Lasco’s ICool – the company’s stock jumped sharply on Friday.
The Junior Market index advanced 41.20 points to close at 3,077.23 on Friday as heavy weight Lasco Manufacturing rose 18.5 percent and Express Catering recover some lost ground in adding 50 cents with advancing stocks beating those declining two to one.
At the close of market activities, 26 securities changed hands, compared to 32 on Thursday, resulting in prices of 11 rising, 6 declining and 9 remaining unchanged.
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Market activity led to an increase in trading of more than 50 percent with an exchange of 2,959,240 units valued at $11,853,905 compared to 1,878,043 units valued at $7,197,867.01 on Thursday. The average trade for the day amounts to 113,817 units for an average of $455,919 in contrast to 58,689 units for an average of $224,933 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 81,626 units for an average of $311,248 and previously, 80,150 units for an average of $304,282. In contrast, April closed with an average of 87,963 units valued $317,267 for each security traded.
At the close of the market, Access Financial dropped $1.80 to $43.20, with an exchange of 10,750 shares, as the company reported lower profit than the prior year. AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 1 cent at $2, with 75,900 stock units changing hands, Blue Power concluded trading of 7,724 units at $4.50, Cargo Handlers settled at $9.25, with 1,826 shares changing hands, Caribbean Flavours traded 2,370 stock units and climbed $1, to close $17. Caribbean Producers ended trading of 48,776 units at $4.30, Consolidated Bakeries closed with a rise of 20 cents at $2, with investors exchanging 1,456 shares, Derrimon Trading ended 9 cents higher at $2.90, with 61,941 shares traded, Everything Fresh settled at $1.47, with 70,000 units changing hands. Elite Diagnostic ended trading with 96,602 shares, and rose 30 cents to end at $4, Express Catering climbed 50 cents and exchanged 4,350 shares at $7.50, FosRich Group closed with a loss of 5 cents at $4.75, with a swapping of 79,909 shares. Fontana closed 10 cents higher at $4.30, with 311,751 stock units trading, General Accident ended at $4.20, with 19,771 units crossing the exchange, Honey Bun finished at $4.99, with 51,300 shares changing hands, Indies Pharma ended trading 5 cents higher at $3.15, with 126,027 stock units. Iron Rock traded at $3.50, with 39,020 units, Jamaican Teas closed with a loss of 5 cents at $4.25, with 59,809 shares traded, Knutsford Express jumped $1.60 higher to $12.50, with 29,192 shares changing hands, 
Lasco Distributors ended trading of 398,051 shares with a loss of 15 cents to close at $3.55. Lasco Financial traded 84,397 shares at $5, Lasco Manufacturing jumped 60 cents to close at $3.85 trading 1,348,820 stock units, as investors responded strongly to the company’s improved 2019 profit results. SSL Venture Capital finished 4 cents higher at $1.65, with 6,886 shares crossing the exchange, Stationery and Office settled at $9.04, with 5,000 stock units changing hands and tTech traded 17,112 shares with a loss of 1 cent at $5.70. In the junior market preference segment, CAC 2000 closed 15 cents higher at a 52 weeks’ high of $1.30, with 500 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.
The Junior Market index advanced 9.59 points to close at 3,036.03 on Thursday, but with advancing stocks lagging those declining as the dollar value of trading jumping sharply by 235 percent and volume by 357 percent. 
Knutsford Express dived $1.40 to close at $10.90, trading 500 shares, Lasco Distributors ended trading 260,827 shares at $3.70. Lasco Financial traded 17,682 shares and garnered 14 cents to close at $5, Lasco Manufacturing fell by 25 cents to end at $3.25, with an exchange of 17,700 stock units, Main Event closed 14 cents higher at $5.35, with 20,965 units changing hands, Medical Disposables ended with a loss of $1.35 at $5.50, with 25,000 shares trading. Paramount Trading concluded trading with 13,746 shares, at $2.10, SSL Venture Capital finished at $1.61, with an exchange of 5,215 shares, Stationery and Office settled with a loss of 46 cents at $9.04, with 21,200 stock units changing hands and tTech traded 22,000 shares with a loss of 2 cents to close at $5.71.
Jetcon Corporation ended 15 cents higher at $2, with an exchange of 8,565 shares, Key Insurance concluded trading with 5,000 stock units at $3.35. Knutsford Express settled at $12.30, with an exchange of 105 shares, Lasco Distributors ended trading of 158,443 shares with a loss of 10 cents in closing at $3.70, Lasco Financial exchanged 10,500 shares and rose 1 cent to $4.86, Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading of 110,603 stock units and rose 45 cents to close at $3.50. Main Event closed at $5.21, with 6,836 units trading, Stationery and Office added 42 cents in closing at $9.50, with an exchange of 75,974 stock units and tTech traded 38,213 shares after rising 2 cents to end at $5.73.
The Junior Market index declined 17.43 points to close at 3,021.67 on Tuesday, but with advancing stocks beating out decliners by a ratio of three to two.
Jetcon Corporation ended with a loss of 8 cents at $1.85, in trading 8,199 shares, Knutsford Express settled 40 cents higher at $12.30, with an exchange of 4,434 shares, Lasco Distributors ended trading 41,367 shares at $3.80. Lasco Financial traded 327,301 shares after rising 15 cents to close at $4.85, Lasco Manufacturing closed 5 cents higher at $3.05, with 6,014 stock units crossing the exchange, Main Event closed 11 cents higher at $5.21, with an exchange of 8,278 units. SSL Venture Capital finished with a loss of 9 cents at $1.61, with an exchange of 16,350 shares, Stationery and Office settled 4 cents higher at $9.08, while trading 3,000 stock units and tTech finished $5.71 higher at $5.71, with 2,965 shares changing hands.
The Junior Market index suffered a big drop of 99.56 points to close at 3,039.10 on Monday with the prices of Cargo Handlers, Caribbean Producers, Express Catering and Lasco Manufacturing ending with sizeable declines. 
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 72,337 units for an average of $281,702 and previously, 72,405 units for an average of $278,724. In contrast, April closed with an average of 87,963 units valued $317,267 for each security traded.
Jamaican Teas closed with a loss of 14 cents at $4.55, with 1,895 shares changing hands, Jetcon Corporation ended with a loss of 2 cents at $1.93, exchanging 34,000 shares. KLE Group finished with a loss of 40 cents at a 52 weeks’ low of $2, trading 3,500 units, Knutsford Express settled at $11.90, trading 7,214 shares, Lasco Distributors ended trading 17,678 shares, at $3.80, Lasco Financial traded 12,311 shares and gained 1 cent to close at $4.70. Lasco Manufacturing finished trading 32,050 stock units with a loss of 43 cents to end at $3, Main Event closed at $5.10, with 74,133 units changing hands, Paramount Trading concluded trading of 2,400 shares at $2.10. SSL Venture Capital closed at $1.70, with 700 shares traded, Stationery and Office settled 3 cents higher at $9.04, with 362,457 stock units trading and tTech rose 1 cent to $6.09, with an exchange of 300 shares.
Investors pushed the Junior Market index up 10.21 points to close at 3,138.66 on Friday with the same number of advancing and declining stocks but with very low volume passing through the exchnage.
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 72,405 units for an average of $278,724 and previously, 75,993 units for an average of $292,574. In contrast, April closed with an average of 87,963 units valued $317,267 for each security traded.
iCreate lost 10 cents to close at 80 cents, with 102,553 shares traded, Indies Pharma ended trading 5,000 stock units with a gain of 2 cents to close at $3.08. Jamaican Teas closed 1 cent down at $4.69, after trading 200 shares, Jetcon Corporation ended at $1.95, with 12,200 shares changing hands, Key Insurance concluded trading of a mere 100 stock units with a loss of 55 cents at $3.35, Lasco Distributors added 5 cents and ended trading of 3,195 shares at $3.80. Lasco Financial rose 1 cent in trading 11,354 shares at $4.69, Lasco Manufacturing closed trading of 8,943 stock units at $3.43, Main Event lost 30 cents to close at $5.10, with an exchange of just 369 units and Stationery and Office settled 11 cents lower at $9.01, with an exchange of 24,912 stock units.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed $3 higher at $48, with an exchange of 3,010 shares, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 5 cents at $2.10, with 7,200 stock units changing hands, Caribbean Flavours traded 9,579 stock units and rose 50 cents to close at $17. Caribbean Producers finished trading 243,930 units with a loss of 10 cents to end at $4.80, Derrimon Trading ended 15 cents higher at $3, with an exchange of 88,950 shares, Dolphin Cove concluded trading of 101,844 shares and rose by 5 cents to close at $12.05, Everything Fresh settled at $1.53, with 78,014 units changing hands. Elite Diagnostic ended trading 154,178 shares and gained 50 cents to close at but only after peaking at an all-time high of $5.01a 52 weeks’ high of $4. Express Catering traded 76,434 shares and rose by 10 cents to $7, FosRich Group finished trading 58,012 shares at $5, Fontana closed at $4.55, with an exchange of 106,972 stock units, General Accident ended with a loss of 10 cents at $4, with 168,823 units changing hands. Honey Bun finished 99 cents higher at $4.99, with an exchange of 39,250 shares, iCreate settled at $0.85, with an exchange of 39,000 shares, Indies Pharma ended trading 388,224 stock units, with a loss of 12 cents to end at $3.18, ISP Finance jumped $3.50 to $16, in trading 1,000 shares.
Jamaican Teas closed with a loss of 55 cents at $3.65, with an exchange of 17,000 shares, Jetcon Corporation ended with a loss of 60 cents at 52 weeks’ low of $1.80, with 5,300 shares changing hands, Lasco Distributors ended trading of 62,004 shares with a loss of 10 cents to close at $3.80. Lasco Financial fell 9 cents to close at $4.51, with 35,492 shares traded, Lasco Manufacturing finished trading 6,826 stock units with a loss of 16 cents to close at $3.34, Medical Disposables ended at $6.85, with 1,400 shares crossing through the exchange. Paramount Trading concluded trading at $2.10, with 3,750 shares, Stationery and Office settled with a loss of 21 cents at $9.49, with 70,523 stock units changing hands and tTech traded with a loss of 60 cents at $5.30, with an exchange of 3,700 shares.
Caribbean Producers closed trading with 47,875 shares and rose 15 cents to end at $4.90. Derrimon Trading ended 4 cents higher at $2.85, with 12,921 shares changing hands. Everything Fresh settled at $1.53, with an exchange of 98,588 units, Elite Diagnostic ended trading with 366,435 shares and climbed 34 cents higher to end at $3.50, Express Catering traded 22,427 shares with a loss of 10 cents at $6.90. FosRich Group ended the trading of 59,176 shares, at $5, Fontana closed with a loss of 5 cents at $4.55, in exchanging 96,454 stock units, General Accident ended with a loss of 39 cents at $4.10, with 9,800 units traded, GWest Corporation concluded trading of 42,971 shares at $1.39. Honey Bun finished 20 cents higher at $4, with 114,649 shares changing hands, iCreate settled with a loss of 5 cents at $0.85, with an exchange of 41,886 shares, Indies Pharma ended trading of 42,723 stock units, with a loss of 5 cents in closing at $3.30, ISP Finance jumped $1.30 to close at $12.50 after trading 430 shares. Jamaican Teas closed 10 cents higher at $4.20, after trading 106,203 shares, 
Jetcon Corporation ended with a loss of 10 cents at $2.40, with an exchange of 76,185 shares, KLE Group finished trading 12,059 units at $2.40, Knutsford Express settled at $12.50, with 13,621 shares changing hands, Lasco Distributors ended trading with 111,463 shares and rose 1 cent higher to $3.90. Lasco Financial traded 41,105 shares, with a loss of 10 cents to close at $4.60, Lasco Manufacturing closed 16 cents higher at $3.50, with 29,767 stock units changing hands, Main Event closed 6 cents higher at $5.06, with 16,165 units changing hands, Stationery and Office climbed $1.20 higher to $9.70, with an exchange of 73,200 stock units and tTech traded 5,000 shares with a loss of 29 cents to close at $5.90.
with a loss of 9 cents at $3.25, Jamaican Teas lost 65 cents in closing at $3.55, trading 114,500 shares, Jetcon Corporation ended at $2.30, with 109,780 shares changing hands, Knutsford Express settled with a loss of 25 cents at $12.75, in trading 9,170 shares. Lasco Distributors ended trading 30,777 shares, at $3.89, Lasco Financial traded 6,725 shares with a loss of 50 cents at $4.50, Lasco Manufacturing finished trading 55,165 stock units and rose 10 cents to settle at $3.60, Main Event closed with a loss of 10 cents at $5.50, in exchanging 2,000 units. Paramount Trading concluded trading of 400 shares at $2.10, investors acted strongly to a 30 percent rise in the profit of Stationery and Office by driving the price up by $1.49 to close at $8.50 with 198,850 stock units changing hands and tTech traded 70,000 shares 9 cents higher at $6.19.
Jamaican Teas closed 10 cents higher at $4.20, with 1,898 shares changing hands, Jetcon Corporation ended with a loss of 18 cents at $2.30, with 8,088 shares crossing the exchange, but traded earlier, at an intraday 52 weeks’ low of $2.29. Key Insurance concluded trading with 1,247 stock units, after rising 20 cents to end at $3.90, Lasco Distributors traded 65,399 shares with a loss of 1 cent at $3.89, Lasco Financial ended at $5, with 28,300 shares changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing finished with a loss of 2 cents at $3.50, in trading 15,511 stock units. Main Event closed 60 cents higher at $5.60, with an exchange of 888 units, Paramount Trading concluded trading with 11,750 shares at $2.10, SSL Venture Capital finished at $1.70, with 2,846 shares passing through the exchange. Stationery and Office settled at $7.01 with 60,158 stock units changing hands and tTech traded with a loss of 10 cents at $6.10, with the trading of 6,300 shares. In the junior market preference segment, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 8 cents at $1.90, with 25,630 stock units changing hands.