The Junior Market closed on Monday with reduced with 997,351 units valued $7,021,540 trading, compared to 5,891,343 units valued $15,986,987 on Friday. At the close 7 stocks advanced and 7 declined with 19 securities traded, compared to 20 on Friday. The market index declined 15.37 points to 3,317.28.
At the close of trading, 4 stocks having bids higher than their last sale prices and 3 closed with lower offers.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average of 89,906 units for an average value of $369,555 compared to 294,567 units for an average value of $799,349, on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for the month to date are 217,483 units valued at $1,055,012 compared with 281,272 units valued at $1,397,740, previously, In contrast, May closed with averages of 89,339 units and $596,722.
the close of the market, Blue Power lost $2 to close at $53 with 696 units changing hands, CAC 2000 rose 2 cents and closed at $7.22 with 4,640 shares trading, Cargo Handlers eased by 10 cents and closed at $17.90 with 1,063 shares trading, Caribbean Flavours traded 1,513 units to end at $12, Caribbean Producers traded 487,000 units at $3.50, Derrimon Trading rose 50 cents and ended at record close of $9.50 with 170,374 shares changing hands, Dolphin Cove fell 2 cents and ended at $19.98 with 983 shares being swapped, General Accident closed trading with 50,000 shares to end at $2.90, Honey Bun climbed by 56 cents with just 9,225 shares changing hands to close at $6.10, Teas closed trading with 2,200 shares, at $4.50. Jetcon Corporation ended at $14.88 with 110,950 shares trading, after adding 88 cents, Knutsford Express traded 81,774 shares and gained 89 cents, in closing at a record high of $16.89, Lasco Distributors lost 30 cents and ended trading 4,127 units at $7.20, Lasco Financial fell 25 cents, with 11,325 shares changing hands to end at $4.05, Lasco Manufacturing fell 23 cents closed at $4.85 in trading 37,127 shares. Main Event lost 10 cents and ended trading 10,531 shares at $6.90, Medical Disposables ended at $6 with 1,407 units crossing the exchange, Paramount Trading rose 3 cents and ended with 12,200 shares changing hands at $3.04 and tTech had just 216 units changing hands at $8 after gaining 49 cents.
Volume up for Junior stocks
The Junior Market closed out the week with more stocks trading on Friday than on Thursday, with less value as the majority of stocks with price movements rose, as one traded at a new high with Lasco Manufacturing accounting for 72 percent of the volume.
The market closed with 7 stocks advancing and 4 declined as a total of 20 securities traded compared to 19 on Thursday. The market index declined 11.38 points to close at 3,332.65 as 5,891,343 units valued $15,986,987 traded compared to 5,091,552 units valued $37,926,494 changing hands on Thursday.
At the close of trading, 9 stocks having bids higher than their last sale prices and none closed with lower offers.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average of 294,567 units for an average value of $799,349 compared to 267,976 units for an average value of $1,996,131, on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for the month to date are 281,272 units valued at $1,397,740 which are well ahead of May, with averages of 89,339 units and $596,722.
At the close of the market,Blue Powerclimbing $1.50 to close at $55 with 1,978 units changing hands, Cargo Handlers closed at $18 with 210 shares trading,Caribbean Producers lost 10 cents with 687,639 units changing hands at $3.50, Dolphin Cove ended at $20 with 200,855 shares being swapped, Eppley had 8,036 units changing hands to close of $12. General Accident closed trading with 52,468 shares to end at $2.90, Honey Bun dropped by $1.39 with just 240 shares changing hands and closed at $5.54, ISP Finance closed at $28 with 3,300 units, Jamaican Teas climbed 83 cents and closed trading with 82,800 shares, at $4.50. Jetcon Corporation ended at $14 with 39,560 shares trading, KLE Group closed with 1,212 shares trading at $2.02 with a rise of 22 cents. Knutsford Express traded 29,600 shares and gained $1, in closing at a record high of $16, Lasco Distributors rose 50 cents and ended with 164,142 units trading at $7.50, Lasco Financial fell 7 cents, with 25,962 shares changing hands to end at $4.30, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $5.08 in trading 4,217,560 after trading 2,114,373 shares on Thursday. Main Event added 50 cents and ended trading15,903 shares at $7, Medical Disposables ended at $6 with 111,236 units crossing over the exchange, Paramount Trading fell 9 cents and ended with 14,012 shares changed hands at $3.01, tTech had 100,000 units changing hands at $7.51 after gaining 1 cent and Eppley 10% preference share, ended with 134,630 units changing hands at $6.60.
Juniors recover sharply on Tuesday
The Junior Market index jumped 60.41 points on Tuesday, 3,344.67 as 22 securities traded of which 10 advanced and only 4 declined as 2,377,774 units valued $14,077,973 traded compared to 903,666 units valued at $5,900,159 changing hands on Monday.
At the close of trading, 6 stocks having bids higher than their last sale prices and 2 with lower offers.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average of 108,081 units for an average value of $639,908 compared to 47,561 units for an average value of $310,535, on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for the month to date are 90,467 units and $607,211 while at the close of the prior trading day it was 89,667 units and $605,576, well below the levels for April with averages of 502,597 units and $2,768,003.
At the close of the market, Access Financial jumped $6 and closed at an all-time high of $50 with 2,500 units changing hands, AMG Packaging rose 19 cents and ended at $4.99 with 21,148 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream closed trading with 300 units to end at $8.40, after gaining 40 cents, Caribbean Flavours lost 5 cents in trading 2,700 units to end at $12, Caribbean Producers had 32,513 units changing hands and remained at $3.50, Consolidated Bakeries dropped 7 cents trading 19,500 shares to close at $2.45, Eppley had 19,015 units changing hands to close of $12, General Accident closed trading with 19,600 shares to end at $2.90, had 13,586 shares changing hands and closed at $7.50 after gaining 50 cents,ISP Finance ended at $28 with 343 units changing hands. Jamaican Teas rose 4 cents and closed trading with 234,436 shares, at $4.69. Jetcon Corporation dropped $1.40 to end at $13.40 with 11,900 shares trading, Key Insurance traded 2,415 units to close at $3.05 after rising 25 cents, Knutsford Express that will start trading with the 5 for 1 stock split on Wednesday, closed with 13,295 shares trading at $68. Lasco Distributors lost 14 cents and ended with 505,170 units trading at $6.96, Lasco Financial gained 35 cents to end with 63,888 shares changing hands at $4.40, Lasco Manufacturing rose 20 cents to close at $5.20 while trading 1,378,624 shares, Main Event ended trading of 9,107 shares at $7.20, Medical Disposables gained 15 cents and ended at $5.80 with 1,000 units trading, Paramount Trading ended with a rise of 50 cents as 17,234 shares changed hands at $3.30 and tTech had 8,700 units changing hands at $7.50 and Derrimon Trading preference share ended with 800 units changing hands to close at $2.20.