Juniors suffers slight fall on Thursday

Junior market trading closed slightly down on Thursday with more stocks falling than the number rising, with 17 securities being active and the index closing 2.80 points lower at 2,190.19 as 5 stocks gained and 7 declined. The market ended with 1,137,261 units traded, valued at $6,066,776.
A total of 5 stocks closed with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 ended with a lower offer.
At the close, AMG Packaging traded 16,612 shares to close at $12.50, Blue Power with a fall of $1.18 with just 100 shares changing hands, at $15, CAC 2000 traded 70,925 shares at $6.50, Caribbean Cream fell 3 cents in closing at $6.95, with 21,326 shares traded, Caribbean Producers traded 25,000 shares and gained 26 cents to end at $3.46. Consolidated Bakeries traded 52,000 shares to end at $2.10, General Accident lost 12 cents to close at $2.03 with 42,000 shares changing hands, Iron Rock Insurance gained 2 cents in trading 25,000 shares and closed at $3.20, Jamaican Teas lost 30 cents in trading at $3.20 with 1,519 shares changing hands. Jetcon Corporation fell 15 cents to close at $2.55 with 50,000 shares changing hands, Key Insurance gained 5 cents in trading 3,163 shares at $2.60, Knutsford Express had 22,732 units changing hands, to close at $15, Lasco Distributors ended with 192,726 shares changing hands, but rose 19 cents to $7.49, Lasco Financial ended with 48,628 shares changing hands at $3.40. Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.90 with 554,582 shares trading a decline of 10 cents. Medical Disposables traded 1,885 shares and gained 1 cent to close at $3.50 and tTech ended with 9,063 shares changing hands to end at $3.80.