Junior market trading closed with an increase in the index on Tuesday with more stocks gaining than falling, with 12 securities being active. 
The index closed 24.94 points higher at 2,181.35 as 5 stocks gained and 3 declined. A total of 1,483,101 units traded, valued at $7,313,357.
A total of 5 stocks closed with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 ended with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial Services lost 15 cents to close at $17.35, with 78,559 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream gained 49 cents with 238,866 shares changing hands to close at $7, Caribbean Flavours traded 13,002 units to end at $7. Caribbean Producers traded 10,000 shares and gained 1 cent to end at $3.26, 
Derrimon Trading rose 1 cent in trading 4,000 shares to end at $3.07, Honey Bun fell 3 cents with 400 shares changing hands and closed at $5.50. Iron Rock Insurance lost 7 cents in trading 610,529 shares to close at $3.18, Jamaican Teas rose 60 cents and traded 1,000 shares to close at $3.80, Lasco Distributors ended with 9.710 shares changing hands, but rose 40 cents to $7.40, Lasco Financial ended with 167,060 shares changing hands to close at $3.35. Lasco Manufacturing closed at $5 with 326,431 shares trading and tTech traded 23,544 units to end at $4.
5 junior stocks gain 3 fall – Tuesday
7 junior stocks rise 3 fall – Monday
Junior market trading closed with a decline in the index on Monday with more stocks rising than falling, with 13 securities being active. 
The index closed 33.43 points lower at 2,156.41 as 7 stocks gained and 3 declined. A total of 846,304 units traded valued at $4,791,506.
A total of 3 stocks closed with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 ended with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial Services closed with a gain of 10 cents at $17.50, with 8,860 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream lost 39 cents with 27,595 shares changing hands to close at $6.51, Caribbean Flavours traded 14,698 units to end at $7 with a gain of 25 cents. Caribbean Producers traded 98,030 shares and gained 4 cents to end at $3.25, 
Consolidated Bakeries rose 5 cents in trading 20,000 shares to end at $2.05, Honey Bun with 47,000 shares changing hands, closed at $5.53. Key Insurance lost 10 cents in trading 66,862 shares to close at $2.50, KLE Group ended at $1.30 with 45,000 shares changing hands, Lasco Distributors ended with 456,259 shares changing hands, but fell 26 cents to $7. Lasco Financial ended with 2,800 shares changing hands and gained 10 cents to $3.35, Lasco Manufacturing closed with a gain of 10 cents at $5 with 58,200 shares trading and Eppley 10% preference share traded 1,000 units and gained 1 cents to end at $6.10.
Lasco Manufacturing 3m trade – Tuesday
Junior market trading improved on Tuesday over the low levels on Monday. The market closed with 13 securities being active accounting for more than 4 million shares changing hands compared to less than 1 million on Monday. The junior index closed higher at 2,155.14 with a rise of 3.10 points as 4 stocks gained and 3 declined.
At the close of the market on Tuesday, 4,344,805 units traded, valued at $20,712,312, as Lasco Manufacturing traded just over 3 million shares. A total of 5 stocks closed with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 ended with lower offers.
At the close, Blue Power traded only 750 shares at $16.18, Cargo Handlers ended with 5,198 shares changing hands, at $46, Caribbean Cream gained 30 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $7, with 47,383 shares traded, Derrimon Trading traded at $3.05 with 530,506 shares changing hands. General Accident gained 10 cents in trading 5,844 units at $2.15, Honey Bun rose 1 cent while trading 131,308 shares to close at $5.60, Iron Rock Insurance 
fell 35 cents in trading 9,000 shares and closed at $3.20, Knutsford Express had 119 units changing hands, to close at $15. Lasco Distributors ended with 183,959 shares changing hands, but rose 4 cents to $7.10, Lasco Financial ended with a loss of 9 cents while 398,448 shares changed hands at $3.26, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $5.01 with 3,015,390 shares trading to gain 1 cent. Medical Disposables traded 11,900 shares to close at $3.10 and Derrimon Trading preference share ended with 5,000 shares changing hands to end at $2.08,
Juniors enjoy big jump – Thursday
Caribbean Cream climbed 55 cents in trading on Thursday to end at a new high of $6.05.
Caribbean Cream’s gain was in response to an 81 percent jump in profit to $71 million, for the May quarter, while that of Lasco Distributors, was a rebound from the sharp fall last week, of the stock reacting negatively to news to Pfizer’s suggestion, that the compensation for damages was put at US$518,000 instead of US$300 million claimed.
Activity increased on the junior market with more securities being active than on Wednesday. At the close of the market 422,443 units traded valued at $1,648,134, ending with 17 securities trading of which 8 advanced and 6 declined. At the end of trading, 4 stocks closed with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 ended with lower offers.At the close, Blue Power gained 18 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ high of $16.18, with 500 units changing hands, Caribbean Flavours traded 10,000 units to end at $6.75 with a loss of 25 cents, Caribbean Producers traded 9,120 units at $3.01, Consolidated Bakeries gained 3 cents in trading 22,350 shares to close at $2.03. Derrimon Trading gained 5 cents to end at $3.05 with 32,000 shares changing hands, General Accident traded 124,374 units at $2.05, Honey Bun fell 30 cents while trading 53,950 shares to close at $5.30, Jamaican Teas lost 4 cents in trading 6,761 shares and closed at $3.80.
Jetcon Corporation had 8,324 units changing hands with a loss of 5 cents at $2.65, Lasco Financial ended with 44,000 shares changing hands, but fell 5 cents to $3.35, Lasco Manufacturing gained 1 cent and closed at $5.01 with 68,023 shares trading. Medical Disposables traded 2,800 shares to close with a gain of 5 cents at $3.10, Paramount Trading fell by 50 cents to end with 10,158 shares changing hands at $10.50 and Eppley 9.5% preference share, ended with 6,200 units changing hands at $6.11.
Modest recovery for juniors – Monday
The junior market closed trading on Monday with more securities participating and more stocks rising than declining than on Friday, but the market index closed higher at the end. The volume of stocks trading amounted to 2,230,238 units valued at $6,146,551, up from 508,544 units valued at $2,291,057 on Friday.
A total 19 securities traded compared to only 14 on Friday leading to 8 stocks advancing and 6 declining on Monday. The market index ended with a gain of 27.08 points and closed at 2,032.77.
At the end of trading, 4 stocks closed with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 ended with a lower offer.
At the close, AMG Packaging lost 15 cents to end at $12.41 with 18,255 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream gained 10 cents with 153,892 shares changing hands at $5.10, Caribbean Flavours gained 49 cents to close at $7 with 110,167 shares, Caribbean Producers traded 187,110 units with a decline of 8 cents to $3.01. Consolidated Bakeries gained 10 cents in trading 50,700 shares to close at $2.10, Derrimon Trading closed at $3 with 4,905 shares changing hands, General Accident gained 10 cents in trading 4,316 units at $2.15, Honey Bun traded 28,683 shares and gained 9 cents to close at $5.60. Iron Rock Insurance lost 5 cents in trading 21,000 shares and closed at $3.20. ISP Finance Services traded 1,000 shares at $4.10, Jamaican Teas ended with 82,616 shares trading at $3.84, after rising by 4 cents, 
Jetcon Corporation traded 271,621 units and rose 5 cents to $2.70. K.L.E. Group rose 17 cents with 1,000,000 units changing hands at $1.20, Knutsford Express fell by $2.10 with 200 units changing hands at $14.70, Lasco Distributors traded 1,500 units and rose 18 cents to end at $6. Lasco Financial ended with 130,783 shares changing hands, at $3.15, after falling 7 cents, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $5 with 140,085 shares trading, but lost 3 cents in the process, Medical Disposables traded 2,000 shares to close at $3.45 and tTech ended with 21,405 units trading, to close at $4.
Juniors enter July with gains – Friday
Caribbean Cream traded at a new all time closing high on Friday of $5.50.
At the end of trading 6 stocks closed with the bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 ended with lower offers.At the end of trading, Blue Power closed at a new high of $16 with 3,881 units trading to gain $1, Caribbean Cream gained 50 cents with 96,989 shares changing hands, to end at a new closing high of $5.50. Out of favour, Caribbean Flavours, lost 5 cents in trading 11,039 shares at $6.51, Consolidated Bakeries gained 20 cents with 373,576 units changing hands, to close at $2,
Dolphin Cove traded 5,000 shares, to end with a rise of 10 cents at $11.75, General Accident Insurance closed at $2.05 with 4,147 units trading. Honey Bun gained 45 cents to close at $6.05 with 58,441 units changing hands, Knutsford Express traded a mere 200 shares to end at $17.50, Lasco Distributors traded 76,398 units to end at $7.50, Lasco Financial ended with 2,713 shares changing hands at $3.45. Lasco Manufacturing closed at $5 with 301,603 shares trading, Medical Disposables traded 400 shares to close at $3.40 and tTech gained 50 cents in trading 746,761 units to close at $4.50.
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 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.
Trading picks up for juniors – Tuesday
Interest is up for Caribbean Cream with 575,000 units trading on Tuesday to end at $4.99.
At the end of trading 4 stocks closed with the bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 ended with lower offers.
At the end of trading, Access Financial Services traded just 100 shares with a gain of 5 cents at $17.40, as the demand for the stock builds but against limited supply.
AMG Packaging closed with 6,000 shares changing hands at $13, Caribbean Cream came in for good demand in trading 575,551 units, to end with a fall of 1 cent at $4.99, Caribbean Flavours ended with 33,700 shares at $7, Caribbean Producers had 85,069 units trading with a gain of 30 cents to close at $4.50. Consolidated Bakeries traded 100,000 units and rose 5 cents to end at $1.85, Dolphin Cove traded 162 units to close at $11.50. Honey Bun fell 50 cents and closed at $5.50
with 43,782 units changing hands, Jamaican Teas closed trading with 1,048 shares, but fell 9 cents to end at $3.71, Lasco Distributors traded 10,675 units to end with a loss of 7 cents, at $7.88. Lasco Financial closed with a loss of 9 cents, at $3.35 with 7,850 shares changing hands, while Lasco Manufacturing gained 1 cent to close at $5.10 with 82,961 shares trading. Medical Disposables traded 53,500 shares to close at $3.60 after shedding 40 cents, Paramount Trading closed with a gain of 1 cent at $11 with 6,000 shares changing hands and tTech ended with 10,000 units changing hands to close at $4.