Lasco Manufacturing traded 7 million shares
The Junior Market, closed with the market index rising 15.28 points to 3,192.42, during Friday’s session the index rose as much 51 points but receded towards the end.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading had 3 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices, 1 closed with a lower offer.
The market closed with 26 securities changing hands, compared to 30 on Thursday, resulting in the prices of 10 advancing, 6 declining and 6 remaining unchanged.
The day’s trading ended with 15,120,642 units valued at over $55,182,607 changing hands, compared to 15,342,524 units valued at $89,754,042 on Thursday. While the traded volume was dominated by Caribbean Producers with 11.58 million shares and Indies Pharma with nearly 2.48 million units, Friday closed with Lasco Manufacturing contributing 7 million units followed by Key Insurance with 3.68 million units, Lasco Distributors with 2.59 million shares while Indies Pharma chipped in with 887.7 thousand shares.
Trading closed with an average of 687,302 units for an average of $2,508,300 in contrast to 590,097 units for an average of $3,452,079 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 280,667 units at $1,375,747, compared to 256,357 units at $1,308,040 on the previous trading day. Trading in July, averaged 154,060 units valued at $655,146 for each security traded.
At the close of trading, Blue Power concluded trading 500 units at $47, Caribbean Cream lost 32 cents and closed at $5.30, trading 71,500 shares, Caribbean Flavours traded 50 cents higher at $16, with 6,481 stock units, Caribbean Producers finished trading 2,740 units and rose 19 cents to $6.79, Derrimon Trading concluded trading with a loss of $1.57 down to $21, exchanging 74,100 shares. Elite Diagnostic settled with a loss of 15 cents at $3, trading 296,533 units, Everything Fresh traded 141,505 shares and ended at $2.20, Express Catering traded 3,965 shares and rose 30 cents to $8.30, General Accident closed 19 cents higher at $3.80, with 197,170 stock units changing hands, GWest Corporation ended at $2, trading 29,592 units. Honey Bun concluded trading at $4.50, with 10,205 shares, 
Indies Pharma pulled back 6 cents in trading 887,723 shares to end at $2.54, after trading at an all-time high of $2.70 during the day, Jamaican Teas ended trading with a loss of 5 cents at $4.25, with 6,032 stock units, Jetcon Corporation added 2 cents at $4.01 and traded 53,353 shares, Key Insurance traded 3,684,607 shares and rose 1 cent to $3.06. Lasco Distributors concluded trading with a loss of 10 cents at $3.85, while exchanging 2,589,994 stock units, Lasco Financial finished 40 cents higher at $5.90, with 26,226 units traded, Lasco Manufacturing settled 12 cents higher at $3.85, with 7,001,050 shares, Medical Disposables closed at $5.10, as 16,166 shares changed hands. Paramount Trading finished trading 10,000 stock units at $3, Stationery and Office closed 10 cents higher at $8.60, exchanging 1,600 units and tTech concluded trading of 9,600 shares while rising 49 cents higher to $5.50.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
The All Jamaican Composite Index of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, having cleared the 350,000 points mark on Thursday, broke the 351,000 level after just 5 minutes of the market’s opening, with 
Trading in July, averaged 154,060 units valued at $655,146 for each security traded.
Indies Pharma traded 2,476,772 shares and rose 11 cents to end at 52 weeks’ closing high of $2.60, Iron Rock finished 15 cents higher at $3.50, trading 50,000 shares, ISP Finance settled at $16, with 1,087 shares, Jamaican Teas ended trading 500 stock units and rose 10 cents to $4.30, Jetcon Corporation traded 2,653 units with a loss of 15 cents to end at $3.99. KLE Group closed at $3, with 22,000 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading of 11,800 stock units at $3.95, Lasco Financial finished with a loss of 40 cents at $5.50, with 225,431 units changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing settled with a loss of 27 cents at $3.73, in exchanging 134,940 shares. Main Event ended trading 25 cents higher at $7, with 4,777 shares changing hands, Medical Disposables traded at $5.10, with 82,038 shares and Stationery and Office closed at $8.50, with 11,100 units.
The Junior Market, closed on Wednesday at the highest level in more than 15 months with the June 9 close last year of 3,253.52 bettering today’s close of 3,234.44 in the market index which rose 25.41 points to be up 18.4 per cent for 2018 to date. 
Express Catering traded 50 cents higher at $8.65, with 52,700 shares, FosRich Group finished trading 9,750 shares at $3, GWest Corporation ended at $2.17, after 91,280 units changed hands, Honey Bun concluded trading of 700 shares and rose 7 cents to $4.50. Indies Pharma traded 984,697 shares and lost 1 cent to end at $2.49 after trading at a new intraday high of $2.60, Iron Rock finished with a loss of 15 cents at $3.35, exchanging 20,000 shares, Jamaican Teas ended trading at $4.20, with 1,500 stock units passing through the exchange, Jetcon Corporation traded 1,233,200 units and rose 9 cents to end at $4.14, Key Insurance finished trading 1,000 shares with a loss of 11 cents at $3.05. KLE Group closed at $3, with 8,800 shares, Knutsford Express ended $1.14 higher at $12.50, trading 26,715 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading of 196,429 stock units after rising 30 cents to $3.95, Lasco Financial finished 37 cents higher at $5.90, trading 67,626 units. Lasco Manufacturing settled at $4, with 326,871 shares changing hands, Main Event ended trading with a loss of 36 cents at $6.75, with 5,673 shares, Medical Disposables traded 56,449 shares with a loss of 5 cents at $5.10, Paramount Trading finished trading 11,503 stock units and rose 80 cents to $3, Stationery and Office closed with a loss of 50 cents at $8.50, after 4,188 units changing hands and tTech concluded trading of 1,200 shares and rose 1 cent higher to $5.01. In the junior market preference segment, Eppley 9.5% finished trading 47,388 shares at $5.98.
At the close of trading, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 5 cents at $1.90, trading 52,000 stock units, Caribbean Cream ended trading 10,000 shares with a loss of 45 cents to close at $5.30, Caribbean Producers closed 22 cents higher at $6.90, trading 1,341 units, Consolidated Bakeries climbed 32 cents higher to $2.49, with 50,000 shares changing hands, C2W Music rose by 3 cents to $1.75, with 675,500 shares. Derrimon Trading concluded trading of 9,810 shares after climbing $2.50 to $21, Elite Diagnostic settled at $2.90, in exchanging 18,382 units, Eppley ordinary share ended trading of 9,746 shares and gained $1 to $10.18, Everything Fresh traded 638,665 shares and ended with a gain of 4 cents at $2.33, Express Catering traded with a loss of 85 cents at $8.15, with 19,715 shares changing hands. FosRich Group traded 36,802 shares at $3, General Accident closed with a loss of 29 cents at $3.61, while trading 10,890 stock units, Honey Bun concluded trading of 1,700 shares, 13 cents higher at $4.43, Indies Pharma traded 1,450,417 shares and gained 10 cents to end at an all-time closing high of $2.50, 
Jamaican Teas ended trading 5 cents higher at $4.20, with 36,539 stock units changing hands. Jetcon Corporation traded 21,454 shares and rose 1 cent to $4.05, Lasco Distributors concluded trading with a loss of 35 cents at $3.65, with 511,407 stock units changing hands, Lasco Financial finished with a loss of 37 cents at $5.53, with 48,600 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled 20 cents higher at $4, trading 91,205 shares. Main Event ended trading of 1,123 shares and rose 61 cents to $7.11, Medical Disposables traded 450,000 shares and lost $1.35 cents to close at $5.15, Paramount Trading finished trading 10 cents higher at $2.20, with 6,200 stock units and Stationery and Office gained 50 cents to end at $9, in 9,457 shares. In the junior market preference segment, Eppley 8.75% settled $6.06 with 8,000 shares changing hands.
Trading closed with an average of 342,119 units for an average of $4,072,731 in contrast to 138,451 units for an average of $485,744 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 247,889 units valued at $1,271,186, compared to 238,538 units valued at $993,170 previous trading day. Trading in July, averaged 154,060 units valued at $655,146 for each security traded.
FosRich Group finished trading 19,150 shares at $3, General Accident closed 70 cents higher at $3.90, trading 115,002 stock units, GWest Corporation ended at $2.17, with 42,840 units. Honey Bun concluded trading 10 cents higher at $4.30, with 36,000 shares, Indies Pharma traded 1,628,679 shares in gaining 4 cents and ended at an all-time closing high of $2.40, but traded earlier as high as $2.50, Jamaican Teas ended trading with a loss of 14 cents at $4.15, with a transfer of 16,610 stock units, Jetcon Corporation traded with a loss of 6 cents at $4.04, with 33,684 units changing hands, KLE Group closed at $3, with 54,384 shares. Knutsford Express ended at $11.36, with 9,546 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading 1,300,907 stock units and rose 15 cents to $4, Lasco Financial rose 40 cents to end at $5.90, with 48,997 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled with a loss of 10 cents at $3.80, trading 8,100 shares. Main Event ended trading at $6.50, with 3,100 shares, Medical Disposables traded 12,005 shares to close at $6.50 and Stationery and Office closed 40 cents higher at $8.50, with 71,056 units changing hands.
At the close of trading, Access Financial closed at $46.70, in exchanging 11,965 shares, AMG Packaging ended at $1.95, with 20,000 stock units changing hands, Blue Power concluded trading at $47, with 600 units, CAC 2000 finished with a loss of 55 cents at $9, with just 600 shares trading, Cargo Handlers rose 5 cents to $10.94, with 23,800 shares. Caribbean Cream lost 5 cents to end at $5.75, trading 4,065 shares, Caribbean Producers finished trading at $6.85, with 17,622 units, Derrimon Trading suffered a big fall, concluding trading with a loss of $5.60 to $19.90, with 45,084 shares changing hands, Dolphin Cove added 50 cents to close at $17, trading 1,500 stock units. Elite Diagnostic settled 5 cents higher at $2.90, with 90,264 units changing hands, Everything Fresh traded 118,444 shares and ended with a gain of 25 cents at $2.50, to be back at the IPO price, Express Catering traded 40,113 shares after rising 61 cents to a 52 weeks’ closing high of $8.90, FosRich Group finished trading 112,934 shares after rising 25 cents to $3, General Accident closed with a loss of 50 cents at $3.20, exchanging 64,073 stock units. GWest Corporation fell 10 cents to $2.17, with 53,435 units traded, 
Honey Bun concluded trading with a loss of 30 cents at $4.20, with 13,200 shares, Indies Pharma traded 2,038,664 shares gaining 11 cents and closed at an all-time high of $2.36, Jamaican Teas ended trading 29 cents higher at $4.29, trading 66,655 stock units, Jetcon Corporation traded 322,018 units with a loss of 1 cent at $4.10, KLE Group closed at $3, exchanging 45,000 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading 512,100 stock units with a loss of 14 cents at $3.85, Lasco Financial finished with a loss of 30 cents down to $5.50, with 86,600 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled with a loss of 10 cents at $3.90, with 9,390 shares. Main Event ended trading 5,000 shares with a rise of 25 cents to $6.50, with, Medical Disposables closed at $6.50 higher with 2,776 shares changing hands, Paramount Trading ended at $2.10, trading 1,400 shares and Stationery and Office finished trading with a loss of 87 cents to $8.10, with 30,878 stock units trading.
At the close of trading, Access Financial closed at $46.70, trading 500 shares, Blue Power concluded trading $2 higher at $47, in the exchange of 2,728 units, Cargo Handlers settled at $10.89, with 3,665 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cream ended trading of 29,762 shares at $5.80, Caribbean Producers finished trading 74,861 units at $6.85. Derrimon Trading concluded trading of 116,160 shares at $25.50, but hit a new high of $30 during trading, Elite Diagnostic settled with a loss of 5 cents at $2.85, exchanging 77,748 units, Eppley ended trading with a loss of 78 cents close at $9.18, with 430 shares, Everything Fresh traded 36,000 shares and ended with a gain of 15 cents at $2.25 as investors continue to respond positively to half year results showing profit of 4 cents per share for the June quarter on rising gross profit margin. Express Catering traded 14 cents higher at $8.29, with 1,600 shares. FosRich Group finished trading of 8,000 shares with a loss of 1 cent at $2.75, General Accident traded at a 52 weeks’ high of $5 but closed at $3.70, with 41,607 stock units, Honey Bun concluded trading 700 shares at $4.50, Iron Rock finished 25 cents higher at $3.50, with 134,006 shares. 
Jetcon Corporation traded 16,842 units and rose 6 cents to $4.11, Key Insurance finished trading at $3.16, with 2,950 shares, Knutsford Express ended 1 cent higher at $11.36, after 3,000 shares traded, Lasco Distributors concluded trading of 62,800 stock units and added 4 cents to close at $3.99. Lasco Financial finished at $5.80, exchanging 354,663 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled for a rise of 10 cents to $4, with 78,339 shares, Main Event ended trading 107,682 shares and rose 44 cents to end at $6.25, Medical Disposables traded 1 cent higher at $6.50, with 3,024 shares. Paramount Trading dropped 60 cents to end at a52 weeks’ low of $2.10, trading 3,600 stock units, Stationery and Office closed with a loss of 3 cents at $8.97, with 8,060 units and tTech concluded trading of 15,440 shares and climbed 50 cents to $5.