More losses for juniors on Tuesday
At the close 25 securities traded up from 17 on Monday and ended with 9 rising and 7 falling. A total of 1,269,002 units valued at $8,895,061 passed through the market, compared to 227,531 units valued at $1,357,774 on Monday.
The junior market ended trading with an average of 50,760 units for an average value of $355,802 traded, compared to 13,384 units for an average value of $79,869 on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for the month to date ended at 113,155 units and $673,038. On the immediate preceding trading day the average volume and value for the month to date, were 117,955 units with an average value of $697,441. The average volume and value for February, ended at 223,938 units and $1,379,459.
Trading ended with 3 stocks had bids higher than their last sale prices and 3 ended with lower offers, than the last sale.
At the close of the market on Tuesday, Access Financial ended trading at $34 with 5,300 units changing hands, AMG Packaging closed at $5.70 with 20,257 units changing hands, Blue Power closed with 150 units changing hands at $36.60 after falling 40 cents, CAC 2000 closed with a loss of 5 cents to end at $7.80 with 16,108 shares traded. Caribbean Cream closed trading with 1,800 units and lost 30 cents to end at $7.70, Caribbean Producers climbed 45 cents in trading 141,143 units at $4.10, Consolidated Bakeries ended trading with a gain of 20 cents with 22,000 shares changing hands, to close at $3.20. Derrimon Trading rose by 10 cents and ended at a new high of $8.60 with 9,866 shares changing hands, Dolphin Cove lost 99 cents and closed trading with 122,148 shares, at $18.01, General Accident closed trading with 67,000 shares at $3.25, Honey Bun closed with 16,849 shares changing hands to end at $7, ISP Finance had 13,189 units changing hands to close with a gain of 25 cents at a 52 weeks’ high $12.25, Jetcon Corporation closed trading a rise of 90 cents with 1,700 shares being exchanged to end at $11, Knutsford Express traded 5,990 units but lost 50 cents to close at $42, Lasco Distributors ended with 6,399 units trading at $7 after gaining 20 cents, Lasco Financial gained 1 cent with 25,000 shares changing hands, to end at $4.24, Lasco Manufacturing closed with 110,927 units changing hands at $4.70, Main Event had 15,004 shares changing hands, to close with a fall of 10 cents at $4.50, Medical Disposables closed at $6 with 1,000 shares changing hands and Paramount Trading lost 15 cents and ended with 61,750 units changing hands at $3.55. Tech ended with 17,912 units changing hands at $7 after rising by 95 cents, Derrimon Trading preference share ended with 2,665 units changing hands to close at $2.10 and Eppley 9.5% preference share, traded 500,000 units at $6.04.
Fall for juniors on Monday
Trading on the junior market declined sharply on Monday with just over 200,000 shares trading. The junior market index suffered a loss of 12.40 at the close at 3041.96.
At the close 5 advanced and 8 declined, with 227,531 units valued at $1,357,774 passing through the market, compared to 1,296,408 units valued at $ $5,940,417 on Friday. Trading ended with 5 stocks had bids higher than their last sale prices and 5 ended with lower offers, than the last sale. The junior market ended trading with an average of just 13,384 units for an average value of $79,869 traded, compared to 99,724 units for an average value of $456,955 on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for the month to date ended at 117,955 units and $697,441. On the immediate preceding trading day the average volume and value for the month to date, were 126,669 units with an average value of $748,905. The average volume and value for February, ended at 223,938 units and $1,379,459.
At the close of the market on Tuesday, Access Financial added $1.19 to close off its recent lows, to end at $34 with 6,160 units changing hands, AMG Packaging closed at $5.70 with 22,250 units changing hands after trading at a high for the day of $27.60, Blue Power closed with 383 units changing hands at $37 after adding 50 cents, CAC 2000 closed with a loss of 15 cents to end at $7.85 with 12,266 shares traded. Caribbean Producers fell 5 cents in trading 30,000 units at $3.65, Derrimon Trading rose by 20 cents and ended at a new high of $8.50 with 4,634 shares changing hands, General Accident lost 5 cents and closed trading with 25,000 shares at $3.25, Honey Bun closed with 1,219 shares changing hands to end at $7, Iron Rock Insurance traded 110 shares to end at $3.25 after falling by 15 cents, ISP Finance had 3,591 units changing hands to close with a gain of 25 cents at $12. Jetcon Corporation closed trading sharply lower with a fall of $2.40 with 4,604 shares being exchanged to end at $10.10, Lasco Distributors ended with 6,053 units trading at $6.80 after declining 20 cents, Lasco Financial gained 23 cents with 10,492 shares changing hands, to end at $4.23, Lasco Manufacturing closed with loss of 20 cents as a mere 4,470 units changed hands at $4.70, Main Event had 80,817 shares changing hands, to close with a fall of 29 cents at $4.60, Medical Disposables closed at $6 with 12,182 shares changing hands and Paramount Trading ended with 3,300 units changing hands, to end at $3.70.
Big fall for juniors on Monday
At the close 7 advanced and 12 declined, leading the market index being chopped by 91.60 points, to close at 3,004.13 as 696,611 units valued at $3,845,397 passed through the market, compared to 10,450,308 units valued at over $52,212,947 on Friday. Trading ended with 6 stocks had bids higher than their last sale prices and 4 ended with lower offers, than the last sale. In spite of the large index decline three stocks closed at new high at the end of trading.
The junior market ended trading with an average of 31,664 units for an average value of $174,791 traded, compared to 522,515 units for an average value of $2,610,647 on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for the month to date ended at 151,408 units and $906,810. On the immediate preceding trading day the average volume and value for the month to date, were 168,514 units with an average value of $1,011,384. The average volume and value for February, ended at 223,938 units and $1,379,459.
At the close of the market on Monday, CAC 2000 closed with a gain of 45 cents at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $8 while 38,000 shares traded, Cargo Handlers lost $2 in trading 2,693 shares at $21.50, Caribbean Cream closed trading with 36,500 units and lost 9 cents to end at $8, Consolidated Bakeries ended trading with a gain of 45 cents with 145,100 shares changing hands, to close at $2.49. C2W Music had 4,958 units changing hands to close with a loss of 3 cents at 30 cents, Dolphin Cove rose $2 and closed trading with 17,351 shares, at $20, General Accident closed trading with 10,893 shares at $3.30, Honey Bun shed $2 with 22,500 shares changing hands to end at $5, ISP Finance had 5,358 units changing hands to close with a gain of 75 cents at a 52 weeks’ high of $11.75, Jamaican Teas rose 37 cents and ended trading 8,736 shares to close at $6.82. Jetcon Corporation closed trading with 3,839 shares being exchanged for loss of 3 cents to end at $11, Knutsford Express traded 350 shares to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $40.50, Lasco Distributors ended with 22,580 units trading at $6.85 after adding 5 cents, Lasco Financial fell 7 cents with 131,090 shares changing hands, to end at $4. Lasco Manufacturing closed with loss of 50 cents as 59,106 units changed hands at $4.50, Main Event had 126,775 shares changing hands, to close with a fall of 50 cents at $4.50, Medical Disposables fell 37 cents to close at $6.18 with 10,000 shares changing hands. tTech ended with 44,782 units changing hands, the price fell $1.95 to end at $6.05 and Derrimon Trading preference share ended with 2,000 units changing hands at $2.10.
Juniors make modest gains on Friday
Trading ended with 10,450,308 units valued at $52,212,947 passing through the market, compared to 1,482,096 units valued at over $12,049,960 on Thursday. At the close 4 stocks had bids higher than their last sale prices and 4 ended with lower offers, than the last sale.
The junior market ended trading with an average of 522,515 units for an average value of $2,610,647 traded, compared to 74,105 units for an average value of $602,498 on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for the month to date ended at 168,514 units and $1,011,384. On the immediate preceding trading day the average volume and value for the month to date, were 109,514 units with an average value of $744,840. The average volume and value for February, ended at 223,938 units and $1,379,459.
At the close of the market on Friday, during the trading session investors attempted to trade AMG Packaging at $11.44 and $18.01 with the trading platform showing these trades which were cancelled at the end of the session as the stock could not trade above $6.33 for the day after the 5 for 1 stock split was effected at the start of trading. Blue Power traded 5,000 shares and gained $3.30 to close at $43.70, CAC 2000 closed trading with just 600 units and gained 5 cents to close at $7.55, Caribbean Producers fell 20 cents in trading 70,600 units $4.10, Cargo Handlers fell 50 cents to $23.50 with 357 units changing hands, Consolidated Bakeries ended trading with 4,065 shares changing hands, to close at $2.50. Derrimon Trading ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $8.05 with 10,000 shares changing hands, Dolphin Cove climbed $2 and closed trading with 44,883 shares, to end at $18. General Accident closed trading with 50,000 shares at $3.30, Honey Bun gained 50 cents with 5,622 shares changing hands to end at $7, ISP Finance had 15,000 units changing hands to close with a rise of 50 cents at a 52 weeks’ high of $11.50, Jamaican Teas shed 85 cents and ended trading 15,000 shares to close at $6.45. Jetcon Corporation closed trading with 22,946 shares being exchanged for fall of $1.97 to end at $11.03, Knutsford Express ended trading 18,762 units, to close at $35.02, after it traded at an intraday high of $36.01. Lasco Distributors rose 10 cents and ended with 296,944 units trading at $6.80, Lasco Financial fell 43 cents with 325,000 shares changing hands, to end at $4.07. Lasco Manufacturing closed with rise of 37 cents as 9,530,825 units changed hands at $5.07, Main Event had 9,000 shares changing hands, to close with a fall of 10 cents at $5, Medical Disposables rose 5 cents to close at $6.55 with 9,884 shares changing hands. Sweet River ended with 300 shares changing hands at $3.50 and tTech ended with 15,500 units changing hands as the price rose $1 cents to end at $8.