Knutsford Express closed at an all time high of $60 on Wednesday
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange fell back again on Wednesday by 12.18 points to end at 3,256.15 with less than 1 million shares changing hands.
At the close of the market, the number of securities trading, inched up to 24 from 23 on Tuesday with 8 advancing and 10 declining. Overall, 979,578 units valued at $5,647,751 changed hands, compared to 1,172,423 units valued at $10,317,500 on Tuesday. Trading ended with 4 stocks having bids higher than their last sale prices and 4 with lower offers. Two stocks ended trading at new closing highs. And one at an intraday high.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average of 40,816 units for an average value of $235,323, compared to 50,975 units for an average value of $448,587, on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for the month to date are 69,926 units and $531,103, while at the close of the prior day, 74,085 units and $573,358. The average volume and value for April ended at 502,597 units and $2,768,003.
At the close of the market, Access Financial Services rose 10 cents and closed at $47 in trading 1,200 shares, AMG Packaging regained 16 cents to close at $5 with a mere 920 units changing hands, Blue Power closed at $39 with 4,662 units changing hands, Cargo Handlers traded 100 shares at $20, Caribbean Cream closed trading with 7,238 units at $7.85. Caribbean Producers rose 10 cents trading 159,891 shares changing hands, to close at $4, after trading earlier at $4.50, Investors responded positively to improved third quarter results with profit after tax of US$968,000 versus US$642,000 but with slightly lower nine months profit. Consolidated Bakeries lost 20 cents in trading 60,000 shares to close at $2.65, Dolphin Cove fell 50 cents and ended at $20 with 2,559 shares changing hands, General Accident fell 13 cents and closed trading with 229,764 shares at $3.12, Honey Bun lost 20 cents with 26,800 shares changing hands, to close at $7.80, ISP Finance climbed $1.01 to end at a record closing high of $24 with 2,900 units changing hands. Jamaican Teasclimbed 35 cents in trading 134,800 shares, to close at a record high of $5.10, Jetcon Corporation dropped 75 cents and ended at $13.25 with 10,325 shares trading,
KLE Group ended at $2.85 with 1,000 shares changing hands, Knutsford Express traded 13,163 shares and gained $5 to end at a record close of $60. Lasco Distributors ended with 52,131 units trading with a loss of 14 cents at $7.01, Lasco Financial lost 50 cents and ended with 2,938 shares changing hands at $4, Lasco Manufacturing declined by 38 cents and closed at $5.12 while trading 154,589 shares, Main Event rose 45 cents and ended trading 20,177 shares at $6.80, Medical Disposables ended at $6.50 with 2,020 units trading, Paramount Trading gained 10 cents and ended with 1,000 shares changing hands at $3.15, tTech fell 5 cents and ended with 19,251 units changing hands at $7.15, Eppley 8.25% preference share, traded 41,000 units to end at $6.09 and Eppley 9.5% preference share, traded 31,150 units to end at $6.15.
cents to close at $4.84 with 200 units changing hands, Cargo Handlers dipped 50 cents in trading 1,500 shares at $20, Caribbean Cream rose 35 cents and closed trading with 102,161 units at $7.85. Caribbean Flavours gained 90 cents in trading 30,000 units to end at $9.50, Caribbean Producers rose 10 cents trading 10,024 shares changing hands, to close at $3.90, Consolidated Bakeries lost 15 cents in trading 18,332 shares to close at $2.85, C2W Music had 10,000 units changing hands to close at 50 cents, Derrimon Trading fell 25 cents and ended at $8.25 with 4,905 shares changing hands, General Accident rose 10 cents and closed trading with 16,790 shares at $3.25, Honey Bun rose 10 cents with 76,556 shares changing hands, to close at $8, ISP Finance climbed $2.99 to end at a record closing high of $22.99 with 90,602 units changing hands. 
Jamaican Teas traded 7,900 shares, to close at $4.75, Jetcon Corporation dropped $1 and ended at $14 with 137,146 shares trading Knutsford Express traded 3,077 shares and gained $4 to end at a record close of $55. Lasco Distributors ended with 371,382 units trading with a loss of 30 cents at $7.15, Lasco Financial rose 40 cents and ended with 4,000 shares changing hands at $4.50, Lasco Manufacturing climbed 40 cents and closed at $5.50 while trading 88,171 shares, Main Event dropped 75 cents and ended trading 79,566 shares at $6.35, Medical Disposables climbed 50 cents and ended at $6.50 with 81,715 units trading, Paramount Trading ended with 500 shares changing hands at $3.05, tTech rose 20 cents and ended with 3,300 units changing hands at $7.20 and Eppley 8.25% preference share, traded 34,196 units to end at $6.10.
with less than 700,000 shares being exchanged. 
At the close of the market, Access Financial Services closed at $47 in trading 8,000 shares, AMG Packaging closed at $5 with 12,958 units changing hands, Blue Power climbed $2 and closed at $39 with 200 shares trading,Cargo Handlers clawed back 50 cents in trading 120,000 shares at $20.60, Caribbean Cream closed trading with 83,828 units at $7.50. Consolidated Bakeries rose 2 cents in trading 9,473 shares to close at $3, General Accident closed trading with 17,100 shares at $3.15, Honey Bun rose 10 cents with 23,924 shares changing hands, to close at $7.90, ISP Finance climbed $1.50 to end at a record high of $20 with 4,000 units changing hands after the price hit an intraday high of $24. Jamaican Teastraded 203,560 shares, to close at $4.75, 
Jetcon Corporation jumped $1.75 and ended at $15 with 3,849 shares trading Knutsford Express traded 1,050 shares at $51, the bid on the stock closed at $53. Lasco Distributors ended with 2,644 units trading with a gain of 15 cents at $7.45, Lasco Financial fell 45 cents and ended with 7,562 shares changing hands at $4.10, Lasco Manufacturing dropped 52 cents and closed at $5.10 while trading 33,874 shares, Main Event rose 35 cents and ended trading of 114,129 shares at all-time closing high of $7.10, Paramount Trading ended with 15,787 shares changing hands and fell 38 cents to $3.05, tTech lost 50 cents and ended with 2,000 units changing hands at $7 and Eppley 9.5% preference share, traded 850 units to end at $6.15.
At the close of the market 25 securities changed hands with 1 trading in the US dollar market as 15 stocks advanced and 3 declined.
The average volume and value for the month to date are 86,809 units and $653,199 while at the close of the prior day it was 99,447 units and $705,342. The average volume and value for April ended at 502,597 units and $2,768,003.
Key Insurance traded 15,090 units to close at $3.80 after losing 9 cents, Knutsford Express jumped $5 in trading 150 shares at $51, Lasco Distributors ended with 7,968 units trading with a loss of 10 cents at $7.30, Lasco Financial climbs 55 cents and ended with 30,000 shares changing hands at $4.55, Lasco Manufacturing climbed 17 cents and closed at $5.62 while trading 7,615 shares, Main Event rose 46 cents and ended trading of 98,731 shares at all-time closing high of $6.75, after earlier trading at an all-time high of $6.99, Paramount Trading ended with 1,325 shares changing hands and fell 2 cents to $3.43 and tTech ended with 91,201 units changing hands at $7.50, Derrimon Trading preference share rose 17 cents and ended with 150 units changing hands to close at $2.22 and Eppley 9.5% preference share, traded 4,000 units and rose 5 cents to end at $6.15.
The average volume and value for April ended at 502,597 units and $2,768,003.
Key Insurance lost 1 cent in trading 37,910 units to close at $3.89, Knutsford Express jumped $4.99 and traded 200 shares at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $46,Lasco Distributors ended with 500,029 units trading with a fall of 5 cents at $7.20, Lasco Financial fell 5 cents and ended with 199,629 shares changing hands at $4.55, Lasco Manufacturing fell 2 cents and closed at $5.48 while trading 77,707 shares, Main Event rose 31 cents and ended trading 9,400 shares, to end at $6.31, Medical Disposables ended at $6 with 16,700 units trading, Paramount Trading ended with 156,063 shares changing hands and lost 5 cents to $3.40, tTech ended with 4,405 units changing hands at $7.49 after rising 35 cents to $7.49 and Eppley 10% preference share, ended with 133,118 units changing hands at $6.50 after falling 30 cents.
CAC 2000 rose 10 cents in trading 300 shares at $7.30, Cargo Handlers lost 10 cents in trading 1,000 shares at $20.30, Caribbean Cream closed trading with 22,650 units and gained 40 cents to end at $8, Caribbean Flavours loss $1.50 in trading 7,400 units to end at $11. Caribbean Producers traded 102,302 shares changing hands, to close at $3.75, Derrimon Trading had 2,851 units changing hands to close with a gain of 630 cents at $8.50, Dolphin Cove lost 20 cents and closed trading with 5,100 shares at $20.80, Honey Bun gained 5 cents with 9,711 shares changing hands, to close at $7.55, ISP Finance climbed $1 to end at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $18 with 55,529 units. Jamaican Teas rose 5 cents in trading 137,555 shares, to close at $4.80, 
Jetcon Corporation rose 10 cents and ended at $13 with 20,675 shares trading, the stock closed with a bid of $13.20 following the release of the company’s annual report, that stated that revenue for the first quarter of 2017 is up 75 percent, with profit more than doubling that of the first quarter of 2016. Key Insurance lost 1 cent in trading 6,031 units to close at $3.89, Knutsford Express rose just 1 cent trading with 559 shares at $41.01, Lasco Distributors ended with 1,020,270 units trading with a rise of 5 cents at $7.25, Lasco Financial ended with 3,000 shares changing hands at $4.60, Lasco Manufacturing fell 20 cents and closed at $5.50 while trading 260,000 shares, Main Event fell 50 cents and ended trading 664,863 shares, to end at $6, Medical Disposables jumped 40 cents and ended at $6 with 36,864 units trading.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with only 15 securities changing hands versus 22 on Friday, the market ended at a record close of 3,256.31 points with gains of 12.36 points. 
The Junior Market ended trading with an average of 115,790 units for an average value of $930,961 traded, compared to 48,609 units for an average value of $299,798 on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for April was 502,597 units and $2,768,003.
Honey Bun fell 5 cents with just 700 shares changing hands, to close at $7.50, Jamaican Teas traded 140,445 shares, to close at $4.75, Jetcon Corporation rose 20 cents and ended at $12.90 with 347,000 shares trading, Key Insurance lost 5 cents in trading 1,000 units to close at $3.90 Lasco Distributors ended with 1,079,130 units trading at with a loss of 30 cents at $7.20, Lasco Financial ended with 6,300 shares changing hands at $4.60, Lasco Manufacturing rose 10 cents and closed at $5.70 while trading 7,550 shares, Main Event rose 50 cents and ended trading 17,445 shares, to end at a closing 52 weeks’ high of $6.50, Paramount Trading jumped 45 cents and ended at $3.45 with 1,300 units trading and tTech ended with 12,622 units changing hands at $7.10 after falling 35 cents.
At the close of the market on Friday, AMG Packaging closed with a loss of 1 cent at $4.99 with 43,224 units changing hands, Blue Power jumped $2 to close at $37 with 3,240 units changing hands, CAC 2000 traded 5,000 shares to close with a loss of 70 cents at $7.20, Cargo Handlers traded 1,100 shares to close at $20.10, Caribbean Cream closed trading with 330,000 units and gained 2 cents to end at $7.56, Caribbean Producers ended at $3.75 with 260,414 shares trading, Consolidated Bakeries rose 21 cents with 40,000 shares changing hands, to close at $3.20. C2W Music had 4,000 units changing hands to close with a gain of 6 cents at 43 cents, Dolphin Cove jumped 92 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $21 with 1,000 shares trading, Honey Bun rose 5 cents with just 100 shares changing hands, to close at $7.55, Jamaican Teas traded 141,771 shares, to close at $4.75, Jetcon Corporation lost 30 cents and ended at $12.70 with 18,700 shares trading, 
KLE Group slipped 20 cents to end at $2.80 with 17,105 shares changing hands, Knutsford Express closed trading with 12,238 shares at $41, Lasco Distributors rose 50 cents and ended with 33,787 units trading at $7.50, Lasco Financial lost 15 cents and ended with 25,810 shares changing hands at $4.60, Lasco Manufacturing lost 65 cents to close at $5.60 while trading 3,678 shares, Main Event ended trading 70,943 shares, to close at $6, Medical Disposables traded 41,788 shares, lost 40 cents to close at $5.60, Paramount Trading dropped 45 cents to end at $3 with 14,500 units trading and tTech ended with 1,000 units changing hands at $7.45 after falling by 5 cents.