In an active trading session on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange pushed 12.62 points higher to close at 3,109.82 on Monday, with the prices of 11 securities rising and 7 falling.
Trading ended with 28 securities changing hands compared to 27 securities on Friday, at the close Dolphin Cove ended at a 52 weeks’ low while 10 stocks traded with no change to the closing price.
Market activities closed with an exchange of 2,108,297 units valued at $6,747,118 compared to 4,398,457 units valued at $19,730,388 on Friday.
Trading ended with an average of 75,296 units for an average of $240,969, in contrast to 162,906 units for an average of $730,755 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 288,915 valued at $744,601 and previously 309,902 valued at $794,081. In contrast, January closed with average of 2,245,428 units with a value of $7,372,574 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 5 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended trading of 214,203 stock units to close at $2.50, Blue Power concluded trading of 25,696 units at $5, Caribbean Cream ended with a loss of 5 cents at $5.32, in exchange of 3,600 shares, Caribbean Producers closed at $4.70, with 27,535 units changing hands. Consolidated Bakeries lost 20 cents to end at $1.80, trading 38,000 shares, Derrimon Trading ended 25 cents higher at $2.70, with 1,000 shares changing hands, Dolphin Cove concluded trading of 830 shares, with a loss of 2 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $12, Everthing Fresh finished 5 cents higher at $1.85, exchanging 209,862 stock units. Elite Diagnostic settled at $3.10, with 21,750 units trading. Express Catering ended trading of 8,860 shares, at $7.50, FosRich Group ended at $4.17, with 2,394 shares changing hands, Fontana traded 659,124 shares and moved 4 cents higher to $3.99, General Accident rose 1 cent higher to $4.01, with an exchange of 15,000 stock units. GWest Corporation ended 10 cents higher at $1.55, trading 345,727 units, Honey Bun concluded trading of 503 shares and rose 30 cents to $4, Indies Pharma finished 17 cents higher at $2.97, trading 32,758 shares, Jamaican Teas traded 126,358 units at $4. Jetcon Corporation finished trading of 9,700 shares at $3.07, Knutsford Express concluded trading with a loss of 30 cents at $12.70, with 370 stock units changing hands, Lasco Distributors lost 29 cents at $3.70, with 18,809 units passing through the market, Lasco Financial settled 15 cents higher at $4.50, as investors swapped 152,349 shares. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading of 24,058 shares, with a loss of 3 cents at $3.16, Main Event traded 3,600 shares and climbed 31 cents higher to $5.81, Paramount Trading closed at $2.40, while exchanging 52,155 units, SSL Venture Capital ended with a loss of 25 cents in closing at $1.70, trading 54,880 shares. Stationery and Office concluded trading of 28,176 and rose 10 cents to close at $8.50 and tTech settled 91 cents higher at $6.75, with 30,000 stock units changing hands but the stock was on offer at $6.20 at the close. In the junior market preference segment, CAC 2000 preference share closed at $1, with 1,000 shares trading.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.