Only 4 junior stocks traded

Trading on the Junior Market, closed with very little activity on a day when trading ended with a mere 157,505 units, valued at $298,019. The JSE Junior Market Index rose 0.84 points to close at 668.57 as only 4 securities traded, with the price of 2 advancing and 2 unchanged. At the close, there were 3 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and none with lower offers. The junior market continues to see slight improvement in sentiment with 6 securities closing with no bids to buy and 7 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale, the highest level since we have been tracking this measure.
At the close of the market, Lasco Financial finished with 11,678 shares changing hands to close 1 cent higher at 97 cents, Caribbean Cream ended with 14,000 shares, 2 cents higher at 70 cents, Honey Bun ended with 26,827 shares trading at $1.90 and Caribbean Producers closed with 105,000 shares at $2.15.