CPJ dominates trade with 190m units
November 11, 2015 by
Only 2 securities ended with no bids to buy and 12 had no stocks being offered for sale, an indication of chronic supply shortage of junior market stocks. A total of 8 stocks closed with bids higher than the last traded prices and none closed with lower offers.
In trading, AMG Packaging closed with a gain of 5 cents at $5.05, with 836 units changing hands at a 52 weeks’ high, Blue Power lost 80 cents in closing at $13, with 1,557 units trading, Caribbean Cream ended with 26,743 shares changing hands at $4.60. Caribbean Flavours traded 5,000 units to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $4.91 after rising 6 cents, Caribbean Producers gained 36 cents and traded 190,020,966 units at $3.41 for a new 52 weeks’ high as investors responded to good first quarter results. 1.9 million was a cross done by Mayberry Investments. Consolidated Bakeries ended at $1.90, with 13,000 units changing hands. Dolphin Cove had 40,000 shares changing hands at $12.85, for a decline of 65 cents, General Accident Insurance traded only 20,000 units at $1.96 for a loss of 4 cents. Jamaican Teas lost 5 cents with 259,350 shares trading, to close at $3.85. KLE Group ended with 101,668 units trading at 45 cents, but the stock closed with a bid of 50 cents to buy 5,000 units. Lasco Distributors closed with 265,410 shares changing hands with a rise of 33 cents to $4.40, after trading as high as $4.65, for a 52 weeks’ intraday high, Lasco Financial closed with an increase of 5 cents at a new 52 weeks’ closing high of $3.25 with a total of 775,710 shares changing hands after trading as high as $3.50. Lasco Manufacturing rose 7 cents to end at 52 weeks’ closing high of $4.03 with 439,426 shares changing hands and Sweet River Abattoir rose by 9 cents in trading 14,500 shares at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $3.95, Derrimon Trading preference share ended with 400 shares changing hands at $2.20 and Eppley 9.5% preference share ended with 13,235 units changing hands at $6.