Juniors drop again on Wednesday

The Junior Market lost further ground on Wednesday as the market index slipped 31.33 points to end at 3,145.11 as advancing stocks just edged out declining ones 6 to 5. Volume traded increased from Tuesday’s 1 million unit level to just under 2 million units.
The junior Market closed with 16 securities versus 18 on Tuesday leading to 1,959,778 units valued at $11,361,648 trading, compared with 1,057,031 units valued at $6,029,750 on Tuesday.
Trading closed with 4 stocks having higher bids than their last traded prices and 3 closing with lower offers as the short term desire to sell dominates the market currently.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average of 122,383 units for an average value of $710,103 compared to 58,724 units for an average value of $334,986 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to just 69,674 units valued at $402,449 compared with 43,268 units valued at $248,622, 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, stocks trading and their last traded price are: AMG Packaging closed at $4.10 with 10,000 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream added 56 cents in trading 2,000 units to end at $8.01, Consolidated Bakeries rose 10 cents in trading 14,096 shares to close at $2.72, C2W Music lost 2 cents in trading 1,350 shares to close at 40 cents, Dolphin Cove lost $2 and ended at $18 with 2,979 shares trading, General Accident closed trading with 1,000 shares at $3, Honey Bun lost 17 cents and closed with 1,000 units, changing hands at $5.70 Jamaican Teas lost 5 cents trading 24,538 shares, to end at $4.15, Jetcon Corporation lost 48 cents and ended at $5 with 1,280,719 shares trading, Knutsford Express traded 9,454 shares to end at $15.80, Lasco Distributors fell 48 cents and closed at $6.50 after trading 15,575 units, Lasco Financial ended with 2,000 shares changing hands at $3.75 after losing 5 cents, Lasco Manufacturing ended with 69,398 shares trading closed at $4.90 after rising 2 cents. Main Event dropped 30 cents and ended trading 140,248 shares at $5, Paramount Trading lost 2 cents to end at $3 with 10,000 units trading and tTech traded 374,621 units for 71 cents more to $8.51.