The Junior Market Index rose at the close of trading on Thursday, adding 15.12 points to end at 2,781.74, following gains in the prices of 9 securities, declines in 11, with prices 7 closing unchanged.
Trading ended with 27 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 1,545,528 units valued at $6,934,013.49 compared to 1,674,670 units valued at $7,052,175 from 25 securities trading on Wednesday.
Trading ended with an average of 57,242 units for an average of $256,815 in contrast to 66,987 units for an average of $282,087 on Wednesday. For the month to date an average of 106,557 shares valued at $442,520 and previously, an average of 114,726 shares valued at $473,281. December closed with an average of 568,732 units valued at $3,447,957 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 2 stocks ending with bids higher than the last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended 2 cents higher at $2.72, with 10,000 stock units trading, CAC 2000 finished with a loss of 30 cents at $8.70, with 2,504 shares, Cargo Handlers settled at $10, with 667 shares, Caribbean Cream ended trading at $5.77, with 143,000 shares, Caribbean Flavours traded at $11, with 9,000 stock units. Caribbean Producers finished trading 22 cents higher at $4.50, with 42,839 units, Consolidated Bakeries closed at $2, with 700 shares, C2W Music ended 7 cents higher at a 52 weeks’ high of 60 cents, with 4,500 shares, Derrimon Trading concluded trading at $7, with 1,000 shares. Dolphin Cove finished 5 cents higher at $17.05, with 683 stock units, Eppley shed $1 to close at $11, with 5,000 units, Express Catering ended trading 50 cents higher at $5, with 467,639 shares, FosRich Group traded 20 cents higher at $2.90, with 138,684 shares. General Accident finished trading with a loss of 5 cents at $2.90, with 15,819 shares, GWest Corporation closed with a loss of 7 cents at $2.93, with 114,014 stock units, Iron Rock concluded trading with a loss of 14 cents at $2.86, with 700 shares, Jamaican Teas settled with a loss of 50 cents at $4.50, with 101,256 shares. Jetcon Corporation ended trading 5 cents higher at $4.45, with 2,181 stock units, Key Insurance traded 40 cents higher at $3.50, with 7,139 units, Knutsford Express closed at $14.85, with 3,500 shares, Lasco Distributors ended with a loss of 20 cents at $3.50, with 269,561 shares. Lasco Financial concluded trading 3 cents higher at $5.41, with 14,094 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing finished with a loss of 4 cents at $3.55, with 21,518 units, Main Event settled with a loss of 30 cents at $5.80, with 125,387 shares, Paramount Trading traded with a loss of 11 cents at $3.47, with 7,719 shares. Stationery and Office finished trading 9 cents higher at $4.89, with 15,424 stock units and tTech fell 50 cents to end at $6, with 21,000 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.