At the end of trading on Wednesday the Junior Market index had its third consecutive day of rising prices, to end at a new record of 868.99, at 8.03 points ahead of Tuesday’s record close. With 10 securities trading, the market ended with 707,451 units changing hands valued at $2,938,261. The JSE Junior Market close with the price of 5 stocks advancing and 1 declining including 1 closing at a 52 weeks’ high.
At the close, there were 3 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 1 with a lower offer, this is an early sign that investors may be cooling their aggressive stance in picking up stocks. The junior market ended with 3 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, Cargo Handlers having 10,000 shares trading to close at $22.08, Caribbean Cream closed with 1,495,613 shares trading at $1.05, Caribbean Producers with 147,200 shares trading at $2.88, General Accident Insurance concluded trading with 86,000 shares changing hands to close 10 cents higher at a new 
52 weeks’ high of $2.15. Honey Bun ended with 10,800 shares changing hands to close higher by 20 cents at $2.90, Jamaican Teas ended trading with 5,000 shares after adding 15 cents to end at $2.90, Lasco Distributors finished trading with 11,219 shares to closed at $1.70, Lasco Financial Services finished trading with 89,336 units, the price rose 8 cents to $1.45. There was dealing in 212,781 Lasco Manufacturing’s shares, the stock traded lower by 5 cents to $1.35 and Medical Disposables contributed 31,415 shares with the price remaining unchanged at $1.80.
New record for junior market
Bottle heating machine at Lasco Manufacturing. The company’s closed at a 52 weeks high.
Trading picked up on the Junior Market in the early hours of trading but slowed done considerable thereafter in the end it closed with 11 securities trading, and ended with 707,451 units changing hands valued at $2,017,008. The JSE Junior Market closed with the price of 5 stocks advancing and 3 declining including 4 that closed at 52 weeks’ highs.
At the close of the market, there were 2 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 1 with a lower offer. The junior market ended with 3 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 trading 39,172 units at $15.10, AMG Packaging ending with 7,830 shares changing hands to close at $3.30, Cargo Handlers finished with 500 units to close at a new high of $22.08, after adding 8 cents. Caribbean Cream with just 100 shares trading, gained 9 cents to close at a new
52 weeks high of $1.05, Caribbean Producers with 248,000 closed at $2.88 but traded the bulk of them at $3, General Accident Insurance concluded trading with 26,000 shares changing hands, to close 23 cents higher, at a new 52 weeks’ high of $2.05. Honey Bun closed trading with 1,200 shares to gain 60 cents and end at $2.70, Knutsford Express closed with 1,000 shares trading at $6. Lasco Distributors ended with 227,498 shares trading, 1 cent higher, at $1.50, Lasco Financial Services finished trading with 55,531 units, the price slipped 7 cents to $1.37 and Lasco Manufacturing closed with 100,620 units at $1.40 to gain 3 cents and closed at a new 52 weeks’ high.
New record close for junior market
The junior market closed at a new all-time high, after Lasco Distributors shot up to close at $1.70, a new 52 weeks high. A total of 10 securities traded ending with 200,026 units changing hands valued at $378,709. The JSE Junior Market Index advanced by 7.47 points to close at 844.30, surpassing the previous high of 840.18 reached on July 9, 2013.
The market closed with the price of 5 stocks advancing and 2 declining and 3 closing at 52 weeks’ high. At the close of the market, there were 4 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 3 with lower offers. The junior market ended with 3 securities closing with no bids to buy and 6 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, Access Financial ending with only 200 shares changing hands to close unchanged at $15.10, after almost doubling pretax profit for the March Quarter. 
Cargo Handlers finished with 600 units to close at $22, Caribbean Flavours with 4,750 shares trading closed 12 cents higher at $2, Dolphin Cove finished trading with 300 shares to close 20 cents higher at a new 52 weeks’ high of $10.20. Jamaican Teas concluded trading with 26,442 shares changing hands to close 4 cents higher at $2.65. Lasco Distributors traded 5,000 shares trading, 20 cents higher, at a new 52 weeks’ high of $1.70, Lasco Financial Services finished trading 36,575 units, the price rose 10 cents to $1.40. There was dealing in 8,840 Lasco Manufacturing’s shares as the stock traded lower by 1 cent to $1.34, Medical Disposables contributed 8,000 shares with the price falling 10 cents, to $1.80 and Eppley 9.5% preference share closed trading with 5,000 units at $6.01.
Junior market inches away from high
Trading picked up on the Junior Market with 10 securities trading, the most for some time, and ended with 1,459,016 units changing hands valued at $$1,840,696. The JSE Junior Market Index rose 12.24 points to close at 836.83, juts 4 points from the all-time high. The price of 5 stocks advanced, none declined with 1 closing at a 52 weeks’ high.
At the close of the market, there were 4 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 3 with lower offers. The junior market ended with 3 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, AMG Packaging ending with 15,100 shares changing hands at $3.30, Caribbean Cream trading 1,020,000 shares at 96 cents for a new 52 days closing high but traded as high as $1.05. Caribbean Producers with 11,000 shares trading, 
closed higher by 12 cents at $2.90. Consolidated Bakeries traded only 100 units at $1, Derrimon Trading finished with 2,335 shares to close unchanged at $2.04, Jamaican Teas ending trading 12,700 shares to gain 6 cents to $2.61, Lasco Distributors ended with 133,688 shares trading, 3 cents higher at $1.50, Lasco Financial Services finished trading with 19,575 units, the price was unchanged at $1.30. There was dealing in 216,282 Lasco Manufacturing’s shares as the stock traded higher by 1 cent to $1.35 and Eppley 2019 preference share exchanged 28,236 units at $6.
Junior market inches up
Caribbean Cream traded at a 52 weeks high on Thursday of 95 cents in response to improved full year results.
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 3 securities closing with no bids to buy and 6 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, AMG Packaging ending with 30747 shares changing hands, 5 cents higher at $3.30, Cargo Handlers finished with 1,500 units with a gain of 25 cents to a new all-time high of $22, Caribbean Cream ended trading with 500,000 shares with an increase of 10 cents at a 52 weeks’ high of 95 cents. Consolidated Bakeries with 100,000 shares traded 6 cents higher at $1, Knutsford Express finished trading with 8,000 shares to closed unchanged at $6. Lasco Distributors traded 235,030 shares trading, 1 cent higher, at $1.47, Lasco Financial Services finished trading with 24,030 units as the price regained 7 cents to $1.30. There was dealing in 52,425 Lasco Manufacturing’s shares as the stock traded lower by 4 cents to $1.30 and Eppley 2019 preference share closed trading 48,700 units at $6.
7 stocks rose on junior martket
Caribbean Producers enjoyed another day trading high volume
At the close of the market, there were 6 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 2 with lower offers. The junior market ended with 4 securities closing with no bids to buy and 5 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, AMG Packaging ending with 137,533 shares changing hands to close higher by 25 cents at $3.25, Blue Power closed with 230 shares trading at $8.81, Cargo Handlers finished with 20,000 units to close with a gain of 25 cents to a new all-time high of $21.75, Caribbean Producers with 717,178 shares trading lower by 12 cents to $2.88, Derrimon Trading finished trading with 47,549 shares to closed unchanged at $2.04, General Accident Insurance concluded trading with 55,800 shares changing hands to close 2 cents higher at a 52 weeks’ high of $1.82. Lasco Distributors
traded 5,000 shares trading, 1 cent higher, at $1.46, Lasco Financial Services finished trading with 322,888 units, the price slipped 7 cents to $1.23. There was dealing in 6,918 Lasco Manufacturing’s shares as the stock traded lower by 1 cent to $1.34, Medical Disposables contributed 30,000 shares with the price rising 20 cents, to $1.90, Paramount Trading ended trading with 10,000 shares to end with an increase of 39 cents at $3.99. Eppley 9.5% preference share closed trading with 17,150 units and put on just 1 cent to $6.01 and the company’s 2019 preference share exchanged 245,000 units at $6.
Junior market within 5 pnts of record
Caribbean Producers traded 2.4 million shares on Tuesday
At the close of the market, there were 7 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 1 with a lower. The junior market ended with 4 securities closing with no bids to buy and 8 that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, Access Financial
traded 7,428 units and added 1 cent to end at $15.10, a new 52 weeks’ high, Cargo Handlers closed at a new 52 weeks high of $21.50 by gaining 50 cents with 20,000 shares trading. Caribbean Cream had 8,000 units changing hands to end 4 cents higher at a new 52 weeks’ high of 85 cents. Caribbean Producers had 2,416,990 shares trading between $2.88 and $3.05, to close 9 cents lower at $2.90. Consolidated Bakeries traded 45,000 shares at 94 cents to gain 12 cents, Dolphin Cove traded 1,000 at a new 52 weeks’ high of $10, Lasco Financial Services had 28,800 units trading and closed at $1.30 and Lasco Manufacturing traded 288,414 shares between $1.35 and $1.50 and closed at $1.35, the stock traded during the day at 52 weeks high.
Juniors gain with 5 stocks rising
Cargo Handlers closed at an all time high of $21
An indicator of the state of the market at the close, can be seen by the number of stocks with bids versus offers, as well as the numbers that close with bids being higher or lower than the last sale price. AT the close there were 4 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 1 with a lower. The junior market ended with 5 securities closing with no bids to buy and 9 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, Blue Power trading 6,000 units and gained $1.30 to end at $8.81.
Caribbean Cream had 11,000 units changing hands and ending 16 cents higher at 81 cents, Caribbean Producers had 80,935 shares trading at $2.99 with a loss of 11 cents. Cargo Handlers closing at an all-time high of $21, while trading 10,000 units, to gain 89 cents. Honey Bun gained 2 cents, in trading 1,500 shares to end at $1.90, up 8 cents, Jamaican Teas had 12,422 units changing hands at $2.55, Knutsford Express closed with 7,016 units changing hands at $6, Lasco Distributors had 523,076 shares trading to close at $1.45 with no stock on offer at the close. Lasco Financial Services had 3,500 units changing hands traded at the close at $1.30, Lasco Manufacturing traded 821,444 shares and closed at $1.35 and Medical Disposables ended with 300,000 trading at $1.70.
Junior market index jumps
Activity on the Junior Market closed with 5 securities trading and ending with 652,472 units changing hands valued at $1,335,856. The JSE Junior Market Index declined 21.35 points to close at 757.57, with the price of 3 stocks advancing and 4 declining.
At the close of the market, there were 6 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 with the offer that was lower. The junior market ended with 4 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, Dolphin Cove with 68,960 shares trading, to close at $9.20 after trading at $9.50, Lasco Distributors had 60,000 shares trading at $1.43, with the stock rising 13 cents. Lasco Financial Services with 348,122 units trading, lost 1 cent to end at $1.14, Lasco Manufacturing gained 13 cents while trading 170,390 shares and closed at $1.20 and Paramount Trading ended with just 5,000 changing hands at $3.60 to record a gain of 3 cents.
Juniors down but pregnant to go
Bids are building for Caribbean Cream. the company recently reported strong 9 months’ results.
At the close of the market, there were 8 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and just 1 with a lower offer. The junior market ended with 4 securities closing with no bids to buy and 9 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Bids are building for some of the junior market stocks, included in this list are Caribbean Cream with 194,000 units at 75 cents and below 6,535,715 units between 70 and 71 cents, Blue Power with 100,000 units at $8.50, Dolphin Cove 96,171 shares at $9.20, General Accident 76,207 units at $1.73.
and Lasco Manufacturing 187,544 shares at $1.10Stocks trading in the junior market are, Caribbean Producers had 70,000 shares trading at $2.75, with a gain of 5 cents. Dolphin Cove closed at $9.20, with 2,693 shares changing hands, Knutsford express traded 11,534 shares and closed unchanged at $6, Lasco Distributors had 75,720 shares trading at $1.30 for a loss of 7 cents and Lasco Financial Services with 5,500 units traded at the close at $1.15 after gaining 5 cents.
