Consolidated Bakeries closed at a 52 weeks’ high on Wednesday at $3.50..
The market closed with 21 securities traded, 2 more than on Tuesday, with the prices of 12 rising and 2 declining, ending with 2,831,925 units valued at $14,341,956 passing through the market, compared to 1,610,629 units, valued at $10,783,120, on Tuesday. 10 stocks closed with bids higher than their last sale and 2 with lower offers than the last sale.
An average of 134,854 units with an average value of $682,950 traded, compared to 84,770 units with an average value of $567,533 on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for January, ended at 165,547 units and $884,749.
At the close of trading, AMG Packaging rose 90 cents to close at $21 with 1,965 units changing hands, Blue Power closed with 2,000 units changing hands at $40.40, Caribbean Cream exchanged 710,000 shares and fell 24 cents, to close at $7.27, Caribbean Flavours put through 897 units to end at $9.50. Caribbean Producers lost 10 cents in trading 53,025 units at $4.25. Consolidated Bakeries jumped 50 cents in trading 146,122 shares to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.50, C2W Music ended 35 cents with 23,480 shares changing hands, General Accident gained 5 cents and closed trading with 148,153 shares at $3.05, but traded at an all-time high of $3.50 earlier in the day. Honey Bun climbed 9 cents and closed with 202,754 shares changing hands at $7, Jamaican Teas traded 20,460 shares to close at $9.15 after rising by 34 cents, Jetcon Corporation closed trading with 53,787 shares, to end with a gain of 26 cents to $9.80. Key Insurance traded 15,000 units to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.35, after rising by 35 cents, KLE Group gained 30 cents and ended with 44,700 units changing hands at $2.80, 
Lasco Distributors ended trading with 63,350 units changing hands to end at $7.30. Lasco Financial had 126,647 shares changing hands and gained 8 cents to end at $4, Lasco Manufacturing with 134,019 units changing hands, closed with a gain of 7 cents at $5.13, Medical Disposables gained 20 cents and closed at $6.10 with 20,069 shares changing hands. Paramount Trading closed at $3 with 871,487 shares changing hands, tTech closed trading with 16,010 units changing hands to end at $6.90 after rising 30 cents, Eppley 10% preference share, traded 8,000 units and rose 3 cents to end at $6.03 and Eppley 8.25% preference share, traded 170,000 units to close at $6 after it traded at an all –time high of $6.05.