Junior Market index jumps 73.58 points

The Junior Market index jumped 73.58 points to 3,105.92 as the prices of 17 securities advanced, 3 declined and 5 remained with the prices unchanged, at the close on Wednesday with 25 securities changing hands as trading levels climbed sharply above Tuesday’s levels.
The market closed with 1,873,051 units valued at $7,839,269 compared to 890,459 units valued at $3,698,978 on Tuesday.
Trading ended with an average of 74,922 units for an average of $313,571 in contrast to 44,523 units for an average of $184,949 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 162,844 units valued at $674,165, compared with an average of 192,151 units valued at $794,363 on the previous trading day. In contrast, August closed with average of 234,437 units valued at $1,295,260 for each security traded.
Trading ended with the market sentiments looking negative for Thursday’s activity as 3 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
At the close of the market the volume of stocks changing hands and their last traded price are: Access Financial ending at $49 with 100 stock units, AMG Packaging traded 30 cents higher at $3.30 with 3,000 shares. Blue Power finished $3.40 higher at $44.90 with 1,744 shares, CAC 2000 rose 5 cents to $8.05 with 416 units, Caribbean Cream ended with a loss of 60 cents at $6, with 4,150 stocks, Caribbean Flavours climbed $1.15 higher to $12.95 with 3,700 units, Caribbean Producers ended 5 cents higher at $3.90 while trading 7,830 stocks. Consolidated Bakeries concluded trading 33 cents higher at $2.28 with 100 units, Derrimon Trading jumped $1 higher to $8 with 613 shares, Express Catering ended 30 cents higher at $4.50 with 7,636 units, General Accident settled with a loss of 2 cents at $2.80, with 12,200 stock units. Honey Bun closed 15 cents higher at $4.15 with 2,725 shares, Iron Rock ended at $2.90 with 22,590 stocks, Jamaican Teas closed 78 cents higher at $5 with 1,400 units, Jetcon Corporation finished 20 cents higher at $4.30 with 56,661 shares, KLE Group closed with a loss of 4 cents at $3.23, with 15,000 shares, Knutsford Express settled 99 cents higher at $14.99 with 3,290 stock units, Lasco Distributors settled at $6.90 trading 65,656 stocks, Lasco Financial ended 20 cents higher at $3.70 with 1,347,961 shares changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing finished 10 cents higher at $4.10 with 3,583 stock units, Medical Disposables traded 9,940 shares at $5.35, Paramount Trading ended 25 cents higher at $2.95 with 1,500 stocks, investors responded well to the surge in the profit of Stationery and Office and pushed the price 45 cents higher to $4.50 with 295,964 shares trading, tTech finished 50 cents higher to $7 with 5,192 units and Derrimon Trading traded at $2 with 100 shares.