Bulls pushing Jamaican stocks.
Trading fell sharply on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Wednesday compared to Tuesday with 23 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of only 696,098 units valued at $3,413,352.
In contrast on Tuesday 1,359,763 units valued at $7,878,297 from just 17 securities trading. At the close of market activities on Wednesday, the prices of 7 securities advanced, 7 declined and 9 remained unchanged. After 12 consecutive days of advances the Junior Market Index declined 15.46 points to close at 3,208.98.
Trading ended with an average of 30,265 units for an average of $148,407 in contrast to 79,986 units for an average of $463,429 on Tuesday. In contrast, October closed with average of 74,690 units valued at $362,548 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows just 3 stocks with the bid higher than their last selling price and 1 with a lower offer.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended at $3.50, with 1,500 stock units trading, CAC 2000 traded with a loss of 45 cents at $6.50, with 2,130 shares, Caribbean Flavours ended trading 90 cents higher at $11.90, with 5,365 shares, Cargo Handlers finished trading with a loss of 9 cents at $11, with 5,515 stock units, Caribbean Producers closed at $3.79, with 5,419 units. C2W Music finished at $0.42, with 2,500 stock units, Express Catering ended with a loss of 43 cents at $4.50, with 26,731 stock units, Eppley finished at $11.60, with 2,691 ordinary shares, General Accident traded at $3.11, with 79,509 units, Honey Bun finished at $4.90, with 2,400 shares. 
Iron Rock finished trading 4 cents higher at $3.25, with 19,247 shares Jamaican Teas concluded trading at $4.10, with 3,550 units, Jetcon Corporation closed 4 cents higher at $4.84, with 64,982 shares, Knutsford Express settled at $14.80, with 2,350 shares, KLE Group concluded trading with a loss of 30 cents at $2.50, with 121,100 units. Caribbean Cream finished trading with a loss of 30 cents at $5.50, with 9,632 shares, Lasco Distributors settled 41 cents higher at $8.01, with 141,702 shares, Lasco Financial finished trading 50 cents higher at $5, with 154,030 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing finished trading with a loss of 6 cents at $4.39, with 40,545 units. Medical Disposables ended trading 5 cents higher at $5.80, with 3,000 shares and tTech closed 4 cents higher at $7.09, with 1,100 shares trading. In the junior market preference segment, Eppley 9.5% traded 200 units at $7.20 after falling 5 cents and Eppley 10% ended trading at $6, with 900 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
