Honey Bun jumps $2.45 on Friday
There were only 4 stocks closing with bids that were higher than their last selling prices and 4 ended with lower offers.
At the end of trading, AMG Packaging lost 12 cents in trading 1,060 units to end at $13, Blue Power closed with 1,179 units changing hands at $11.20, Caribbean Flavours traded 3,000 units to end at $8.55 after gaining $1.05, Caribbean Producers traded 5,750 units and lost 10 cents to end at $3.90. Consolidated Bakeries rose 18 cents with 12,000 shares trading $1.18, C2W Music closed at 33 cents with 2,000 units changing hands, General Accident Insurance traded 594 units at $2.90, Honey Bun jumped $2.45 to close at $15 while 2,748 shares changed hands. Iron Rock Insurance had 1,000 units changing hands to end at $3.65, ISP Finance closed at $2.50 after trading 48,379 units, Jamaican Teas closed at $3.41 after 1,200 shares changed hands but ended with the offer at $3.35 to sell 68,657 shares. Jetcon Corporation ended trading with 70,611 shares at $2.55 having lost 14 cents, Key Insurance fell 35 cents while trading 91,930 shares to close at $2.65, Knutsford Express closed with 406 units changing hands at $19. Lasco Distributors gained 34 cents to end at $5.40 with 93,665 units trading, Lasco Financial closed at $2.62, with 46,756 shares changing hands, the bid closed at $2.94 to buy 38,000 units with good support down to $2.60, Lasco Manufacturing fell 20 cents with 10,233 shares changing hands to close at $3.60 and tTech ended with 37,729 shares trading to end at $4.05 as the price fell by 3 cents.
10 juniors down 4 up on Thursday
The junior market closed slightly higher on Thursday with a gain of 5.01 points to 1,825.50 but more stocks declined than gained. Trading ended with 18 active securities, 4 of which advanced and 10 declined while only 540,140 units valued at $2,757,260, changed hands.
There were only 3 stocks closing with bids that were higher than their last selling prices and 4 ended with lower offers.
At the end of trading, AMG Packaging traded only 395 units at $13.12, the stock closed with an offer to sell 10,000 units at $13. Blue Power declined by 75 cents with a mere 581 units changing hands at $11.20, Caribbean Cream traded 48,275 shares and fell 8 cents, to end at $4.02, Caribbean Flavours traded 12,500 units to end at $7.50 with a loss of 50 cents, Caribbean Producers traded 53,870 units and lost 7 cents to end at $4.03. Derrimon Trading closed at $5 with 10,000 units changing hands, but the offer was at $4.99 to sell 56,000 shares when trading ended, General Accident Insurance traded 63,000 units at $2.90 to gain 31 cents but at the close, 5,600 units were offered at $2.65. Iron Rock Insurance had 8,000 units changing hands with a loss of 25 cents, to end at $3.65, Honey Bun rose 5 cents to close at $12.55 while 18,000 shares changed hands, ISP Finance closed at $2.50 after trading 10,172 units, Jamaican Teas fell 40 cents to close at $3.41 after 16,159 shares changed hands. Jetcon Corporation ended trading with 7,000 shares with the loss of a cent at $2.69, KLE Group traded 16,018 shares and fell 22 cents, to end at $1.43, Knutsford Express closed with 23,952 units changing hands at $19. Lasco Distributors gained 2 cents to end at $5.06 with 178,600 units trading, Lasco Financial lost 28 cents to close at $2.62, with 32,817 shares changing hands. At the close there were 2,363,963 units on the bid at $2.62. Lasco Manufacturing gained 30 cents with 30,530 shares changing hands to close at $3.80 and tTech ended with 10,271 shares trading to end at $4.08 as the price fell by 14 cents.
Results help junior activity Wednesday
There were only 2 stocks closing with bids that were higher than their last selling prices and 3 ended with lower offers.
At the end of trading, Access Financial lost 10 cents in trading 30,500 shares to close at $16.60. AMG Packaging rose 62 cents in trading 108,100 units at $13.12, as investors welcomed the 65 percent increase in profits for the for the six months, to $52 million after charging out $16 million for the start-up cost of the new tissue operation. Caribbean Cream traded 123,630 shares and gained 10 cents, to end at $4.10, after the company released full year results on Tuesday, with 40 cents per share earnings, following writing off of assets amounting to $31.4 million or 8 cents per share. Caribbean Producers traded 40,500 units and lost 7 cents to end at $4.03, Derrimon Trading closed with a gain of $1 at $5 with 18751 units changing hands, Honey Bun jumped $1.50 on news the board will be considering a subdivision of its shares to close at $12.50 while 21,550 shares changed hands. ISP Finance slipped 2 cents to close at $2.50 after trading 25,500 units, Jamaican Teas rose 1 cent to close at $3.81 after 25,000 shares changed hands, KLE Group traded 270,000 shares and fell 5 cents, to end at $1.65, Knutsford Express closed with 1,601 units changing hands at $19. Lasco Distributors gained 4 cents to end at $5.04 with 59,000 units trading, Lasco Financial lost 10 cents to close at $2.90, with 40,889 shares changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing lost 10 cents and ended with 126,350 shares changing hands to close at $3.50, Medical Disposables fell 5 cents in trading 1,000 shares to close at $3.15 and Paramount Trading ended with 3,460 shares trading to end at $11.
More gains for juniors on Monday
The junior market close slightly higher on Monday with an increase of 9.79 points to close at 1,824.16. Trading ended with 17 active securities, 4 of which advanced and 3 declined as 1,018,853 units valued at $4,061,844, changed hands.
There were 5 stocks closing with bids that were higher than their last selling prices and none ended with a lower offer.
At the end of trading, Access Financial had 6,220 shares trading to close at $16.60, Caribbean Cream lost 50 cents in trading 17,450 shares at $4, Caribbean Flavours rose 55 cents with 5,698 shares trading at $8, Caribbean Producers traded 57,130 units, to end at $4.05, C2W Music had 1,000 units changing hands at 33 cents. General Accident ended trading 59,420 units and closed at $2.59, Honey Bun had just 30,500 shares trading but ended unchanged at $11, ISP Finance rose 20 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.55 after trading 6,031 units. Jetcon Corporation lost 24 cents to close at $2.60 after 8,680 shares changed hands, Key Insurance closed at $3 with 8,050 units changing hands. KLE Group traded just 1,485 shares to gain 3 cents to end at $1.69, Knutsford Express jumped $4.50 with just 100 units changing hands at $22, Lasco Distributors ended with 319,314 units trading at $5. Lasco Financial closed at $3 with 127,872 shares changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing ended with 160,969 shares changing hands to close at $3.65, Eppley 10% preference share traded 10,000 units at $6.10 and Derrimon Trading preference share fell 15 cents to end at $2.25 with 198,934 units changing hands.
Key Insurance list on junior market
Key Insurance Company was listed today but did not traded by the close but had 87,500 units on the bid above the Initial Public offering price of $2.27 with bids at $2.53. ISP Finance that was listed on Wednesday and closed trading at $2.50 on the opening day did not trade today, but Jetcon Coporation that was listed on the day before Easter, traded to close at $2.90, in a market that had only modest trades, taking place.
At the close, the junior market index gained 30.46 points being added to close at 1,925.22. The market ended with 16 active securities, 6 of which advanced and 5 declined as a mere 617,159 units changed hands, valued at $2,081,398. There were 4 stocks closing with bids that were higher than their last selling prices and 5 ended with lower offers.
In trading, AMG Packaging closed at $11 with 2,500 units changing hands, CAC 2000 traded 2,620 shares at $7, Caribbean Cream traded 46,275 shares as the price rose 11 cents to end at $4.40, Caribbean Flavours fell 2 cents with 3,100 shares changing hands to end at $7.55. Caribbean Producers traded 124,000 shares to end with a rise of 60 cents at $4.80, Consolidated Bakeries had 5,000 units trading with a rise of 10 cents to end at $1.15, C2W Music gained 4 cents with 50,000 units changing hands at 40 cents, Iron Rock had 2,500 shares trading at $4, Jamaican Teas lost 5 cents in closing at $3.80 after trading 14,805 units. Jetcon Corporation traded at a new closing high of $2.90, after trading 230,128 shares, KLE Group traded at $2.10 with a loss of 10 cents with 1,000 shares changing hands, Knutsford Express closed with 2,096 units changing hands to end at $22, Lasco Distributors ended with 19,100 units trading, to end at $5.80. Lasco Financial ended at $3 with 91,755 shares changing hands after regaining 35 cents, Lasco Manufacturing ended with 20,780 shares changing hands to close at $3.70, with a fall of 10 cents and Paramount Trading closed with a loss of 31 cents and closed with 1,500 shares trading at $11.
ISP list on junior market – Wednesday
ISP Finance was listed on Wednesday and closed trading at $2.50 after listing at $2. The new listing brought the junior market listings to 31 while the listing of Key Insurance on Thursday will bring the total to 32. Jetcon Coporation that was listed on the day before Easter traded to close at $2.80, the stock was offered to the public at $2.25.
At the end of trading on Wednesday, the junior market index dropped 38.69 points to close at 1,894.76. The market ended with 19 active securities, 6 of which advanced and 8 declined as 2,476,908 units changed hands, valued at $8,795,980.
At the close, three stocks closed at new highs while there were 3 stocks closing with bids that were higher than their last selling prices and 6 ended with lower offers.
In trading, AMG Packaging closed at $11 with 4,101 units changing hands, Blue Power had 7,267 shares trading but lost $1.05 to close at $13. CAC 2000 lost 40 cents in trading 6,800 shares at $7, Caribbean Flavours fell 43 cents with 5,000 shares changing hands to end at $7.57. Caribbean Producers traded 32,200 shares to end at $4.20 Consolidated Bakeries had 100,000 units trading with a loss of 7 cents to end at $1.05, Dolphin Cove had 1,850 units changing hands at 79 cents lower at $14.50. Honey Bun traded just 3,185 shares and gained 2 cents in closing at $11.03, Iron Rock had 163,004 shares trading at $4, ISP Finance traded 10,250 shares at a record high of $2.50 after adding 50 cents from the initial offered price of $2, Jamaican Teas lost 15 cents in closing at $3.85 after trading 121,235 units. Jetcon Corporation traded at a new high to close at $2.80, after trading at $2.90 and ended with a gain of 24 cents while 163,973 shares were traded, Knutsford Express closed with 1,429 units changing hands to end at $22, Lasco Distributors lost 5 cents with 21,300 units trading, to end at $5.80. Lasco Financial ended at $2.65 with 52,600 shares changing hands after shedding 35 cents, Lasco Manufacturing ended with 1,688,914 shares changing hands to close at $3.80, with a rise of 30 cents, Medical Disposables rose 27 cents and closed with 800 shares trading at $3.42. Sweet River traded 92,000 shares and gained 3 cents to end at a new high of $4.05 and tTech gained 18 cents, in trading 1,000 shares at $4.48.