Mayberry out of Access

AccessFinancialProductsThere is trading in 135,339,271 units of access shares which were sold by Mayberry from their holdings and said to be purchased by clients in 33 trades at $9 each.
Reports to IC Insider.com, indicate that the mediator to both parties in the Access dispute between Marcus James and Mayberry, R Danny Williams was advised today that Mayberry has disposed of their holdings.
Up to late on Monday, the Chairman of Access confirmed that he was not aware of the trades on Monday, that IC Insider gather were cancelled by Mayberry. Under the stock exchange rules pertaining to insider trades, the intention to trades in the stock of a company by insiders must be communicated to the Chairman in writing.
Based on the price the block was old at the consideration is $1.218 billion. IC insider.com understand that Proven Investments purchased the shares which would bring their holdings to just under 50 percent of the 274 million shares outstanding at Access.

Access 14m shares trade cancelled

AccessBuilding320px Mayberry traded 14,065,475 units of Access Financial shares at $9 on Monday but the transactions were cancelled after the market closed. Apparently, the trade was in breach of the court order for the two major shareholders to freeze their respective holdings. The official trading report of the Jamaica Stock Exchange showed the trades as they were still valid, but data on the stock exchange trading system show the trades as cancelled.
In actual trading on the Junior Market, only 6 securities traded ending with 336,824 units valued at $597,178 changing hands. The JSE Junior Market Index dropped 1.01 points to close at 689.28, with the price of 2 advancing and 2 declining.
At the close of the market, there were 4 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 stock with the offer lower. The junior market continues to reflect renewed interest with 4 securities closing with no bids to buy up from 11 some weeks ago. There were 10 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale, including 2 junior market preference shares.
The stocks trading are, Honey Bun ended trading with only 222 shares changing hands to close 1 cent up at $1.71, Lasco Distributors ended with 27,802 shares trading and gained of 1 cent to $1.45, AMG Packaging ending with 2,500 shares trading at $2.15. General Accident finished with 1,000 shares trading at $1.75, Caribbean Producers finished with 226,000 shares trading lower by 2 cents to $2.05, Lasco Financial ended trading, with 79,300 shares changing hands, to close 2 cents down at 96 cents

Eppley 10% Preference share list

EppleyLimited Eppley’s latest cumulative preference shares were listed on Wednesday, there was no trading in the stock. The listing flowed from the reopening of an issue which went to market in November and was oversubscribed and led to the reopening of the issue on in December on the same terms which includes interest at 10 percent for two years then a step up thereafter, the second was also oversubscribed.
Activity Trading on the Junior Market closed with only 6 securities trading and ended with 929,121 units valued at $1,202,090. The JSE Junior Market Index rose 1.68 points to close at 690.29, with the price of 3 advancing and 1 falling.
At the close of the market, there were 4 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 stocks with offers that were lower. The junior market continues to show renewed interest with only 4 securities closing with no bids to buy. There were 9 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
The stocks that traded on the day before Christmas are, Access Financial with 7,903 shares to gain 9 cents at $9.05, Lasco Financial traded just 2,000 shares at 1 cents higher at 98 cents, Lasco Manufacturing had 649,041 units trading to put on 1 cent to $1.12. Lasco Distributors with 258,877units suffered a 1 cent fall, to $1.44, Blue Power traded just 1,300 shares at $6.30 and Honey Bun saw trading in 10,000 shares at $1.70.

Cargo Handlers at new high

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CargoHandlers280X150 Cargo Handlers closed at a new all-time high, on the junior market on Tuesday, but with only a small volume and Blue Power was by far the leading trade with a value of $3,370,500. Activity elsewhere saw trading in only 6 securities traded and ended with 739,790 units valued at $3,626,764.
At the close of the JSE Junior Market Index rose 5.63 points to close at 688.61 with the price of 2 advancing and 2declining. Trading ended with 3 stocks having bids higher than their last selling prices and only 1 with a lower offer. The junior market had only 4 securities closing without bids to buy. There were 9 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
The stock trading on the junior market on Tuesday are, Cargo Handlers that ended trading with 220 shares and jumped $1.40 to close at a new high of $16. Dolphin Cove closed with 2,000 shares, the price rose 50 cents to $9. Lasco Financial ended with 17,700 shares trading and lost 1 cent to 97 cents, Lasco Manufacturing closed 1 cent lower at $1.11 while trading 146,870 shares. Blue Power closed trading with 535,000 units, the price ended at $6.30 and Lasco Distributors closed with 38,000 shares at $1.45.

Activity picks up on junior market

Dolphin Cove was one of the stocks gaining on the junior market on Monday

Dolphin Cove was one of the stocks gaining on the junior market on Monday

Activity is picking up in the junior market with far less stocks closing without bids on Monday. There has been noticeable improvement in this measure over the last two weeks with the number falling from as high as 11 a few weeks ago.
Trading on the Junior Market closed with only 7 securities traded and ended with 187,106 units valued at $207,965. The JSE Junior Market Index rose 3.44 points to close at 682.98, with the price 4 advancing. At the close of the market, there was 1 stock with the bid higher than the last selling price and 2 stocks with offers that were lower. The junior market continues to show improvement in sentiment with only 4 securities closing with no bids to buy. There were 5 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
The stocks trading in the junior market on Monday are, Cargo Handlers that ended with 754 shares changing hands, to close with a gain of 40 cents at $14.60. Dolphin Cove ended with 2,475 trading to close 40 cents higher at $8.50, Lasco Manufacturing finished trading 32,500 units for 2 cents more at $1.12, Medical Disposables concluded trading with 7,000 shares changing hands, to close 5 cents up at $1.75. AMG Packaging closed with 23,300 units trading as the price remained at $2.15, Lasco Distributors closed with 15,000 shares changing hands at $1.45 and Lasco Financial finished with 106,077 shares at 98 cents.

Honey Bun new low of $1.70

Activity Trading on the Junior Market closed with only securities traded and ended with 566,814 units valued at $860,032. The JSE Junior Market Index fell 7.75 points to close at 679.54, with the price of one stock advancing and five declining.

Honey Bun closed at a new high of $6.60 on Monday.

At the close of the market, there was one stock with a bid higher than the last selling prices and none with a lower offer. The junior market is lowly regaining strength but not there yet, with five securities closing with no bids to buy. Eight securities had no shares offered for sale, a positive indicator that prices could be rising shortly.
Paramount Trading ended with 19,429 shares trading with a gain of 6 cents to $2.62, AMG Packaging closed with 580 shares trading at $2.15, Lasco Manufacturing closed with 128,435 shares changing hands to close at $1.10, Access Financial closed with 11,000 units trading, the price slipped 4 cents, to $8.96. Dolphin Cove lost 40 cents to close at $8.10 and finished trading with 3,200 shares. Honey Bun ended trading with 7,000 shares changing hands to close 30 cents lower at $1.70, for a new 52 weeks’ low, Lasco Distributors traded 291,300 units with the price slipping 5 cents $1.45 and Lasco Financial traded 105,870 shares lower by 7 cents at 98 cents.

Low activity on junior market

The junior market has been slowly rebuilding since a 2014  low reached in June

The junior market has been slowly rebuilding since a 2014 low reached in June

Activity Trading on the Junior Market closed with 7 securities traded and ended with 383,283 units valued at $624,792. The JSE Junior Market Index rose 8.21 points to close at 687.29, with the price 2 advancing and only 1 falling. At the close of the market, there were 3 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 stock with the offer that was lower. The junior market continues to limited participation from a number of the junior market stocks with 6 securities closing with no bids to buy. There were 7 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Blue Power closed with 910 units with a 14 cents gain to $6.30, followed by Lasco Distributors finishing trading with just 1,600 units to close trading with an increase of 9 cents at $1.50. AMG Packaging closed trading with 51,578 shares changing hands at $2.15, General Accident had 220,595 shares trading at $1.75 followed by Honey Bun with a mere 300 shares at $2, Lasco Financial ended trading with 3,300 units at $1.05 and Lasco Manufacturing traded 105,000 shares and lost cents 2 to end at $1.10.

Demand up for Lasco Manufacturing

Lasco Manufacturing new bottling line at their new factory at White Marl, St Catherine

Lasco Manufacturing new bottling line at their new factory at White Marl, St Catherine

Activity Trading on the Junior Market saw increased buying interest in Lasco Manufacturing which moved the price higher, at the close there were bids at $1.11 to buy 44,000 units and at $1.10 to buy 881,000 shares. Selling is limited at levels close to the last traded price.
The junior market closed with only 5 securities traded and ended with 226,275 units valued at $273,781. The JSE Junior Market Index rose 12.09 points to close at 679.08, with the price 2 stocks advancing and 1 falling. The junior market sentiment is improving with 5 securities closing with no bids to buy compared to 11 a few weeks ago. There were 8 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale while at the close, there were 4 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and none with lower offers.
The stocks trading are, Lasco Distributors trading 51,000 shares with the price rising 1 cent to $1.41, Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading with 120,875 units and put on 12 cents to $1.12. Consolidated Bakeries ended with 10,000 shares at 82 cents, Lasco Financial ended with 24,400 shares at $1.05 and General Accident ended with 20,000 shares trading 5 cents lower to $1.75.

3 junior stocks rose 1 fell

General Accident traded the most in volume on the junior market and had the highest gain

General Accident traded the most in volume on the junior market and had the highest gain

Activity on the Junior Market closed with only 5 securities trading and ended with 1,272,316 units valued at $1,880,973. The JSE Junior Market Index rose 1.50 points to close at 666.99. Trading ended with the price 3 stocks advancing and 1 declining.
At the close of the market, there were 4 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and no stock with the offer lower. The junior market continues to exhibit weakness with 7 securities closing with no bids to buy. There were 8 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
In trading on Tuesday, IC Insider BUY RATED General Accident closed with 640,683 shares trading as the price ended 15 cents higher at $1.80, Lasco Financial saw trading in 578,398 units and put on 8 cents to $1.05, Paramount Trading ended with 14,650 shares changing hands 1 cent higher to $2.56. Eppley traded 107 shares at $380 and Caribbean Producers traded 38,478 shares but lost 8 cents to end at $2.07.

Jamaican Teas at new low

The Orchid property being developed that should add to Jamaican Teas' profits in 2015 & 2016.

The Orchid property being developed that should add to Jamaican Teas’ profits in 2015 & 2016.

Jamaican Teas closed trading at the lowest price since it was listed in 2011, prompted by the lowest profit reported since it was listed, as it generated earnings per share of 32 cents versus 55 cents in 2013. Investors may be reacting to results that were negatively affected by what may be one off cost, without focussing on what the future may hold.
Trading in the Junior Market closed with 6 securities traded and ended with 122,569 units valued at $215,553 being active. The JSE Junior Market Index fell 3.08 points to close at 665.49, with the price of one advancing 3 declining. At the close of the market, there were 2 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and none with offers that were lower. The junior market remains on the weak side with 8 securities closing with no bids to buy. There were 6 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
General Accident closed with 92,805 units trading, the price slipped 10 cents to $1.65, Honey Bun completed trading with 10,018 shares changing hands to close 10 cents up to $2, Jamaican Teas finished with 5,000 shares trading lower by 34 cents $2.50, to a new an all-time low. Paramount Trading ended trading with 7,000 shares changing hands to close at 5 cents lower at $2.55, Caribbean Producers ended trading with 1,746 shares changing hands to close at $2.15 and Consolidated Bakeries closed with 6,000 shares at 82 cents.