Trading picked up on the Junior Market with 30 securities being active up from 27 on Thursday leading to 14 advancing, 8 declining and 8 remained unchanged.
The market closed with the market index rising 32.89 points to close at 3,250.47, lifting the market 5.5 percent for August and 19 percent for the year to date. A volume of 4,503,036 units valued at $56,383,723 hanged hands, compared to 3,136,408 units valued at $17,262,540, on Thursday. The stocks with the leading trades were Caribbean Flavours, Caribbean Producers and Derrimon Trading with more than a million units each.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading had 8 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices, none closed with a lower offer.
Trading closed with an average of 150,101 units for an average of $1,879,457 in contrast to 116,163 units for an average of $639,353 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 244,613 units at $1,348,298, compared to 254,559 units at $1,270,673 on the previous trading day. Trading in July, averaged 154,060 units valued at $655,146 for each security traded.
At the close of trading, Access Financial traded 483 shares and closed 32 cents higher at $43.32, AMG Packaging gained 3 cents to end at $1.93, trading 5,976 stock units, Blue Power concluded trading at $5, with 14,091 units changing hands, Cargo Handlers ended 50 cents higher to close at $12.50, trading 7,520 stock units, Caribbean Cream settled 40 cents higher at $5.70, exchanging 50,000 shares, Caribbean Flavours ended trading with a loss of 1 cent at $18, with 1,108,594 shares changing hands. Caribbean Producers traded 1,265,538 shares with a loss of 30 cents at $6.50, Derrimon Trading closed 50 cents higher at $24, exchanging 1,031,000 shares, Dolphin Cove finished with 8,090 shares changing hands and rose 50 cents to $17, Elite Diagnostic ended with a loss of 9 cents at $3.01, trading 31,215 shares, Everything Fresh fell 2 cents in trading 250,585 shares to end at $2.10, Express Catering concluded trading 13,125 shares and rose 17 cents to close at $8.18. FosRich Group finished at $2.99, with 3,000 stock units changing hands, General Accident settled with a loss of 65 cents at $3.80, with 103,000 units traded, GWest Corporation ended trading 10,000 shares, with a loss of 6 cents to $2.12, Honey Bun traded with a loss of 13 cents at $4.30, exchanging 67,455 shares. Indies Pharma traded 867,462 shares but fell 10 cents to end at $2.60, Iron Rock finished trading with a loss of 5 cents at $3.20, in exchanging 37,200 shares, ISP Finance closed $4 higher at $20, with 1,367 stock units changing hands, Jamaican Teas ended 21 cents higher at $4.20, with 33,821 unit being traded, Knutsford Express closed 10 cents higher at $12.60, with 20,000 shares changing hands, Jetcon Corporation concluded trading of 11,676 shares at $4.02, KLE Group settled at $3.30, with 1,400 shares trading, Lasco Distributors ended trading 15 cents higher at $4.05, with 2,595 stock units changing hands, Lasco Financial traded at $5.80, with 22,192 units, Lasco Manufacturing finished trading with a loss of 10 cents at $3.90, while exchanging 21,200 shares. Main Event closed at $7.11, with 23,654 shares changing hands, Medical Disposables climbed $1.58 higher to $6.68, with 32,868 shares, Stationery and Office finished 35 cents higher at $8.50, exchanging 19,132 units and tTech ended trading 30 cents higher at $5.50, as 73,800 shares changed hands.
Junior Market up 19% for 2018 – Friday
Minor slip for Junior Market – Thursday
The Junior Market closed trading on Thursday slightly down, even as advancing stocks beat out declining stocks more than 2 to 1 with the market index falling 3.19 points to 3,217.58.
At the close, 27 securities changed hands, down slightly from 28 on Wednesday with the prices of 13 advancing, 6 declining and 8 remained unchanged. Trading resulted in an exchange of 3,136,408 units valued at $17,262,540 compared to 2,597,222 units valued at $24,126,194, on Wednesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading had 5 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices, 1 closed with a lower offer.
Trading closed with an average of 116,163 units for an average of $639,353 in contrast to 92,758 units for an average of $861,650 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 254,559 units at $1,270,673, compared to 262,510 units at $1,306,941 on the previous trading day. Trading in July, averaged 154,060 units valued at $655,146 for each security traded.
At the close of trading, Access Financial climbed $3 to end at $43, exchanging 89,300 shares, Blue Power concluded trading of 52,691 units and rose by 30 cents to $5, CAC 2000 finished 5 cents higher at $9.05, trading 100 shares, Cargo Handlers settled with 5,000 shares being exchanged and rose 80 cents to $12, Caribbean Flavours traded 18,000 stock units for a rise of $1 to a record close of $19. Caribbean Producers finished trading 173,788 units, 15 cents higher at $6.80, Derrimon Trading ended at $23.50, with 85,360 shares, Dolphin Cove concluded trading at $16.50, in exchanging 143 shares, Elite Diagnostic finished 10 cents higher at $3.10, with 487,961 stock units changing hands. Eppley settled at $10.18, with 2,100 units, Everything Fresh fell 2 cents in trading 36,501 shares to end at $2.10, Express Catering ended trading 60,253 shares, at $8.01, FosRich Group rose by 24 cents to $2.99, trading 119,884 shares, General Accident finished trading 5,000 shares, 65 cents higher at $4.45, but closed with the offer at $3.80. GWest Corporation closed at $2.18, while exchanging 11,909 stock units, Indies Pharma traded 867,462 shares but fell 10 cents to end at $2.60, Iron Rock concluded trading at $3.25, with 2,500 shares changing hands, Jetcon Corporation traded with 40,767 stock units with a loss of 8 cents at $4.02, KLE Group finished trading 600 shares and rose 25 cents to $3.30. Knutsford Express closed at $12.50, in exchanging 7,250 shares, Lasco Distributors ended with a loss of 10 cents at $3.90, after exchanging 297,318 shares, Lasco Financial concluded trading with 134,226 stock units at $5.80, Lasco Manufacturing finished 10 cents higher at $4, with 582,909 units changing hands. Main Event settled 11 cents higher at $7.11, trading 11,000 shares, Paramount Trading traded 3,872 shares with a loss of 40 cents at $2.60, Stationery and Office finished trading 30,314 stock units with a loss of 20 cents at $8.15 and tTech ended 10 cents higher at $5.20, with 10,200 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Losses = gains in Junior Market trading – Wednesday
The Junior Market closed trading on Wednesday in a tug of war between advancing and declining stocks with the market ending with 12 each being up and down, as advancing stocks just having the upper hand in steering the market index higher.
At the close, the market index rose 15.68 points to close at 3,220.77, with 28 securities changing hands, the same number on Tuesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading had 8 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices, 1 closed with a lower offer.
The market closed with the prices of 12 advancing, 12 declining and 4 remaining unchanged and resulted in an exchange of 9,172,835 units valued at $44,109,271, compared to 2,149,308 units valued at $9,485,152 on Tuesday.
Trading closed with an average of 92,758 units for an average of $861,650 in contrast to 327,601 units for an average of $1,575,331 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 262,510 units at $1,306,941, compared to 273,263 units at $1,335,149 on the previous trading day. Trading in July, averaged 154,060 units valued at $655,146 for each security traded.
At the close of trading, Access Financial traded 1,150 shares and fell $5 to $40, AMG Packaging fell 5 cents to end at $1.90, trading 23,300 stock units, Cargo Handlers settled with 510 shares trading to end at $11.20, Caribbean Cream traded 3,590 shares at $5.30, Caribbean Flavours traded 536,025 stock units to close at $18 after trading at a 52 weeks’ high of $19, Caribbean Producers finished trading 12,500 units but fell 25 cents at $6.65. Consolidated Bakeries closed with a rise of 13 cents at $2.50, with 112,000 shares changing hands, Derrimon Trading dropped $1.50 and ended at $23.50, with 374,140 shares, Dolphin Cove lost 50 cents in trading just 238 shares at $16.50, Elite Diagnostic lost 10 cents and finished at $3, exchanging 308,958 stock units. Everything Fresh fell 8 cents in trading 89,500 shares to end at $2.12, Express Catering ended trading 16,022 shares and rose 1 cent to close at $8.01, FosRich Group traded 25 cents down to $2.75, while exchanging 424,072 shares, General Accident lost 5 cents and finished trading of 73,296 shares at $3.80. Honey Bun lost 7 cents and ended at $4.43, with juts 1,000 units trading, Indies Pharma traded 269,311 shares and rose 20 cents to end the highest level since its recent listing at $2.70, Iron Rock concluded trading of 100,000 shares with a loss of 5 cents at $3.25, Jamaican Teas added 4 cents and settled at $3.99, with 3,430 shares. Jetcon Corporation ended trading 39,658 stock units with a gain of 10 cents to end at $4.10, Key Insurance traded 2,000 shares and rose 2 cents to close at $3.08, KLE group rose 5 cents to $3.05 trading 3,500 shares, Knutsford Express climbed $1 to close at $12.50, with 9,690 shares changing hands, Lasco Distributors rose 10 cents to $4, trading 21,231 shares, Lasco Financial rose 20 cents with 16,313 stock units trading at $5.80. Lasco Manufacturing rose 4 cents and closed at $3.90, with 81,358 units, Main Event settled at $7, in trading 3,000 shares, Stationery and Office ended trading 69,158 stock units after falling 50 cents to close at $8.35 and tTech closed 3 cents higher to $5.10, trading 2,172 units.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Junior Market trading jumps – Tuesday
Trading volume jumped sharply on the Junior Market, Indies Pharma traded 4,712,727 units or 51.38 percent of trading, followed by Caribbean Producers with 1,769,989 units and accounting for 19.30 percent of the volume traded and Lasco Financial Services with 1,638,268 units representing 17.86 percent of the day’s trade.
Blue Power 10 for 1 stock split took place today, but most investors were unaware as there was attempts to trade the stock at the old price of $47 which falsely push the index up by 557 points which was corrected at the close to reflect a decline.
At the close of the trading session the market index fell 34.25 points to close at 3,205.09, with 28 securities changing hands, down from 24 securities changing hands on Monday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading had 8 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices, 3 closed with lower offers.
The market closed with the prices of 6 advancing, 6 declining and 16 remaining unchanged and resulting in an exchange of 9,172,835 units valued at $44,109,271, compared to 2,149,308 units valued at $9,485,152 on Monday.
Trading closed with an average of 327,601 units for an average of $1,575,331 in contrast to 89,555 units for an average of $395,215 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 273,263 units at $1,335,149, compared to 269,588 units at $1,318,905 on the previous trading day. Trading in July, averaged 154,060 units valued at $655,146 for each security traded.
At the close of trading, AMG Packaging ended at $1.95, trading 2,400 stock units, CAC 2000 finished at $9, exchanging 10,797 shares, Cargo Handlers settled with 1,000 shares trading and rose 20 cents to end at $11.20, Caribbean Flavours traded 513,596 stock units and gained $2 to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $18, Caribbean Producers finished trading 1,769,989 units at $6.90. Consolidated Bakeries closed with a loss of 13 cents at $2.37, with 20,388 shares changing hands, Derrimon Trading ended at $25, with 1,400 shares, Dolphin Cove concluded trading of 5,885 shares at $17, Elite Diagnostic finished at $3.10, exchanging 24,500 stock units. Eppley settled at $10.18, with 500 units traded, Everything Fresh fell 1 cent in trading 135,831 shares and ended at $2.20, Express Catering ended trading 49,383 shares at $8, FosRich Group traded 5 cents higher at $3, while exchanging 51,984 shares, General Accident finished trading of 38,206 shares at $3.85. GWest Corporation closed 8 cents higher at $2.18, with 30,000 stock units, Honey Bun ended at $4.50, with juts 340 units trading, Indies Pharma dominated trading with 4,712,727 shares to end unchanged at $2.50, Iron Rock concluded trading of 5,000 shares with a loss of 20 cents at $3.30, Jamaican Teas settled at $3.95, with 5,000 shares. Jetcon Corporation ended trading 84,527 stock units with a loss of 5 cents to end at $4, Knutsford Express closed with a loss of $1 at $11.50, with 5,648 shares changing hands, Lasco Distributors ended with a loss of 1 cent at $3.90, with 7,868 shares, Lasco Financial concluded trading 1,638,268 stock units at $5.60. Lasco Manufacturing finished at $3.86, with 3,935 units, Main Event settled at $7, in trading 30,439 shares, Stationery and Office finished trading 21,349 stock units and gained 20 cents to close at $8.85, and Sweet River closed 16 cents higher at $3.86, with 875 units. In the junior market preference segment, Derrimon Trading ended 2 cents higher at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.52, with 1,000 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Big jump for Junior Market index – Monday
The Junior Market, put in a strong showing in Monday’s trading session and closed with the market index jumping 46.92 points to close at 3,239.34, with 24 securities changing hands, down from 26 securities changing hands on Friday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading had 3 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices, 2 closed with lower offers.
The market closed with the prices of 11 advancing, 6 declining and 7 remaining unchanged and resulting in an exchange of 2,149,308 units valued at $9,485,152, compared to 15,120,642 units valued at $55,182,607 on Friday.
Trading closed with an average of 89,555 units for an average of $395,215 in contrast to 687,302 units for an average of $2,508,300 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 269,588 units at $1,318,905, compared to 280,667 units at $1,375,747 on the previous trading day. Trading in July, averaged 154,060 units valued at $655,146 for each security traded.
At the close of trading, Access Financial closed trading of 19,338 shares at $45, AMG Packaging rose 5 cents to close at $1.95, trading 3,424 stock units, Blue Power concluded trading of 9,672 units at $47, Caribbean Flavours traded 710 stock units at $16, Caribbean Producers finished trading of 60,350 units 11 cents higher to $6.90. Derrimon Trading ended $4 higher at $25, exchanging 18,909 shares, Dolphin Cove concluded trading at $17, with 1,100 shares being exchanged, Elite Diagnostic gained 10 cents to end at $3.10, with 26,004 stock units changing hands, Eppley settled at $10.18, trading 7,800 units. Everything Fresh gained just 1 cent in trading 65,426 shares and ended at $2.21, Express Catering ended trading 22,033 shares and lost 30 cents to end at $8, FosRich Group traded 50,000 shares with a loss of 5 cents at $2.95, General Accident finished trading 185,258 shares and rose 5 cents to $3.85, GWest Corporation closed 10 cents higher at $2.10, in exchanging 30,756 stock units. Indies Pharma pulled back 4 cents in trading 539,221 shares to end at $2.50, Jamaican Teas settled with a loss of 30 cents at $3.95, trading 9,000 shares, Jetcon Corporation rose 4 cents to $4.05, in trading 42,069 stock units, KLE Group finished trading of 6,200 shares at $3, Lasco Distributors ended 6 cents higher at $3.91, with 12,000 shares changing hands. Lasco Financial concluded trading of 4,783 stock units and lost 30 cents to end at $5.60, Lasco Manufacturing finished 1 cent higher at $3.86, with 1,013,663 units changing hands, Main Event settled at $7, exchanging 9,692 shares, Stationery and Office finished trading 2,000 stock units and rose 5 cents to $8.65 and tTech ended with a loss of 43 cents at $5.07, with 9,900 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Modest gain for Junior Market – Friday
The Junior Market, closed with the market index rising 15.28 points to 3,192.42, during Friday’s session the index rose as much 51 points but receded towards the end.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading had 3 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices, 1 closed with a lower offer.
The market closed with 26 securities changing hands, compared to 30 on Thursday, resulting in the prices of 10 advancing, 6 declining and 6 remaining unchanged.
The day’s trading ended with 15,120,642 units valued at over $55,182,607 changing hands, compared to 15,342,524 units valued at $89,754,042 on Thursday. While the traded volume was dominated by Caribbean Producers with 11.58 million shares and Indies Pharma with nearly 2.48 million units, Friday closed with Lasco Manufacturing contributing 7 million units followed by Key Insurance with 3.68 million units, Lasco Distributors with 2.59 million shares while Indies Pharma chipped in with 887.7 thousand shares.
Trading closed with an average of 687,302 units for an average of $2,508,300 in contrast to 590,097 units for an average of $3,452,079 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 280,667 units at $1,375,747, compared to 256,357 units at $1,308,040 on the previous trading day. Trading in July, averaged 154,060 units valued at $655,146 for each security traded.
At the close of trading, Blue Power concluded trading 500 units at $47, Caribbean Cream lost 32 cents and closed at $5.30, trading 71,500 shares, Caribbean Flavours traded 50 cents higher at $16, with 6,481 stock units, Caribbean Producers finished trading 2,740 units and rose 19 cents to $6.79, Derrimon Trading concluded trading with a loss of $1.57 down to $21, exchanging 74,100 shares. Elite Diagnostic settled with a loss of 15 cents at $3, trading 296,533 units, Everything Fresh traded 141,505 shares and ended at $2.20, Express Catering traded 3,965 shares and rose 30 cents to $8.30, General Accident closed 19 cents higher at $3.80, with 197,170 stock units changing hands, GWest Corporation ended at $2, trading 29,592 units. Honey Bun concluded trading at $4.50, with 10,205 shares, Indies Pharma pulled back 6 cents in trading 887,723 shares to end at $2.54, after trading at an all-time high of $2.70 during the day, Jamaican Teas ended trading with a loss of 5 cents at $4.25, with 6,032 stock units, Jetcon Corporation added 2 cents at $4.01 and traded 53,353 shares, Key Insurance traded 3,684,607 shares and rose 1 cent to $3.06. Lasco Distributors concluded trading with a loss of 10 cents at $3.85, while exchanging 2,589,994 stock units, Lasco Financial finished 40 cents higher at $5.90, with 26,226 units traded, Lasco Manufacturing settled 12 cents higher at $3.85, with 7,001,050 shares, Medical Disposables closed at $5.10, as 16,166 shares changed hands. Paramount Trading finished trading 10,000 stock units at $3, Stationery and Office closed 10 cents higher at $8.60, exchanging 1,600 units and tTech concluded trading of 9,600 shares while rising 49 cents higher to $5.50.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Junior Market pulls back sharply – Thursday
The Junior Market, closed with the market index diving 57.30 points to 3,177.14 but volume soared with Carib Producers trading 11.58 million shares and Indies Pharma with nearly 2.48 million units.
Thursday’s pull back does not change the bullish sentiment of the market as both market sentiment and technical indicators remain positive.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading had 7 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices, 2 closed with lower offers.
The market closed with 26 securities changing hands, compared to 30 on Wednesday, resulting in the prices of 8 advancing, 7 declining and 10 remaining unchanged.
The day’s trading ended with 15,342,524 units valued at $89,754,042 changing hands, compared to 4,168,953 units valued at $12,484,663, on Wednesday.
Trading closed with an average of 590,097 units for an average of $3,452,079 in contrast to 114,533 units for an average of $433,954 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 256,357 units at $1,308,040, compared to 242,183 units valued at $1,213,417 on the previous trading day. Trading in July, averaged 154,060 units valued at $655,146 for each security traded.
At the close of trading, Blue Power concluded trading of 2,000 units at $47, Cargo Handlers settled 6 cents higher at $11, in trading 357 shares, Caribbean Cream ended trading 15,514 shares and gained 32 cents to $5.62, Caribbean Flavours traded 8,225 stock units at $15.50, Caribbean Producers finished trading 11,582,757 units with a loss of 40 cents at $6.60. Derrimon Trading rose $1.57 to end at $22.57, with 107,000 shares changing hands, Dolphin Cove finished at $17, trading 500 stock units, Elite Diagnostic settled 15 cents higher at $3.15, in exchanging 430,597 units, Eppley ended trading at $10.18, with 16,950 shares. Everything Fresh traded 31,800 shares and ended with a loss of 18 cents at $2.20, Express Catering traded 17,496 shares with a loss of 65 cents to end at $8, FosRich Group finished trading at $3, exchanging 62,070 shares, GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 17 cents at a all-time low of $2, with 38,360 units changing hands, Honey Bun concluded trading at $4.50, with 5,800 shares. Indies Pharma traded 2,476,772 shares and rose 11 cents to end at 52 weeks’ closing high of $2.60, Iron Rock finished 15 cents higher at $3.50, trading 50,000 shares, ISP Finance settled at $16, with 1,087 shares, Jamaican Teas ended trading 500 stock units and rose 10 cents to $4.30, Jetcon Corporation traded 2,653 units with a loss of 15 cents to end at $3.99. KLE Group closed at $3, with 22,000 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading of 11,800 stock units at $3.95, Lasco Financial finished with a loss of 40 cents at $5.50, with 225,431 units changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing settled with a loss of 27 cents at $3.73, in exchanging 134,940 shares. Main Event ended trading 25 cents higher at $7, with 4,777 shares changing hands, Medical Disposables traded at $5.10, with 82,038 shares and Stationery and Office closed at $8.50, with 11,100 units.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Junior Market trades at 15 months’ high
The Junior Market, closed on Wednesday at the highest level in more than 15 months with the June 9 close last year of 3,253.52 bettering today’s close of 3,234.44 in the market index which rose 25.41 points to be up 18.4 per cent for 2018 to date.
With moves over the past week, the market sentiment is now switched to bullish from consolidating. The two immediate targets are the 3,350 points level and then the 3,800 points, both being resistance points. The upward movement of the market would be consistent with the PE ratio of the market being revalued to at least match the 2017 year end of an average of the two markets of 14.5 times that year’s earnings.
The market closed with high level of 30 securities changing hands, compared to 24 on Tuesday, resulted in the prices of 14 securities advancing, 7 declining and 9 remaining unchanged.
The day’s trading to 4,168,953 units valued at $12,484,663, compared to 8,895,088 units valued at $105,891,017 on Tuesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading had 5 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices, none closed with a lower offer.
Trading closed with an average of 114,533 units for an average of $433,954 in contrast to 173,706 units for an average of $520,194 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 242,183 units valued at $1,213,417, compared to 247,889 units valued at $1,271,186 previous trading day. Trading in July, averaged 154,060 units valued at $655,146 for each security traded.
At the close of trading, Access Financial closed with a loss of $1.70 at $45, trading 500 shares, AMG Packaging ended trading 66,295 stock units at $1.90, Blue Power concluded trading 2,694 units at $47, Caribbean Cream ended at $5.30, trading 2,000 shares, Caribbean Flavours jumped $1.50 to a 52 weeks’ high of $15.50, with 775 stock units changing hands. Caribbean Producers finished trading 10 cents higher at $7, exchanging 85,673 units, Consolidated Bakeries closed 1 cent higher at $2.50, with 10,000 shares, Derrimon Trading concluded trading of 5,877 shares at $21, Elite Diagnostic settled 10 cents higher at $3, in exchanging 34,150 units. Everything Fresh traded 80,360 shares and ended with a gain of 5 cents at $2.38, Express Catering traded 50 cents higher at $8.65, with 52,700 shares, FosRich Group finished trading 9,750 shares at $3, GWest Corporation ended at $2.17, after 91,280 units changed hands, Honey Bun concluded trading of 700 shares and rose 7 cents to $4.50. Indies Pharma traded 984,697 shares and lost 1 cent to end at $2.49 after trading at a new intraday high of $2.60, Iron Rock finished with a loss of 15 cents at $3.35, exchanging 20,000 shares, Jamaican Teas ended trading at $4.20, with 1,500 stock units passing through the exchange, Jetcon Corporation traded 1,233,200 units and rose 9 cents to end at $4.14, Key Insurance finished trading 1,000 shares with a loss of 11 cents at $3.05. KLE Group closed at $3, with 8,800 shares, Knutsford Express ended $1.14 higher at $12.50, trading 26,715 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading of 196,429 stock units after rising 30 cents to $3.95, Lasco Financial finished 37 cents higher at $5.90, trading 67,626 units. Lasco Manufacturing settled at $4, with 326,871 shares changing hands, Main Event ended trading with a loss of 36 cents at $6.75, with 5,673 shares, Medical Disposables traded 56,449 shares with a loss of 5 cents at $5.10, Paramount Trading finished trading 11,503 stock units and rose 80 cents to $3, Stationery and Office closed with a loss of 50 cents at $8.50, after 4,188 units changing hands and tTech concluded trading of 1,200 shares and rose 1 cent higher to $5.01. In the junior market preference segment, Eppley 9.5% finished trading 47,388 shares at $5.98.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Junior Market at 9-1/2 months’ high
The Junior Market, closed on Tuesday with a big jump in the market index of 35.94 points to 3,209.03 the highest level in nine. The market closed with 24 securities changing hands, compared to 22 on Monday, resulted in the prices of 13 securities advancing, 7 declining and 4 remaining unchanged.
The day’s trading to 4,168,953 units valued at $12,484,663. compared to 8,895,088 units valued at $105,891,017 on Monday.
Two stocks, Express Catering and newly listed Indies Pharma traded at a 52 weeks’ high.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading had 3 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices, 2 closed with lower offers.
Trading closed with an average of 173,706 units for an average of $520,194 in contrast to 342,119 units for an average of $4,072,731 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 242,183 units valued at $1,213,417, compared to 247,889 units valued at $1,271,186 previous trading day. Trading in July, averaged 154,060 units valued at $655,146 for each security traded.
At the close of trading, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 5 cents at $1.90, trading 52,000 stock units, Caribbean Cream ended trading 10,000 shares with a loss of 45 cents to close at $5.30, Caribbean Producers closed 22 cents higher at $6.90, trading 1,341 units, Consolidated Bakeries climbed 32 cents higher to $2.49, with 50,000 shares changing hands, C2W Music rose by 3 cents to $1.75, with 675,500 shares. Derrimon Trading concluded trading of 9,810 shares after climbing $2.50 to $21, Elite Diagnostic settled at $2.90, in exchanging 18,382 units, Eppley ordinary share ended trading of 9,746 shares and gained $1 to $10.18, Everything Fresh traded 638,665 shares and ended with a gain of 4 cents at $2.33, Express Catering traded with a loss of 85 cents at $8.15, with 19,715 shares changing hands. FosRich Group traded 36,802 shares at $3, General Accident closed with a loss of 29 cents at $3.61, while trading 10,890 stock units, Honey Bun concluded trading of 1,700 shares, 13 cents higher at $4.43, Indies Pharma traded 1,450,417 shares and gained 10 cents to end at an all-time closing high of $2.50, Jamaican Teas ended trading 5 cents higher at $4.20, with 36,539 stock units changing hands. Jetcon Corporation traded 21,454 shares and rose 1 cent to $4.05, Lasco Distributors concluded trading with a loss of 35 cents at $3.65, with 511,407 stock units changing hands, Lasco Financial finished with a loss of 37 cents at $5.53, with 48,600 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled 20 cents higher at $4, trading 91,205 shares. Main Event ended trading of 1,123 shares and rose 61 cents to $7.11, Medical Disposables traded 450,000 shares and lost $1.35 cents to close at $5.15, Paramount Trading finished trading 10 cents higher at $2.20, with 6,200 stock units and Stationery and Office gained 50 cents to end at $9, in 9,457 shares. In the junior market preference segment, Eppley 8.75% settled $6.06 with 8,000 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Junior Market volume jumps on Monday
Trading on the Junior Market, ended with big rise to 8,895,088 units valued at $105,891,017 changing hands, compared to 3,738,180 units valued at $13,115,097 on Friday.
Trading was dominated by Derrimon Trading exchanging 5 million, followed by Indies Pharma with 1.6 million units and Lasco Distributors with 1.3 million shares.
At the close the market index pulled back 20.16 points to 3,173.09 with 26 securities changing hands, compared to 27 on Friday and resulting in the prices of 8 securities advancing, 6 declining and 12 remaining unchanged.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading had 6 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices, 1 closed with a lower offer.
Trading closed with an average of 342,119 units for an average of $4,072,731 in contrast to 138,451 units for an average of $485,744 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 247,889 units valued at $1,271,186, compared to 238,538 units valued at $993,170 previous trading day. Trading in July, averaged 154,060 units valued at $655,146 for each security traded.
At the close of trading, Access Financial traded 5,120 shares and closed at $46.70, AMG Packaging ended at $1.95, exchanging 258,014 stock units, Blue Power concluded trading at $47, trading 2,379 units, CAC 2000 finished trading 20,133 shares at $9, Caribbean Flavours traded 3,540 stock units and climbed $1. Caribbean Producers finished trading 36,198 units with a loss of 17 cents at $6.68, with, Derrimon Trading concluded exchanging 5,004,435 shares and dropped $1.40 cents to close at $18.50, but traded as high as $30 during the day. Dolphin Cove finished at $17, with 683 stock units, Elite Diagnostic settled at $2.90, with 56,166 units. Everything Fresh traded 81,495 shares and ended with a loss of 21 cents at $2.29, Express Catering traded 26,865 shares and rose 10 cents to a closing 52 weeks’ high of $9, FosRich Group finished trading 19,150 shares at $3, General Accident closed 70 cents higher at $3.90, trading 115,002 stock units, GWest Corporation ended at $2.17, with 42,840 units. Honey Bun concluded trading 10 cents higher at $4.30, with 36,000 shares, Indies Pharma traded 1,628,679 shares in gaining 4 cents and ended at an all-time closing high of $2.40, but traded earlier as high as $2.50, Jamaican Teas ended trading with a loss of 14 cents at $4.15, with a transfer of 16,610 stock units, Jetcon Corporation traded with a loss of 6 cents at $4.04, with 33,684 units changing hands, KLE Group closed at $3, with 54,384 shares. Knutsford Express ended at $11.36, with 9,546 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading 1,300,907 stock units and rose 15 cents to $4, Lasco Financial rose 40 cents to end at $5.90, with 48,997 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled with a loss of 10 cents at $3.80, trading 8,100 shares. Main Event ended trading at $6.50, with 3,100 shares, Medical Disposables traded 12,005 shares to close at $6.50 and Stationery and Office closed 40 cents higher at $8.50, with 71,056 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
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