8 Stocks trade on JSE junior market
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 7 securities closing with no bids to buy. There were 4 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Access Financial traded 2,400 shares at $9, Caribbean Producers traded 76,978 units to end at $2.20, and lost 1 cents, Consolidated Bakeries with 105,314 shares closed at 82 cents, Dolphin Cove exchanged 5,300 shares and lost 30 cents to end at $8.50, General Accident closed up, by 11 cents, at $1.57 while 61,516 units were traded. Lasco Distributors ended up with a volume of 650,000 being traded for $1.49 and the price rose 5 cents to $1.49, Lasco Financial traded 721,560 shares to end at 94 cents after losing 2 cents and Lasco Manufacturing traded at 99 cents with 32,162 shares.
Dolphin Cove Profit up 14%
Dolphin Cove’s profit for the September quarter, rose 14 percent to $109 million and for the nine months to September, its up a strong 25 percent to $397 million. Cost generally rose slightly faster than revenues, but that did not impair the results by much.
Direct cost 16 percent for the quarter and 18 percent year to date, administrative and other costs were up 18 percent for quarter, but was in line with revenues, at 15 percent for the nine months, to September. Margins were held for the quarter and rose for the nine months period. Revenues climbed 16 percent for the quarter, and 15 percent year to date. At the end of the financial year to December, earnings should be just over $1.20, for this major tourist attraction.
Attendant with the growth in profit, the company increase the amount paid out in dividend in 2014 over 2013.
Eppley & Lasco Distributors dominate juniors
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.
Lasco Manufacturing sole stock to rise
At the close of the market, there were 2 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 1 stock with the offer 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. The weakness is in keeping with technical indicators, suggesting that the junior market has a while to go, before prices start to recover across the broader market. This is especially so with profits of two of the Lasco companies falling below the results for 2013.
Lasco Manufacturing was the only junior market stock to gain at the end of trading as trading closed with 20,800 shares trading to gain 4 cents at 95 cents and Caribbean Flavours 50,323 units traded to close unchanged, at $2.35.
Lasco Financial with 98,860 shares, ended at 98 cents, Dolphin Cove with 200 units but lost 50 cents to end at $8, General Accident added 6,326 shares but lost 2 cents to close at $1.53 and Medical Disposables put through 20,000 units but lost 4 cents in closing at $1.88.
3 junior market stocks rose & 3 fell
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.
Knutsford Express at new high
Trading picked up on the junior Market as 8 securities traded, the highest number for some time. At the close of the market, trading activity led to 2,405,521 units valued at $2,877,589 changing hands.
The JSE Junior Market Index increased 0.32 points to close at 663.86 as 3 stocks advanced and 3 declined with Knutsford Express closing at a new all time high.
At the end of trading, there were 3 stocks with their bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 stocks with offers that were lower. Although the number of securities trading picked up, the junior market still continues to show signs of weakness with 9 stocks closing with no bids to buy. On the other hand there were 7 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
At the close, Access Financial Services traded 2,295 shares to end with a decline of 2 cents at $10.48, Dolphin Cove with 3000 units trading closed at $8, Knutsford Express with 7,726 shares closed at $5.50 to gain 50 cents, the highest price since listing in January, Lasco Distributors put in 1,000,000 units at $1.15, Lasco Financial Services traded 919,500 at 97 cents, with a 3 cents decline, Lasco Manufacturing lost 6 cents while trading 220,647 units to close at 98 cents, Medical Disposables had 245,000 units changing hands at $2, up 10 cents and Paramount Trading gained 20 cents in trading 7,353 units at $2.70.
Low trading in junior market
The Junior Market had trading in only 404,855 units valued at $754,027. The JSE Junior Market Index fell 3.57 points to close at 664.33 as 6 stocks traded including one from the Preference section, with 2 advancing and 2 declining.
At the close of the market there were 4 stocks with the bids higher than the last selling price and 5 stocks with offers that were lower. The junior market continues to exhibit weakness with 10 stocks closing no bids to buy against 6 that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Lasco Financial traded 50,000 shares at $1 by gaining 5 cents followed by Lasco Manufacturing with 60,000 units to gain 2 cents to end at $1.02, Dolphin Cove traded 20,000 units at $8, Caribbean Producers traded 71,805 shares with the loss of 15 cents to end at $2.45 and General Accident traded 202,600 shares at $1.50, in losing 12 cents. Eppley 9.5% preference share traded 450 units at $6.10.
No sign of Junior Market movement
At the close of the market there was 2 stocks with the bid higher than the last selling price and 6 stocks with offers that were lower. The likelihood of continuing weakness is reflected in the 10 stocks that had no bids to buy against 7 that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Lasco Distributors with 278,128 units, closed 1 cent lower at $1.15, Dolphin Cove traded 1,470 units at $8, Lasco Financial 4,657 shares at 95 cents and Lasco Manufacturing 278,832 units at $1.
Junior market participation picks up but…
The number of securities trading in the Junior Market, picked up today to 6, from very low levels previously, but with very low volume. At the close of trading, the price of 1 stock advanced and 1 declined, with a total volume trading was 30,562 units. The JSE Junior Market Index fell 2.73 points to close at 666.29.
At the close the market there only moderate interest in junior market stocks with no bids to buy 10 stocks and no offer to sell 7 out of the 24 listings in this market segment. There was only one stock with the bid that was higher than the last selling price but 4 stocks had offers that were lower.
Gains| Caribbean Cream the sole stock to gain in the junior market, traded 5,000 with a gain of 5 cents, to close at 70 cents.
Firm Trades| Stocks in the junior market that traded to close at the same price as the day before are, Dolphin Cove with 200 shares at $8, Lasco Distributors traded 2,300 units at $1.15 Lasco Financial 1,500 shares at $1 and Lasco Manufacturing managed to exchange 3,982 units at $1.
Declines| General Accident with 20,500 shares changing hands lost 1 cent to end at $1.58 is the only stock declining in the junior market at the end of trading.
Trading picks up a bit Junior Market
The number of stocks trading in the Junior Market, rose to 5 from only three on Tuesday, with 2 advancing and 1 declining. The junior market Index increased 0.96 points to close at 654.75. Total volume traded is 322,674 units valued at $586,079.
Gains| Stocks recording gains at the end of trading in the junior market are, Lasco Financial 4,515 shares changing hands gained 13 cents to $1 and General Accident with 194,088 shares closed 4 cents higher at $1.59
Firm Trades| Stocks in the junior market that traded to close at the same price as the day before are, Dolphin Cove with 5,000 shares at $8 and Medical Disposables 114,336 shares ended at $2.
Declines| Lasco Distributors is the sole stock declining in the junior market at the end of trading with 4,735 shares closing with a 3 cents loss at $1.15.
At the close of trading 3 junior market stocks ended with bids to buy above the last traded prices and 3 with offers that were lower.