the prices of Lasco Distributors and Lasco Financial had wild swings on Monday as the courts awarded Lasd $273 million in damages.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, with 17 securities changing hands as the prices of 2 securities advanced, 11 declined and 4 remained unchanged leading to market Index declining 45.44 points to 2,948.96.
Trading on Monday, resulted in an exchange of 2,397,751 units valued at $13,589,523 compared to 1,089,369 units valued at $4,857,835 from 20 securities changing hands on Friday.
At the close of market activities, an average of 141,044 units traded for an average of $799,384 in contrast to 54,468 units for an average of $242,892 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 113,513 units valued at $558,525 and previously 112,183 units valued at $546,893. In contrast, October closed with average of 74,690 units valued at $362,548 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 2 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed with a loss of $1 at $40, with 20,400 shares, Cargo Handlers ended trading with a loss of $1.15 at $10.85, with 19,062 stock units, Caribbean Cream finished with a loss of 5 cents at $5.50, with 10,121 shares, Express Catering ended at $4.50, with 19,030 stock units, Eppley concluded trading with a loss of 50 cents at $11, with 388 units changing hands, Honey Bun settled with a loss of 70 cents at $4, with 12,500 shares. Iron Rock settled at $2.80, with 93,662 shares, Jamaican Teas traded with a loss of 20 cents at $4, with 101,260 units, Jetcon Corporation finished trading with a loss of 10 cents at $4.60, with 87,865 shares,
Key Insurance ended with a loss of 75 cents at $4, with 1,000 stock units, Knutsford Express closed with a loss of 50 cents at $13, with 1,929 shares. Lasco Distributors settled 62 cents higher at $5.69, with 1,200,172 shares, but traded during the morning session at a 52 weeks’ intraday low of $4.50 before recovering ahead of the close. Lasco Financial ended trading with a loss of 8 cents at $6.22, but traded as low as $5.25, and traded 189,907 stock units by the close. Lasco Manufacturing traded at $3.95, with 21,964 units. Main Event closed 39 cents higher at $6, with 418,028 shares, Paramount Trading concluded trading with a loss of 35 cents at $3.15, with 46,753 units, and Stationery and Office ended trading at $5.05, with 153,710 stock units.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.