8 junior market stocks trade

November 20, 2014 by

General Accident traded 551,733 units at $1.50.

General Accident traded 551,733 units at $1.50.

The number of companies trading in the Junior Market picked up on Thursday with 8 securities traded, with the price of 2 advancing and 2 ending lower.Trading ended with 1,247,208 units valued at $2,018,182. The JSE Junior Market Index rose 1.69 points to close at 681.04.
At the close of the market, there was 1 stock with the bid higher than the last selling price and 2 stocks with offers that were lower. The junior market continues to show signs of weakness with 8 securities closing with no bids to buy. There were 5 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale at the close of the market.
Lasco Distributors closed with 47,970 shares trading 6 cents higher to $1.45, Lasco Manufacturing finished trading with 50,000 shares while gaining 5 cents to end at $1.05, Caribbean Cream had 40,000 shares changing hands, to close at 71 cents, Consolidated Bakeries concluded trading with 10,000 shares changing hands, to close at 82 cents, Derrimon Trading exchanged 20,000 shares in trading at $2.15 and Lasco Financial finished trading with 75,950 shares at 91 cents.
Caribbean Producers finished trading with 451,555 shares with a loss of 25 cents to $2 and General Accident traded 551,733 units to fall 3 cents to $1.50.

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Lasco Manufacturing trades 1m shares

November 19, 2014 by

Lasco_Building280x150 Trading in the Junior Market was dominated by Lasco Manufacturing with 1 million shares at $1 each. Trading ended with 1,084,716 units valued at $1,128,267. The JSE Junior Market Index rose 6.28 points to close at 679.35. A total of 7 securities traded, with the price of 1 advancing and 1 declining.
At the close, there were 2 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 stocks with offers that were lower. The junior market continues to be weak with 8 securities closing with no bids to buy. There were 5 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Lasco Distributors ended trading with 53,804 shares changing hands as the price climbed 4 cents rise to $1.39 and Lasco Manufacturing with 1,000,000 units gained on 3 cents to end at $1.
Caribbean Producers ended trading 11,152 units to close with a 1 cent loss, at $2.25, Consolidated Bakeries finished trading with 8,000 shares trading at 82 cents, Jamaican Teas had dealing in only 3,860 shares at $3.40. The company reported a small loss in the September quarter and a profit of 35 cents for the full year, versus 58 cents in 2013. Lasco Financial contributed 6,500 shares at 95 cents and Medical Disposables with 1,400 shares trading at $1.94.

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Knutsford Express top juniors

November 17, 2014 by

KNutsfordOwners280x150Knutsford Express Services traded over 5 million shares at a new high of $5.85 on the Junior Market. Trading ended with 6,061,987 units valued at $30,930,731. The JSE Junior Market Index rose 12.60 points to close at 669.22, only 5 securities traded, with the price of 4 advancing.
At the close of the market, there were 2 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 stocks with offers that were lower. The junior market continues to exhibit weakness with 8 securities closing with no bids to buy. There were 5 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Caribbean Producers finished trading with 185,826 shares, and closed with a gain of 26 cents at $2.26, Jamaican Teas concluded trading with 100 shares to end 10 cents higher, at $3.40, Knutsford Express exchanged 5,020,011 shares with a gain of 40 cents to a new 52 weeks’ high of $5.85. The company will benefit from lower fuel prices with the fall in the price of oil on the world market. Lasco Distributors had dealing in 819,050 shares as the price ended 4 cents higher, to $1.36. Consolidated Bakeries with 37,000 shares trading, closed at 82 cents.

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Junior stocks still struggling

November 14, 2014 by

Trading in the Junior Market closed with very little activity on the final day of the week. Trading ended with 39,536 units valued at $53,270. The JSE Junior Market Index fell 6.07 points to close at 656.62, only 4 securities traded, with the price none advancing and 3 falling.
At the close of the market, there were 2 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 stocks with offers that were lower. The junior market continues to exhibit weakness with 8 securities closing with no bids to buy. There were 5 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Caribbean Flavours had 11,936 shares changing hands to close at $2.35, Caribbean Producers concluded trading with 1,600 shares at $2, and Consolidated Bakeries exchanged 12,000 shares at 82 cents. Lasco Financial finished trading with 14,000 units to fall 8 cents to 87 cents.

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Caribbean Producers up 10%

November 11, 2014 by

CaribbeanProducers(CPJ)280X150 Trading in the Junior Market closed with Caribbean Producers gaining 10 percent, as the company with largest percentage price movement. There was a total of 686,019 units changing hands, valued at $857,142. The JSE Junior Market Index rose 5.37 points, to close at 665.91 as 7 securities traded, with the price of 3 advancing and 2 declining.
At the close, there were 2 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 stocks with offers that were lower. The junior market continues to exhibit weakness with 10 securities closing with no bids to buy. There were 4 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
In trading, Caribbean Producers finished with 20,000 shares with the price rising 20 cents to $2.20, Lasco Financial saw trading in 50,000 units and put on 8 cents to 98 cents and Medical Disposables ended with 10,000 shares with an increase of 4 cents to $1.94.
Lasco Distributors contributed 232,490 shares at $1.32 and Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 235,894 shares at 95 cents.
Blue Power ended with 660 units as the price slipped 20 cents to $6.90 and General Accident finished with 136,975 shares with 2 cents fall to $1.53.

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7 securities traded in junior market

November 10, 2014 by

Caribbean Producers traded 107,00 shares at $2.

Caribbean Producers traded 107,00 shares at $2.

Trading in the Junior Market closed with 187,905 units valued at $356,074, on Monday. The JSE Junior Market Index rose 0.52 points to close at 660.54, as 7 securities traded, with the price 1 advancing and 1 declining.
At the close of the market, there were 3 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 with the offer that was lower. The junior market continues to exhibit weakness with 10 securities closing with no bids to buy. There were 5 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
There was dealing in 11,949 General Accident shares, as the price closed with a gain of 2 cents, to end at $1.55, Knutsford Express concluded trading with 2,500 units, with a decline of 1 cent to $5.49, AMG Packaging ended trading with 9,478 shares changing hands at $2.15, Caribbean Flavours closed with 23,872 shares trading at $2.35, Caribbean Producers finished trading with 107,000 shares at $2, Lasco Manufacturing exchanged 31,106 units, to close at 95 cents and Medical Disposables traded 2,000 shares at $1.90.

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Eppley & Lasco Distributors dominate juniors

November 7, 2014 by

Lasco_Building280x150 Trading picked up on the Junior Market on Friday, making it the best day for several weeks for volume and number of securities traded. Eppley preference share was the dominant trade, in monetary terms, Lasco Distributors with volume and Dolphin Cove with price change.
Trading ended with 2,058,386 units, valued at $6,226,015. The JSE Junior Market Index fell 1.25 points to close at 660.02, as 8 securities traded, with the price 3 advancing and 3 declining. At the close of the market, there were 2 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 stocks with offers that were lower. The junior market continues to exhibit weakness with 10 securities closing with no bids to buy. There were 5 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Gains|Dolphin Cove had 33,690 shares changing hands and gained 80 cents to $8.80, Eppley 9.5% preference share contributed 661,120 units to trading and rose 2 cents to a 52 weeks’ high of $6.10, Lasco Distributors finished trading with 1,181,969 units to close with a gain of 2 cents at $1.32.
Firm|General Accident exchanged 5,000 shares at $1.53 and Lasco Manufacturing finished trading with 50,000 shares changing hands 95 cents.
Declines| Blue Power ended trading with 7,350 shares to close with a 66 cents fall to $7.10, a new 52 weeks’ low, Caribbean Producers finished trading with 110,000 units with a fall of 50 cents to $2 and Lasco Financial ended with 9,257 shares traded with a loss of 8 cents to close at 90 cents.
Caribbean Producers reported a loss in its latest quarterly result to September before minority interest of US$23,000 by acme out with small profit of US$2,500, this contrast with a profit of $447,000 in 2013.

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3 stocks rose on the junior market

November 6, 2014 by

CPJ gained 30 cents to end at $2.50 in trading on Thursday

CPJ gained 30 cents to end at $2.50 in trading on Thursday

Trading in the Junior Market closed with trading in only 14 securities on the overall Jamaican stock market. Trading ended with 140,500 units valued at $245,631 in the junior market. The JSE Junior Market Index rose 12.82 points to close at 661.27, but only 4 securities traded, with the price 3 advancing and 1 remaining unchanged.
At the close, there were 3 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 stocks with offers that were lower. The junior market continues to exhibit weakness with 9 securities closing with no bids to buy. There were 6 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Access Financial ended with only 500 units at $10.01, Caribbean Producers traded 60,000 shares to end with an increase of 30 cents to $2.50, Lasco Distributors gained 15 cents to $1.30 with 70,000 units and Lasco Manufacturing traded 10,000 shares to end 4 cents higher at 95 cents.

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Slight gain for juniors

October 29, 2014 by

amg-packaging280x150 The Junior Market closed trading with 768,343 units valued at $761,700. The JSE Junior Market Index gained 0.54 points to close at 660.02, only 5 securities traded, 2 advanced and 2 declined.
At the close of the market, there were 2 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 stocks with offers that were lower. The junior market continues to be weak with 10 securities closing with no bids to buy. There were 4 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Caribbean Producers put through 50,000 units with a gain of 10 cents to end at $2.30 and Lasco Manufacturing had 187,742 units trading, to close at 95 cents, after gaining 4 cents.
AMG Packaging traded 300 shares and lost 1 cent, to end at $2.24, a new 52 weeks low and Consolidated Bakeries traded 271,241 shares, lost 3 cents at 82 cents and Lasco Financial with 259,060 units trading, closed at 96 cents.

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3 junior market stocks rose & 3 fell

October 28, 2014 by

The Junior Market closed trading with 819,924 units valued at $903,898. The JSE Junior Market Index rose 2.67 points to close at 659.48, only 6 securities traded, 3 advanced and 3 declined.
At the close of the market, there were 2 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 stocks with offers that were lower. The junior market continues to exhibit weakness with 10 securities closing with no bids to buy. There were 4 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Junior market stocks trading are, Access Financial with 705 shares, lost 47 cents to end at $10.01, Caribbean Producers with 26,028 shares lost 15 cents to end at $2.20, Dolphin Cove had just 200 units changing hands at 50 cents up, at $8.50, Lasco Distributors traded 282,050 units, closed 5 cents higher at $1.25, Lasco Financial Services with 6,940 units, gained 6 cents and closed at 96 cents and Lasco Manufacturing had 504,001 units trading to close at 91 cents after losing 2 cents.

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