ISP Finance gained 250% to a new high of $7 & helped the JM to a 36% gain for 2016.
Trading slipped from Wednesday’s levels, ending with 1,753,530 units changing hands, 12 percent lower than on Wednesday, while value traded, dropped 31 percent to $7,158,594 from $10,428,547, on Wednesday.
Market activities ended with 4 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 ending with lower offers.
In market activity since trading on September 12 at $86.10, Cargo Handlers has still not traded with the bid at $88 to buy 207 units. The stock is on offer at $90 to sell 45,551 units.
The stock will be split 10 for 1 stock, effective October 22.In trading activity, AMG Packaging closed with a fall of 5 cents at $17.50 with 889 units changing hands, Blue Power gave up 25 cents in trading just 100 shares at $24.75, Caribbean Cream gave back 60 cents with 58,577 shares changing hands to end at $9.40, Caribbean Flavours closed with the price unchanged in trading 12,000 units at $8.99. Caribbean Producers remained unchanged in trading 1,065,000 units to end at $3.50. C2W Music closed with 10,000 units changing hands to close at 24 cents, Consolidated Bakeries gained 10 cents in trading 841 shares to close at $2.50,
General Accident Insurance closed with 225,500 units changing hands at $2.65, Honey Bun traded 60,800 shares at $6.10. ISP Finance traded 51,809 shares and gained 39 cents, to close at an all-time high of $7, Jamaican Teas traded 7,145 shares to close at $4, Knutsford Express closed at $24 with 100 units, Lasco Distributors gained of 2 cents with 103,000 units traded, at $7.52, Lasco Financial lost 13 cents and ended with 126,185 shares changing hands at $3.22. Lasco Manufacturing closed at $5.10 with 27,584 shares trading and Paramount Trading closed with a gain of $2.50 at a 52 weeks’ high of $22 with 2,000 shares changing hands.