Trading picks up for juniors – Tuesday

Interest is up for Caribbean Cream with  575,000 units trading on Tuesday to end at $4.99.

Interest is up for Caribbean Cream with 575,000 units trading on Tuesday to end at $4.99.

The junior market made moderate gains at the close of trading on Tuesday with 15 active securities, with the junior market index inching up by 1.99 points to 2,252.30 as 5 stocks advanced and 6 declined. Market volume picked up from Monday’s low level of 775,816 shares valued at $4,015,547 changing hands, compared to 1,016,398 units valued at $4,845,689 on Tuesday.
At the end of trading 4 stocks closed with the bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 ended with lower offers.
At the end of trading, Access Financial Services traded just 100 shares with a gain of 5 cents at $17.40, as the demand for the stock builds but against limited supply.JM sum 21-6-16 AMG Packaging closed with 6,000 shares changing hands at $13, Caribbean Cream came in for good demand in trading 575,551 units, to end with a fall of 1 cent at $4.99, Caribbean Flavours ended with 33,700 shares at $7, Caribbean Producers had 85,069 units trading with a gain of 30 cents to close at $4.50. Consolidated Bakeries traded 100,000 units and rose 5 cents to end at $1.85, Dolphin Cove traded 162 units to close at $11.50. Honey Bun fell 50 cents and closed at $5.50JM Trdng Sht-21-6-16 with 43,782 units changing hands, Jamaican Teas closed trading with 1,048 shares, but fell 9 cents to end at $3.71, Lasco Distributors traded 10,675 units to end with a loss of 7 cents, at $7.88. Lasco Financial closed with a loss of 9 cents, at $3.35 with 7,850 shares changing hands, while Lasco Manufacturing gained 1 cent to close at $5.10 with 82,961 shares trading. Medical Disposables traded 53,500 shares to close at $3.60 after shedding 40 cents, Paramount Trading closed with a gain of 1 cent at $11 with 6,000 shares changing hands and tTech ended with 10,000 units changing hands to close at $4.

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