Sharp fall in Junior Market Trading – Wednesday

Trading on the Junior Market Index declined sharply from Tuesday, with an exchange of 1,022,183 units valued at $3,868,338.79, down from 5,405,843 shares valued at $23,297,183.
Market activities closed with the index falling 24.65 points to close at 2,951.97 after 25 securities changed hands from 18 trading on Tuesday. Trading resulted in 5 stocks rising, 11 declining and 9 remaining unchanged.
Market activity ended with an average of 40,887 units for an average of $154,734 in contrast to 300,325 units for an average of $1,294,288 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 149,489 valued at $631,756. April closed with an average of 121,622 units at $506,803, for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed 10 cents higher at $47.20, with 120 shares, AMG Packaging ended at $1.93, with 95,740 stock units changing hands, Blue Power concluded trading at $36.85, with 1,000 units, Caribbean Cream ended trading with a loss of 40 cents at $4.60, with 16,669 shares, Caribbean Producers finished trading with a loss of 10 cents at $5.30, with 17,323 units. Consolidated Bakeries closed at $1.90, with 15,000 shares, Derrimon Trading concluded trading at $10, with 2,120 shares, Elite Diagnostic settled 1 cent higher at $3.21, with 58,033 units, Eppley ended trading at $9.65, with 19,559 shares. Express Catering traded with a loss of 4 cents at $5.95, with 2,100 shares, FosRich Group finished trading 7 cents higher at $2.45, with 35,748 shares, General Accident closed with a loss of 1 cent at $3.01, with 2,750 stock units, GWest Corporation ended at $2.40, with 51,127 units.Honey Bun concluded trading at $4.80, with 3,000 shares, Jamaican Teas ended trading with a loss of 40 cents at $4.60, with 11,892 stock units, Jetcon Corporation traded with a loss of 10 cents at $4.15, with 6,133 units, Key Insurance finished trading 10 cents higher at $3.60, with 13,837 shares. Knutsford Express ended with a loss of 5 cents at $13.95, with 1,157 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading with a loss of 5 cents at $4.25, with 14,352 stock units, Lasco Financial finished with a loss of 12 cents at $5.50, with 24,698 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled with a loss of 36 cents at $3.73, with 566,919 shares. Main Event ended trading 25 cents higher at $7.25, with 5,000 shares, Medical Disposables traded at $5, with 12,130 shares, Paramount Trading finished trading at $3.10, with 11,281 stock units and tTech concluded trading with a loss of 25 cents at $5.75, with 34,495 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.