New junior record up 151% in 2015 – Tuesday

Another record close for the junior market pushed the market for emerging companies to sit atop of 151 percent gain for 2015 with two trading days to go. On Tuesday the index put on 25.22 points to end at a record high of 1,726.06 as the market sets it sights on the 2,200 mark the next major point of resistance.
Trading ended with 12 securities trading of which 7 advanced and 1 declined with 3 closing at a new 52 weeks high. Volume changing hands amounted to 986,076 units, valued at $3,374,729.
At the close there was 1 security ending with no bid to buy and 5 securities had no stocks being offered for sale. A total of 4 stocks closed with bids higher than their last traded prices while none closed with a lower offer.
In trading, Access Financial closed with 6,490 units changing hands at $16, Caribbean Cream slipped 8 cents with 44,600 shares changing hands at $3.80, Caribbean Flavours closed at $9.44 with 18,938 shares changing hands, Caribbean Producers rose 42 cents in trading 52,000 units to close at $5. Dolphin Cove ended with 1,092 shares changing hands at $15.62 by gaining 12 cents, General Accident gained 20 cents with 1,000 shares trading close at $2.08. Jamaican Teas ended up by 55 cents with only 2,529 shares trading, KLE Group ended at $1.83 with 10,000 shares changing hands to record a gain of 28 cents, Lasco Distributors rose by 5 cents and closed with 157,804 shares changing hands at $5 for a 52 weeks’ high, after trading earlier at an all-time high of $5.50. Lasco Financial rose 17 cents to close at a new 52 weeks’ high of $3.70, with 26,998 shares changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $3.50 with 264,625 shares trading, the stock traded earlier as low as $3.10 and Derrimon Trading preference share ended with 400,000 shares trading at $2.10.