Lasco Manufacturing dominated trading on Tuesday.
The market closed with 1,567,458 units valued at $8,519,094 passing through the market, compared to 9,177,959 units valued at $63,684,987 that were traded on Monday. At the close, with 18 securities changing hands, down from 21 on Monday with 7 advancing and 8 declining.
The junior market ended trading with an average of 87,081 units for an average value of $473,283 traded, compared to 437,046 units for an average value of $3,032,618 on the previous trading day.
The average volume and value for the month to date is 293,848 units and $2,093,565. The average volume and value for the month to the previous trading day ended at 328,309 units and $2,363,612. The average volume and value for March was 137,459 units and $1,313,411.Trading ended with 5 stocks having bids higher than their last sale prices and 2 ending with lower offers, than the last traded price.
At the close of the market on Tuesday, AMG Packaging fell 25 cents to close at $5.55 with 57,799 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream traded 44,325 units to end at $7.30, Caribbean Flavours lost 80 cents with 622 shares changing hands, to close at $13, Caribbean Producers closed trading with 8,181 units at $3.75, Consolidated Bakeries gained 5 cents with 7,800 shares changing hands, to close at $2.95, C2W Music had 15,000 units changing hands to close at 33 cents after rising by 8 cents. Dolphin Cove ended at $20 with 20,645 shares trading, Honey Bun had 17,600 shares changing hands to close with a gain of 1 cent at $7.50, Jamaican Teas gained 35 cents in trading 422 shares to close at $7.75, the stock is expected to trade ex-split starting this Thursday, to accommodate the 2 for 1 split that is expected to be approved at the Annual General Meeting on Wednesday.
Jetcon Corporation rose 40 cents to end at $11.90 with 35,262 shares traded, KLE Group traded 3,000 shares and fell 30 cents in closing at $2.70, Knutsford Express traded just 1,266 shares but fell 80 cents to close at $40.20, Lasco Distributors fell 5 cents and ended with 23,461 units trading to close at $6.80, Lasco Financial added 20 cents and ended with a mere 242 shares changing hands at $4, Lasco Manufacturing fell 1 cent and closed with 1,264,833 units changing hands at $4.98, Main Event rose 50 cents trading 10,000 shares at $5.73, Medical Disposables closed trading with 55,000 shares and fell 50 cents to end at $5.50 and Paramount Trading closed with a loss of 1 cent to end a $3.59.