Demand increased for Lasco Manufacturing with 1.64 million units changing hands on Tuesday while ISP Finance is seeing increasing interest, helping the stock to close at a new high of $4.10. Trading in the junior market ended with 15 securities being active, including a bond issued by a junior market company, leading to 3 advancing and 5 declining.
The junior index inched by 3.96 points to 2,238.89 at the close as 2,328,831 shares, valued at $14,770,636 changed 
hands. At the end of trading the bids for 5 stocks closed higher than their last selling prices and 1 ended with lower offers.
At the end of trading, AMG Packaging traded just 1,024 shares at $12.40, Caribbean Cream lost 5 cents to trade 124,500 units at $4.40, Caribbean Flavours traded 10,000 units and lost 5 cents to end at $7.45, Caribbean Producers traded 15,625 shares to close with a rise of 10 cents at $4.20. General Accident traded 3,200 shares to end with a loss of 6 cents to close at $2.26, Honey Bun fell 41 cents, to close at $5.09 with 75,608 units changing hands after it traded at $6.40 in the morning session. 
Iron Rock Insurance traded 5,000 shares at $3.23, ISP Finance Services traded at a new high of $4.10 while trading 33,811 units starting at $3.90. Lasco Distributors traded 225,096 units to end at unchanged at $8, Lasco Financial closed at $3.40 with 30,212 shares changing hands, while Lasco Manufacturing, closed at $5.05 with 1,642,755 shares trading. Paramount Trading ended with 200 units changing hands and lost 9 cents to close at $10.90, tTech traded only 2,000 shares to end at $4.20, Derrimon Trading rose 1 cent in ending at $2.14 with 158,500 shares changing hand and Jamaican Teas floating note bond traded 30,000 units at $100 each.
Lasco Manufacturing trades heavy – Tuesday
June 14, 2016 by
Flat trading for juniors – Monday
June 13, 2016 by
ISP Finance at new high on Monday.
At the end of trading the bids for 5 stocks closed higher than their last selling prices and 4 ended with lower offers.
At the end of trading, Blue Power traded 560 units and lost 25 cents to end at $13.65, Consolidated Bakeries traded 69,018 shares to close with a loss of 25 cent to close at $1.75, C2W Music traded 30,000 shares to end with a loss of 2 cents to close at 41 cents. Honey Bun recovered 25 cents of the amount it fell by on Friday, to close at $5.50 on Monday with 191,355 units changing hands. At the close, Honey Bun offers were stronger than bids which are at $5.25 to buy 31,500 units, moderate offers are at $5.65 and $6, Iron Rock Insurance traded 16,000 shares at $3.23, 
ISP Finance Services traded at a new high of $3.80 while trading 20,000 units starting at $3.50. Key Insurance ended with the price holding firm at $2.50 with 10,892 shares changing hands, Lasco Distributors gained 1 cent in trading 139,744 units to end at $8, Lasco Financial closed at $3.40 with 44,000 shares changing hands to gain 20 cents, while Lasco Manufacturing, closed at $5.05 with 515,762 shares trading. Paramount Trading ended with 4,000 units changing hands at $10.99 and tTech traded only 200 shares and gained 15 cents, to end at $4.20.
Juniors moved higher – Friday
June 10, 2016 by
Honey Bun dropped sharply by $1.62 on Friday to hit $.525 at the close.
The bids for 9 stocks closed higher than their last selling prices and 3 ended with lower offers.
At the end of trading, Access Financial Services traded 4,500 units at $17, AMG Packaging rose 40 cents in trading 1,823 shares at $12.40, Caribbean Cream gained 30 cents to end at $4.45, after trading 12,400 shares.
Caribbean Flavours gained 65 cents and ended with 33,853 shares changing hands at $7.50, Caribbean Producers traded 5,500 shares to close at $4.10, Consolidated Bakeries traded 10,000 shares to close at $2, C2W Music traded 20,000 shares to end at 43 cents. Derrimon Trading fell 55 cents to $3.30, with 3,000 shares changing hands, General Accident Insurance gained 2 cents while trading 2,000 shares at $2.32, Honey Bun dropped sharply from its recent all-time high of $7.50 by 14 percent, by slashing $1.62 in trading on Friday with 243,212 units changing hands, to end at $5.25.
A director sold 2 million units of Jamaican Teas shares with the price falling 10 cents as a total of 2,020,886 shares were traded to close at $3.10, Jetcon Corporation had 280,878 units changing hands at $2.65 after falling 5 cents. Lasco Distributors rose 34 cents in trading 2,800 units to end at $7.99, Lasco Financial closed at $3.20 with 38,500 shares changing hands to gain 4 cents, while Lasco Manufacturing closed at $5.05 with 20,688 shares trading with the price rising 5 cents and Medical Disposables traded 4,000 units at $3.53.
Juniors inch forward – Thursday
June 9, 2016 by
Lasco Manufacturing headed back to $5 on Thursday, after gaining 25 cents..
The bids for 7 stocks closed higher than their last selling prices and 3 ended with lower offers.
At the end of trading, Access Financial Services traded 3,200 units at $17, AMG Packaging fell by 40 cents in trading 24,867 shares at $12, CAC 2000 closed at $6.55 with 236 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cream dropped 40 cents to end at $4.15, after trading 343,700 shares. Caribbean Flavours lost $1.14 and ended with 30,000 shares changing hands at $6.85, Caribbean Producers traded 4,513 shares to close with a loss of 40 cents, at $4.10, Consolidated Bakeries traded 337,192 shares to close at $2, C2W Music traded 26,000 shares to end at 43 cents. Dolphin Cove traded 4,000 units and gained 10 cents to end at $11.10, General Accident Insurance had 7,500 shares trading at $2.30, Honey Bun fell by 8 cents in trading 207,765 units at $6.87, Iron Rock had 109,000 shares changing hands with a gain of 3 cents, to end at $3.23.
ISP Finance traded 20,705 shares at $3.45, Jamaican Teas traded 75,159 shares and closed at $3.90, Jetcon Corporation had 103,000 units changing hands at $2.65 after gaining 5 cents, KLE Group closed with 2,000 units changing hands at $1.03 with a fall of 17 cents. Lasco Distributors rose 15 cents in trading 10,847 units to end at $7.65, Lasco Financial closed unchanged at $3.16 with just 500 shares changing hands while Lasco Manufacturing closed at $5 with 724,739 shares trading with the price rising 25 cents and tTech traded 52,000 units at $4.05.
9 junior stocks fall 4 rise – Wednesday
June 8, 2016 by
Honey Bun traded at a new high Wednesday.
The bids for 5 stocks closed higher than their last selling prices and 4 ended with lower offers.
At the end of trading, CAC 2000 rose by 5 cents and closed at $6.55 with 5,000 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cream gained 5 cents to end at $4.55, after trading 93,680 shares, Caribbean Producers traded 2,500 shares, to close at $4.50, Consolidated Bakeries traded 4,270 shares with a loss of 2 cents, to close at $2. C2W Music traded 18,000 shares and gained 3 cents, to end at 43 cents, Dolphin Cove traded 79,515 units and lost 20 cents to end at $11, Honey Bun fell by 5 cents in trading 183,042 units at $6.95 after trading at a new high of $7.51 earlier in the day. Jamaican Teas traded 12,500 shares and closed at $3.90.
Jetcon Corporation had 10,000 units changing hands at $2.65 after falling by 10 cents, Key Insurance traded 5,000 shares and lost 25 cents to close at $2.50, KLE Group closed with 1,500 units changing hands at $1.20, having lost 16 cents, Lasco Distributors fell 49 cents in trading 472,645 units to end at $7.50. Lasco Financial closed with a rise of 1 cent at $3.16 with 195,440 shares changing hands while Lasco Manufacturing traded 116,110 shares and dropped 15 cents to close at $4.75, tTech traded just 28,351 units at $4.05 after shedding 7 cents and Eppley 8.5% preference share traded 42,500 shares at $6 but lost 10 cents.
Moderate trading as JSE drops – Wednesday
June 8, 2016 by
Trading in the early Wednesday morning session on the Jamaica Stock Exchange was moderate in a lackluster market but Honey Bun traded at a new high of $7.50 with a 50 cents gain.
Trading resulted in activity in 23 securities, accounting for a volume of a mere 253,341 units as 8 stocks gained and 5 declined. The average number of shares traded amounts to just 11,015 units compared to an average of 714,361 units on Tuesday
After 75 minutes of trading in the early morning session, on Wednesday, the all Jamaica Composite Index dropped 948.35 points to 176,636.15, the JSE Market Index lost 847.97 points to 158,986.96, the JSE combined index dipped 715.15 to close at 170,111.47 points and the junior market index inched up 6.90 points to 2,206.44.
Lascos’ big trades – Tuesday
June 7, 2016 by
Lasco Financial traded 1m shares on the junior market on Tuesday.
The market ended with 2 stocks closing at 52 weeks’ highs while the bids for 5 stocks closed higher than their last selling prices and 4 ending with lower offers.
At the end of trading, AMG Packaging lost 5 cents at $12.40 with 4,050 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream lost 15 cents to end at $4.50, after trading 103,235 shares, Caribbean Producers traded 9,000 shares but lost 10 cents, to close at $4.50. Consolidated Bakeries traded 559,414 shares with a loss of 2 cents, to close at $2.02. C2W Music traded 1,000 shares and rose by 4 cents to end at 40 cents.
Dolphin Cove traded 79,515 units and lost 20 cents to end at $11, General Accident Insurance fell 18 cents in trading 6,650 units at $2.26. ISP Finance Services rose 45 cents in trading 10,000 shares and closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.45, Jetcon Corporation had 128,775 units changing hands at $2.75 after falling by 12 cents, Key Insurance traded 1,500 shares at $2.75, Knutsford Express closed with 500 units changing hands at $17.50. Lasco Distributors rose 39 cents in trading 550,886 units to end at $7.99, Lasco Financial closed with a fall of 15 cents at $3.15 with 1,108,325 shares changing hands while Lasco Manufacturing traded 5,063,868 shares and gained 15 cents to close at $4.90 and tTech traded 10,500 units at $4.12 after shedding 18 cents.
Juniors move higher on Monday
June 6, 2016 by
Honey Bun closed at a new high of $6.60 on Monday.
The market ended with bids for 7 stocks closing higher than their last selling prices and 3 ending with lower offers.
At the end of trading, Access Financial Services closed with a gain of 50 cents at $17 with 1,162 units changing hands, CAC 2000 close with 2,400 units trading at $6.50, Caribbean Cream gained 14 cents to end at $4.65, after trading 50,000 shares, Caribbean Producers traded 38,186 shares and gained 10 cents, to close at $4.60.
Consolidated Bakeries traded 20,000 shares with a gain of 4 cents, to close at $2.04. Dolphin Cove traded 38,920 units and gained 20 cents to end at $11.20, General Accident Insurance fell by 18 cents in trading 6,650 units at $2.26. KLE Group traded 100 units and fell 24 cents to close at $1.36, Knutsford Express closed with 20,120 units changing hands at $17.50, Lasco Distributors fell 30 cents with 105,688 units trading at $7.60. Lasco Financial closed with a rise of 16 cents at $3.30 with 257,296 shares changing hands while Lasco Manufacturing traded 1,200,628 shares and gained 15 cents to close at $4.75 and tTech traded just 100 units at $4.30.
Honey Bun hits new high – Monday
June 6, 2016 by
Honey Bun traded at a new high of $6.15 in the early Monday morning session on the Jamaica Stock Exchange with 51,129 units changing hands and Radio Jamaica traded 241,870 units to hit a new high of $2.22 and traded after at $2.20.
The overall market started off on a positive note in confirming that the market hit a bottom in May.
Stocks trading over 100,000 units in the main market include Lasco Manufacturing trading 172,769 shares at $4.70 and Pulse Investments that traded 100,000 shares at $3.
Trading resulted in activity in 25 securities, accounting for a volume of 796,058 units as 11 stocks gained and 3 declined. The average number of shares traded amounts to 34,611 units compared to an average of 54,276 units on Friday.
After 75 minutes of trading in the early morning session, on Monday, the all Jamaica Composite Index rose 285.63 points to 178,796.96, the JSE Market Index climbed 255.40 points to 160,918.07, the JSE combined index gained 441.84 points, to 171,689.97 and the junior market index jumped 19.93 points to 2,185.76.
Juniors trade higher on Friday
June 3, 2016 by
Consolidated Bakeries (Purity) trade at a new intraday high on Friday
A total of 13 securities traded with 6 advancing and 4 declining. The market ended with bids for 7 stocks closing higher than their last selling prices and 3 ending with lower offers.
At the end of trading, AMG Packaging traded 4,500 shares to close at $12.45, CAC 2000 close with 750 units trading at $6.50, Caribbean Cream closed with a loss of 15 cents at $4.51, after trading 36,570 shares, Carib Flavours did not trade but closed with the offer at $7.75 compared to the last traded price of $7.99. Caribbean Producers traded 14,050 shares and gained 55 cents, to close at $4.50, Consolidated Bakeries traded 294,747 units with a loss of 12 cents and ended at $2, after it traded at an intraday 52 weeks’ high of $2.15,
C2W Music closed with 29,000 shares trading with a gain of 2 cents at 36 cents. Dolphin Cove traded 38,920 units and gained 20 cents to end at $11.20, Honey Bun ended at a closing 52 weeks’ high of $5.05 with a gain of 5 cents with 25,850 units changing hands. The price hit a high of $5.50 in the morning session. Jamaican Teas traded 108,490 units to close with a rise of 10 cents at $3.90, Lasco Distributors fell 30 cents with 514,000 units trading at $7.60. Lasco Financial closed with a fall of 20 cents at $3.14 with 167,400 shares changing hands while Lasco Manufacturing traded 1,280,146 shares and gained 10 cents to close at $4.60 and tTech traded 6,472 units at $4.30.