Juniors rise moderately – Friday
April 7, 2017 by
At the close, the market index gained 17.40 points, to end at 3,038.94 with 19 securities changing hands, down from 21 on Thursday with 7 advancing and 5 declining. The market closed with 5,586,153 units valued at $33,901,745 passing through the market, compared to 16,784,123 units valued at $127,813,133 that were traded on Thursday.
The junior market ended trading with an average of 294,008 units for an average value of $1,784,302 traded, compared to 839,206 units for an average value of $6,390,657 on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for the month to date is 306,561 units and $2,229,811. The average volume and value for the month to the previous trading day ended at 309,700 units and $2,341,189. The average volume and value for March was 137,459 units and $1,313,411.
Trading ended with 6 stocks having bids higher than their last sale prices and 2 ending with lower offers, than the last traded price.
At the close of the market on Friday, AMG Packaging lost 11 cents to close at $5.50 with 37,000 units changing hands, Blue Power traded 6,053 units to close at $35, CAC 2000 gained 18 cents and closed at $7.45 with 10,000 shares trading, Cargo Handlers traded 500 shares to end with a gain of 5 cents at $21, Caribbean Cream traded 58,505 units to end at $7.30, Caribbean Producers traded 130,026 units to end at $3.75, Consolidated Bakeries lost 9 cents with 12,398 shares changing hands, to close at $2.91, C2W Music had 6,000 units changing hands to close at 25 cents, Honey Bun had 2,511,007 shares changing hands to close at $7.30, I$P Finance traded 20,100 shares to end with a rise of $1.50 at an all-time high of $15.50, Jamaican Teas lost 10 cents with 24,456 shares being exchanged, to close at $7.40, Jetcon Corporation lost 4 cents to end at $11.85 with 4,332 shares traded, Key Insurance traded 120,000 shares and fell 1 cent in closing at $3, Lasco Distributors ended with just 9,656 units trading at $6.80, Lasco Financial gained 5 cents and ended with 12,427 shares changing hands at $3.85, Lasco Manufacturing closed with 2,600,300 units changing hands at $4.99 after rising 19 cents, Main Event lost 54 cents trading 10,693 shares at $5.20, Medical Disposables closed trading with 9,500 shares at $6 and Paramount Trading closed with a gain of 10 cents to end a $3.70 with 3,200 units trading.