Record close for juniors – Tuesday

Blue Power closed at a new high of $25 on Tuesday.

Blue Power closed at a new high of $25 on Tuesday.

The Junior market recorded 2 stocks closing at 52 weeks’ high as the market index climbed into new territory with a record close, bettering the previous record level reached in February this year.
The market closed with 7 stocks rising, while 5 declined out of 14 securities that traded. The junior index gained 20.94 points, to close at a record 2,361.89 and is up 31.9 percent ahead of the close of 2015.
Trading volume and value dropped sharply from Monday’s levels, ending with 494,666 units valued at units changing hands, 74 percent lower than on Monday, while the value traded dropped by 79 percent to $2,264,166, from $10,709,100 on Monday.
ICI Jm sum 27-09-16Market activities ended with 5 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 ending with lower offers.
Cargo Handlers stock has not traded since it closed at $86.10 on September 12, the market closed with the bid at $91 to buy 3,000 units, with no units offered for sale, next in line to buy is 6,540 shares at $89, there were stocks offered for sale at the close. Key Insurance remains under pressure with the offer at $2.30 to sell 30,000 units and at $2.35 compared with the last sale of $2.49. There were no bids to buy the stock at the close.
AMG Packaging rose 1 cent and ended trading at $17.51 with 10,025 units changing hands, Blue Power climbed to new 52 weeks’ high of $25 with a rise of $4 as only 100 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream fell 10 cents with 20,100 shares changing hands to close at $9. ICI jm trade 27-09-16Caribbean Producers traded 135,746 units to end at $3.30 with the loss of 10 cents, C2W Music closed with a gain of 1 cent as 7,539 units changed hands to close at 24 cents, Consolidated Bakeries gained 25 cents in trading 135,825 shares to close at $2.50. Derrimon Trading ended at $4 with 12,360 shares changing hands, Jetcon Corporation had just 100 units changing hands, to end at $4.70, Lasco Distributors closed with 125,554 units trading and ended at $7.05. Lasco Financial ended with 16,097 shares changing hands at $3.22, after declining by 3 cents, Lasco Manufacturing fell 2 cents and closed at $4.98 with 2,278 shares trading and Medical Disposables traded 21,442 shares to end at a new record high of $4.35 after gaining 35 cents.

Juniors just 22 points from record

The junior market is within reach of a new high.

The junior market is within reach of a new high.

The Junior market moved one step closer at the close on Friday to take out the old record high and is now only 22.31 points adrift.
The market closed 5 stocks rising, while 5 declined out of 13 securities that traded. The market index gained 12.01 points, to close at 2,334.43 and is 30.3 percent ahead of the close of 2015.
Trading volume and value rose 25 percent or more from Thursday’s levels, ending with 1,372,103 units changing hands, 35 percent more than on Thursday, while the value traded climbed by 25 percent to $6,508,601, from $5,213,760 changing hands on Thursday. Market activities ended with 4 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 ending with lower offers.
ICI Jm sum 23-09-16At the close, Cargo Handlers stock price closed with the bid at $90.05 with 3,000 units, nearly $4 ahead of the last sale price with no units offered for sale, next in line to buy is 5865 shares at $90, there were 1,000 units offered at $100. Key Insurance that reported poor second quarter results continued with the offer at $2.35 to sell 18,566 shares, immediately below, is an offer of 152,290 units at $2.38, compared with the last sale of $2.49. There were no bids to buy the stock at the close.
AMG Packaging jumped 16 cents and ended trading with 16,039 units at $17.15, Caribbean Cream rose 10 cents with 122,700 shares changing hands at $9.20, Consolidated Bakeries lost by 5 cents to end at $2.35 with 46,000 units changing hands, ICI jm trade 23-09-16C2W Music ended at 23 cents with 1,200 shares changing hands after rising 3 cents. Derrimon Trading rose 40 cents to end at $3.50 with 2,000 shares trading, General Accident closed trading with 600,171 units at $2.10, Honey Bun gained 10 cents in trading just 86,500 units to end at $6.25. Jetcon Corporation had 17,344 units changing hands to end at with a loss of 25 cents at $4.70. Lasco Distributors closed with 312,271 units trading and ended at $7, Lasco Manufacturing fell 5 cents and closed at $4.75 with 119,872 shares trading, Medical Disposables traded 16,733, shares with the price remaining unchanged at $4 and tTech traded 11,273 shares to end at $6.

2 new highs for junior stocks – Wednesday

Caribbean Cream closed at a new high on Wednesday of $8.70 after trading as high as $10.20.

Caribbean Cream closed at a new high on Wednesday of $8.70 after trading as high as $10.20.

The Junior market closed on Wednesday, with much more stocks trading than on Wednesday. Traded volume jumped 520 percent above Tuesday’s low level, as the value climbed sharply as well. At the close 7 stocks gained, while 2 declined out of 18 securities that traded, up from 10 on Tuesday, as two stocks closed at new highs.
The market index gained 8.17 points, to close at 2,274.27. Market activities ended with 5 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 ending with lower offers.
ICI Jm sum 14-09-16Trading ended with 3,294,451 units changing hands, 520 percent more than on Tuesday, while the value traded jumped 597 percent, with $15,960,574, up from $2,288,358 changing hands on Tuesday.
At the close, AMG Packaging traded 25,500, shares with the price dropping $1.95 to close at $15.55, Blue Power rose 98 cents with 615 shares trading and closed at a new high of $21, CAC 2000 closed with 2,000 shares changing hands at $6.40. Caribbean Cream gained 40 cents and closed with 6,823 shares changing hands at a 52 weeks’ high of $8.70, after trading as high as $10.20, Caribbean Flavours lost 50 cents in trading 30,000 units to close at $8, Caribbean Producers traded 19,171 shares and fell 35 cents to close at $3.25. Consolidated Bakeries closed with a loss of 5 cents at $2.35 with 16,121 units changing hands. C2W Music ended with 210,483 shares trading at 20 cents, General Accident closed trading with 86,147 units at $2.30, Honey Bun rose 33 cents in trading 27,760 units to end at $5.85, Jamaican Teas traded only 220 units but declined by 20 cents to end at $3.80. ICI jm trade 14-09-16KLE Group traded 66,000 units and rose by 10 cents to close at $1.50. Knutsford Express Services ended with 740 units trading at $26, but ended trading with the stock on offer at $25 to sell 38,260 units. Lasco Distributors closed with 1,409,630 units trading, ended with a rise of 5 cents at $7, Lasco Financial lost 35 cents with 1,266,578 shares changing hands at $3.10. Lasco Manufacturing fell 9 cents and closed at $4.36 with 1,652 shares trading, Medical Disposables rose by 30 cents in trading 40,933 shares and closed at $3.85 and tTech rose 70 cents in trading 84,078 shares at $6.

2 junior stocks rise 4 fall – Monday

JM Sign The Junior market closed on Monday, with limited trades that fell 63 percent below Friday’s levels, but with a few more securities traded than on Friday. At the close, only 6 stocks had changes in their prices as 2 gained, while 4 declined out of 14 securities that traded, up from 12 on Friday.
The market index rose just 4.21 points, to close at 2,280.42 and is up 27 percent for the year to date.
Market activities ended with 7 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 ending with lower offers.
ICI Jm sum 12-09-16Trading ended with 314,520 units changing hands, 63 percent less than on Friday, while the value traded dropped a whopping 73 percent, with just $1,453,100 down from $5,439,011 changing hands on Friday.
At the close, AMG Packaging dropped $1.70 and ended at $17.50, with just 535 units changing hands, Cargo Handlers traded at a new high of $86.10 after rising 10 cents with just 200 shares trading, at the close the bid on the stock was for 1,500 shares at 86.50 with none on offer. Caribbean Cream closed with 1,200 shares changing hands at $8, Caribbean Producers traded 4,489 shares to close at $3.25 after falling 53 cents, ICI jm trade 12-09-16C2W Music closed at 20 cents with 950 units changing hands, Derrimon Trading rose 5 cents to close at $3.10 with 2,000 shares changing hands, General Accident traded 150,000 units to end at $2.30. Honey Bun traded 3,634 units to end at $5.52, Knutsford Express traded 4,000 shares to close at $26, Lasco Distributors ended with 24,964 shares changing hands and fell 5 cents to close at $7. Lasco Financial had just 2,899 shares changing hands at $3.50, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.35 for a loss of 15 cents with 110,563 shares trading, Medical Disposables traded 117,630, shares and closed at $3.55 and tTech traded 26,456 shares at $5.25.

5 junior stocks rise 4 fall – Friday

AMG stock price jumped $2.50 in trading on Friday to $19.20.

AMG stock price jumped $2.50 in trading on Friday to $19.20.

The Junior market closed on Friday, with Lasco Distributors dominating trading volume with 82 percent of the total market volume. Far fewer securities traded than on Thursday, the market index fell 22.64 points, to close at 2,276.21.
Trading ended with 844,487 units changing hands, 54 percent less than on Thursday, while the value traded dropped 41 percent from Thursday, with $5,439,011 changing hands on Friday. At the close 5 stocks gained, while 4 declined out of 12 securities that traded, down from 19 on Thursday.
Market activities ended with 5 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 ending with ICI Jm sum 9-09-16lower offers as the supply of many stocks continue to evaporate.
At the close, AMG Packaging climbed $2.50 and ended at $19.20, with just 2,450 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream closed with 16,000 shares changing hands with a loss of 50 cents at $8, Consolidated Bakeries traded 18,293 shares to close at $2.20 after falling 5 cents. C2W Music closed at 20 cents with 40,000 units changing hands, General Accident traded 11,553 units to end at $2.30. Honey Bun traded 4,000 units and gained 2 cents to end at $5.52, Jamaican Teas rose 60 cents in trading just 1,133 shares to close at $4 but was on offer to sell 3,900 units at $3.80, ICI jm trade 9-09-16Lasco Distributors ended with 689,330 shares changing hands and gained 35 cents to close at $7.05. Lasco Financial had just 100 shares changing hands at $3.50, for a loss of 2 cents, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.50 with 10,128 shares trading and tTech rose 25 cents in trading 1,500 shares at $5.25.
Stocks to watch in the coming week are AMG Packaging, Blue Power, Cargo Handlers, Caribbean Cream, Honey Bun, ISP Finance, Jetcon, Knutsford Express, Lasco Financial, Paramount and tTech. The supplies for most of these stocks have pretty much dried up around current prices.

JSE main market climbs in early trading

The Jamaica Stock Exchange main market enjoyed strong gains in the indices in early Friday morning trading but with only limited volume changing hands in the overall markets. The junior market index slipped a bit with only a few securities trading in that market.
ici Int -9-9-16Trading of note so far took place for 106,580 Cable & Wireless shares with 181,615 shares in 1834 Investments changing hands while 59,745 shares of Grace Kennedy traded and JMMB Group had 275,597 units trading at $9.88 in the main market and in the junior market the stocks with the leading volumes traded are C2W Music with 40,000 units and Eppley Preference Shares 2019 had 50,000 units changing hands.
At 10:45 am 22 securities traded, resulting in a volume of 861,119 shares carrying a value of $8,593,129 changing hands compared to 5,070,164 shares carrying a value of $14,465,644 on Thursday. The average number of shares traded amounts to 39,142 units compared to 211,257 units on Thursday. The number of stocks falling are 10 while the prices of 8 securities rose as the market continues to consolidate.
The all Jamaica Composite Index jumped 947.08 points to 178,531.20, the Jamaica Stock Exchange Market Index gained 846.86 points to 160,680.41, the Jamaica Stock Exchange combined index climbed 680.28 points to close at 172,524.29 and the junior market index slipped 10.25 points to 2,288.60.

12 junior stocks rise – Thursday

Caribbean Cream - 1 of 4 stocks trading at a new high on Thursday.

Caribbean Cream – 1 of 4 stocks trading at a new high on Thursday.

The Junior market closed on Thursday, with greater volume and more securities trading than it did on Wednesday, the market index jumped 70.92 points, to close at 2,298.85. Trading ended with 1,832,518 units changing hands, 23 percent more than on Wednesday, while the value rose 34 percent from Wednesday, with $6,870,963 changing hands on Thursday.
Trading in the junior market resulted in 12 stocks rising, while 3 declined out of 19 securities that traded. Market activities ended with 5 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 ending with lower offers as the supply of many stocks continue to evaporate thus setting the stage for a big push forward in the prices of many of the junior listings.
At the close, Access Financial gained $1 in trading 1,500 units to end at $18.50, AMG Packaging climbed $2.20 and ended at $16.70, with just 300 units changing hands,ICI Jm sum 8-09-16r Blue Power lost a cent to close with 578 shares changing hands at $20.02, Cargo Handlers traded 1,500 shares to close $4 higher at a new 52 weeks’ high of $86. Caribbean Cream closed with 75,442 shares changing hands with a gain of $1 to a new 52 weeks’ high of $8.50, Caribbean Producers had 22,572 units changing hands, to close with a gain of 28 cents at $3.78, Consolidated Bakeries traded 9,700 shares to close at $2.25. C2W Music traded up by 3 cents to close at 20 cents with 210,000 units changing hands, General Accident traded 104,311 units and gained 22 cents to end at $2.30. Honey Bun traded 4,000 units at $5.50, after slipping 1 cent, Iron Rock Insurance rose 9 cents in trading 5,000 units, to close at $3.28,ICI jm trade 8-09-16 Jamaican Teas fell 23 cents in trading just 1,803 shares to close at $3.40, Jetcon Corporation gained 10 cents to end with 18,991 shares trading and closed at a new all-time high of $3.30. Knutsford Express had 14,300 units changing hands, to end with a rise of 93 cents at a new closing high of $26, Lasco Distributors ended with 495,390 shares changing hands, loss 20 cents to close at $6.70, Lasco Financial had 618 shares changing hands at $3.52, for a rise of 2 cents. Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.50 with 854,813 shares trading, Paramount Trading jumped $1 in trading 3,000 shares at $14 and tTech traded 8,700 shares at $5.

Juniors dominate early trading

The junior enjoyed quite brisk trading on Jamaica Stock Exchange early Thursday driving the junior market index up by 44.65 points with 4 junior market companies having more than 100,000 units trading, with Lasco Manufacturing having 854,813 units changing hands. C2W music saw the price recovering to 20 cents from 17 cents with 210,000 shares trading.
ici Int -8-9-16Cable & Wireless was the only main market stock to see high volume as the stock had 3,153,049 units changing hands at 95 cents while Jamaica Stock Exchange traded 61,600 units at $28.50 and junior market Cargo Handlers hit a new high with 1,500 shares trading at $86.
Other trades of more than 100,000 units are, General Accident Insurance with 104,311 units at $2.30 and Lasco Distributors 485,970 shares at $7. Caribbean Creams ended up with 66,230 unit at $8.
At 10:45 am 24 securities traded, resulting in a volume of 5,070,164 shares carrying a value of $14,465,644 changing hands compared to 1,182,572 units with a value of $29,395,598 on Wednesday. The average number of shares traded amounts to 211,257 units compared to 51,416 units on Wednesday. The number of stocks falling are 6 while the prices of 8 securities rose as the market continues to consolidate with no new major developments or news to move prices in one direction or the other.
The all Jamaica Composite Index slipped 41.00 points to 176,953.05 the Jamaica Stock Exchange Market Indexdeclined 36.66 points to 159,269.26, the Jamaica Stock Exchange combined index climbed 424.13 points to close at 171,050.98 thanks to a sharp rise in the junior market and the junior market index climbed 44.64 points to 2,272.58.

7 junior stocks up 5 down – Tuesday

tTech closed at $5 on Tuesday with the highest volume traded.

tTech closed at $5 on Tuesday with the highest volume traded.

The Junior market closed on Tuesday, adding to the gains enjoyed on Monday with a jump of 39.80 points in the market index, to close at 2,234.94 as trading in tTech and Jetcon Corporation shares dominated trading volume on a day when C2W Music traded at a new low of 17 cents.
The market closed with 1,397,863 units trading, 13 percent more than on Monday, but the value traded fell 24 percent from Monday, with $6,429,584 changing hands on Tuesday. Trading in the junior market resulted in 7 stocks rising, down from 8 on Monday, while 5 declined up from only 1 on Monday out of 14 securities that traded.
ICI Jm sum 6-09-16Trading ended with 5 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 ending with lower offers.
At the close, AMG Packaging ended at $14.55, with 1,900 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream lost 50 cents to close with 78,131 shares changing hands at $7.50, at the close there was only three offers to sell 16,000 shares between $8 and $9.50. Caribbean Flavours traded 32,000 units to end at $8.50 with a rise of 74 cents, leaving two offers for 24,000 units between $8.50 and $9.59, Caribbean Producers had just 2,165 units changing hands, to close with a gain of 20 cents at $3.20. Consolidated Bakeries traded 16,560 shares and gained 5 cents to close at $2.40, C2W Music traded 20,000 units and was down 3 cents to a new low of 17 cents,ICI jm trade 6-09-16 Honey Bun traded 25,000 units at $5.50 after rising 20 cents, Iron Rock Insurance rose 1 cent, in trading 5,000 units to close at $3.19. Jetcon Corporation ended with 399,800 shares trading with a gain of 30 cents to end at $3.20, at the close there was only one offer to sell at $4.80 but bids are not strong with 152,000 units from $2.80 to $3.01. Knutsford Express closed with 1,007 units changing hands to end at $25, but had only 248 shares on offer at the close at $29.50, Lasco Distributors ended with 11,702 shares changing hands with a loss of 10 cents at $6.60, Lasco Financial ended with 29,623 shares changing hands at $3.25, for a fall of 28 cents. Lasco Manufacturing fell 20 cents and closed at $4.65 with 71,642 shares trading and tTech jumped by 50 cents in trading 703,333 shares at $5. Trading removed almost all of the supply leaving only 26,000 units on offer at the close for the technology stock.

$29.50 new high for JSE early Tuesday

Jamaica Stock Exchange traded 1,400 at a new high of $29.50 up $2.10, following the high it reached in early trading Monday of $28, ici Int -6-9-16Jetcon Corporation traded 399,800 units at $3.20, after rising 30 cents, tTech jumped 50 cents while it traded 503,333 shares at $5 and Cable & Wireless had 524,622 units trading at $1. Gains in prices moved the market indices much higher than at the close on Monday.
At 10:45 am 29 securities traded, including C2W Music that traded at a new all-time low of 17 cents as investors continue to bail out of the stock, following a history of continued poor results and depletion of capital. Trading resulted in a volume of 1,835,382 shares changing hands. The average number of shares traded amounts to 63,289 units compared to 36,243 units on Monday. The number of stocks falling amounts to 5 while the prices of 11 securities rose as the market continues to consolidate with no new major developments or news to move prices in one direction or the other.
The all Jamaica Composite Index jumped 1,250.51 points to 178,936.00 the Jamaica Stock Exchange Market Index climbed 1,118.18 points to 161,042.37, the Jamaica Stock Exchange combined index gained 1,415.46 points to close at 172,279.24 and the junior market index up 36.86 points to 2,232.00.