Junior Market up again – Tuesday

The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange index, climbed 33.65 points, to close at 2,897.08 on Tuesday, with 22 securities changing hands, compared to 23 trading on Monday.
Market activity resulted in the prices of 10 securities advancing, 6 declining and 6 remaining unchanged, from an exchange of 2,525,646 units valued at $10,130,237, versus 2,509,141 units valued at $11,095,172 on Monday.
Trading ended with an average of 114,802 units for an average of $460,465 compared to an average of 109,093 units for an average of $482,399 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 108,116 units at $436,591, compared to an average of 106,129 units at $429,494 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 6 stocks ending with the bid higher than the last selling price and 3 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed at $50, with 790 shares trading, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 5 cents at $2, with 145,646 stock units, CAC 2000 finished at $8.70, with 6,000 shares, Caribbean Cream ended trading with a loss of 45 cents at $6.05, with 67,157 shares, Caribbean Producers finished trading 4 cents higher at $4.15, with 9,574 units. Derrimon Trading concluded trading 4 cents higher at $7.52, with 9,494 shares, Elite Diagnostic settled 5 cents higher at $2.82, with 451,759 units, Express Catering traded 60 cents higher at $4.90, with 30,000 shares, FosRich Group finished trading at $2.50, with 10,681 shares. General Accident closed with a loss of 14 cents at $2.90, with 136,800 stock units, GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 1 cent at $2.89, with 3,500 units, Honey Bun concluded trading with a loss of 20 cents at $4.10, with 348,993 shares, Iron Rock finished at $3, with 2,000 shares. Jamaican Teas ended trading at $5, with 506,040 stock units, Jetcon Corporation traded with a loss of 25 cents at $4.25, with 32,300 units, Key Insurance finished trading 1 cent higher at $3.95, with 5,000 shares, Knutsford Express ended at $15, with 108 shares. Lasco Distributors concluded trading 10 cents higher at $4.20, with 244,710 stock units, Lasco Financial finished 30 cents higher at $4.90, with 95,473 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled 11 cents higher at $4.20, with 382,706 shares, Main Event ended trading 20 cents higher at $6.20, with 10,915 shares and Stationery and Office closed 40 cents higher at $5.50, with 26,000 unitschanging hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.