Juniors fall moderately – Wednesday

The junior market index dropped 10.57 points on Wednesday, to end at 3,044.98 with 21 securities changing hands, down from 22 on Tuesday with 6 advancing and 10 declining.
Trading fell back on Wednesday from Tuesday’s levels, with a volume of 1,676,664 units valued at $10,468,019 passing through the market, compared to 2,082,552 units valued at $21,125,705 that were traded on Tuesday.
The junior market ended trading with an average of 79,841 units for an average value of $498,477 traded, compared to 94,661 units for an average value of $960,259 on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for the month to date is 133,197 units and $961,366. The average volume and value for the month to the previous trading day ended at 159,875 units and $1,237,810. The average volume and value for March was 137,459 units and $1,313,411.
Trading ended with 5 stocks having bids higher than their last sale prices and just 1 ending with a lower offer, than the last traded price.
At the close of the market on Wednesday, AMG Packaging shed 62 cents to close at $5.48 with 153,832 units changing hands, Blue Power traded 6,503 units to close at $35, CAC 2000 gained 15 cents and closed at $8 with 16,745 shares trading, Cargo Handlers traded 347 shares to end at $20.10, Caribbean Cream traded 3,000 units to end with a rise of 4 cents at $7.30, Caribbean Producers fell 25 cents in trading 158,064 units to end at $3.75, Derrimon Trading fell by 10 cents and ended at a new high of $8.50 with 1,800 shares changing hands, Dolphin Cove ended at $20 with 114,585 shares trading. General Accident traded 900 shares and gained 10 cents to end at $3.15, Honey Bun had 5,491 shares changing hands and lost 20 cents to close at $7.30, I$P Finance traded 10,000 shares to end with a rise of 75 cents at an all-time high of $13.50, Jamaican Teas lost 25 cents in trading 1,095 shares to close at $7.50, Jetcon Corporation fell 20 cents to end at $11.90 with 10,977 shares being exchanged, KLE Group traded 2,413 units at $3.50, Lasco Distributors ended with 3,290 units trading at $6.89 after losing by 1 cent, Lasco Manufacturing closed with 1,111,790 units changing hands with a rise of 8 cents to end at $5.08, Main Event jumped 74 cents and closed at an all-time high of $5.74 with 10,113 shares changing hands, Medical Disposables traded 25,015 shares to close at $6.50, Paramount Trading shed 15 cents with 25,075 shares changing hands, to close at $3.60 and tTech traded 10,629 units to fall 49 cents and closed at $7.