Stationary & Office Supplies – Montego Bay office.
IC Insider Buy Rated Stationery and Office Supplies that listed last year August gained 250 percent when the stock hit a new high on Thursday.
It seems set to jump when trading resumes on Friday, with a 70 percent increase in earnings to 17 cents for the March quarter. SOS posted profit of $44.5 million versus $24.5 million after tax for the quarter, flowing from a 27 percent increase in revenues to $279 million. With added earnings to come from the acquisition of the book manufacturing business earnings for the full year could be in the 90 cents to $1 range.
Cargo Handlers posted a 20 percent increase in earnings with EPS of 12 cents for the March quarter and a flat 23 cents for the nine months. Profit in the March quarter was $45.6 million, up 19 percent over $38.4 million generated in 2017 and for the nine months $86 million was earned versus $84.6 million. Revenues grew 7 percent in the quarter to $101 million and was up 3 percent to $188 million for the half year.
Wisynco’s popular product.
Wisynco Group reported lower profit in the March quarter but that was due to the booking of insurance claim of around $600 million in 2017, excluding that inflow
profits would have been up sharply from a normalised $340 million to $505 million for the quarter and from $1.4 billion to $1.7 billion for the nine months period. Earnings per share for the quarter was 14 cents and 47 cents for the nine months and seems ion track for around 70 cents.
Wisynco generated an attractive 13.5 percent growth in revenues in the quarter to $5.8 billion and an increase of 14.7 percent in the nine months to $18 billion.
Grace Kennedy posted an 18 percent increase in earnings with EPS of $1.20 for the March quarter with profit rising to 19 percent to $1.2 million in the quarter from revenues that rose 5 percent to $24.9 billion. The results suggest earnings for the full year should top $5 per share.
compared to 4,614,305 units valued at $109,133,839 changing hands in the main market, on Wednesday.
In contrast, April closed with an average of 708,206 shares with a value of $6,395,518 for each security traded.
Market activity ended with an average of 84,493 units for an average of $444,615 in contrast to 57,727 units for an average of $206,040 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 89,483 units with an average value of $350,843 and previously 90,161 units with an average value of $338,109. April closed with an average of 121,622 units at $506,803, for each security traded.
General Accident closed 9 cents higher at $3.24, with 14,650 stock units, GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 14 cents to end at a an all-time low at $2.16, with 95,500 units, Iron Rock finished at $3, with 400,000 shares. KLE Group closed with a loss of 15 cents at $2.35, with 511 shares, Knutsford Express ended with a loss of 50 cents at $12.50, with 10,000 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading with a loss of 6 cents at $4.25, with 51,461 stock units, Lasco Financial finished at $5.50, with 313,128 units. Lasco Manufacturing settled with a loss of 10 cents at $3.90, with 27,000 shares, Main Event ended trading 19 cents higher at $7, with 400 shares, Medical Disposables traded at $5, with 9,000 shares and Stationery and Office climbed by 70 cents to a an all-time high of $7, with 5,376 units. In the junior market preference segment, Derrimon Trading 9% ended with a loss of 10 cents close at an all-time low of $1.90, with 22,980 stock units, changing hands.
Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Wednesday with trading in 16 securities against 10 on Wednesday, with 5 advancing, 3 declining and 8 remaining unchanged. 
Losses| Guardian Holdings ended trading 5 cents lower at $15.25, after exchanging 10 shares, NCB Financial Group concluded trading with a loss of 25 cents and ended at $5.50, after exchanging 20,361 shares and Prestige Holdings traded with a loss of 15 cents and ended at $10.15, after 1,525 shares changed hands.
The Junior Market Index rose just 4.89 points to close at 2,933.14, trading just 19 securities but the closing bids and offers suggest that the market could enjoy a bigger bounce on Thursday. 
Market activity ended with an average of 57,727 units for an average of $206,040 in contrast to 51,834 units for an average of $233,524 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 90,161 units with an average value of $338,109 and previously 94,470 units with an average value of $355,656. April closed with an average of 121,622 units at $506,803, for each security traded.
GWest Corporation ended at $2.30, with 30,671 units, ISP Finance settled at $18, with 1,400 shares, Jamaican Teas ended trading with a loss of 50 cents at $4.50, as 4,112 stock units changed hands, Jetcon Corporation closed at $4, with 9,814 units. Key Insurance finished trading with a loss of 50 cents at $3.40, exchanging 286,042 shares, KLE Group closed 25 cents higher at $2.50, with 201,200 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading at $4.311 after declining 1 cent, with 140,266 stock units, Lasco Financial finished with a loss of 2 cents at $5.50, trading 38,789 units and Lasco Manufacturing settled 5 cents higher at $4, with 1,180 shares. In the junior market preference segment, Eppley 8.75% settled at $6, with 30,000 shares changing hands.
Losses| Clico Investments shares fell 3 cents and completed trading at $20.17, with 12,182 units, National Flour closed with a loss of 15 cents and settled at $1.70, after exchanging 16,081 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL shed 25 cents and completed trading at $28.75, with 9,987 units changing hands.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed trading with 27 securities changing hands resulting in an exchange of 1,399,513 units valued at $6,305,138. 
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 5 cents at an all-time closing low of $2.30, with 62,876 units. Honey Bun concluded trading with a loss of 20 cents at $4.60, with 33,064 shares, Iron Rock finished with a loss of 50 cents at $3, with 5,000 shares, Jamaican Teas ended trading 55 cents higher at $5, with 154,883 stock units, Jetcon Corporation traded at $4, with 15,158 units. KLE Group closed with a loss of 25 cents at $2.25, with 90,509 shares, Knutsford Express ended with a loss of 90 cents at $13, with 4,000 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading 2 cents higher at $4.30, with 5,249 stock units, Lasco Financial finished with a loss of 3 cents at $5.52, with 211,952 units. Lasco Manufacturing settled 21 cents higher at $3.95, with 5,324 shares, Main Event ended trading with a loss of 19 cents at $6.81, with 12,217 shares, Paramount Trading finished trading 1 cent higher at $2.71, with 100 stock units, Stationery and Office closed 10 cents higher at a all-time high of $6.30, with 95,993 units and tTech concluded trading 28 cents higher at $6, with 14,981 shares. In the junior market preference segment, Eppley 8.75% settled at $6, with 1,452 shares, changing hands.
Gains| Clico Investments closed with a gain of 3 cents and completed trading at $20.20, with 30,000 units, First Citizens gained 62 cents and concluded at a 52 weeks’ high of $35, after exchanging 3,546 shares, LJ Williams B Share finished trading with a gain of 1 cent and concluded at $0.72, after exchanging 10,000 shares, National Flour closed with an increase of 10 cents and settled at $1.85, with 46,392 shares changing hands, Trinidad Cement ended trading with a rise of 33 cents and settled at $2.99, exchanging 2,308 shares, Unilever Caribbean finished 50 cents higher and concluded trading at $34, with 2,050 shares and West Indian Tobacco gained 1 cent and ended at $88.51, with 404 stock units changing hands.
