Juniors rose modestly in August

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

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

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

JSE gains in early session – Wednesday

JSE Intra - 31-08-16 In early morning trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, the main market rose moderately but the junior market fell moderately.
Jetcon Corporation traded 2,000 shares and rose by 5 cents at a new high of $3.23, Knutsford Express Services traded 5,344 units at a new all-time high of $26, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.50% preference share traded 212,947 units at $2.10.
At 10:45 am 31 securities traded, resulting in a volume of 514,030 shares changing hands. The average number of shares traded amounts to 16,582 units compared to 40,010 units on Tuesday. The number of stocks falling so far amounts to 8 while the prices of 10 securities rose.
The all Jamaica Composite Index dropped 575.23 points to 177,931.33 the Jamaica Stock Exchange Market Index slipped 514.36 points to 160,144.02, the Jamaica Stock Exchange combined index 448.54 points to close at 171,094.88 and the junior market index fell 2.78 points to 2,197.79.

Juniors lost ground on Monday

Price movements at the close of trading on Monday on the junior market contrasted sharply with Fridays close as just 4 gained versus 10 on Friday while 8 fell on Monday to only 2 on Friday. The market closed with 14 securities trading with the junior market index ending with a loss of 26.35 points to 2,207.63 and with 432,202 units valued at $2,568,857 trading.
JM sum 29-8-16Trading ended with 6 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 ending with lower offers.
At the close, AMG Packaging gained 5 cents in trading 4,000 shares, to end at $13.56, Caribbean Cream closed with 200,203 shares changing hands at $6.50 after falling by 50 cents, Caribbean Producers fell 5 cents in trading 12,646 units to close at $3.50, Consolidated Bakeries lost 5 cents in trading 1,927 shares to close at $2.35. Dolphin Cove fell 41 cents and ended at $15.61 with 2,512 shares trading, General Accident lost 1 cent in trading 10,000 units at $2.29, Honey Bun had 14,971 shares changing hands, to close at $5.55, JM Trdng Sht 29-8-16Jamaican Teas rose 20 cents with 3,697 units changing hands, to end at $3.60. Jetcon Corporation ended at $3.16 with 5,000 shares changing hands after rising 1 cent. Knutsford Express traded 211 shares at $25, Lasco Distributors dropped 47 cents and ended with 48,220 shares changing hands at $6.53, Lasco Financial ended with 430 shares changing hands at $3.35, after falling 15 cents, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.70 with 103,304 shares trading, after gaining 15 cents and tTech dropped $1.20 with 26,079 shares changing hands at $3.80.

Juniors recover lost ground – Thursday

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JM sum 25-8-16 The junior market closed on Thursday with just 7 securities trading, leading the junior market index, to close with a gain of 52.50 points at 2,252.77, thus reversing almost all of the fall of the previous two days. At the end, 318,651 units, valued at $1,661,887 traded.
While the number of units trading were low, there appears a stand off between buyers and sellers as the market continues to consolidate with volumes being offered slowly falling, leaving a number of stocks short on supply to meet any meaningful demand. Trading ended with 5 stocks that rose while only 1 declined as 7 closed with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 ended with lower offers.
JM Trdng Sht 25-8-16At the close, Access Financial gained $1.45 in trading 500 shares, to end at $17.50, Honey Bun rose 2 cents with 44,900 shares changing hands, to close at $5.10, Jetcon Corporation rose by 30 cents with 35,000 units changing hands to end at $3.15. Lasco Distributors ended with 81,400 shares changing hands at $7, Lasco Financial gained 25 cents in trading 13,351 units to close at $3.50, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.90 with 139,500 shares trading, after rising 40 cents and Medical Disposables ended with a loss of 9 cents as 4,000 shares changed hands at $3.06.

Juniors down again on Wednesday

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

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

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

Juniors claw higher on Monday

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

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

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

Juniors trading hits $989M on Friday

Cargo Handlers hit a new high of $75.05 on Friday while 11 m of its shares valued at $950 million traded. .

Cargo Handlers hit a new high of $75.05 on Friday while 11 m of its shares valued at $950 million traded. .

The junior market enjoyed heavy trading mainly as a result of the crossing of several large blocks of stocks in the market on Friday by two brokers. At the close 35,774,696 units, valued at $989,215,841 traded as 19 securities changed hands. Cargo Handlers with 11,324,264 units valued at $849,886,013 traded with a gain of $3.05 cents to close at a new 52 weeks’ high of $75.05.
The junior market closed with 2 new all-time highs on Friday with one closing at a 52 weeks’ low. Trading ended as 9 stocks rose while 6 declined, with the market index rising 10.49 points, to close at 2,250.28.
The 3 stocks trading at new highs on Friday are Cargo Handlers and Jetcon Corporation while Sweet River closed at a 52 weeks’ low. At the end of trading 2 stocks closed with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 ended with a lower offer.
JM sum 19-8-16At the close, Access Financial Services traded 1,143 units but fell 25 cents to end at $16, AMG Packaging closed at $13.12 with 597,293 units changing hands, CAC 2000 closed with 813,386 units changing hands but gained 1 cent to $6.01, Caribbean Cream had,2,000 shares changing hands, to close at $7.35. Consolidated Bakeries traded 200,000 units to end at $2.45, General Accident gained 2 cents, in trading 745,396 units to close at $2.21, Honey Bun had 16,209 shares changing hands, to close with a loss of 10 cents at $5.50, Jamaican Teas traded 23,496 units and gained 5 cents to close at $3.85. Jetcon Corporation traded 30,000 shares and gained 10 cents to close at a new high of $3.20, KLE Group ended at $1.40 with 24,000 shares changing hands, after rising 10 cents, JM Trdng Sht 19-8-16Knutsford Express climbed $2 with 144,537 units changing hands to end at $22, Lasco Distributors ended with 8,392,560 shares changing hands but fell 1 cent to land at $7. Lasco Financial gained 8 cents while trading 11,721 units to close at $3.40, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.96 with 8,634,913 shares trading, after rising 15 cents, Medical Disposables traded 28,150, shares and fell 25 cents to close at $3.25, Paramount Trading ended with 78,663 shares changing hands at $14.50, Sweet River Abattoir with 4,664,000 units traded lost 2 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $3.84 and tTech climbed 15 cents and ended at $4 with 42,965 units changing hands.

3 new highs for juniors – Thursday

Blue Power hit a new high of $19.50 on Thursday.

Blue Power hit a new high of $19.50 on Thursday.

The junior market closed with 3 new all-time highs on Thursday but the market index rose moderately, with 15 securities changing hands. Trading ended with 3,881,493 units, valued at $11,818,736 changing hands as 6 stocks rose while 6 declined, with the market index rising 9.33 points, to close at 2,239.79.
The 3 stocks trading at new highs on Thursday are Blue Power, Jetcon Corporation and Paramount Trading while C2W Music traded at a 52 weeks’ low. At the end of trading 5 stocks closed with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 ended with a lower offer.
JM sum 18-8-16At the close, AMG Packaging closed at $13.12 with 13,263 units changing hands, Blue Power jumped $2.40 and ended at a new all-time high of $19.50 with 7,000 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream rose 35 cents with 32,000 shares changing hands, to close at $7, Consolidated Bakeries lost 5 cents in trading 14,400 units to end at $2.45. C2W Music traded 10,000 shares and lost 4 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ low of 24 cents, Dolphin Cove traded 201,553 shares at $15.50, General Accident lost 1 cent in trading 426,436 units at $2.19, Honey Bun had 40,550 shares changing hands, to close at $5.60. JM Trdng Sht 18-8-16Jamaican Teas traded 4,269 units and gained 5 cents to close at $3.85, Jetcon Corporation traded 44,951 shares and gained 10 cents to close at $3.10, following the company’s six months’ results, Lasco Distributors ended with 1,419,722 shares changing hands and gained 1 cent to land at $7.01. Lasco Financial fell 8 cents while trading 21,000 units to close at $3.32, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.81 with 1,596,831 shares trading, after falling 16 cents, Paramount Trading jumped $2.40 to end with 13,650 shares changing hands at $14.50 and Derrimon Trading preference share lost 2 cents ended with 35,868 units changing hands to close at $2.08.

Juniors suffer small fall – Wednesday

The junior market declined moderately on Wednesday with just 9 securities changing hands as trading ended with 1,960,611 units, valued at $11,818,736 changing hands. At the close 3 stocks roseJM sum 17-8-16 while 3 declined with one closing at new highs. The market index fell 7.61 points to close at 2,230.46.
At the end of trading 7 stocks closed with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 ended with lower offers.
At the close, Caribbean Cream had 418,620 shares changing hands, but fell 5 cents to close at $7, Consolidated Bakeries traded 81,150 units to end at $2.50, C2W Music traded 11,000 shares and lost 2 cent to end at 28 cents, Honey Bun had 38,815 shares changing hands with a gain of 1 cent, to close at $5.60. JM Trdng Sht 17-8-16Jamaican Teas traded 3,286 units to close at $3.80, Jetcon Corporation traded 326,248 shares and gained 30 cents to close at $3, following the company’s six months’ results, showing strong gains in profit over the 2015 period. Lasco Distributors ended with 1,054,718 shares changing hands at $7, Lasco Financial gained 10 cents while trading 13,000 units to close at $3.40 and Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.97 with 13,774 shares trading, after falling 3 cents.

Juniors make full recovery – Tuesday

ISP Finance closed at a new high on Tuesday.

ISP Finance closed at a new high on Tuesday.

The junior market dropped sharply on Tuesday with 18 securities changing hands as trading ended with 1,683,513 units, valued at $7,988,309 changing hands. At the close 8 stocks rose while 4 declined with one closing at new highs. The market index recovered 81.85 points to close at 2,238.07.
ISP Finance Services is the only stock trading at new highs on Tuesday. At the end of trading 7 stocks closed with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 ended with lower offers.
At the close, AMG Packaging rose by 62 cents, to close with 24,500 units changing hands at $13.12, JM sum 16-8-16Cargo Handlers ended with 3,719 shares changing hands at $72, after trading at an intraday high of $72.02. Caribbean Cream had 3,030 shares changing hands, to close at $7.05, Caribbean Flavours traded 2,900 units to end at $7 with a gain of 48 cents, Caribbean Producers fell 13 cents, in trading 63,478 units to close at $3.30, Consolidated Bakeries traded 80,000 units and lost 5 cents, to end at $2.50. Derrimon Trading ended at $3.05 with 35,868 shares changing hands, General Accident had 239,266 shares changing hands to close 20 cents higher, at $2.20. Honey Bun had 84,181 shares changing hands with a gain of 6 cents, to close at $5.59, ISP Finance Services had 34,654 shares changing hands with a rise of 22 cents to end at 52 weeks’ high of $5. JM Trdng Sht 16-8-16Jamaican Teas traded 9,000 units and fell 20 cents to close at $3.80, Jetcon Corporation traded 99,225 shares and gained 1 cent to close at $2.70, after trading as high as $3. Knutsford Express closed with 176 units changing hands at $20. Lasco Distributors ended with a rise of 20 cents while 222,361 shares changed hands at $7, Lasco Financial traded 43,419 units to close at $3.30, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $5 with 705,000 shares trading, after rising 48 cents. Medical Disposables traded 28,247 shares to close at $3.50 and tTech dropped 65 cents and ended with 4,489 units changing hands at $3.85.