Blue Power in big drop to close at $30.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Friday with 26 securities changing hands, compared to 25 on Thursday.
At the close of market activities 1,252,974 units valued at $5,418,449 were exchanged, compared to 3,622,077 units valued at $8,835,894, on Thursday. Trading ended with the prices of 8 securities advancing, 7 declining and 11 remained unchanged and the Junior Market Index advanced by 9.51 points to close at 2,968.53.
Market activity ended with an average of 48,191 units for an average of $208,402 in contrast to 144,883 units for an average of $353,436 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 120,246 units with an average value of $437,478 and previously 147,796 units with an average value of $529,433. April closed with an average of 121,622 units at $506,803, for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Blue Power concluded trading with a drop of $6.85 cents to a 52 weeks’ low of $30, with 1,859 units, Cargo Handlers settled at $10, with 2,217 shares, Caribbean Cream ended trading at $4.61, with 2,200 shares, Caribbean Producers finished trading 20 cents higher at $5.50, with 124,930 units, Dolphin Cove finished at $17, with 2,755 stock units. Elite Diagnostic settled at $3.25, with 53,409 units, Eppley ended trading with a loss of 30 cents at $9.20, with 73,571 shares, Express Catering traded with a loss of 50 cents at $5.50, with 37,300 shares, FosRich Group finished trading 5 cents higher at $2.50, with 53,467 shares. General Accident closed 20 cents higher at $3.20, with 500,363 stock units, GWest Corporation ended at $2.40, with 28,513 units, Honey Bun concluded trading 20 cents higher at $4.80, with 10,000 shares, ISP Finance settled 80 cents higher at $18, with 1,000 shares. Jamaican Teas ended trading at $5, with 39,880 stock units, Jetcon Corporation traded with a loss of 4 cents at $4.09, with 14,500 units, 
Key Insurance finished trading at $3.90, with 10,000 shares, Knutsford Express ended 43 cents higher at $13.90, with 5,290 shares. Lasco Distributors concluded trading 10 cents higher at $4.30, with 87,570 stock units, Lasco Financial finished at $5.55, with 24,986 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled 10 cents higher at $3.85, with 9,140 shares, Main Event ended trading with a loss of 46 cents at $6.79, with 8,560 shares. Paramount Trading finished trading with a loss of 10 cents at $3, with 70,851 stock units, Stationery and Office closed with a loss of 15 cents at $6.05, with 10,346 units and tTech concluded trading at $5.75, with 29,327 shares. In the junior market preference segment, Derrimon Trading 9% ended at $2, with 2,390 stock units, Eppley 8.75% concluded trading at $6, with 48,550 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
