The day’s gain brings to 7 the number of times the index gain out of the last 8 trading days
At the close of market activities, 26 securities changed hands, compared to 28 on Wednesday and resulted in prices of 11 securities rising, 8 declining and 7 remaining unchanged.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Market activity led to an exchange of 1,481,572 shares at $6,322,070 compared to 1,527,469 units valued at $5,859,798 on Wednesday. The average traded for the day is 56,984 units for an at $243,157 each, in contrast to 54,552 units for an average of $209,278 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 79,372 units valued at $298,631 and previously, 81,351 units valued at $303,536. In contrast, April closed with an average of 87,963 units valued $317,267 for each security traded.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended 30 cents higher at $2.15,with 1,000 stock units traded, Cargo Handlers settled at $10, with an exchange of 5,819 shares, Caribbean Flavours traded 33,650 stock units, at $16.50, Caribbean Producers closed trading with 47,875 shares and rose 15 cents to end at $4.90. Derrimon Trading ended 4 cents higher at $2.85, with 12,921 shares changing hands. Everything Fresh settled at $1.53, with an exchange of 98,588 units, Elite Diagnostic ended trading with 366,435 shares and climbed 34 cents higher to end at $3.50, Express Catering traded 22,427 shares with a loss of 10 cents at $6.90. FosRich Group ended the trading of 59,176 shares, at $5, Fontana closed with a loss of 5 cents at $4.55, in exchanging 96,454 stock units, General Accident ended with a loss of 39 cents at $4.10, with 9,800 units traded, GWest Corporation concluded trading of 42,971 shares at $1.39. Honey Bun finished 20 cents higher at $4, with 114,649 shares changing hands, iCreate settled with a loss of 5 cents at $0.85, with an exchange of 41,886 shares, Indies Pharma ended trading of 42,723 stock units, with a loss of 5 cents in closing at $3.30, ISP Finance jumped $1.30 to close at $12.50 after trading 430 shares. Jamaican Teas closed 10 cents higher at $4.20, after trading 106,203 shares, Jetcon Corporation ended with a loss of 10 cents at $2.40, with an exchange of 76,185 shares, KLE Group finished trading 12,059 units at $2.40, Knutsford Express settled at $12.50, with 13,621 shares changing hands, Lasco Distributors ended trading with 111,463 shares and rose 1 cent higher to $3.90. Lasco Financial traded 41,105 shares, with a loss of 10 cents to close at $4.60, Lasco Manufacturing closed 16 cents higher at $3.50, with 29,767 stock units changing hands, Main Event closed 6 cents higher at $5.06, with 16,165 units changing hands, Stationery and Office climbed $1.20 higher to $9.70, with an exchange of 73,200 stock units and tTech traded 5,000 shares with a loss of 29 cents to close at $5.90.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.