Juniors enter July with gains – Friday

The junior market closed trading on Friday with the market index up by 7.48 points, to close at 2,215.64, sitting 85 points below the upper end of a rising channel, at the 2,300 points level that could constrain short term upward movement. A total of 13 active securities compared to 16 on Thursday traded but with only 1,681,148 shares valued at $7,205,861, changing hands on Friday. At the close, 6 stocks advanced and only 1 declined while two traded at new closing highs.
At the end of trading 6 stocks closed with the bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 ended with lower offers.
At the end of trading, Blue Power closed at a new high of $16 with 3,881 units trading to gain $1, Caribbean Cream gained 50 cents with 96,989 shares changing hands, to end at a new closing high of $5.50. Out of favour, Caribbean Flavours, lost 5 cents in trading 11,039 shares at $6.51, Consolidated Bakeries gained 20 cents with 373,576 units changing hands, to close at $2, Dolphin Cove traded 5,000 shares, to end with a rise of 10 cents at $11.75, General Accident Insurance closed at $2.05 with 4,147 units trading. Honey Bun gained 45 cents to close at $6.05 with 58,441 units changing hands, Knutsford Express traded a mere 200 shares to end at $17.50, Lasco Distributors traded 76,398 units to end at $7.50, Lasco Financial ended with 2,713 shares changing hands at $3.45. Lasco Manufacturing closed at $5 with 301,603 shares trading, Medical Disposables traded 400 shares to close at $3.40 and tTech gained 50 cents in trading 746,761 units to close at $4.50.