The two big Lasco companies traded nearly 8.7M shares on the junior market on Thursday.
At the end of trading 4 stocks closed with bids higher than their last selling prices and none ended with a lower offer. The junior market is showing that the lowest prices for stocks being offered, are moving away from the last traded prices for a number of the companies, with a few having no stocks being offered currently.
At the close, AMG Packaging traded 1,674 units at $12.50, Blue Power had 2,400 shares changing hands to close at $16.50, Caribbean Cream gained 70 cents with 22,610 shares changing hands, to close at a new all-time high of $8, Caribbean Flavours traded 195,663 units to close with a gain of 70 cents at $7. Caribbean Producers gained 20 cents, in trading 14,000 units at $3.50, Derrimon Trading lost 1 cent in trading 14,000 units, to end at $3.05, Dolphin Cove rose $1.50 and ended at $15.50 with 1,493 shares trading, General Accident Insurance had 69,656 shares changing hands to close 1 cent lower, at $2.09. Iron Rock Insurance had 720 shares changing hands with a gain of 2 cents, to close at $3.30, 
Jamaican Teas traded 3,637 units to end at $3.50. Knutsford Express closed with 2,872 units changing hands at $19, Lasco Distributors ended with 3,964,178 shares changing hands at $7, Lasco Financial traded 98,000 units and lost 20 cents to close at $3.25, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $5 with 4,747,095 shares trading, but gained 5 cents. Medical Disposables traded 206,820 shares and fell 5 cents, to close at $3.50, Sweet River ended with 25,000 units changing hands at $3.86, after rising 1 cent, tTech fell 25 cents and ended with 466,472 units changing hands at $4.50, after it traded at $5 earlier in the day. tTech’s board meets today, to consider a dividend payment at the same time, the company released results for the June quarter, after trading, showing a 42 percent growth in revenues for the June quarter compared to 30 percent for the six months, with profit after tax, up to $16 million from $12.4 million for the six months. Derrimon Trading preference share, ended with 445,496 units changing hands, to close at $2.10.
Manufacturing that traded 4,046,000 units at $5, Medical Disposables with 157,858 units at $3.50. Barita Investments traded 213,650 down to $2.50, Grace Kennedy had 303,578 shares trading at $41.68, Sterling Investments traded 395,000 units at $13 and JMMB Group 7.50% preference share traded 2,842,800 units at $1.10. 
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading showed 10 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and none with a lower offer.
Pan Jamaican traded 4,440 shares to end at $25.50, Radio Jamaica gained 5 cents to close at $1.65 after 20,800 shares changed hands, Sagicor Group rose 15 cents with 5,521 shares changing hands at $20.75, Sagicor Real Estate Fund lost 28 cents in trading 325,920 shares to close at $10.22. 
Jamaica’s foreign exchange dealers bought US$11 million more than the amount sold on Wednesday, putting the surplus bought since the end of June to US$132 million, with the rate of the Jamaican dollar rising marginally against the United States currency. 
A total of US$23,290,324 was sold versus US$34,459,336 on Tuesday, with the selling rate falling 5 cents to end at $126.66. The Canadian dollar buying rate climbed 18 cents to end at $93.65, with dealers buying C$1,287,555 and selling C$914,662 at an average rate that increased by 96 cents to $96.21. The average rate for buying the British Pound fell 43 cents to $161.18 for the purchase of £1,537,436, while £513,286 was sold to end at a rate of $162.98, for a gain of $1.80.
equivalent of other currencies traded amounts to US$145,042 being bought, while US$186,931 was sold.
Trading on the Trinidad and Tobago stock market closed on Wednesday with more stocks declining than rising. The market closed with just 8 securities changing hands resulting in 219,949 shares valued at $946,629 being traded. At the close, 2 stocks rose, 2 declined and 4 remained unchanged. 
Gains| Scotiabank closed with 1,066 shares changing hands and gained 1 cent to end at $55.51 and West Indian Tobacco traded 12,137 shares to close $126.31 after rising 1 cent.
in low volumes, but Barita Investments traded 260,923 units but fell 75 cents to trade at $2.55. 
Jamaica’s foreign exchange dealers bought US$3 million less than the amount sold on Tuesday, putting the surplus bought since the end of June to US$121 million, with the rate of the Jamaican dollar slipping marginally against the United States currency. 
A total of US$34,459,336 was sold versus US$28,229,128 on Monday, with the selling rate rising 3 cents to end at $126.71. The Canadian dollar buying rate climbed $1.25 to end at $93.47, with dealers buying C$1,128,502 and selling C$540,659 at an average rate that dropped 79 cents to $95.25. The average rate for buying the British Pound rose 65 cents to $161.61 for the purchase of £1,915,825, while £538,882 was sold to end at $164.78, for a gain of 41 cents.
Highs & Lows| Notable changes to the highest and lowest traded rates, for the Jamaican dollar in the foreign exchange market on Tuesday, include, a rise of $1.05 in the highest buying rate of the US dollar to $128, a decline of 76 cents in the highest selling rate of the Canadian Dollar to close at $100.12, a fall of $2 in the lowest selling rate to $89, while trading in the British Pound resulted in a dip of $1.61 in the highest selling rate to $171.95 and a rise of $2.75 in the lowest selling rate to end at $159.75.
Kingston Wharves moved up by 45 cents to $16 with just 6,514 shares trading. Sagicor Group traded 14,346 units but fell 85 cents to $20.60, Scotia Group jumped 73 cents to $30.90 while 71,417 shares changed hands, Scotia Investments rose by 50 cents to $26.50 but just 4,395 units traded, Sterling fell 49 cents to $12.51 and Supreme Ventures climbed 58 cents to $5.10.
The JSE Market Index rose 744.87 points to end at 160,727.87, the all Jamaica Composite Index inched up 833.02 points to close at 178,584.28 and the JSE combined index gained 714.49 points, to end at 171,619.66.
