Juniors inch forward on Thursday

The junior market closed slightly higher on Thursday with the market index rising by a mere 4.29 points to 2,761.94 with 17 security trading the same that traded on Wednesday. Trading ended with prices of 6 stocks gaining and 7 declining.
At the close of the market volume traded jumped 146 percent, from Wednesday’s level, as CAC 2000 traded 1,955,293 and Lasco Manufacturing exchanged 1,990,064 shares. Trading ended with 4,583,153 units, changing hands, valued at $26,375,749, with a rise of 106 percent from $12,828,651 on Wednesday.
An average of 269,597 units with an average value of $1,551,515 traded, compared to 109,745 units with an average value of $754,627 on the preceding trading day. The average for the month to date is 128,556 units with an average value of $662,517 versus 116,803 units with an average value of $588,434 on Wednesday. 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 2 with a lower offer, than their last sale.
At the close of trading, AMG Packaging recovered just $1.35 of the $9.95 it fell by on Wednesday to close at $24.40 with 11,000 units changing hands, CAC 2000 closed with gain of 76 cents at $6.01, Cargo Handlers lost 10 cents in trading 1,984 shares at $20.90, Caribbean Cream closed trading at $7 with 51,959 units trading. Caribbean Flavours traded 900 units to end at $11.20 with a loss of 80 cents, Caribbean Producers, traded 11,000 shares and rose 20 cents to $4, Derrimon Trading ended at $5.51 with 20,000 shares changing hands, after rising by 1 cent, General Accident Insurance traded 38,600 shares to end at $3.08 after rising 8 cents. Honey Bun closed with 1,500 shares changing hands, for a fall of 4 cents to $6.21. Jamaican Teas fell 25 cents to end at $5.50 with 15,000 shares being exchanged, Jetcon Corporation traded 185,562 shares to end at a new closing 52 weeks’ high of $10 after adding 50 cents, KLE Group closed at $2.20 with 20,000 units changing hands, Lasco Distributors ended with 9,862 units trading, to close at $7.40, after adding 37 cents. Lasco Manufacturing closed at $5, with a loss of 15 cents as just under 2 million units traded, Medical Disposables lost 13 cents to close at $4.60 with 21,127 shares changing hands, tTech traded 209,302 shares to close at $6.50 and Eppley 9.5% preference share, ended with 40,000 units changing hands to close at $6.06 after falling 12 cents.