Activity on the Junior Market closed with 9 securities trading and ended with 92,474 units valued at $196,263. The JSE Junior Market Index fell 6.51 points to close at 696.46, with the price of only 1 advancing and 5 declining.
At the close of the market, there were 4 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 with the offer lower. The junior market ended with 3 securities closing with no bids to buy. There were 6 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
The stocks trading on Thursday are, AMG Packaging closed with 8,291 units trading at $2.19 to gain 4 cents, General Accident Insurance trading 1,984 shares and ended at $1.80, Honey Bun ended with 3,000 units trading at $1.95, Eppley 9.5% preference share closed with 3,988 units trading at $6, Paramount Trading ended trading with 20,000 units trading at $3.30.
Caribbean Flavours closed with 2,000 shares trading lower by 1 cent at $2.21. Lasco Financial Services ended trading with 2,600 shares changing hands, closed 1 cent lower at $1, Caribbean Producers ending with 8,496 shares changing hands at $2.01 after it fell 18 cents, Lasco Distributors closed with 17,115 shares changing hands to close at $1.44but eased 1 cent and Lasco Manufacturing closed 1 cent down at $1.19 with 25,000 shares changing hands.
5 stocks fall to 1 rising on junior market
Blue Power at 52 weeks’ low
Trading in the Junior Market closed with only 5 securities traded, with the price 1 advancing and 2 declining. Blue Power closed at a new 52 weeks’ low, of $6.05, on small volume. Trading ended with 476,603 units valued at $712,470. The JSE Junior Market Index dropped 5.71 points to close at 678.96.
At the close of the market, there were 3 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 stocks with offers that were lower. The junior market continues to exhibit weakness with 6 securities closing with no bids to buy. There were 5 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
The active stocks in the junior market on Wednesday are, General Accident closed trading with 10,000 units, to gain 8 cents at $1.58, Blue Power ended with a mere 250 units trading, as the price slipped 75 cents to $6.05. Lasco Distributors ended with 436,420 shares changing hands to close with a loss of 11 cents at $1.40, the bid close at $1.50 to buy 25,254 shares. Caribbean Flavours had 12,710 shares changing hands to close at $2.35, Caribbean Producers concluded trading with 17,223 shares trading at $2.20.