The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market Index dropped 49.65 points to 3,348.16 after trading resumed on Tuesday after the heroes’ holiday break on Monday.
At the close of market activities, 31 securities changed hands, the same number that traded on Friday and closed with the prices of 8 securities rising, 13 declining while 10 remained unchanged.
Trading closed on Tuesday with an exchange of 3,394,559 units valued at $18,938,756 compared to 808,904 units valued at $3,245,147 on Friday.
Trading ended with an average of 109,502 units for an average of $610,928 in contrast to 26,094 units for an average of $104,682 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 99,232 units for an average of $491,877 and previously 120,361 units valued at $482,941 for each security traded. In contrast, September closed with an average of 954,574 units valued at $2,612,695 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 2 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial lost $2.44 exchanging 15,498 shares to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $32, AMG Packaging dipped 23 cents in trading 513,472 units to close at $1.70, Caribbean Flavours dropped $1.50 in exchanging 400,000 shares to close at $12 after trading at a 52 weeks low of $10.50 earlier. Caribbean Producers slipped 10 cents and exchanged 3,250 shares at $4.70, Derrimon Trading lost 4 cents trading of 32,512 units at $2.43. Elite Diagnostic climbed 5 cents and exchanged 4,453 shares to end at $5.60, Everything Fresh ended trading 25,598 shares, after rising 2 cents to end at $1.25. Express Catering declined by 21 cents to settle at $5.92 after exchanging 9,240 shares, Fontana ended market activity exchanging 48,722 shares to close at $7.25 after falling 27 cents, Fosrich rose 7 cents in trading of 2,500 units to close at $4.91, General Accident gained 24 cents in swapping of 113,470 units at a record high of $8.24. Honey Bun lost 45 cents trading 7,028 units to close at $6.70, Jamaican Teas gained 9 cents with 19,125 units changing hands to end at $6.30, Jetcon Corporation ended trading with 57,060 shares, after rising 1 cent to end at $1.86. KLE Group shed 24 cents to end at $1.76 with 3,321 stock units trading, Knutsford Express closed trading of 4,446 units and gained 40 cents to end at $11, Lasco Distributors closed trading of 2,880 units and lost 8 cents to end at $3.90, Lasco Manufacturing closed trading of 1,375,455 units and fell 12 cents to end at $4.85. Limners and Bards ended with a loss of 3 cents at $2.52 with 33,046 stock units changing hands, Medical Disposables lost 81 cents to end at $7.30, after trading 7,700 shares and SSL Venture ended trading of 4,331 shares and rose 15 cents to end at $1.35.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.