Advancing juniors dominate – Friday
At the end of trading, AMG Packaging closed at $10.51 with 3,000 units changing hands, CAC 2000 gained 9 cents and closed at $6.50 with 1,539 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream rose 5 cents with 12,715 shares changing hands at $4.46, Caribbean Flavours traded 2,000,100 shares and rose $1.50 to end at $8, Consolidated Bakeries gained 10 cents to end at $1.60 with 10,500 shares changing hands. General Accident traded at $2.10 with 50,000 shares trading, Honey Bun closed at $22, with 2,025 shares trading, ISP Finance traded 79,943 units and ended with a 6 cents gain to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.85, Jamaican Teas traded 5,300 units to close at $3.90. Knutsford Express closed with a loss of 50 cents at $17.50 with 4,600 shares trading, Lasco Distributors fell 4 cents and closed with 159,489 units trading with the price closing at $7.36. Lasco Financial closed at $3.35 with 17,866 shares changing hands after rising 20 cents and Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.44 with 41,865 shares trading.
Juniors inched up on Wednesday
The junior market inched forward at the close on Wednesday, with 952,289 shares valued at $5,433,865 changing hands. The market index added 7.80 points to end at 2,175.95 as a total of 17 securities traded, with 9 advancing and 5 declining. The junior market ended with bids for 4 stocks closing higher than their last selling prices and 1 ending with a lower offer.
At the end of trading, AMG Packaging lost $1 while trading just 1,064 shares to end at $12, Blue Power had 2,000 units changing hands with a gain of 40 cents to close at $13.90, Caribbean Cream traded 7,200 units to end at $5, CAC 2000 ended at $6.40 with a loss of 10 cents as 7,500 shares changed hands. Consolidated Bakeries ended with 26,500 shares changing hands at $1.45 after gaining 22 cents, Dolphin Cove had 11,346 units trading with a loss of 20 cents, to end at $12.55, after the company reported improved first quarter results, that rose 34 percent to 47 cents per share after tax versus 34 cents. General Accident Insurance lost 15 cents while trading 71,500 units to close at $2.50, Honey Bun closed at a new 52 weeks’ high of $20, after rising 50 cents, with 26,600 shares trading. Iron Rock traded 1,000 shares at $3.40, ISP Finance traded 281 shares but gained 9 cents to end at $2.79, Jamaican Teas traded 7,267 shares and fell 10 cents to $3.80. Jetcon Corporation closed at $3 while 5,000 units traded, KLE Group rose 21 cents in trading 10,000 shares and closed at $1.61, Lasco Distributors closed with 314,461 units trading with the price rising 10 cents to close at $7.65, Lasco Financial gained 1 cents to close at $3.50 with 132,560 shares changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.65 with 207,030 shares trading, to gain 5 cents and tTech added 25 cents in closing with 120,980 units at $4.50.
Juniors dip as 8 stocks fall – Tuesday
Trading on the junior market resulted in more stocks declining than rising by a wide margin and ended with the index dropping 37.33 points end at 2,067.53 on Tuesday. A volume of 3,312,315 shares valued at $12,515,372 traded, including two large trades, with Lasco Manufacturing accounting for 1,106,586 shares and Caribbean Producers with 1,063,150 shares.
The market closed with 16 active securities, 2 of which advanced and 8 declined while 2 stocks closed with bids higher than the last selling prices and 3 ended with lower offers.
At the end of trading in a market, Access Financial Services closed at $16.50 with 5,000 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream traded 109,925 units but lost 17 cents to end at $3.83, Caribbean Flavours lost 5 cents to close at $8.50 while 1,222 shares were traded, Caribbean Producers fell 10 cents to end at $3.90. Consolidated Bakeries fell 10 cents in trading just 122,376 shares to close at $1.20, C2W Music had 29,019 units changing hands at 32 cents, General Accidents closed at $2.65 with 136,177 shares changing hands, Honey Bun rose 50 cents to end at $16 with 8,527 shares trading. Iron Rock Insurance fell 40 cents to $3.10 while trading 118,926 shares, ISP Finance had 19,300 shares changing hands, at $2.45, Jamaican Teas traded 74,583 shares at $3.50, KLE Group traded 331,000 shares at $1.40, Lasco Distributors lost 98 cents and ended at $6.52 with 115,359 units trading. Lasco Financial closed at $3 with 43,200 shares changing hands but with a loss of 3 cents, Lasco Manufacturing gained 20 cents to close at $4.75 and tTech fell 3 cents and ended with 27,965 shares changing hands at $4.15.
Juniors pulled back – Monday
The market closed with 15 active securities, 2 of which advanced and 5 declined while 4 stocks closed with bids higher than the last selling prices and 4 ended with lower offers.
At the end of trading in a market, Access Financial Services closed at $16.50 with 150 units changing hands, AMG Packaging gained $1 to close at $13 with 12,460 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream traded 62,882 units at $4, Caribbean Producers traded 4,150 units to end at $4. Consolidated Bakeries fell 1 cent in trading just 500 shares to close at $1.20, C2W Music had 1,000 units changing hands at 32 cents after losing just 1 cent, Dolphin Cove traded 20,000 shares at $13, General Accident closed at $2.65 with 1,447,523 shares changing hands, Honey Bun rose $2.50 to end at $15.50 with 3,000 shares trading. Key Insurance fell by 5 cents to close at $2.50 after 7,913 shares changed hands, Lasco Distributors ended at $7.50 with 344,182 units trading, Lasco Financial closed at $3.03, with 347,500 shares changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing fell 15 cents with 1,436,456 shares changing hands to close at $4.55 and tTech ended with 29,200 shares changing hands at $4.18.
Honey Bun up again on Monday
There were only 3 stocks closing with bids that were higher than their last selling prices and 3 ended with lower offers.
At the end of trading, AMG Packaging lost 50 cents in trading 2,562 units to end at $12.50, Blue Power gained 80 cents to close with 2,196 units changing hands at $12, Caribbean Cream traded 143,062 units to end at $4 after falling by 2 cents, Caribbean Producers traded 90,000 units and gained 10 cents to end at $4. Consolidated Bakeries fell 13 cents with 13,000 shares trading $1.05, C2W Music closed at 33 cents with 10,000 units changing hands, General Accident Insurance traded 5,000 units but fell by 40 cents at $2.50, Honey Bun jumped $1.50 to close at $16.50 while 25,160 shares changed hands. iron-rock-ipo-hits-market-shortly/”>Iron Rock Insurance fell 15 cents with 75,500 units changing hands to end at $3.50, Jamaican Teas closed at $3.41 after 72,657 shares changed hands. Jetcon Corporation ended trading with 69,809 shares at $2.50 having lost 5 cents, Key Insurance fell 12 cents while trading 80,039 shares to close at $2.53, KLE group traded 21,400 units at $1.43, Knutsford Express closed with 14,437 units changing hands at $19. Lasco Distributors gained 5 cents to end at $5.45 with 211,347 units trading, Lasco Financial rose by 41 cents and closed at $3.03, with 78,664 shares changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing gained 10 cents with 143,201 shares changing hands to close at $3.70. Medical Disposables closed at $3.15 with 1,300 shares trading, tTech ended with 2,910 shares changing hands at $4.10 as the price gained 5 cents and Derrimon Trading preference share ended with 36,000 units changing hands as the price slipped by 1 cent to end at $2.14.
Honey Bun jumps $2.45 on Friday
There were only 4 stocks closing with bids that were higher than their last selling prices and 4 ended with lower offers.
At the end of trading, AMG Packaging lost 12 cents in trading 1,060 units to end at $13, Blue Power closed with 1,179 units changing hands at $11.20, Caribbean Flavours traded 3,000 units to end at $8.55 after gaining $1.05, Caribbean Producers traded 5,750 units and lost 10 cents to end at $3.90. Consolidated Bakeries rose 18 cents with 12,000 shares trading $1.18, C2W Music closed at 33 cents with 2,000 units changing hands, General Accident Insurance traded 594 units at $2.90, Honey Bun jumped $2.45 to close at $15 while 2,748 shares changed hands. Iron Rock Insurance had 1,000 units changing hands to end at $3.65, ISP Finance closed at $2.50 after trading 48,379 units, Jamaican Teas closed at $3.41 after 1,200 shares changed hands but ended with the offer at $3.35 to sell 68,657 shares. Jetcon Corporation ended trading with 70,611 shares at $2.55 having lost 14 cents, Key Insurance fell 35 cents while trading 91,930 shares to close at $2.65, Knutsford Express closed with 406 units changing hands at $19. Lasco Distributors gained 34 cents to end at $5.40 with 93,665 units trading, Lasco Financial closed at $2.62, with 46,756 shares changing hands, the bid closed at $2.94 to buy 38,000 units with good support down to $2.60, Lasco Manufacturing fell 20 cents with 10,233 shares changing hands to close at $3.60 and tTech ended with 37,729 shares trading to end at $4.05 as the price fell by 3 cents.
More gains for juniors on Monday
The junior market close slightly higher on Monday with an increase of 9.79 points to close at 1,824.16. Trading ended with 17 active securities, 4 of which advanced and 3 declined as 1,018,853 units valued at $4,061,844, changed hands.
There were 5 stocks closing with bids that were higher than their last selling prices and none ended with a lower offer.
At the end of trading, Access Financial had 6,220 shares trading to close at $16.60, Caribbean Cream lost 50 cents in trading 17,450 shares at $4, Caribbean Flavours rose 55 cents with 5,698 shares trading at $8, Caribbean Producers traded 57,130 units, to end at $4.05, C2W Music had 1,000 units changing hands at 33 cents. General Accident ended trading 59,420 units and closed at $2.59, Honey Bun had just 30,500 shares trading but ended unchanged at $11, ISP Finance rose 20 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.55 after trading 6,031 units. Jetcon Corporation lost 24 cents to close at $2.60 after 8,680 shares changed hands, Key Insurance closed at $3 with 8,050 units changing hands. KLE Group traded just 1,485 shares to gain 3 cents to end at $1.69, Knutsford Express jumped $4.50 with just 100 units changing hands at $22, Lasco Distributors ended with 319,314 units trading at $5. Lasco Financial closed at $3 with 127,872 shares changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing ended with 160,969 shares changing hands to close at $3.65, Eppley 10% preference share traded 10,000 units at $6.10 and Derrimon Trading preference share fell 15 cents to end at $2.25 with 198,934 units changing hands.