JSE Junior Market

Lasco Manufacturing dominates juniors

June 22, 2016 by IC Insider.com

Lasco Manufacturing had the largest trade in the junior market on Wednesday

The junior market closed trading on Wednesday with 15 active securities, while the junior market index fell 10.18 points to 2,242.12 as 3 stocks advanced and 3 declined. Market volume ended at 4,960,144 shares valued at $25,785,964 changing hands as Lasco Manufacturing dominated trading with 86 percent of the trades.
At the end of trading 8 stocks closed with the bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 ended with lower offers.

At the end of trading, AMG Packaging closed with 130,000 shares changing hands at $13, CAC 2000 traded just 1,000 units at $6.70, Cargo Handlers had 4,000 units trading at $46, Caribbean Cream traded 191,729 units, to end with a rise of 1 cent at $5, Caribbean Flavours ended with 9,600 shares changing hands at $7. Caribbean Producers had 19,477 units trading with a fall of 15 cents to close at $4.35, Consolidated Bakeries traded 5,000 units to end at $1.85,

Honey Bun closed at $5.50 with 60,695 units changing hands, but the bid was at $5.76 at the close, to buy a small volume. Iron Rock closed trading with 1,000 shares, but fell 3 cents to end at $3.20, Knutsford Express had 2,963 units changing hands at $17.50, Lasco Distributors traded 29,867 units to end with a gain of 2 cents, at $7.90, Lasco Financial closed with a rise of 9 cents, at $3.44 with 216,475 shares changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing declined by 10 cents to close at $5 with 4,264,787 shares trading, Medical Disposables traded 19,630 shares to close at $3.60 after shedding 40 cents and tTech ended with 3,921 units changing hands to close at $4.

Filed Under: JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: AMG Packaging, CAC 2000, Cargo Handlers, Caribbean Flavours, Caribbean Producers, Consolidated Bakeries, Daily Trading, Honey Bun, Iron Rock Insurance, Jamaican Stock, Knutsford Express, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Medical Disposables, Trading Activity

Trading picks up for juniors – Tuesday

June 21, 2016 by IC Insider.com

Interest is up for Caribbean Cream with 575,000 units trading on Tuesday to end at $4.99.

The junior market made moderate gains at the close of trading on Tuesday with 15 active securities, with the junior market index inching up by 1.99 points to 2,252.30 as 5 stocks advanced and 6 declined. Market volume picked up from Monday’s low level of 775,816 shares valued at $4,015,547 changing hands, compared to 1,016,398 units valued at $4,845,689 on Tuesday.
At the end of trading 4 stocks closed with the bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 ended with lower offers.
At the end of trading, Access Financial Services traded just 100 shares with a gain of 5 cents at $17.40, as the demand for the stock builds but against limited supply.

AMG Packaging closed with 6,000 shares changing hands at $13, Caribbean Cream came in for good demand in trading 575,551 units, to end with a fall of 1 cent at $4.99, Caribbean Flavours ended with 33,700 shares at $7, Caribbean Producers had 85,069 units trading with a gain of 30 cents to close at $4.50. Consolidated Bakeries traded 100,000 units and rose 5 cents to end at $1.85, Dolphin Cove traded 162 units to close at $11.50. Honey Bun fell 50 cents and closed at $5.50

with 43,782 units changing hands, Jamaican Teas closed trading with 1,048 shares, but fell 9 cents to end at $3.71, Lasco Distributors traded 10,675 units to end with a loss of 7 cents, at $7.88. Lasco Financial closed with a loss of 9 cents, at $3.35 with 7,850 shares changing hands, while Lasco Manufacturing gained 1 cent to close at $5.10 with 82,961 shares trading. Medical Disposables traded 53,500 shares to close at $3.60 after shedding 40 cents, Paramount Trading closed with a gain of 1 cent at $11 with 6,000 shares changing hands and tTech ended with 10,000 units changing hands to close at $4.

Filed Under: JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: AMG Packaging, Cargo Handlers, Caribbean Flavours, Caribbean Producers, Consolidated Bakeries, Daily Trading, Dolphin Cove, Honey Bun, Jamaican Stock, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Medical Disposables, Trading Activity, tTech

Juniors had quiet – Monday

June 20, 2016 by IC Insider.com

Trading in junior market closed with 13 active securities, with overall volume traded remaining low leading to only 775,816 shares valued at $4,015,547 changing hands on Monday. At the close 3 stocks advanced and 2 declined and the junior market index fell 4.72 points to 2,250.31.
At the end of trading 6 stocks closed with the bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 ended with lower offers.
At the end of trading, AMG Packaging closed with 2,128 shares changing hands at $13, CAC 2000 traded 3,135 shares at $6.70, Caribbean Cream traded 13,843 units to end with a gain of 20 cents at $5, the stock was offered at $4.99 at the close, to sell 50,000 units, Dolphin Cove traded 8,338 units to close at $11.50. Honey Bun closed at $6 with 27,574 units changing hands, ISP Finance traded 31,499 units to close at $4.10, Jamaican Teas closed trading with 1,400 shares at $3.80, Jetcon traded 15,424 shares and gained 1 cent at $2.51, Lasco Distributors traded 105,769 units to end with a loss of 3 cents, at $7.95. Lasco Financial closed unchanged at $3.44 with 79,427 shares changing hands, while Lasco Manufacturing gained 4 cents and closed at $5.09 with 392,314 shares trading, Medical Disposables traded 2,000 shares to close at $4 and tTech ended with 92,965 units changing hands but fell 5 cent to close at $4.

Filed Under: JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: AMG Packaging, CAC 2000, Daily Trading, Dolphin Cove, Honey Bun, ISP Finance, Jamaican Stock, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Medical Disposables, Trading Activity, tTech

Junior market rises again – Friday

June 17, 2016 by IC Insider.com

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Medical Disposables traded at new high on junior market on Friday.

Trading in junior market closed with 16 active securities, with overall volume traded remaining low leading to only 721,925 shares valued at $3,110,379 changing hands on Friday. At the close 6 stocks advanced and 5 declined and the junior market index rose 9.59 points to 2,255.03.
At the end of trading one stock closed at a new high while the bids for 5 stocks closed higher than their last selling prices and 2 ended with lower offers.

At the end of trading, Access Financial traded 4,400 shares and rose 5 cents, to end at $17.35, AMG Packaging closed with a gain of 60 cents with 5,653 shares changing hands at $13, Blue Power traded 10,115 shares, to end at $13.55, Caribbean Flavours traded 6,000 units to end at $7, Caribbean Producers traded 6,930 shares at $4.20. Consolidated Bakeries traded 71,540 shares to close with a fall of 5 cents at $1.80, General Accident traded 32,300 shares and lost 15 cents to end at $2.10, Honey Bun rose 30 cents, to close at $6 with 1,720 units changing hands, but was offered at $5.85 at the close. Iron Rock Insurance traded 303,353 shares but fell 7 cents to close at $3.23,

Jamaican Teas added 10 cents in trading 197 shares at $3.80, Jetcon traded 4,690 shares at $2.50, Lasco Distributors traded 85,399 units to end with a loss of 1 cent, at $7.98. Lasco Financial gained 4 cents to close at $3.44 with 44,200 shares changing hands, while Lasco Manufacturing closed at $5.05 with 129,556 shares trading, Medical Disposables traded 15,372 shares and gained 47 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $4 and tTech ended with 500 units changing hands but fell 1 cent to close at $4.05.

Filed Under: JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: AMG Packaging, Caribbean Flavours, Caribbean Producers, Consolidated Bakeries, Daily Trading, General Accident, Honey Bun, Iron Rock Insurance, Jamaican Stock, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Medical Disposables, Trading Activity, tTech

Juniors up volume down – Thursday

June 16, 2016 by IC Insider.com

Trading in junior market, saw an increase in the number of active securities over that of Wednesday, but the volume of stocks traded fell well below the nearly 10 million units that were previously traded, as the market closed with 17 securities being active, leading to 8 advancing and 6 declining.
The junior index rose 15.46 points to 2,245.44 at the close as only 755,695 shares changed hands down from 9,846,087 units of Wednesday, valued at $3,529,737 changed hands, in contrast to $46,610,748, previously. At the end of trading the bids for 5 stocks closed higher than their last selling prices and 2 ended with lower offers.
At the end of trading, Access Financial traded 4,210 shares and rose 30 cents, to end at $17.30, CAC 2000 gained 15 cents in trading 270 shares, to end at $6.70. Caribbean Cream gained 20 cents, to trade 192,014 units at $4.80, after the company announced consideration of the payment of a dividend at a meet to be held later in June. Caribbean Flavours traded 8,000 units to end at $7, Caribbean Producers traded just 840 shares at $4.20, Consolidated Bakeries traded 223,538 shares to close with a fall of 4 cents at $1.85, Dolphin Cove ended at $11.50 with 38,500 shares changing hands, to gain 50 cents, General Accident traded 9,500 shares and lost 1 cent to end at $2.25. Honey Bun rose 65 cents, to close at $5.70 with 19,928 units changing hands, after it traded at $5, in the morning session. Iron Rock Insurance traded 23,955 shares but gained 7 cents to close at $3.30, IC Insider BUY RATED ISP Finance Services traded 6,000 units at $4.10 after falling by 5 cents. Jamaican Teas lost 10 cents in trading 4,540 shares at $3.70, Jetcon traded 42,398 shares but fell by 15 to $2.50, Lasco Distributors traded 130,530 units to end unchanged at $7.99. Lasco Financial gained 4 cents to close at $3.40 with 20,188 shares changing hands, while Lasco Manufacturing closed with a gain of 5 cents at $5.05 with 28,284 shares trading and tTech ended with 3,000 units changing hands but fell 14 cents to close at $4.06.

Filed Under: JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: CAC 2000, Caribbean Flavours, Caribbean Producers, Consolidated Bakeries, Daily Trading, Dolphin Cove, General Accident, Honey Bun, Iron Rock Insurance, ISP Finance, Jamaican Stock, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Trading Activity, tTech

Honey Bun trades 5.5m shares – Wednesday

June 15, 2016 by IC Insider.com

Honey Bun traded 5.5m shares on Tuesday.

Lasco Manufacturing continues to trade in large volumes with 1.73 million units changing hands, up from 1.64 million units on Tuesday, Honey Bun had 5.5 million units trading, but the price slipped slightly at the end and Lasco Finance traded just over 2 million shares on a day of high volumes. Trading in the junior market ended with only 11 securities being active, leading to 4 advancing and 6 declining.
The junior index fell 8.91 points to 2,229.98 at the close as 9,846,087 shares, valued at $46,610,748 changed hands. At the end of trading the bids for 7 stocks closed higher than their last selling prices and 3 ended with lower offers.

At the end of trading, Blue Power traded 7,718 shares and declined by 10 cents to end at $13.55, Caribbean Cream rose 20 cents to trade 17,813 units at $4.60, the company announced that directors will be meeting later in June to consider the payment of a dividend. If approved, it will be the first dividend paid since listing. The company indicated in its prospectus to pay not less than 20 percent of annual after tax profits, Caribbean Flavours traded 50,000 units and lost 45 cents to end at $7, Consolidated Bakeries traded 121,000 shares to close with a rise of 14 cents at $1.89. Derrimon Trading ended at $3.30 with 5,250 shares changing hands, Honey Bun fell 41 cents, to close at $5.05 with 5,538,154 units changing hands after it traded at $6.40 in the morning session. Iron Rock Insurance traded 5,000 shares at $3.23, IC Insider BUY RATED ISP Finance Services traded at a new high of $4.15 with a rise of 5 cents while trading 3,379 units.

At the close the stock had 4 bids to buy 131,000 units at $4 and 231,000 between $3.60 and $3.70, there is only one offer at $4.10 to sell 6,000 units. Lasco Distributors traded 291,702 units to end with the loss of 1 cent at $7.99, Lasco Financial lost 4 cents to close at $3.36 with 2,075,748 shares changing hands, while Lasco Manufacturing fell 5 cents and closed at $5 with 1,731,623 shares trading and Paramount Trading ended with 3,700 units changing hands and gained 9 cents to close at $10.99.

Filed Under: JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Caribbean Flavours, Caribbean Producers, Consolidated Bakeries, Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, Honey Bun, Iron Rock Insurance, ISP Finance, Jamaican Stock, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Trading Activity

Lasco Manufacturing trades heavy – Tuesday

June 14, 2016 by IC Insider.com

Demand increased for Lasco Manufacturing with 1.64 million units changing hands on Tuesday while ISP Finance is seeing increasing interest, helping the stock to close at a new high of $4.10. Trading in the junior market ended with 15 securities being active, including a bond issued by a junior market company, leading to 3 advancing and 5 declining.
The junior index inched by 3.96 points to 2,238.89 at the close as 2,328,831 shares, valued at $14,770,636 changed hands. At the end of trading the bids for 5 stocks closed higher than their last selling prices and 1 ended with lower offers.
At the end of trading, AMG Packaging traded just 1,024 shares at $12.40, Caribbean Cream lost 5 cents to trade 124,500 units at $4.40, Caribbean Flavours traded 10,000 units and lost 5 cents to end at $7.45, Caribbean Producers traded 15,625 shares to close with a rise of 10 cents at $4.20. General Accident traded 3,200 shares to end with a loss of 6 cents to close at $2.26, Honey Bun fell 41 cents, to close at $5.09 with 75,608 units changing hands after it traded at $6.40 in the morning session. Iron Rock Insurance traded 5,000 shares at $3.23, ISP Finance Services traded at a new high of $4.10 while trading 33,811 units starting at $3.90. Lasco Distributors traded 225,096 units to end at unchanged at $8, Lasco Financial closed at $3.40 with 30,212 shares changing hands, while Lasco Manufacturing, closed at $5.05 with 1,642,755 shares trading. Paramount Trading ended with 200 units changing hands and lost 9 cents to close at $10.90, tTech traded only 2,000 shares to end at $4.20, Derrimon Trading rose 1 cent in ending at $2.14 with 158,500 shares changing hand and Jamaican Teas floating note bond traded 30,000 units at $100 each.

Filed Under: JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: AMG Packaging, Caribbean Flavours, Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, General Accident, Honey Bun, Iron Rock Insurance, ISP Finance, Jamaican Stock, Jamaican Teas, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Paramount Trading, Trading Activity, tTech

Flat trading for juniors – Monday

June 13, 2016 by IC Insider.com

ISP Finance at new high on Monday.

Trading in the junior market ended on Monday with reduced participation of securities compared to Fridays 16 to end with 12 stocks being active, leading to 5 advancing and 3 declining. The junior index inched by just 0.28 points to 2,234.93. At the close 1,041,531 shares, valued at $5,241,081 changed hands.
At the end of trading the bids for 5 stocks closed higher than their last selling prices and 4 ended with lower offers.

At the end of trading, Blue Power traded 560 units and lost 25 cents to end at $13.65, Consolidated Bakeries traded 69,018 shares to close with a loss of 25 cent to close at $1.75, C2W Music traded 30,000 shares to end with a loss of 2 cents to close at 41 cents. Honey Bun recovered 25 cents of the amount it fell by on Friday, to close at $5.50 on Monday with 191,355 units changing hands. At the close, Honey Bun offers were stronger than bids which are at $5.25 to buy 31,500 units, moderate offers are at $5.65 and $6, Iron Rock Insurance traded 16,000 shares at $3.23,

ISP Finance Services traded at a new high of $3.80 while trading 20,000 units starting at $3.50. Key Insurance ended with the price holding firm at $2.50 with 10,892 shares changing hands, Lasco Distributors gained 1 cent in trading 139,744 units to end at $8, Lasco Financial closed at $3.40 with 44,000 shares changing hands to gain 20 cents, while Lasco Manufacturing, closed at $5.05 with 515,762 shares trading. Paramount Trading ended with 4,000 units changing hands at $10.99 and tTech traded only 200 shares and gained 15 cents, to end at $4.20.

Filed Under: JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Blue Power, C2W Music, Consolidated Bakeries, Daily Trading, Honey Bun, Iron Rock Insurance, ISP Finance, Jamaican Stock, Key Insurance, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Paramount Trading, Trading Activity, tTech

Juniors moved higher – Friday

June 10, 2016 by IC Insider.com

Honey Bun dropped sharply by $1.62 on Friday to hit $.525 at the close.

Trading in the junior market ended on Friday with increased participation of securities, with 16 being active, leading to 8 advancing and 4 declining. In spite of the increased participation, the junior index climbed 19.61 points to 2,234.65. At the close 2,704,040 shares, valued at $10,558,176 changed hands.
The bids for 9 stocks closed higher than their last selling prices and 3 ended with lower offers.
At the end of trading, Access Financial Services traded 4,500 units at $17, AMG Packaging rose 40 cents in trading 1,823 shares at $12.40, Caribbean Cream gained 30 cents to end at $4.45, after trading 12,400 shares.

Caribbean Flavours gained 65 cents and ended with 33,853 shares changing hands at $7.50, Caribbean Producers traded 5,500 shares to close at $4.10, Consolidated Bakeries traded 10,000 shares to close at $2, C2W Music traded 20,000 shares to end at 43 cents. Derrimon Trading fell 55 cents to $3.30, with 3,000 shares changing hands, General Accident Insurance gained 2 cents while trading 2,000 shares at $2.32, Honey Bun dropped sharply from its recent all-time high of $7.50 by 14 percent, by slashing $1.62 in trading on Friday with 243,212 units changing hands, to end at $5.25.

A director sold 2 million units of Jamaican Teas shares with the price falling 10 cents as a total of 2,020,886 shares were traded to close at $3.10, Jetcon Corporation had 280,878 units changing hands at $2.65 after falling 5 cents. Lasco Distributors rose 34 cents in trading 2,800 units to end at $7.99, Lasco Financial closed at $3.20 with 38,500 shares changing hands to gain 4 cents, while Lasco Manufacturing closed at $5.05 with 20,688 shares trading with the price rising 5 cents and Medical Disposables traded 4,000 units at $3.53.

Filed Under: JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: AMG Packaging, C2W Music, CAC 2000, Caribbean Flavours, Caribbean Producers, Consolidated Bakeries, Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, Dolphin Cove, General Accident, Honey Bun, Jamaican Stock, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Medical Disposables, Purity, Trading Activity

Juniors inch forward – Thursday

June 9, 2016 by IC Insider.com

Lasco Manufacturing headed back to $5 on Thursday, after gaining 25 cents..

Trading in the junior market ended on Thursday with increased participation of securities, with 20 being active, leading to 6 advancing and 6 declining. In spite of the increased participation, the junior index barely budged by 1.89 points to 2,215.04. At the close 2,086,923 shares, valued at $9,158,507 changed hands.
The bids for 7 stocks closed higher than their last selling prices and 3 ended with lower offers.
At the end of trading, Access Financial Services traded 3,200 units at $17, AMG Packaging fell by 40 cents in trading 24,867 shares at $12, CAC 2000 closed at $6.55 with 236 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cream dropped 40 cents to end at $4.15, after trading 343,700 shares. Caribbean Flavours lost $1.14 and ended with 30,000 shares changing hands at $6.85, Caribbean Producers traded 4,513 shares to close with a loss of 40 cents, at $4.10, Consolidated Bakeries traded 337,192 shares to close at $2, C2W Music traded 26,000 shares to end at 43 cents. Dolphin Cove traded 4,000 units and gained 10 cents to end at $11.10, General Accident Insurance had 7,500 shares trading at $2.30, Honey Bun fell by 8 cents in trading 207,765 units at $6.87, Iron Rock had 109,000 shares changing hands with a gain of 3 cents, to end at $3.23.

ISP Finance traded 20,705 shares at $3.45, Jamaican Teas traded 75,159 shares and closed at $3.90, Jetcon Corporation had 103,000 units changing hands at $2.65 after gaining 5 cents, KLE Group closed with 2,000 units changing hands at $1.03 with a fall of 17 cents. Lasco Distributors rose 15 cents in trading 10,847 units to end at $7.65, Lasco Financial closed unchanged at $3.16 with just 500 shares changing hands while Lasco Manufacturing closed at $5 with 724,739 shares trading with the price rising 25 cents and tTech traded 52,000 units at $4.05.