The junior market ended trading on Wednesday with a new closing high, with index staying above the 2,800 points level and held on for a moderate gain of 4.05 points at the close to end at 2,808.74, after rising as high as 2,830.08 points in the morning session.
The junior market trading ended with 19 security trading versus 14 that traded on Tuesday. Trading ended with prices of 7 stocks gaining and 7 declining. Five stocks closed at new highs during the day. The volume of stocks changing hands, ended at 6,155,150 units valued at $25,573,851, compared to 1,319,304 units changing hands valued at $8,881,627, on Tuesday.
An average of 323,955 units with an average value of $1,345,992 traded, compared to 94,236 units with an average value of $634,402 on the preceding trading day. The average for the month to date is 195,282 units with an average value of $1,013,387 versus 187,240 units with an average value of $1,032,952 for the previous trading day. The average for December ended at 131,147 units, with an average of $672,488.
The market closed with 11 stocks with bids higher than their last sale and one with a lower offer than the last sale.
At the close of trading, AMG Packaging closed at $22.60 with 15,614 units changing hands, Cargo Handlers gained 85 cents to end at $20.85, after 25,084 shares were traded, Caribbean Cream closed trading at $7.30 with 313,200 units changing owners, Caribbean Flavours lost $1.20 in trading 10,000 units to end at $10. Caribbean Producers traded 142,593 shares but fell 20 cents to $4.15, Consolidated Bakeries lost 25 cents and ended at $2.60 with 572,882 shares changing hands, Derrimon Trading ended at $5.90 with 26,700 shares changing hands, after rising 39 cents, Dolphin Cove ended at $13.50 with 7,072 shares trading, in recording a loss of 50 cents. General Accident traded at a 52 weeks’ intraday high of $3.50 but gained 5 cents at the close of trading with 49,657 shares at $3, Honey Bun fell 23 cents and closed with 5,130 shares having changed hands at $6.65, 
Jamaican Teas lost 25 cents to end at $8 with 25,565 shares being exchanged. Jetcon Corporation closed trading with 26,500 shares, to end with a rise of 30 cents at $10.30, KLE Group ended with 1,868 units changing hands at $2.20, Lasco Distributors ended trading with 43,100 units changing hands and gained 10 cents to end at $7.30. Lasco Financial had 51,904 shares changing hands and rose 15 cents to end at $3.80, Lasco Manufacturing with 96,444 units changing hands closed at $5.20, Medical Disposables gained 85 cents to end at $5.55 with 26,424 shares trading. Paramount Trading closed at $3.20 with 2,200 shares changing hands and Sweet River Abattoir with 4,713,213 units trading, lost 1 cent to end at $3.85
5 new junior high at 2,804 points rocord
January 24, 2017 by
Blue Power traded at a new high of $40.40.
The junior market trading ended with 14 security trading versus 14 that traded on Monday. Trading ended with prices of 9 stocks gaining and 3 declining. Five stocks closed at new highs during the day. The volume of stocks changing hands, ended at 1,892,208 units valued at $8,881,627, compared to 1,892,208 units changing hands valued at $12,483,279, on Monday.
An average 94,236 units with an average value of $634,402 traded, compared to 135,158 units with an average value of $891,663 on the preceding trading day. The average for the month to date is 187,240 units with an average value of $1,013,387 versus 193,440 units with an average value of $1,038,653 on Monday.
The average for December is 131,147 units, at an average of $672,488.The market closed with 8 stocks with bids higher than their last sale and one with a lower offer than their last sale.
At the close of trading, Access Financial Services gained 10 cents in trading traded 4,000 units to close at an all-time high of $25.30, after it traded earlier at and all time high of $26.55. AMG Packaging gained $1.60 to close at $22.60 with 3,350 units changing hands, Blue Power close at a new all-time high of $40.40 to gain $3.40 while traded 2,500 shares. Caribbean Cream rose 20 cents and closed trading at $7.30 with 792,369 units trading, Caribbean Producers, traded 5,000 shares and rose 20 cents to $4.35. Consolidated Bakeries added 30 cents and ended at new high of $2.90 with 10,000 shares changing hands, Dolphin Cove ended at $14 with 3,540 shares trading, Honey Bun closed with 124,824 shares changed hands at $6.88,
Jamaican Teas jumped 65 cents to end at a new closing high of $8.25 with 32,521 shares being exchanged. Jetcon Corporation traded at an all-time high of $11 in the morning session, but closed trading with 49,554 shares, to end with a fall of 30 cents at $10, Lasco Distributors ended trading with 50,000 units changing hands and fell 10 cents to end at $7.20, Lasco Financial with 20,919 shares changing hands, rose 5 cents to end at $3.65. Lasco Manufacturing with 112,627 units changing hands rose 10 cents to close at $5.20 and Paramount Trading fell 10 cents to close at $3.20 with 108,100 shares changing hands.
Juniors inch upward to new record
January 23, 2017 by
Jamaican Teas traded at a new closing high of $7.60 on Monday.
The junior market trading ended with 14 security trading versus 21 that traded on Friday. Trading ended with prices of 6 stocks gaining and 7 declining. The volume of stocks changing hands, ended at 1,892,208 units valued at $12,483,279, compared to 22,999,535 units changing hands valued at $127,583,667, on Friday.
An average 135,158 units with an average value of $891,663 traded, compared to 1,095,216 units with an average value of $6,075,413 on the preceding trading day. The average for the month to date is 193,440 units with an average value of $1,038,653 versus 197,604 units with an average value of $1,049,152 on Friday. The average for December is 131,147 units, at an average of $672,488.
The market closed with 10 stocks with bids higher than their last sale and none with lower offers than their last sale.At the close of trading, AMG Packaging dropped $3.52 to close at $21 with 2,080 units changing hands, Cargo Handlers traded 8,684 shares at $20, Caribbean Cream fell 20 cents and closed trading at $7.10 with 6,360 units trading, Caribbean Producers, traded 631 shares and rose 5 cents to $4.15. Consolidated Bakeries ended at $2.60 with 80,000 shares changing hands, Honey Bun closed with a rise of 67 cents while 55,340 shares changed hands, at $6.88,
Jamaican Teas jumped $1.10 to end at a new closing high of $7.60 with 60,557 shares being exchanged. Jetcon Corporation traded 40,750 shares to end at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $10.30, Knutsford Express traded 284 units to close at $24.51 after rising 46 cents, Lasco Distributors with 1,227,427 units trading fell 5 cents to end at $7.30, Lasco Financial with 25,000 shares changing hands declined 9 cents to end at $3.60. Lasco Manufacturing with 354,159 units changing hands lost 8 cents and closed at $5.10, Medical Disposables rose 25 cents to close at $4.70 with 10,940 shares changing hands and tTech traded 19,996 shares to close at $6.01, after falling 49 cents.
Juniors break 2,800 majors shy of 214,000 – Monday
January 23, 2017 by
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Trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange in the early morning session resulted in the junior market breaking the 2,800 barrier for the first time and the all Jamaica index sitting just under 214,000 points as a number of stocks hit record close.
Large trades include, Jamaica Broilers Group with 6,876,548 shares at $15.47 and Portland JSX with 10,000,000 at $9.01, both were crossed trades by Victoria Wealth. Trading at new highs are Jamaican Teas with 6,515 units at $7.80, Jamaica Producers with 2,000 shares at $11 and Berger Paints with 20,000 units at $7.80.
Securities changing hands, amount to 27 at 10:45 am, compared to 32 on Friday. A total of 12 securities advanced and 7 declined, resulting in a volume of 17,402,301 shares changing hands, carrying a value of $200,550,750, compared of 34,904,514 shares changing hands, carrying a value of $248,422,322, on Friday. The average number of shares traded, amount to 644,530 units versus 1,090,766 units on Friday.
The all Jamaica Composite Index climbed 1,007.72 points to 213,854.59 the Jamaica Stock Exchange Market Index rose 901.09 points to 195,598.60, the Jamaica Stock Exchange combined index gained 1,163.78 points to 210,261.91 and the junior market index climbed 31.93 points to 2,809.80.
Juniors inch forward on Friday
January 20, 2017 by
Jamaican Teas traded at a new high of $6.50 after rising $1.
Trading was dominated by Lasco Distributors with 7,130,521 units trading with a loss of 5 cents to end at $7.35, Lasco Financial with 3,895,608 shares at $3.69, after rising 6 cents and Lasco Manufacturing with 10,576,878 units changing hands with a rise of 18 cents closed at $5.18.
The junior market index climbed 15.93 points to a record close of 2,777.87 with 21 security trading versus 17 that traded on Thursday. Trading ended with prices of 9 stocks gaining and 7 declining, on heavy volumes.
An average of 1,095,216 units with an average value of $6,075,413 traded, compared to 269,597 units with an average value of $1,551,515 on the preceding trading day. The average for the month to date is 197,604 units with an average value of $1,049,152 versus 128,556 units with an average value of $662,517 on Thursday. The average for December is 131,147 units, at an average of $672,488.
The market closed with 7 stocks with bids higher than their last sale and none with a lower offer, than their last sale.At the close of trading, AMG Packaging rose 12 cents to close at $24.52 with 700 units changing hands, Blue Power closed with 1,850 units changing hands at $37, Cargo Handlers lost 90 cents in trading 9,968 shares at $20, Caribbean Cream rose 30 cents and closed trading at $7.30 with 78,104 units trading. Caribbean Producers, traded 60,454 shares and rose 10 cents to $4.10, Consolidated Bakeries ended at $2.60 with 110,268 shares changing hands, after rising by 20 cents, Dolphin Cove lost 50 cents trading 650 shares at $14, General Accident Insurance traded 18,567 shares to end at $2.95 after falling 13 cents. Honey Bun closed with 497,760 shares changing hands, at $6.21, Jamaican Teas jumped $1 to end at a new high $6.50 with 2,000 shares being exchanged, after the company reported that the board of directors will be considering a stock split at its upcoming meeting in February.
Jetcon Corporation traded 48,465 shares to end at $10 after trading at a new intraday high of $10.50, Key Insurance traded 33,300 units to close at $3 after losing 10 cents, Medical Disposables lost 25 cents to close at $4.45 with 27,900 shares changing hands, tTech traded 2,000 shares to close at $6.50. Eppley 9.5% preference share, ended with 307,319 units changing hands to close at $6 after falling 6 cents and Eppley 8.25% preference share, ended with 185,036 units changing hands to close at $6.
Juniors inch forward on Thursday
January 19, 2017 by
Jetcon Corporation ended at a new closing high of $10 on Thursday to gain 344% since listing in March 2016.
At the close of the market volume traded jumped 146 percent, from Wednesday’s level, as CAC 2000 traded 1,955,293 and Lasco Manufacturing exchanged 1,990,064 shares. Trading ended with 4,583,153 units, changing hands, valued at $26,375,749, with a rise of 106 percent from $12,828,651 on Wednesday.
An average of 269,597 units with an average value of $1,551,515 traded, compared to 109,745 units with an average value of $754,627 on the preceding trading day. The average for the month to date is 128,556 units with an average value of $662,517 versus 116,803 units with an average value of $588,434 on Wednesday. The average for December is 131,147 units, at an average of $672,488.
The market closed with 8 stocks with bids higher than their last sale and 2 with a lower offer, than their last sale.At the close of trading, AMG Packaging recovered just $1.35 of the $9.95 it fell by on Wednesday to close at $24.40 with 11,000 units changing hands, CAC 2000 closed with gain of 76 cents at $6.01, Cargo Handlers lost 10 cents in trading 1,984 shares at $20.90, Caribbean Cream closed trading at $7 with 51,959 units trading. Caribbean Flavours traded 900 units to end at $11.20 with a loss of 80 cents, Caribbean Producers, traded 11,000 shares and rose 20 cents to $4, Derrimon Trading ended at $5.51 with 20,000 shares changing hands, after rising by 1 cent, General Accident Insurance traded 38,600 shares to end at $3.08 after rising 8 cents. Honey Bun closed with 1,500 shares changing hands, for a fall of 4 cents to $6.21. Jamaican Teas fell 25 cents to end at $5.50 with 15,000 shares being exchanged,
Jetcon Corporation traded 185,562 shares to end at a new closing 52 weeks’ high of $10 after adding 50 cents, KLE Group closed at $2.20 with 20,000 units changing hands, Lasco Distributors ended with 9,862 units trading, to close at $7.40, after adding 37 cents. Lasco Manufacturing closed at $5, with a loss of 15 cents as just under 2 million units traded, Medical Disposables lost 13 cents to close at $4.60 with 21,127 shares changing hands, tTech traded 209,302 shares to close at $6.50 and Eppley 9.5% preference share, ended with 40,000 units changing hands to close at $6.06 after falling 12 cents.
9 unbroken record close for juniors
January 17, 2017 by
tTech is 1 of 4 stocks closing at a new all-time high on Tuesday.
At the close of trading on Tuesday the prices of 6 stocks rose, 5 declined with 18 securities trading, compared to 15 trading on Monday. Volume of stocks traded dropped 83 percent, from Monday’s level, ending with a volume of just 1,234,173 units, changing hands, valued at $7,873,809, with a fall of 73 percent from $28,781,077 on Monday.
An average of 68,565 units with an average value of $437,434 traded, compared to 492,938 units with an average value of $1,918,738 on the preceding trading day. The average for the month to date is 117,445 units with an average value of $573,325 versus 122,333 units with an average value of $586,914 on Monday. The average for December is 131,147 units, at an average of $672,488.
The market closed with 5 stocks with bids higher than their last sale and 1 with a lower offer, than their last sale.At the close of trading, AMG Packaging shed $2 to close at $33 with 12,972 units changing hands, Blue Power gained 40 cents and closed with 3,852 units changing hands at a new record of $37, Caribbean Cream closed trading at $7 with 53,392 units trading. Caribbean Flavours rose 5 cents with just 560 units being exchanged at $12, Caribbean Producers, traded 35,030 shares and rose 20 cents to $4, Consolidated Bakeries fell 20 cents in trading 19,200 shares to close at $2.40, Derrimon Trading ended at $5.50 with 19,751 shares changing hands, after slipping by 10 cents. Dolphin Cove ended at $14.50 with 3,000 shares trading, General Accident Insurance traded 211,562 shares to end at $2.90, Honey Bun with 78,928 shares changing hands, to close at $6.20, Jamaican Teas climbed 45 cents and ended with 5,000 shares being exchanged at a new record of $5.75.
Investors bought 329,001 Jetcon Corporation shares with a gain of 50 cents to a new high of $9.50. Lasco Distributors ended with 28,000 units trading, to close at $7.20, Lasco Financial had 31,990 shares changing hands, to end at $3.65, with a 5 cents loss Lasco Manufacturing ended at $5.15, with 52,300 units trading. Medical Disposables closed at $4.50 with 4,650 shares changing hands, Paramount Trading ended with 154,637 shares changing hands at $3, with a loss of 12 cents and tTech traded 190,348 shares and rose 50 cents to close at record high of $6.50.
8 unbroken days of record close for juniors
January 16, 2017 by
Jetcon ends at a new closing high of $9 on Monday.
At the close of trading on Monday the prices of 7 stocks rose, 3 declined with 15 securities trading, compared to 18 trading on Friday. Volume of stocks traded jumped 293 percent, from Friday’s low level, ending with a volume of just 1,879,103 units, changing hands, valued at $28,781,077, with a jump of 125 percent from $12,784,650 on Friday.
An average of 492,938 units with an average value of $1,918,738 traded, compared to 104,395 units with an average value of $710,258 on the preceding trading day. The average for the month to date is 122,333 units with an average value of $586,914 versus 81,154 units with an average value of $438,934 on Friday.
The average for December is 131,147 units, at an average of $672,488.The market closed with 9 stocks with bids higher than their last sale and 1 with a lower offer, than their last sale.
At the close of trading, Cargo Handlers gained 10 cents to end at $21, after 9,324 shares traded, Caribbean Cream closed trading at $7 with 47,823 units trading after trading earlier at $6.55. Caribbean Producers, traded 510,000 shares and rose 20 cents to $3.80, Caribbean Flavours rose 15 cents with just 100 units being exchanged, to end at $11.95, General Accident Insurance traded 4,423,793 shares and lost 10 cents to end at $2.90. Honey Bun with 6,643 shares changing hands, resulted in a gain of 1 cent to close at $6.20, Jamaican Teas ended with 8,000 shares being exchanged at $5.30. Investors reacted positively to an announcement by Jetcon Corporation of a the board’s planned consideration of a dividend and stock split, as they drove the stock up by a $1 to a new high of $8 in trading, shortly after opened and then up to $9 where trading was frozen for an hour.
Trading resumed at 11:38 to close with 298,610 units trading with a gain of $2 at a new closing high of $9. KLE Group ended with a loss of 30 cents as 5,193 units changed hands at $2.20. Lasco Distributors ended with 105,586 units trading, to close 17 cents higher at $7.20, Lasco Financial had 5,672 shares changing hands, to end at $3.70. Lasco Manufacturing ended at $5.15, with 1,732,918 units trading, Medical Disposables closed at $4.50 with 8,000 shares changing hands, Paramount Trading ended with 51,728 shares changing hands at $3.12 with a loss of 43 cents and tTech traded 180,684 shares and rose 10 cents to close at $6.
7 continuous days record close for juniors
January 13, 2017 by
AMG Packaging jumps $4 & ends at a new high of $35.
At the close of trading on Friday the prices of 11 stocks rose, 5 declined with 18 securities trading, compared to 16 trading on Thursday. Volume of stocks traded jumped 153 percent, from Thursday’s low level, ending with a volume of just 1,879,103 units, changing hands, valued at $12,784,650, with a jump of 202 percent from $4,230,160 on Thursday.
An average of 104,395 units with an average value of $710,258 traded, compared to 46,481 units with an average value of $264,385 on the preceding trading day. The average for the month to date is 81,154 units with an average value of $438,934 versus 78,249 units with an average value of $405,018 on Thursday. The average for December is 131,147 units, at an average of $672,488.The market closed with 6 stocks with bids higher than their last sale and 2 with lower offers than their last sale.
At the close of trading, AMG Packaging jumped $4 to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $35 with 2,779 units changing hands, Blue Power closed with a gain of $1.60 at $36.60 with 7,869 units traded, Cargo Handlers slipped 10 cents to end at $20.90, after 18,653 shares traded. Caribbean Cream lost $1 with 857,959 units being exchanged, to end at $7, in response to results for the company for the November quarter dropping, Caribbean Producers fell 10 cents in trading 7,500 units at $3.60, Derrimon Trading gained 10 cents to end at $5.60 with 25,000 shares changing hands. Dolphin Cove traded 5,556 shares and lost 40 cents to close at $14.50, Honey Bun’s 16,950 shares changing hands, resulted in a gain of 39 cents to close at $6.19, Iron Rock Insurance traded 4,000 units to end at $4. Jamaican Teas gained 45 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $5.30 with 1,500 shares being exchanged, Jetcon Corporation rose 20 cents,
to close at $7, with just 2,000 shares being exchanged by investors, Key Insurance traded 34,688 units to close at $3.10 after gaining 10 cents, to end at a 52 weeks’ closing high. KLE Group ended with 800 units changing hands at a 52 weeks high of $2.50. Lasco Distributors ended with 607,149 units trading, to close 3 cents higher at $7.03, Lasco Financial lost 25 cents with 122,767 shares changing hands, to end at $3.70. Lasco Manufacturing ended at $5.15, with 58,461 units trading, Medical Disposables closed with a rise of 5 cents at $4.50 with 16,500 shares changing hands and Paramount Trading ended with 87,972 shares changing hands at $3.55 to gain 15 cents.
4 new highs push juniors to record close
January 10, 2017 by
Derrimon Trading closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $6.30 on Tuesday.
At the close of trading on Tuesday the prices of 10 stocks rose, 6 declined with 20 securities trading, compared to 21 trading on Monday. Volume of stocks traded rose 50 percent, from Monday’s low level, ending with a volume of just 1,095,189 units, changing hands, valued at $6,212,985, up by 41 percent from $4,409,716 on Monday.
An average of 54,759 units with an average value of $310,649 traded, compared to 34,673 units with an average value of $209,986 on the preceding trading day. The average for the month to date is 61,744 units with an average value of $314,508 versus 63,141 units with an average value of $315,280 on Monday. The average for December is 131,147 units, at an average of $672,488.
The market closed with 7 stocks with bids higher than their last sale and 3 with offers lower than their last sales.At the close of trading, Access Financial Services traded 909 units to close at $25, Cargo Handlers climbed to a new high of $20 after gaining 30 cents with 27,765 shares trading, Caribbean Cream fell 10 cents with 27,068 units being exchanged to end at $7.90, Caribbean Flavours added 20 cents while trading 4,166 shares to close at $12. Caribbean Producers fell 30 cents in trading 2,000 units at $3.45, Consolidated Bakeries ended trading with 193,390 units changing hands with the price rising 45 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.60, C2W Music had 31,000 units changing hands to close with a gain of 1 cent at 35 cents. Derrimon Trading ended at 52 weeks’ high of $6.30 with 7,500 shares changing hands, after rising by 30 cents, Dolphin Cove closed at $14.99 with 1,249 shares changing hands, after slipping by 1 cent, Honey Bun had 95,162 shares changing hands to close at $5.95 after losing 10 cents. Iron Rock Insurance traded 100 units and gained 5 cents to end at $4.10, Jamaican Teas ended at $4.85 with 17,854 shares trading,
Jetcon Corporation rose 50 cents, to close at a new all-time high of $7, with 15,647 shares being exchanged by investors. KLE Group ended with 50,200 units changing hands at $2.20, Lasco Distributors lost 21 cents and ended with 431,350 units trading to close at $7, Lasco Financial lost 27 cents and closed with 46,000 shares changing hands at $3.67. Lasco Manufacturing rose 6 cents to end at $5.10, with 138,933 units trading, Paramount Trading ended with 722 shares changing hands at $3 and tTech ended with 4,000 units changing hands at $5.50 after rising 20 cents.
