Junior Market regains 79 points

The Junior Market Index jumped 78.84 points on Monday to close at 3,320.58, with 23 securities traded versus 26 on Friday as 8 advanced, 8 declined and 8 remained unchanged.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading jumped sharply to 8 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices, while 3 closed with lower offers.
The market closed with 1,064,667 units valued at $4,531,797 traded, compared to 1,069,876 units valued at $5,375,641 on Friday.
Trading ended with an average of 46,290 units for an average of $197,035 in contrast to 41,149 units for an average of $206,755 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 72,158 units valued at $331,468 and 83,015 units valued at $339,541, previously. September, ended with an average of 484,335 at $2,628,299 for each security traded.
At the close of trading, Blue Power concluded trading of 10,000 units and rose 20 cents higher to $6.50, CAC 2000 finished with a loss of 1 cent at $17, trading 20,100 shares, Caribbean Producers finished trading 210 units at $6.75, Consolidated Bakeries closed with a loss of 30 cents at $2, in exchanging 60,307 shares, Derrimon Trading ended at $2.82, with 31,267 shares changing hands. Dolphin Cove concluded trading of 451 shares after rising $1 to $17, Elite Diagnostic finished with a loss of 10 cents at $3.40, with the trading of 21,494 stock units, Everything Fresh shed 20 cents in trading 111,715 shares to close at record low of $1.80, Express Catering ended trading of 5,000 shares, gaining 50 cents to $8.50, General Accident finished trading 1,503 shares at $3.95. Honey Bun ended at $4, with an exchange of 85,000 units, Indies Pharma fell 14 cents to end at $2.86 with 109,876 shares changing hands. Iron Rock concluded trading of 255,300 shares and rose 20 cents to close at $4.70, Jamaican Teas settled at $4, with 10,750 shares changing hands, Jetcon Corporation ended trading 99,501 stock units, 45 cents higher at $3.90, after hitting a 52 weeks’ low of $3.40 earlier in the trading session. KLE Group finished trading 23,665 shares with a loss of 5 cents at $3.75, Knutsford Express closed at $12, in exchanging 1,222 shares, Lasco Distributors ended with a loss of 6 cents at $4, trading 90,053 shares, Lasco Financial concluded trading 15 cents higher at $5.45, with 63,985 stock units. Lasco Manufacturing finished trading 3,400 units after rising 76 cents higher to $3.76, Main Event settled with a loss of 10 cents at $5.95, with 31,000 shares changing hands, Paramount Trading closed 30 cents higher at $2.50, exchanging 1,000 shares and Stationery and Office finished trading 27,868 stock units at $9.50.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.