Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with the prices of 9 securities advancing, 4 declining and 5 remaining unchanged leading to the market Index advancing 5.72 points to 2,941.32.
The market closed with 18 securities changing hands, resulting in 3,826,595 shares valued at $11,225,879 trading, compared to 21 securities trading on Thursday with 4,506,090 shares valued at $11,225,879 securities changing hands.
Trading ended with an average of 212,589 units for an average of $582,881 in contrast to 214,576 units for an average of $434,566 on Thursday. An average of 200,424 units at an average value of $1,534,489 traded, and previously 199,377 units at an average value of $1,616,445. In contrast, January closed with an average of 122,386 shares, valued at $489,704 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 9 stocks ending with the bid higher than the last selling price and 4 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed 1 cent higher at $45.02, with 18,500 shares, AMG Packaging ended at $2, with 3,056,419 stock units trading, Cargo Handlers settled at $10.90, with 974 shares, Derrimon Trading concluded trading 38 cents higher at $7.50, with 6,441 units, Express Catering ended trading 10 cents higher at $4.70, with 67,234 shares. FosRich Group traded 10 cents higher at $2.60, with 1,300 stock units, General Accident finished trading with a loss of 1 cent at $2.84, with 193,992 shares, GWest Corporation closed with a loss of 5 cents at $2.70, with 109,788 stock units, Honey Bun ended 15 cents higher at $5.25, with 28,443 units.
Iron Rock concluded trading at $3, with 110,000 shares, Jamaican Teas settled at $4.50, with 14,330 shares, Jetcon Corporation ended trading 39 cents higher at $4.60, with 10,502 stock units, Knutsford Express closed with a loss of 50 cents at $13, with 1,000 shares. Lasco Distributors ended 6 cents higher at $4.52, with 66,915 shares, Lasco Financial concluded trading 4 cents higher at $5.25, with 4,590 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing finished at $4.50, with 36,296 units, Main Event settled with a loss of 34 cents at $5.76, with 4,667 shares and Stationery and Office finished trading 20 cents higher at $5.20, with 95,204 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Junior Market rose modestly on Friday
Junior Market gained on Thursday
AMG Packaging traded 3,571,405 stock units
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with the prices of 7 securities advanced, 11 declined and 3 remained unchanged and the Market Index advancing 25.21 points to close at 2,925.60.
The market closed with 21 securities changing hands, resulting in 4,506,090 shares valued at $11,225,879 trading, compared to 18 securities trading on Tuesday with 11,208,712 units valued at $124,643,001 securities changing hands.
Trading ended with an average of 214,576 units for an average of $434,566 in contrast to 622,706 units for an average of $6,924,611 on Tuesday. An average of 199,377 units at an average value of $1,616,445 traded, and previously 197,679 units at an average value of $1,737,294. In contrast, January closed with an average of 122,386 shares, valued at $489,704 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks ending with the bid higher than the last selling price and 4 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 50 cents at $2, with 3,571,405 stock units trading, Blue Power fell 20 cents to $33.80, with 114 units, Cargo Handlers settled at $10.90, with 4,345 shares, Caribbean Producers finished trading with a loss of 27 cents at $4.20, with 100,000 units changing hands, Dolphin Cove finished $1.50 higher at $18.50, with 200 stock units. Eppley settled with a loss of $2.02 at $10.50, with 17,000 units, Express Catering ended trading at $4.60, with 107,000 shares, FosRich Group traded with a loss of 5 cents at $2.50, with 78,106 shares, General Accident finished trading 5 cents higher at $2.85, with 101,500 shares. GWest Corporation closed with a loss of 15 cents at $2.75, with 422 stock units, Honey Bun ended with a loss of 30 cents at $5.10, with 31,804 units trading, Jamaican Teas settled with a loss of 10 cents at $4.50, with 10,170 shares,
Jetcon Corporation ended trading at $4.21, with 44,795 stock units. Key Insurance traded 20 cents higher at $4, with 79,101 units after the company posted improved full year results. KLE Group finished trading 10 cents higher at $2.30, with 5,000 shares, Knutsford Express closed $1.50 higher at $13.50, with 300 shares, Lasco Distributors ended with a loss of 4 cents at $4.46, with 26,620 shares. Lasco Financial concluded trading 11 cents higher at $5.21, with 26,133 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing finished at $4.50, with 106,231 units, Stationery and Office finished trading 50 cents higher at $5, with 195,555 stock units trading as demand climbed for the stock following days of little buying interest and tTech ended with a loss of 40 cents at $5.60, with 289 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Knutsford Express trades 10M shares drops $3
Knutsford Express traded just over 10 million shares on Tuesday.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Tuesday had a big jump in the volume and value of shares as Knutsford Express exchanged 10 million shares and dropping $3 in pushing total for the market to 11,208,712 units valued at $124,643,001.
The market closed with 18 securities changing hands, compared to on Monday also with 18 securities trading leading to 1,064,473 units valued at $4,105,299 securities changing hands.
The Junior Market Index declined by 26.14 points to close at 2,900.39 with the prices of 7 securities rising, 8 declining and 3 remaining unchanged.
Trading resulted in an average of 622,706 units for an average of $6,924,611 trading, in contrast to 59,137 units for an average of $228,072 on Monday. An average of 197,679 units at an average value of $1,737,294 traded, and previously 152,676 units at an average value of $1,188,048. In contrast, January closed with an average of 122,386 shares, valued at $489,704 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks ending with the bid higher than the last selling price and 6 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed at $45.01, with 2,000 shares, AMG Packaging climbed 45 cents and closed at $2.50, with 875,948 stock units trading, Cargo Handlers settled 40 cents higher at $10.90, with 700 shares, Caribbean Cream ended trading with a loss of 50 cents at $5.20, with 1,500 shares, Caribbean Producers finished trading with a loss of 3 cents at $4.47, with 8,000 units. Dolphin Cove finished 50 cents higher at $17, with 25,000 stock units, Express Catering ended trading with a loss of 8 cents at $4.60, with 5,085 shares, FosRich Group traded 25 cents higher at $2.55, with 11,023 shares, General Accident finished trading with a loss of 7 cents at $2.80, with 2,000 shares. 
Knutsford Express closed with a loss of $3 at $12, with 10,074,564 shares, Lasco Distributors ended at $4.50, with 4,610 shares, Lasco Financial concluded trading with a loss of 10 cents at $5.10, with 102,601 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing finished 33 cents higher at $4.50, with 18,431 units. Main Event settled 39 cents higher at $6.10, with 23,985 shares, Paramount Trading traded at $3.10, with 20,000 shares, Stationery and Office finished trading with a loss of 31 cents at $4.50, with 4,000 stock units and tTech ended at $6, with 28,965 shares. In the junior market preference segment, Eppley 9.5% concluded trading with a loss of 9 cents at $7.80, with a mere 300 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Junior Market up in modest trading
In a moderate trading on Monday, the Junior Market closed with a modest rise in the Index of 25.47 points to close at 2,926.53 with just 18 securities changing hands versus 22 on Friday.
At the close of market activities, the prices of 6 securities advanced, 8 declined and 4 remained unchanged. Trading resulted in an exchange of 1,064,473 units valued at $4,105,299 compared to 1,088,888 units valued at $5,102,530 on Friday.
Trading ended with an average of 59,137 units for an average of $228,072 in contrast to 49,495 units for an average of $231,933 on Friday. An average of 152,676 units at an average value of $1,188,048 traded, and previously 163,753 units at an average value of $1,301,730. In contrast, January closed with an average of 122,386 shares, valued at $489,704 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks ending with the bid higher than the last selling price and 6 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed at $45.01, with 8,000 shares, AMG Packaging closed 5 cents higher at $2.05, with 16,500 shares, Cargo Handlers finished at $10.50, with 2,300 shares, Caribbean Cream settled at $5.70, with 28,113 shares, Caribbean Producers traded with a loss of 10 cents at $4.50, exchanging 82,670 stock units, Consolidated Bakeries finished trading with a loss of 22 cents at $1.78, with 2,014 units. Express Catering settled at $4.68, with 13,733 stock units, FosRich Group traded 552,833 shares and lost 40 cents to close at $2.30, the lowest price since it listed but still above the IPO price of $2. General Accident traded 2 cents higher at $2.87, with 105,000 shares,
Honey Bun closed 28 cents higher at $5.40, with 28,319 stock units. ISP Finance concluded trading with a loss of $2.08 at $10, with 24,312 shares, Jamaican Teas finished with a loss of 5 cents at $4.60, with 1,240 shares, Knutsford Express finished trading 49 cents higher at $15, with 1,000 shares, Lasco Distributors closed with a loss of 45 cents at $4.50, with 28,886 shares. Lasco Financial ended 1 cent higher at $5.20, with 31,570 shares, Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading with a loss of 23 cents at $4.17, with 130,459 stock units, Paramount Trading ended trading at $3.10, with 1,024 shares and tTech closed 60 cents higher at $6, with 6,500 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Junior Market falls for 3rd day
Lasco Distributors traded nearly 2 million shares after the company released profit up 237% for the December quarter on flat revenues.
The Junior Market index fell for the third time in 11 days at the close of trading on Wednesday. The Index dropped 41.38 points to close at 2,885.46 with 21 securities changing hands versus 22 on Wednesday.
At the close of market activities, the prices of 8 securities advanced, 9 declined and 4 remained unchanged. Trading resulted in an exchange of 3,844,782 units valued at $15,082,949 compared to 4,135,642 units valued at $14,508,179 on Wednesday. Volume was swollen by General Accident with just over 1 million units and Lasco Distributors with 1,953,030 shares.
Trading ended with an average of 183,085 units for an average of $718,236 in contrast to 187,984 units, for an average of $659,463 on Wednesday. An average of 183,089 units at an average value of $1,482,772 traded, and previously 183,090 units, at $1,630,068. In contrast, January closed with an average of 122,386 shares, valued at $489,704 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ending with the bid higher than the last selling price and 5 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed 15 cents higher at $45.15, with 989 shares, Blue Power concluded trading with a loss of $1 to end at $34, with 3,544 units changing hands, CAC 2000 finished 35 cents higher at a 52 weeks’ high of $9.05, with 2,142 shares, Caribbean Flavours traded with a loss of 10 cents at $10.90, with 5,154 stock units, Caribbean Producers finished trading at $4.20, with 16,464 units. C2W Music ended with a loss of 9 cents at $0.51, with 7,000 shares, Derrimon Trading concluded trading with a loss of 50 cents at $7, with 7,000 shares, Eppley settled 2 cents higher at $12.52, with 1,100 units, FosRich Group traded at $2.70, with 150,482 shares. General Accident finished trading with a loss of 19 cents at $2.80, with 1,008,000 shares, GWest Corporation closed with a loss of 1 cent at $3, with 30,279 stock units, 
Honey Bun ended 2 cents higher at $5.12, with 16,000 units, Jamaican Teas settled at $4.60, with 3,209 shares. Jetcon Corporation ended trading 40 cents higher at $4.60, with 11,100 stock units, Knutsford Express closed with a loss of 40 cents at $14, with 51,800 shares, Lasco Distributors ended 95 cents higher at $4.95, with 1,953,030 shares, Lasco Financial concluded trading with a loss of 10 cents at $5.10, with 325,131 stock units. Lasco Manufacturing finished 15 cents higher at $4.45, with 129,629 units, Main Event settled 77 cents higher at $6.47, with 35,344 shares, Medical Disposables ended trading at $5, with 6,000 shares and Paramount Trading ended with a loss of 24 cents at $3.15, with 81,385 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Profit jumps 237% at Lasco Distributors
Lasco Distributors
Lasco Distributors profit jumped sharply in the December quarter by 237 percent to $127 million from just $38 million in 2016.
For the nine months period profit is up just 28 percent to $535 million form $417 million.
Sales revenues were down slightly for the quarter to $3.89 billion from $3.91 billion and was marginally higher for the year to date at $12.24 billion from $12.06 billion in 2016.
Improvement in profit margin along with a rise in other income to $50 million from $19 million in 2016, helped in boosting profit for the December quarter.
Gross profit climbed 21 percent to $676 million for the quarter and 18 percent for the nine months to $2.19 billion from $2 billion in 2016 as margins improved. Gross profit margin rose sharply to 17.4 percent from 14.3 percent for the quarter and for the year to date 17.9 percent from 16.6 percent for the 2016 period.
Operating expenses rose by 9.2 percent to $589 million in the quarter and by 8.3 percent in the nine months period to $1.67 billion.
Earnings per share came out at 4 cents for the quarter and 16 cents for the nine months period and should end around 20 cents for the fiscal year.
Lasco’s products
Gross cash flow brought in $600 million but growth in receivables and advances to related companies, resulted in a rise of just $30 million from operating activities. After paying dividends of $155 million cash funds were reduced from $1 billion at the end of December 2016 to $879 million. Shareholders’ equity stands at $8.1 billion with borrowings at just $215 million. Net current assets is $3 billion just a little below Payables of $3.2 billion.
The company rolled out new flavours in the instant Chocolate range and iCool brand in the quarter. In the coming months, Lasco will expand its product offers.
The stock traded at $3.91 on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange with a PE ratio of 19 times 2018 earnings. The company will go into a new year, come April, that should result in a lowering of the PE.
Junior Market drops for 2nd time in 10 days
The Junior Market index fell for the second time in 10 days at the close of trading on Wednesday. The market Index dropped 41.50 points to close at 2,926.84 with 22 securities changing hands versus 20 on Tuesday.
At the close of market activities, the prices of 5 securities advanced, 10 declined and 7 remained unchanged. Trading resulted in an exchange of 4,135,642 units valued at $14,508,179 compared to 1,300,476 units valued at $5,393,216 on Tuesday.
Trading ended with an average of 187,984 units for an average of $659,463 in contrast to 65,024 units for an average of $269,661 on Tuesday. An average of 183,090 units at $1,630,068 traded and previously 181,852 units at $1,875,509. In contrast, January that closed with an average of 122,386 shares, valued at $489,704 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ending with the bid higher than the last selling price and 6 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed with a loss of $2.40 at $45, with 750 shares trading, AMG Packaging ended 5 cents higher at $2.05, with 311,150 stock units, Cargo Handlers settled at $10.50, with 11,900 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cream climbed 70 cents to close at $6.20, with 54,000 units, Caribbean Flavours traded at $11, with 4,881 stock units. Caribbean Producers finished trading with a loss of 30 cents at $4.20, with 460,594 units, Dolphin Cove finished at $17, with 1,450 shares, Express Catering ended trading with a loss of 4 cents at $4.71, with 6,315 stock units traded, FosRich Group traded with a loss of 9 cents at $2.70, with 49,924 units exchanged. General Accident finished trading 9.00 cents higher at $2.99, with 38,691 shares, GWest Corporation closed with a loss of 18.00 cents at $3.01, with 2,636,396 stock units, Honey Bun ended 9 cents higher at $5.10, with 14,252 units, 
Jamaican Teas settled at $4.60, with 31,654 shares. Jetcon Corporation ended trading at $4.20, with 6,095 stock units, KLE Group finished trading at $2.20, with 898 shares, Knutsford Express closed with a loss of 10 cents at $14.40, with 4,800 shares, Lasco Distributors ended with a loss of 50 cents at $4, with 315,848 shares changing hands. Lasco Financial concluded trading with a loss of 5 cents at $5.20, with 124,027 stock units trading, Lasco Manufacturing finished with a loss of 12 cents at $4.30, with 31,605 units, Main Event closed 20 cents higher at $5.70, with 3,262 shares, Stationery and Office finished trading at $5, with 1,650 stock units and tTech ended with a loss of 60 cents at $5.40, with 25,500 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Junior Market drops for first time in 9 days
The Junior Market index fell for the first time in 9 days at the close of trading on Tuesday. The market Index dropped 28.30 points to close at 2,968.34 with 20 securities changing hands versus 25 on Monday.
At the close of market activities, the prices of 5 securities advanced, 8 declined and 7 remained unchanged. Trading resulted in an exchange of 1,300,476 units valued at $5,393,216 compared to 846,548 units valued at $3,734,611 on Monday.
Trading ended with an average of 65,024 units for an average of $269,661 in contrast to 33,862 units for an average of $149,384 on Monday. An average of 181,852 units at $1,875,509 traded and previously 216,726 units at $2,354,867. In contrast, January that closed with an average of 122,386 shares, valued at $489,704 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ending with the bid higher than the last selling price and 6 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended at $2, with 248,175 stock units, Cargo Handlers settled 5 cents higher at $10.50, with 24,134 shares, Caribbean Flavours traded at $11, with 119 stock units, Caribbean Producers finished trading at $4.50, with 204,810 units, Express Catering ended trading with a loss of 10 cents at $4.75, with 75,500 shares. FosRich Group traded 14 cents higher at $2.79, with 33,106 shares, General Accident finished trading with a loss of 9 cents at $2.90, with 42,517 shares, GWest Corporation closed with a loss of 1 cent at $3.19, with 4,535 stock units, Honey Bun ended with a loss of 49 cents at $5.01, with 14,000 units. Jamaican Teas settled at $4.60, with 140,078 shares, 
Jetcon Corporation ended trading with a loss of 60 cents at $4.20, with 18,317 stock units, Key Insurance traded 45 cents higher at $4, with 12,000 units, Knutsford Express closed at $14.50, with 2,100 shares. Lasco Distributors ended with a loss of 10 cents at $4.50, with 229,775 shares, Lasco Financial concluded trading 3 cents higher at $5.25, with 48,030 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing finished with a loss of 3 cents at $4.42, trading 51,830 units, Main Event settled at $5.50, with 67,652 shares. Medical Disposables ended trading 5 cents higher at $5, with 3,139 shares, Paramount Trading closed with a loss of 1 cent at $3.39, exchanging 13,615 shares and Stationery and Office finished trading at $5, with 67,044 stock units changing hands, but the price hit a low of $4 during early trading before rebounding.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Junior Market up 8 days nonstop
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Monday with market Index advancing by 20.58 points to close at 2,996.64 with 25 securities changing hands versus 20 on Friday.
At the close of market activities, the prices of 8 securities advanced, 9 declined and 7 remained unchanged. Trading resulted in an exchange of just 846,548 units valued at $3,734,611, compared to 1,098,374 units valued at $4,214,988 on Friday. Monday’s trading marks the 8 straight day of unbroken gain in the index.
Trading ended with an average of 33,862 units for an average of $149,384 in contrast to 54,919 units for an average of $210,749 on Friday. Trading ended with an average of 216,726 units for an average of $2,354,867 and previously 325,574 units for an average of $3,667,654. In contrast, January that closed with an average of 122,386 shares, valued at $489,704 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 2 stocks ending with the bid higher than the last selling price and 7 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed at $47.40, with 307 shares, AMG Packaging ended at $2, with 109,725 stock units trading, Blue Power ended trading with a gain of $1 to $35, with 700 units, CAC 2000 finished 5 cents higher at $8.70, with 23,527 shares, Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of 5 cents at $10.45, with 4,266 shares. Caribbean Flavours traded at $11, with 881 stock units, Caribbean Producers finished trading with a loss of 25 cents at $4.50, with 92,595 units, Consolidated Bakeries closed at $2, with 48,749 shares, Derrimon Trading closed trading 38 cents higher at $7.50, with 1,762 shares. Eppley settled with a loss of 25 cents at $12.50, with 4,300 units, Express Catering ended trading with a loss of 3 cents at $4.85, with 128,117 shares, FosRich Group traded with a loss of 5 cents at $2.65, with 29,073 shares, General Accident closed trading 19 cents higher at $2.99, with 4,214 shares.
Honey Bun ended 40 cents higher at $5.50, with 19,500 units, Iron Rock concluded trading 14 cents higher at $3, with 31,000 shares, Jamaican Teas settled 35 cents higher at $4.60, with 70,834 shares, Jetcon Corporation ended trading 70 cents higher at $4.80, with 7,130 stock units. Knutsford Express closed at $14.50, with 12,700 shares, Lasco Distributors ended with a loss of 35 cents at $4.60, with 38,158 shares, Lasco Financial concluded trading with a loss of 3 cents at $5.22, with 11,272 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing finished with a loss of 5 cents at $4.45, with 130,251 units. Main Event settled with a loss of 20 cents at $5.50, with 7,726 shares, Paramount Trading traded at $3.40, with 22,847 shares and Stationery and Office finished trading at $5, while exchanging 46,614 stock units. In the junior market preference segment, Eppley 9.5% concluded trading at $7.89, while just 300 units changed hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
7 days of gains for Junior Market
The Junior Market has gone on to record the 7 straight days with gains in the index and 9 days with just a minor loss of just a 2.24 points on January 24, breaking the trend.
On Friday he market closed with a gain of 39.51 points to close at 2,976.06 with a rise of 9 percent in 2018. Market activity on Friday, ended with the prices of 8 securities rising, 6 falling and 6 remaining unchanged as 20 securities changed hands. Trading resulted in an exchange of 1,098,374 units valued at $4,214,988 compared to 12,575,728 units valued at $149,826,461 on Thursday from 22 securities changing hands.
Trading ended with an average of 54,919 units for an average of $210,749 in contrast to 571,624 units for an average of $6,810,294 on Thursday. Trading ended with an average of 325,574 units for an average of $3,667,654 in contrast to January that closed with an average of 122,386 shares, valued at $489,704 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ending with the bid higher than the last selling price and 2 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed $2 higher at $47.40, trading 650 shares, AMG Packaging ended at $2, with 53,964 stock units changing hands, Blue Power concluded trading with a loss of $1 at $34, with 250 units, Caribbean Cream ended trading with a loss of 1 cent at $5.50, with 18,266 shares, Caribbean Producers finished trading 42 cents higher at $4.75, with 936 units. Consolidated Bakeries closed 2 cents higher at $2, with 10,000 shares, Eppley settled 25 cents higher at $12.75, with 1,571 units, Express Catering ended trading with a loss of 7 cents at $4.88, with 10,849 shares, FosRich Group traded at $2.70, with 246,729 shares. General Accident finished trading at $2.80, with 33,551 shares, GWest Corporation closed at $3.20, with 182,354 stock units,
Honey Bun ended 10 cents higher at $5.10, with 21,920 units, Jamaican Teas closed with a loss of 35 cents at $4.25, with 54,413 shares. Jetcon Corporation ended trading with a loss of 50 cents at $4.10, with 12,750 stock units, KLE Group finished trading with a loss of 33 cents at $2.20, with 890 shares, Knutsford Express closed 50 cents higher at $14.50, with 1,576 shares, Lasco Distributors ended 45 cents higher at $4.95, with 140,940 shares, Lasco Financial concluded trading at $5.25, with 71,592 stock units and Lasco Manufacturing finished at $4.50, with 227,673 units. In the junior market preference segment, Eppley 8.25% ended trading 45 cents higher at $5.45, with 7,500 units.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
