3 new closing junior highs – Thursday

September 15, 2016 by

Paramount closed at a new high of $17.50 on Thursday.

Paramount closed at a new high of $17.50 on Thursday.

The Junior market closed on Thursday, with far less stocks trading than on Thursday. Traded volume dropped well below Wednesday’s level, as the value declined as well. At the close 8 stocks gained, while 8 declined out of 18 securities that traded, the same number as on Wednesday. Three stocks closed at new highs and one at a new low.
The market index gained 3.66 points, to close at 2,277.93. Market activities ended with 4 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 ending with lower offers.
Trading ended with 1,412,005 units changing hands, 57 percent less than on Wednesday, while the value traded dropped 64 percent, with $5,750,259, down from $15,960,574 changing hands on Wednesday.
ICI Jm sum 15-09-16At the close, AMG Packaging traded 59,416, shares with the price dropping 33 cents to close at $15.22, CAC 2000 closed with 5,000 shares changing hands at $6.40. Caribbean Cream gained 30 cents and closed with 10,000 shares changing hands at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $9, Caribbean Producers traded 1,013,163 shares and rose 5 cents to close at $3.30. Consolidated Bakeries closed with a regained of 5 cents at $2.40 with 83,211 units changing hands. General Accident closed trading with 57,610 units but lost 1 cent to close at $2.29, Honey Bun fell 32 cents in trading 20,637 units to end at $5.53, Iron Rock Insurance traded 8,000 shares at $3.28, Jamaican Teas traded only 3,900 units but declined by 20 cents to end at $3.60. Jetcon Corporation traded 20,000 shares and gained 70 cents to close at a new all-time high of $4, Key Insurance traded 10,000 units and lost 16 cents to close at a new low of $2.49.ICI jm trade 15-09-16 Knutsford Express Services dropped $1 to end with 14,950 units trading at $25, Lasco Distributors closed with 8,645 units trading, ended with a loss of 3 cents at $6.97, Lasco Financial gained 20 cents with 5,000 shares changing hands at $3.30. Lasco Manufacturing rose 9 cents and closed at $4.45 with 89,310 shares trading, Medical Disposables rose by 15 cents in trading 1,063 shares and closed at $4, Paramount Trading climbed $2.45 to end with 2,000 shares changing hands at a 52 weeks’ high of $17.50 and Derrimon Trading preference share lost 5 cents in trading 100 shares at $2.15.

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12 junior stocks rise – Thursday

September 9, 2016 by

Caribbean Cream - 1 of 4 stocks trading at a new high on Thursday.

Caribbean Cream – 1 of 4 stocks trading at a new high on Thursday.

The Junior market closed on Thursday, with greater volume and more securities trading than it did on Wednesday, the market index jumped 70.92 points, to close at 2,298.85. Trading ended with 1,832,518 units changing hands, 23 percent more than on Wednesday, while the value rose 34 percent from Wednesday, with $6,870,963 changing hands on Thursday.
Trading in the junior market resulted in 12 stocks rising, while 3 declined out of 19 securities that traded. Market activities ended with 5 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 ending with lower offers as the supply of many stocks continue to evaporate thus setting the stage for a big push forward in the prices of many of the junior listings.
At the close, Access Financial gained $1 in trading 1,500 units to end at $18.50, AMG Packaging climbed $2.20 and ended at $16.70, with just 300 units changing hands,ICI Jm sum 8-09-16r Blue Power lost a cent to close with 578 shares changing hands at $20.02, Cargo Handlers traded 1,500 shares to close $4 higher at a new 52 weeks’ high of $86. Caribbean Cream closed with 75,442 shares changing hands with a gain of $1 to a new 52 weeks’ high of $8.50, Caribbean Producers had 22,572 units changing hands, to close with a gain of 28 cents at $3.78, Consolidated Bakeries traded 9,700 shares to close at $2.25. C2W Music traded up by 3 cents to close at 20 cents with 210,000 units changing hands, General Accident traded 104,311 units and gained 22 cents to end at $2.30. Honey Bun traded 4,000 units at $5.50, after slipping 1 cent, Iron Rock Insurance rose 9 cents in trading 5,000 units, to close at $3.28,ICI jm trade 8-09-16 Jamaican Teas fell 23 cents in trading just 1,803 shares to close at $3.40, Jetcon Corporation gained 10 cents to end with 18,991 shares trading and closed at a new all-time high of $3.30. Knutsford Express had 14,300 units changing hands, to end with a rise of 93 cents at a new closing high of $26, Lasco Distributors ended with 495,390 shares changing hands, loss 20 cents to close at $6.70, Lasco Financial had 618 shares changing hands at $3.52, for a rise of 2 cents. Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.50 with 854,813 shares trading, Paramount Trading jumped $1 in trading 3,000 shares at $14 and tTech traded 8,700 shares at $5.

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7 junior stocks up 5 down – Tuesday

September 6, 2016 by

tTech closed at $5 on Tuesday with the highest volume traded.

tTech closed at $5 on Tuesday with the highest volume traded.

The Junior market closed on Tuesday, adding to the gains enjoyed on Monday with a jump of 39.80 points in the market index, to close at 2,234.94 as trading in tTech and Jetcon Corporation shares dominated trading volume on a day when C2W Music traded at a new low of 17 cents.
The market closed with 1,397,863 units trading, 13 percent more than on Monday, but the value traded fell 24 percent from Monday, with $6,429,584 changing hands on Tuesday. Trading in the junior market resulted in 7 stocks rising, down from 8 on Monday, while 5 declined up from only 1 on Monday out of 14 securities that traded.
ICI Jm sum 6-09-16Trading ended with 5 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 ending with lower offers.
At the close, AMG Packaging ended at $14.55, with 1,900 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream lost 50 cents to close with 78,131 shares changing hands at $7.50, at the close there was only three offers to sell 16,000 shares between $8 and $9.50. Caribbean Flavours traded 32,000 units to end at $8.50 with a rise of 74 cents, leaving two offers for 24,000 units between $8.50 and $9.59, Caribbean Producers had just 2,165 units changing hands, to close with a gain of 20 cents at $3.20. Consolidated Bakeries traded 16,560 shares and gained 5 cents to close at $2.40, C2W Music traded 20,000 units and was down 3 cents to a new low of 17 cents,ICI jm trade 6-09-16 Honey Bun traded 25,000 units at $5.50 after rising 20 cents, Iron Rock Insurance rose 1 cent, in trading 5,000 units to close at $3.19. Jetcon Corporation ended with 399,800 shares trading with a gain of 30 cents to end at $3.20, at the close there was only one offer to sell at $4.80 but bids are not strong with 152,000 units from $2.80 to $3.01. Knutsford Express closed with 1,007 units changing hands to end at $25, but had only 248 shares on offer at the close at $29.50, Lasco Distributors ended with 11,702 shares changing hands with a loss of 10 cents at $6.60, Lasco Financial ended with 29,623 shares changing hands at $3.25, for a fall of 28 cents. Lasco Manufacturing fell 20 cents and closed at $4.65 with 71,642 shares trading and tTech jumped by 50 cents in trading 703,333 shares at $5. Trading removed almost all of the supply leaving only 26,000 units on offer at the close for the technology stock.

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Juniors rose modestly in August

August 31, 2016 by

Knutsford Express traded at an all-time high of $26 on Wednesday.

Knutsford Express traded at an all-time high of $26 on Wednesday.

The Junior market closed out August just slightly above July’s closing level, to end the month with just rise of 16 points to 2,216.93 as the market index closed on Wednesday with a gain of 16.36 points as the market continues to consolidate. The market’s out turn for August is only 8 points higher than the close for June.
The participation rate on the final day of the month was good with 18 securities being active and resulted in the market closing trading with 1,201,093 units valued at $5,410,798. A total of 9 stocks rose and 4 declined. One stock traded to close at a new high and one traded at an intraday high. JM sum 31-8-16Trading ended with 10 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 ending with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial ended trading with 2,337 units at $17.50, Blue Power closed with a rise of 30 cents with 433 units changing hands at a new high of $19.80, CAC 2000 traded 4,500 units to close unchanged at $6.40, Caribbean Cream closed with 7,578 shares changing hands at $7.05 after rising by 5 cents. Caribbean Producers had 55,189 units changing hands to close at $3.50, Consolidated Bakeries lost 6 cents in trading 7,502 shares to close at $2.34, General Accident traded 6,783 units at $2.30 after rising by a cent, Honey Bun had 69,795 shares changing hands to close at $5.80, after gaining 50 cents. Iron Rock Insurance traded 467,982 units but lost 12 cents in closing at $3.18,JM Trdng Sht 31-8-16 Jamaican Teas lost 40 cents while trading 33,000 shares to close at $3.20, Jetcon Corporation ended with a gain of 5 cents at a new high of $3.21, with just 2,000 shares changing hands, KLE Group traded 4,750 shares at $1.40. Knutsford Express traded 10,300 shares to close at $25 after hitting an intraday 52 weeks’ high of $26. Lasco Distributors rose 29 cents and ended with 210,694 shares changing hands at $6.99, Lasco Financial ended with 16,393 shares changing hands to close at $3.35, after dropping 15 cents, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.57 with 183,348 shares trading, after rising 2 cents, Medical Disposables traded 75,000 shares with the price rising 41 cents to close at $3.50 and tTech rose 70 cents with 43,509 shares trading to end at $4.50.

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Eppley jumps by $85 on Friday

August 26, 2016 by

Eppley jumped $85 to close at $735

Eppley jumped $85 to close at $735

Eppley jumped $85 to a new high of $735 on Friday as the junior market closed with 16 securities trading as the price of 10 increased and 2 declined leading the junior market index, to close with a loss of 18.79 points at 2,233.98. At the end of trading, 509,115 units valued at $9,086,931 traded with 3 securities ended at 52 weeks’ highs.
The stocks trading at new highs are, Cargo Handlers climbing 98 cents to $76.01 with 3,470 shares changing hands, Eppley closing at $735 with 9,000 units traded and Knutsford Express Services jumping $1.75 to close at $25 as just 190 units of the company’s shares traded.
The standoff between buyers and sellers as the market continues to consolidate with volumes being offered slowly JM sum 26-8-16falling remains in place at the market’s close leaving a number of stocks short on supply to meet any meaningful demand. Trading ended with 5 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 ending with lower offers.
At the close, CAC 2000 gained 40 cents in trading 81,096 shares, to end at $6.40, Caribbean Cream closed with 55,718 shares changing hands at $7, Caribbean Flavours traded 2,791 units to end at $7, Caribbean Producers rose 15 cents in trading 91,336 units at $3.55, Dolphin Cove ended at $15.61 with 2,000 shares trading, to gain 11 cents. JM Trdng Sht 26-8-16 Honey Bun rose 45 cents with 9,140 shares changing hands, to close at $5.55, Iron Rock with 3,697 units changing hands, ended at $3.30, KLE Group ended at $1.40 with 86,818 shares changing hands after falling by 3 cents. Lasco Distributors ended with 15,875 shares changing hands at $7, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.55 with 111,727 shares trading, after falling 35 cents. Medical Disposables ended with a rise of 3 cents as 28,207 shares changed hands at $3.09, Sweet River Abattoir with 6,000 units trading rose 1 cent to end at $3.85 and Derrimon Trading preference share gained 12 cents ended with 2,050 units changing hands to close at $2.20.

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Juniors down again on Wednesday

August 24, 2016 by

Cargo Handlers trade at a new high of $76.10 on Wednesday.

Cargo Handlers trade at a new high of $76.10 on Wednesday.

The junior market closed on Wednesday with more prices falling than rising slicing 34.48 points off the junior market index, to close at 2,200.27 in continuation of the fall on Tuesday. At the end, 1,886,162 units, valued at $8,593,938 traded, with 17 securities changing hands.
Trading ended with 4 stocks that rose while 7 declined as 7 closed with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 ended with lower offers.
At the close, CAC 2000 traded 10,614 shares, to end at $6, Caribbean Cream closed with 126,756 units changing hands and fell 5 cents, to $7,JM sum 24-8-16 Cargo Handlers traded 7,518 shares but lost just 1 cent in closing at $75.03, after trading earlier at an intraday high of $76.10. Caribbean Flavours traded 2,791 units to end at $7. Caribbean Producers rose 9 cents in trading 4,885 units at $3.40, Consolidated Bakeries rose 5 cents with 1,353 units changing hands, to end at $2.40, Derrimon Trading traded 7,050 units to close at $3.05. Honey Bun had 44,404 shares changing hands, to close at $5.08, Iron Rock Insurance traded 24,393 units to close at $3.30, Jamaican Teas traded 13,508 units to close at $3.40, JM Trdng Sht 24-8-16 Jetcon Corporation fell by 15 cents with 15,098 units to end at $2.85. KLE Group gained 3 cents and ended at $1.43 with 284 shares changing hands, Lasco Distributors fell 5 cents and ended with 18,002 shares changing hands at $7, Lasco Financial lost 10 cents in trading 758,513 units to close at $3.25. Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.50 with 550,005 shares trading, after falling 35 cents, Medical Disposables ended with a loss of 10 cents as 65,000 shares changed hands at $3.15 and tTech climbed 59 cents and ended at $5 with 235,988 units changing hands.

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Juniors claw higher on Monday

August 22, 2016 by

Knutsford Express traded at an all-time high of $23.20 on Monday.

Knutsford Express traded at an all-time high of $23.20 on Monday.

An equal number of securities rose and declined at the close of trading in the junior market on Monday as the junior market index rose moderately. At the close 2,670,477 units, valued at $18,350,360 traded as 16 securities changed hands. Knutsford Express closed at a new 52 weeks’ high of $23.20 with 5,545 shares trading to record a gain of $1.20.
Trading ended with 7 stocks that rose while 7 declined, while the market index gained 7.24 points, to close at 2,257.52. JM sum 22-8-16At the end of trading 5 stocks closed with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 ended with a lower offer.
At the close, Access Financial Services traded 7,357 shares to end at $16, AMG Packaging lost 12 cents and closed at $13 with 16,104 units changing hands, CAC 2000 closed with 1,797 units changing hands but fell 1 cent to $6, Cargo Handlers had 4,000 shares changing hands, to close at $75.04 with the loss of a cent. Caribbean Flavours traded 589,637 units to end at $6.85 with a loss of 15 cents, Caribbean Producers gained 1 cent in trading 6,162 units at $3.26, Consolidated Bakeries fell 10 cents in trading 18,620 units to end at $2.35, General Accident gained 8 cents, in trading 2,046 units to close at $2.29. JM Trdng Sht 22-8-16Honey Bun had 98,613 shares changing hands, to close with a gain of 5 cents at $5.55, Iron Rock Insurance traded 1,303 units and gained 2 cents to close at $3.30. Jetcon Corporation traded 127,964 shares and fell 20 cents to close at a new high of $3, Key Insurance with 1,653 shares changing hands rose 15 cents to end at $2.65, Lasco Distributors ended with 1,782,910 shares changing hands but gained 5 cents to land at $7.05. Lasco Financial traded just 400 units to close at $3.40 and Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.89 with 6,366 shares trading, after falling 7 cents.

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Juniors dropped sharply – Monday

August 15, 2016 by

The two big Lasco companies hit the junior market index hard on Monday.

The two big Lasco companies hit the junior market index hard on Monday.

The junior market dropped sharply on Monday with 19 securities changing hands as trading ended with 1,526,008 units, valued at $8,120,692 changing hands, of which 5 stocks rose while 9 declined with 3 closing at new highs. The market index dived 80.25 points to close at 2,156.22, with Lasco Distributors and Lasco Manufacturing had sizable falls.
Stocks trading at new highs are Blue Power, Cargo Handlers and Paramount Trading. At the end of trading 6 stocks closed with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 ended with lower offers.
JM sum 15-8-16At the close, Blue Power rose by 50 cents, to close with 765 units changing hands at an all-time high of $17, CAC 2000 traded 5,000 shares but fell 40 cents, to close at $6, Cargo Handlers jumped $4 and ended with 1,500 shares changing hands, at an all-time high of $72. Caribbean Cream lost 25 cents with 2,500 shares changing hands, to close at $7.05, Caribbean Producers fell 2 cents, in trading 11,065 units at $3.43, Consolidated Bakeries traded 26,500 units, to end at $2.55, General Accident had 88,928 shares changing hands to close 8 cents lower, at $2. Honey Bun had 115,709 shares changing hands with a loss of 17 cents, to close at $5.53, Iron Rock Insurance traded 4,768 units and fell 2 cents to close at $3.28, ISP Financial Services had 800 shares changing hands with a loss of 15 cents to end at $5. JM Trdng Sht 15-8-16Jetcon Corporation traded 37,411 shares at $2.69, Key Insurance traded 75,413 units to close at $2.50, Knutsford Express closed with 19,324 units changing hands at $20 after rising by 75 cents. Lasco Distributors ended with a loss of 20 cents while 646,920 shares changed hands at $7, Lasco Financial traded 155,762 units and gained 4 cents to close at $3.30, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.52 with 330,420 shares trading, but lost 43 cents. Medical Disposables traded 2,700 shares to close at $3.50, Paramount Trading climbed 60 cents to end with 123 shares changing hands at a new high of $12.10 and tTech ended with 400 units changing hands at $4.50.

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Trading jumps sharply for juniors – Thursday

August 11, 2016 by

The two big Lasco companies traded nearly 8.7M shares on the junior market on Thursday.

The two big Lasco companies traded nearly 8.7M shares on the junior market on Thursday.

The junior market rose on Thursday with 18 securities changing hands of which 7 stocks rose while 5 declined. The market index fell 8.73 points to close at 2,208.62, with 10,281,786 units traded, valued at $56,990,702. The highlight of trading is Lasco Manufacturing trading over 4.7 million units, Lasco Distributors with 3.9 million shares and Caribbean Cream trading at a new high of $8.
At the end of trading 4 stocks closed with bids higher than their last selling prices and none ended with a lower offer. The junior market is showing that the lowest prices for stocks being offered, are moving away from the last traded prices for a number of the companies, with a few having no stocks being offered currently.
JM sum 11-8-16 At the close, AMG Packaging traded 1,674 units at $12.50, Blue Power had 2,400 shares changing hands to close at $16.50, Caribbean Cream gained 70 cents with 22,610 shares changing hands, to close at a new all-time high of $8, Caribbean Flavours traded 195,663 units to close with a gain of 70 cents at $7. Caribbean Producers gained 20 cents, in trading 14,000 units at $3.50, Derrimon Trading lost 1 cent in trading 14,000 units, to end at $3.05, Dolphin Cove rose $1.50 and ended at $15.50 with 1,493 shares trading, General Accident Insurance had 69,656 shares changing hands to close 1 cent lower, at $2.09. Iron Rock Insurance had 720 shares changing hands with a gain of 2 cents, to close at $3.30, JM Trdng Sht 11-8-16 Jamaican Teas traded 3,637 units to end at $3.50. Knutsford Express closed with 2,872 units changing hands at $19, Lasco Distributors ended with 3,964,178 shares changing hands at $7, Lasco Financial traded 98,000 units and lost 20 cents to close at $3.25, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $5 with 4,747,095 shares trading, but gained 5 cents. Medical Disposables traded 206,820 shares and fell 5 cents, to close at $3.50, Sweet River ended with 25,000 units changing hands at $3.86, after rising 1 cent, tTech fell 25 cents and ended with 466,472 units changing hands at $4.50, after it traded at $5 earlier in the day. tTech’s board meets today, to consider a dividend payment at the same time, the company released results for the June quarter, after trading, showing a 42 percent growth in revenues for the June quarter compared to 30 percent for the six months, with profit after tax, up to $16 million from $12.4 million for the six months. Derrimon Trading preference share, ended with 445,496 units changing hands, to close at $2.10.

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5 junior stocks fell – Tuesday

August 9, 2016 by

Consolidated Bakeries (Purity) closed at a new high on Tuesday

Consolidated Bakeries (Purity) closed at a new high on Tuesday

The junior market rose moderately on Tuesday with 12 securities changing hands. Only 3 stocks rose while 5 declined but the market index inched up 2.29 points to close at 2,196.15, with only 956,421 units traded, valued at $4,918,989. Consolidated Bakeries traded at a new high of $2.55 but on small volume.
JM sum 9-8-16At the end of trading 4 stocks closed with bids higher than their last selling prices and none ended with a lower offer. The junior market is showing that the lowest prices for stocks being offered are moving far away from the last traded prices for a number of the companies, with a few having no stocks being offered currently.
At the close, Caribbean Cream gained 22 cents with 197,697 shares changing hands at $7.25, leaving 19,533 units on offer. Caribbean Flavours traded just 2,000 units to close with a loss of 40 cents at $6.10, the bid closed at $6.50, to buy 1,804 shares. Caribbean Producers lost 2 cents in trading 700 units at $3.48, Consolidated Bakeries traded 300 units with the price jumping 42 cents to a new all-time high of $2.55, JM Trdng Sht 9-8-16 there were just two offers posted at the close, to sell 14,700 units. General Accident traded 7,722 shares and lost 6 cents to end at $2.10, Honey Bun had 4,810 shares changing hands at 10 cents lower to close at $5.50, Iron Rock Insurance traded 358,746 units to close at $3.28, Jamaican Teas traded 7,902 units at $3.15, Jetcon Corporation fell 5 cents lower to end with 9,055 shares changing hands at $2.65. Lasco Distributors ended with 243,560 shares changing hands at $6.80, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $5 with 61,690 shares trading and Medical Disposables ended with 62,239 units changing hands at $3.55 after rising 40 cents.

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