The JSE junior market fell on Wednesday although 5 stocks rose and 2 declined with 3 junior stocks closing at 52 weeks’ high. The market index fell 5.90 points to close at 1,034.69.
At the close, 9 securities traded, resulting in 2,064,713 units valued at $4,360,597 changing hands. The market ended with 5 securities closing with no bids to buy, while 7 had no stocks being offered for sale and 3 stocks closed with bids higher than the last traded prices and only 1 with the offer being lower.
In trading, AMG Packaging closed with a gain of 5 cents to $3.65 with 36,579 units changing hands, for a new 52 week’s high, Blue Power closed with 19,500 units changing hands and gained $1.22 to close at $13.50, for a new General Accident traded 223,081 shares to close at $1.74 for .52 week’s high. Caribbean Cream traded 393,344 units, to close at $2. Derrimon Trading ended with 99,500 shares changing hands, with a gain of 30 cents at $2.45, for a 52 week’s high. Dolphin Cove traded with a gain of 45 cents to $13 with 5,000 shares, a loss of 4 cents, Lasco Distributors closed with 66,976 units trading 9 cents lower at $1.76, Lasco Financial Services traded 41,500 units to close at $1.90 after gaining 1 cent and Lasco Manufacturing with 1,179,233 units changing hands closed at $2.
Juniors slip slightly
August 12, 2015 by