Investors’ attention is now focused on the Junior Market with their buying interest lifted it 16 percent, from this year’s low and pushed the market to a second day close, at a record high of 3,462.54 after rising 21.62 points.
At the close, The Lab climbed to $3.50 but ended at a record close of $3.15, Jamaican Teas ended at a record close of $5.65 and Stationery and Office Supplies closed at a record high of $12.65.
Trading ended with 32 securities changing hands, down from 36 on Tuesday, as prices of 16 securities advanced, 8 declined and 8 remained unchanged.
Market activities resulted in an exchange of 16,230,256 units valued at $62,517,388 compared to 6,233,349 units for $30,586,927 on Tuesday.
Trading ended with an average of 479,173 units for an average of $2,057,215 in contrast to 450,840 units for an average of $1,736,594 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 138,412 units with a value of $563,215 for each security traded, compared to 119,198 units with a value of $473,306 traded previously. June ended with an average of 166,169 units at $674,841 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 9 stocks closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 closed with lower offers. Stocks ending with price changes| AMG Packaging lost 8 cents in trading 89,430 shares to close at $2.27, Blue Power declined $1.20 in trading of 57,206 units to close at $13, Caribbean Cream exchanged 161 stock units and rose 29 cents higher to $5.29, Caribbean Flavours climbed 4 cents exchanging 1,778 shares at $16.10. Cargo Handlers lost 95 cents in trading of 200 units at $10, Caribbean Producers closed 1 cent higher at $4.80, with 52,587 stock units trading, Caribbean Producers ended trading with 52,587 shares, after rising 1 cent to end at $4.80, Consolidated Bakeries ended trading with 42,456 shares, after rising 11 cents to end at $2.20. Dolphin Cove ended trading with 1,200 shares, after rising 5 cents to close at $12.05, Express Catering climbed 25 cents and exchanged 242,715 shares to close at $6.50. Everything Fresh ended trading of 44,175 shares, after rising 11 cents to end at $1.31, Elite Diagnostic closed 5 cents higher at $5.70, with 252,600 stock units trading. Fosrich Group dipped 26 cents in trading of 32,841 units to end at $4.70, Fontana closed trading of 335,330 units and gained 25 cents to end at $8.75, GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 1 cent at $1.54 with 38,657 stock units changing hands, Indies Pharma lost 10 cents in trading of 69,350 units at $3.10. Jamaican Teas closed trading of 49,450 units and gained 65 cents to end at record closing high of $5.65, Knutsford Express climbed $1.52 to settle at $12.50 with 340,610 shares changing hands, Limners and Bards climbed 15 cents and exchanged 5,684,628 shares to end at a record closing high of $3.15. Lasco Distributors climbed 18 cents trading 513,676 shares to end at $3.33, Lasco Financial closed trading of 6,941,822 units and climbed 55 cents to end at $5.15, Lasco Manufacturing lost 15 cents in trading 50,166 units to close at $4.20. Iron Rock Insurance closed with a loss of 10 cents at $4, in swapping 59,344 shares, Stationery and Office Supplies gained $1.25 to end at a record high of $12.65, in trading 1,154 stock units and tTech ended trading of 10,410 shares, after rising 10 cents to close at $6.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.