Paramount Trading closed at an all-time high on Monday.
Trading was slow during the day and ended with a fraction of the volume and value traded on Friday. The volume of stocks traded that fell sharply on Friday, suffered even further decline on Monday with the volume dropping of 78 percent from Friday’s levels and ending with just 143,487 units changing hands, valued at a mere $754,871, down 30 percent from $1,074,606 on Friday.
At the close of trading 11 securities traded, down from 19 on Friday, while 4 stocks advanced and 4 declining, including 1 that traded at an all-time high. Market activities ended with 6 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 ending with lower offers.An average of 34,104 units with an average value of $56,558 traded, compared to 34,104 units with an average value of $56,558 on the preceding trading day. The average for the month to date is 160,784 units for an average of $1,002,217 compared to 129,138 units at $709,705 for October.
In trading activity, Caribbean Cream closed with 13,200 shares changing hands but fell 35 cents to end at $7.65, Caribbean Producers rose 38 cents in trading just 300 shares to end at $3.50, Dolphin Cove closed with 750 units changing hands at $15.29.
Honey Bun with 50,315 shares changing hands lost 20 cents and closed at $5.50, Jetcon Corporation traded only 1,300 shares and gained 1 cent to close at $5, Key Insurance traded 25,621 shares and closed at $2, Lasco Distributors ended with 20,883 shares trading at $6.95, after declining by 5 cents. Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.89 with 7,445 shares changing hands after slipping 1 cent. Medical Disposables traded 10,000 units, to end at $4.80, Paramount Trading rose 10 cents to a new all-time high of $4 with just 2,470 shares changing hands and tTech gained 68 cents and ended with 11,000 shares changing hands at $5.80.
At the close of the market, 16 securities traded, versus 14 on Friday resulting in 4 stocks advancing and 5 declining. Trading closed with 2 stocks hitting record highs during the day, only 1 ended at a closing 52 weeks’ high. Market activities ended with 3 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 ending with lower offers.
Caribbean Producers lost 17 cents and closed trading with 50438 units at $3.41, Honey Bun with 830 shares changing hands closed at $6.10, Iron Rock Insurance traded 460 shares and gained 50 cents to end at $4.10. Jamaican Teas traded 500 shares to close at $4, Jetcon Corporation traded 152,100 shares in closing and gained 1 cent in closing at $4.60 after it traded at $5 in early trading, Lasco Distributors ended with 91,345 shares trading at $7. Lasco Financial ended with 9,652 shares changing hands to close at $3.10, Lasco Manufacturing fell 10 cents and closed at $4.85 with 200,377 shares changing hands, Medical Disposables traded just 1,200 units but dropped 55 cents to $5 and Paramount Trading jumped $4.05 with 925 units changing hands to close at new high of $33.05.
The market index climbed 21.12 points to 2,402.94 to be up 34 percent for the year to date.
Jetcon Corporation lost 12 cents and ended with 1,616 shares trading at $4.03, Key Insurance lost 23 cents in trading 5,924 units to close at a new low of $2. Knutsford Express traded 10,500 shares but lost 45 cents in closing at $22.50, Lasco Distributors traded 39,885 units and rose 24 cents to close at $6.99, Lasco Financial ended with 28,956 shares changing hands at $3.10, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $5 with 970,918 shares trading as investors responded strongly to improved second quarter results. Medical Disposables fell 13 cents to close at $5.49 with 810 shares changing hands, Paramount Trading dropped $2 to close at $22 with 4,114 shares changing hands, tTech lost 5 cents and ended with 1,000 shares changing hands at $4.95.
45,551 units were offered for sale at $90, the will be split 10 for 1 stock, effective from the close of business on October 21.
Jetcon Corporation traded 108,111 shares and gained 8 cents to close at $4.59, Key Insurance closed down to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $2.25 with 27,266 units, for a loss of 5 cents, KLE Group ended at $2.05 with 3,760 shares changing. Lasco Distributors closed with rise of 45 cents as 41,072 units traded at $7.50, Lasco Financial ended with 72,300 shares changing hands at $3.35, after rising 5 cents, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $5.10 with 60,135 shares trading to gain 5 cents. Medical Disposables traded 22,991 shares and gained 6 cents to close at $4.42, tTech climbed 28 cents and ended with 8,548 shares changing hands at $5.58 and Derrimon Trading preference share fell 10 cents and ended with 211,500 units changing hands at $2.10.
In market activity Cargo Handlers stock has not traded since it closed at $86.10 on September 12, the market closed today with the bid at $88 to buy 3,000 units, with no units offered for sale, the will be split 10 for 1 stock, effective from the close of business on October 21.
In market activity, Cargo Handlers stock has not traded since it closed at $86.10 on September 12, the market closed with the bid at $87.05 to buy 105 units, next in line to buy is 393 shares at $87,with the next at $76.55, there were stocks offered for sale at the close. Shareholders at a recent extraordinary meeting approved a 10 for 1 stock split, to take effect from the close of business on October 21. Key Insurance remains under pressure with the offer at $2.20 to sell 1,000 units compared with the last sale of $2.49. There were no bids to buy the stock at the close.
Lasco Distributors closed with a loss of 14 cents as 229,084 units traded at $7.10, Lasco Financial ended with 8,000 shares changing hands at $3.30, after rising 12 cents, Lasco Manufacturing rose 5 cents and closed at $5.05 with 105,000 shares trading. Medical Disposables traded 1,500 shares to close at $4.36, Paramount Trading jumped $2 to a new all-time high of $19.50 with just 2,000 shares changing hands, Sweet River Abattoir fell 35 cents with 700 units trading to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $3.50 and tTech dropped $1.20 and ended with 37,984 shares changing hands at $5.30.
Trading on the Junior market ended with a third consecutive record high Thursday as the closed at a new high of 2,373.89 for a gain of 7.58 points as 4 stocks rose and 2 declined with just 10 securities that trading. 
In market activity Cargo Handlers stock has not traded since it closed at $86.10 on September 12, the market closed with the bid at $91 to buy 3,000 units, with no units offered for sale, next in line to buy is 6,540 shares at $89, there were stocks offered for sale at the close. The company at a recent extraordinary meeting approved a 10 for 1 stock split, to take effect from the close of business on October 21. Key Insurance remains under pressure with the offer at $2.30 to sell 30,000 units compared with the last sale of $2.49. There were no bids to buy the stock at the close.
changing hands to close at $9.27, C2W traded 37,949 shares to close at 24 cents, Honey Bun with 3,050 shares changing hands and closed at $6.19 with a gain of 19 cents. Jetcon Corporation had just 2,200 units changing hands, to end at $4.70, KLE Group ended at $2.10 with 48,500 shares changing hands after rising by 24 cents, Knutsford Express traded 10,500 units to close at $24 after shedding 48 cents, Lasco Distributors closed with a gain of 24 cents as 1,610,495 units traded at $7.24. Lasco Financial ended with 11,739 shares changing hands at $3.18, after rising by 13 cents, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $5 with 9,565 shares trading. 
Market activities ended with 5 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 ending with lower offers.
Honey Bun with 16,248 shares changing hands and closed at $6, Jetcon Corporation had just 30,993 units changing hands, to end at $4.70, Lasco Distributors closed with a loss of 5 cents as 130,170 units traded at $7. Lasco Financial ended with 124,025 shares changing hands at $3.05, after declining by 17 cents, Lasco Manufacturing rose 2 cents and closed at $5 with 252,795 shares trading. Medical Disposables traded 44,073 shares to end at a new record high of $4.36 trading as high as $4.60 but gained just 1 cent at the close, Sweet River Abattoir with 24,000 units traded with a rise of 1 cent to end at $3.85 and tTech ended with 5,000 shares changing hands at $6.50.
Market activities ended with 5 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 ending with lower offers.
Caribbean Producers traded 135,746 units to end at $3.30 with the loss of 10 cents, C2W Music closed with a gain of 1 cent as 7,539 units changed hands to close at 24 cents, Consolidated Bakeries gained 25 cents in trading 135,825 shares to close at $2.50. Derrimon Trading ended at $4 with 12,360 shares changing hands, Jetcon Corporation had just 100 units changing hands, to end at $4.70, Lasco Distributors closed with 125,554 units trading and ended at $7.05. Lasco Financial ended with 16,097 shares changing hands at $3.22, after declining by 3 cents, Lasco Manufacturing fell 2 cents and closed at $4.98 with 2,278 shares trading and Medical Disposables traded 21,442 shares to end at a new record high of $4.35 after gaining 35 cents.
Market activities ended with 7 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 ending with a lower offer.
Iron Rock Insurance traded 10,750 shares and gained 2 cents to end at $3.30, Jamaican Teas traded 122,341 units to end at $4, Jetcon Corporation had 15,745 units changing hands, to end at $4.70, KLE group traded 1,100 shares with the price rising 1 cent to $1.85. Knutsford Express closed with a loss of 2 cents, at $24.48 with just 190 units changing hands, Lasco Distributors closed with 386,432 units trading and ended at $7.05. Lasco Financial ended with 15,850 shares changing hands at $3.25, after declining by 3 cents, Lasco Manufacturing rose 25 cents and closed at $5 with 138,708 shares trading and tTech traded 12,528 shares to end at a new record high of $6.50 after gaining 70 cents.
