Elite Diagnostic one of four stocks to trade at 52 weeks’ high on Tuesday after posting strong 4th quarter results.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended at a new record close on Tuesday, with the market index rising 25.36 points to 3,614.39 with advancing stocks being edged out decliners.
Securities trading on the Junior Market remained at 33 as was the case on Monday, as prices of 13 rose, 14 declined and 6 remained unchanged.
Elite Diagnostic, Paramount Trading preference share, Stationery and Office Supplies and tTech all ended trading at 52 weeks’ high.
Market activities resulted in an exchange of 6,250,912 units valued at $27,428,507 up 19 percent from 5,270,328 units valued at $23,915,373 trading on Monday.
The average trade for the day was 189,422 units for an average of $831,167 in contrast to 159,707 units for an average of $724,708 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 181,761 units valued at $827,046 and previously 180,478 units valued at $826,356 for each security traded. July ended with an average of 138,412 units at $563,215 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks closing with higher bids than their last selling prices and 2 closing with lower offers.
Stocks ending with price changes| AMG Packaging traded 27,000 shares, after rising 7 cents to end at $2.32, Caribbean Cream declined 45 cents in trading of 54,100 units at $4.60, Caribbean Flavours jumped $4.40 to $19.90 in trading 1,000 shares, Consolidated Bakeries fell 2 cents trading 152,643 units at $2.38. Dolphin Cove closed with a loss of 5 cents at $12, in swapping of 52,055 shares, Derrimon Trading exchanged 114,978 units and gained 18 cents to end at $2.90, Express Catering declined 5 cents in trading 27,902 units to close at $6.35, Everything Fresh closed trading of 35,622 units and gained 10 cents to end at $1.80. Elite Diagnostic climbed 50 cents and exchanged 125,430 shares to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $7, Fosrich Group shed 10 cents in trading 25,542 units at $4.70, Fontana traded 758,467 shares, after rising 45 cents to end at $8.50, General Accident dipped 2 cents trading of 677 units at $5.40. Honey Bun closed trading of 374,603 units, in gaining 80 cents to end at $7, iCreate ended with a loss of 1 cent at 89 cents with 145,342 stock units changing hands. Indies Pharma climbed 25 cents in exchanging 83,200 shares at $3.75, ISP Finance gained $1 to end at $16 in trading 729 shares, Jamaican Teas dipped 60 cents with 318,358 units changing hands to close at $5.80, Jetcon Corporation fell 10 cents exchanging 57,085 units at $1.85. 
Lasco Distributors lost 20 cents trading 282,673 units to close at $3.20, Lasco Financial dipped 15 cents with 31,200 units crossing the exchange at $6.40, Lasco Manufacturing declined 6 cents in exchanging 185,929 units to settle at $5.44. Medical Disposables lost 56 cents trading 11,000 shares to close at $6.94, Main Event fell 98 cents in exchanging 27,784 shares to close at $6.02. Paramount Trading closed with 25,000 units changing hands with a rise of 15 cents to end at $1.95, Stationery and Office Supplies climbed 6 cents and exchanged 11,042 shares to end at a record close of $15.75 and tTech Limited closed trading of 27,500 units and gained 52 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $7.45.
In the junior market preference segment, Paramount Trading gained 20 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.20 with 550 stock units trading.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
