Junior Market lost ground on Thursday

Junior Market activity resulted in with just 9 security advancing, 9 declining and 7 remaining unchanged, with the Junior Market Index declined by 20.97 points to close at 2,883.99.
Trading ended on Thursday with an exchange of 2,139,884 units valued at $8,911,130 from 25 securities, compared with 994,247 units valued at $3,815,366 from 20 securities changing hands on Wednesday.
Trading ended with an average of 85,595 units for an average of $356,445 compared to an average of 49,712 units for an average of $190,768 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 148,477 units at $632,276, compared to an average of 153,101 units at $652,558 on the previous trading day. February closed with an average of 338,697 units at an average value of $1,495,774 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows just 4 stocks ending with the bid higher than the last selling price and 7 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed with a loss of $1 at $50, with 100 shares, AMG Packaging ended at $2, with 150,000 stock units changing hands, Caribbean Cream ended trading at $5.99, with 8,000 shares, Caribbean Flavours traded at $10.90, with 2,600 stock units, Caribbean Producers finished trading 22 cents higher at $4.67, with 9,740 units. Consolidated Bakeries closed with a loss of 4 cents at $2, with 1,000 shares, Elite Diagnostic gained 1 cent and closed at $3.12, with 116,140 units, Eppley ended trading 14 cents higher at $10.14, with 300 shares, Express Catering traded with a rise of 10 cents at $4.60, with 63,082 shares. FosRich Group finished trading 331,255 shares and gained 25 cents to $2.65, General Accident closed at $3.19, with 4,591 stock units, GWest Corporation ended 10 cents higher at $2.80, with 17,000 units changing hands, Honey Bun concluded trading with a loss of 9 cents at $4.30, with 32,617 shares. Iron Rock finished 5 cents higher at $3.10, with 28,125 shares, Jamaican Teas ended trading with a loss of 49 cents at $4.01, with 48,257 stock units, Jetcon Corporation closed with a loss of 7 cents at $4.18, with 9,600 units, KLE Group fell 3 cents to $2.30, with 200 shares. Knutsford Express ended at $14.48, with 4,477 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading at $4, with 48,710 stock units, Lasco Financial finished with a loss of 20 cents at $4.80, with 1,037,165 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled with a loss of 21 cents at $3.99, with 38,735 shares. Main Event ended trading 19 cents higher at $6, with 121,618 shares and Stationery and Office closed at $5.50, with 54,848 units. In the Junior Market preference segment, Eppley 8.25% ended with a loss of 29 cents at $7, with 8,324 stock units, Eppley 9.5% finished 80 cents higher at 52 weeks’ high of $6.25, with 3,400 shares, changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.