Junior market set to slip more

Caribbean Cream was the only stock to rise on Thursday

Caribbean Cream was the only stock to rise on Thursday

Trading on the Junior Market closed with only 7 securities trading, and ended with a mere 565,971 units changing hands valued at $949,659. The JSE Junior Market Index declined 12.70 points to close at 863.14, with the price of only 1 stock advancing and 3 declining with no stock closing at 52 weeks’ high.
The market seems set to fall on Friday with several stocks closing with lower asking prices than the last selling prices. At the close of the market, there were 3 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 7 with lower offers. The junior market ended with 3 securities closing with no bids to buy 6 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
JM cht 21-5-15Stocks trading in the junior market are, Caribbean Cream finishing with 8,500 units to close with a gain of 1 cent at $1.20 but ended with the offer at $1.15, to sell 130,000 units. Caribbean Producers with 93891 shares trading, closed lower by 15 cents at $3, Consolidated Bakeries finished trading with 3,334 shares to closed unchanged at $2.04, General Accident Insurance concluded trading with 2,000 shares changing hands to close 7 cents lower at $2. Lasco Distributors traded 219,108 shares at $1.65, Lasco Financial Services finished trading with 181,412 units at $1.31. There was dealing in 57,726 Lasco Manufacturing’s shares as the stock traded lower by 7 cent to $1.30.

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