Junior market slips slightly
June 15, 2015 by
At the close of the market, there were 5 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 4 with lower offers. Trading ended with 4 securities closing with no bids to buy and 9 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, Cargo Handlers traded at a new high of $24 with 1,415 units to gain 49 cents on Friday’s last sale price. Caribbean Cream traded at a new all-time high of $2 but slipped back to $1.85 having traded 36,865 shares and closed with the offer at $1.80 to sell 100 shares. General Accident Insurance concluded trading with 106,178 shares changing hands to close 19 cents lower at $1.56, Jamaican Teas closed with only 2,070 shares trading at $3.52, for a 2 cents fall, Lasco Distributors traded 252,985 shares, 1 cent higher at $1.41, Lasco Financial Services finished trading with 1,202,900 units, the price gained 4 cents to $2.04. Lasco Manufacturing had trading in 23,584 shares to gain 1 cent to $1.46, Medical Disposables contributed 8,000 shares with the price rising 20 cents, to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.30 and Paramount Trading ended trading with 2,542 shares with a decline of 50 cents at $5.