Junior Market activity ended on Tuesday with 25 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 1,065,830 units valued at $4,608,133 compared to 783,241 units at $4,794,911 from 26 securities trading on Monday.
At the close, the Junior Market Index declined 33.54 points to close at 3,378.05, resulting from gains in 9 securities and declines in 10 while the prices of 7 remained unchanged and moving the market’s average PE to 12.6.
Trading ended with an average of 42,633 units for an average of $184,325 in contrast to 30,125 units for an average of $184,420 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 36,256 shares at $184,373 for each security traded. In contrast, November closed with an average of 120,579 shares at $506,880 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator with 5 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging traded 5,443 units to finish with a loss of 1 cent at $2.06, Blue Power rose 5 cents to end at $6.95 with 17,769 units crossing the market. Dolphin Cove closed with a rise of just 1 cent at $11.11, in swapping of 589 shares. Elite Diagnostic added 5 cents and exchanged 1,090 shares at $5.45, Everything Fresh traded 6,000 units and rose 12 cents to close at $$1.22, Express Catering gained 15 cents after exchanging 10,629 shares at $6.15. Fontana closed trading of 205,925 units and rose 32 cents to end at $7.82, FosRich lost 5 cents and ended with 10,340 shares trading, to end at $4.85. Honey Bun closed 20 cents higher at a 52 weeks’ high of $7.70, with 116,987 stock units crossing the exchange, Indies Pharma traded 13,170 shares and fell 25 cents and close at $3.10. Jetcon Corporation transferred just 15 shares after rising 15 cents to end at $1.95, Lasco Distributors closed trading of 17,427 units and shed 40 cents to end at $3.50. Lasco Manufacturing exchanged 97,354 shares, after declining 22 cents to end at $5, Limners and Bards lost 6 cents and traded 88,879 shares at $2.89. Main Event exchanged 758 shares after rising 20 cents to close at $6.20, Paramount Trading rose 16 cents in transferring 3,000 stock units at $2.14 and Stationery and Office Supplies climbed 55 cents in trading of 8,250 units at $11.55.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.