Low junior market trading
November 12, 2014 by
Trading in the Junior Market closed with very little activity, on a day when trading picked up in the Jamaican Stock Exchange main market. Trading ended with 665.76 units valued at $131,655.
The JSE Junior Market Index barely slipped 0.15 points to close at 665.76. Only 3 securities traded, with the price none advancing and one falling. At the close of the market, there is 1 stock with the bid higher than the last selling price and 1 stock with offer that is lower. The junior market continues to exhibit weakness with 8 securities closing with no bids to buy, but this is an improvement over a more pronounced 10-11 in recent weeks. There were 5 securities, that had no stocks offered for sale.
There was dealing in 58,600 Lasco Distributors’ shares at $1.32 and Lasco Manufacturing contributed 30,000 shares in trading to end at 95 cents. Blue Power ended trading with 3,790 units as the price slipped 10 cents to a new 52 weeks’ low of $6.80.