ISP Finance gained 250% to a new high of $7 & helped the JM to a 36% gain for 2016.
Trading slipped from Wednesday’s levels, ending with 1,753,530 units changing hands, 12 percent lower than on Wednesday, while value traded, dropped 31 percent to $7,158,594 from $10,428,547, on Wednesday.
Market activities ended with 4 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 ending with lower offers.
In market activity since trading on September 12 at $86.10, Cargo Handlers has still not traded with the bid at $88 to buy 207 units. The stock is on offer at $90 to sell 45,551 units.
The stock will be split 10 for 1 stock, effective October 22.In trading activity, AMG Packaging closed with a fall of 5 cents at $17.50 with 889 units changing hands, Blue Power gave up 25 cents in trading just 100 shares at $24.75, Caribbean Cream gave back 60 cents with 58,577 shares changing hands to end at $9.40, Caribbean Flavours closed with the price unchanged in trading 12,000 units at $8.99. Caribbean Producers remained unchanged in trading 1,065,000 units to end at $3.50. C2W Music closed with 10,000 units changing hands to close at 24 cents, Consolidated Bakeries gained 10 cents in trading 841 shares to close at $2.50,
General Accident Insurance closed with 225,500 units changing hands at $2.65, Honey Bun traded 60,800 shares at $6.10. ISP Finance traded 51,809 shares and gained 39 cents, to close at an all-time high of $7, Jamaican Teas traded 7,145 shares to close at $4, Knutsford Express closed at $24 with 100 units, Lasco Distributors gained of 2 cents with 103,000 units traded, at $7.52, Lasco Financial lost 13 cents and ended with 126,185 shares changing hands at $3.22. Lasco Manufacturing closed at $5.10 with 27,584 shares trading and Paramount Trading closed with a gain of $2.50 at a 52 weeks’ high of $22 with 2,000 shares changing hands.
45,551 units were offered for sale at $90, the will be split 10 for 1 stock, effective from the close of business on October 21.
Jetcon Corporation traded 108,111 shares and gained 8 cents to close at $4.59, Key Insurance closed down to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $2.25 with 27,266 units, for a loss of 5 cents, KLE Group ended at $2.05 with 3,760 shares changing. Lasco Distributors closed with rise of 45 cents as 41,072 units traded at $7.50, Lasco Financial ended with 72,300 shares changing hands at $3.35, after rising 5 cents, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $5.10 with 60,135 shares trading to gain 5 cents. Medical Disposables traded 22,991 shares and gained 6 cents to close at $4.42, tTech climbed 28 cents and ended with 8,548 shares changing hands at $5.58 and Derrimon Trading preference share fell 10 cents and ended with 211,500 units changing hands at $2.10.
In market activity Cargo Handlers stock has not traded since it closed at $86.10 on September 12, the market closed today with the bid at $88 to buy 3,000 units, with no units offered for sale, the will be split 10 for 1 stock, effective from the close of business on October 21.
In market activity, Cargo Handlers stock has not traded since it closed at $86.10 on September 12, the market closed with the bid at $87.05 to buy 105 units, next in line to buy is 393 shares at $87,with the next at $76.55, there were stocks offered for sale at the close. Shareholders at a recent extraordinary meeting approved a 10 for 1 stock split, to take effect from the close of business on October 21. Key Insurance remains under pressure with the offer at $2.20 to sell 1,000 units compared with the last sale of $2.49. There were no bids to buy the stock at the close.
Lasco Distributors closed with a loss of 14 cents as 229,084 units traded at $7.10, Lasco Financial ended with 8,000 shares changing hands at $3.30, after rising 12 cents, Lasco Manufacturing rose 5 cents and closed at $5.05 with 105,000 shares trading. Medical Disposables traded 1,500 shares to close at $4.36, Paramount Trading jumped $2 to a new all-time high of $19.50 with just 2,000 shares changing hands, Sweet River Abattoir fell 35 cents with 700 units trading to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $3.50 and tTech dropped $1.20 and ended with 37,984 shares changing hands at $5.30.
Trading on the Junior market ended with a third consecutive record high Thursday as the closed at a new high of 2,373.89 for a gain of 7.58 points as 4 stocks rose and 2 declined with just 10 securities that trading. 
In market activity Cargo Handlers stock has not traded since it closed at $86.10 on September 12, the market closed with the bid at $91 to buy 3,000 units, with no units offered for sale, next in line to buy is 6,540 shares at $89, there were stocks offered for sale at the close. The company at a recent extraordinary meeting approved a 10 for 1 stock split, to take effect from the close of business on October 21. Key Insurance remains under pressure with the offer at $2.30 to sell 30,000 units compared with the last sale of $2.49. There were no bids to buy the stock at the close.
changing hands to close at $9.27, C2W traded 37,949 shares to close at 24 cents, Honey Bun with 3,050 shares changing hands and closed at $6.19 with a gain of 19 cents. Jetcon Corporation had just 2,200 units changing hands, to end at $4.70, KLE Group ended at $2.10 with 48,500 shares changing hands after rising by 24 cents, Knutsford Express traded 10,500 units to close at $24 after shedding 48 cents, Lasco Distributors closed with a gain of 24 cents as 1,610,495 units traded at $7.24. Lasco Financial ended with 11,739 shares changing hands at $3.18, after rising by 13 cents, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $5 with 9,565 shares trading. 
Market activities ended with 5 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 ending with lower offers.
Honey Bun with 16,248 shares changing hands and closed at $6, Jetcon Corporation had just 30,993 units changing hands, to end at $4.70, Lasco Distributors closed with a loss of 5 cents as 130,170 units traded at $7. Lasco Financial ended with 124,025 shares changing hands at $3.05, after declining by 17 cents, Lasco Manufacturing rose 2 cents and closed at $5 with 252,795 shares trading. Medical Disposables traded 44,073 shares to end at a new record high of $4.36 trading as high as $4.60 but gained just 1 cent at the close, Sweet River Abattoir with 24,000 units traded with a rise of 1 cent to end at $3.85 and tTech ended with 5,000 shares changing hands at $6.50.
Market activities ended with 5 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 ending with lower offers.
Caribbean Producers traded 135,746 units to end at $3.30 with the loss of 10 cents, C2W Music closed with a gain of 1 cent as 7,539 units changed hands to close at 24 cents, Consolidated Bakeries gained 25 cents in trading 135,825 shares to close at $2.50. Derrimon Trading ended at $4 with 12,360 shares changing hands, Jetcon Corporation had just 100 units changing hands, to end at $4.70, Lasco Distributors closed with 125,554 units trading and ended at $7.05. Lasco Financial ended with 16,097 shares changing hands at $3.22, after declining by 3 cents, Lasco Manufacturing fell 2 cents and closed at $4.98 with 2,278 shares trading and Medical Disposables traded 21,442 shares to end at a new record high of $4.35 after gaining 35 cents.
Market activities ended with 7 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 ending with a lower offer.
Iron Rock Insurance traded 10,750 shares and gained 2 cents to end at $3.30, Jamaican Teas traded 122,341 units to end at $4, Jetcon Corporation had 15,745 units changing hands, to end at $4.70, KLE group traded 1,100 shares with the price rising 1 cent to $1.85. Knutsford Express closed with a loss of 2 cents, at $24.48 with just 190 units changing hands, Lasco Distributors closed with 386,432 units trading and ended at $7.05. Lasco Financial ended with 15,850 shares changing hands at $3.25, after declining by 3 cents, Lasco Manufacturing rose 25 cents and closed at $5 with 138,708 shares trading and tTech traded 12,528 shares to end at a new record high of $6.50 after gaining 70 cents.
At the close, Cargo Handlers stock price closed with the bid at $90.05 with 3,000 units, nearly $4 ahead of the last sale price with no units offered for sale, next in line to buy is 5865 shares at $90, there were 1,000 units offered at $100. Key Insurance that reported poor second quarter results continued with the offer at $2.35 to sell 18,566 shares, immediately below, is an offer of 152,290 units at $2.38, compared with the last sale of $2.49. There were no bids to buy the stock at the close.
C2W Music ended at 23 cents with 1,200 shares changing hands after rising 3 cents. Derrimon Trading rose 40 cents to end at $3.50 with 2,000 shares trading, General Accident closed trading with 600,171 units at $2.10, Honey Bun gained 10 cents in trading just 86,500 units to end at $6.25. Jetcon Corporation had 17,344 units changing hands to end at with a loss of 25 cents at $4.70. Lasco Distributors closed with 312,271 units trading and ended at $7, Lasco Manufacturing fell 5 cents and closed at $4.75 with 119,872 shares trading, Medical Disposables traded 16,733, shares with the price remaining unchanged at $4 and tTech traded 11,273 shares to end at $6.
At the close, Cargo Handlers stock price closed with the bid at $90.01 with 5,765 units, nearly $4 ahead of the last sale price with no units offered for sale. Key Insurance that reported poor second quarter results continued with the offer at $2.37 to sell 152,290 units, compared with the last sale of $2.49. There were to be no bids to buy the stock at the close.
General Accident fell 15 cents and closed trading with 253,080 units at $2.10, Honey Bun lost 9 cents in trading just 200 units to end at $6.15. KLE Group ended at $1.85 with 5,800 shares changing hands after rising 5 cents, Knutsford Express had 334 units changing hands to end at with a rise of 50 cents at $24.50, Lasco Distributors closed with 240,980 units trading and ended with a rise of 20 cents at $7. Lasco Financial rose by 3 cents with 2,850 shares changing hands to close at $3.28, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.80 with 388,949 shares trading, Medical Disposables traded 18,400, shares with the price remaining unchanged at $4 and tTech traded 28,870 shares at $6.