Elite Diagnostics closed at a new high of $4 on the Junior Market on Friday.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market index fell, for the second day in 9 trading sessions, by 33.01 points to close at 3,072.57 on Friday, but the IC bid-offer Indicator points to positive trading on Monday.
The day’s gain brings to 7 the number of times the index gained out of the last 9 trading sessions.
At the close of market activities, 25 securities changed hands, compared to 26 on Thursday and resulted in prices of 8 securities rising, 11 declining and 2 remaining unchanged.
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 2 with lower offers.
Market activity led to an exchange of 1,770,415 units valued at $8,192,998 compared to 1,481,572 units valued at $6,322,070 on Thursday. The average traded for the day is 70,817 units at $327,720 for each security, in contrast to 56,984 units for an average of $243,157 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 78,752 units valued at $300,739 and previously, 79,372 units valued at $298,631. In contrast, April closed with an average of 87,963 units valued $317,267 for each security traded.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed $3 higher at $48, with an exchange of 3,010 shares, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 5 cents at $2.10, with 7,200 stock units changing hands, Caribbean Flavours traded 9,579 stock units and rose 50 cents to close at $17. Caribbean Producers finished trading 243,930 units with a loss of 10 cents to end at $4.80, Derrimon Trading ended 15 cents higher at $3, with an exchange of 88,950 shares, Dolphin Cove concluded trading of 101,844 shares and rose by 5 cents to close at $12.05, Everything Fresh settled at $1.53, with 78,014 units changing hands. Elite Diagnostic ended trading 154,178 shares and gained 50 cents to close at but only after peaking at an all-time high of $5.01a 52 weeks’ high of $4. Express Catering traded 76,434 shares and rose by 10 cents to $7, FosRich Group finished trading 58,012 shares at $5, Fontana closed at $4.55, with an exchange of 106,972 stock units, General Accident ended with a loss of 10 cents at $4, with 168,823 units changing hands. Honey Bun finished 99 cents higher at $4.99, with an exchange of 39,250 shares, iCreate settled at $0.85, with an exchange of 39,000 shares, Indies Pharma ended trading 388,224 stock units, with a loss of 12 cents to end at $3.18, ISP Finance jumped $3.50 to $16, in trading 1,000 shares.
Jamaican Teas closed with a loss of 55 cents at $3.65, with an exchange of 17,000 shares, Jetcon Corporation ended with a loss of 60 cents at 52 weeks’ low of $1.80, with 5,300 shares changing hands, Lasco Distributors ended trading of 62,004 shares with a loss of 10 cents to close at $3.80. Lasco Financial fell 9 cents to close at $4.51, with 35,492 shares traded, Lasco Manufacturing finished trading 6,826 stock units with a loss of 16 cents to close at $3.34, Medical Disposables ended at $6.85, with 1,400 shares crossing through the exchange. Paramount Trading concluded trading at $2.10, with 3,750 shares, Stationery and Office settled with a loss of 21 cents at $9.49, with 70,523 stock units changing hands and tTech traded with a loss of 60 cents at $5.30, with an exchange of 3,700 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
