Activity on the Junior Market closed with 9 securities trading and ended with 92,474 units valued at $196,263. The JSE Junior Market Index fell 6.51 points to close at 696.46, with the price of only 1 advancing and 5 declining.
At the close of the market, there were 4 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 with the offer lower. The junior market ended with 3 securities closing with no bids to buy. There were 6 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
The stocks trading on Thursday are, AMG Packaging closed with 8,291 units trading at $2.19 to gain 4 cents, General Accident Insurance trading 1,984 shares and ended at $1.80, Honey Bun ended with 3,000 units trading at $1.95, Eppley 9.5% preference share closed with 3,988 units trading at $6, Paramount Trading ended trading with 20,000 units trading at $3.30.
Caribbean Flavours closed with 2,000 shares trading lower by 1 cent at $2.21. Lasco Financial Services ended trading with 2,600 shares changing hands, closed 1 cent lower at $1, Caribbean Producers ending with 8,496 shares changing hands at $2.01 after it fell 18 cents, Lasco Distributors closed with 17,115 shares changing hands to close at $1.44but eased 1 cent and Lasco Manufacturing closed 1 cent down at $1.19 with 25,000 shares changing hands.
5 stocks fall to 1 rising on junior market
Only 3 Junior market stocks traded Wednesday
Caribbean Producers price fell on Wednesday
At the close of the market, there were 5 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 with the offers lower. The junior market closed with 4 securities ending with no bids to buy and 5 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Lasco Manufacturing closed at $1.20 with a gain of 4 cents as 45,204 shares changed hands, Dolphin Cove traded 1,500 shares to end at $8.50 and Caribbean Producers closed with 84,565 units trading at $2.11 with a fall of 4 cents.
Bids of 7 stocks above last sale
Activity Trading on the Junior Market closed with only 5 securities traded and ended with 510,555 units valued at $1,054,385. The JSE Junior Market Index lost 0.64 points to close at 696.43, with the price only 1 advancing and 1 declining but at the close there were stock ending with bids above the last sale prices, an indication that demand exceed supply in quite a large number of stocks in this market
At the close of the market, there were 7 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and none with lower offers. The junior market continues to reflect renewed interest with 4 securities closing with no bids to buy. There were 6 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Paramount Trading ended trading with 155,860 units with the price rising 10 cents to $3.30, General Accident closed trading with 204,610 units at $1.80, Lasco Distributors traded 38,994 shares trading at $1.45, Lasco Financial ended with 107,800 units trading to end at $1 and Honey Bun closed with 3,291 shares trading 5 cents lower to $1.95.
Paramount jumps 16%
Activity Trading on the Junior Market closed with Paramount Trading closing with a gain of 44 cents or 16 percent as investors responded positively to the company’s strong increase in profits for the November quarter which were released prior to this week. Overall only 7 securities traded and ended with 738,464 units valued at $2,745,022 changing hands. The JSE Junior Market Index rose 3.55 points to close at 697.07, with the price 3 stocks advancing and no declining.
At the close of the market, there were 7 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices, no stock closed with the offer lower. The junior market continues to maintained investors interest with 4 securities closing with no bids to buy. There were 6 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market on Monday are, General Accident closing with 231,500 shares changing hands, with a gain of 3 cents to $1.80. Honey Bun finished with 10,000 shares trading, the price gained 5 cents to $2, Paramount Trading closed with 132,824 shares with the price gaining 44 cents to $3.20, the stock traded as high as $3.30 before the close. Caribbean Producers finished with 11,100 units at $2.15, Dolphin Cove ended with 945 shares trading at $8.50, Knutsford Express closed with 302,000 shares at $5.85 and Lasco Distributors finished with 50,095 shares trading at $1.45.
Little trading in junior stocks
Activity on the Junior Market closed with only 3 securities traded and ended with 166,818 units valued at $202,761. The JSE Junior Market Index slipped 0.70 points to close at 700.75, with the price advancing.
At the close of the junior market indicators continue to point to the likelihood of price gains ahead. At the end of trading on Friday, there were 4 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and none with the offer lower. The junior market continues to reflect renewed interest with only 5 securities closing with no bids to buy compared with as many as 11 a few weeks ago. There were 8 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale which is an indication that supply for a third of the junior market stocks are not readily available to trade and most likely will require the bids to be more in line with historical valuation measures.
The three stocks trading are, Lasco Manufacturing gained 1 cent while trading 153,678 shares at $1.20, Honey Bun traded 240 units at $1.71 followed by Lasco Distributors with 12,900 shares at $1.42 after losing 8 cents.
4 junior stocks rise
Activity on the Junior Market closed with only 5 securities traded and ended with1,058,166 units valued at $ 1,373,604. The JSE Junior Market Index rose 1.24 points to close at 701.45, with the price 4 advancing and only 1 falling.
At the close of the market, there were 6 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and no stock with the offer lower. The junior market continues to reflect renewed interest with 6 securities closing with no bids to buy. There were 7 securities that had no units being offered for sale.
In trading, AMG Packaging closed with 134,952 shares changing hands, gained 1 cent at $2.15. Caribbean Producers ended with 49,100 units, the price rose 4 cents to $2.15, Lasco Distributors had 190,730 shares changing hands, to close with a gain of 6 cents, at $1.50. Lasco Manufacturing ended with 85,503 units changing hands to close 1 cent up to $1.19 and Lasco Financial closed with 597,881 shares changing hands to close 5 cents lower at $1.
3 junior stocks rose
Jamaican Teas stock gained the most in the junior market on Wednesday
At the close of the market, there were 5 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and no stocks with offers that were lower. The junior market closed with 6 securities closing with no bids to buy. There were 8 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading are, Jamaican Teas finishing with 64,302 units changing hands, to close 34 cents up at $2.85. Lasco Manufacturing ended with 70,700 shares changing hands with a gain of 5 cents, at $1.18, Paramount Trading ended with 17,342 units changing hands, to close 1 cent higher at $2.76. Eppley 9.5% preference shares traded 91,100 units at $6, General Accident finished with 34,667 shares changing hands at $1.75, Lasco Financial closed with 1,000 units trading at $1.05, AMG Packaging closed with 5,000 units trading as the price slipped 1 cent to $2.14 and Lasco Distributors finished with 64,500 shares changing hands 5 cents lower to $1.45.
Lasco companies push junior market
Heating of raw material to make bottles for Lasco’s new drinks
Trading on the Junior Market resulted in only 6 securities trading with 97,920 units valued at $153,520 changing hands. The JSE Junior Market Index rose 13.93 points to close at 703.13, putting it back to levels that existed in early July last year. There were 4 advancing stocks, none declined.
At the close of the market, there were 6 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 1 with the offer lower. The junior market continues to reflect renewed interest with 7 securities closing with no bids to buy. There were 7 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading on Tuesday are, Lasco Distributors ending with 11,422 shares changing hands to close with a gain of 5 cents, at $1.50, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 28,620 shares changing hands to close 3 cents higher at $1.13, Medical Disposables finished trading with 9,000 shares, with a gain of 10 cents to $1.85. Paramount Trading finished with 1,939 shares changing hands to close 4 cents higher at $2.75, General Accident closed with 44,650 units trading at $1.75 and Lasco Financial closed with 2,289 shares changing hands at $1.05.
Junior market indicators point higher
Lasco Financial Services’ stock was the sole one to gain on the junior market
At the close of the junior market had 6 securities closing with no bids to buy. There were 9 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale, the latter is in keeping with the increase in the number of stocks with bids that are higher than the last selling prices.
At the close only 6 securities traded and ended with only 314,145 units valued at $336,525 changing hands. The JSE Junior Market Index rose 0.11 points to close at 689.20, with the price 1 advancing and 1 declining.
Stocks trading on Monday are, Lasco Financial that closed with 13,811 shares changing hands to gain 7 cents at $1.05, Consolidated Bakeries closing with 815 shares trading at 82 cents, General Accident finishing with 40,000 shares changing hands at $1.75, Honey Bun ending with 4,625 shares trading at $1.71. Lasco Distributors concluded trading with 167,894 shares changing hands at $1.45 and Lasco Manufacturing ended having 87,000 shares changing hands to close 2 cents lower at $1.10.
Junior market up 1st trading day of 2015
Caribbean Cream traded at 77 cents to gain 2c but closed with the bid at 80c.
At the close of the market continues to reflect renewed interest in junior stocks with 6 securities closing with no bids to buy and 8 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale, in addition there were 6 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and none with offers that were lower.
The stocks trading are, AMG Packaging trading 22,220 shares with the price rising 25 cents to $2.15, Caribbean Cream ended with 68,000 shares changing hands to close 2 cents higher at 77 cents, Caribbean Producers closed with 9,935 shares with the price rising 8 cents to $2.11, Paramount Trading finished with 42,000 shares changing hands to close 9 cents up to $2.71.
Lasco Distributors finished with only 1,850 shares changing hands at $1.45, Lasco Manufacturing ended with 116,962 shares changing hands to close at $1.12, Derrimon Trading closed with 3,000 units changing hands, the price slipped 5 cents to $2.10 and Dolphin Cove ended with only 100 shares trading 20 cents lower to $8.80.