Lasco Distributors slaps Junior Market – Wednesday

A fall in the price of Lasco Distributors to $3.50 with just over 2.5 million units trading at this level on the Junior Market on Wednesday. The stock lost 40 cents from Tuesday’s close to end at $4 and was mostly responsible for the 52.05 points drop in the market index to 2,899.61.
Market activity resulted in 23 securities changing hands with 7 securities advancing, 5 declining and 11 remaining unchanged, with an exchange of 7,801,377 units valued at $30,185,618. On Tuesday 25 securities traded with 1,349,465 units valued at $4,963,939 changing hands.
Trading ended with an average of 339,190 units for an average of $1,312,418 compared to an average of 53,979 units for an average of $198,558 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 122,453 units at $488,239, compared to an average of, 99,267 units at $400,071 on the previous trading day. February closed with an average of 338,697 units at an average value of $1,495,774 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows just 1 stock ending with the bid higher than the last selling price and 7 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 15 cents at $2.05, as 504,135 stock units traded, Blue Power concluded trading at $33.01, with 136 units, CAC 2000 finished 50 cents higher at $9, with 5,300 shares, Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of 5 cents at $10.40, with 5,668 shares, Caribbean Producers finished trading at $4.62, with 823,986 units. C2W Music ended with a loss of 1 cent at 44 cents, with 941 shares, Dolphin Cove finished $18 higher at $18, with 902 stock units, Elite Diagnostic settled 2 cents higher at $3.02, with 236,396 units, Eppley ended trading 15 cents higher at $10.15, with 1,924 shares. Express Catering traded with a loss of 10 cents at $4.70, with 1,996 shares, FosRich Group finished trading at $2.68, with 37,662 shares, General Accident closed at $2.90, with 68,000 stock units, Honey Bun concluded trading at $4.80, with 130,000 shares. Jamaican Teas ended trading at $4.50, with 60,000 stock units, Jetcon Corporation traded at $4.15, with 67,320 units, Key Insurance finished trading 15 cents higher at $4.10, with 500 shares, Knutsford Express ended with a loss of 50 cents at $14, with 100,360 shares. Lasco Distributors concluded trading 30 cents higher at $4, with 5,474,396 stock units, Lasco Financial finished at $5, with 7,150 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled at $4, with 92,195 shares, Main Event ended trading 5 cents higher at $6, with 100,000 shares. Paramount Trading finished trading at $3.20, with 30,838 stock units and Stationery and Office closed 10 cents higher at $5.60, with 51,572 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.