The junior market closed trading on Tuesday with the market index falling 16.25 points, to close at 2,190.45. A total of 13 active securities with only 450,190 shares valued at $1,993,763, changing hands. At the close, 4 stocks advanced and 6 declined.
At the end of trading 7 stocks closed with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 ended with lower offers.
At the end of trading, CAC 2000 gained 1 cent with 1,500 shares changing hands, to end at $6.56, Investors reacted negatively to the release by the Caribbean Producers on Monday, about a write down of inventory and other charges, by marking the stock down by 78 cents, in trading 100,545 shares to close at $3.90.At the close there were bids to buy 2,000 units at $3.85 and 50,000 units at $3.50 then 200,000 units at $3, offers are 98,000 at $4.68 and $4.69 with 50,000 units at $4.75. Dolphin Cove traded 6,282 shares to end with a rise of 35 cents at $12, General Accident Insurance closed at $2.05 with 46,820 units trading, Honey Bun fell 10 cents to close at $5.50, with 76,633 units changing hands, 
Iron Rock Insurance traded 9,000 shares and fell 5 cents to close at $3.30. Jamaican Teas traded 1,800 shares to close at $3.80, Jetcon Corporation lost 35 cents in trading 54,044 units to close at $2.60, Lasco Distributors rose 2 cents while trading 23,496 units to end at $7.40, Lasco Financial ended with 10,098 shares changing hands at $3.20. Lasco Manufacturing fell 1 cent and closed at $5 with 119,342 shares trading, Medical Disposables gained 5 cents in trading 530 shares to close at $3.45 and tTech declined by 10 cents in trading 100 units to close at $4.40.
Juniors hit by 6 losers – Tuesday
Juniors end June up – Thursday
Blue Power hit a new high of $15 on Thursday.
At the end of trading 9 stocks closed with the bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 ended with lower offers. The market has been trading at the upper end a channel, ranging from 1,900 points to 2,300 points at the top, which is constraining movement in either direction as investors await new sets of company results or some other market moving activity.
With the market trading closer to the top than the bottom suggest it is waiting for a break out which the June quarter results could fuel. At the end of trading, Access Financial traded 8,055 shares at $17.40, Blue Power closed at a new high of $15 with 8,000 units trading to gain $1.30, CAC 2000 traded 600 shares but declined 40 cents to end at $6.55, Caribbean Cream gained 14 cents with 9,057 shares changing hands, to close at $5. The out of favour, Caribbean Flavours, lost 44 cents in landing 25,000 shares for buyers at $6.56, Caribbean Producers gained 24 cents with just 5,000 units changing hands, to close at $4.30, C2W Music traded 96,545 shares, to end with a rise of 1 cent at 29 cents, General Accident Insurance closed at $2.05 with 6,045 units trading. Honey Bun gained 10 cents to close at $5.60 with 9,066 units changing hands. 
Jamaican Teas had only 130 shares changing hands with a gain of 40 cents to end at $3.80, Jetcon Corporation gained 30 cents in trading a mere 100 shares to end at $2.95, Lasco Distributors traded 85,577 units to end at $7.50, Lasco Financial ended with 33,527 shares changing hands at $3.45, for a fall of 4 cents. Lasco Manufacturing closed at $5 with 70,325 shares trading, Medical Disposables traded 26,362 shares to close with a gain of 10 cents, at $3.40 and tTech traded 112 units at $4.
Juniors dented – Tuesday
The junior market closed trading on Tuesday with the market index dropping sharply by 38.02 points to 2,167.59. Only 11 active securities with the volume at 829,809 shares valued at $2,684,479 changed hands. 
At the close, 3 stocks advanced and 5 declined while one closed at a new low.
At the end of trading 9 stocks closed with the bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 ended with lower offers.
At the end of trading, Blue Power Group traded 900 shares and rose 15 cents to end at $13.70, CAC 2000 had 500 shares trading firm at $6.95, Caribbean Cream gained 10 cents with 44,500 shares changing hands to close at $5.10, Caribbean Producers traded 
4,000 units to end at $4.06 with a gain of 6 cents. C2W Music had 268,277 shares changing hands, but fell 6 cents to close at an all-time low of 28 cents, Honey Bun lost 40 cents to close at $5.20 with 4,412 units changing hands, Key Insurance closed at $2.50 with 3,600 units changing hands. Lasco Distributors dropped 60 cents in trading 184,611 units to end at $7, Lasco Financial closed with a fall of 1 cents at $3.49, with 800 shares changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $5 with 17,607 shares trading and Medical Disposables traded 300,602 shares to close with a loss of 25 cents at $3.
Juniors close flat on Friday
The junior market closed trading on Friday with 16 active securities as the volume amounted to 1,686,917 shares valued at $7,442,746 changing hands. At the close the junior market index fell by a mere 0.13 points to 2,215.63. Only 2 stocks advanced and 7 declined.
At the end of trading 5 stocks closed with the bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 ended with lower offers.
At the end of trading, CAC 2000 traded 350 units and rose 35 cents to end at $6.95, 
Caribbean Flavours traded 12,682 shares at $7, Caribbean Producers had 15,900 units trading to close at $4, Consolidated Bakeries traded 38,000 units to end at $1.85. C2W Music end trading with 7,019 shares at 34 cents, Dolphin Cove traded 24,218 units at $11.60, General Accident traded with the loss of 4 cents at $2.06, with 3,400 shares changing hands, Honey Bun gained 10 cents to close at $5.80 with 34,568 units changing hand. Iron Rock Insurance closed at $3.20 with 59,000 units changing hands, Jamaican Teas ended with 96,271 shares but lost 40 cents to close at $3.40, 
Jetcon Corporation closed trading with 138,928 shares, to end at $2.65, Lasco Distributors traded 67,216 units to end with a loss of 30 cents, at $7.50. Lasco Financial closed with a fall of 5 cents at $3.39, with 321,690 shares changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing lost 1 cent to close at $5 with 810,020 shares trading, Medical Disposables traded 11,500 shares to close at $3.50 after shedding 10 cents, Derrimon Trading 11.75% preference share traded 46,155 units but lost 6 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $2.08.
Lasco Manufacturing dominates juniors
Lasco Manufacturing had the largest trade in the junior market on Wednesday
At the end of trading 8 stocks closed with the bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 ended with lower offers.
At the end of trading, AMG Packaging closed with 130,000 shares changing hands at $13, CAC 2000 traded just 1,000 units at $6.70, Cargo Handlers had 4,000 units trading at $46, Caribbean Cream traded 191,729 units, to end with a rise of 1 cent at $5, Caribbean Flavours ended with 9,600 shares changing hands at $7. Caribbean Producers had 19,477 units trading with a fall of 15 cents to close at $4.35, Consolidated Bakeries traded 5,000 units to end at $1.85, 
Honey Bun closed at $5.50 with 60,695 units changing hands, but the bid was at $5.76 at the close, to buy a small volume. Iron Rock closed trading with 1,000 shares, but fell 3 cents to end at $3.20, Knutsford Express had 2,963 units changing hands at $17.50, Lasco Distributors traded 29,867 units to end with a gain of 2 cents, at $7.90, Lasco Financial closed with a rise of 9 cents, at $3.44 with 216,475 shares changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing declined by 10 cents to close at $5 with 4,264,787 shares trading, Medical Disposables traded 19,630 shares to close at $3.60 after shedding 40 cents and tTech ended with 3,921 units changing hands to close at $4.
Juniors had quiet – Monday
Trading in junior market closed with 13 active securities, with overall volume traded remaining low leading to only 775,816 shares valued at $4,015,547 changing hands on Monday. At the close 3 stocks advanced and 2 declined and the junior market index fell 4.72 points to 2,250.31.
At the end of trading 6 stocks closed with the bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 ended with lower offers.
At the end of trading, AMG Packaging closed with 2,128 shares changing hands at $13, CAC 2000 traded 3,135 shares at $6.70, Caribbean Cream traded 13,843 units to end with a gain of 20 cents at $5, the stock was offered at $4.99 at the close, to sell 50,000 units, Dolphin Cove traded 8,338 units to close at $11.50. 
Honey Bun closed at $6 with 27,574 units changing hands, ISP Finance traded 31,499 units to close at $4.10, Jamaican Teas closed trading with 1,400 shares at $3.80, Jetcon traded 15,424 shares and gained 1 cent at $2.51, Lasco Distributors traded 105,769 units to end with a loss of 3 cents, at $7.95. Lasco Financial closed unchanged at $3.44 with 79,427 shares changing hands, while Lasco Manufacturing gained 4 cents and closed at $5.09 with 392,314 shares trading, Medical Disposables traded 2,000 shares to close at $4 and tTech ended with 92,965 units changing hands but fell 5 cent to close at $4.
Juniors up volume down – Thursday
Trading in junior market, saw an increase in the number of active securities over that of Wednesday, but the volume of stocks traded fell well below the nearly 10 million units that were previously traded, as the market closed with 17 securities being active, leading to 8 advancing and 6 declining.
The junior index rose 15.46 points to 2,245.44 at the close as only 755,695 shares changed hands down from 9,846,087 units of Wednesday, valued at $3,529,737 changed hands, in contrast to $46,610,748, previously. At the end of trading the bids for 5 stocks closed higher than their last selling prices and 2 ended with lower offers.
At the end of trading, Access Financial traded 4,210 shares and rose 30 cents, to end at $17.30, CAC 2000 gained 15 cents in trading 270 shares, to end at $6.70.
Caribbean Cream gained 20 cents, to trade 192,014 units at $4.80, after the company announced consideration of the payment of a dividend at a meet to be held later in June. Caribbean Flavours traded 8,000 units to end at $7, Caribbean Producers traded just 840 shares at $4.20, Consolidated Bakeries traded 223,538 shares to close with a fall of 4 cents at $1.85, Dolphin Cove ended at $11.50 with 38,500 shares changing hands, to gain 50 cents, General Accident traded 9,500 shares and lost 1 cent to end at $2.25. Honey Bun rose 65 cents, to close at $5.70 with 19,928 units changing hands, after it traded at $5, in the morning session. Iron Rock Insurance traded 23,955 shares but gained 7 cents to close at $3.30, 
IC Insider BUY RATED ISP Finance Services traded 6,000 units at $4.10 after falling by 5 cents. Jamaican Teas lost 10 cents in trading 4,540 shares at $3.70, Jetcon traded 42,398 shares but fell by 15 to $2.50, Lasco Distributors traded 130,530 units to end unchanged at $7.99. Lasco Financial gained 4 cents to close at $3.40 with 20,188 shares changing hands, while Lasco Manufacturing closed with a gain of 5 cents at $5.05 with 28,284 shares trading and tTech ended with 3,000 units changing hands but fell 14 cents to close at $4.06.
Juniors moved higher – Friday
Honey Bun dropped sharply by $1.62 on Friday to hit $.525 at the close.
The bids for 9 stocks closed higher than their last selling prices and 3 ended with lower offers.
At the end of trading, Access Financial Services traded 4,500 units at $17, AMG Packaging rose 40 cents in trading 1,823 shares at $12.40, Caribbean Cream gained 30 cents to end at $4.45, after trading 12,400 shares.
Caribbean Flavours gained 65 cents and ended with 33,853 shares changing hands at $7.50, Caribbean Producers traded 5,500 shares to close at $4.10, Consolidated Bakeries traded 10,000 shares to close at $2, C2W Music traded 20,000 shares to end at 43 cents. Derrimon Trading fell 55 cents to $3.30, with 3,000 shares changing hands, General Accident Insurance gained 2 cents while trading 2,000 shares at $2.32, Honey Bun dropped sharply from its recent all-time high of $7.50 by 14 percent, by slashing $1.62 in trading on Friday with 243,212 units changing hands, to end at $5.25.
A director sold 2 million units of Jamaican Teas shares with the price falling 10 cents as a total of 2,020,886 shares were traded to close at $3.10, Jetcon Corporation had 280,878 units changing hands at $2.65 after falling 5 cents. Lasco Distributors rose 34 cents in trading 2,800 units to end at $7.99, Lasco Financial closed at $3.20 with 38,500 shares changing hands to gain 4 cents, while Lasco Manufacturing closed at $5.05 with 20,688 shares trading with the price rising 5 cents and Medical Disposables traded 4,000 units at $3.53.
Juniors inch forward – Thursday
Lasco Manufacturing headed back to $5 on Thursday, after gaining 25 cents..
The bids for 7 stocks closed higher than their last selling prices and 3 ended with lower offers.
At the end of trading, Access Financial Services traded 3,200 units at $17, AMG Packaging fell by 40 cents in trading 24,867 shares at $12, CAC 2000 closed at $6.55 with 236 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cream dropped 40 cents to end at $4.15, after trading 343,700 shares. Caribbean Flavours lost $1.14 and ended with 30,000 shares changing hands at $6.85, Caribbean Producers traded 4,513 shares to close with a loss of 40 cents, at $4.10, Consolidated Bakeries traded 337,192 shares to close at $2, C2W Music traded 26,000 shares to end at 43 cents. Dolphin Cove traded 4,000 units and gained 10 cents to end at $11.10, General Accident Insurance had 7,500 shares trading at $2.30, Honey Bun fell by 8 cents in trading 207,765 units at $6.87, Iron Rock had 109,000 shares changing hands with a gain of 3 cents, to end at $3.23.
ISP Finance traded 20,705 shares at $3.45, Jamaican Teas traded 75,159 shares and closed at $3.90, Jetcon Corporation had 103,000 units changing hands at $2.65 after gaining 5 cents, KLE Group closed with 2,000 units changing hands at $1.03 with a fall of 17 cents. Lasco Distributors rose 15 cents in trading 10,847 units to end at $7.65, Lasco Financial closed unchanged at $3.16 with just 500 shares changing hands while Lasco Manufacturing closed at $5 with 724,739 shares trading with the price rising 25 cents and tTech traded 52,000 units at $4.05.
9 junior stocks fall 4 rise – Wednesday
Honey Bun traded at a new high Wednesday.
The bids for 5 stocks closed higher than their last selling prices and 4 ended with lower offers.
At the end of trading, CAC 2000 rose by 5 cents and closed at $6.55 with 5,000 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cream gained 5 cents to end at $4.55, after trading 93,680 shares, Caribbean Producers traded 2,500 shares, to close at $4.50, Consolidated Bakeries traded 4,270 shares with a loss of 2 cents, to close at $2. C2W Music traded 18,000 shares and gained 3 cents, to end at 43 cents, Dolphin Cove traded 79,515 units and lost 20 cents to end at $11, Honey Bun fell by 5 cents in trading 183,042 units at $6.95 after trading at a new high of $7.51 earlier in the day. Jamaican Teas traded 12,500 shares and closed at $3.90.
Jetcon Corporation had 10,000 units changing hands at $2.65 after falling by 10 cents, Key Insurance traded 5,000 shares and lost 25 cents to close at $2.50, KLE Group closed with 1,500 units changing hands at $1.20, having lost 16 cents, Lasco Distributors fell 49 cents in trading 472,645 units to end at $7.50. Lasco Financial closed with a rise of 1 cent at $3.16 with 195,440 shares changing hands while Lasco Manufacturing traded 116,110 shares and dropped 15 cents to close at $4.75, tTech traded just 28,351 units at $4.05 after shedding 7 cents and Eppley 8.5% preference share traded 42,500 shares at $6 but lost 10 cents.
