The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market Index declined by 30.21 points to close at 3,344.40 on Tuesday as 31 securities changed hands, with 16 rising, 9 declining and 6 remaining unchanged.
Trading settled with an exchange of 1,069,455 units valued at $6,472,675 compared to 928,669 units for $4,592,801 from 30 securities changing hands on Monday.
Trading ended with an average of 34,499 units for $208,796 for each security traded, in contrast to 30,956 units for an average of $153,093 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 92,061 units valued at $433,479 and previously 95,253 units valued at $445,940. In contrast, September closed with an average of 954,574 units valued at $2,612,695 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging closed trading of 32,060 units and gained 1 cent to end at $1.91, Blue Power ended market activity exchanging 23,680 shares to close at $7.10 after falling 70 cents, CAC 2000 fell $2.60 in trading 1,207 units at $12.50. Caribbean Cream ended with a fall of 35 cents in exchanging 1,858 shares to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $3.90, Caribbean Producers lost 29 cents in trading 41,684 shares to close at $4.51. Consolidated Bakeries traded just 150 stock units and gained 8 cents in closing at $1.75, Derrimon Trading exchanged 37,176 shares, after rising 5 cents to end at $2.50, Elite Diagnostic closed 19 cents higher at $6, after trading 16,662 stock units, Fontana lost 4 cents trading 163,454 shares in closing at $7.30. General Accident inched 1 cent higher in swapping of 35,491 units at $8.07, GWest Corporation climbed 6 cents in exchanging 2,823 shares at $1.11, Honey Bun closed with a rise of 30 cents at $6.60 after the swapping of 12,538 shares, iCreate added 1 cent and exchanged 535 shares to close at 69 cents. Indies Pharma fell 5 cents in trading 9,887 units at $3.10, Jamaican Teas lost 30 cents in closing at $6 with 74,100 shares changing hands, Jetcon Corporation traded 9,300 units and gained 9 cents to end at $1.99. Key Insurance climbed 10 cents and exchanged 2,100 shares at $3.10, Lasco Distributors dipped 15 cents in exchanging 11,083 units at $3.25. Lasco Financial closed trading of 22,570 units and gained 20 cents to end at $5.10, Limners and Bards closed trading of 54,518 units and gained 11 cents to end at $2.56, Main Event rose 19 cents in trading 1,000 units at $5.30, Paramount Trading had 4,312 units changing hands and gained 30 cents to end at $2.10. Stationery and Office Supplies closed trading of 14,258 units and gained 13 cents to end at $12 and SSL Venture climbed 5 cents and exchanged 4,831 shares at $1.50.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.