Lasco Manufacturing traded 10 million shares on Junior Market on Thursday, accounting for 89 percent of the day’s volume that saw 11,336,686 units changing hands at $37,683,562, compared to 6,366,628 units valued at $24,922,045, changing hands on Wednesday.
At the close of trading, 28 securities changed hands, the same as Wednesday. The market index rose 21.66 points to close at 3,112.32 as the prices of 10 securities rose, 8 declined and 7 remained unchanged.
Trading ended with an average of 404,882 units for an average of $1,345,842 in contrast to 227,380 units for an average of $890,073 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 200,568 shares valued at $792,051 compared to 188,396 shares valued at $759,059 on the previous day. In contrast, February closed with an average of 235,225 units valued at $679,790 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed at $46.60, with 1,605 shares changing hands, Blue Power concluded trading of 40,500 units, at $4.60, CAC 2000 finished with a loss of 41 cents at $12, with an exchange of 2,500 shares, Cargo Handlers settled 20 cents higher at $13, with the trading of 756 shares. Caribbean Producers finished trading 20,856 units at $4.60, Consolidated Bakeries closed 19 cents higher at $1.99, with 22,000 shares changing hands, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 1 cent at $2.74, exchanging 36,270 shares, Everything Fresh gained 1 cent in closing at $1.51, trading 164,261 stock units. Elite Diagnostic settled with a loss of 10 cents at $3, with an exchange of 33,100 units, Express Catering ended trading with 4,961 shares after a loss of 20 cents at $7.80, FosRich Group traded with a loss of 30 cents at $4, with 83,394 shares changing hands, Fontana finished trading 418,247 
shares, at $4.05. GWest Corporation ended 15 cents higher at $1.45, in trading 16,715 units, Honey Bun traded 7,800 shares at $4.25, iCreate closed at $1, with an exchange of 29,500 shares, Indies Pharma finished with a loss of 3 cents at $3.09, with 235,659 shares changing hands, Iron Rock settled 5 cents higher at $3.55, with an exchange of 34,709 shares. Jamaican Teas traded just 6,334 units at $3.90, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 2,744 shares, for a rise of 39 cents to $3, Knutsford Express fell 1 cent in closing at $11.90, with 2,998 stock units crossing through the exchange, Lasco Distributors finished 19 cents higher at $3.89, with 65,017 units changing hands. Lasco Financial settled 3 cents higher at $4.55, exchanging 13,212 shares. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 10,052,000 shares and rose 10 cents to $3.30, Main Event traded 2,141 shares at $5.50, Medical Disposables finished trading with a loss of 40 cents at $7.60, with the swapping of 7,707 stock units. Paramount Trading closed at $2.30, with 6,000 units changing hands, SSL Venture Capital ended at $1.70, with an exchange of 1,377 shares and tTech settled 50 cents higher at $6, as 24,323 stock units changed hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
