Lasco Manufacturing trades heavy – Tuesday

Demand increased for Lasco Manufacturing with 1.64 million units changing hands on Tuesday while ISP Finance is seeing increasing interest, helping the stock to close at a new high of $4.10. Trading in the junior market ended with 15 securities being active, including a bond issued by a junior market company, leading to 3 advancing and 5 declining.
The junior index inched by 3.96 points to 2,238.89 at the close as 2,328,831 shares, valued at $14,770,636 changed hands. At the end of trading the bids for 5 stocks closed higher than their last selling prices and 1 ended with lower offers.
At the end of trading, AMG Packaging traded just 1,024 shares at $12.40, Caribbean Cream lost 5 cents to trade 124,500 units at $4.40, Caribbean Flavours traded 10,000 units and lost 5 cents to end at $7.45, Caribbean Producers traded 15,625 shares to close with a rise of 10 cents at $4.20. General Accident traded 3,200 shares to end with a loss of 6 cents to close at $2.26, Honey Bun fell 41 cents, to close at $5.09 with 75,608 units changing hands after it traded at $6.40 in the morning session. Iron Rock Insurance traded 5,000 shares at $3.23, ISP Finance Services traded at a new high of $4.10 while trading 33,811 units starting at $3.90. Lasco Distributors traded 225,096 units to end at unchanged at $8, Lasco Financial closed at $3.40 with 30,212 shares changing hands, while Lasco Manufacturing, closed at $5.05 with 1,642,755 shares trading. Paramount Trading ended with 200 units changing hands and lost 9 cents to close at $10.90, tTech traded only 2,000 shares to end at $4.20, Derrimon Trading rose 1 cent in ending at $2.14 with 158,500 shares changing hand and Jamaican Teas floating note bond traded 30,000 units at $100 each.