The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed trading on Wednesday with the Market Index rising 8.89 points to close at 3,166.43 as the prices of 10 securities rising, 9 falling and 9 remaining unchanged.
The market closed with 28 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of just 522,801 units valued at a mere $2,363,665 compared to 1,541,445 units valued at $5,341,261 on Tuesday from trading in 22 stocks.
Trading ended with an average of 18,671 units for an average of $84,417 in contrast to 70,066 units for an average of $242,785 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 177,258 units at a value of $982,896, versus 193,704 units at a value of $1,076,071, previously. November, ended with an average of 190,475 units valued at $653,358 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks ended with higher bids than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
At the close of the day’s activity, Access Financial closed $1.45 higher at $48.95, trading 955 shares, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 2 cents at $1.68, with an exchange of 5,955 stock units, Blue Power concluded trading of 1,500 units at $6.20, Cargo Handlers settled at $15,with 492 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cream ended trading 200 shares at $6. Caribbean Producers finished trading 3,590 units with a loss of 24 cents to end at $5.06, Consolidated Bakeries closed at $1.90, with 2,500 shares trading, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 35 cents at $2.20, with an exchange of 19,825 shares, Elite Diagnostic finished with a loss of 2 cents at $2.87, with 34,019 stock units exchanged. Eppley settled at $9, trading 2,110 units, Everything Fresh rose 8 cents and ended trading 31,057 shares to close at $1.38, Express Catering ended trading of 39,600 shares and lost 14 cents in ending at $7.86, FosRich Group traded 8,500 shares and closed 1 cent higher at $3.95, General Accident finished trading 600 shares and rose 5 cents to $3.45. GWest Corporation closed 30 cents higher at $1.60, with 1,000 stock units being exchanged, Honey Bun ended at $3.50, with trading of 1,449 units, Indies Pharma traded 27,257 shares to close at $3.20, Iron Rock concluded trading of 800 shares and closed 60 cents higher at $5, Jetcon Corporation ended trading 14 cents higher at $3.15, with an exchange of 20,631 stock units.
Knutsford Express closed 45 cents higher at $11.95, with the swapping of 16,181 shares, Lasco Distributors ended 10 cents higher at $3.90, after 81,989 shares traded, Lasco Manufacturing finished with a loss of 30 cents at $3.20, in exchanging 34,000 units, Main Event settled 45 cents higher at $6.35, trading 640 shares. Medical Disposables ended trading of 5,243 shares, with a loss of 30 cents at $6.50, SSL Venture Capital traded 62,840 shares and lost 10 cents to end at $1.90 and Stationery and Office finished trading 4,268 stock units at $8.10, In the Junior Market preference segment, Derrimon Trading ended at $2.10, with an exchange of 600 stock units and Eppley 8.25% finished trading 115,000 shares, with a loss of 5 cents at $6.30.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
