Juniors jump to record close on Tuesday

Prices on the junior market rose on Tuesday, and pushed the market index up by 22.95 points to end at record close of 2,546.91, but went as high as 2,564.39 points in the morning session, to be up a strong 42 percent for the year to date.
At the close, the prices of 4 stocks rose, 8 declined with 18 securities trading, compared to 17 trading on Monday as Lasco Distributors dominated trading with 4,494,594 shares after rising 15 cents to close at $6.70. Volume of stocks traded fell on Tuesday by 14 percent, from Monday’s level, ending with 4,752,058 units changing hands, valued at $32,819,600, up 24 percent from $26,556,207 on Monday.
Market activities ended with 7 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and just 2 ending with lower offers.
An average of 264,003 units with an average value of $1,823,311 units traded, compared to 324,429 units with an average value of $1,562,130 on the preceding trading day. The average for December to date is 146,640 units, at an average of $736,180. The average for December to Monday is 137,612 units, at an average of $652,554. November ended with an average of 109,679 units with an average value of $607,092.

CAC 2000 fell 60 cents in trading 2,112 shares to end at $4.50, Cargo Handlers climbed 30 cents to hit a new high of $16.30, with 23,630 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cream closed with 16,455 shares changing hands and lost 20 cents to end at $8. Caribbean Flavours lost 50 cents with 2,000 units changing hands. Caribbean Producers rose 25 cents in trading 400 units at $3.50, C2W Music had 6,122 units changing hands to close at 35 cents, Dolphin Cove exchanged 333 shares and closed at $15, Honey Bun had 1,700 shares changing hands to close at $6 after falling 19 cents. Iron Rock Insurance traded 215 shares and dropped back $1.05 to $3.60, Jetcon Corporation closed trading with 80,200 units, to end at $5.89, KLE Group ended at $1.95 with 5,530 shares changing hands, Knutsford Express traded just 253 shares but the price slipped 44 cents to $19.55. Lasco Financial ended with 10,200 shares changing hands, for 5 cents higher to $3.35, Lasco Manufacturing ended at $4.98 with a fall of 2 cents after 99,283 units switch hands, Medical Disposables had 6,900 units changing hands, to close with a fall of 60 cents at $4.20, Sweet River traded 200 shares to close at $3.85 and Eppley 9.5% preference share traded 1,931 units at $6.18.