Juniors jump sharply – Friday

The Junior Market recovered lost ground on Friday as the market index jumped 57.14 points to end at 3,222.25. Volume traded suffered a 28 percent reduction and the value of stocks trading dropped 52 percent, compared to trading on Thursday.
The junior Market closed with 1,459,166 units valued at $7,939,041 traded compared with 2,034,224 units valued at $16,616,055 on Thursday.
Trading closed with 23 securities versus 18 on Thursday leading to 11 stocks rising and 9 declining and with 6 stocks having higher bids than their last traded prices and 2 closing with lower offers.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average of 63,442 units for an average value of $345,176 compared to of 113,012 units for an average value of $923,114 on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 395,969 units valued at $1,799,200 compared with 411,804 units valued at $1,868.440, previously. In contrast, May closed with averages of just 89,339 units at $596,722.
At the close of the market, stocks trading and their last traded price are: AMG Packaging closed at $4.05 with 15,000 units changing hands, Blue Power closed at $50 with 5,021 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream jumped 76 cents in trading 20,000 units to end at $8.01, Caribbean Flavours jumped by $1 in trading 100 units to end at $12, Caribbean Producers gained 20 cents in trading 118,077 shares to close at $3.50, Consolidated Bakeries fell 8 cents in trading 10,300 shares to close at $2.62, Derrimon Trading lost 45 cents and ended at $8.05 with 44,095 shares changing hands, Eppley closed with 6,548 units, changing hands at $12. General Accident rose 65 cents and closed trading with 6,000 shares at $3.35, Honey Bun lost 44 cents in trading 5,300 shares changing hands and closed at $5.60, ISP Finance lost $2 and ended at $18 with 17,019 units changing hands. Jamaican Teas traded 19,000 shares, losing 20 cents to end at $4.20, Jetcon Corporation climbed 58 cents and ended at $5.49 with 947,393 shares trading, Knutsford Express traded 10,400 shares but lost 25 cents to end at $15.70. Lasco Distributors ended at $7 after rising 10 cents trading 1,000 units, Lasco Financial gained 15 cents with 100 shares changing hands, to end at $3.75, Lasco Manufacturing added 35 cents and ended with 8,100 shares trading to close at $5, Main Event dropped 62 cents and ended trading 24,937 shares at $5.25, Paramount Trading added 7 cents and ended at $3.02 with 32,000 units trading, Sweet River fell 5 cents and ended with 5,006 units changing hands at $3.50, tTech ended with 5,770 units changing hands and fell 20 cents to close at $7.80 and< strong> Derrimon Trading preference share rose 30 cents to end at $2.50 with 150,000 shares changing hands.