Consolidated Bakeries (Purity) traded at a 52 weeks’ low on Wednesday.
Trading activity on the Junior Market on Wednesday declined sharply to just 1,131,976 units valued at $4,612,663, compared to 12,854,412 units amounting to $57,700,892 on Tuesday as 31 securities changed hands, down from 29 on Tuesday.
At the close, the market index rose 5.29 points to close at 3,313.68. At the close on Tuesday, the JSE had the market closing at 3,349.46 points, but it was revised down to 3,308.68. Trading resulted in just 6 securities rising and 12 declining while the prices of 13 remained unchanged and the market’s PE stood at 14.2.
Trading ended with an average of 36,515 units at $148,796 for each security traded, in contrast to 443,256 units for an average of $1,989,686 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 182,254 shares at $627,201 and previously 135,292 shares at $667,284, for each security traded. In contrast, October closed with an average of 186,927 units valued at $788,734 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator with 9 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging dipped 17 cents in trading of 55,892 units at $1.90, Blue Power lost 2 cents in exchanging of 1,800 stock units at $6.98, Consolidated Bakeries declined by 10 cents in trading of 51,953 units to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.50. Derrimon Trading ended with 126,975 shares crossing the exchange, after rising 3 cents to end at $2.60, Elite Diagnostic close with a loss of 26 cents at $4.99, in swapping 56,515 stock units, Everything Fresh climbed 6 cents and exchanged 36,968 shares at $1.08. Express Catering closed with a loss of 30 cents at $6, after swapping of 12,500 shares, Fontana ended with a loss of 1 cent at $6.99 with 111,225 stock units changing hands, Fosrich climbed 1 cent and exchanged 34,329 shares at $4.76, 
General Accident dropped $1.59 in trading 6,500 shares to close at $6.41. iCreate climbed 1 cent and exchanged 110,353 shares at 61 cents, Jamaican Teas exchanged 26,121 units and declined 35 cents to settle at $5.95, Jetcon Corporation closed trading of 6,200 units and gained 15 cents to end at $1.95, KLE Group ended with a loss of 1 cent at $1.75 with 4,000 stock units changing hands. Lasco Distributors traded 15,626 stock units and declined by 30 cents to settle at $3.60, Lasco Financial ended market activity exchanging 64,860 shares to close at $4 after falling 18 cents, Lasco Manufacturing lost 3 cents in trading of 25,880 units at $5.22 and Main Event climbed 15 cents and exchanged 42,877 shares at $6.05.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
