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.
Producers hit new high of $46 – Monday
June 13, 2016 by
Trading in the early Monday morning session on the Jamaica Stock Exchange has been moderate, but with Lasco Manufacturing trading 158,997 units at $5.05 
and Supreme Ventures trading 251,500 units at $4.75 to be the only two stocks trading over 100,000 units.
Lasco Distributors had 66,354 shares trading at $7.97 while Jamaica Producers traded 14,341 shares to hit a 52 weeks’ high of $46 as well as ISP Finance in trading at $3.50.
Trading resulted in activity in 26 securities, accounting for a volume of 790,330 units as 11 stocks gained and 8 declined. The average number of shares traded, amounts to just 30,397 units.
After 75 minutes of trading in the early morning session, on Monday, the all Jamaica Composite Index jumped 1,349.38 points to 178,863.59, the JSE Market Index jumped 1,206.55 points to 160,977.62, the JSE combined index climbed 1,119.15 to close at 172,249.14 points and the junior market index inched up 0.09 points to 2,234.74.
Juniors inch forward – Thursday
June 9, 2016 by
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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.
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.
C2W Music monster trade – Thursday
June 2, 2016 by
C2W had the largest trade on the JSE on Thursday
A total of 17 securities traded with 7 advancing and 8 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 1,200 shares to close at $12.45, after adding 45 cents, Caribbean Cream closed with a loss of 4 cents at $4.65, after trading 183,500 shares, Carib Flavours closed at $7.99 after losing 1 cent, in trading 200 shares. Consolidated Bakeries traded 283,078 units and gained 11 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.12, C2W Music closed with 53,814,091 shares trading with a loss of 1 cent at 34 cents, General Accident had 2,200 shares trading with a gain of 26 cents to close at $2.44. Honey Bun traded for the first time after its 5 for 1 stock split and closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $5 with a gain of $1.20 with 170,860 units changing hands, Iron Rock Insurance traded 628,310 shares but shed 20 cents to end at $3.20.
Jamaican Teas traded 17,039 units to close with a loss of 5 cents at $3.80, Jetcon Corporation rose 7 cents in trading 23,525 units at $2.87, Key Insurance gained 6 cents with 61,900 shares at $2.75. KLE Group ended at $1.60 with 9,300 shares changing hands Knutsford Express fell 50 cents in trading 6,200 shares to close at $17.50, Lasco Distributors fell 10 cents with 1,000,000 units trading at $7.90. Lasco Financial closed with a gain of 4 cents at $3.34 with 5,979 shares changing hands while Lasco Manufacturing traded 1,099,242 shares and fell 19 cents to close at $4.50, Medical Disposables ended with 5,000 units changing hands to close with a gain of 1 cent at $3.50 and tTech traded 8,537 units at $4.30.
Demand for juniors rose on Wednesday
June 1, 2016 by
Lasco Distributors had the largest trade in the junior market and climbed 50 cents to $8.
A total of 14 securities traded with 7 advancing and 3 declining. The market ended with bids for 6 stocks closing higher than their last selling prices and 3 ending with lower offers.
At the end of trading, AMG Packaging traded 2,449 shares to close at $12, after shedding 50 cents, CAC 200 had 250 shares trading at $6.50, Caribbean Cream closed with a loss of 9 cents at $4.69, after trading 163,774 shares, Consolidated Bakeries traded 89,007 units and gained 1 cent to end at $2.01. Dolphin Cove had 900 shares trading with a loss of $1.68 at $11, General Accident had 2,200 shares trading with a gain of 26 cents to close at $2.44, ISP Finance traded 31,499 units at $3. Jamaican Teas traded 105,100 units to close at $3.85, Jetcon Corporation lost 5 cents in trading 112,918 units at $2.80, Knutsford Express rose $1.20 in trading 16,679 shares to close at $18.
Lasco Distributors climbed 50 cents with 1,033,123 units trading at $8, one day after the company released full year’s results showing profit rising 38.55 percent from a 30.5 percent rise in sales income. Lasco Financial closed with a gain of 15 cents at $3.30 with 338,355 shares changing hands after the company released full year’s results showing just 5 percent increase in profit after tax, from a 22 percent rise in revenues. Lasco Manufacturing traded 180,100 shares and rose 9 cents to close at $4.69 and Medical Disposables ended with 74,876 units changing hands to close with a gain of 24 cents at $3.49.
Juniors suffer big drop on Thursday
May 26, 2016 by
ISP Finance at new high on Thursday.
A total of 15 securities traded of which 5 advanced and 6 declined. The market ended with bids for 7 stocks closing higher than their last selling prices and 2 ending with lower offers.
At the end of trading, Access Financial Services traded 8,300 units to close at $16.50 after trading at $17.15, AMG Packaging had 1,259 shares trading at $11.65, Caribbean Cream traded early in the morning session at $5 but closed unchanged for the day at $4.47, having traded 326,000 shares. Caribbean Producers traded 65,070 units at $3.90 after falling 65 cents, General Accident traded 49,000 units to close at $2.15. Honey Bun dropped $3.95 and closed at $18 with 10,000 shares traded,
Iron Rock fell 55 cents in trading 1,395 shares to close at $3.20, ISP Finance rose by 15 cents in trading 8,688 shares to end at a new high of $3, Jamaican Teas traded 21,059 units but fell 30 cents to $3.55. Jetcon Corporation traded 137,712 shares and gained 17 cents to close at $3, Lasco Distributors fell 5 cents and closed with 76,820 units trading to close at $7.45. Lasco Financial closed at $3.29 with 2,800 shares changing hands having shed 1 cent, Lasco Manufacturing traded 441,563 shares and rose 10 cents to close at $4.30, Medical Disposables had 37,000 shares changing hands to close at $3, for a 5 cents gain and tTech fell 20 cents and ended with 6,821 units changing hands at $4.30.
Advancing juniors dominate – Friday
May 20, 2016 by
Caribbean Flavours’ produce inputs. the stock gained $1.50 on Friday high.
At the end of trading, AMG Packaging closed at $10.51 with 3,000 units changing hands, CAC 2000 gained 9 cents and closed at $6.50 with 1,539 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream rose 5 cents with 12,715 shares changing hands at $4.46, Caribbean Flavours traded 2,000,100 shares and rose $1.50 to end at $8, Consolidated Bakeries gained 10 cents to end at
$1.60 with 10,500 shares changing hands. General Accident traded at $2.10 with 50,000 shares trading, Honey Bun closed at $22, with 2,025 shares trading, ISP Finance traded 79,943 units and ended with a 6 cents gain to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.85, Jamaican Teas traded 5,300 units to close at $3.90. Knutsford Express closed with a loss of 50 cents at $17.50 with 4,600 shares trading, Lasco Distributors fell 4 cents and closed with 159,489 units trading with the price closing at $7.36. Lasco Financial closed at $3.35 with 17,866 shares changing hands after rising 20 cents and Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.44 with 41,865 shares trading.
LasD big day on Wednesday
May 4, 2016 by
The Lasco Distributors traded 16.5m shares on Wednesday.
There were two 52 weeks’ highs with 15 active securities trading, as 6 advanced and 4 declined and the junior market index rose 10.83 points, to end at 2,169.39. A total of 3 stocks closed with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 ended with lower offers.
At the end of trading in the market, Caribbean Cream traded 3,000 units and rose 15 cents to end at $4.60, Caribbean Flavours traded 17,000 units at $8.50, Consolidated Bakery gained 3 cents with 76,757 shares changing hands at $1.38, Dolphin Cove gained 1 cent 23,856 to end at $12.51. General Accident ended trading 9,000 shares to close at $2.70, Honey Bun jumped $1.30 to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $18.30 with 7,042 shares trading,
ISP Finance gained 6 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.80 with 63,000 shares. Jamaican Teas traded 8,000 shares to end at $3.91, Jetcon Corporation ended at $2.90 while 294,854 units traded, Knutsford Express had 2,100 shares trading and gained $2.10 to close at $18.90, Lasco Financial lost 1 cent to close at $3.49 with 218,990 shares changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing lost 1 cent to close at $4.58 with 195,355 shares trading, Medical Disposables traded 62,200 shares to close 27 cents lower at $3.15 and Paramount Trading ended with 35,000 shares changing hands at $10.85.
