The junior market ended on Tuesday with the index falling marginally by 0.60 points to close at 950.33. A total of 4 stocks advanced, none declined with a total of 9 securities trading. The market ended with 772,681 units, valued at $1,436,470 changing hands.
The market ended with 4 securities with no bids to buy, while 7 had no stocks being offered for sale. A total of 7 stocks closed with bids higher than the last traded prices and 2 closed with lower offers.
Stocks trading are, Caribbean Cream ended with 185,000 shares changing hands at $1.71, as the price rose 6 cents, Caribbean Producers traded 23,000 units to close at $2.35, General Accident trading 26,621 sharesCargo Handlers with 550 shares changing hands ended at $31, 
to end at $1.46 with a 1 cent rise. Honey Bun had 10,000 shares trading with an increase of 28 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $4.28, Knutsford Express had 8,000 shares changing hands at $6.10, Lasco Distributors with 115,800 shares trading, closed at $1.84 after rising by 2 cents. Lasco Financial ended with 174,000 shares changing hands for a decline of at $1.55, Lasco Manufacturing with 229,630 shares trading closed at $1.90.
4 junior stocks gain on Tuesday
6 juniors stocks fall on Monday
The junior market ended on Monday with Caribbean Producers trading over 2 million shares to be the dominant trade. The market closed with the index falling 6.93 points to close at 950.93 as no stock advanced and 6 declined with a total of 8 securities trading. The market ended with 1,136,645 units, valued at $2,179,387 changing hands.
The market ended with 6 securities with no bids to buy, while 7 had no stocks being offered for sale. A total of 5 stocks closed with bids higher than the last traded prices and 2 closed with lower offers.
Stocks trading are, AMG Packaging with 250 shares changing hands at $3.65 while losing 15 
cents, Caribbean Cream ending with 440,000 shares changing hands at $1.65, as the price slipped 2 cents, General Accident trading 44,495 shares to end at $1.45, Lasco Distributors with 45,000 shares trading, closed at $1.82 after dropping 13 cents. Lasco Financial ended with 9,600 shares changing hands for a decline of 5 cents at $1.55, Lasco Manufacturing fell 6 cents with 91,400 shares trading at $1.90, Paramount Trading lost 19 cents in trading 900 units in ending at $5.81 and Derrimon Trading 11.75% preference share traded 505,000 units at a 52 weeks’ low of $2.20 after dropping 19 cents.
Stacking up Barita’s stock recommendations?
Pan Jam is the top selection
“Many are trading at attractive levels with trading ratios of 6-8 times price to earnings, creating a potentially good entry point in the long term, we favour companies with strategic plans to diversify their revenue streams outside of our local economy along with a return on equity that outpaces inflation”, the Barita Investments stock market outlook went on to state. Barita also states that their analysis of 10 years of price data for a number of stocks show that October, to January is the strongest period for the JSE as such, buying before that time is a wise strategy. Those findings coincides with the IC Insider’s research that shows the market predominantly, starts rallying around June to July most years and peaks in mid-May the following year.
IC Insider picked 10 stocks from Mayberry Investments’ daily recommendations along with their PE ratios to see how they matched up with that of Barita’s and listed IC Insider’s top buys as well. Barita’s recommendation report was dated September 11 while Mayberry’s recommendations were published between the September 11 and 18. Barita did not state the PE ratio for their selections but quoted prices, presumable to buy or sell at. A number of the sell recommendation stocks have risen in price since.
IC Insider picked 11 stocks from Mayberry Investments’ daily recommendations along with their PE ratios to see how they matched up with that of Barita’s and listed IC Insider’s top buys as well. Barita’s recommendation report was dated September 11 while Mayberry’s recommendations were published between the September 11 and 18. Barita did not state the PE ratio for their selections but quoted prices, presumable to buy at. Based on feed-back obtained from Sean Taylor, Business Development Manager at Barita, what appeared to be sell recommendations, were in fact a part of the listing of stocks to buy.One selection Pan Jamaican is common to all three while 5 stocks are picked by 2 of the 3 these are National Commercial Bank, Caribbean Cream, Caribbean Flavours, Paramount Trading and Supreme Ventures.
Carib Producers dominates juniors – Friday
CPJ dominates junior market trading
At the close, there are signs that the supply of junior market stocks is on the decline with demand slowly rising, indicators that prices should be rising for a number of stocks while those declining should be less. The market ended with 4 securities with no bids to buy, while 8 had no stocks being offered for sale. A total of 6 stocks closed with bids higher than the last traded prices and 2 closed with lower offers.
Stocks trading are, Access Financial with 1,545 shares changing hands at $12.50 while gaining 30 cents, Caribbean Cream ending with 60,000 shares changing hands at $1.67 to gain
2 cents, Caribbean Producers trading 2,169,800 units to close at $2.35, Consolidated Bakeries traded 2,000 shares at $1.20 Derrimon Trading ended with 32,000 shares changing hands, to end at $2.30. Dolphin Cove trading 6,556 units at $11.50. General Accident trading 38,054 shares to end at $1.45, Jamaican Teas with 46,241 shares trading, to close at $3.50, Lasco Financial ended with 990,914 shares changing hands for a decline of 10 cents to $1.60, Lasco Manufacturing fell 4 cents with 80,726 shares trading at $1.96 and Paramount Trading gained 25 cents in trading 200 units in ending at $6.
5 junior stocks rose 1 fell
The junior market ended on Wednesday with the market index rising 13.81 points to close at 957.25 as the prices of 5 stocks advanced and 1 declined with a total of 7 securities trading. The market ended with 471,580 units, valued at $669,146 changing hands.
At the close, there are signs that the supply of junior market stocks is on the decline with demand slowly rising, indicators that prices should be rising for a number of stocks while those declining should be less. The market ended with 4 securities with no bids to buy, while 10 had no stocks being offered for sale. A total of 6 stocks closed with bids 
higher than the last traded prices and 4 closed with lower offers.
Stocks trading are, Caribbean Producers trading 700 units to close at $2.35 with an increase of 7 cents. Dolphin Cove trading 4,400 units at $11.50 while losing 50 cents. Honey Bun traded just 6,230 shares to end at $4.08, KLE Group traded 200,000 shares at 50 cents, Lasco Distributors rose 25 cents with 64,305 units changing hands, to close at $1.95, Lasco Financial ended with 36,795 shares changing hands for a rise of 6 cents to $1.70 and Lasco Manufacturing gained 11 cents with 159,150 shares trading at $2.
Supply falling for junior stocks
Bottle heating machine at Lasco Manufacturing. The company traded 2.16m shares on Wednesday.
At the close, there are signs that the supply of junior market stocks is on the decline with demand slowly rising, indicators that prices should be rising for a number of stocks while those declining should be less. The market ended with 3 securities with no bids to buy, while 9 had no stocks being offered for sale. A total of 8 stocks closed with bids higher than the last traded prices and 1 closed with a lower offer.
Stocks trading are, Access Financial closing with a rise of 20 cents to end at $12.20 with 255 units changing hands, AMG Packaging closing with a gain of 15 cents at $3.80 with 33,300 units changing hands, Caribbean Producers trading 1,397,823 units to close at $2.28 with a loss of 10 cents.
The stock traded as high as $2.47 in the morning session. Dolphin Cove traded 85,333 units at $12 while gaining 80 cents, General Accident traded just 38,580 shares to end at $1.45, Lasco Distributors fell 10 cents with 486,695 units changing hands at $1.70, Lasco Financial ended with 718,305 shares changing hands for a fall of 6 cents at $1.64 and Lasco Manufacturing had 2,167,110 shares trading at $1.89 after trading at $2 earlier in the day.
Juniors close on positive note Tuesday
The junior market lost ground on Tuesday with the market index falling 11.76 points to close at 954.62 as the prices of only 1 stock advancing, 5 declined and a total of 8 securities trading. Trading ended with just 444,908 units, valued at $941,966 changing hands.
At the close, there are signs that the supply of junior market stocks is on the decline, with demand slowly rising. The market ended with 3 securities with no bids to buy, while 9 had no stocks being offered for sale and 7 stocks closed with bids higher than the last traded prices and 2 closed with lower offers.
Stocks trading are, Caribbean Cream traded 17,000 shares to close with a 5 cents rise to $1.65, Caribbean Producers lost 2 cents with 103,100 shares changing hands at $2.38,
Dolphin Cove traded just 2,950 shares to end at $11.20, after falling $1.05, Honey Bun had 13,290 shares changing hands at $3.98. Lasco Distributors fell 15 cents with 63,276 units changing hands at $1.80, Lasco Financial ended with 81,090 shares changing hands for a fall of 5 cents at $1.70, Lasco Manufacturing lost 1 cent in trading 162,813 units to close at $1.89 and Medical Disposables traded 1,389 shares to close unchanged at $2.36.
Junior index drops 3.5% on Friday
Lasco Manufacturing fell 15 cents to help pull the index down
The large decline in the index would be due a lot, to the fall of Lasco Manufacturing with a large number of issued shares.
At the close, 5 securities ended with no bids to buy, while 7 had no stocks being offered for sale and 6 stocks closed with bids higher than the last traded prices and 1 closed with a lower offer.
Stocks trading are, Access Financial traded 2,500 shares to close with a 2 cents fall to $12, Caribbean Cream lost 30 cents with 14,300 shares changing hands at $1.60, Dolphin Cove
traded just 1,210 shares with a loss of 65 cents to end at $12.25, Knutsford Express had 1,500 shares changing hands at $6.10 for a 10 cents gain. Lasco Distributors closed with 490,000 units trading at $1.90 to gain 5 cents, Lasco Financial ended with 629,255 shares changing hands at $1.80. Lasco Manufacturing closed with 191,077 units trading, ending with a loss of 15 cents at $1.80, Medical Disposables ended with 141,958 shares changing hands to close at $2.36 after gaining 1 cent and Eppley preference share 2019 traded 103,836 units at $6.05.
2 junior stocks up 2 down on Thursday
2 Trading on Thursday ended with just 715,973 units, valued at $1,392,706 changing hands from a total of 5 securities that traded at the end of a trading session that wa suspended from Mid day until 3 PM, du to technical issues. The prices of 2 stocks advanced 2 declined with the junior market index adding 5.53 points to close at 989.02.
At the close, 5 securities ended with no bids to buy, while 5 had no stocks being offered for sale and 3 stocks closed with bids higher than the last traded prices and 3 closed with lower offers.
Stocks trading are, General Accident Insurance traded 75,317 shares with a loss of 2 cents to $1.40, Lasco Distributors closed with 98,216 units trading at $1.85 to gain 5 cents, Lasco Financial ended with just 63,155 shares changing hands at $1.80. Lasco Manufacturing closed with 90,429 units trading, ending with a gain of 1 cent at $1.95 and Medical Disposables ended with 388,856 shares changing hands with a 15 cents loss to $2.35.
4 junior stocks up 0 down Tuesday
Trading on Tuesday ended with just 250,010 units, valued at $593,128 changing hands from a total of 9 securities that traded. The price of none stock declined and 4 advanced with the junior market index adding 20.34 points to close at 990.78.
At the close, 5 securities ended with no bids to buy, while 4 had no stocks being offered for sale and 5 stocks closed with bids higher than the last traded prices and 4 closed with lower offers.
Stocks trading are, AMG Packaging closed at $3.65 with 1,000 units changing hands, Blue Power closed with 550 units changing hands to close at $13.70 with a gain of 10 cents, Caribbean Cream ended with 600 shares changing hands at $1.90 to gain 15 cents, Caribbean Producers traded 108,777 with a gain of 10 cents to $2.50. Knutsford Express traded just 200 shares at $6, Lasco Distributors closed with 27,000 units trading at $1.87, Lasco Financial ended with 27,000 shares changing hands at $1.85 and Lasco Manufacturing closed with 83,406 units trading, ended with a gain of 19 cents to end at $2.
