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Five fallers on BSX

Five domestic companies saw their share prices fall on the Bermuda Stock Exchange last week.More than half a million shares traded in broker-dealer LOM (Holdings) Ltd, mostly purchased by a company owned by the LOM’s CEO and director Scott Lines. LOM’s share price closed the week down by 15 cents, or 4.8 percent.Butterfield Bank pared some of its strong gains from the previous week, falling three cents, or 2.2 percent, to $1.35, as 43,175 shares changed hands.The bank’s preference shares remained on $1,250, as 348 of them were exchanged.Telecommunications group KeyTech Ltd tumbled 36 cents, or 5.7 percent, in a week that it announced that its wireless services company M3 Wireless would merge with CellularOne.Bermuda Press (Holdings) Ltd, which owns media, printing, retail and real estate interests including this newspaper, fell $1.75, or 13.7 percent, to $11, as 5,000 shares were traded.BF&M Ltd also suffered a slight fall, dropping five cents, or 0.3 percent, to close the week on $15, as 6,500 shares were exchanged.Ascendant Group Ltd was the sole domestic board company to move upward, gaining 10 cents, or 0.7 percent, to finish Friday’s trading on $14, as 20,588 shares were traded.The Royal Gazette/BSX Index fell 9.99 points, or 0.84 percent during the week’s trading to close on 1,185.47. Volume was high at more than 620,000 shares, while turnover was more than $2.75 million.