The junior market within touch of record territory
Trading volume jumped 345 percent from Wednesday’s levels, ending with 2,322,147 units changing hands, while value traded, climbed 48 percent to $11,077,945 from $7,467,867 on Wednesday.
An average of 193,512 units with an average value of $923,162 traded, compared to of 27,445 units
with an average value of $393,046 on the preceding trading day. The average for the month to date is 95,468 units at $540,218 compared to 129,138 units at $709,705 for October.At the close of the market on 12 securities traded, versus 19 on Wednesday resulting in 4 stocks advancing and 2 declining. Market activities ended with 8 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 ending with lower offers.
In trading activity, AMG Packaging gained $1 and ended with 5,000 shares changing hands at $19.50, Cargo Handlers ended with a gain of 30 cents with 3,203 shares changing hands at $11.30, Caribbean Cream closed with 15,780 shares changing hands and rose 55 cents to end at $7.61.
Caribbean Producers lost 15 cents and closed trading with 6,062 units at $3.50, Derrimon Trading closed with 892 units changing hands and gained 20 cents to end at $4.80, General Accident Insurance traded 994,028 shares at $3. Honey Bun with 309 shares changing hands closed at $6.10, Knutsford Express traded 1,676 shares in closing at $22, Lasco Distributors ended with 966,639 shares trading to close at $7. Lasco Financial lost 15 cents with 322,358 shares changing hands to close at $3, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $5 with 5,000 shares and Paramount Trading had 1,000 units changing hands to close at $27.
