Juniors drop 5% for week

At the close of the Junior Market on Friday, the market index shed almost 5 percent as it fell 68.54 points on and 157.79 points for the week, to end at 3,064.46. Advancing stocks  outnumbered declining ones, 6 to 5, at the close of trading, for the week.
The market closed with 19 securities versus 16 on Thursday leading to 1,798,125 units valued at $9,009,745 trading, compared with 1,273,040 units valued at $6,292,991 on Thursday.
Trading closed with 7 stocks having higher bids than their last traded prices and 1 closing with a lower offer as the short term desire to sell continued to dominate the market currently.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average of 94,638 units for an average value of $474,197 compared to 67,002 units for an average value of $331,210 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 74,132 units valued at $402,551 compared with units 69,006 units valued at $384,639 previously. In contrast, June closed with averages of 395,969 units valued at $1,799,200 for each security traded.
At the close of the market, Access Financial Services lost 50 cents to close at $46.50, trading 199 units AMG Packaging closed at $4 with 22,679 units changing hands, Blue Power closed at $50 with 862 units changing hands, CAC 2000 shed $1.43 to end at $6.75 with 27,757 shares trading, Cargo Handlers traded 1,259 shares and fell 5 cents to $14.45, Caribbean Flavours ended trading 240 units at $12.10, Caribbean Producers closed trading with 11,400 units to end at $3.40, Consolidated Bakeries closed trading with 12,732 shares at $2.72, Derrimon Trading ended at $8.05 with 132,000 shares changing hands, General Accident closed trading with 103,720 shares to end at $2.90, Iron Rock lost 30 cents and closed with 200 units, changing hands at $3.20 Jamaican Teas lost 30 cents trading 9,800 shares, to end at $3.80, Jetcon Corporation shed 55 cents to $4.50 with 804,795 shares trading, Knutsford Express traded 11,582 shares and lost 15 cents to end at $14.85, Lasco Distributors closed at $6.80 after trading 16,000 units, Lasco Financial ended with 68,052 shares changing hands at $3.60 after slipping 20 cents, Lasco Manufacturing fell 40 cents and ended with 535,551 shares trading, to close at $4.30. Main Event gained 50 cents to end trading 31,922 shares at $5.50 and Medical Disposables lost 50 cents and closed at $5.50 with 7,375 units trading.