Caribbean Flavours traded at a new high of $13.50 on Monday.
At the market’s close, 11 stocks rose while 8 declined as trading ended with 2,642,818 units valued at $15,747,182 passing through the market, compared to 5,212,444 units valued at over $33,772,710, on Friday. At the close 6 stocks had bids higher than their last sale prices and 2 with lower offers, than the last sale, while 1 stock closed at new 52 weeks’ high while one traded at an intraday high.
An average of 110,117 units with an average value of $656,133 traded, compared to of 274,339 units with an average value of $1,777,511 on the previous trading day.
The average volume and value for the month to date ended at 272,597 units and $1,690,274 compared to 285,096 units and $1,759,823 to the previous day. The average volume and value for January, ended at 165,547 units and $884,749.At the close of trading, AMG Packaging dropped $3.99 and closed at $24.01 with 4,835 units changing hands, Blue Power closed at $50.25 after gaining 24 cents with just 100 shares trading, Cargo Handlers lost 43 cents in trading 180 units, to close at $24.07, Caribbean Cream closed trading with 30,640 units at $8, after gaining by 75 cents. Caribbean Flavours rose $1 in trading 1,500 units to end at a new 52 weeks’ high of $13.50, Caribbean Producers closed trading with 46,522 units being exchanged at $4.60 for a loss of 5 cents, Consolidated Bakeries traded 50,000 shares, to close 5 cents higher at $4.05, C2W Music traded 6,683 units and fell 11 cents to 39 cents. Derrimon Trading ended at $7.20 with 38,400 shares changing hands, General Accident closed trading with 6,000 shares while rising 12 cents to end at $4.12, Honey Bun closed with 4,672 shares changing hands to end at $7, Jamaican Teas traded 3,031 shares to close at $8 after gaining by 18 cents. Jetcon Corporation closed trading $1 higher with 390,520 shares being exchanged to end at $11,
Key Insurance traded 9,524 units, to close with a loss of 1 cent, at $2.89, KLE Group rose 20 cents and ended with 181 units changing hands, at $2.70, Lasco Distributors ended trading 110,000 units to close at $7.30, after adding 30 cents. Lasco Financial traded 412,200 shares changing hands, to end at $4.70, Lasco Manufacturing with 1,448,197 units changing hands, closed with a gain of 30 cents at $5, Main Event had 59,631 shares changing hands to close at $4.80. Medical Disposables lost 40 cents and closed at $7 with 4,704 shares changing hands, tTech gained 90 cents and closed trading with 513 units changing hands at $7.90, Eppley 9.5% preference share, ended with 300 units changing hands at $6.01 after falling by 2 cents and Eppley 10% preference share, ended with 300 units trading at $6.85.