from peak
August 25, 2015 by
