Lasco Distributors dominated trading on Friday with 88% of the volume.
Trading picked up on Friday over Thursday with Lasco Distributor dominating with 88 percent of the volume of 1,607.606 units valued at $11,124,439 passing through the market, compared to 243,100 units valued at $4,441,436 on Thursday. Market activity ended with only 15 securities trading, similar to the total on Thursday with 4 advancing and 5 declining stocks. A total of 1,607.606 units valued at $11,124,439 passed through the market, compared to 243,100 units valued at $4,441,436 on Thursday.
The junior market ended trading with an average of 107,174 units for an average value of $741,629 traded,
compared to 16,207 units for an average value of $296,096 on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for the month to date ended at 137,459 units and $1,313,411. On the immediate preceding trading day, the average volume and value for the month to date, were 138,835 units and $1,338,271 with the value of trading ending close to the level for February and well ahead of the averages in January of 165,547 units with an average value of $884,749. The average volume and value for February, ended at 223,938 units and $1,379,459.Trading ended with 7 stocks had bids higher than their last sale prices and 5 ended with lower offers, than the last sale.
At the close of the market on Friday, AMG Packaging closed at $6 with 30,554 units changing hands, Blue Power lost $1.50 and closed at $35 with 827 shares trading, Caribbean Cream dropped 65 cents in trading 19,770 units to end at $7.25, Caribbean Flavours climbed $1.80 in trading 3,950 units to end at $13.80,
Dolphin Cove lost $1 and ended at $18 with 40,000 shares changing hands, General Accident gained 35 cents and closed trading with 7,075 shares at $3.15, Honey Bun had 26,764 shares changing hands, rose 20 cents and closed at $7.50. I$P Finance traded 5,681 shares to end at $12.50, Jamaican Teas traded 27,505 shares to close with a fall of 24 cents at $7.75, Jetcon Corporation closed trading with 2,100 shares being exchanged, to end at $11, Lasco Distributors ended with 1,418,780 units trading at $6.70, Main Event closed with a loss of 10 cents at $4.90 with 3,400 shares changing hands, Paramount Trading had 20,100 shares changing hands, to close at $3.80. tTech traded just 1,000 units but rose $1.23 to close at $7.50 and Eppley 10% preference share traded a mere 100 units at $6.80.