Junior Market slips again – Friday

The Junior Market ended trading on Friday with a 11.7 points drop in the market index to 2,881.87 with 20 securities changing hands compared to 23 trading on Thursday.
Market activity resulted in with just 6 security advancing, 6 declining and 8 remaining unchanged, with an exchange of 2,993,806 units valued at $14,194,427. On Thursday, trading ended with 1,983,814 units valued at $13,150,229 changing hands.
Trading ended with an average of 149,690 units for an average of $709,721 compared to an average of 86,253 units for an average of $571,749 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 121,429 units at $510,838, compared to an average of 119,263 units at $495,598 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 5 stocks ending with the bid higher than the last selling price and 4 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 5 cents at $2, exchanging 87,325 stock units, CAC 2000 finished at $9, with 1,030 shares, Caribbean Cream ended trading with a loss of 98 cents at $5.99, with 1,000,000 shares, Caribbean Producers finished trading 27 cents higher at $4.67, with 30,000 units, Derrimon Trading concluded trading at $7.50, with 10,000 shares. Elite Diagnostic settled 14 cents higher at $3.20, with 287,518 units, Express Catering traded with a loss of 5 cents at $4.45, with 185,882 shares, FosRich Group finished trading 8 cents higher at $2.58, with 14,393 shares, Honey Bun lost 50 cents in closing at $4.30, with 1,777 shares. Jetcon Corporation traded at $4.15, with 33,951 units, Key Insurance finished trading at $4.10, with 50,000 shares, Knutsford Express ended 14 cents higher at $12.14, with 3,877 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading with a loss of 1 cent at $3.99, with 27,220 stock units. Lasco Financial finished with a loss of 20 cents at $4.80, with 1,119 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled 20 cents higher at $4.20, with 927,141 shares, Main Event ended trading at $6, with 695 shares, Medical Disposables traded 10 cents higher at $4.90, with 1,510 shares. Paramount Trading closed at $3.20, while 210 stock units were exchanged, Stationery and Office closed at $5.51, with 329,491 units and tTech concluded trading at $5.20, with 667 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.