Juniors finally close lower after 10days
January 18, 2017 by
At the close of the market, volume traded climbed 51 percent, from Tuesday’s level, ending with a volume of 1,865,673 units, changing hands, valued at $12,828,651, with a rise of 63 percent from $7,873,809 on Tuesday.
An average of 109,745 units with an average value of $754,627 traded, compared to 68,565 units with an average value of $437,434 on the preceding trading day. The average for the month to date is 116,803 units with an average value of $588,434 versus 117,445 units with an average value of $573,325 on Tuesday. The average for December is 131,147 units, at an average of $672,488.
The market closed with 8 stocks with bids higher than their last sale and 1 with a lower offer, than their last sale.
At the close of trading, AMG Packaging dived $9.95 to close at $23.05 with 50,049 units changing hands, even as the company announced the payment of a dividend of 42 cents per share. Blue Power closed with 1,130 units changing hands at $37, Caribbean Cream closed trading at $7 as strong buying interest resulted in 847,000 units trading. Caribbean Producers, traded 392,000 shares and rose 20 cents to $4, Consolidated Bakeries ended trading 2,800 shares to close at $2.40, General Accident Insurance traded 70,000 shares to end at $3 after rising 10 cents, Honey Bun closed with 111,825 shares changing hands, for a rise of 5 cents to $6.25. Iron Rock Insurance traded 26,182 shares but lost 1 cent to end at $3.99, Investors bought 298,383 Jetcon Corporation’s shares to end at $9.50. KLE Group closed at $2.20 with 4,000 units changing hands, Lasco Distributors ended with 3,500 units trading, to close at $7.03, after shedding 17 cents, Lasco Financial had 13,300 shares changing hands, to end at $3.63, with a 2 cents loss, Lasco Manufacturing ended at $5.15, with 13,824 units trading. Medical Disposables closed at $4.83 with 2,000 shares changing hands, tTech traded just 850 shares to close at $6.50 and Derrimon Trading preference share, lost 12 cents ending with 24,250 units changing hands to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $2.