More junior stocks up Friday
May 22, 2015 by
Consolidated Bakeries closed at a 52 weeks’ high in response to a 203 percent increase in profit in the March quarter from a 14.3 percent increase in sales.
At the close of the market, there were 4 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 4 with lower offers. The junior market ended with 3 securities closing with no bids to buy and 8 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, Access Financial ending with 38,164 shares changing hands to close higher by 10 cents at $17.10, Cargo Handlers finished with 36,944 units to close at $22.28, Caribbean Cream had just 800 shares trading, lost 1 cent to end at $1.19, Caribbean Flavours ended trading in 8,000 shares with the price falling 10 cents to $2, Consolidated Bakeries closed with a 15 cents increase as 307,613 units traded to land at $1.15. General Accident Insurance concluded trading with 79,105 shares changing hands 7 cents higher at $2.17, Knutsford Express traded just 100 shares at $6, Lasco Distributors traded 5,500 shares, 5 cents higher, at $1.70. Lasco Financial Services finished trading with 184,648 units, the price slipped 1 cent to $1.30 and there was dealing in 13,000 Lasco Manufacturing’s shares to close at $1.30.
Trading on the Junior Market defied the negative indication that the bid offer ratio showed at the close of trading on Thursday as 10 securities trading and ended with 673,874 units changing hands valued at $2,280,199. The JSE Junior Market Index advanced 14.93 points to close at 878.07, close to mid-day the junior market index had gained 20.52 points. with the price of 4 stocks advancing and 3 declining. At the close of the market, there were 4 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 4 with lower offers. The junior market ended with 3 securities closing with no bids to buy and 8 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, Access Financial ending with 38,164 shares changing hands to close higher by 10 cents at $17.10, Cargo Handlers finished with 36,944 units to close at $22.28, Caribbean Cream had just 800 shares trading, lost 1 cent to end at $1.19, Caribbean Flavours ended trading in 8,000 shares with the price falling 10 cents to $2, Consolidated Bakeries closed with a 15 cents increase as 307,613 units traded to land at $1.15. General Accident Insurance concluded trading with 79,105 shares changing hands 7 cents higher at $2.17, Knutsford Express traded just 100 shares at $6, Lasco Distributors traded 5,500 shares, 5 cents higher, at $1.70. Lasco Financial Services finished trading with 184,648 units, the price slipped 1 cent to $1.30 and there was dealing in 13,000 Lasco Manufacturing’s shares to close at $1.30.
Junior market set to slip more
May 21, 2015 by
The market seems set to fall on Friday with several stocks closing with lower asking prices than the last selling prices. At the close of the market, there were 3 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 7 with lower offers. The junior market ended with 3 securities closing with no bids to buy 6 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, Caribbean Cream finishing with 8,500 units to close with a gain of 1 cent at $1.20 but ended with the offer at $1.15, to sell 130,000 units. Caribbean Producers with 93891 shares trading, closed lower by 15 cents at $3, Consolidated Bakeries finished trading with 3,334 shares to closed unchanged at $2.04, General Accident Insurance concluded trading with 2,000 shares changing hands to close 7 cents lower at $2. Lasco Distributors traded 219,108 shares at $1.65, Lasco Financial Services finished trading with 181,412 units at $1.31. There was dealing in 57,726 Lasco Manufacturing’s shares as the stock traded lower by 7 cent to $1.30.
9 stocks rose on junior martket
May 20, 2015 by
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Trading closed on the Junior Market with 13 securities trading and ended with 237,584 units changing hands valued at $516,478. The JSE Junior Market Index declined 7.38 points to close at 875.84, with the price of 9 stocks advancing and 3 declining and just one closing at 52 weeks’ high. At the end a number of the stocks closed with offers that were lower than the last sale price. At the close of the market, there were 3 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 8 with lower offers. The junior market ended with only 2 securities closing with no bids to buy and 7 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, Access Financial ending with 3,540 shares changing hands, to close lower by 2 cents at $17, Caribbean Cream closed with 100 shares trading at $1.19 to gain 14 cents, but ended with an offer of 120,000 shares at $1.10. Caribbean Flavours finished trading with 15,774 units to close with a gain of 24 cents at $2.10, Caribbean Producers with 28,511 shares trading, ended higher by 15 cents to a 52 weeks’ high of $3.15, but had an offer of 18,000 units at $3. Consolidated Bakeries traded unchanged at $1, with just 1,045 shares, Derrimon Trading finished with 38,000 shares changing hands and gained 15 cents to $2.15, Dolphin Cove had just 1,398 units changing hands at $10 while losing 75 cents, General Accident Insurance concluded trading with 6,507 shares changing hands, to close 17 cents higher at $2.17. Lasco Distributors traded 21,609 shares, 10 cent higher, at $1.65, Lasco Financial Services finished trading with 60,200 units, the price rose just 1 cent, to $1.31. There was dealing in 22,900 shares of Lasco Manufacturing as the stock traded lower by 3 cents to $1.37, Medical Disposables contributed 34,000 shares with the price rising 10 cents, to $1.90 and Paramount Trading ended trading with 4,000 shares to end with an increase of 4 cents at $3.76.
Junior market slips
May 19, 2015 by
Cargo Handlers closing at 52 weeks’ high.
At the close of the market, there were 5 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 1 with a lower offer. The junior market ended with 2 securities closing with no bids to buy and 6 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Access Financial traded 22,300 shares at $17.02 after falling 98 cents, Blue Power closed with 18,000 shares trading at $9.80, Cargo Handlers finished with 83,555 units to close with a gain of 20 cents to a new all-time high of $22.28, Caribbean Cream with 113,591 shares closed at $1.05 after losing 15 cents, Caribbean Producers with 233,489 shares closed at $3 to shed 7 cents, Dolphin Cove had just 300 shares trading to close at $10.75, for a fall of 27 cents, Derrimon Trading Company closed with 12,000 units trading at $2.08, up 4 cents as the company reported improved results for the march quarter with Net profit of $20.5 million compared with profit of $11.2 million in 2014. General Accident Insurance traded 212,352 units to close at $2 after shedding 18 cents in response to poor first quarter results. Knutsford Express had only 1,000 shares changing hands at $6, Lasco Distributors ended with 1,024,375 shares trading at $1.55, for a 10 cents loss, Lasco Financial traded just 93,857 units at $1.30 with a loss of 1 cent and Lasco Manufacturing traded 6,886 units unchanged at $1.40.
The Junior market slipped on Tuesday and it appears the May bug is hitting as some investors take profit and go away, but the reading of this market suggest that the rally may not be over so soon. Trading was fairly broad based on the Junior market with 12 securities trading, ending with 1,821,705 units changing hands valued at $5,472,000. The JSE Junior Market Index declined 13.58 points to close at 883.22, with the price of just 2 stocks advancing and 7 declining with At the close of the market, there were 5 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 1 with a lower offer. The junior market ended with 2 securities closing with no bids to buy and 6 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Access Financial traded 22,300 shares at $17.02 after falling 98 cents, Blue Power closed with 18,000 shares trading at $9.80, Cargo Handlers finished with 83,555 units to close with a gain of 20 cents to a new all-time high of $22.28, Caribbean Cream with 113,591 shares closed at $1.05 after losing 15 cents, Caribbean Producers with 233,489 shares closed at $3 to shed 7 cents, Dolphin Cove had just 300 shares trading to close at $10.75, for a fall of 27 cents, Derrimon Trading Company closed with 12,000 units trading at $2.08, up 4 cents as the company reported improved results for the march quarter with Net profit of $20.5 million compared with profit of $11.2 million in 2014. General Accident Insurance traded 212,352 units to close at $2 after shedding 18 cents in response to poor first quarter results. Knutsford Express had only 1,000 shares changing hands at $6, Lasco Distributors ended with 1,024,375 shares trading at $1.55, for a 10 cents loss, Lasco Financial traded just 93,857 units at $1.30 with a loss of 1 cent and Lasco Manufacturing traded 6,886 units unchanged at $1.40.