Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Monday with more stocks closing with unchanged prices than those rising or falling as volume traded dropped from Friday’s level.
At the close of trading 29 securities changed hands, versus 26 on Friday with the prices of 9 rising, 12 falling and 8 remaining unchanged.
The market Index fell 21.23 points to close at 3,090.61 as 1,283,687 units valued at $4,603,678 changed hands, compared to 4,781,877 units valued at $19,202,368 on Friday.
Trading ended with an average of 44,265 units for an average of $158,748 in contrast to 183,918 units for an average of $738,553 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 164,896 for an average of $694,891, previously, 173,031 for an average of $731,049. 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 1 with a lower offer.
At the close of the market, Access Finance closed with 1,150 shares trading at $43.50, AMG Packaging closed at $1.99 with 29,683 stock units changing hands, Blue Power declined 5 cents trading of 6,818 units at $4.45, CAC2000 closed trading of 500 shares at $14, Cargo Handlers traded 1,000 shares, to end at $9.20. Caribbean Cream dipped 13 cents in trading of 19,730 units at $5.27, Caribbean Producers climbed 1 cent and exchanged 8,628 shares at $4.76, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 1 cent at 2.59 with 3,510 stock units changing hands. Dolphin Cove finished trading 100 shares after rising $1.10 to end at $11.75, Elite Diagnostic ended trading with 67,800 shares, to end at $4, Everything Fresh lost 7 cents trading 114,000 units at $1.40, Express Catering climbed 13 cents in exchanging 14,736 shares at $7.15. Fontana lost 15 cents in trading 152,895 units at $4.40, FosRich Group closed trading with 20,675 units to end at $5, General Accident fell 5 cents in exchanging 117,860 units at $4.10, GWest Corporation fell 13 cents with 109,218 units changing hands at an all-time low of $1.02, Honey Bun exchanged 10,000 shares at $7. iCreate exchanged 100,200 shares, after rising 9 cents to end at 80 cents, Indies Pharma closed with a loss of 13 cents at $3.07, with an exchange of 173,410 shares, Jamaican Teas rose 15 cents to conclude trading of 9,540 shares at $4.70. Jetcon Corporation shed 3 cents in trading of 4,795 units at $1.87, Key Insurance closed 10 cents higher at $3.70, with 207 stock units changing hands, Knutsford Express fell $1.50 in concluding trading of 74,906 at $12.50, Lasco Distributors dipped 30 cents in trading of 74,906 units at $3.39. Lasco Financial declined 15 cents to settle at $4.65 and trading 42,255 shares, Lasco Manufacturing added 10 cents in closing trading at $4.30 with an exchange of 126,983 shares, Main Event settled $1 higher at $6.90 after 25,856 shares were traded. Medical Disposables lost 30 cents in trading of 1,500 units at $6.70 and Stationery and Office Supplies closed with 39,420 shares changing hands at $9.60.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.