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Huge surge for Junior Market Index

March 30, 2020 by IC Insider.com

The trading week started with a flurry of positives for the junior market on Monday as 37 securities traded of which 26 advanced, four declined and seven traded unchanged, sending the market index soaring 108.72 points to close at 2,252.80 and putting the average PE ratio of the market at just 8.6 times 2020 earnings.

Junior market recovering with the Index pointing up

Trading on Monday resulted in an exchange of 8,601,172 units valued at $20,333,956 compared to 3,982,260 units valued at $9,382,200 on Friday.
The trading day concluded with an average of 232,464 units at $549,566 for each security traded in contrast to 117,125 units for an average of $275,947 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 216,579 units valued at $508,797 and previously 215,698 valued at $506,536. In contrast, February closed with an average of 167,673 units at 488,038 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close of the market, Access Financial gained $1.69 to end at $20 with the trading of 40,954 stock shares, AMG Packaging traded 100 units and gained 14 cents to settle at $1.65, Caribbean Cream finished 4 cents higher at $2.80 with 17,624 shares changing hands. Caribbean Producers added 15 cents to close at $2.40 with a market-leading trade of 5,133,280 stock units, Consolidated Bakeries ended with 100 shares traded after rising 9 cents to close at $1.55, Derrimon Trading gained 39 cents to finish at $1.85 in the exchange of 12,500 units. Elite Diagnostic swapped 28,192 stock units and gained 35 cents to settle at $3.10, Everything Fresh ended trading with 45,295 shares after rising 3 cents to 60 cents, Express Catering picked up 18 cents and exchanged 2,110 shares to close at $3.18. Fontana finished 35 cents higher at $4.80 with 263,143 stock units trading, Fosrich advanced 10 cents to $2.60 in the exchange of 4,000 units, General Accident gained $1.22 to end at $5.72, after trading 31 shares. GWest Corporation dipped 5 cents in trading of 788 units at 80 cents, Honey Bun closed 10 cents higher at $6, with an exchange of 14,647 stock units, Indies Pharma swapped 423,719 stock units and added 3 cents to settle at $2. ISP Finance climbed 50 cents to $13.50 with 5,000 stock units changing hands, Jamaican Teas picked up 1 cent and exchanged 122,528 shares at $4, Jetcon Corporation traded 29,000 shares after rising 10 cents to end at $1.10. Key Insurance closed 30 cents higher at $2.30 with 2,000 stock units trading, Knutsford Express climbed $1 to settle at $8 with 43,905 shares changing hands, Lasco Distributors fell 2 cents in trading of 54,677 units at $2.98. Lasco Manufacturing gained 15 cents and exchanged 272,661 shares at $2.90, Limners and Bards advanced 26 cents in trading 418,392 units to end at $2.06, Lumber Depot concluded market activity exchanging 883,100 shares to close at $1.15 after falling 6 cents. MailPac traded 310,705 shares after rising 10 cents to end at $1.60, Main Event gained 1 cent to settle at $4.51 in the trading of 70,148 shares, Medical Disposables exchanged 8,237 shares after rising 1 cent to $6.51 and Stationery and Office Supplies shed 30 cents to close at $5.70 with 9,938 units crossing the exchange.
In the Junior Market preference segment, Derrimon Trading swapped 2,300 shares, after rising 15 cents to end at $1.80.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Access Financial, AMG Packaging, Best performing stock market, Blue Power, Cargo Handlers, Caribbean Assurance Brokers, Caribbean Producers, Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, Elite Diagnostic, Emerging markets, Everything Fresh, Express Catering, Fontana, FosRich, General Accident, GWest, Honey Bun, iCreate, Indies Pharma, ISP Finance, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, Key Insurance, Knutsford Express, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Limners and Bards, Main Event, Medical Disposables, Paramount Trading, SSL Venture Capital, Stationery and Office, Trading Activity, tTech

Good week for JSE Junior Market

March 27, 2020 by IC Insider.com

The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange bounced for five trading days out of the last seven and closed the week on a strong note with 34 securities changing hands and leading to the prices of 21 securities rising, while eight declined and five remained unchanged.
The Junior Market Index advanced by 50.32 points to close at 2,144.08 after an exchange of 3,982,260 units accounting for $9,382,200 compared to 4,329,260 units valued at $9,680,619 on Thursday.
Trading ended with an average of 117,125 units for an average of $275,947 in contrast to 108,232 units for an average of $242,015 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 215,698 valued at $506,536 and previously 220,993 units valued at $518,921. In contrast, February closed with an average of 167,673 units valued at 488,038 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows five stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and none with a lower offer.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging declined 14 cents in trading of 23,450 units at $1.51, CAC 2000 ended market activity exchanging 3,000 shares to close at $10 after falling $1.40, Caribbean Cream ended trading with 15,433 shares, after rising 65 cents to end at $2.76. Caribbean Flavours ended with a loss of $1 at a 52 weeks’ low of $9 with 1,106 stock units changing hands, Caribbean Producers declined 25 cents in trading 98,606 units at $2.25, Elite Diagnostic climbed 15 cents and exchanged 57,904 shares at $2.75. Everything Fresh closed with a loss of 3 cents at 57 cents in swapping 10,000 shares, Express Catering ended trading with 69,873 shares, after rising 10 cents to end at $3. Fontana closed 20 cents higher at $4.45, with 189,405 stock units changing hands. Fosrich closed 25 cents higher at $2.50, in trading 1,000 stock units, General Accident declined by 5 cents to settle at $4.50 trading 44,789 shares, GWest Corporation closed 13 cents higher at 85 cents, with 9,824 stock units changing hands. Honey Bun ended trading 32,000 shares, after rising 20 cents to close at $5.90, iCreate ended with 19,557 shares crossing the exchange, after rising 5 cents to end at 50 cents. Indies Pharma climbed 47 cents and exchanged 370,612 shares at $1.97, Iron Rock Insurance climbed 45 cents to $3.45, in swapping 1,000 units, ISP Finance lost $1 to close at $13 with 5,000 stock units changing hands. Jamaican Teas gained 6 cents and exchanged 16,160 shares at $3.99, Knutsford Express gained $1 to end at $7, with 1,740 stock units trading. KLE Group closed trading of 1,000 units and gained 4 cents to end at $1.25, Lasco Distributors added 10 cents in exchanging 537 shares at $3, Lasco Manufacturing lost 90 cents in trading of 1,457,018 units at $2.75. Lumber Depot rose 1 cent, transferring 787,765 shares at $1.21, MailPac closed trading of 451,161 units and gained 9 cents to end at $1.50, Main Event jumped 65 cents and closed at $4.50 after transferring 27,477 units. Medical Disposables climbed 80 cents and exchanged 14,650 shares at $6.50, Stationery and Office Supplies traded 2,112 shares, after rising 20 cents to end at $6 and tTech closed 75 cents higher at $4.25, with 50,000 stock units changing hands.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: AMG Packaging, Best performing stock market, Blue Power, CAC2000, Caribbean Assurance Brokers, Caribbean Flavours, Caribbean Producers, Daily Trading, Elite Diagnostic, Emerging markets, Everything Fresh, Express Catering, Fontana, FosRich, General Accident, GWest, Honey Bun, iCreate, Indies Pharma, ISP Finance, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, Knutsford Express, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Limners and Bards, Main Event, Medical Disposables, SSL Venture Capital, Stationery and Office, Trading Activity, tTech

All but one Junior Market stock trade

March 26, 2020 by IC Insider.com

Stability seems to be settling into the Junior market after sharp sell-off.

Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange settled on Thursday with Index falling 20.09 points to close at 2,093.76 as 40 securities changed hands, leaving just one ordinary listing that had no trading. At the close of market activities, the prices of 17 securities advanced, 18 declined and five remained unchanged.
At the close, market activity resulted in an exchange of 4,329,260 units valued at $9,680,619 compared to 2,522,568 units valued at $6,848,779 on Wednesday and the average PE ratio of the market reached 9.8 times 2019 earnings at the close.
Trading ended with an average of 108,232 units for an average of $242,015 in contrast to 78,830 units for an average of $214,024 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 220,993 valued at $518,921 and previously 228,599 units valued at $537,599. In contrast, February closed with an average of 167,673 units valued at $488,038 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows five stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial fell 9 cents in trading of 17,601 units at $18.31, AMG Packaging climbed 35 cents and exchanged 10,515 shares at $1.65, Blue Power ended trading with 41,806 shares, after rising 31 cents to end at $4. CAC 2000 lost $1.10 in trading 700 stock units to close at $11.40, Cargo Handlers picked up 90 cents exchanging 3,301 shares at $6, Caribbean Brokers lost 1 cent to end at $1.97 with 26,640 stock units changing hands. Caribbean Producers closed trading of 196,025 shares and gained 17 cents to end at $2.50, Consolidated Bakeries shed 2 cents to settle at $1.46, after transferring 4,740 units, Dolphin Cove ended trading with 3,508 shares, after rising 10 cents to end at $6.50. Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 1 cent at $1.46 with 5,000 stock units changing hands, Elite Diagnostic closed 30 cents lower to settle at $2.60 with an exchange of 52,000 shares, Express Catering shed 30cents in trading of 92,892 units at $2.90. Fosrich closed with a loss of 25cents at $2.25, swapping of 11,111 shares, Fontana gained 25 cents and exchanged 712,569 shares at $4.25, General Accident closed 55 cents higher at $4.55, with 56,268 stock units trading. GWwest Corporation closed trading of 35,075 units and gained 2 cents to end at 72 cents, Honey Bun lost 30cents in exchanging 31,546 units at $5.70, Indies Pharma closed with 31,960 shares, crossing the market after rising 25 cents to end at $1.50. IronRock Insurance closed trading of 5,365 units and gained 70 cents to end at $3, Jamaican Teas lost 3 cents to settle at $3.93 after transferring 10,766 units, Jetcon Corporation shed 3cents to close at $1, with an exchange of 90,061 shares. Key Insurance ended with a loss of 1 cent at 2 with 80,000 stock units changing hands, KLE Group closed with 47,367 shares, changing hands after rising 1 cent to end at $1.21, Knutsford Express ended with a loss of $1 to finish at $6 with 3,211 stock units changing hands. Lasco Distributors shed 10 cents in trading of 30,601 units at $2.90, Lasco Financial climbed 5 cents and exchanged 344,486 shares at $2.55, Lasco Manufacturing rose 15 cents and transferred 40,200 shares at $3.65. Limners and Bards lost 5 cents in trading 209,671 shares to close at $1.80, Lumber Depot closed 5 cents higher at $1.20, with 1,302,525 stock units trading, MailPac ended with 402,140 shares crossing the exchange, after rising 4 cents to end at $1.41. Main Event declined by 65 cents in trading of 69,210 units at $3.85, Medical Disposables ended market activity exchanging 72,841 shares to close at $5.70 after falling 40cents, Paramount Trading closed 8 cents higher at $1.98, with 4,000 stock units trading. Stationery and Office Supplies picked up 30 cents and exchanged 6,782 shares at $5.80 and tTech ended market activity trading 5,000 shares to close at $3.50 after falling 20 cents.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Access Financial, AMG Packaging, Best performing stock market, Blue Power, CAC2000, Cargo Handlers, Caribbean Assurance Brokers, Caribbean Flavours, Caribbean Producers, Consolidated Bakeries, Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, Dolphin Cove, Elite Diagnostic, Emerging markets, Everything Fresh, Express Catering, Fontana, FosRich, General Accident, GWest, Honey Bun, iCreate, Indies Pharma, ISP Finance, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, Key Insurance, Knutsford Express, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Limners and Bards, Main Event, Medical Disposables, Paramount Trading, SSL Venture Capital, Stationery and Office, Trading Activity, tTech

Junior Market carnage worsens – Tuesday

March 17, 2020 by IC Insider.com

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The Junior Market continued its freefall on Tuesday, dropping a record 152.05 points to close at 2,081.18, levels not seen since April 2016 as the 36 securities trading resulted in 23 stocks declining, seven rising and six stocks holding firm with the market losing 38 percent of its value since the start of the year.
At the close of trading nine stocks ended at 52 weeks’ lows and several stocks suffered steep fall in prices and were led by ISP Finance with a drop of $4.75, followed by Cargo Handlers $1.40, Jamaican Teas $1.05, Fontana $1.02 and Caribbean Producers with a large capitalization shed 78 cents.
Trading resulted in an exchange of 38,566,809 units at $62,217,505, of which Derrimon Trading accounted for 28.6 million units, compared to 20,701,190 units valued at $69,475,355 on Monday, with the average market PE ratio ending at 10.3 times 2019 earnings.
The trading day ended with an average of 1,071,300 units for $1,728,264 for each security traded in contrast to an average of 559,492 units for an average of $1,877,712 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 277,858 units valued at $664,104 and previously 196,013 units valued at $553,434. In contrast, February closed with an average of 167,673 units valued at $488,038 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows two stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial gained 30 cents to finish at $21.80 with 6,650 shares traded, AMG Packaging exchanged 38,325 shares and added 29 cents to end at $1.90, Cargo Handlers lost $1.40 in swapping 2,045 shares to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $5.10. Caribbean Assurance slipped 1 cent to $1.91 with 92,300 shares traded, Caribbean Cream swapped 17,633 units and lost 20 cents to settle at $2.80, Caribbean Producers declined by 78 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $2.72 with 120,030 shares changing hands. Derrimon Trading fell 20 cents to a 52 weeks’ low of $1.40 in exchanging a mammoth 28,587,354 units, Everything Fresh closed 5 cents higher at 85 cents with 17,356 stock units trading, Express Catering fell to a 52 weeks’ low of $3 after losing 20 cents with 129,798 shares changing hands. Fontana closed trading of 1,939,436 units and shed $1.02 to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $3.72, Fosrich added by 5 cents to finish at $3 in swapping of 17,160 units, General Accident dropped 50 cents in trading of 176,828 units at $4.50. Honey Bun closed with an exchange of 210,094 shares after falling 62 cents to $4.50, iCreate slipped 3 cents to 45 cents with 444,000 shares traded, Indies Pharma added 12 cents in exchanging 20,972 units at $2.09. Iron Rock Insurance closed at a 52 weeks’ low of $2 after dropping 30 cents and swapping 83,352 shares, ISP Finance fell to $15 after shedding $4.75 with 6,000 shares crossing the exchange, Jamaican Teas dropped $1.05 after trading 186,502 shares to end at $3.95. Jetcon fell 20 cents exchanging 396,473 shares at a 52 weeks’ low of 97 cents, KLE closed trading of 100,000 units and slipped 12 cents to settle at $1.60, Knutsford Express fell 30 cents to $8 with 2,746 shares traded. Lasco Distributors exchanged 143,713 shares and gained 30 cents to close at $2.20, Lasco Financial dropped 20 cents trading of 1,231,043 units and to settle at $2, Lasco Manufacturing lost 7 cents to settle at $2.86 with 138,909 units changing hands. Limners and Bards ended 26 cents higher at $2.26 with 120,000 shares crossing the market, Lumber Depot fell 10 cents to a 52 weeks’ low of $1.17 with an exchange of 448,162 stock units, MailPac closed trading of 3,497,845 units and lost 3 cents to end at $1.35. Main Event finished at $3.51 after dropping 49 cents, exchanging 120,152 shares, Medical Disposables declined by 40 cents in the swapping of 6,029 to close at $5.30, and Stationery and Office Supplies lost 20 cents to settle at a 52 weeks’ low of $5.70 with 26,454 stock units crossing the exchange.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Access Financial, AMG Packaging, Best performing stock market, Blue Power, Cargo Handlers, Caribbean Assurance Brokers, Caribbean Producers, Consolidated Bakeries, Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, Dolphin Cove, Elite Diagnostic, Emerging markets, Everything Fresh, Express Catering, Fontana, FosRich, General Accident, Honey Bun, iCreate, Indies Pharma, ISP Finance, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, Key Insurance, Knutsford Express, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Limners and Bards, Main Event, Medical Disposables, Paramount Trading, Stationery and Office, Trading Activity, tTech

Junior Market week ends with a fall

February 21, 2020 by IC Insider.com

The Junior Market ended the week in much the same fashion as it started with the index down 49.96 points to close at 2,947.43 as heavily weighted Lasco Manufacturing lost 39 cents and was the stock that had the most impact of the fall of the index.

Lasco Manufacturing lost 39 cents to help drive the Junior market index down sharply

The market activity ended with 33 securities changing hands, resulting in the prices of 14 securities advanced, 13 declined and 6 remained unchanged and exchange of 1,456,692 units valued at $4,641,336 compared to 5,022,418 units for $14,719,026 from 34 stocks on Thursday. The average PE ratio of the market closed at 13.8 times 2019 earnings.
Trading closed with an average of 44,142 units for $140,647 for each security traded in contrast to 147,718 units for an average of $432,913 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 152,223 units valued at $403,151 and previously 142,718 valued at $423,343. In contrast, January closed with an average of 137,619 units valued at $521,935 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows three stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended 9 cents higher at $1.99 with 33,687 stock units trading, CAC 2000 closed trading of 10,000 units and gained 50 cents to end at $13,

Cargo Handlers exchanged 20,403 shares and declined by 35 cents to settle at a 52 weeks’ low of $7.50. Caribbean Cream traded 24,000 shares and gained 30 cents to end at $3.65. Caribbean Producers climbed 19 cents and exchanged 12,052 shares at $5, Consolidated Bakeries traded 1,175 units and gained 14 cents to end at $1.79, Derrimon Trading dipped 3 cents in swapping 19,259 units at $1.97. Elite Diagnostic climbed 30 cents after exchanging 5,309 shares at $4.80, Everything Fresh closed trading of 41,300 units and gained 6 cents to end at $1, Express Catering swapped 14,894 units and gained 5 cents to end at $5.85. Fontana dipped 22 cents trading 131,290 units at $6.70, Fosrich lost 9 cents to settle at $3.86 with 1,014 units changing hands, General Accident fell 5 cents in trading of 8,097 units at $6.20. Honey Bun climbed 75 cents and exchanged 97,687 shares at $7.25, Iron Rock Insurance closed trading of 100 units and gained 66 cents to end at $3.95, ISP Finance fell $2.10 in trading of 3,340 units at $20. Jetcon Corporation declined by 2 cents to settle at $1.56 with 3000 stock units crossing the market, Key Insurance dropped 15 cents to close at $2.90 with an exchange of 6,145 shares,

Knutsford Express lost 40 cents in trading of 1,900 units at $9.50. Lasco Financial climbed 10 cents and exchanged 45,147 shares at $3.40, Lasco Manufacturing declined by 39 cents to settle at $4.01 with 40,121 units changing hands, Limners and Bards dipped 15 cents to $2.74 with 123,008 units traded. Lumber Depot ended with a transfer of 174,180 units and gained 2 cents to end at $1.51, Mailpac Group exchanged 499,877 shares to close at $1.95 after falling 2 cents, Main Event ended at $5.37 after losing 3 cents and swapping 1,630 shares. Medical Disposables closed trading of 14,430 units and gained 22 cents to end at $5.50 and Stationery and Office Supplies gained $1.14 to end at $9.30 with 7,500 shares crossing the exchange.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Access Financial, AMG Packaging, Best performing stock market, CAC2000, Cargo Handlers, Caribbean Producers, Consolidated Bakeries, Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, Emerging markets, Express Catering, Fontana, FosRich, General Accident, Honey Bun, iCreate, Indies Pharma, ISP Finance, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, Key Insurance, Knutsford Express, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Limners and Bards, Main Event, Medical Disposables, Paramount Trading, Stationery and Office, Trading Activity

More decline for Junior Market

January 22, 2020 by IC Insider.com

Trading on the Junior Market ended on Wednesday with prices of 15 securities rising, 14 declining and 3 remaining unchanged as the market Index fell by 31.46 points to close at 3,195.42.
The market closed with 35 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 2,385,114 units valued at $6,854,458 compared to 3,722,598 units valued at $11,406,185 from 28 securities on Monday. The average PE Ratio of the market ended at 13.7 based on earnings for 2019.
Trading ended with an average of 68,146 units for $195,842 for each security, in contrast to 132,950 units, for an average of $407,364 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 165,921 units valued at $596,164 and previously 162,137 units valued at $628,523. In contrast, December closed with an average of 521,319 shares at $1,344,719 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows three stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 1 cent at $2 with 74,295 stock units changing hands, Blue Power gained 5 cents and exchanged 3,275 shares at $4.05, Cargo Handlers rose by 50 cents to $9.50, with the trading of 4,000 stock units. Caribbean Cream ended with 5,081 shares crossing the exchange, after rising 40 cents to end at $4, Consolidated Bakeries declined by 2 cents to settle at $1.63 after 721 units traded, Everything Fresh climbed 2 cents and exchanged 52,000 shares at $1.05. Express Catering shed 42 cents in trading of 24,414 units at $6.18, Fontana closed 2 cents higher at $7.05, with 138,352 stock units changing hands, Fosrich gained 12 cents to end at $4.32, with an exchange of 5,601 stock units. General Accident closed trading of 4,667 units and gained 39 cents to end at $6.75, GWest Corporation lost 17 cents in trading of 23,500 units at $1.01. Honey Bun closed trading of 11,250 units and gained 20 cents to end at $8.70. Indies Pharma declined 7 cents in swapping 92,855 units at $2.93, Iron Rock Insurance dipped 2 cents in trading of 2,414 units at $3.98, ISP Finance fell by $7.40 to settle at $22.10, Jetcon Corporation ended trading with 49,153 shares, after rising 5 cents to end at $1.55. Key Insurance climbed 2 cents and exchanged 146,242 shares at $3.80, KLE Group ended market activity exchanging 2,113 shares to close at $2.04 after falling 6 cents, Lasco Distributors closed 4 cents higher at $3.21, trading 100 stock units. Lasco Financial ended with 300 shares changing hands, after rising 8 cents to end at $4.10, Lasco Manufacturing ended market activity exchanging 39,572 shares to close at $4.18 after falling 30 cents. Limners and Bards climbed 3 cents and exchanged 29,860 shares at $2.88, Lumber Depot closed with a loss of 3 cents at $1.67, in swapping 438,893 shares. MailPac ended with a loss of 1 cent at $2.09 with 434,121 stock units changing hands, Main Event dipped 10 cents trading 88,629 units at $6.30, Medical Disposables ended trading with 7,000 shares, after rising 5 cents to end at $6.75. Paramount Trading lost 17 cents transferring 39,200 shares to close at $1.73, SSL Venture added 3 cents in exchanging 469,165 shares at $1.23 and Stationery and Office Supplies fell $1.14 in trading 16,974 units to close at $9.01.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Access Financial, AMG Packaging, Best performing stock market, Blue Power, Cargo Handlers, Caribbean Producers, Consolidated Bakeries, Daily Trading, Elite Diagnostic, Emerging markets, Everything Fresh, Express Catering, Fontana, FosRich, General Accident, GWest, Honey Bun, iCreate, Indies Pharma, ISP Finance, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, Key Insurance, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Limners and Bards, Main Event, Medical Disposables, Paramount Trading, SSL Venture Capital, Stationery and Office, Trading Activity, tTech

Sharp rise in Junior Market index

December 2, 2019 by IC Insider.com

Junior Market activities ended on Monday with 26 securities changing hands, from 29 on Friday, resulting in an exchange of 883,148 units valued at $4,794,911 compared to 2,703,365 units valued at $18,646,706 on Friday.
At the close, the market index gained 37.52 points to close at 3,411.59, resulting from gains in 9 securities and declines in 11 while the prices of 7 remained unchanged and moving the market’s average PE to 12.6.
Trading ended with an average of 33,967 units for an average of $184,420 in contrast to 93,219 units for an average of $642,990 on Friday. In contrast, November closed with an average of 120,579 shares at $506,880 for each security exchanged
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator with 2 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial dropped $6.68 trading 10,522 units to finish at $30, Caribbean Flavours lost $2.26 to end at $15.64 with a mere 50 units crossing the market. Derrimon Trading gained just 3 cents to end at $2.62 with 149,264 stock units changing hands, Dolphin Cove closed with a rise of only 1 cent at $11.11, in swapping of 589 shares. Elite Diagnostic added 8 cents and exchanged 86,142 shares at $5.40, Express Catering dropped 38 cents after exchanging 43,365 shares at $6. Fontana closed trading of 16,028, units, but fell 30 cents to end at $7.50, GWest Corporation ended with 5,000 shares trading, after rising 6 cents to end at $1.06. Honey Bun closed 50 cents higher at $7.50, with 63,788 stock units crossing the exchange, Indies Pharma traded 5,536 shares and rose 25 cents and close at $3.35. ISP Finance traded 302 shares after falling 31 cents to end at $31.99, KLE Group gained 13 cents in trading of 200 units at $1.53, Lasco Distributors closed trading of 9,000 units and gained 40 cents to end at $3.90. Lasco Financial closed trading of 17,100 units and shed 9 cents to end at $4.41, Lasco Manufacturing exchanged 171,733 shares, after rising 17 cents to end at $5.22, Limners and Bards lost 5 cents and traded 7,500 shares at $2.95. Paramount Trading rose 2 cents in transferring 38,656 stock units at $1.98, Stationery and Office Supplies fell 5 cents in trading of 16,904 units at $11 and tTech exchanged 8,000 shares at $6 with the fall of 1 cent.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Access Financial, AMG Packaging, Best performing stock market, Blue Power, CAC2000, Caribbean Flavours, Caribbean Producers, Consolidated Bakeries, Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, Dolphin Cove, Elite Diagnostic, Emerging markets, Everything Fresh, Express Catering, Fontana, GWest, Honey Bun, iCreate, Indies Pharma, ISP Finance, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Limners and Bards, Medical Disposables, Paramount Trading, SSL Venture Capital, Stationery and Office, Trading Activity, tTech

Junior Market in deep dive

November 18, 2019 by IC Insider.com

Investors drove the Junior Market Index down 67.60 points to close at 3,293.42 on Monday after pushing the prices of 20 securities lower and just 4 higher while leaving the prices of 10 unchanged and the market’s PE at 14.3.
The decline is consistent with the market movement in the past with the advent of new initial public offerings on the market as investors seek funds to buy into them. Currently, there are five offerings to sell shares in the market.
The number of securities changing hands rose to 34 from 30 on Friday, resulting in an exchange of 1,518,746 units valued $8,756,192, compared to 5,647,257 units amounting to $26,657,444 on Friday.
Trading ended with an average of 44,669 units for an average of $257,535 in contrast to 188,242 units for an average of $888,581 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 109,101 shares at $554,821 and previously 116,237 units at $587,745, for each security traded. In contrast, October closed with an average of 186,927 units valued at $788,734 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator with 3 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial ended with a loss of $1 and ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $30 with 10,900 stock units changing hands, AMG Packaging fell 10 cents in trading of 3,780 units at $1.90, Blue Power swapped 3,780 shares and declined 59 cents to settle at $6.81. Caribbean Flavours shed 9 cents in trading of 8,000 units at $12.31. Cargo Handlers ended market activity exchanging 6,007 shares to close at $10.05 after falling 45 cents. Caribbean Producers lost 5 cents in trading 57,760 shares to close at $4.70, Derrimon Trading closed 2 cents higher at $2.57, with 77,361 stock units trading, Everything Fresh added 8 cents and exchanged 114,425 shares at $1.10, Express Catering shed 30 cents in trading of 11,734 units at $6. Fontana exchanged 294,026 and declined by 16 cents to settle at $6.84, General Accident dropped $1.50 in trading 68,119 shares to close at $6.50, GWest Corporation dipped 2 cents with 2,942 units changing hands at 98 cents, Honey Bun closed with a loss of 50 cents at $6.50, in swapping of 4,213 shares. iCreate ended trading with 14,000 shares, after rising 1 cent to end at 69 cents, Iron Rock Insurance fell 10 cents in trading of 40,000 units at $3.50, ISP Finance ended market activity exchanging 360 shares to close at $32.90 after falling 9 cents. Jetcon Corporation shed 6 cents trading 18,227 units at $1.93, Lasco Distributors declined 28 cents with 19,163 units crossing the exchange at $3.33, Lasco Financial ended market activity exchanging 67,025 shares to close at $4.30 after falling 15 cents. Lasco Manufacturing lost 15 cents in trading 36,574 shares to close at $5.05, Main Event closed trading of 6,189 units and gained 26 cents to end at $5.90. Medical Disposables ended market activity exchanging 25,000 shares to close at $6.75 after falling 25 cents, Paramount Trading shed 2 cents in trading of 1,000 units at $1.85 and Stationery and Office Supplies lost 20 cents in trading of 113,564 units to close at $11.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Access Financial, AMG Packaging, Best performing stock market, Blue Power, Cargo Handlers, Caribbean Flavours, Caribbean Producers, Consolidated Bakeries, Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, Dolphin Cove, Elite Diagnostic, Emerging markets, Everything Fresh, Express Catering, Fontana, FosRich, General Accident, GWest, Honey Bun, iCreate, Indies Pharma, ISP Finance, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Limners and Bards, Main Event, Medical Disposables, Paramount Trading, Stationery and Office, Trading Activity, tTech

Junior Market stable – Friday

November 15, 2019 by IC Insider.com

Junior Market Index closed trading on Friday with the prices of 10 securities advancing, 15 declining and 5 remaining unchanged, leading the Junior Market Index to eke out a minor rise of 0.72 points to close at 3,361.02.
On Friday, 30 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 5,647,257 units valued at $26,657,444, compared to 3,576,032 units valued at $15,984,300 from 28 securities on Thursday.
Trading ended with an average of 188,242 units for an average of $888,581 in contrast to 127,715 units for an average of $570,868 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 116,237 shares at $587,745 and previously 108,439 shares at $555,164, for each security traded. In contrast, October closed with an average of 186,927 units valued at $788,734 for each security changing hands.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator with 3 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial fell 60 cents to settle at 52 weeks’ low of $31 with 4,220 shares changing hands, Blue Power traded 400 shares, after rising 40 cents to end at $7.40, Caribbean Flavours lost $2.10 in trading 17,760 units at $12.40, Caribbean Producers added 5 cents in exchanging 510,474 shares at $4.75. Dolphin Cove shed 10 cents trading 9,000 units at $10.90, Derrimon Trading declined by 5 cents to settle at $2.55 after 72,200 shares crossed the market, Elite Diagnostic lost 20 cents in trading of 11,259 units at $5.50, Everything Fresh shed 21 cents in trading of 53,433 units at $1.02. Fosrich declined by 19 cents in trading of 23,627 units to close at $4.70, Fontana fell 20 cents exchanging 60,495 units at $7, General Accident ended trading with 553,622 shares, after rising 20 cents to end at $8. Honey Bun traded 66,789 units and gained 55 cents to end at $7. iCreate lost 1 cent in closing at 68 cents with 40,500 stock units changing hands, Indies Pharma gained 29 cents to close at $3.35, with 1,878,500 stock units passing through the market. Iron Rock Insurance lost 10 cents in transferring 1,000 units at $3.60, ISP Finance closed at $32.99 after jumping $2.99 in trading 1,000 shares. Jamaican Teas climbed 37 cents and exchanged 1,150,008 shares at $6.30 after reporting strong full-year results, Key Insurance fell 20 cents in trading of 1,800 units at $3.30. Lasco Distributors ended trading with 568,151 shares, and rose 31 cents to end at $3.61, Lasco Manufacturing climbed 20 cents and exchanged 362,459 shares at $5.20, Limners and Bards fell 16 cents in trading of 25,784 units at $2.72, Main Event lost 48 cents with 2,114 units crossing the exchange at $5.64. Medical Disposables closed trading of 1,290 units and gained 30 cents to end at $7, Paramount Trading shed 13 cents in trading of 37,100 units at $1.87 and tTech lost $1.40 in trading 18,689 shares to close at $5.50.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Access Financial, Best performing stock market, Blue Power, Caribbean Flavours, Caribbean Producers, Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, Dolphin Cove, Elite Diagnostic, Emerging markets, Everything Fresh, Express Catering, Fontana, FosRich, General Accident, Honey Bun, iCreate, Indies Pharma, ISP Finance, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, Knutsford Express, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Limners and Bards, Main Event, Medical Disposables, Paramount Trading, Stationery and Office, Trading Activity, tTech

Junior Market trading jumps – Wednesday

November 13, 2019 by IC Insider.com

Junior Market trading closed with 28 securities changing hands on Wednesday, resulting in an exchange of 4,967,518 units valued at $25,373,913, compared to 1,312,567 units valued at $6,552,084 from 29 securities Passing through the market on Tuesday.
At the close of market activities, the prices of 10 securities advanced, 12 declined and 6 remained unchanged. The Junior Market Index advanced by 14.05 points to close at 3,398.90.
Trading ended with an average of 177,411 units for an average of $906,211 in contrast to 45,261 units for an average of $225,934 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 97,258 shares at $528,565 and previously 97,258 shares at $528,565, for each security traded. In contrast, October closed with an average of 186,927 units valued at $788,734 for each security.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator with 4 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial ended trading with 7,121 shares, after rising 50 cents to end at $32, Blue Power closed with a loss of 5 cents at $7.90, in the swapping of 2,429 stock units, Caribbean Flavours dropped $3.50 while exchanging just 1,000 shares at $14.50. Caribbean Producers traded 3,377,581 shares and declined by 10 cents to settle at $4.70, Derrimon Trading ended market activity exchanging 128,184 shares to close at $2.60 after falling 9 cents, Dolphin Cove climbed to $11.75 after a gain of $1.25 with 96,722 shares changing hands. Everything Fresh fell 1 cent to $1.14 with 10,000 stock units crossing the exchange, Express Catering climbed 30 cents and exchanged 11,971 shares at $6.70, Fosrich closed trading of 11,962 units and gained 19 cents to end at $4.89. GWest Corporation traded 5,000 shares, after rising 20 cents to close at $1, Honey Bun fell 14 cents to $6.45, after swapping of 5,500 shares, Indies Pharma gained 2 cents to close at $3.12, with 101,118 stock units trading, ISP Finance lost $3 in trading 2,200 shares to close at $30. Jamaican Teas dipped 2 cents in trading of 13,261 units at $6.20, Lasco Distributors shed 18 cents in trading of 318,006 units at $3.40, Lasco Financial closed 29 cents higher at $5.29, with an exchange of 15,000 stock units. Lasco Manufacturing lost 20 cents in trading of 64,065 units at $5, Limners and Bards ended market activity exchanging 662 shares to close at $2.94 after falling 4 cents, Main Event ended trading with 19,340 shares, after rising 77 cents to end at $6.12. Stationery and Office Supplies ended market activity exchanging 212,491 shares to close at $11.03 after falling $1.47 and tTech ended trading with 34,206 shares, after rising 60 cents to end at $6.90.
In the Junior Market preference segment, CAC2000 closed 2 cents higher at $1.10, with 9,800 stock units trading.