Caribbean Producers

Juniors have 5 new highs on Wednesday

December 23, 2015 by IC Insider.com

Cargo Handlers ended at a new 52 weeks’ high of $37.50.

4 stocks closed at 52 weeks’ highs and one at an intraday high as trading volumes returned to normal on the junior market with the absence of any major trade. The junior market index declined by 22.67 points to 1,644.24 as the market closed with 14 securities trading of which 7 advanced and 4 declined. Volume amounted to 1,962,619 units, valued at $7,767,219 changing hands.
At the close there was 1 security ending with no bid to buy and 6 securities had no stocks being offered for sale. A total of 5 stocks closed with bids higher than their last traded prices while one closed with a lower offer.
In trading, Cargo Handlers ended with 700 shares changing hands, for a gain of $1.50 and closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $37.50, Caribbean Cream had 1,029,160 shares changing hands at $3.70, Caribbean Flavours fell $1 in trading 17,700 units to close at $9, Caribbean Producers closed at $4.57 and lost 5 cents with 20,000 units changing hands. Derrimon Trading ended with 89,128 shares changing hands at $3.80. Dolphin Cove closed at $16 after dropping $1 with 3,100 shares trading, Honey Bun gained 8 cents with 10,000 shares changing hands, to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $6.08, Jamaican Teas rose 3 cents with 1,250 shares trading to close at $4.50.

KLE Group closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $1.20 with a gain of 5 cents as 34,000 shares changed hands, Knutsford Express fell $1.15 and ended at $9.50 with 65,901 shares changing hands. Lasco Distributors closed with 225,870 shares changing hands at $4.60 after trading at an intraday 52 weeks’ high of $4.90. Lasco Financial rose 4 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.59, with 225,870 shares changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing gained 30 cents, to close at $3.30 with 402,487 shares trading and Medical Disposables closed 30 cents higher at $3.55 with 500 shares trading.

Filed Under: JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Cargo Handlers, Caribbean Flavours, Caribbean Producers, Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, Dolphin Cove, Honey Bun, Jamaican Stock, Knutsford Express, Lasco, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Manufacturing, Medical Disposables, Trading Activity

Proven sells Knutsford shares

December 22, 2015 by IC Insider.com

Knutsford Express traded a big block of 20,000,002 shares at $10.65 with the price falling 65 cents, helping the junior market to lose ground on Tuesday. The record of the company showed Proven Investments as the holders of the exact amount traded, representing 20 percent of the shareholdings with their brokerage house being the seller with NCB Capital Markets being the brokers buying.
The junior market index falling by 24.27 points to 1,666.91 points as the market retreated from the all-time high reached on Monday. Trading ended with 14 securities trading of with 7 advanced and 2 declined with 20,742,505 units, valued at $215,634,789 changing hands as 2 stocks closed at 52 weeks’ highs.
At the close there was 1 security ending with no bid to buy and 6 securities had no stocks being offered for sale. A total of 2 stocks closed with bids higher than their last traded prices while one closed with a lower offer.
In trading, Access Financial Services closed at $16 with 2,646 units changing hands, AMG Packaging closed with 8,964 units changing hands at $7, Blue Power had 581 units changing hands to close at $13.10, Caribbean Cream gained 43 cents with 13,000 shares changing hands at $3.70. Caribbean Flavours traded 450 units to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $10, by adding 97 cents, Caribbean Producers closed at $4.62 to gain 17 cents with 290,856 units changing hands, Consolidated Bakeries rose 10 cents while trading 35,000 shares at $1.20, Derrimon Trading ended with 27,247 shares changing hands at $3.80. General Accident closed at $1.95 with 4,500 shares trading, Honey Bun finished with 2,000 shares changing hands, to close at $6, Lasco Distributors closed with 80,000 shares changing hands at 25 cents higher at $4.60. Lasco Financial rose 43 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.55, with 241,631 shares changing hands and Lasco Manufacturing lost 55 cents to close at $3 with 298,484 shares trading.

Filed Under: JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: AMG Packaging, Blue Power, Caribbean Flavours, Caribbean Producers, Caribbean Producers (CPJ), Consolidated Bakeries, Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, General Accident, Honey Bun, Jamaican Stock, Knutsford Express, Kremi, Lasco, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, NCB Capital Markets, Proven Investments, Trading Activity

Juniors slip again on Wednesday

November 25, 2015 by IC Insider.com

Knutsford Express ended at a new all-time high of $8.20

The junior market suffered more losses on Wednesday with 16 active securities, of which 8 advanced and 4 declined as some investors continue to take profits with a sharp upward movement of the market in 2015 and improved valuation of several stocks. A total of 3,669,193 units, valued at $14,681,931 changed hands. Trading ended with a 38.37 points fall of the index to 1,543.99.
The market ended with 3 new 52 weeks’ closing highs and one 52 weeks closing low. Only 3 securities ended with no bids to buy and 10 had no stocks being offered for sale. A total of 4 stocks closed with bids higher than the last traded prices and 3 closed with lower offers.
In trading, AMG Packaging traded 1,130 units at $6, C2W Music ended up with 41,000 units changing hands at a loss of 2 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ closing low of 37 cents, Cargo Handlers ended with 755 shares changing hands, for a gain of 80 cents and closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $36, Caribbean Cream had 6,866 units changing hands and recovered 80 cents of the fall of $1.01 on Tuesday, to end at $4.30, Caribbean Flavours gained 27 cents in trading 7,574 units to end at $6.57. Caribbean Producers lost 50 cents in trading 715,339 units to end at $5. Consolidated Bakeries rose 5 cents at the close, to end at $1.40 with 33,814 units changing hands, Derrimon Trading ended with 4,211 units changing hands at $3.50 but was offered at $3.45 at the close, General Accident ended with 12,900 shares changing hands and closed at $1.90. Honey Bun with 17,265 shares changing hands and closed at $5,

Jamaican Teas had 500,000 shares trading at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $4.65, after rising by 35 cents, Knutsford Express rose 70 cents in trading 150,000 units at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $8.20. Lasco Distributors closed with 177,942 shares changing hands, to end with a loss of 21 cents at $4.11, Lasco Financial gained 14 cents to end at $3, with a total of 217,882 shares changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing closed with a rise of 21 cents to $3.71 with 960,001 shares trading and Medical Disposables ended with 822,514 shares changing hands but lost 40 cents to end at $3.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: AMG Packaging, C2W Music, Cargo Handlers, Caribbean Flavours, Caribbean Producers, Caribbean Producers (CPJ), Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, General Accident, Jamaican Stock, Jamaican Teas, Knutsford Express, Lasco, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Medical Disposables, Trading Activity

Another record close for juniors – Monday

November 2, 2015 by IC Insider.com

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Honey Bun closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $5.10

The junior market enjoyed wide spread trading as 13 securities were active and the market index rose 22.82 points to end at a new all-time closing of 1,347.77. A total of 1,520,187 units, valued at $5,119,713 changed hands as 7 stocks advanced and 5 declined.
The market ended with 3 stocks closing at new 52 weeks’ high and one at an intraday high, while 3 securities ended with no bids to buy and 9 had no stocks being offered for sale. A total of 6 stocks closed with bids higher than the last traded prices and one closed with a lower offer.
In trading, AMG Packaging closed at $4.85 after trading at $5 with 83,316 units changing hands. The company reported big increase in profits after trading closed on Friday with earnings for the full year to August being 78 cents per share, up from 45 cents in 2014, Caribbean Cream with 188,800 shares changing hands ended at $3.40 but traded at an intraday high of $3.60. Caribbean Flavours gained 36 cents while trading 11,806 units to end at $4.40, Caribbean Producers traded 33,704 units for a loss of 11 cents to end at $2.90. Consolidated Bakeries traded 71,000 shares, to end at $1.90 with a loss of 10 cents, Dolphin Cove fell 1 cent to end at $12.99, with only 850 units changing hands.

General Accident ended with 31,129 shares changing hands, in closing at $2, after rising 30 cents, Honey Bun traded 1,070 shares at $5.10, for a new 52 weeks’ high, with a gain of 10 cents. Jamaican Teas had 75,615 shares trading to close at $3.90 after rising 48 cents, Lasco Distributors with 153,661 shares changing hands and closed with a gain of 10 cents at $3.20. Lasco Financial closed with a 10 cents decline at $2.30 after trading earlier at $2.50, after 105,409 shares changed hands. Lasco Manufacturing traded 250,635 shares to end with a decline of 3 cents to $3.40 and Medical Disposables ended with 514,192 units changing hands to end with a gain of 50 cents to a new all-time high of $3.50.

Filed Under: JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Caribbean Flavours, Caribbean Producers, Daily Trading, General Accident, Honey Bun, Jamaican Stock, Lasco, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Manufacturing, Medical Disposables, Trading Activity

The JSE enjoys record gain on Wednesday

October 14, 2015 by IC Insider.com

The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange recorded its highest gain ever with a huge jump of 9,440.63 points on All Jamaican Composite index to hit 126,995.43 as Desnoes & Geddes traded 59,126 shares at $25 for an increase of $9.97 to be the main contributor to the gains. Trading in the overall market has been strong with 28 securities being active at 11 am, with a volume of 10,402,800 units as 17 stocks gained and 2 declined.
In Trading, Berger Paints traded 899,350 shares at $2.50, Caribbean Producers exchanged 1,649,403 up to $2.80, General Accident traded 2,000,000 units at $1.75, Jamaica Broilers exchange 601,851 shares at $7 and Lasco Distributors had 3,043,460 units trading at $2.80.
The JSE Market Index rose 8,447.57 points to 114,570.64, the JSE combined index rose 7,451.90 points to be at 118,884.23 and the junior market index fell 58.68 points to 1,199.65.

Filed Under: JSE Main Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Berger Paints, Caribbean Producers, D&G, General Accident, J$ vs euro, Jamaica Broilers, Lasco Manufacturing

Juniors inched up on Monday

September 28, 2015 by IC Insider.com

The junior market ended on Monday with the index rising 3.35 points to 968.86 and a total of 4 stocks advancing, 3 declining as 8 securities traded. The market ended with 798,223 units, valued at $1,792,306 changing hands.
At the close 3 securities ended with no bids to buy, while 9 had no stocks being offered for sale. A total of 7 stocks closed with bids higher than the last traded prices and 3 closed with lower offers.
In trading, AMG Packaging closed with a gain of 5 cents to reach $3.65, with 500 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream traded 540,000 shares and lost 5 cents to close at $1.75, Caribbean Producers traded 25,301 shares at $2.35 by gaining 5 cents. Jamaican Teas traded 8,000 units at $3.20 by slipping 30 cents, Lasco Distributors closed with 201,388 units trading and ended with a gain of 16 cents at $2, Lasco Financial with 20,350 shares changing hands ended at $1.75 after losing 5 cents. Lasco Manufacturing with 1,684 shares trading closed at $1.99 with a gain of 4 cents, and Derrimon Trading preference share ended with 1,000 shares changing hands to end 2 cents higher at $2.25.

Filed Under: JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: AMG Packaging, Caribbean Producers, Jamaican Teas

Trading expands to 14 junior stocks

August 18, 2015 by IC Insider.com

Derrimon traded at a new 52 weeks’ high of $2.50 on Tuesday.

The JSE junior market fell on Tuesday with 7 stocks declining and 5 advancing as 14 securities traded resulting in 1,275,027 units, valued at $4,068,197 changing hands. The market lost 13.02 points to close at 1,017.75.
The market ended with 4 securities closing with no bids to buy, while 6 had no stocks being offered for sale and 2 stocks closed with bids higher than the last traded prices and only 2 with the offers being lower.
Stocks trading are, Access Financial Services traded 100 shares to close with a loss of 50 cents at $18.50, Blue Power closed with 978 units changing hands at $12.28, Caribbean Cream traded 246,315 units to close 2 cents lower at $1.80, Caribbean Flavours traded 67,516 units at $3, while gaining 18 cents. Caribbean Producers traded 40,012 units for 10 cents gain at $2.80, Derrimon Trading ended with 5,113 shares changing hands to end 10 cents higher at $2.50, for a new 52 weeks’ high. Dolphin Cove traded 3,433 shares and closed at $13 after trading earlier as low as $12.15. General Accident Insurance traded 80,419 units with the price falling 15 cents, to $1.45 as investors continue to react negatively to the company reported profits for the June of just $457,000, and $26.6 million for the first

half of 2015, compared with $88 million and $187 million respectively. Honey Bun with 103,320 shares changing hands, closed at a new 52 weeks’ high of $4 after gaining 60 cents. Jamaican Teas had 1,070 shares trading to close with a loss of 43 cents, at $3.10, Lasco Distributors closed with 48,964 units trading, 14 cents lower at $1.81, Lasco Financial Services traded 45,689 units to close at $1.80, after slipping 3 cents. Lasco Manufacturing with 287,629 units changing hands, closed 5 cents higher at $1.85 and Eppley cumulative redeemable preference shares 2019 ended with 326,469 units changing hands at $6.05.

Filed Under: JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Blue Power, Caribbean Flavours, Caribbean Producers, Derrimon Trading, Dolphin Cove, Eppley, General Accident, Honey Bun, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Manufacturing

Mayberry takes 20% of Lasco Financial

May 26, 2015 by IC Insider.com

Mayberry buys 20% of Lasco Financial Services on Tuesday.

Mayberry Investments bought 244,505,426 shares in Lasco Investments over the stock exchange floor today to be the dominant trade on the Jamaica Stock Exchange. Lascelles Chin was the major seller with 218,797,608 units, leaving approximately 160 million units directly in his name.
Joel Izquierrdo Gonzalez who had 14,515,000 shares seems to have disposed of his holdings as well, Mayberry crossed another 10 million units to cement the major part of the trade for the day. Chin confirmed the sale and indicated that Mayberry now has 20 percent and it’s a win, win proposition for both entities. Lasco Financial has 1,228,102,990 Ordinary shares of no par value that are issued. Lasco just reported full year reulsts with profit of $189.5 million just up from $178.2 million in 2014, the company reported just $10 million profit in the last quarter to March versus $41 million in the same period in 2014.Mayberry previously owned around 39 percent of Access Financial Services which they divested last year for approximately $1 billion. Some of the funds are being invested in this and other entities. It could well be that Mayberry will eventually buy more shares in the company.
Elsewhere in trading pick on the Junior Market with 11 securities trading, and ended with 245,363,622 units changing hands valued at $315,546,759. The JSE Junior Market Index declined 21.64 points to close at 856.43, with the price of 2 stocks advancing and 6 declining.
At the close of the market, there were only 2 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers. The junior market ended with 4 securities closing with no bids to buy and 9 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, Access Financial Services ending

with 61,836 shares changing hands 10 cents lower at $17, Blue Power closed with 1,700 shares trading at $9.50, in losing 30 cents. Caribbean Cream finished with 81,200 units with a loss of 11 cents at $1.08, Caribbean Producers with 51,724 shares trading, was unchanged at $3, General Accident Insurance concluded trading with 187,684 shares changing hands to close 7 cents lower at $2. Honey Bun finished trading with just 500 shares to close 11 cents higher, at $2.62, Knutsford Express Services ended with 3,437 shares unchanged at $6. Lasco Distributors traded 289,032 shares, 15 cents lower, at $1.55, Lasco Financial Services finished trading with 244508476 units in total between $1.28 and $1.45 to settle at $1.30, there were 170,033 shares of Lasco Manufacturing traded to close lower by 5 cent at $1.25 and 8,000 Paramount Trading shares traded at $3.80 for a 4 cents gain.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Blue Power, Caribbean Producers, General Accident Insurance, Honey Bun, Knutsford Express, Lascelles Chin, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial Services, Lasco Manufacturing, Paramount Trading

Junior market set to slip more

May 21, 2015 by IC Insider.com

Caribbean Cream was the only stock to rise on Thursday

Trading on the Junior Market closed with only 7 securities trading, and ended with a mere 565,971 units changing hands valued at $949,659. The JSE Junior Market Index declined 12.70 points to close at 863.14, with the price of only 1 stock advancing and 3 declining with no stock closing at 52 weeks’ high.
The market seems set to fall on Friday with several stocks closing with lower asking prices than the last selling prices. At the close of the market, there were 3 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 7 with lower offers. The junior market ended with 3 securities closing with no bids to buy 6 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.

Stocks trading in the junior market are, Caribbean Cream finishing with 8,500 units to close with a gain of 1 cent at $1.20 but ended with the offer at $1.15, to sell 130,000 units. Caribbean Producers with 93891 shares trading, closed lower by 15 cents at $3, Consolidated Bakeries finished trading with 3,334 shares to closed unchanged at $2.04, General Accident Insurance concluded trading with 2,000 shares changing hands to close 7 cents lower at $2. Lasco Distributors traded 219,108 shares at $1.65, Lasco Financial Services finished trading with 181,412 units at $1.31. There was dealing in 57,726 Lasco Manufacturing’s shares as the stock traded lower by 7 cent to $1.30.

Filed Under: JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Caribbean Producers, Consolidated Bakeries, General Accident Insurance, junior market, Kremi, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial Services, Lasco Manufacturing, Purity

Junior market inches away from high

May 8, 2015 by IC Insider.com

Trading picked up on the Junior Market with 10 securities trading, the most for some time, and ended with 1,459,016 units changing hands valued at $$1,840,696. The JSE Junior Market Index rose 12.24 points to close at 836.83, juts 4 points from the all-time high. The price of 5 stocks advanced, none declined with 1 closing at a 52 weeks’ high.
At the close of the market, there were 4 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 3 with lower offers. The junior market ended with 3 securities closing with no bids to buy and 7 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, AMG Packaging ending with 15,100 shares changing hands at $3.30, Caribbean Cream trading 1,020,000 shares at 96 cents for a new 52 days closing high but traded as high as $1.05. Caribbean Producers with 11,000 shares trading, closed higher by 12 cents at $2.90. Consolidated Bakeries traded only 100 units at $1, Derrimon Trading finished with 2,335 shares to close unchanged at $2.04, Jamaican Teas ending trading 12,700 shares to gain 6 cents to $2.61, Lasco Distributors ended with 133,688 shares trading, 3 cents higher at $1.50, Lasco Financial Services finished trading with 19,575 units, the price was unchanged at $1.30. There was dealing in 216,282 Lasco Manufacturing’s shares as the stock traded higher by 1 cent to $1.35 and Eppley 2019 preference share exchanged 28,236 units at $6.