The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended trading on Thursday, with an exchange of 11,216,280 units valued at $36,194,066 compared to 3,778,290 units valued at $13,398,281 on Wednesday.
At the close of market activities, with 27 securities changed hands, down from 28 trading on Wednesday as the prices of 6 securities advanced, 9 declined and 12 remained unchanged. The market Index dropped 14.86 points to close at 3,091.27.
Trading ended with an average of 415,418 units for an average of $1,340,521 in contrast to 134,939 units for an average of $478,510 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 170,386 for an average of $690,604 and previously, 157,565 for an average of $656,597. In contrast, May ended with an average of 81,626 units for $311,248 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with a lower offer.
At the close of the market, Access Financial rose $3 to close at $46.50 after trading just 100 shares, AMG Packaging closed at $1.99 with 14,425 stock units changing hands, Blue Power declined by 16 cents to settle at $4.79, Caribbean Cream closed trading 28,640 units at $5.27, Caribbean Producers traded 27,541 units at $4.80. Derrimon Trading ended market activity in exchanging 18,202 shares to close at $2.55 after falling 3 cents, Dolphin Cove closed trading of 4,409 units and gained 25 cents to end at $12, Elite Diagnostic ended trading with 18,067 shares at $3.99. Everything Fresh exchanged 188,461 units at $1.40, Express Catering ended market activity exchanging 94,422 shares to close at $6.20 after falling 80 cents, Fontana closed trading of 239,209 units with a rise of 7 cents to end at $4.62. FosRich Group close with an exchange of 12,066 units at $4.70, General Accident traded 105,404 units to end at $4.10, GWest Corporation gained 11 cents to end at $1.15, in trading 277,027 units, iCreate ended market activity exchanging 12,930 shares to close at 70 cents. Indies Pharma traded of 8,634,384 units at $3.03, Iron Rock closed with a loss of 7 cents at $3.55, in swapping 66,702 shares, Jamaican Teas fell 12 cents trading 36,649 units to close at $4.18. Jetcon Corporation lost 5 cents in trading of 177,109 units at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.75, Knutsford Express closed at $11.50 with 9,450 stock units changing hands, Lasco Distributors dipped 9 cents in trading of 28,853 units at $3.30, Lasco Financial traded 156,112 units to close at $4.70. Lasco Manufacturing climbed 10 cents and exchanged 938,182 shares at $4.20, Medical Disposables traded 7,786 units at $6.70, Paramount Trading fell 45 cents in trading 5,861 units at $2, Stationery and Office Supplies climbed 2 cents and exchanged 93,187 shares at $9.60 and tTech decline 5 cents in trading of 1,100 units at $5.30.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.