Junior Market up in modest trading

In a moderate trading on Monday, the Junior Market closed with a modest rise in the Index of 25.47 points to close at 2,926.53 with just 18 securities changing hands versus 22 on Friday.
At the close of market activities, the prices of 6 securities advanced, 8 declined and 4 remained unchanged. Trading resulted in an exchange of 1,064,473 units valued at $4,105,299 compared to 1,088,888 units valued at $5,102,530 on Friday.
Trading ended with an average of 59,137 units for an average of $228,072 in contrast to 49,495 units for an average of $231,933 on Friday. An average of 152,676 units at an average value of $1,188,048 traded, and previously 163,753 units at an average value of $1,301,730. In contrast, January closed with an average of 122,386 shares, valued at $489,704 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks ending with the bid higher than the last selling price and 6 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed at $45.01, with 8,000 shares, AMG Packaging closed 5 cents higher at $2.05, with 16,500 shares, Cargo Handlers finished at $10.50, with 2,300 shares, Caribbean Cream settled at $5.70, with 28,113 shares, Caribbean Producers traded with a loss of 10 cents at $4.50, exchanging 82,670 stock units, Consolidated Bakeries finished trading with a loss of 22 cents at $1.78, with 2,014 units. Express Catering settled at $4.68, with 13,733 stock units, FosRich Group traded 552,833 shares and lost 40 cents to close at $2.30, the lowest price since it listed but still above the IPO price of $2. General Accident traded 2 cents higher at $2.87, with 105,000 shares, Honey Bun closed 28 cents higher at $5.40, with 28,319 stock units. ISP Finance concluded trading with a loss of $2.08 at $10, with 24,312 shares, Jamaican Teas finished with a loss of 5 cents at $4.60, with 1,240 shares, Knutsford Express finished trading 49 cents higher at $15, with 1,000 shares, Lasco Distributors closed with a loss of 45 cents at $4.50, with 28,886 shares. Lasco Financial ended 1 cent higher at $5.20, with 31,570 shares, Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading with a loss of 23 cents at $4.17, with 130,459 stock units, Paramount Trading ended trading at $3.10, with 1,024 shares and tTech closed 60 cents higher at $6, with 6,500 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.