Juniors closed mixed – Tuesday

The junior market closed with the market index closing higher by 11.31 points to end at 2,044.08 with just 724,885 shares trading with a value of $2,996,936 from 14 active securities with 6 advancing 6 declining. Trading is down from the 19 securities traded, accounting for 2,230,238 units valued at $6,146,551, on Monday.
At the end of trading, 7 stocks closed with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 ended with lower offers.
At the close, AMG Packaging rose 10 cents to end at $12.51 with 100 units changing hands, CAC 2000 ended with 1,940 shares but lost 10 cents to close at $6.40, Caribbean Cream gained 40 cents with 153,892 shares up from 153,892 units on Monday changing hands to close at $5.50. The company reported a rise of 9 percent in sales to $316 million for the May quarter and a jump of 81 percent in profit to $71 million or earnings per share of 19 cents. Consolidated Bakeries fell 10 cents in trading 71,559 shares to close at $2, Derrimon Trading closed at $3 with 133,163 shares changing hands, General Accident lost 10 cents in trading 38,006 units at $2.05, Honey Bun traded 89,130 shares and lost 5 cents to close at $5.55. Iron Rock Insurance gained 15 cents in trading 49,100 shares and closed at $3.35. KLE fell 5 cents with 9,451 units changing hands at $1.15, Knutsford Express traded 3,336 units changing hands at $14.70, Lasco Distributors traded 2,586 units and rose 5 cents to end at $6.05. Lasco Financial ended with 30,000 shares changing hands, at $3.38, after gaining 23 cents, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $5.01 with 39,074 shares trading and rose 1 cent in the process and Medical Disposables traded 12,232 shares to close with a loss of 40 cents at $3.05.
The volumes for the highest closing bids and lowest offers were not available for publication.