Juniors trade 8.66 million shares

Caribbean Cream was the dominant trade on Thursday on the Junior Market with 5.3 million units as investors responded positively to the company’s audited results showing a 62 percent increase in profit versus 40 percent shown in the preliminary interim report that was released previously. Also trading in large volume was Caribbean Producers with 2.7 million shares.
Trading ended with 9 securities being active and cumulating in 8,660,524 units changing hands valued at $14,662,200. The JSE Junior Market Index gained 1.53 points to close at 871.93, with the price of 5 stocks advancing and only 1 declining and 1 closing at 52 weeks’ high.
At the close of the market, there were 8 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and none with a lower offer. The junior market ended with 3 securities closing with no bids to buy and 10 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Caribbean Producers with 2,723,803 shares trading, ended lower by 10 cents to $2.80, In trading, Caribbean Cream closed with 5,300,365 units trading, the price rose by 5 cents to $1.15. Blue Power closed with 19,573 shares trading unchanged at $9.50, Cargo Handlers finished with 1,000 units to close at $22.28, Dolphin Cove finished trading with 4,333 shares at $10.25 with a gain of 25 cents. Jamaican Teas had activity in 15,000 shares and closed unchanged at $3.50, KLE Group traded 135,446 shares for 9 cents higher, at 84 cents, Lasco Financial Services traded 250,000 units at a new closing all-time high of $1.66, after adding 9 cents and Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 211,004 units, the price rose 4 cents to close at $1.29.