Junior Market trading.
At the close of market activities, 23 securities changed hands, compared with 28 securities trading on Tuesday and ending with the prices of 8 securities advancing, 13 declining and 2 remaining unchanged.
The market closed with 2,723,771 units valued at $7,748,383 compared to 3,968,653 units valued at $16,061,548, trading on Tuesday.
Trading ended with an average of 118,425 shares valued 336,886 each compared to 141,738 units for an average of $573,627 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 158,840 shares valued at $622,459 compared to 170,040 shares valued at $701,594 on the previous day. In contrast, February closed with average of 235,225 units valued at $679,790 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
At the close of trading, Access Financial lost $4 and closed at $49, with 5,313 shares changing hands, AMG Packaging lost 11 cents to end at $2.20, trading 252,300 stock units, Cargo Handlers settled at $12.85 with a loss of 5 cents, in exchanging 3,101 shares, Caribbean Cream rose 5 cents trading of 3,500 shares to close at $5.25. Caribbean Flavours traded 1,580 stock units with a fall of $2.01 to close at $18.49, Caribbean Producers finished trading 2,500 units and lost 3 cents to end at $4.47, Derrimon Trading ended 2 cents down at $2.91, with 15,720 shares changing hands, Everything Fresh fell 10 cents to close at $1.55, with 34,600 stock units trading. Express Catering ended trading with 3,025 shares, for a loss of 7 cents at $7.88, Fontana finished trading 145,041 shares, with a rise of 4 cents at $4, FosRich Group climbed 15 cents in trading 116,294 shares, to end at $4, General Accident shed 20 cents in closing at $4.30, with an exchange of 158,226 stock units. Honey Bun concluded trading of 14,006 shares with a loss of 5 cents at $3.70, investors gobbled up 450,683,
iCreate shares, to close with a gain of 5 cents at 95 cents, Indies Pharma rose 4 cents to $3, with 520,129 shares trading, Jamaican Teas traded 52,575 units at $3.85, Knutsford Express concluded trading of 1,289 stock units at $12. Lasco Distributors finished 4 cent higher at $3.75, in exchanging 210,134 units, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 29 cents at $4.51, in trading just 2,150 shares, Lasco Manufacturing added 1 cent and ended trading at $3.01, with 347,874 shares changing hands. Main Event traded 56,028 shares with a loss of 79 cents at $4.56, Medical Disposables finished trading 6,500 stock units with a gain of 25 cents to close at $6.80, SSL Venture Capital lost 25 cents to end at $1.70, trading 321,203 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
