Lasco Distributors had the largest trade in the junior market and climbed 50 cents to $8.
A total of 14 securities traded with 7 advancing and 3 declining. The market ended with bids for 6 stocks closing higher than their last selling prices and 3 ending with lower offers.
At the end of trading, AMG Packaging traded 2,449 shares to close at $12, after shedding 50 cents, CAC 200 had 250 shares trading at $6.50, Caribbean Cream closed with a loss of 9 cents at $4.69, after trading 163,774 shares, Consolidated Bakeries traded 89,007 units and gained 1 cent to end at $2.01. Dolphin Cove had 900 shares trading with a loss of $1.68 at $11, General Accident had 2,200 shares trading with a gain of 26 cents to close at $2.44, ISP Finance traded 31,499 units at $3. Jamaican Teas traded 105,100 units to close at $3.85, Jetcon Corporation lost 5 cents in trading 112,918 units at $2.80, Knutsford Express rose $1.20 in trading 16,679 shares to close at $18.
Lasco Distributors climbed 50 cents with 1,033,123 units trading at $8, one day after the company released full year’s results showing profit rising 38.55 percent from a 30.5 percent rise in sales income. Lasco Financial closed with a gain of 15 cents at $3.30 with 338,355 shares changing hands after the company released full year’s results showing just 5 percent increase in profit after tax, from a 22 percent rise in revenues. Lasco Manufacturing traded 180,100 shares and rose 9 cents to close at $4.69 and Medical Disposables ended with 74,876 units changing hands to close with a gain of 24 cents at $3.49.
