Lasco Financial
Following the news that Lasco Financial acquired CrediScotia, the stock jumped $1.10 on Wednesday to a record close, helping to push the Junior Market Index up by 40.48 points on Wednesday, bettering the 28.05 points decline on Tuesday, to close at 2,989.26 when trading ended.
At the close of market activities, 20 securities changed hands, down from 22 trading Tuesday leading to the prices of 8 rising, 5 declining and 7 remaining unchanged, in an exchange of 2,180,177 units valued at $9,696,165 compared to 1,809,393 units valued at $9,170,104 on Tuesday. While Lasco Financial closed at a record high for the day its sister Lasco Distributors closed at a 52 weeks’ low at the closed of trading.
Trading ended with an average of 109,009 units for an average of $484,808 in contrast to 82,245 units for an average of $416,823 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 68,783 units valued at $367,935 and previously 64,720 units, valued at $356,129 previously.
In contrast, October closed with a slightly higher average of 74,690 units valued at $362,548, for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging traded 4 cents higher at $3.04, with 30,700 stock units, Cargo Handlers ended at $10.99, with 4,643 stock units, Caribbean Producers ended 15 cents higher at $4, with 244,630 units, Consolidated Bakeries ended with a loss of 16 cents at $2.20, with 12,847 stock units, Dolphin Cove settled at $17.55, with 2,500 shares, Derrimon Trading traded with a loss of $1 in closing at $6, with 3,394 shares. Express Catering settled with a loss of 10 cents at $4.45, with 13,900 stock units, General Accident closed at $2.70, with 4,000 shares, Honey Bun ended trading at $4.80, with 3,862 shares, 
Jamaican Teas finished trading at $4, with 71,805 units. Jetcon Corporation ended trading 30 cents higher at $4.80, with 100,710 shares, Knutsford Express ended at $12.20, with 2,810 shares, KLE Group finished trading 1 cent higher at $2.51, with 502,226 units, Caribbean Cream ended at $5.62, with 13,930 shares. Lasco Distributors traded 60 cents higher at $5.60, with 362,543 shares, Lasco Financial traded $1.10 higher at $6, with 589,625 stock units, after investors attempted to trade it at $6.50 which was outside the range it could trade at for the day. Medical Disposables concluded trading 9 cents higher at $5.29, with 24,000 shares, Main Event lost 30 cents to close at $5.50, with 6,891 shares, Paramount Trading ended with a loss of 49 cents at $3.50, trading 106,600 units and Stationery and Office settled 15 cents higher at $5.15, with 78,561 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
The Junior Market Index declined by 28.05 points, to close at 2,948.78 on Tuesday with 22 securities changing hands, the same numbers as on Monday. 
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Knutsford Express closed at $12.20, with 26,259 shares, Key Insurance settled at $3.99, with 9,429 stock units, KLE Group finished trading at $2.50, with 880 units. Caribbean Cream ended trading 2 cents higher at $5.62, with 1,070 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading with a loss of 95 cents at $5, with 153,244 shares, Lasco Financial ended trading at $4.90, with 763,065 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing finished trading with a loss of 7 cents at $4.05, with 23,602 units. Medical Disposables traded at $5.20, with 69,250 shares, Main Event ended at $5.80, with 4,441 shares, Paramount Trading jumped 69 cents to $3.99, with 341,058 units trading, Stationery and Office finished at $5, with 21,764 stock units and tTech traded with a loss of 7 cents at $7, with 1,640 shares.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange settled on Thursday with 17 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 639,827 units valued at $3,060,108 compared to 17 securities and 1,174,483 units trading valued at $5,458,374 on Wednesday. 
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 with lower offers.
Jetcon Corporation closed 20 cents higher at $4.70, with 5,000 shares, Knutsford Express recovered $1.80 of the $2.75 it lost on Wednesday to close at $13.80, with 10,560 stock units changing hands. Lasco Distributors ended at $6.40, with 54,180 shares, Lasco Financial finished with a loss of 30 cents at $4.60, with 5,629 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing finished trading 10 cents higher at $4, with 39,545 units, Medical Disposables ended trading with a loss of 5 cents at $5.70, with 28,000 shares. Main Event concluded trading at $5.50, with 15,048 shares, C2W Music ended trading 7 cents higher at 49 cents, with 9,550 stock units, Paramount Trading ended trading 25 cents higher at $3.40, with 12,000 units and Stationery and Office ended at $5, with 239,418 shares changing hands.
At the close of market activities, the prices of 6 securities advanced, 6 declined and 7 remained unchanged. The Market Index declined by 73.52 points or 2.39 percent to close at 2,998.97.
Honey Bun finished 20 cents higher at $5, with 3,956 shares trading, Knutsford Express plunged $2.75 to $12, with 10,320 shares as demand had thinned out weeks ago leaving it exposed to suffer a sharp fall with the stock considered to be overpriced. Key Insurance ended 49 cents higher at $3.99, with just 100 stock units, KLE Group rose 22 cents to $2.50, with 102,500 units changing hands. Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 10 cents at $6.40, with 251,035 shares, Lasco Financial concluded trading at $4.90, with 256,200 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading at $3.90, with 23,285 units, Medical Disposables closed 20 cents higher at $5.75, with 63,829 shares. Main Event settled with a loss of 10 cents at $5.50, with 22,000 shares, Paramount Trading traded with a loss of 15 cents at $3.15, with 15,250 units, Consolidated Bakeries finished trading with a loss of 24 cents at $2.36, with 2,000 shares, Iron Rock settled at $3.25, with 100 shares. Stationery and Office settled at $5, with 43,850 stock units and tTech ended trading at $7.40, with 5,000 shares.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Corporation ended trading with a loss of 30 cents at $4.50, with 8,200 shares. Knutsford Express concluded trading at $14.75, with 2,410 shares, KLE Group ended trading with a loss of 22 cents at $2.28, with 5,000 units, Caribbean Cream settled at $5.99, with 830 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading 23 cents higher at $6.50, with 104,920 shares. Lasco Financial finished trading 40 cents higher at $4.90, with 38,423 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing ended with a loss of 40 cents at $3.90, with 243,262 units, Medical Disposables finished trading with a loss of 27 cents at $5.55, with 16,821 shares, Main Event finished trading at $5.60, with 10,815 shares. Paramount Trading finished with a loss of 29 cents at $3.30, with 121,294 units, Consolidated Bakeries concluded trading with a loss of 21 cents at $2.60, with 3,006 shares, Stationery and Office settled 15 cents higher at $5, with 97,993 stock units and tTech settled 31 cents higher at $7.40, with 8,261 shares. In the junior market preference segment,
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index dropped 48.55 points to close at 3,126.33 as the prices of 6 securities advanced, 8 declined and 7 remained unchanged with 21 securities changing hands versus on Friday. 
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 1 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Knutsford Express ended with a loss of 5 cents at $14.75, in exchanging 1,355 shares, KLE Group traded at $2.50, with 100 units, Caribbean Cream finished 49 cents higher at $5.99, with 32,300 shares, Lasco Distributors dropped 73 cents to end at $6.27, with 300,051 shares, as investors continue to respond negatively to initial court ruling on the case against Pfizer. Lasco Financial concluded trading with a loss of 50 cents at $4.50, with 47,434 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing finished trading with a loss of 20 cents at $4.30, with 9,900 units, Medical Disposables concluded trading 17 cents higher at $5.82, with 75,801 shares, Main Event rose by 10 cents to end at $5.60, with 65,139 shares. Paramount Trading closed 59 cents higher at $3.59, with 37,649 units as investors responded to the news of its expansion into the processing of chlorine and bleach. Stationery and Office fell 15 cents to close at $4.85, with 22,436 stock units trading, Sweet River traded at $3.86, with 3,225 units and tTech finished at $7.09, with 100 shares.
In contrast, October closed with average of 74,690 units valued at $362,548 for each security traded.
Express Catering ended with a loss of 9 cents at $4.66, trading 27,258 stock units, General Accident settled with a loss of 21 cents at $2.80, with 155,155 shares, Honey Bun closed at $4.60, trading 1,863 shares, Jetcon Corporation closed unchanged at $4.80, with 539,189 shares. Lasco Distributors closed with a loss of $1.14 at $7, with 521,025 shares after the court handed down an interim ruling in the case against Pfizer, Lasco Financial concluded trading at $5, with 502,835 stock units, after trading as high as $5.15, Lasco Manufacturing closed 10 cents higher at $4.50, with 22,372 units, Main Event ended trading with a loss of 10 cents at $5.50, with 14,976 shares. Paramount Trading traded 1 cent higher at $3, with 15,325 units and Stationery and Office finished trading 15 cents higher at $5, with 26,804 stock units.
n contrast, September closed with average of 116,176 units valued at $538,652 for each security traded.
Honey Bun ended trading 900 stock units at $4.90, Jamaican Teas traded 4,000 shares at $4.10, Jetcon Corporation closed 12 cents higher at $4.80, with 43,613 units, Knutsford Express ended at $14.80, with 6,670 stock units changing hands. Caribbean Cream settled at $5.80, with 143,951 shares, Lasco Distributors traded 40 cents higher at $7.60, with 402,523 units, Lasco Financial traded 10 cents higher at $4.50, with 184,129 shares, Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading 25 cents higher at $4.45, with 404,812 stock units. Main Event traded 58 cents higher at $5.60, with 92,886 units, Paramount Trading traded 3,452 shares at $3, Stationery and Office closed with a loss of 6 cents at $5.30, with 14,649 shares and tTech settled with a loss of 45 cents at $7.05, with 14,751 units.
valued at $359,339. In contrast, September closed with average of 116,176 units valued at $538,652 for each security traded.
Honey Bun concluded trading at $4.90, with 1,000 stock units, Iron Rock closed 1 cent higher at $3.21, while exchanging 5,698 units, Jamaican Teas ended trading at $4.10, with 54,000 shares, Jetcon Corporation traded with a loss of 12 cents at $4.68, as 39,000 stock units were exchanged. Knutsford Express closed with a loss of 19 cents at $14.80, with 5,585 units, Lasco Distributors closed at $7.20, with 629,096 units changing hands, Lasco Financial finished trading 4 cents higher at $4.40, with 29,060 units, Lasco Manufacturing finished trading with a loss of 30 cents at $4.20, with 56,941 units. Main Event ended with a loss of 28 cents at $5.02, with 35,000 shares, Paramount Trading traded 10 cents higher at $3, with 31,990 stock units, Stationery and Office concluded trading with a loss of 11 cents at $5.36, with 18,344 shares, tTech settled with a loss of 10 cents at $7.50, with 10,536 stock units and in the junior market preference segment, Derrimon Trading settled 5 cents higher at $2, with 8,726 units.
The Junior Market on Friday closed for the 10th consecutive day with unbroken gains leading the market index climbing 37.73 points to close at 3,143.71 with 21 securities changing hands compared to 18 on Thursday. 
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 75,683 units valued at $359,339 and previously, 78,762 units valued at $374,030. In contrast, September closed with average of 116,176 units valued at $538,652 for each security traded.
Caribbean Producers traded 1 cent higher at $3.71, with 69,888 units being traded. Derrimon Trading ended at $7 with 2,000 units, Express Catering finished trading with a loss of 30 cents at $4.65, with 56,588 stock units trading, General Accident ended trading 10 cents higher at $3.20, with 16,450 units, Honey Bun closed with a loss of 10 cents at $4.90, with 4,891 stock units changing hands. ISP Finance dropped $2.30 to $16.20, with 10,000 units, Jamaican Teas concluded trading at $4.10, with 5,100 shares, Jetcon Corporation finished with a loss of 5 cents at $4.80, with 3,154 shares trading, Lasco Distributors closed with a loss of 24 cents at $7.20, with 11,850 units, Lasco Financial ended with a loss of 4 cents at $4.36, with 51,742 stock units. Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.50, with 14,800 units, Main Event traded 20 cents higher at $5.30, with 166,999 shares, Medical Disposables traded 25 cents higher at $5.75, with 1,471 stock units, Paramount Trading settled with a loss of 10 cents at $2.90, with 124,400 units being exchanged and Stationery and Office settled with a loss of 3 cents at $5.47, with 1,986 units.