Juniors crawl to a new record

tTech closed at a new all-time high of $6.90 on Thursday.

The Jamaica Stock Exchange junior market ended trading on Thursday with a new closing high, with index rising by a mere 2.53 points at the close to sit at 2,811.27, after the prices of 6 stocks gained and 5 declined, but the market ended with very low volume passing through.
The market trading ended with 16 securities trading versus 19 on Wednesday, with 3 closing at 52 weeks’ high. The volume of stocks changing hands, ended at 542,606 units valued at $3,545,918, compared to 6,155,150 units valued at $25,573,851, on Wednesday.
An average of 33,913 units with an average value of $221,620 traded, compared to 323,955 units with an average value of $1,345,992 on the previous trading day. The average for the month to date is 186,317 units with an average value of $987,878 versus 195,282 units with an average value of $1,013,387 for the preceding trading day. The average for December, ended at 131,147 units, with an average of $672,488.
The market closed with 12 stocks with bids higher than their last sale and 2 with lower offers than the last sale.
At the close of trading, investors slashed $2.60 off the price of AMG Packaging to close at $20 with 18,888 units changing hands, Cargo Handlers shed 35 cents to end at $20.50, after 1,445 shares were traded, Caribbean Flavours pushed through 1,142 units to end at $10. Caribbean Producers exchanged 126,334 shares but fell 15 cents to $4, General Accident gained 10 cents at the close of trading, with 70,443 shares at $3, Honey Bun closed with 10,502 shares having changed hands at $6.65, Jamaican Teas rose 60 cents to end at record high of $8.60 with 1,000 shares having passed through the market. Jetcon Corporation closed trading with 128,963 shares, to end with a fall of 76 cents to $9.54, KLE Group ended with 100 units changing hands at $2.49, Lasco Distributors ended trading with 73,952 units changing hands to end at $7.30. Lasco Financial had 28,397 shares changing hands to end at $3.80, Lasco Manufacturing with 44,145 units changing hands, closed with a fall of 10 cents at $5.10, Medical Disposables gained 35 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $5.90 with 100 shares trading. Paramount Trading closed at $3.20 with 12,800 shares changing hands, tTech closed trading with 20,000 units changing hands and gained 89 cents to end at a record $6.90 and Derrimon preference share, rose 12 cents to close at $2.12 as 4,395 units passed through the market.

Juniors inched higher to new record close

The junior market ended trading on Wednesday with a new closing high, with index staying above the 2,800 points level and held on for a moderate gain of 4.05 points at the close to end at 2,808.74, after rising as high as 2,830.08 points in the morning session.
The junior market trading ended with 19 security trading versus 14 that traded on Tuesday. Trading ended with prices of 7 stocks gaining and 7 declining. Five stocks closed at new highs during the day. The volume of stocks changing hands, ended at 6,155,150 units valued at $25,573,851, compared to 1,319,304 units changing hands valued at $8,881,627, on Tuesday.
An average of 323,955 units with an average value of $1,345,992 traded, compared to 94,236 units with an average value of $634,402 on the preceding trading day. The average for the month to date is 195,282 units with an average value of $1,013,387 versus 187,240 units with an average value of $1,032,952 for the previous trading day. The average for December ended at 131,147 units, with an average of $672,488.
The market closed with 11 stocks with bids higher than their last sale and one with a lower offer than the last sale.
At the close of trading, AMG Packaging closed at $22.60 with 15,614 units changing hands, Cargo Handlers gained 85 cents to end at $20.85, after 25,084 shares were traded, Caribbean Cream closed trading at $7.30 with 313,200 units changing owners, Caribbean Flavours lost $1.20 in trading 10,000 units to end at $10. Caribbean Producers traded 142,593 shares but fell 20 cents to $4.15, Consolidated Bakeries lost 25 cents and ended at $2.60 with 572,882 shares changing hands, Derrimon Trading ended at $5.90 with 26,700 shares changing hands, after rising 39 cents, Dolphin Cove ended at $13.50 with 7,072 shares trading, in recording a loss of 50 cents. General Accident traded at a 52 weeks’ intraday high of $3.50 but gained 5 cents at the close of trading with 49,657 shares at $3, Honey Bun fell 23 cents and closed with 5,130 shares having changed hands at $6.65, Jamaican Teas lost 25 cents to end at $8 with 25,565 shares being exchanged. Jetcon Corporation closed trading with 26,500 shares, to end with a rise of 30 cents at $10.30, KLE Group ended with 1,868 units changing hands at $2.20, Lasco Distributors ended trading with 43,100 units changing hands and gained 10 cents to end at $7.30. Lasco Financial had 51,904 shares changing hands and rose 15 cents to end at $3.80, Lasco Manufacturing with 96,444 units changing hands closed at $5.20, Medical Disposables gained 85 cents to end at $5.55 with 26,424 shares trading. Paramount Trading closed at $3.20 with 2,200 shares changing hands and Sweet River Abattoir with 4,713,213 units trading, lost 1 cent to end at $3.85

Main Event heads IC TOP 5 list

The latest junior market offering Main Event Entertainment hits the IC Insider’s TOP 5 list as the top stock. The new entrant pushed Caribbean Flavours just outside the list.
The forecast is for Main Event to get to $6 in 2017 based on its 2016 earnings and higher based on the 2017 earnings. Prices in the junior market, continue to gain with the junior market index gaining almost 7 percent so far and running well ahead of the main market.
Berger Paints remains in the list in spite of a sharp 12.5 percent rise on Friday, following outstanding nine months results to December. IC Insider.com increased the projected earnings from 99 cents to $1.10 with 2018 forecasted at $1.60. The stock seems set to migrate out of the list during this week with limited supply.
In the main market, Caribbean Cement slipped back from $36 to $30.50 during the past week thus enhancing its attractiveness as a buy.

Juniors inch forward on Thursday

Jetcon Corporation ended at a new closing high of $10 on Thursday to gain 344% since listing in March 2016.

The junior market closed slightly higher on Thursday with the market index rising by a mere 4.29 points to 2,761.94 with 17 security trading the same that traded on Wednesday. Trading ended with prices of 6 stocks gaining and 7 declining.
At the close of the market volume traded jumped 146 percent, from Wednesday’s level, as CAC 2000 traded 1,955,293 and Lasco Manufacturing exchanged 1,990,064 shares. Trading ended with 4,583,153 units, changing hands, valued at $26,375,749, with a rise of 106 percent from $12,828,651 on Wednesday.
An average of 269,597 units with an average value of $1,551,515 traded, compared to 109,745 units with an average value of $754,627 on the preceding trading day. The average for the month to date is 128,556 units with an average value of $662,517 versus 116,803 units with an average value of $588,434 on Wednesday. The average for December is 131,147 units, at an average of $672,488.
The market closed with 8 stocks with bids higher than their last sale and 2 with a lower offer, than their last sale.
At the close of trading, AMG Packaging recovered just $1.35 of the $9.95 it fell by on Wednesday to close at $24.40 with 11,000 units changing hands, CAC 2000 closed with gain of 76 cents at $6.01, Cargo Handlers lost 10 cents in trading 1,984 shares at $20.90, Caribbean Cream closed trading at $7 with 51,959 units trading. Caribbean Flavours traded 900 units to end at $11.20 with a loss of 80 cents, Caribbean Producers, traded 11,000 shares and rose 20 cents to $4, Derrimon Trading ended at $5.51 with 20,000 shares changing hands, after rising by 1 cent, General Accident Insurance traded 38,600 shares to end at $3.08 after rising 8 cents. Honey Bun closed with 1,500 shares changing hands, for a fall of 4 cents to $6.21. Jamaican Teas fell 25 cents to end at $5.50 with 15,000 shares being exchanged, Jetcon Corporation traded 185,562 shares to end at a new closing 52 weeks’ high of $10 after adding 50 cents, KLE Group closed at $2.20 with 20,000 units changing hands, Lasco Distributors ended with 9,862 units trading, to close at $7.40, after adding 37 cents. Lasco Manufacturing closed at $5, with a loss of 15 cents as just under 2 million units traded, Medical Disposables lost 13 cents to close at $4.60 with 21,127 shares changing hands, tTech traded 209,302 shares to close at $6.50 and Eppley 9.5% preference share, ended with 40,000 units changing hands to close at $6.06 after falling 12 cents.

9 unbroken record close for juniors

tTech is 1 of 4 stocks closing at a new all-time high on Tuesday.

The junior market closed on Tuesday, with 10 continues days of gains and 9 days of closing highs. At the end, market index rose just 4.64 points to 2,766.10 with 4 security ending trading at an all-time closing high.
At the close of trading on Tuesday the prices of 6 stocks rose, 5 declined with 18 securities trading, compared to 15 trading on Monday. Volume of stocks traded dropped 83 percent, from Monday’s level, ending with a volume of just 1,234,173 units, changing hands, valued at $7,873,809, with a fall of 73 percent from $28,781,077 on Monday.
An average of 68,565 units with an average value of $437,434 traded, compared to 492,938 units with an average value of $1,918,738 on the preceding trading day. The average for the month to date is 117,445 units with an average value of $573,325 versus 122,333 units with an average value of $586,914 on Monday. The average for December is 131,147 units, at an average of $672,488.
The market closed with 5 stocks with bids higher than their last sale and 1 with a lower offer, than their last sale.
At the close of trading, AMG Packaging shed $2 to close at $33 with 12,972 units changing hands, Blue Power gained 40 cents and closed with 3,852 units changing hands at a new record of $37, Caribbean Cream closed trading at $7 with 53,392 units trading. Caribbean Flavours rose 5 cents with just 560 units being exchanged at $12, Caribbean Producers, traded 35,030 shares and rose 20 cents to $4, Consolidated Bakeries fell 20 cents in trading 19,200 shares to close at $2.40, Derrimon Trading ended at $5.50 with 19,751 shares changing hands, after slipping by 10 cents. Dolphin Cove ended at $14.50 with 3,000 shares trading, General Accident Insurance traded 211,562 shares to end at $2.90, Honey Bun with 78,928 shares changing hands, to close at $6.20, Jamaican Teas climbed 45 cents and ended with 5,000 shares being exchanged at a new record of $5.75. Investors bought 329,001 Jetcon Corporation shares with a gain of 50 cents to a new high of $9.50. Lasco Distributors ended with 28,000 units trading, to close at $7.20, Lasco Financial had 31,990 shares changing hands, to end at $3.65, with a 5 cents loss Lasco Manufacturing ended at $5.15, with 52,300 units trading. Medical Disposables closed at $4.50 with 4,650 shares changing hands, Paramount Trading ended with 154,637 shares changing hands at $3, with a loss of 12 cents and tTech traded 190,348 shares and rose 50 cents to close at record high of $6.50.

8 unbroken days of record close for juniors

Jetcon ends at a new closing high of $9 on Monday.

The junior market closed on Monday, with eight continues days of gains and 7 days of recording closing highs. At the end with market index gaining just 1.69 points to 2,761.46 with 1 security ending trading at an all-time closing high. The market trades around a resistance level currently and may need a big push to move it into safe territory.
At the close of trading on Monday the prices of 7 stocks rose, 3 declined with 15 securities trading, compared to 18 trading on Friday. Volume of stocks traded jumped 293 percent, from Friday’s low level, ending with a volume of just 1,879,103 units, changing hands, valued at $28,781,077, with a jump of 125 percent from $12,784,650 on Friday.
An average of 492,938 units with an average value of $1,918,738 traded, compared to 104,395 units with an average value of $710,258 on the preceding trading day. The average for the month to date is 122,333 units with an average value of $586,914 versus 81,154 units with an average value of $438,934 on Friday. The average for December is 131,147 units, at an average of $672,488.
The market closed with 9 stocks with bids higher than their last sale and 1 with a lower offer, than their last sale.
At the close of trading, Cargo Handlers gained 10 cents to end at $21, after 9,324 shares traded, Caribbean Cream closed trading at $7 with 47,823 units trading after trading earlier at $6.55. Caribbean Producers, traded 510,000 shares and rose 20 cents to $3.80, Caribbean Flavours rose 15 cents with just 100 units being exchanged, to end at $11.95, General Accident Insurance traded 4,423,793 shares and lost 10 cents to end at $2.90. Honey Bun with 6,643 shares changing hands, resulted in a gain of 1 cent to close at $6.20, Jamaican Teas ended with 8,000 shares being exchanged at $5.30. Investors reacted positively to an announcement by Jetcon Corporation of a the board’s planned consideration of a dividend and stock split, as they drove the stock up by a $1 to a new high of $8 in trading, shortly after opened and then up to $9 where trading was frozen for an hour. Trading resumed at 11:38 to close with 298,610 units trading with a gain of $2 at a new closing high of $9. KLE Group ended with a loss of 30 cents as 5,193 units changed hands at $2.20. Lasco Distributors ended with 105,586 units trading, to close 17 cents higher at $7.20, Lasco Financial had 5,672 shares changing hands, to end at $3.70. Lasco Manufacturing ended at $5.15, with 1,732,918 units trading, Medical Disposables closed at $4.50 with 8,000 shares changing hands, Paramount Trading ended with 51,728 shares changing hands at $3.12 with a loss of 43 cents and tTech traded 180,684 shares and rose 10 cents to close at $6.

Jetcon Flavours in TOP 5

There were few changes in the TOP 5 listing this past week, but Jetcon fell out of the list having climbed to $7 at the close of the week, to help flavour in Caribbean Flavours into the top list.
Price movements saw Access Financial edging towards the exit with the bid now at $26.50 and buying pushing the price up during the week as a connected party bought stock at $25.50. The stock last traded at $25.20 and closed without any stock being offer for sale.
The stocks of the main market listing, remained without change but Cement saw its price moved up to close out the week at $36 as well as did JMMB Group with heavily trading during the week.

Juniors climb to new record close

AMG Packaging ends at a new high of $31 after gaining $2.50.

The junior market closed on Thursday, at yet another record to end with market index gaining 30.02 points to 2,753.18 with 3 securities ending closing all-time highs.
At the close of trading on Thursday the prices of 9 stocks rose, 4 declined with 16 securities trading, compared to 15 trading on Wednesday. Volume of stocks traded fell 76 percent, from Wednesday’s low level, ending with a volume of just 743,693 units, changing hands, valued at $4,230,160, down 74 percent from $16,330,699 on Wednesday.
An average of 46,481 units with an average value of $264,385 traded, compared to 209,048 units with an average value of $1,088,713 on the preceding trading day. The average for the month to date is 78,249 units with an average value of $405,018 versus 82,787 units with an average value of $425,109 on Wednesday. The average for December is 131,147 units, at an average of $672,488.
The market closed with 8 stocks with bids higher than their last sale and 2 with lower offers than their last sale.
At the close of trading, Access Financial Services gained 20 cents in trading 4,400 units to end at a record close of $25.20, AMG Packaging jumped $2.50 to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $31 with 3,590 units changing hands, Blue Power closed at $35 with 15,000 units traded, Cargo Handlers hit a new high of $21, after gaining 20 cents with 12,068 shares trading. Caribbean Cream lost 50 cents with 5,000 units being exchanged, to end at $8, Caribbean Flavours while trading 3,700 shares closed at $11.80, Caribbean Producers fell 5 cents in trading 118,000 units at $3.70, Derrimon Trading gained 9 cents to end at $5.50 with 102,997 shares changing hands. General Accident traded 9,000 shares and lost 18 cents to close at $3, Honey Bun had 36,080 shares changing hands, to close at $5.80, after rising 30 cents. Iron Rock Insurance traded 28,053 units and fell by 10 cents to end at $4, Lasco Distributors ended with 37,600 units trading, to close at $7. Lasco Financial rose 28 cents with 47,364 shares changing hands, to end at $3.95, Lasco Manufacturing gained 15 cents to end at $5.15, with 103,347 units trading, Paramount Trading ended with 180,590 shares changing hands at $3.40 to gain 40 cents and tTech ended with 36,904 units changing hands at $5.50 after rising 40 cents.

Juniors squeeze out another record close

New high of $20.80 for Cargo Handlers on Wednesday with an eye popping PE of 35 of 2017 earnings.

The junior market closed with a modest rise Wednesday, to yet another record close to end with market index gaining just 7.90 points to 2,723.16 on Wednesday as 5 securities ended closing all-time highs.
At the close of trading on Wednesday the prices of 10 stocks rose, 6 declined with 15 securities trading, compared to 20 trading on Tuesday. Volume of stocks traded rose 186 percent, from Tuesday’s low level, ending with a volume of just 3,135,713 units, changing hands, valued at $16,330,699, up by 163 percent from $6,212,985 on Tuesday.
An average of 209,048 units with an average value of $1,088,713 traded, compared to 54,759 units with an average value of $310,649 on the preceding trading day. The average for the month to date is 82,787 units with an average value of $425,109 versus 61,744 units with an average value of $314,508 on Tuesday. The average for December is 131,147 units, at an average of $672,488.
The market closed with 9 stocks with bids higher than their last sale and 1 with a lower offer than their last sales.
At the close of trading, Access Financial Services traded 939 units to close at $25, after trading at an intraday high of $25.30, Cargo Handlers climbed to a new high of $20.80 after gaining 80 cents with 3,882 shares trading, Blue Power rose 50 cents and closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $350 with 12,000 units traded. Caribbean Cream gained 60 cents with 25,000 units being exchanged to end at $8.50, Caribbean Flavours fell 20 cents while trading 4,500 shares to close at $11.80, Caribbean Producers rose 30 cents in trading 60,359 units at $3.75, Derrimon Trading pulled back Tuesdays record close to end with a fall of 89 cents to $5.41 with 307,545 shares changing hands. Dolphin Cove closed at $14.90 with 2,094 shares changing hands, after slipping by 9 cents, General Accident traded 26,150 shares and rose 18 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high, of $3.18, Honey Bun had 118,520 shares changing hands, to close at $5.50, after losing 45 cents. Jetcon Corporation lost 20 cents, to close at $6.80, with 12,450 shares being exchanged by investors, KLE Group ended with 30,000 units changing hands at $2.20, Lasco Distributors ended with 5,196 units trading, to close at $7. Lasco Manufacturing lost 10 cents to end at $5, with 2,526,478 units trading and Medical Disposables closed unchanged at $4.45 with only 600 shares changing hands.

4 new highs push juniors to record close

Derrimon Trading closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $6.30 on Tuesday.

The junior market closed higher than on Monday, but gave up most of its early morning gains that pushed the index up by 33.74 points to 2,739.37. The market index closed with an increase of 9.63 points, to end at a record close of 2,715.26 on Tuesday as 5 securities ended closing all-time highs.
At the close of trading on Tuesday the prices of 10 stocks rose, 6 declined with 20 securities trading, compared to 21 trading on Monday. Volume of stocks traded rose 50 percent, from Monday’s low level, ending with a volume of just 1,095,189 units, changing hands, valued at $6,212,985, up by 41 percent from $4,409,716 on Monday.
An average of 54,759 units with an average value of $310,649 traded, compared to 34,673 units with an average value of $209,986 on the preceding trading day. The average for the month to date is 61,744 units with an average value of $314,508 versus 63,141 units with an average value of $315,280 on Monday. The average for December is 131,147 units, at an average of $672,488.
The market closed with 7 stocks with bids higher than their last sale and 3 with offers lower than their last sales.
At the close of trading, Access Financial Services traded 909 units to close at $25, Cargo Handlers climbed to a new high of $20 after gaining 30 cents with 27,765 shares trading, Caribbean Cream fell 10 cents with 27,068 units being exchanged to end at $7.90, Caribbean Flavours added 20 cents while trading 4,166 shares to close at $12. Caribbean Producers fell 30 cents in trading 2,000 units at $3.45, Consolidated Bakeries ended trading with 193,390 units changing hands with the price rising 45 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.60, C2W Music had 31,000 units changing hands to close with a gain of 1 cent at 35 cents. Derrimon Trading ended at 52 weeks’ high of $6.30 with 7,500 shares changing hands, after rising by 30 cents, Dolphin Cove closed at $14.99 with 1,249 shares changing hands, after slipping by 1 cent, Honey Bun had 95,162 shares changing hands to close at $5.95 after losing 10 cents. Iron Rock Insurance traded 100 units and gained 5 cents to end at $4.10, Jamaican Teas ended at $4.85 with 17,854 shares trading, Jetcon Corporation rose 50 cents, to close at a new all-time high of $7, with 15,647 shares being exchanged by investors. KLE Group ended with 50,200 units changing hands at $2.20, Lasco Distributors lost 21 cents and ended with 431,350 units trading to close at $7, Lasco Financial lost 27 cents and closed with 46,000 shares changing hands at $3.67. Lasco Manufacturing rose 6 cents to end at $5.10, with 138,933 units trading, Paramount Trading ended with 722 shares changing hands at $3 and tTech ended with 4,000 units changing hands at $5.50 after rising 20 cents.