Investors pushed the junior market to one of the highest moves in a day, with an 8.72 percent increase or 167.78 points to land at 2,092.37 or just over 100 points from the next resistance level around 2,200 points. The move was helped in no uncertain manner by big moves in the prices of the three Lasco companies and to a big move up in the price of Caribbean Cream following release of financial results showing earnings of 33 cents or $124 million for the nine months to November compared with just 8 cents in 2014.
The market closed with 18 securities trading 10 of which advanced, 3 declined with 8 closing at a new 52 weeks’ high. A volume of 10,672,995 units changed hands, valued at $46,214,999, with big volumes from Caribbean Cream 1,647,902 shares with a value of $7,340,719 and Lasco Manufacturing with 7,260,133 units valued at $29,899,891.
At the close, 2 securities ended with no bids to buy and 9 securities had no stocks being offered for sale. A total of 5 stocks closed with bids higher than their last traded prices while 1 closed with a lower offer.
In trading, newly listed CAC 2000 shares, rose 25 cents to end at $5.68 compared to its IPO price of $4.85 with 15,000 shares trading and tTech that issue shares tin its IPO at $2.50 traded at a new high of $3.60 with a gain of 56 cents from Thursday’s close, with 69,981 shares changing hands. Elsewhere, AMG Packing gained $1.69 to close at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $9.05 with 200 shares trading, C2W Music ended with a rise of 6 cents to close at 51 cents while 20,500 units changed hands, Caribbean Cream ended with 1,647,902 shares changing hands as the price rose 50 cents to end at $4.68. Caribbean Flavours traded 7,000 units to close with a gain of 12 cents at $9, Caribbean Producers traded 104,165 units and gained 2 cents to close at $5.50, Consolidated Bakeries fell 10 cents and ended at $1.40, with 159,245 units changing hands, Derrimon Trading Company had 503,000 units trading, to close at $4.05. Dolphin Cove ended at $15.60 with 4,846 shares trading, General Accident traded 89,100 shares to close with a loss of 10 cents, to end at $2, Honey Bun gained 20 cents with 16,683 shares changing hands to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $6.70, Jamaican Teas had 27,000 shares trading, to close at $5.50, KLE Group ended with a fall of 2 cents to $1.85, with 15,000 shares changing hands. Lasco Distributors closed with 525,060 shares changing hands for a gain of 89 cents, to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $7.40, Lasco Financial rose 89 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $5 with 153,000 shares changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing rose 30 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $4.15, Medical Disposables ended with 4,000 shares changing hands to close with a loss of 25 cents at $3.30 and Paramount Trading closed at a new 52 weeks’ high of $10 with 66,180 units changing hands to gain $1.