The Junior Market Index declined by 29.09 points to close at 3,519.95 on Tuesday with volume rising 37 percent over Monday’s level resulting in a 10 percent increase the value traded over Monday.
Investors exchanged 3,646,455 units valued at $16,744,218 compared to 2,662,027 units valued at $15,208,221 on Monday. At the close of market activities, 27 securities changed hands versus 30 changing hands on Monday and resulted in 10 advancing, 13 declining and 4 remaining unchanged at the close on Tuesday.
An average of 135,054 units for an average of $620,156 traded, in contrast to an average of 88,734 units at $506,941 on Monday for each security traded. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 110,675 valued at $560,569 for each security traded. In contrast, August ended with an average of 232,398 units valued at $1,072,851 for each traded security.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 closing with lower offers.
Stocks closing with price changes| Blue Power ended market activity exchanging 3,550 shares to close at $7.49 after falling 41 cents, Caribbean Producers closed trading of 50,676 units and gained 5 cents to end at $4.80, Consolidated Bakeries ended with a loss of 1 cent at $1.99 with 350 stock units changing hands. Dolphin Cove lost 24 cents trading of 1,267 units at $11.75, Derrimon Trading lost 35 cents in exchanging 113,198 shares to close at $2.15 after Mayberry Investment tried to trade 420 million units at $1.90, but the transaction was canceled for apparently breaching the 30 percent daily price movement limit. Computation of the lowest level the stock could trade puts it was below $1.90. Express Catering climbed 10 cents and exchanged 81,030 shares at $6.50. Elite Diagnostic climbed 11 cents and exchanged 7,000 shares at $6.31, Fosrich declined 24 cents in trading of 295,386 units at $5.26, Fontana climbed 20 cents and exchanged 339,978 shares at $8.50, General Accident fell 50 cents in trading of 636,000 units at $5.50. Honey Bun lost 7 cents in trading 7,500 shares to close at 7 cents, iCreate closed with a loss of 5 cents at 82 cents, in swapping of 92,486 shares, Indies Pharma lost 10 cents in trading of 136,276 units o end tat $3.40, Iron Rock Insurance dipped 20 cents in exchanging of 2,862 units at $4. ISP Finance jumped $3.49 to end at $21 with 3,000 stock units trading, Jamaican Teas traded 121,817 shares and rose 10 cents to end at $6, Jetcon Corporation fell 22 cents to end at $1.98, with 22,800 units crossing the exchange, Limners and Bards closed 18 cents higher at $3.18, with 34,438 stock units changing hands. Lasco Distributors closed trading of 1,397,412 units and gained 7 cents to end at $3.37. Lasco Financial dipped 5 cents in trading of 12,618 units at $5.50, Lasco Manufacturing climbed 20 cents and exchanged 220,077 shares to end at $5.70, Paramount Trading ended trading 1,474 shares, after rising 38 cents to end at $1.98 and Stationery and Office Supplies ended with a loss of 1 cent at $12.49 with 5,550 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.