Trading on the Junior Market ended with 7 securities trading and 935,632 units changing hands valued at $1,312,464. The JSE Junior Market Index declined 0.65 points to close at 871.28, with the price of 2 stocks advancing, 2 declining and Lasco Financial Services closing at new a 52 weeks’ high.
At the close, there were 5 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and none with lower offers. The junior market ended with 3 securities closing with no bids to buy and 10 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, Cargo Handlers finishing with only 594 units to close at $22.28, Caribbean Flavours closed trading with 1,667 shares and gained 5 cents to end at $2.05, Caribbean Producers with 43,000 shares trading closed unchanged at $2.80, General Accident Insurance concluded trading with 365,459 shares changing hands to close 12 cents lower at $1.90 but traded as low as $1.70 during the day. KLE Group traded 449,167 units at 75 cents after losing 9 cents, Lasco Financial Services finished trading with 43,000 units, the price gained 1 cent to $1.67. There was dealing in 32,745 Lasco Manufacturing’s shares as the stock traded unchanged at $1.29.
2 junior stocks rose & 2 fell
More junior stocks up Friday
Consolidated Bakeries closed at a new 52 weeks’ high on Friday
At the close of the market, there were 4 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 4 with lower offers. The junior market ended with 3 securities closing with no bids to buy and 8 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, Access Financial ending with 38,164 shares
changing hands to close higher by 10 cents at $17.10, Cargo Handlers finished with 36,944 units to close at $22.28, Caribbean Cream had just 800 shares trading, lost 1 cent to end at $1.19, Caribbean Flavours ended trading in 8,000 shares with the price falling 10 cents to $2, Consolidated Bakeries closed with a 15 cents increase as 307,613 units traded to land at $1.15. General Accident Insurance concluded trading with 79,105 shares changing hands 7 cents higher at $2.17, Knutsford Express traded just 100 shares at $6, Lasco Distributors traded 5,500 shares, 5 cents higher, at $1.70. Lasco Financial Services finished trading with 184,648 units, the price slipped 1 cent to $1.30 and there was dealing in 13,000 Lasco Manufacturing’s shares to close at $1.30.
9 stocks rose on junior martket
A fall in the price of dolphin cove helped pull the junior market index south
At the close of the market, there were 3 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 8 with lower offers. The junior market ended with only 2 securities closing with no bids to buy and 7 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, Access Financial ending with 3,540 shares changing hands, to close lower by 2 cents at $17, Caribbean Cream closed with 100 shares trading at $1.19 to gain 14 cents, but ended with an offer of 120,000 shares at $1.10. Caribbean Flavours finished trading with 15,774 units to close with a gain of 24 cents at $2.10, Caribbean Producers with 28,511 shares trading, ended higher by 15 cents to a 52 weeks’ high of $3.15, but had an offer of 18,000 units at $3.
Consolidated Bakeries traded unchanged at $1, with just 1,045 shares, Derrimon Trading finished with 38,000 shares changing hands and gained 15 cents to $2.15, Dolphin Cove had just 1,398 units changing hands at $10 while losing 75 cents, General Accident Insurance concluded trading with 6,507 shares changing hands, to close 17 cents higher at $2.17. Lasco Distributors traded 21,609 shares, 10 cent higher, at $1.65, Lasco Financial Services finished trading with 60,200 units, the price rose just 1 cent, to $1.31. There was dealing in 22,900 shares of Lasco Manufacturing as the stock traded lower by 3 cents to $1.37, Medical Disposables contributed 34,000 shares with the price rising 10 cents, to $1.90 and Paramount Trading ended trading with 4,000 shares to end with an increase of 4 cents at $3.76.
New record close for junior market
The junior market closed at a new all-time high, after Lasco Distributors shot up to close at $1.70, a new 52 weeks high. A total of 10 securities traded ending with 200,026 units changing hands valued at $378,709. The JSE Junior Market Index advanced by 7.47 points to close at 844.30, surpassing the previous high of 840.18 reached on July 9, 2013.
The market closed with the price of 5 stocks advancing and 2 declining and 3 closing at 52 weeks’ high. At the close of the market, there were 4 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 3 with lower offers. The junior market ended with 3 securities closing with no bids to buy and 6 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, Access Financial ending with only 200 shares changing hands to close unchanged at $15.10, after almost doubling pretax profit for the March Quarter. 
Cargo Handlers finished with 600 units to close at $22, Caribbean Flavours with 4,750 shares trading closed 12 cents higher at $2, Dolphin Cove finished trading with 300 shares to close 20 cents higher at a new 52 weeks’ high of $10.20. Jamaican Teas concluded trading with 26,442 shares changing hands to close 4 cents higher at $2.65. Lasco Distributors traded 5,000 shares trading, 20 cents higher, at a new 52 weeks’ high of $1.70, Lasco Financial Services finished trading 36,575 units, the price rose 10 cents to $1.40. There was dealing in 8,840 Lasco Manufacturing’s shares as the stock traded lower by 1 cent to $1.34, Medical Disposables contributed 8,000 shares with the price falling 10 cents, to $1.80 and Eppley 9.5% preference share closed trading with 5,000 units at $6.01.
CPJ trades 1.74m shares
Activity on the Junior Market ended with 9 securities traded, comprising 2,201,563 units changing hands, valued at $4,588,656, Caribbean Producers dominated trading with more than 1.74 million units to close at $2.31 in only two trades as the stock gained 1 cent. The JSE Junior Market Index declined 7.17 points to close at 740.74, with the price of 6 stocks advancing and 2 declining and 1 remained unchanged.
At the close of the market, there were 3 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 with the offer that was lower. The junior market ended with 5 securities closing with no bids to buy and 10 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, Caribbean Cream trading 25,055 shares at 65 cents as the price rose by 5 cents. Caribbean Flavours had 10,968 units changing hands, 5 cents higher at $1.85, Derrimon Trading put through 15,000 shares at $2.04, Honey Bun traded 10,000 shares but lost 11 cents in closing at $1.80. Lasco Financial Services had 15,000 units trading 5 cents higher, at $1.15, Lasco Manufacturing traded 352,851 units for 7 cents more at $1.13, Medical Disposables put through 27,000 shares in trading and ended up 4 cents better off at $1.80 and Paramount Trading had 4,905 units changing hands at $3.55 for a 55 cents fall.
7 junior stocks set to rise
The bid on AMG is at $2.50 v $2.26 last sale, after reporting a 35% rise in profit.
At the close of the market, there were 7 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 1 with the offer that was lower. The junior market ended with 5 securities closing with no bids to buy and 12 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale. Noted amongst the stocks with higher bids are AMG Packaging with a bid of $2.50 against the last selling price of $2.26. The company reported 35 percent increase in 6 months profit and an even greater increase in the November quarter Caribbean Cream reported increased profit for the full year and the February quarter of $49 million or 13 cents for the twelve months and 5 cents for the quarter or $18 million. .
The bid for the stock is 66 cents versus the last price of 65 cents. Caribbean Flavours, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing and Medical Disposables all have bids higher than the last selling prices. The three Lasco companies should be reporting full year results at the end of April.Stocks trading in the junior market are, Cargo Handlers that gained 10 cents in trading 2,200 shares, to close at an all-time high of $20.10. Caribbean Producers with 2,100 units put on 5 cents to $2.35, Jamaican Teas gained 2 cents to end at $2.55 while trading 11,606 shares, 15,400 Lasco Distributors’ shares traded at $1.37 and Lasco Manufacturing lost 5 cents in closing at $1.05 while trading 63,531 shares.
Trading climbs to 10 securities Tuesday
Activity on the Junior Market closed with the number of securities traded increasing to 10 compared to 5 on Monday and ending with 598,646 units changing hands valued at $998,353. The JSE Junior Market Index declined 7.11 points to close at 711.08, with the price of 2 stocks advancing and 3 declining.
At the close of the market, there were 3 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 stocks with offers that were lower. The junior market ended with 4 securities closing with no bids to buy and 6 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, Caribbean Flavours contributing 30,000 shares, losing 9 cents to $1.85, Blue Power ending trading with 45,000 shares with a loss of 93 cents to $7.23. Lasco Distributors closing with 190,329 units as the price slipped 10 cents to $1.45, Lasco Manufacturing finishing trading with 214,460 units to close lower by 10 cents to $1.15, Lasco Financial concluding trading with 47,000 units as the price slipped 5 cents to $1.10. Caribbean Producers finishing with 50,000 shares changing hands and ended at $2.10, Consolidated Bakeries finishing with 746 units to close at 90 cents, Derrimon Trading in with 2,796 shares trading at $2.04, General Accident finishing trading with 7,315 shares closed at $1.60, Medical Disposables had dealing in 11,000 units with the price ending at $1.75.
Junior market activity remains low
Activity on the Junior Market closed with 7 securities trading and ending with 154,762 units changing hands valued at $237,206. The JSE Junior Market Index rose 12.75 points to close at 711.99, with the price of 5 stocks advancing and 2 declining.
At the close of the market, there were 2 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 stocks with offers that were lower. The junior market ended with 4 securities closing with no bids to buy and 6 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, AMG Packaging with 100 shares changing hands at 4 cents higher to $2.34, Caribbean Producers concluding trading with 1,000 shares, ended with a gain of 1 cent to $2.01. There was dealing in 710 Dolphin Cove shares, with a 50 cents increase to $9. Lasco Distributors closed trading with 104,491 units to gain 4 cents at $1.50, Medical Disposables ended trading with 20,261 shares changing hands, and rising 20 cents to $1.80, Caribbean Flavours ending with 3,100 units to close lower by 29 cents to $1.76 and Lasco Financial finished with 25,100 shares trading lower for 2 cents to $1.03.
2 junior market stocks hit lows
Activity on the Junior Market closed with 6 securities traded and ending with 622,936 units changing hands valued at $866,023. The JSE Junior Market Index declined 1.24 points to close at 700.44, with the price of 1 stock advancing and 4 declining with two stocks reaching news lows by the end of trading.
At the close of the market, there were 6 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 stocks with offers that were lower. The junior market ended with 6 securities closing with no bids to buy and 5 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, Lasco Financial ending with 156,000 units to close with a gain of 1 cent at $1.06, General Accident while dealing in 152,836 shares closed at $1.70, Caribbean Flavours ending with 10,000 units and closing 30 cents lower at a new 52 weeks’ low of $2.05. Lasco Distributors ending with 164,700 shares, closed with a loss of 1 cent at $1.45, Lasco Manufacturing trading 100,400 units to fall 9 cents to $1.15, Medical Disposables concluded trading with 39,000 units with a decline of 20 cents to a new low of $1.60.
Lasco Manufacturing on top
Lasco water treatment machines, part of the new factory facility at the White Marl in St Catherine,
The JSE Junior Market Index declined 7.92 points to close at 717.77, with the prices of 5 stocks advancing and 2 declining. At the close of the market, there were 2 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with offers that were lower. The junior market ended with 5 securities closing with no bids to buy and 6 securities had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, Cargo Handlers finished with 800 shares as the price jumped at 80 cents to a new all-time high of $17, Caribbean Flavours closing with 101,873 shares to end with an increase of 15 cents to $2.35, General Accident ended trading with 383,758 shares trading at 5 cents to $1.70, Jamaican Teas closing with 200 units trading at 1 cent more to $2.56, Lasco Distributors closing with 500,000 units and put on 3 cents to $1.51. Dolphin Cove closed with 400 units trading to end at 29 cents to $8.51, Lasco Manufacturing in trading 3,458,331 shares lost 10 cents to $1.17, Paramount Trading finished with 2,460 shares changing hands at $4.
