Students face off in stock market

The ring of a stock market opening bell kicked off the trading day for nearly 200 Fairfield County high school students who tested their trading and investing mettle at the 2017 Stock Market Challenge, offered by Junior Achievement of Southwest Connecticut.

Students from Trinity Catholic High School, Academy of Information Technology and Engineering (AITE), King School, New Canaan High School, Westhill High School and St. Luke”™s School were part of 44 teams at the third annual competition held at the King School.

This year”™s winning team, “VIP 5” from King School, grew their half-million virtual dollars by 85 percent, reaching a net worth of $923,602.47 over the mock 60-day trading period.