Lascos’ big trades – Tuesday

Trading in the junior market pushed the index to end at 2,199.54 points, up by just 4.65 points as 15 securities traded with 5 advancing and 8 declining. At the close 7,943,352 shares, valued at $36,689,714 changed hands with Lasco Financial Services accounting for 1.1 million units and Lasco Manufacturing 5.1 million units. Trading closed with Honey Bun ending at a closing 52 weeks’ high of $7 after gaining 40 cents, with 312,784 units changing hands, resulting in the gain for the year reaching 437 percent.
The market ended with 2 stocks closing at 52 weeks’ highs while the bids for 5 stocks closed higher than their last selling prices and 4 ending with lower offers.
At the end of trading, AMG Packaging lost 5 cents at $12.40 with 4,050 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream lost 15 cents to end at $4.50, after trading 103,235 shares, Caribbean Producers traded 9,000 shares but lost 10 cents, to close at $4.50. Consolidated Bakeries traded 559,414 shares with a loss of 2 cents, to close at $2.02. C2W Music traded 1,000 shares and rose by 4 cents to end at 40 cents. Dolphin Cove traded 79,515 units and lost 20 cents to end at $11, General Accident Insurance fell 18 cents in trading 6,650 units at $2.26. ISP Finance Services rose 45 cents in trading 10,000 shares and closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.45, Jetcon Corporation had 128,775 units changing hands at $2.75 after falling by 12 cents, Key Insurance traded 1,500 shares at $2.75, Knutsford Express closed with 500 units changing hands at $17.50. Lasco Distributors rose 39 cents in trading 550,886 units to end at $7.99, Lasco Financial closed with a fall of 15 cents at $3.15 with 1,108,325 shares changing hands while Lasco Manufacturing traded 5,063,868 shares and gained 15 cents to close at $4.90 and tTech traded 10,500 units at $4.12 after shedding 18 cents.