Lasco Distributors slaps Junior Market – Wednesday

March 14, 2018 by

Lasco’s ICool drinks.

A fall in the price of Lasco Distributors to $3.50 with just over 2.5 million units trading at this level on the Junior Market on Wednesday. The stock lost 40 cents from Tuesday’s close to end at $4 and was mostly responsible for the 52.05 points drop in the market index to 2,899.61.
Market activity resulted in 23 securities changing hands with 7 securities advancing, 5 declining and 11 remaining unchanged, with an exchange of 7,801,377 units valued at $30,185,618. On Tuesday 25 securities traded with 1,349,465 units valued at $4,963,939 changing hands.
Trading ended with an average of 339,190 units for an average of $1,312,418 compared to an average of 53,979 units for an average of $198,558 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 122,453 units at $488,239, compared to an average of, 99,267 units at $400,071 on the previous trading day. February closed with an average of 338,697 units at an average value of $1,495,774 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows just 1 stock ending with the bid higher than the last selling price and 7 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 15 cents at $2.05, as 504,135 stock units traded, Blue Power concluded trading at $33.01, with 136 units, CAC 2000 finished 50 cents higher at $9, with 5,300 shares, Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of 5 cents at $10.40, with 5,668 shares, Caribbean Producers finished trading at $4.62, with 823,986 units. C2W Music ended with a loss of 1 cent at 44 cents, with 941 shares, Dolphin Cove finished $18 higher at $18, with 902 stock units, Elite Diagnostic settled 2 cents higher at $3.02, with 236,396 units, Eppley ended trading 15 cents higher at $10.15, with 1,924 shares. Express Catering traded with a loss of 10 cents at $4.70, with 1,996 shares, FosRich Group finished trading at $2.68, with 37,662 shares, General Accident closed at $2.90, with 68,000 stock units, Honey Bun concluded trading at $4.80, with 130,000 shares. Jamaican Teas ended trading at $4.50, with 60,000 stock units, Jetcon Corporation traded at $4.15, with 67,320 units, Key Insurance finished trading 15 cents higher at $4.10, with 500 shares, Knutsford Express ended with a loss of 50 cents at $14, with 100,360 shares. Lasco Distributors concluded trading 30 cents higher at $4, with 5,474,396 stock units, Lasco Financial finished at $5, with 7,150 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled at $4, with 92,195 shares, Main Event ended trading 5 cents higher at $6, with 100,000 shares. Paramount Trading finished trading at $3.20, with 30,838 stock units and Stationery and Office closed 10 cents higher at $5.60, with 51,572 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

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Losses edged out gains on Junior Market

March 9, 2018 by

The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange index closed virtually flat at the close of trading on Friday with a miniscule rise of just 0.03 points to close at 2,916.93 with the prices of 9 securities advancing, 10 declining and 7 remaining unchanged.
Market activity resulted in 26 securities changing hands, compared to 25 trading on Thursday, with an exchange of 3,564,305 units valued at $13,411,844 versus 1,521,188 units valued at $6,228,409 on Thursday.
Trading ended with an average of 137,089 units for an average of $249,136 compared to an average of 60,848 units for an average of $249,136 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 113,074 units at $457,447, compared to an average of 108,678 units at $446,755 on the previous trading day. February closed with an average of 338,697 units at an average value of $1,495,774 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ending with the bid higher than the last selling price and 3 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial gained $1 to close at $51, with 26,900 shares trading, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 5 cents at $2, as 143,545 stock units traded, CAC 2000 finished with a loss of 1 cent at $8.50, in exchanging 5,800 shares, Caribbean Cream ended trading $1 higher at $7, with 8,000 shares, Caribbean Flavours added 84 cents to end at $10.90, with 2,250 stock units. Caribbean Producers finished trading with a loss of 21 cents at $4.41, as 17,500 units changed hands, Consolidated Bakeries closed at $2, with 3,400 shares, Dolphin Cove finished at $18, with 1,133 stock units, Elite Diagnostic settled 9 cents higher at $3.01, with 2,009,501 units. Eppley ended trading at $9.50, with 800 shares trading, Express Catering traded with a loss of 3 cents at $4.82, after 26,137 shares were transferred, FosRich Group fell 7 cents at $2.68, with 17,780 shares, General Accident closed 40 cents higher at $3.30, with 245,747 stock units. GWest Corporation lost 4 cents at $2.85, with 15,000 units, Honey Bun concluded trading at $4.85, with 29,800 shares, Jamaican Teas ended trading with a loss of 20 cents at $4.55, with 50,874 stock units, Jetcon Corporation traded with a loss of 27 cents at $3.88, with 188,113 units. KLE Group closed at $2.30, with 55,000 shares, Knutsford Express ended $1 higher at $15, with 15,617 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading down, 5 cents at $4.15, with 75,802 stock units, Lasco Financial finished at $5, with 4,700 units. Lasco Manufacturing settled 25 cents higher at $4.25, with 508,477 shares, Main Event rose 39 cents to $6.20, with 88,990 shares, Paramount Trading finished trading and rose 3 cents to $3.19, with 7,000 stock units, Stationery and Office closed at $5.50, with 13,189 units and tTech concluded trading with a loss of 55 cents at $5, after 3,250 shares changed hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

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Junior Market makes modest gains – Thursday

March 8, 2018 by

The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange index, gained 6.10 points to close at 2,916.90 on Thursday, with 25 securities changing hands, compared to 21 trading on Wednesday.
Market activity resulted in the prices of 9 securities advancing, 9 declining and 7 remaining unchanged, from an exchange of 1,521,188 units valued at $6,228,409 versus 3,531,852 units valued at $15,298,043 on Wednesday.
Trading ended with an average of 60,848 units for an average of $249,136 compared to an average of 168,183 units for an average of $728,478 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 108,678 units at $446,755, compared to an average of 118,898 units at $488,981 on the previous trading day. February closed with an average of 338,697 units at an average value of $1,495,774 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks ending with the bid higher than the last selling price and 3 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended 5 cents higher at $2.05, with 259,390 stock units, Blue Power concluded trading at $33.01, with 500 units, CAC 2000 finished with a loss of 19 cents at $8.51, with 6,739 shares, Caribbean Cream ended trading with a loss of 5 cents at $6, after 9,700 shares were exchanged, Caribbean Flavours traded 6 cents higher at $10.06, with 4,000 stock units. Caribbean Producers finished trading at $4.62, with 16,785 units, C2W Music ended at 45 cents, with 3,000 shares trading, Derrimon Trading closed at $7.50, with 50,729 shares changing hands, Dolphin Cove finished $1.90 higher at $18, with 4,700 stock units. Elite Diagnostic settled at $2.92, with 293,553 units, Eppley ended trading with a loss of 50 cents at $9.50, with 900 shares, Express Catering traded with a loss of 5 cents at $4.85, with 30,913 shares, FosRich Group finished trading 5 cents higher at $2.75, with 40,706 shares. Honey Bun concluded trading as the price rose 45 cents to $4.85, with just 100 shares, Jamaican Teas ended trading with a loss of 5 cents at $4.75, after exchanging 17,773 stock units, Jetcon Corporation traded with a loss of 40 cents to close at $4.15, with 295,302 units, Knutsford Express ended with a loss of 1 cent at $14, trading 2,655 shares. Lasco Distributors closed 15 cents higher at $4.20, with 61,807 stock units, Lasco Financial added 30 cents to end at $5, with 116,000 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled with a loss of 25 cents at $4, trading 35,881 shares, Main Event ended trading at $5.81, with 655 shares. Medical Disposables traded 5 cents higher at $4.90, with 8,500 shares, Paramount Trading finished trading 1 cent higher at $3.16, with 1,000 stock units, Stationery and Office closed at $5.50, with 243,930 units and tTech concluded trading with a loss of 45 cents at $5.55, after 15,970 shares changed hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

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Big drop in Junior Market – Thursday

March 1, 2018 by

The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange index dropped sharply on Thursday with 64.06 points fall to close at 2,860.87 as the prices of 7 securities advanced, 11 declined and 10 remained unchanged from 26 securities changing hands, the same number changing hands on Wednesday.
Market activity resulted in an exchange of 3,574,111 units valued at $13,735,257 versus an exchange of 33,681,650 units valued at $100,532,367 on Wednesday. Trading ended with an average of 137,466 units for an average of $528,279 compared to an average of 1,295,448 units for an average of $3,866,630 on Wednesday. February closed with an average of 338,697 units at an average value of $1,495,774 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks ending with the bid higher than the last selling price and 4 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed at $50, with 15,366 shares, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 3 cents at $2.03, with 600,000 stock units, Blue Power concluded trading with a loss of 4.99 cents at $35, with 2,000 units, Caribbean Cream ended trading with a loss of 30 cents at $6, with 26,844 shares, Caribbean Flavours traded with a loss of 70 cents at $10, with 18,827 stock units. Consolidated Bakeries closed at $1.90, with 11,700 shares, Derrimon Trading concluded trading at $7, with 53,928 shares, Elite Diagnostic settled with a loss of 17 cents at $2.73, with 317,840 units, Express Catering traded 6 cents higher at $4.34, with 13,842 shares. FosRich Group finished trading 10 cents higher at $2.61, with 72,592 shares, General Accident closed at $2.90, with 423,294 stock units, GWest Corporation ended at $3, with 147,526 units, Honey Bun concluded trading with a loss of 1.14 cents at $4, with 605,300 shares. Iron Rock finished at $3, with 3,600 shares, ISP Finance settled $1 higher at $12.05, with 7,773 shares, Jamaican Teas ended trading 29 cents higher at $4.99, with 15,600 stock units, Jetcon Corporation traded at $4.60, with 176 units. Knutsford Express ended at $15, with 4,651 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading with a loss of 30 cents at $4, with 432,046 stock units, Lasco Financial finished 22 cents higher at $4.72, with 339,866 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled with a loss of 49 cents at $3.75, with 199,371 shares. Main Event ended trading with a loss of 10 cents at $5.90, with 3,995 shares, Medical Disposables traded with a loss of 4 cents at $4.85, with 59,680 shares, Paramount Trading finished trading 5 cents higher at $3.35, with 32,500 stock units, Stationery and Office closed 24 cents higher at $5.30, with 147,287 units and tTech concluded trading with a loss of 1 cent at $5, with 18,507 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

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Elite dominates Junior market trading – Wednesday

February 28, 2018 by

Elite Diagnostics accounted for 31.7M of Wednesday’s Junior Market trading.

Elite Diagnostic traded 31.7 million shares on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Wednesday with 26 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 33,681,650 units valued at $100,532,367.
The number of securities trading on Wednesday was slightly down from 27 that were changing hands on Tuesday and resulted in 6,804,974 units valued at $25,440,524 changing hands on Tuesday. The Junior Market index advanced 28.52 points to close at 2,924.93 as the prices of 8 securities advanced, 8 declined and 10 remained unchanged.
Trading ended with an average of 1,295,448 units for an average of $3,866,630 compared to an average of 252,036 units for an average of $942,242 on Tuesday. An average of 338,697 units at an average value of $1,495,774 traded, and previously 272,715 units at an average value of $1,495,774. In contrast, January closed with an average of 122,386 shares, valued at $489,704 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks ending with the bid higher than the last selling price and 4 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed at $50, with 1,800 shares, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 14 cents at $2.06, with 221,913 stock units, Blue Power jumped $5.12 to close trading at $39.99, with 500 units, Caribbean Cream settled 13 cents higher at $6.30, with 44,700 shares, Caribbean Flavours ended trading with a loss of 20 cents at $10.70, with 3,798 shares. Caribbean Producers traded with a loss of 35 cents at $4.05, with 30,000 stock units, Cargo Handlers closed $10.45 higher at $10.45, with 395 shares, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 50 cents at $7, with 127,016 shares, Elite Diagnostic finished 20 cents higher at $2.90, with 31,748,062 stock units, Eppley ordinary share settled at $10, with 50,196 units. Express Catering ended trading with a loss of 5 cents at $4.28, with 280,992 shares, General Accident finished trading at $2.90, with 70,400 shares, GWest Corporation closed at $3, with 159,035 stock units, Honey Bun ended $1.04 higher at $5.14, with 200 units trading. Jetcon Corporation ended trading at $4.60, with 161,700 stock units, Knutsford Express closed at $15, with 3,293 shares, Lasco Distributors ended at $4.30, with 41,039 shares, Lasco Financial concluded trading with a loss of 30 cents at $4.50, with 565,272 stock units. Lasco Manufacturing finished with a loss of 6 cents at $4.24, after 59,400 units trading, Main Event settled 15 cents higher at $6, with 49,590 shares, Medical Disposables ended trading 4 cents higher at $4.89, with 3,000 shares, Paramount Trading closed 20 cents higher at $3.30, with 300 shares. Stationery and Office finished trading at $5.06, with 35,154 stock units and tTech ended 55 cents higher at $6, with 13,695 shares. In the junior market preference segment, Derrimon Trading ended at $2.15, with 10,000 stock units and Eppley 9.5% finished at $7.29, with 200 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

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Junior Market trading picks up – Tuesday

February 27, 2018 by

Trading in GWest shares accounted for more than 3.7m units.

The Junior Market enjoyed robust trading on Tuesday with 27 securities changing hands, up from 23 on Monday.
The market closed with an exchange of 6,804,974 units valued at $25,440,524 compared to 1,526,211 units valued at $4,615,508 on Monday. The Junior Market index lost 19.93 points to 2,896.41 as the prices of 10 securities advanced, 11 declined and 6 remained unchanged.
Trading ended with an average of 252,036 units for an average of $942,242 compared to an average of 66,357 units for an average of $200,674 on Monday. An average of 272,715 units at an average value of $1,495,774 traded, and previously 274,310 units at an average value of $1,538,475. In contrast, January closed with an average of 122,386 shares, valued at $489,704 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks ending with the bid higher than the last selling price and 3 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial jumped by $5 higher to $50, with 71,095 shares changing hands, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 24 cents at $2.20, with 115,129 stock units, Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of 1 cent at $10.89, with 1,000 shares, Caribbean Cream ended trading with a loss of 3 cents at $6.17, with 4,000 shares, Caribbean Flavours traded at $10.90, with 2,650 stock units. Caribbean Producers finished trading 40 cents higher at $4.40, with 100 units, Derrimon Trading concluded market activity with a rise of 50 cents to $7.50, with 13,559 shares, Elite Diagnostic settled 3 cents higher at $2.70, with 1,297,976 units, Eppley concluded trading at $10, with 80,000 units, Express Catering ended trading 3 cents higher at $4.33, with 8,000 shares. FosRich Group traded with a loss of 19 cents at $2.51, with 62,000 shares, General Accident finished trading 10 cents higher at $2.90, with 438,271 shares, GWest Corporation rose 40 cents and closed at $3, with 3,703,621 stock units, Honey Bun ended with a loss of 1.05 cents at $4.10, with 355,724 units. Iron Rock concluded trading at $3, with 3,300 shares, Jamaican Teas settled with a loss of 5 cents at $4.70, with 100,150 shares, Jetcon Corporation ended trading at $4.60, with 65,965 stock units, KLE Group finished trading at $2.30, with 4,325 shares. Knutsford Express closed at $15, with 32,400 shares, Lasco Distributors ended with a loss of 10 cents at $4.30, with 184,234 shares, Lasco Financial concluded trading with a loss of 5 cents at $4.80, with 176,447 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing finished with a loss of 13 cents at $4.30, with 43,940 units. Main Event settled with a loss of 18 cents at $5.85, with 4,668 shares, Medical Disposables ended trading at $4.85, with 3,000 shares, Stationery and Office finished trading 4 cents higher at $5.06, with 25,555 stock units and tTech ended 45 cents higher at $5.45, with an exchange of 7,465 shares. In the junior market preference segment, Eppley settled 4 cents higher at $7.29, with 400 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

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Junior Market volume slides – Monday

February 26, 2018 by

The market closed on Monday with 23 securities changing hands, up from 21 on Friday, resulting in an exchange of 1,526,211 units valued at $4,615,508, compared to 5,241,602 units valued at $19,221,963, on Friday.
The Junior Market index fell 11.94 points to close at 2,916.34 as the prices of 8 securities advanced, 9 declined and 6 remained unchanged.
Trading ended with an average of 66,357 units for an average of $200,674 compared to an average of 249,600 units for an average of $915,332 on Friday. An average of 274,310 units at an average value of $1,538,475 traded, and previously 288,936 units at an average value of $1,632,571. In contrast, January closed with an average of 122,386 shares, valued at $489,704 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ending with the bid higher than the last selling price and 3 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 1 cent at $2.44, with 3,500 stock units, Caribbean Cream ended trading with a loss of $1.32to $6.20, with 7,900 shares, Caribbean Flavours traded 1 cent higher at $10.90, with 9,725 stock units, Caribbean Producers finished trading with a loss of 40 cents at $4, with 12,490 units, Consolidated Bakeries closed 12 cents higher at $1.90, with 8,059 shares. Derrimon Trading concluded trading with a loss of 15 cents at $7, with 1,707 shares, Elite Diagnostic settled with a loss of 23 cents at $2.67, with 1,231,455 units, Express Catering traded with a loss of 40 cents at $4.30, with 17,778 shares, FosRich Group finished trading at $2.70, with 103,300 shares. General Accident closed at $2.80, with 6,012 stock units, GWest Corporation ended 10 cents higher at $2.60, with 12,653 units, Honey Bun concluded trading 2 cents higher at $5.15, with 500 shares, Iron Rock finished at $3, with 10,000 shares. ISP Finance settled $1.05 higher at $11.05, with 2,500 shares, Jamaican Teas ended trading with a loss of 3 cents at $4.75, with 12,045 stock units, Jetcon Corporation traded at $4.60, with 11,050 units, Knutsford Express ended at $15, with 1,627 shares. Lasco Distributors concluded trading 3 cents higher at $4.40, with 19,647 stock units, Lasco Financial finished with a loss of 15 cents at $4.85, with 24,372 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled at $4.43, with 6,000 shares, Main Event ended trading 3 cents higher at $6.03, with 3,000 shares, Stationery and Office closed 2 cents higher at $5.02, with 18,059 units and tTech concluded trading with a loss of 40 cents at $5, with 2,832 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

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Elite list on Junior Market but no trade – Tuesday

February 20, 2018 by

Elite Diagnostics fresh from a recent initial Public Issue that was heavily oversubscribed failed to record a trade at the close of the market on Tuesday but investors put through trades in the market up to $3.30 with 391,447 shares which were canceled at the close.
Elite can trade up to $3.38 on Wednesday. At the end of trading, the stock close with bids to buy 2.95 million shares at $2.60, 30 percent higher than the IPO price of $2. Elsewhere, Caribbean Producers traded 20 million shares at $4.30 and Iron Rock Insurance traded 3.9 million units at $3 on a day of heightened volume.
The Junior Market index advanced 11.92 points to close at 2,883.68 on Tuesday, as the prices of 5 securities advanced, 8 declined and 5 remained unchanged.
The market closed with 18 securities changing hands, resulting in 24,250,087 shares valued at $100,904,262 trading, compared to 20 securities trading on Monday with 6,699,330 shares valued at $22,327,925 securities changing hands.
Trading ended with an average of 1,347,227 units for an average of $5,605,792 in contrast to an average of 334,967 units averaging $1,116,396 on Monday. An average of 806,402 units at an average value of $1,779,476 traded, and previously 211,318 units at an average value of $1,500,635. In contrast, January closed with an average of 122,386 shares, valued at $489,704 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks ending with the bid higher than the last selling price and 3 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Blue Power concluded trading 84 cents higher at $33.85, with 140 units, Caribbean Cream ended trading with a loss of 10 cents at $4.90, with 711,797 shares, Caribbean Flavours traded with a loss of 1 cent at $10.89, with 2,700 stock units, Caribbean Producers finished trading with a loss of 10 cents at $4.30, with 20,002,400 units, Dolphin Cove finished 85 cents higher at $16.85, with 3,868 stock units. FosRich Group traded 1 cent higher at $2.51, with 19,710 shares, General Accident finished trading at $2.80, with 10,450 shares, GWest Corporation closed at $2.74, with 1,540 stock units, Honey Bun ended at $5.25, with 9,227 units. Iron Rock concluded trading at $3, with 3,192,000 shares, Jetcon Corporation ended trading at $4.60, with 300 stock units, Knutsford Express closed with a loss of 1.90 cents at $13.10, with 3,330 shares, Lasco Distributors ended 15 cents higher at $4.50, with 39,144 shares. Lasco Financial concluded trading with a loss of 5 cents at $5.20, with 39,231 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing finished 75 cents higher at $4.45, with 76,794 units, Main Event settled with a loss of 4 cents at $5.76, with 42,810 shares, Stationery and Office finished trading with a loss of 11 cents at $5.40, with 56,198 stock units and tTech ended with a loss of 60 cents at a 52 weeks’ low at $5, with 38,448 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

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Junior Market in sharp drop – Monday

February 19, 2018 by

CAC closed at a new high on Monday.

The Junior Market suffered a sharp 2 percent drop with the index shedding 59.56 points to close at 2,871.76 on Monday, as the prices of 7 securities advanced, 9 declined and 4 remained unchanged.
The market closed with 20 securities changing hands, resulting in 6,699,330 shares valued at $22,327,925 trading, compared to 8 securities trading on Friday with 3,826,595 shares valued at $11,225,879 securities changing hands.
Trading ended with an average of 334,967 units for an average of $1,116,396 in contrast to 212,589 units for an average of $582,881 on Friday. An average of 211,318 units at an average value of $1,500,635 traded, and previously 200,424 units at an average value of $1,534,489. In contrast, January closed with an average of 122,386 shares, valued at $489,704 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks ending with the bid higher than the last selling price and 3 with lower offers.
The market will have Elite Diagnostics trading for the first time on Tuesday, following the heavy over subscription of the Initial public issue.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended 10 cents higher at $2.10, with 3,023,130 stock units, Blue Power dropped 79 cents to end trading at $33.01, with 3,500 units, CAC 2000 gained 94 cents to close at an all time high of $9.99, with 935 shares, Cargo Handlers settled at $10.90, with 1,000 shares, Caribbean Cream ended trading with a loss of 20 cents at $5, after 3,715 shares changed hands. Caribbean Producers finished trading 20 cents higher at $4.40, with 1,280 units, Derrimon Trading fell 50 cents to $7, with 8,337 shares, Dolphin Cove finished with a loss of $2.50 at $16, and 6,835 stock units traded, Express Catering fell 10 cents to $4.60, with 10,000 shares. FosRich Group traded with a loss of 10 cents at $2.50, with 5,621 shares, General Accident finished down 4 cents at $2.80, with 101,661 shares, GWest Corporation closed 4 cents higher at $2.74, with 551 stock units, Honey Bun ended at $5.25, with 67,143 units. Jetcon Corporation ended trading at $4.60, with 218,429 stock units, Knutsford Express closed $2 higher at $15, with 617 shares, Lasco Distributors ended with a loss of 17 cents at $4.35, with 83,262 shares, Lasco Financial concluded trading at $5.25, with 43,680 stock units. Lasco Manufacturing finished with a loss of 80 cents at $3.70, with 3,010,717 units, Main Event rose 4 cents to close at $5.80, with 5,909 shares and Stationery and Office finished trading 31 cents higher at $5.51, with 103,008 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

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Junior Market rose modestly on Friday

February 16, 2018 by

Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with the prices of 9 securities advancing, 4 declining and 5 remaining unchanged leading to the market Index advancing 5.72 points to 2,941.32.
The market closed with 18 securities changing hands, resulting in 3,826,595 shares valued at $11,225,879 trading, compared to 21 securities trading on Thursday with 4,506,090 shares valued at $11,225,879 securities changing hands.
Trading ended with an average of 212,589 units for an average of $582,881 in contrast to 214,576 units for an average of $434,566 on Thursday. An average of 200,424 units at an average value of $1,534,489 traded, and previously 199,377 units at an average value of $1,616,445. In contrast, January closed with an average of 122,386 shares, valued at $489,704 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 9 stocks ending with the bid higher than the last selling price and 4 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed 1 cent higher at $45.02, with 18,500 shares, AMG Packaging ended at $2, with 3,056,419 stock units trading, Cargo Handlers settled at $10.90, with 974 shares, Derrimon Trading concluded trading 38 cents higher at $7.50, with 6,441 units, Express Catering ended trading 10 cents higher at $4.70, with 67,234 shares. FosRich Group traded 10 cents higher at $2.60, with 1,300 stock units, General Accident finished trading with a loss of 1 cent at $2.84, with 193,992 shares, GWest Corporation closed with a loss of 5 cents at $2.70, with 109,788 stock units, Honey Bun ended 15 cents higher at $5.25, with 28,443 units. Iron Rock concluded trading at $3, with 110,000 shares, Jamaican Teas settled at $4.50, with 14,330 shares, Jetcon Corporation ended trading 39 cents higher at $4.60, with 10,502 stock units, Knutsford Express closed with a loss of 50 cents at $13, with 1,000 shares. Lasco Distributors ended 6 cents higher at $4.52, with 66,915 shares, Lasco Financial concluded trading 4 cents higher at $5.25, with 4,590 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing finished at $4.50, with 36,296 units, Main Event settled with a loss of 34 cents at $5.76, with 4,667 shares and Stationery and Office finished trading 20 cents higher at $5.20, with 95,204 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

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