Junior Market slips again

Jamaican Teas traded the most shares on Thursday

Jamaican Teas led Junior Market trading with 6 million units.

The Junior Market index slipped on Thursday with 6.19 points decline to close at 3,337.40, bringing the three days’ fall to 75 points after 8 stocks rose and 18 declined and 7 remained unchanged, leaving the average PE at 14.1.
Trading ended with 33 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 18,009,222 units valued at $76,135,643, compared to 18,818,737 units valued at $46,426,781 from 34 securities changing hands on Wednesday.
Trading ended with an average of 545,734 units at $2,307,141 for each stock traded, in contrast to 553,492 units, for an average of $1,365,494 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 464,683 shares at $1,181,788 compared to an average of 457,469 shares at $1,081,418 for each security traded. In contrast, November closed with an average of 120,579 shares at $506,880 for each security transferred.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investors Choice bid-offer indicator reading was seven stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Blue Power exchanged 13,164 stock units, after rising 18 cents to end at $5.85, Cargo Handlers ended with 5,963 shares changing hands with a loss of 55 cents to $9.50, Caribbean Cream lost 20 cents to close at $4.10 while trading 60,000 stocks. Consolidated Bakeries gained 20 cents with 5,404 units changing hands at $1.80, Derrimon Trading exchanged 11,842 with a loss of 8 cents to close at $2.55. Dolphin Cove dropped $1.60 with 1,100 units changing hands at $9.50, Elite Diagnostic traded 12,600 units and fell 20 cents to end at $5.09, Everything Fresh added 4 cents to close at $1.10 with 6,766 stock units changing hands. Express Catering added 35 cents in exchanging 129,477 shares to close at $6.50. Fontana traded 295,282 units and climbed 45 cents to end at $6.70, FosRich rose 20 cents to settle at $4.10 in trading 14,878 stock units, GWest Corporation traded 201,899 stock units but lost 17 cents to close at 83 cents. Honey Bun lost 50 cents in exchanging 7,200 units at $8. iCreate slipped 1 cent to end at 68 cents while transferring 259,001 shares; Indies Pharma slipped 10 cents while trading 110,200 units at $2.60, Iron Rock Insurance lost 35 to close at $3.45 with 66,600 shares changing hands. Jamaican Teas lost 10 cents with 6,059,319 units changing hands at $6.10 as a director sold and a connected company bought most of the amount that traded, KLE Group traded 5,559 shares after rising 22 cents to $1.75, Knutsford Express exchanged 6,796 with a loss of $1 to end at $10. Lasco Distributors fell by 22 cents with 5,958,632 shares crossing the exchange at $3.22, Lasco Financial traded 108,782 stock units and lost 9 cents in closing at $4.40. Lasco Manufacturing exchanged 1,575,261 shares and fell 4 cents to close at $5; Lumber Depot pulled back 21 cents $1.91 with 1,581,307 crossing the exchange, MailPac added 5 cents to settle at $2.18 while exchanging 847,643 shares. Main Event exchanged 299 units and rose 37 cents to $6.50, Medical Disposables fell 85 cents to $7.15 with 200 shares crossing the market, Paramount Trading exchanged 20,000 shares after falling 44 cents to $1.56 and SSL Venture Capital traded 32,935 shares and fell 9 cents to $1.10.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Junior Market drops again

The Junior Market index closed on Wednesday with 37.35 points fall to close at 3,343.59 and bringing the two days decline to 69 points after 15 stocks rose and 13 declined and five remaining unchanged, leaving the average PE at 14.3.
Trading ended with 34 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 18,818,737 units for $46,426,781 compared to 7,297,442 units valued at $19,020,024 from 29 securities changing hands on Tuesday.
Trading ended with an average of 553,492 units for an average of $1,365,494 in contrast to 260,623 units for an average of $679,287 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 457,469 shares at $1,081,418 compared to an average of 447,752 shares at $1,052,673 for each security traded. In contrast, November closed with an average of 120,579 shares at $506,880 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investors Choice bid-offer indicator remains negative, with four stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial dipped $1.50 in trading of 6,630 units at $31, AMG Packaging gained 20 cents to end at $2.10 while trading 38,136 shares, Blue Power exchanged 13,164 stock units, after rising 7 cents to end at $5.67, Consolidated Bakeries fell 11 cents with 34,051 units changing hands at $1.60. Derrimon Trading exchanged 7,700 shares and rose 5 cents to close at $2.63. Dolphin Cove rose 20 cents with 976 units changing hands at $11.10, Elite Diagnostic traded 11,622 units and rose 20 cents to end at $5.29, Everything Fresh added 4 cents to close at $1.10 with 6,766 stock units changing hands. Express Catering slipped 15 cents in exchanging 1,020 shares to close at $6.15. Fontana traded 304,106 shares but dropped $1 to end at $6.25, FosRich lost 20 cents to settle at $3.90 in trading 8,804 stock units, Honey Bun rose 70 cents in exchanging 610,750 units at $8.50. iCreate shed 1 cent to end at 69 cents in exchanging 33,957 shares, Indies Pharma slipped 40 cents while trading 56,562 units at $2.70, Iron Rock Insurance lost 35 to close at $3.45 with 66,600 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas added 20 cents with 31,746 units changing hands at $6.20. Knutsford Express exchanged 3,420 with a gain of 71 cents to end at $11, Lasco Distributors rose 2 cents with 63,690 shares crossing the exchange at $3.22, Lasco Financial traded 39,866 stock units and lost 1 cent to close at $4.49. Lasco Manufacturing exchanged 3,443 shares and rose 21 cents to close at $5.04, Limners and Bards rose 10 cents to close at $3.10 with 309,984 units changing hands, Lumber Depot pulled back 21 cents with 15,177,863 shares changing to close at $2.15, MailPac lost 20 cents to settle at $2.20 while exchanging 1,851,500 units. Main Event lost 32 cents in exchanging 979 units at $6.13, Medical Disposables climbed 90 cents to $8 with 34,770 shares crossing the market, SSL Venture Capital traded 17,650 stock units and fell 17 cents to end at $1.19. Stationery and Office Supplies added 1 cent to close at $11 with 1,636 shares trading and tTech traded 3,700 and lost 51 cents in closing at $5.50.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Lumber Depot doubles IPO price

Lumber Depot jumped 48 percent on Monday on top of the 32.5 percent rise on Friday and is now up 97 percent from the Initial Public offer of $1.20, but MailPac stole the show in trading more than 33 million shares.
The market Index advanced 6.03 points to close at 3,412.43 in trading on Monday with 29 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 35,927,004 units at $93,505,697 compared to 42,348,512 units at $92,545,825 from 25 securities changing hands on Friday.
The Market closed with gains in 10 stocks, while the prices of 7 declined and prices of 7 remained unchanged and the average PE at 14.5 with the earnings for Limners and Bards switched to 2020 with 20 cents per share compared to 12 cents for 2019.
Trading ended with an average of 1,238,862 units at $3,224,334 for each security traded, in contrast to 1,693,940 units for an average of $3,701,833 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 464,764 shares at $1,086,617 compared to an average of 384,302 shares at $864,417 for each security traded. In contrast, November closed with an average of 120,579 shares at $506,880 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investors Choice bid-offer indicator with three stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial gained $1.50 in trading of 11,500 units at $33.50, Blue Power exchanged 11,280 shares, after shedding 1 cent to end at $6.12, Cargo Handlers rose 44 cents in trading 1,800 units at $9.94. Caribbean Cream traded 604 shares and rose 1 cent, to close at $4.30, lost Consolidated Bakeries dropped 17 cents with 11,100 units changing hands at $1.80, Dolphin Cove rose 20 cents with a mere 45 units changing hands at $11.10, Everything Fresh traded 5,670 stock units and fell 15 cents to close at $1.05, Express Catering added 22 cents in exchanging 13,500 shares to close at $6.32. Fontana traded 604,270 shares but lost 39 cents to end at $7.40, FosRich gained 38 cents to settle at $4.20 in trading 44,140 stock units, Honey Bun slipped just 1 cent in exchanging 13,040 shares at $7.49. iCreate added 1 cent to end at 71 cents in exchanging 4,600 shares, Indies Pharma slipped 10 cents trading 15,111 units at $3.10. Jamaican Teas lost 1 cent with 16,080 units changing hands at $5.99, Lasco Distributors gained 3 cents with 221,755 shares crossing the exchange at $3.33, Lasco Manufacturing exchanged 138,726 shares to close at $5.25 after rising 15 cents, Limners and Bards rose lost 20 cents to close at $2.78 with 86,530. Lumber Depot surged 77 cents with 1,481,121 shares changing to close at $2.36. Main Event increased by 5 cents to settle at $6.45 while exchanging 6,222 units and SSL Venture Capital lost 4 cents with an exchange of 10,000 shares to close at $1.36 and Stationery and Office Supplies dropped $1 to $10 with 6,042 shares trading.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

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The Junior Market had another listing as Lumber Depot made its debut on the market on Friday, bring the number of companies listed to 41 and total listings to 44.
Lumber Depot rose 32.5 percent from the Initial Public offer of $1.20 and helped the market index to recover another 33.24 points to close at 3,406.40 points on Friday on top of the 31.86 points on Thursday. The two days’ gains in the index more than wiped out the 55.78 points fall on Wednesday, but the market is yet to claw back the 66.99 points drop on Monday.
Market activity resulted in 25 securities changing hands, similar to Thursday and ended with gains in just 11, while the prices of 7 declined and 7 remained unchanged.
Junior Market activity, left the markets average PE at 14.8. Trading ended with an exchange of 42,348,512 units valued at $92,545,825, with MailPac dominated trading with just under 41 million shares. On Thursday, 4,526,825 units worth $11,980,216, changed hands.
Trading ended with an average of 181,073 units for an average of 1,693,940 units for an average of $3,701,833 in contrast to 181,073 units for an average of $479,209 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 384,302 shares at $864,417 compared to an average of 255,401 shares at $585,144 for each security traded. In contrast, November closed with an average of 120,579 shares at $506,880 for each security switching owners.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investors Choice bid-offer indicator with six stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging gained 10 cents in trading of 40,272 units at $2.10, Blue Power exchanged 2,257 shares, after rising 10 cents to end at $6.13. Caribbean Producers rose 10 cents in trading 62,715 units at $4.90, Elite Diagnostic traded 53,000 shares and rose 10 cents, to close at $5.30, Everything Fresh exchanged 26,279 stock units and gained 15 cents to close at $1.20, Express Catering lost 22 cents in transferring 49,657 shares to close at $6.10. Fontana traded 23,889 shares but lost 1 cent to end at $7.79, FosRich lost 46 cents to settle at $3.82 in trading 61,486 stock units, Honey Bun jumped 50 cents in exchanging 148,576 shares at $7.50, Indies Pharma slipped 4 cents trading 31,748 units at $3.24. Jamaican Teas lost 6 cents with 14,118 units changing hands at $6, Knutsford Express dropped back 91 cents with just 1,500 shares crossing the exchange at $10.29, Lasco Manufacturing exchanged 138,726 shares to close at $5.25 after rising 15 cents, Limners and Bards rose 13 cents trading 29,990 units at $2.98. Lumber Depot rose 39 cents on the first day of listing, to close at a record high of $1.59 with 359,997 changing hands. Trading surged for MailPac with 40,885,169 shares changing hands after climbing 46 cents to end at $2.40, Main Event lost 5 cents to settle at $6.40 while exchanging 2,629 units and SSL Venture Capital rose 20 cents with an exchange of 11,942 shares to close at $1.40.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Gains for Junior Market

At the close of trading on Thursday, the Junior Market index recovered just 31.86 points of the 55.78 points lost on Wednesday and the 66.99 points fall on Monday as the market closed at 3,373.16 on Thursday. 
Market activity resulted in 25 securities changing hands with gains in just 13, while the prices of 4 declined and prices of 8 remained unchanged.
Junior Market activity, left the market’s average PE at 14.4. Trading ended with an exchange of 4,526,825 units in exchange for $11,980,216, compared to 8,280,200 units for $16,484,044 on Wednesday, from 30 securities trading on Tuesday.
Trading ended with an average of 181,073 units for an average of $479,209 in contrast to 276,007 units for an average of $549,468 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 255,401 shares at $585,144 compared to an average of 263,515 shares at $596,709 for each security traded. In contrast, November closed with an average of 120,579 shares at $506,880 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investors Choice bid-offer indicator with five stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging gained 8 cents in trading of 9,207 units at $2, Blue Power exchanged 1,500 shares, after rising 10 cents to end at $6.03. Caribbean Cream fell 11 cents in trading 3,827 units at $4.29, Consolidated Bakeries climbed 37 cents to settle at $1.97 after trading 7,810 stock units, Elite Diagnostic traded 20,750 shares to close at $5.20 after falling 30 cents, Express Catering rose 7 cents in exchanging 103,107 shares to close at $6.32. FosRich rose 3 cents to settle at $4.28 in trading 12,878 stock units, General Accident fell 10 cents while exchanging 9,600 shares at $7.40, Indies Pharma gained 23 cents trading of 72,656 units at $3.24, Iron rock Insurance closed at $3.80 after falling 20 cents with 13,000 shares trading. Jamaican Teas recovered the 7 cents lost on Wednesday with 6,306 units changing hands at $6.06, Jetcon Corporation exchanged 30,000 shares to close at $1.80 after falling 13 cents, Knutsford Express jumped $1.20 with just 100 shares crossing the exchange at $11.20, Limners and Bards rose 4 cents in trading 27,920 units at $2.85. MailPac rose 16 cents to end at $1.94 with 3,706,223 shares changing hands, Main Event gained 38 cents to settle at $6.45 while exchanging 74,342 units, Paramount Trading rose 45 cents with an exchange of 20,000 shares to close at $2 and tTech recovered 61 cents to close at $6.01 after an exchange of 55,296 shares.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Big drop for Junior Market

The Junior Market index dropped a sharp 55.78 points to close at 3,341.30 on Wednesday after 66.99 points were slashed on Monday, with declining stocks exceeding rising ones for the third consecutive day.
Market activity resulted in 30 securities changing hands with gains in just 5, while the prices if 17 declined and prices of 8 remained unchanged. CAC 2000 Preference share, closing at a 52 weeks’ low.
Junior Market activity, left the markets average PE at 14.1. Trading ended with an exchange of 8,280,200 units for $16,484,044 compared to 11,556,651 shares for $25,163,399 from 33 securities trading on Tuesday.
Trading ended with an average of 276,007 units for an average of $549,468 for each stock traded, in contrast to 350,202 units for $762,527 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 263,515 shares at $596,709 compared to an average of 261,632 shares at $603,830 for each security traded. In contrast, November closed with an average of 120,579 shares at $506,880 for each traded security.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investors Choice bid-offer indicator with six stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial dropped $3 to end at $32 with 186 stock units crossing the exchange, AMG Packaging rose 2 cents in trading of 5,000 units at $1.92, Blue Power exchanged 19,300 shares, after declining 4 cents to end at $5.93. Caribbean Cream fell 11 cents in trading 3,827 units at $4.29, and Consolidated Bakeries declined by 3 cents to settle at $1.60 after trading 54,000, Elite Diagnostic exchanged82,443 shares to close at $5.50 after falling 9 cents, Everything Fresh lost 5 cents with 220,157 shares changing hands at $1.05. Express Catering lost 5 cents in exchanging 6,281 shares to close at $6.25, GWest Corporation lost 4 cents to settle at 95 cents while exchanging 21,000 units, Honey Bun slashed 90 cents from the previous close to end at $7 in a swap of 51,831 shares. iCreate traded 589,259 units and gained 8 cents to end at 70 cents, Indies Pharma declined by a cent trading of 23,619 units at $3.01, Jamaican Teas fell 7 cents while 84,824 changed hands at $5.99, Jetcon Corporation exchanged 119,193 shares to close at $1.93 after rising 13 cents. Knutsford Express dived $1.50 with 43,436 shares crossing the exchange at $10, Lasco Financial exchanged 57,950 units, but fell 10 cents to end at $4.50, Lasco Manufacturing gained 10 cents trading of 45,000 units at $5.10, Limners and Bards slipped 2 cents in trading of 126, 814 units at $2.81. MailPac pulled back 17 cents to end at $1.78 with 5,881,440 shares changing hands, Main Event declined 8 cents to settle at $6.07 with an exchange of 31,212 units and Paramount Trading lost 45 cents with a transfer of 62,639 shares to close at $1.55.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Junior Market ekes out minor gain

The Junior Market index inched 1.16 points higher to close at 3,397.08 on Tuesday after dropping sharply by 66.99 points on Monday, with declining stocks exceeding rising ones.
Market activity, resulted in 33 securities changing hands with gains in 9 securities, declines in 16 while the prices of 8 remained unchanged, but CAC 2000 Preference share, closing at a 52 weeks’ low.
Junior Market activity, left the markets average PE at 14.5. Trading ended with an exchange of 11,556,651 shares for $25,163,399 compared to 13,720,939 units for$30,393,491 from 28 securities trading on Monday.
Trading ended with an average of 350,202 units for $762,527 for each stock traded, in contrast to 490,034 units for $1,085,482 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 261,632 shares at $603,830 compared to an average of 244,025 shares at $572,282 for each security traded. In contrast, November closed with an average of 120,579 shares at $506,880 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investors Choice bid-offer indicator with five stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial surged $5 to end at $35 with 20,000 stock units crossing the exchange, AMG Packaging fell 15 cents in trading of 176,455 units at $1.90, Blue Power ended with a transfer of 6,309 shares, after rising 12 cents to end at $5.97. Cargo Handlers fell 50 cents in trading of 9,357 units at $9.50, Consolidated Bakeries declined by 22 cents to settle at $1.63 after trading 341,522. Dolphin Cove exchanged 6,500 shares to close at $10.90 after falling 20 cents,
In the preference segment, CAC 2000 ended with a loss of 1 cent at a 52 weeks’ low of 90 cents with 50,000 stock units changing hands. Elite Diagnostic traded 5,187 shares to close at $5.59 after falling 16 cents, Everything Fresh inched 1 cent higher in trading 10,000 shares at $1.10, Fosrich lost 7 cents in exchanging 7,532 shares to close at $4.25. Fontana rose 60 cents to $7.80, with 78,705 stock units crossing the exchange, General Accident closed trading of 3,309 units and gained 35 cents to end at $7.50, GWest Corporation lost 6 cents to settle at 99 cents while exchanging 20,000 units, Honey Bun fell 15 cents in an exchange of 12,554 shares to close at $7.90. iCreate traded 29,300 units and gained 2 cents to end at 62 cents, Indies Pharma declined 3 cents in trading of 18,976 units at $3.02, Jetcon Corporation ended market activity exchanging 59,702 shares to close at $1.80 after falling 13 cents. Knutsford Express climbed 50 cents and traded 8,800 shares at $11.50, Lasco Distributors declined 26 cents in trading of 52,105 units at $3.30, Lasco Financial exchanged 1,000 units and put on 20 cents to end at $4.60, Limners and Bards dipped 2 cents in trading of 31,662 units at $2.83. MailPac pulled back 3 cents to end at $1.95 with 10,264,726 shares changing hands, Medical Disposables declined by 40 cents to settle at $7.10 with an exchange of 156,000 units, SSL Venture exchanged 25,000 shares to close at $1.20 after falling 20 cents and tTech ended trading of a mere 77 shares, after rising 5 cents to $5.40.
In the preference segment, CAC 2000 ended with a loss of 1 cent at a 52 weeks’ low of 90 cents with 50,000 stock units changing hands.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Sharp drop for Junior Market

MailPac drops 24 cents to close at $1.98 on Monday.

The Junior Market suffered a significant fall on Monday with the market index dropping 66.99 points to close at 3,395.92 points resulting from gains in 11 securities declines in 10 while the prices of 6 remained unchanged.
Junior Market activity, left the market’s average PE at 14.6. Trading ended with 28 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 13,720,939 shares for $30,393,491 compared to 18,043,694 units for $43,397,194 from 28 securities trading on Friday.
Trading ended with an average of 490,034 units for $1,085,482 for each stock traded, in contrast to 644,418 units for $1,549,900 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 244,025 shares at $572,282 compared to an average of 194,110 shares at $468,155 for each security traded. In contrast, November closed with an average of 120,579 shares at $506,880 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator with seven stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial traded 5,394 units to finish with a fall of $5.29 at $35.29, AMG Packaging dipped 2 cents in trading 20,760 shares at $2.05, Caribbean Cream gained 15 cents to close at $4.40 with 2.900 stock units crossing the exchange. Derrimon Trading lost 13 cents after a transfer of 115,500 shares at $2.50, Dolphin Cove lost 1 cent after exchanging just 236 stocks at $11.10, Elite Diagnostic rose 25 cents to end at $5.75 with the trading a mere 365 units. Express Catering jumped 80 cents to close at $6.30 with an exchange of 34,922 shares, Fontana suffered a sharp 61 cents fall to close at $7.20 in exchanging 66,950 stock units, FosRich traded 12,514 shares and rose 25 cents to end at $5.75. General Accident fell 35 cents to $7.15 while transferring 6,500 shares, Honey Bun closed with a rise of 5 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $8.05, with 28,055 stock units crossing the exchange, iCreate traded 73,341 shares but rose 2 cents to end at 60 cents. Indies Pharma traded 11,122 shares and lost 15 cents in closing at $3.05, Jamaican Teas fell 9 cents in exchanging 21,220 shares to end at $6.06, Jetcon Corporation traded just 581 shares and gained 13 cents to close at $1.93. Lasco Distributors closed with just 100 units changing hands after rising 6 cents to end at $3.56, Lasco Financial lost 2 cents with the trading of 27,926 shares at $4.40, Limners and Bards rose 8 cents with 26,272 shares changing hands at $2.85. Recently listed, MailPac, traded 12,827,913 shares with the price pulling back 24 cents to end at $1.98, Medical Disposables exchanged 13,090 shares after gaining 40 cents to close at $7.50 and Paramount Trading closed at $2 after slipping 5 cents with an exchange of 21,000 shares.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Sharp jump for Junior Market

Junior Market makes big breakthrough resistance and seems to be heading higher.

At the close of the Junior Market on Thursday, the market index surged 100.47 points to close at 3,477.34, resulting from gains in 12 securities and eight declines while the prices of 9 remained unchanged, leaving the market’s average PE at 14.3.
Junior Market activity, ended with 29 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 5,740,254 units for $7,603,716 compared to 1,154,175 units for $4,201,370 from 30 securities trading on Wednesday.
Trading ended with an average of 197,940 units for an average of $262,197 in contrast to 38,473 units for an average of $140,046 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 79,486 shares at $192,801 compared to an average of 37,077 shares at $167,956 for each security traded. In contrast, November closed with an average of 120,579 shares at $506,880 for each security trading.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator with three stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial traded 9,000 units to finish with a gain of $3.67 at $33.77, AMG Packaging lost 1 cent with 13,000 shares changing hands at $2.05, Blue Power rose 9 cents to end at $7 with 3,838 units crossing the market, Caribbean Cream lost 15 cents in ending at $4.25, by swapping 22,651 shares. Caribbean Flavours, traded 100 shares, but lost 64 cents in closing at $15, Caribbean Producers added just 1 cent to close at $4.80 with an exchange of 12,000 shares, Consolidated Bakeries lost 35 cents in closing at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.45 with 839,5000 shares crossing the exchange. Elite Diagnostic gained 20 cents after a transfer of 8,590 shares at $5.50. Everything Fresh dipped 19 cents after exchanging 90,368 shares at $1.03, Fontana gained 5 cents and closed trading of 93,258 units, to end at $7.85. FosRich jumped $1.89 to end at $5.50 while exchanging 8,590 shares, Honey Bun closed with a rise of 39 cents at $7.99, with 37,205 stock units crossing the exchange, iCreate traded 725,100 shares but fell 5 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ low of 55 cents. Indies Pharma traded 2,814 shares and rose 15 cents and close at $3.20, Jamaican Teas traded 3,077 shares after declining by 5 cents to end at $6.15, Knutsford Express climbed 90 cents in exchanging 1,330 shares at $11. Lasco Distributors closed trading of 7,700 units and lost 16 cents to end at $3.54, Lasco Financial gained just 1 cent to close at $4.42 with 17,200 shares changing hands, Limners and Bards lost 2 cents with 32,050 shares changing hands at $2.80. Recently listed, MailPac traded 3,596,138 shares with the price jumped 85 cents to close at a new high of $2.17. The stock has more than doubled the IPO price of $1; it went to the market in November. Medical Disposables traded 2,536 shares after rising 51 cents to close at $8, SSL Venture Capital, to be renamed Boost Venture traded 70,850 shares but fell 35 cents close at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.15 and Stationery and Office Supplies rose 50 cents in trading 96 units at $11.50.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Junior Market slips

Junior Market activities ended on Wednesday with 30 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 1,154,175 units for $4,201,370 compared to 1,065,830 units valued at $4,608,133 from 25 securities trading on Tuesday.
At the close, the Junior Market Index slipped 1.18 points to close at 3,376.87, resulting from gains in 6 securities and declines in 13 while the prices of 11 remained unchanged, leaving the market’s average PE to 13.9.
Trading ended with an average of 38,473 units for an average of $140,046 in contrast to 42,633 units for an average of $184,325 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 37,077 shares at $167,956 compared to an average of 36,256 units at $184,373 for each security traded. In contrast, November closed with an average of 120,579 shares at $506,880 for each security exchanged.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator with 5 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial traded just 150 units to finish with a gain of 10 cents at $30.10, Blue Power lost 4 cents to end at $6.91 with 12,804 units crossing the market, Cargo Handlers closed with a rise of 55 cents at $10, in swapping of 7,893 shares. Caribbean Producers added just 1 cent to close at $4.81 with an exchange of 1,162 shares, Elite Diagnostic shed 15 cents after 57,675 shares changed hands at $5.30, Express Catering gained 17 cents after exchanging 51,680 shares at $6.32, Fontana closed trading of 93,858 units, but lost 2 cents to end at $7.80. FosRich dropped $1.24 to end at $3.61 while exchanging 25,042 shares, General Accident lost 19 cents in trading 2,000 stock units at $7.50, Honey Bun closed with a loss of 10 cents at $7.60, with 23,290 stock units crossing the exchange, Indies Pharma traded 78,735 shares and fell 5 cents and close at $3.05. Investors transferred 30,200 shares of Jetcon Corporation after falling 15 cents to end at $1.80, Knutsford Express lost 90 cents in trading 1,500 stock units at $10.10,Lasco Distributors closed trading with 88,435 units and gained 20 cents to end at $3.70. Limners and Bardslost 7 cents with 36,899 shares changing hands at $2.82, newly listed MailPac traded 49,373 shares and rose 32 cents to close at a new high of $1.32.Main Eventlost 20 cents to close at $6 after 36,234 shares crossed the exchange, Stationery and Office Supplies lost 55 cents in trading 36,550 units at $11 and tTechfell 50 cents in transferring 50 stock units at $5.50.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.