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Junior Market pushes higher – Monday

February 18, 2019 by IC Insider.com

Dolphin Cove closed at a 52 weeks; low on monday.

In an active trading session on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange pushed 12.62 points higher to close at 3,109.82 on Monday, with the prices of 11 securities rising and 7 falling.
Trading ended with 28 securities changing hands compared to 27 securities on Friday, at the close Dolphin Cove ended at a 52 weeks’ low while 10 stocks traded with no change to the closing price.
Market activities closed with an exchange of 2,108,297 units valued at $6,747,118 compared to 4,398,457 units valued at $19,730,388 on Friday.
Trading ended with an average of 75,296 units for an average of $240,969, in contrast to 162,906 units for an average of $730,755 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 288,915 valued at $744,601 and previously 309,902 valued at $794,081. In contrast, January closed with average of 2,245,428 units with a value of $7,372,574 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended trading of 214,203 stock units to close at $2.50, Blue Power concluded trading of 25,696 units at $5, Caribbean Cream ended with a loss of 5 cents at $5.32, in exchange of 3,600 shares, Caribbean Producers closed at $4.70, with 27,535 units changing hands. Consolidated Bakeries lost 20 cents to end at $1.80, trading 38,000 shares, Derrimon Trading ended 25 cents higher at $2.70, with 1,000 shares changing hands, Dolphin Cove concluded trading of 830 shares, with a loss of 2 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $12, Everthing Fresh finished 5 cents higher at $1.85, exchanging 209,862 stock units. Elite Diagnostic settled at $3.10, with 21,750 units trading. Express Catering ended trading of 8,860 shares, at $7.50, FosRich Group ended at $4.17, with 2,394 shares changing hands, Fontana traded 659,124 shares and moved 4 cents higher to $3.99, General Accident rose 1 cent higher to $4.01, with an exchange of 15,000 stock units. GWest Corporation ended 10 cents higher at $1.55, trading 345,727 units, Honey Bun concluded trading of 503 shares and rose 30 cents to $4, Indies Pharma finished 17 cents higher at $2.97, trading 32,758 shares, Jamaican Teas traded 126,358 units at $4. Jetcon Corporation finished trading of 9,700 shares at $3.07, Knutsford Express concluded trading with a loss of 30 cents at $12.70, with 370 stock units changing hands, Lasco Distributors lost 29 cents at $3.70, with 18,809 units passing through the market, Lasco Financial settled 15 cents higher at $4.50, as investors swapped 152,349 shares. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading of 24,058 shares, with a loss of 3 cents at $3.16, Main Event traded 3,600 shares and climbed 31 cents higher to $5.81, Paramount Trading closed at $2.40, while exchanging 52,155 units, SSL Venture Capital ended with a loss of 25 cents in closing at $1.70, trading 54,880 shares. Stationery and Office concluded trading of 28,176 and rose 10 cents to close at $8.50 and tTech settled 91 cents higher at $6.75, with 30,000 stock units changing hands but the stock was on offer at $6.20 at the close. In the junior market preference segment, CAC 2000 preference share closed at $1, with 1,000 shares trading.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: AMG Packaging, Best performing stock market, Blue Power, CAC2000, Caribbean Producers, Consolidated Bakeries, Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, Dolphin Cove, Elite Diagnostic, Emerging markets, Everything Fresh, Express Catering, Fontana, FosRich, GWest, Honey Bun, Indies Pharma, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, Knutsford Express, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Main Event, Paramount Trading, Stationery and Office, Trading Activity, tTech

Trading rose on Junior Market – Friday

February 15, 2019 by IC Insider.com

In an active trading session on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Friday, 27 securities changed hands, resulting in an exchange of 4,398,457 units valued at $19,730,388.
On thursday, 26 securities traded resulting in an exchnage of 2,388,739 units valued at $8,494,707.
Market activities closed, with the prices of 7 securities rising, 12 falling and 8 remaining unchanged, leading the market index down by 13.37 points to close 3,097.20.
Trading ended with an average of 162,906 units for an average of $730,755 in contrast to 91,875 units for an average of $326,720 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 309,902 valued at $794,081 and previously 325,286 shares valued $800,708. In contrast, January closed with average of 2,245,428 units with a value of $7,372,574 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial climbed $1.10 to close at $48.10, with 650 shares changing hands, AMG Packaging ended at $2.50, with 2,500 stock units trading, Blue Power concluded trading 11,279 units, at $5, Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of 50 cents at $14, with an exchange of 10,500 shares. Caribbean Cream ended trading of 3,490 shares at $5.37, Caribbean Flavours traded $1.50 higher at $19.50, with 10,000 stock units changing hands, Caribbean Producers traded 260,597 units with a loss of 5 cents at $4.70, Consolidated Bakeries closed with a loss of 9 cents at $2, trading 15,000 shares. Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 5 cents at $2.45, while exchanging 10,000 shares, Dolphin Cove concluded trading of 431,524 shares, with a loss of $1.35 at $14, Everything Fresh finished with a loss of 10 cents at $1.80, with 213,985 stock units passing through the market. Elite Diagnostic settled with a loss of 30 cents to close at $3.10, exchanging 52,000 units, Express Catering ended trading of 1,990 shares after adding 44 cents to close at $7.50, FosRich Group traded 32,795 shares and moved 17 cents higher to $4.17, Fontana finished trading of 123,255 shares, with a loss of 5 cents to close at $3.95. General Accident closed at $4, with an exchange of 155,848 stock units, GWest Corporation ended at $1.45, with 4,600 units trading. Indies Pharma ended 6 cents higher at $2.80, with an exchange of 15,140 shares, Jamaican Teas traded 537,851 units and rose 5 cents to $4, Jetcon Corporation finished trading with a loss of 11 cents at $3.07, in exchanging 925,520 shares, Lasco Distributors gained 24 cents to close at $3.99, with 426,911 units trading. Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 15 cents at $4.35, in exchanging 119,944 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 138,653 shares with a loss of 1 cent in closing at $3.19, Main Event traded 240,861 shares, with a loss of 30 cents at $5.50, Medical Disposables finished trading at $5.50, with 24,000 stock units changing hands. Paramount Trading closed at $2.40, trading 35,364 units and SSL Venture Capital ended at $1.95, with 594,200 shares traded.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Access Financial, AMG Packaging, Best performing stock market, Blue Power, Cargo Handlers, Caribbean Flavours, Caribbean Producers, Consolidated Bakeries, Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, Dolphin Cove, Elite Diagnostic, Emerging markets, Everything Fresh, Express Catering, Fontana, FosRich, GWest, Indies Pharma, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Main Event, Medical Disposables, Paramount Trading, SSL Venture Capital, Trading Activity

Junior Market makes strong recovery – Thursday

February 14, 2019 by IC Insider.com

Junior Market stock trading.

Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange made strong recovery on Thursday with the prices of 12 securities rising, 6 falling and 8 remaining unchanged leading to the market index recovering 51.42 points to close 3,110.57.
Trading ended on Thursday with 26 securities changing hands compared to 30 on Wednesday leading to an exchange of 2,388,739 units valued at $8,494,708, compared to 62,035,877 units valued at $128,041,203 trading on Wednesday.
The average volume traded was 91,875 units for an average of $326,720, in contrast to 2,067,863 units for an average of $4,268,040 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 325,286 shares valued $800,708 and previously 351,444 shares valued $853,828. In contrast, the average trade in January was 2,245,428 units with a value of $7,372,574 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks ended with higher bids than their last selling prices and 2 closing with lower offers.
At the close of the day’s activities, AMG Packaging ended 30 cents higher at $2.50, with 190,100 stock units changing hands, Blue Power concluded trading of 16,920 units at $5, Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of 20 cents at $14.50, with an exchange of 2,000 shares, Caribbean Cream ended trading of 7,500 shares, at $5.37. Caribbean Flavours traded 12,000 stock units with a rise of $1.85 to close at $18, Caribbean Producers finished trading 6,841 units, with the price moving 5 cents higher to $4.75, Dolphin Cove fell 5 cents to close at $15.35, trading 150 shares, Everything Fresh finished 5 cents higher at $1.90, with 14,030 stock units trading. Elite Diagnostic settled 31 cents higher at $3.40, with 29,103 units changing hands. Express Catering ended trading 15,500 shares and closed 6 cents higher at $7.06, FosRich Group traded 5,621 shares at $4, Fontana closed 10 cents higher at $4, with an exchange of 1,345,881 shares, General Accident closed 1 cent higher at $4, with 42,042 stock units changing hands. GWest Corporation ended 9 cents higher at $1.45, with an exchange of 8,000 units, Honey Bun concluded trading of 42,960 shares, with a loss of 10 cents at $3.70, Indies Pharma finished with a loss of 16 cents at $2.74, with 164,127 shares passing through the market, Jamaican Teas traded 42,300 units with a loss of 5 cents at $3.95. Jetcon Corporation closed at $3.18, trading 1,500 shares, Knutsford Express concluded trading of 5,050 stock units and climbed 50 cents higher to $13, Lasco Distributors finished at $3.75, with an exchange of 12,784 units, Lasco Financial rose 15 cents to $4.50, in trading 10,000 shares. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 70,310 shares, with a loss of 9 cents at $3.20, Paramount Trading closed at $2.40, with 5,981 units changing hands, Stationery and Office concluded trading of 20,592 shares and rose 40 cents higher to $8.40 and tTech settled at $5.84, in exchanging 23,706 stock units. In the junior market preference segment, CAC 2000 9.5% closed at $1, with 293,741 shares changing hands.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: AMG Packaging, Best performing stock market, Blue Power, CAC2000, Cargo Handlers, Caribbean Flavours, Caribbean Producers, Consolidated Bakeries, Daily Trading, Dolphin Cove, Elite Diagnostic, Emerging markets, Everything Fresh, Express Catering, Fontana, FosRich, GWest, Honey Bun, Indies Pharma, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, Knutsford Express, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Paramount Trading, Stationery and Office, Trading Activity, tTech

AMG in big Junior Market trade – Wednesday

February 13, 2019 by IC Insider.com

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AMG Packaging dominated trading with more than 60m shares.

Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange jumped sharply on Wednesday as 60.67 million shares of AMG Packaging, passed through the exchange, pushing the overall trade for the day to an exchange of 62,035,877 units valued at $128,041,203.
Market activity on Tuesday resulted in just 3,645,419 units valued at $11,521,269.
Trading ended with another big fall the market index of 49.68 points following the 45.69 points drop on Tuesday, to close at 3,059.15. a total of 30 securities changed hands, compared to 28 on Tuesday, resulting in the prices of 9 securities advancing, 10 declining and 11 remaining unchanged.
Trading closed with an average of 2,067,863 units for an average of $4,268,040 in contrast to 130,194 units for an average of $411,474 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 351,444 shares valued $853,828 and previously 96,530 shares valued $346,767. In contrast, the average trade in January was 2,245,428 units with a value of $7,372,574 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks ended with higher bids than their last selling prices and 2 closing with lower offers.
At the close of the day’s activities, Access Financial closed at $47, with an exchange of 1,021 shares, AMG Packaging closed with a loss of 15 cents at $2.20, in exchanging 60,673,553 shares, with the bulk of the trade, taking place at $2. Blue Power ended at $5, trading 1,200 stock units, Cargo Handlers closed at $14.70, with 40,556 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cream settled with a loss of 48 cents at $5.37, in the trading of 4,040 shares. Caribbean Flavours ended trading with 1,704 shares with a rise of 15 cents to close at $16.15, Caribbean Producers traded 173,500 stock units, at $4.70, Consolidated Bakeries gained 39 cents to end at $2.09, with 239 units changing hands, Derrimon Trading closed with a loss of 10 cents at $2.50, with an exchange of 6,393 shares. Everything Fresh concluded trading with 18,226 shares with a rise of 25 cents to $1.85, Elite Diagnostic finished 9 cents higher at $3.09, with an exchange of 58,350 stock units, Express Catering settled with a loss of 49 cents at $7, trading 31,584 units, FosRich Group ended trading 4,474 shares and rose 30 cents to close at $4. Fontana traded 20 cents higher at $3.90, with 487,017 shares changing hands, General Accident finished trading 57,162 shares, at $3.99, GWest Corporation closed 5 cents higher at $1.36, in exchanging 40,406 stock units, Honey Bun gained 10 cents to close at $3.80, with an exchange of 11,980 units, Indies Pharma concluded trading of 93,909 shares at $2.90. Jamaican Teas ended trading with 300 stock units at $4, Jetcon Corporation traded 14,500 units with a loss of 7 cents at $3.18, Knutsford Express ended with a loss of 20 cents at $12.50, with an exchange of 103,076 shares, Lasco Distributors ended trading of 73,727 stock units at $3.75. Lasco Financial closed with a loss of 15 cents at $4.35, with 35,401 units changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing settled 2 cents higher at $3.29, trading 35,900 shares, Main Event ended trading 4,452 shares, with a loss of 20 cents at $5.80, Medical Disposables traded 18,000 shares with a loss of 10 cents to close at $5.50. Paramount Trading finished trading 6,500 stock units at $2.40 and Stationery and Office ended with a loss of 40 cents at $8, trading 27,474 shares. In the junior market preference segment, CAC 2000 9.5% ended at $1, with 6,400 stock units trading and Derrimon Trading 9% concluded trading at $2.10, with 4,833 units.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Access Financial, AMG Packaging, Best performing stock market, Blue Power, CAC2000, Cargo Handlers, Caribbean Flavours, Caribbean Producers, Consolidated Bakeries, Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, Elite Diagnostic, Emerging markets, Everything Fresh, Express Catering, Fontana, FosRich, GWest, Honey Bun, Indies Pharma, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, Knutsford Express, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Main Event, Medical Disposables, Paramount Trading, Stationery and Office, Trading Activity

Big fall for Junior Market – Tuesday

February 12, 2019 by IC Insider.com

Indies Pharma traded 2m shares on Tuesday.

Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Tuesday with a sharp fall the market index of 45.69 points to close at 3,108.83 as the prices of 8 securities advanced, 12 declined and 8 remained unchanged.
Trading saw 28 securities changing hands compared to 27 on Monday, resulting in an exchange of 3,645,419 units valued at $11,521,269, compared to 3,202,720 units valued at $12,121,438 on Monday.
Trading ended with an average of 130,194 units for an average of $411,474 in contrast to 118,619 units for an average of $448,942 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 96,530 shares valued $346,767 and previously 91,113 shares valued $336,354. In contrast, the average trade in January was 2,245,428 units with a value of $7,372,574 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks ended with higher bids than their last selling prices and 3 closing with lower offers.

t the close of the day’s activities, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 15 cents at $2.35, with 120,000 stock units changing hands, Blue Power concluded trading of 15,300 units, with a loss of 80 cents at $5, CAC 2000 finished 20 cents higher at $12.60, trading just 100 shares. Caribbean Cream ended trading of 2,000 shares, with a loss of 10 cents to close at $5.85, Caribbean Producers finished trading of 17,450 units with a loss of 5 cents at $4.70, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 35 cents at $2.60, with 41,010 shares changing hands. Dolphin Cove concluded trading of 10,200 shares with a rise of 60 cents to $15.40, Everything Fresh finished with a loss of 1 cent at $1.60, with an exchange of 72,397 stock units, Elite Diagnostic settled with a loss of 19 cents at $3, in trading 53,414 units. Express Catering ended trading 17,236 shares, with a loss of 1 cent at $7.49, FosRich Group traded 67,552 shares with a loss of 29 cents at $3.70, Fontana finished trading at $3.70, with 557,982 shares changing hands, General Accident closed with a loss of 1 cent at $3.99, with an exchange of 271,129 stock units. GWest Corporation ended 20 cents higher at $1.31, with 29,675 units changing hands, Honey Bun concluded trading of 20,520 shares, at $3.70, Indies Pharma finished with a loss of 5 cents at $2.90, in exchanging 2,013,889 shares, Jamaican Teas traded 17,000 units at $4, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 6 cents higher at $3.25, in exchanging

25,475 shares. Knutsford Express concluded trading of 996 stock units, with a rise of 20 cents to $12.70, Lasco Distributors closed 5 cents higher at $3.75, with 26,427 units trading, Lasco Financial settled at $4.50, with an exchange of 47,259 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading of 400 shares and rose 9 cents higher to $3.27. Main Event traded 21,655 shares at $6, Medical Disposables finished trading 300 stock units with a loss of 90 cents to $5.60, Paramount Trading closed at $2.40, in an exchange of 25,500 units, SSL Venture Capital ended 1 cent higher at $1.95, with 1,000 shares changing hands and Stationery and Office concluded trading with 22,617 shares at $8.40. In the junior market preference segment, CAC 2000 closed at $1, with the trading of 146,936 shares.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Access Financial, AMG Packaging, Best performing stock market, Blue Power, CAC2000, Caribbean Producers, Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, Dolphin Cove, Elite Diagnostic, Emerging markets, Everything Fresh, Express Catering, Fontana, FosRich, GWest, Honey Bun, Indies Pharma, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, Knutsford Express, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Main Event, Medical Disposables, Paramount Trading, Stationery and Office, Trading Activity

Junior Market trading rises – Monday

February 11, 2019 by IC Insider.com

Fontana Waterloo branch under construction in Kingston

Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange settled on Monday and resulting in an exchange of 3,202,720 units valued at $12,121,438, compared to 1,501,161 units valued at $5,720,483 on Friday.
Trading was dominated by Fontana with 75 percent of the total volume traded in the Junior Market.
At the close, 27 securities changed hands versus 22 changing hands on Friday leading to the prices of 12 securities advancing, 9 declining and 6 remaining unchanged and a rise of 25.69 points in the market index to close at 3,154.52.
Trading ended with an average of 118,619 units for an average of $448,942 in contrast to 68,235 units for an average of $260,022 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 91,113 shares valued $336,354 and previously 86,061 shares valued $315,674. In contrast, the average trade in January was 2,245,428 units with a value of $7,372,574 for each security traded.

IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks ended with higher bids than their last selling prices and 4 closing with lower offers.
At the close of the day’s activities, Access Financial closed at $47, in trading 5,515 shares, AMG Packaging ended 10 cents higher at $2.50, with an exchange of 31,162 stock units, Blue Power concluded trading of 10,218 units after rising 80 cents to $5.80, CAC 2000 finished with a loss of 10 cents at $12.40, in exchanging 3,200 shares. Derrimon Trading ended 5 cents higher at $2.95, with 53,000 shares changing hands, Everything Fresh lost 22 cents to end at $1.61, with 63,050 stock units trading, Elite Diagnostic settled at $3.19, with an exchange 26,852 units, Express Catering ended trading of 21,766 shares with a loss of 30 cents at $7.50. FosRich Group traded just 103 shares with a loss of 1 cent at $3.99, Fontana finished trading 10 cents higher at $3.70, with 2,408,200 shares trading, General Accident closed with 80,376 stock units trading, with the price rising 10 cents higher to $4, GWest Corporation fell 19 cents to an all-time low of $1.11, with an exchange of 98,080 units. Honey Bun concluded trading of 36,070 shares with a loss of 5 cents at $3.70, Indies Pharma lost 19 cents at $2.95, in trading 36,151 shares,

Jamaican Teas traded 1,140 units at $4, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 5,100 shares, with a rise of 4 cents to $3.19. Knutsford Express fell 20 cents to end at $12.50, in exchanging 45,925 stock units, Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 30 cents at $3.70, trading 89,999 units, Lasco Financial settled 30 cents higher at $4.50, with an exchange of 14,610 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 133,307 shares 8 cents higher at $3.18. Main Event traded 20,196 shares and moved 30 cents higher to $6, Medical Disposables finished trading at $6.50, with an exchange of 2,000 stock units, Paramount Trading ended swapping 7,000 units for 35 cents higher at $2.40, SSL Venture Capital ended at $1.94, with an exchange of 700 shares. Stationery and Office concluded trading of 1,000 shares and jumped 90 cents higher to $8.40 and tTech settled 4 cents higher at $5.84, with 2,000 stock units changing hands. In the Junior Market preference segment, Derrimon Trading ended at $2.10, with the trading of 6,000 stock units.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Access Financial, AMG Packaging, Best performing stock market, Blue Power, CAC2000, Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, Dolphin Cove, Elite Diagnostic, Emerging markets, Everything Fresh, Express Catering, Fontana, FosRich, GWest, Honey Bun, Indies Pharma, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, Knutsford Express, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Main Event, Medical Disposables, Paramount Trading, Stationery and Office, Trading Activity, tTech

Junior Market slips again – Friday

February 8, 2019 by IC Insider.com

Fontana stock remains the main attraction in trading.

Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with 22 securities changing hands, compared to 25 to Wednesday, with 64 percent more volume than on Thursday.
At the close of market activities resulted in prices of 8 securities advancing, 11 declining and 3 remaining unchanged leading to a fall of 27.19 points in the market index to close at 3,128.83.
Market activity resulted in an exchange of 1,501,161 units valued at $5,720,483 compared to 917,451 units valued at $3,945,523 traded previously.
Trading ended with an average of 68,235 units for an average of $260,022 in contrast to 36,698 units for an average of $157,821 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 86,061 shares valued $315,674 and previously 89,199 shares valued $325,469. In contrast, the average trade in January was 2,245,428 units with a value of $7,372,574 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks ended with higher bids than their last selling prices and 5 closing with lower offers.
At the close of the day’s activities, Access Financial closed with a loss of 1 cent at $47, trading 1,285 shares, AMG Packaging ended at $2.40, with an exchange of 118,612 stock units, Blue Power concluded trading with 5,113 units at $5, CAC 2000 finished with a loss of 50 cents at $12.50, with 50,000 shares. Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of 20 cents at $14.70, exchanging 5,804 shares, Caribbean Producers finished trading 28,729 units and rose 5 cents higher to $4.75, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 5 cents at $2.90, with an exchange of 7,500 shares, Everything Fresh closed 23 cents higher at $1.83, with an exchange of 122,087 stock units. Elite Diagnostic settled 6 cents higher at $3.19, in exchanging 81,437 units. Express Catering ended trading with 40,767 shares and lost 10 cents to close at $7.80, FosRich Group traded 73,545 shares after rising 3 cents higher to $4, Fontana finished trading 598,063 shares, with a loss of 1 cent at $3.60, GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 14 cents at $1.30, with 63,268 units trading. Honey Bun concluded trading 2 cents higher at $3.75, with 49,560 shares, Indies Pharma closed 14 cents higher at $3.14, with 89,033 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas traded just 2,500 units at $4, Knutsford Express concluded trading of 1,229 stock units and rose 60 cents higher to $12.70. Lasco Distributors finished 20 cents higher at $4, exchanging 32,593 units, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 1 cent at $4.20, trading 60,136 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 53,600 shares, with a loss of 29 cents at $3.10, SSL Venture Capital ended with a loss of 1 cent at $1.94, with an exchange of 5,300 shares and Stationery and Office concluded trading of 11,000 shares with a loss of 90 cents at $7.50.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Access Financial, AMG Packaging, Best performing stock market, Blue Power, CAC2000, Cargo Handlers, Caribbean Producers, Consolidated Bakeries, Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, Elite Diagnostic, Emerging markets, Everything Fresh, Express Catering, Fontana, FosRich, GWest, Honey Bun, Indies Pharma, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, Jamaican Teas, Knutsford Express, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Medical Disposables, SSL Venture Capital, Stationery and Office, Trading Activity

Junior stocks slip on low volume -Thursday

February 7, 2019 by IC Insider.com

Trading volume fell a sharp 63 percent on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday leading to a fall of 18.02 points in the market index to close at 3,156.02.
Trading ended with 25 securities changing hands, similar to Wednesday and resulted in prices of 10 securities advancing, 11 declining and 3 remaining unchanged.
Market activity resulted in an exchange of 917,451 units down 63 percent compared to the 2,474,682 units traded previously. Traded value dropped 56 percent to $3,945,523 from $8,912,227 on Wednesday.
Trading ended with an average of 36,698 units for an average of $157,821 in contrast to 98,987 units for an average of $356,489 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 89,199 shares valued $325,469 and previously 102,324 shares valued $367,381. In contrast, the average trade in January was 2,245,428 units with a value of $7,372,574 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ended with higher bids than their last selling prices and 4 closing with lower offers.
At the close of the day’s activities, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 5 cents at $2.40, in trading 55,380 stock units, Blue Power concluded trading of 27,801 units, with a loss of 1 cent in closing at $5, Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of 10 cents at $14.90, with an exchange of 721 shares. Caribbean Producers finished trading 7,440 units at $4.70, Consolidated Bakeries closed with a loss of 33 cents at $1.70, with 12,997 shares changing hands. Derrimon Trading ended at $2.95, with an exchange of 1,500 shares, Dolphin Cove concluded trading of 10,086 shares, with a loss of 70 cents at $14.80, Everything Fresh finished 5 cents higher at $1.60, with the trading of 11,216 stock units, Elite Diagnostic settled 2 cents higher at $3.13, with 5,000 units changing hands. FosRich Group traded 37 cents higher at $3.97, with 490 shares, Fontana ended trading 391,687 shares and rose 1 cent higher to $3.61, General Accident closed with a loss of 4 cents at $3.90, in exchanging 41,719 stock units, GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 1 cent at $1.44, while trading of 66,734 units. Honey Bun traded 6,015 shares with a loss of 16 cents to end at $3.73, Indies Pharma finished 5 cents higher to $3, with 51,480 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas traded 2,000 units and rose 15 cents higher to close at $4, Jetcon Corporation finished trading of 2,000 shares with a loss of 10 cents at $3.15. Knutsford Express traded 37,816 stock units with a loss of 60 cents to end at $12.10, Lasco Distributors closed at $3.80, with 15,000 units changing hands, Lasco Financial settled 1 cent higher at $4.21, with an exchange of 2,400 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 3,086 shares 9 cents higher to $3.39. Main Event traded 15 cents higher at $5.70, with 100,000 shares changing hands, Medical Disposables finished trading with a loss of 10 cents at $6.50, with an exchange of 58,183 stock units and SSL Venture Capital ended 20 cents higher at $1.95, with 2,000 shares. In the Junior Market preference segment, CAC 2000 9.5% closed at $1, with 4,700 shares changing hands.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: AMG Packaging, Best performing stock market, Blue Power, CAC2000, Caribbean Producers, Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, Dolphin Cove, Elite Diagnostic, Emerging markets, Everything Fresh, Express Catering, Fontana, FosRich, GWest, Honey Bun, Indies Pharma, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, Knutsford Express, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Main Event, Medical Disposables, Trading Activity

Junior Market slips back on Tuesday

February 5, 2019 by IC Insider.com

The Junior Market index of the Jamaica Stock Exchange dropped 19.89 points to 3,169.67 at the end of trading on Tuesday, as the prices of 7 securities rose, 9 declined and 11 remained unchanged.
Trading ended with 27 securities changing hands on Tuesday, compared to 21 securities changing hands on Monday, resulting in an exchange of 2,965,697 units valued at $11,127,007, compared to 3,820,986 units valued at $12,854,001, on Monday. Fontana continues to trade in large volumes and ending the day just under 2.1 million units.
Trading ended with an average of 109,841 units for an average of $412,111 in contrast to 181,952 units for an average of $612,095 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amount to 103,436 shares valued $371,012 and previously 99,833 shares valued at $347,894. In contrast, the average trade in January was 2,245,428 units with a value of $7,372,574 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ended with higher bids than their last selling prices and 3 closing with lower offers.
At the close of the day’s activities, Access Financial closed 1 cent higher at $47.01, with an exchange of 1,127 shares, AMG Packaging ended at $2.60, with 31,356 stock units changing hands, Blue Power concluded trading with 100 units with a rise of $1 to close at $6. CAC 2000 finished with a loss of $2.02 at $13, in trading 1,081 shares, Cargo Handlers settled 10 cents higher at $15, in exchanging 1,390 shares, Caribbean Cream ended trading 6,193 shares and rose 60 cents higher to $5.95, Caribbean Producers finished trading 203,515 units with a loss of 3 cents to close at $4.75. Derrimon Trading ended at $2.95, with an exchange of 27,046 shares, Elite Diagnostic finished trading 44,913 stock units at $3.10, Express Catering settled with a loss of 1 cent at $7.94, trading 12,850 units, Fontana closed trading at $3.50 with 2,096,413 shares changing hands. FosRich Group ended trading 35,854 shares, with a loss of 12 cents to end at $3.76, General Accident traded 183,534 shares at $4, GWest Corporation finished trading at $1.45, with 62,248 shares changing hands. Honey Bun closed with a loss of 15 cents at $3.75, with an exchange of 8,100 stock units, Indies Pharma closed at $3.05 trading 104,845 shares. Iron Rock ended 50 cents higher at $5, with 7,000 units trading, Jamaican Teas exchanged 100 shares at $4, Knutsford Express finished trading of 40,878 shares at $12.70, Lasco Distributors closed 11 cents higher at $4, in trading 11,886 shares. Lasco Financial ended 10 cents higher at $4.60, with 3,196 shares traded, Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading of 23,455 stock units, with a loss of 17 cents to end at $3.23, Main Event dropped 88 cents to close at $5.62, in exchanging 9,541 units. Paramount Trading ended trading with a loss of 15 cents at $2.05, with 27,433 shares and Stationery and Office traded 10,643 shares with a loss of 20 cents at $8.40. In the Junior Market preference segment, CAC 2000 closed trading at $1, with 1,000 shares changing hands.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Access Financial, AMG Packaging, Best performing stock market, Blue Power, CAC2000, Cargo Handlers, Caribbean Producers, Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, Elite Diagnostic, Emerging markets, Everything Fresh, Express Catering, Fontana, FosRich, GWest, Honey Bun, Indies Pharma, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, Jamaican Teas, Knutsford Express, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Main Event, Paramount Trading, Stationery and Office, Trading Activity

Junior Market makes solid gain – Monday

February 4, 2019 by IC Insider.com

The Junior Market index of the Jamaica Stock Exchange climbed by a strong 45.78 points to closed at 3,189.56 at the end of trading on Monday as the prices of 8 securities rose, 6 declined and 7 remained unchanged.
Trading ended with 21 securities changing hands on Monday, compared to 27 securities changing hands on Friday, resulting in an exchange of 3,820,986 units valued at $12,854,001, compared to 970,997 units valued at $3,844,893, on Friday. Fontana recorded the leading trade with just under 2.8 million units valued $9.8 million.
Trading ended with an average of 181,952 units for an average of $612,095 in contrast to 35,963 units for an average of $142,403 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amount to 99,833 shares valued at $347,894, in contrast, the average trade in January was 2,245,428 units with a value of $7,372,574 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ended with higher bids than their last selling prices and 4 closing with lower offers.
At the close of the day’s activities, Access Financial closed $1.50 higher at $47, with 775 shares changing hands, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 5 cents at $2.60, in trading 70,065 stock units, Blue Power concluded trading of 4,000 units for a rise of 15 cents to $5. Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of 10 cents at $14.90, with an exchange of 28,817 shares, Caribbean Cream ended trading of 13,916 shares with a loss of 50 cents at $5.35, Consolidated Bakeries closed with a loss of 5 cents at $2.03, trading 270 shares, Derrimon Trading ended 35 cents higher at $2.95, with 44,470 shares changing hands. Elite Diagnostic finished exchanging 44,371 stock units at $3.10, Express Catering settled 45 cents higher at $7.95, with 10,191 units changing hands. Fontana closed trading at $3.50 with 2,781,214 shares changing hands, General Accident traded 18 cents higher at $4, with 8,050 shares changing hands, GWest Corporation finished trading 48,353 shares with a loss of 5 cents at $1.45, Honey Bun closed at $3.90, with 8,672 stock units trading, Indies Pharma closed at $3.05 trading 20,959 shares. Jamaican Teas finished trading 2,316 shares at $4. Knutsford Express finished trading 3,200 shares at $12.70, Lasco Distributors gained 9 cents to close at $3.89, trading 62,066 shares, Lasco Financial ended with a loss of 10 cents at $4.50, with 84,924 shares changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading of 500 stock units and rose 12 cents to close at $3.40. SSL Venture Capital rose 5 cents in exchanging 567,557 shares to close at $1.75 and Stationery and Office closed at $8.60, with 16,300 shares changing hands.