Activity on the Junior Market closed with 9 securities trading and ended with 92,474 units valued at $196,263. The JSE Junior Market Index fell 6.51 points to close at 696.46, with the price of only 1 advancing and 5 declining.
At the close of the market, there were 4 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 with the offer lower. The junior market ended with 3 securities closing with no bids to buy. There were 6 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
The stocks trading on Thursday are, AMG Packaging closed with 8,291 units trading at $2.19 to gain 4 cents, General Accident Insurance trading 1,984 shares and ended at $1.80, Honey Bun ended with 3,000 units trading at $1.95, Eppley 9.5% preference share closed with 3,988 units trading at $6, Paramount Trading ended trading with 20,000 units trading at $3.30.
Caribbean Flavours closed with 2,000 shares trading lower by 1 cent at $2.21. Lasco Financial Services ended trading with 2,600 shares changing hands, closed 1 cent lower at $1, Caribbean Producers ending with 8,496 shares changing hands at $2.01 after it fell 18 cents, Lasco Distributors closed with 17,115 shares changing hands to close at $1.44but eased 1 cent and Lasco Manufacturing closed 1 cent down at $1.19 with 25,000 shares changing hands.
5 stocks fall to 1 rising on junior market
Only 3 Junior market stocks traded Wednesday
Caribbean Producers price fell on Wednesday
At the close of the market, there were 5 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 with the offers lower. The junior market closed with 4 securities ending with no bids to buy and 5 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Lasco Manufacturing closed at $1.20 with a gain of 4 cents as 45,204 shares changed hands, Dolphin Cove traded 1,500 shares to end at $8.50 and Caribbean Producers closed with 84,565 units trading at $2.11 with a fall of 4 cents.
Paramount jumps 16%
Activity Trading on the Junior Market closed with Paramount Trading closing with a gain of 44 cents or 16 percent as investors responded positively to the company’s strong increase in profits for the November quarter which were released prior to this week. Overall only 7 securities traded and ended with 738,464 units valued at $2,745,022 changing hands. The JSE Junior Market Index rose 3.55 points to close at 697.07, with the price 3 stocks advancing and no declining.
At the close of the market, there were 7 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices, no stock closed with the offer lower. The junior market continues to maintained investors interest with 4 securities closing with no bids to buy. There were 6 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market on Monday are, General Accident closing with 231,500 shares changing hands, with a gain of 3 cents to $1.80. Honey Bun finished with 10,000 shares trading, the price gained 5 cents to $2, Paramount Trading closed with 132,824 shares with the price gaining 44 cents to $3.20, the stock traded as high as $3.30 before the close. Caribbean Producers finished with 11,100 units at $2.15, Dolphin Cove ended with 945 shares trading at $8.50, Knutsford Express closed with 302,000 shares at $5.85 and Lasco Distributors finished with 50,095 shares trading at $1.45.
4 junior stocks rise
Activity on the Junior Market closed with only 5 securities traded and ended with1,058,166 units valued at $ 1,373,604. The JSE Junior Market Index rose 1.24 points to close at 701.45, with the price 4 advancing and only 1 falling.
At the close of the market, there were 6 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and no stock with the offer lower. The junior market continues to reflect renewed interest with 6 securities closing with no bids to buy. There were 7 securities that had no units being offered for sale.
In trading, AMG Packaging closed with 134,952 shares changing hands, gained 1 cent at $2.15. Caribbean Producers ended with 49,100 units, the price rose 4 cents to $2.15, Lasco Distributors had 190,730 shares changing hands, to close with a gain of 6 cents, at $1.50. Lasco Manufacturing ended with 85,503 units changing hands to close 1 cent up to $1.19 and Lasco Financial closed with 597,881 shares changing hands to close 5 cents lower at $1.
Junior market up 1st trading day of 2015
Caribbean Cream traded at 77 cents to gain 2c but closed with the bid at 80c.
At the close of the market continues to reflect renewed interest in junior stocks with 6 securities closing with no bids to buy and 8 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale, in addition there were 6 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and none with offers that were lower.
The stocks trading are, AMG Packaging trading 22,220 shares with the price rising 25 cents to $2.15, Caribbean Cream ended with 68,000 shares changing hands to close 2 cents higher at 77 cents, Caribbean Producers closed with 9,935 shares with the price rising 8 cents to $2.11, Paramount Trading finished with 42,000 shares changing hands to close 9 cents up to $2.71.
Lasco Distributors finished with only 1,850 shares changing hands at $1.45, Lasco Manufacturing ended with 116,962 shares changing hands to close at $1.12, Derrimon Trading closed with 3,000 units changing hands, the price slipped 5 cents to $2.10 and Dolphin Cove ended with only 100 shares trading 20 cents lower to $8.80.
Junior stocks up last day down 9% in 2014
Honey Bun lost the most in value in 2014, down 46.4%.
The JSE Junior Market Index rose 3.33 points to close at 687.96, with the price of 3 stock advancing and 2 declining. Junior market stocks collectively lost 9 percent for the year in which only 5 junior stocks rose and 15 declined. Honey Bun lost the most in shedding 46.40 percent followed by AMG Packaging 45.40 percent.
At the close of the market, there were 6 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 stock with the offer lower. The junior market continues to reflect renewed interest with 5 securities closing with no bids to buy. There were 10 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
C2W Music ended trading with 12,500 shares changing hands to close at 1 cent to 39 cents, Caribbean Cream closed with 319,000 shares with the price rising 5 cents to 75 cents, Lasco Distributors ended trading with 14,670 shares changing hands to close with a gain of 4 cents to $1.45.
Blue Power ended with 3,270 shares trading at $6.30, General Accident finished with 360 units changing hands to close at $1.75, Honey Bun ended with 4,000 shares at $1.71, Lasco Financial completed trading with 21,340 shares with the price at 98 cents, Lasco Manufacturing closed with 28,000 shares changing hands at $1.12.
Access Financial closed with 3,902 units trading as the price slipped 4 cents to $8.96 and AMG Packaging finished with 4,500 shares changing hands and lost 25 cents to new 52 weeks’ low of $1.90.
Access dominates with 1.2b shares
There was trading in 135,339,271 units of Access Financial shares which were primarily sold by Mayberry from their holdings and purchased by Proven Investments, in 33 trades. The acquisition places Proven at just under 50 percent ownership of the company. The trade was by far the largest on the exchange for the day and leaves less than 10 percent of the ownership in the wider public’s hands.
Trading on the Junior Market closed with only 6 securities traded and ended with 135,592,084 units valued at $1,218,415,832 changing hands. The JSE Junior Market Index fell 4.72 points to close at 684.63, with the price of only 1 stock advancing and 3 declining.
Even as the index slipped, the junior market continues to reflect renewed interest with 4 securities closing with no bids to buy and there were 9 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale. At the close of the market, the indicators point to rising prices ahead as there were 6 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 1 stock with the offer that is lower.
Stocks trading are, Lasco Financial ended trading with 3,000 shares as the price rose 2 cents to 98 cents, General Accident ended with 3,000 shares changing hands at $1.75, Lasco Manufacturing had 8,813 shares changing hands to close at $1.12. Access Financial closed with 135,339,271 units trading as the price slipped 5 cents to $9, Caribbean Producers finished with 1,000 shares trading lower by 2 cents to $2.03 and Lasco Distributors ended with 237,000 shares trading 4 cents lower at $1.41.
Access 14m shares trade cancelled
Mayberry traded 14,065,475 units of Access Financial shares at $9 on Monday but the transactions were cancelled after the market closed. Apparently, the trade was in breach of the court order for the two major shareholders to freeze their respective holdings. The official trading report of the Jamaica Stock Exchange showed the trades as they were still valid, but data on the stock exchange trading system show the trades as cancelled.
In actual trading on the Junior Market, only 6 securities traded ending with 336,824 units valued at $597,178 changing hands. The JSE Junior Market Index dropped 1.01 points to close at 689.28, with the price of 2 advancing and 2 declining.
At the close of the market, there were 4 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 stock with the offer lower. The junior market continues to reflect renewed interest with 4 securities closing with no bids to buy up from 11 some weeks ago. There were 10 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale, including 2 junior market preference shares.
The stocks trading are, Honey Bun ended trading with only 222 shares changing hands to close 1 cent up at $1.71, Lasco Distributors ended with 27,802 shares trading and gained of 1 cent to $1.45, AMG Packaging ending with 2,500 shares trading at $2.15. General Accident finished with 1,000 shares trading at $1.75, Caribbean Producers finished with 226,000 shares trading lower by 2 cents to $2.05, Lasco Financial ended trading, with 79,300 shares changing hands, to close 2 cents down at 96 cents
3 junior stocks rose 1 fell
General Accident traded the most in volume on the junior market and had the highest gain
At the close of the market, there were 4 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and no stock with the offer lower. The junior market continues to exhibit weakness with 7 securities closing with no bids to buy. There were 8 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
In trading on Tuesday, IC Insider BUY RATED General Accident closed with 640,683 shares trading as the price ended 15 cents higher at $1.80, Lasco Financial saw trading in 578,398 units and put on 8 cents to $1.05, Paramount Trading ended with 14,650 shares changing hands 1 cent higher to $2.56. Eppley traded 107 shares at $380 and Caribbean Producers traded 38,478 shares but lost 8 cents to end at $2.07.
Jamaican Teas at new low
The Orchid property being developed that should add to Jamaican Teas’ profits in 2015 & 2016.
Trading in the Junior Market closed with 6 securities traded and ended with 122,569 units valued at $215,553 being active. The JSE Junior Market Index fell 3.08 points to close at 665.49, with the price of one advancing 3 declining. At the close of the market, there were 2 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and none with offers that were lower. The junior market remains on the weak side with 8 securities closing with no bids to buy. There were 6 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
General Accident closed with 92,805 units trading, the price slipped 10 cents to $1.65, Honey Bun completed trading with 10,018 shares changing hands to close 10 cents up to $2, Jamaican Teas finished with 5,000 shares trading lower by 34 cents $2.50, to a new an all-time low. Paramount Trading ended trading with 7,000 shares changing hands to close at 5 cents lower at $2.55, Caribbean Producers ended trading with 1,746 shares changing hands to close at $2.15 and Consolidated Bakeries closed with 6,000 shares at 82 cents.