
Knutsford closed at a new high of $51 on Friday
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange crossed the 3,300 mark for the first time after adding 55.08 points to land at a record close of 3,300.91 in moderate trading resulting in less than 1 million shares trading.
At the close of the market 24 securities changed hands versus 19 on Thursday with 15 securities advancing and 4 declining. Overall, 870,178 units valued at $10,671,122 changed hands compared to 1,453,103 units valued at $8,762,028 on Thursday. Trading ended with 8 stocks having bids higher than their last sale prices and 4 with lower offers. Three stocks closed at new closing highs.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average of 36,257 units for an average value of $444,630 traded, compared to 76,479 units for an average value of $461,159 on the previous trading day.
The average volume and value for the month to date are 86,809 units and $653,199 while at the close of the prior day it was 99,447 units and $705,342. The average volume and value for April ended at 502,597 units and $2,768,003.
At the close of the market, Access Financial Services gained 10 cents to close at an all-time high of $47 in trading 115,610 shares, AMG Packaging rose 1 cent and closed at $5 with 37,053 units changing hands, CAC 2000 closed at $7.30 with 30,122 shares trading,Cargo Handlers traded 542 shares at $20. Caribbean Cream closed trading with 29,500 units at $7.50, Caribbean Producers rose 8 cents trading 5,092 shares changing hands, to close at $3.80, Consolidated Bakeries rose 8 cents in trading 1,575 shares to close at $2.98, C2W Music had 2,000 units changing hands to close with a rise of 7 cents at 50 cents, Derrimon Trading ended at $8.50 with 47,554 shares changing hands, Dolphin Cove gained 50 cents to end at $20.50 with 1,463 shares trading, General Accident fell 17 cents and closed trading with 48,110 shares at $3.15, Honey Bun jumped 40 cents with 205,327 shares changing hands, to close at $7.80, ISP Finance climbed by 49 cents to end at a record high of $18.50 with 22,850 units changing hands. Jamaican Teasrose 53 cents in trading 67,150 shares, to close at $4.75,
Key Insurance traded 15,090 units to close at $3.80 after losing 9 cents, Knutsford Express jumped $5 in trading 150 shares at $51, Lasco Distributors ended with 7,968 units trading with a loss of 10 cents at $7.30, Lasco Financial climbs 55 cents and ended with 30,000 shares changing hands at $4.55, Lasco Manufacturing climbed 17 cents and closed at $5.62 while trading 7,615 shares, Main Event rose 46 cents and ended trading of 98,731 shares at all-time closing high of $6.75, after earlier trading at an all-time high of $6.99, Paramount Trading ended with 1,325 shares changing hands and fell 2 cents to $3.43 and tTech ended with 91,201 units changing hands at $7.50, Derrimon Trading preference share rose 17 cents and ended with 150 units changing hands to close at $2.22 and Eppley 9.5% preference share, traded 4,000 units and rose 5 cents to end at $6.15.