The Junior Market Index gained 9.30 points to close at 3,454 on Thursday with 27 securities changing hands, with 11 securities rising, 11 declining as 5 remained unchanged.
Trading resulted in an exchange of 8,459,100 units at $64,413,332 compared to 53,025,384 units valued $252,714,577 on Wednesday from 27 securities.
Market activity ended with an average of 313,300 units at $2,385,679 for each security traded, in contrast to 1,963,903 units for an average of $9,359,799 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 1,377,283 valued at $3,452,615 and previously 1,421,017 shares valued at $3,530,472. August ended with an average of 232,398 units valued at $1,072,851 for each traded security.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the close of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging closed 20 cents higher at $2, with 149 stock units trading, Blue Power ended with a loss of $1.06 at $8.44, swapping of 115,558 shares, Caribbean Cream ended trading with 7,444 shares, after rising 4 cents to end at $5.29. Caribbean Producers shed 5 cents in moving 15,016 units at $4.75, Dolphin Cove climbed 75 cents in exchanging 245 shares at $11.75, Derrimon Trading ended market activity exchanging 62,171 shares to close at $2.52 after falling 3 cents. Elite Diagnostic closed 5 cents higher at $5.75, with 15,733 stock units trading, Express Catering closed 1 cent higher at $6.01 with 18,600 stock units trading, Fontana ended with an exchange of 83,135 shares, after gaining 5 cents to end at $8.15, Fosrich declined 10 cents in trading 17,281 units at $4.90. Honey Bun climbed 41 cents and exchanged 8,377 shares at $6.40, iCreate declined 2 cents to settle at $0.75, Indies Pharma lost 2 cents in trading of 1,850 units at $3.43, Jamaican Teas lost 4 cents in trading 16,223 units to close at $5.96. Knutsford Express traded 4,837,099 units and gained 5 cents to end at $10.95, Limners and Bards closed with a loss of 13 cents at $2.82, in moving 2,386,967 shares, Lasco Distributors climbed 18 cents and exchanged 185,821 shares to end at $3.48, Lasco Manufacturing declined 2 cents to settle at $5.44 in trading 16,398 shares. Medical Disposables lost 60 cents trading 5,000 shares to close at $7.40, Main Event had 2,500 shares changing hands, after rising 4 cents to end at $5.61, Paramount Trading closed with a loss of 8 cents higher at $1.70, with 100 stock units trading and tTech closed trading of 4,421 units and gained 30 cents to end at $5.90.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.