3 new closing junior highs – Thursday

September 15, 2016 by

Paramount closed at a new high of $17.50 on Thursday.

Paramount closed at a new high of $17.50 on Thursday.

The Junior market closed on Thursday, with far less stocks trading than on Thursday. Traded volume dropped well below Wednesday’s level, as the value declined as well. At the close 8 stocks gained, while 8 declined out of 18 securities that traded, the same number as on Wednesday. Three stocks closed at new highs and one at a new low.
The market index gained 3.66 points, to close at 2,277.93. Market activities ended with 4 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 ending with lower offers.
Trading ended with 1,412,005 units changing hands, 57 percent less than on Wednesday, while the value traded dropped 64 percent, with $5,750,259, down from $15,960,574 changing hands on Wednesday.
ICI Jm sum 15-09-16At the close, AMG Packaging traded 59,416, shares with the price dropping 33 cents to close at $15.22, CAC 2000 closed with 5,000 shares changing hands at $6.40. Caribbean Cream gained 30 cents and closed with 10,000 shares changing hands at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $9, Caribbean Producers traded 1,013,163 shares and rose 5 cents to close at $3.30. Consolidated Bakeries closed with a regained of 5 cents at $2.40 with 83,211 units changing hands. General Accident closed trading with 57,610 units but lost 1 cent to close at $2.29, Honey Bun fell 32 cents in trading 20,637 units to end at $5.53, Iron Rock Insurance traded 8,000 shares at $3.28, Jamaican Teas traded only 3,900 units but declined by 20 cents to end at $3.60. Jetcon Corporation traded 20,000 shares and gained 70 cents to close at a new all-time high of $4, Key Insurance traded 10,000 units and lost 16 cents to close at a new low of $2.49.ICI jm trade 15-09-16 Knutsford Express Services dropped $1 to end with 14,950 units trading at $25, Lasco Distributors closed with 8,645 units trading, ended with a loss of 3 cents at $6.97, Lasco Financial gained 20 cents with 5,000 shares changing hands at $3.30. Lasco Manufacturing rose 9 cents and closed at $4.45 with 89,310 shares trading, Medical Disposables rose by 15 cents in trading 1,063 shares and closed at $4, Paramount Trading climbed $2.45 to end with 2,000 shares changing hands at a 52 weeks’ high of $17.50 and Derrimon Trading preference share lost 5 cents in trading 100 shares at $2.15.

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2 new highs for junior stocks – Wednesday

September 14, 2016 by

Caribbean Cream closed at a new high on Wednesday of $8.70 after trading as high as $10.20.

Caribbean Cream closed at a new high on Wednesday of $8.70 after trading as high as $10.20.

The Junior market closed on Wednesday, with much more stocks trading than on Wednesday. Traded volume jumped 520 percent above Tuesday’s low level, as the value climbed sharply as well. At the close 7 stocks gained, while 2 declined out of 18 securities that traded, up from 10 on Tuesday, as two stocks closed at new highs.
The market index gained 8.17 points, to close at 2,274.27. Market activities ended with 5 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 ending with lower offers.
ICI Jm sum 14-09-16Trading ended with 3,294,451 units changing hands, 520 percent more than on Tuesday, while the value traded jumped 597 percent, with $15,960,574, up from $2,288,358 changing hands on Tuesday.
At the close, AMG Packaging traded 25,500, shares with the price dropping $1.95 to close at $15.55, Blue Power rose 98 cents with 615 shares trading and closed at a new high of $21, CAC 2000 closed with 2,000 shares changing hands at $6.40. Caribbean Cream gained 40 cents and closed with 6,823 shares changing hands at a 52 weeks’ high of $8.70, after trading as high as $10.20, Caribbean Flavours lost 50 cents in trading 30,000 units to close at $8, Caribbean Producers traded 19,171 shares and fell 35 cents to close at $3.25. Consolidated Bakeries closed with a loss of 5 cents at $2.35 with 16,121 units changing hands. C2W Music ended with 210,483 shares trading at 20 cents, General Accident closed trading with 86,147 units at $2.30, Honey Bun rose 33 cents in trading 27,760 units to end at $5.85, Jamaican Teas traded only 220 units but declined by 20 cents to end at $3.80. ICI jm trade 14-09-16KLE Group traded 66,000 units and rose by 10 cents to close at $1.50. Knutsford Express Services ended with 740 units trading at $26, but ended trading with the stock on offer at $25 to sell 38,260 units. Lasco Distributors closed with 1,409,630 units trading, ended with a rise of 5 cents at $7, Lasco Financial lost 35 cents with 1,266,578 shares changing hands at $3.10. Lasco Manufacturing fell 9 cents and closed at $4.36 with 1,652 shares trading, Medical Disposables rose by 30 cents in trading 40,933 shares and closed at $3.85 and tTech rose 70 cents in trading 84,078 shares at $6.

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7 junior stocks rise 2 fall – Tuesday

September 13, 2016 by

The Junior market closed on Tuesday, with limited traded that rose 69 percent above Monday’s low level Fewer securities traded than on Monday, but at the close 7 stocks gained, while 2 declined out of 10 securities that traded, down from 12 on Monday as two stocks closed a new highs.
ICI Jm sum 13-09-16rThe market index declined 14.32 points, to close at 2,266.10. Market activities ended with 4 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 ending with lower offers.
Trading ended with 531,125 units changing hands, 63 percent less than on Monday, while the value traded jumped 57 percent, with just $2,288,358 up from $1,453,100 changing hands on Monday.
At the close, Caribbean Cream closed with 18,700 shares changing hands and gained 30 cents to close at $8.30, Caribbean Producers traded 2,316 shares to close at $3.50 after gaining 35 cents, Consolidated Bakeries closed with a 20 cents rise to close at $2.40 with 20,192 units changing hands.ICI jm trade 13-09-16 Honey Bun rose 33 cents in trading 90,458 units to end at $5.85, Lasco Distributors closed with 16,572 units trading, ended with a loss of 5 cents at $6.95, Lasco Financial gained 5 cents with 209,953 shares changing hands at $3.45. Lasco Manufacturing rose 10 cents and closed at $4.45 with 125,661 shares trading, Medical Disposables traded 27,067, shares and closed at $3.55, Paramount Trading climbed $1.05 to end with 2,000 shares changing hands at a 52 weeks’ high of $15.05 and tTech rose 5 cents in trading 18,206 shares at $5.30.

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Mayberry active in insider trades

September 13, 2016 by

MILMayberry Investments is one of the listed companies in which there are regular trades done by insiders, the period since August into September have a number of moderate trades. Mayberry Investments has traded heavily in LASCO Financial Services shares recently to top up their holdings.
A connected party of Mayberry Investments purchased 15,766 shares on September 2, 10,500 shares on September 1. A related party purchased 13,289 shares on August 31, while on August 30. Directors trading in the company’s stocks include a purchase of 60,000 shares and sale of 10,000 shares on August 3 and purchase of 2,000 shares on August 15, 37,300 shares on August 10 and 73,539 shares on August 10-18. A sale of 19,496 shares on August 22, 11,000 shares on August 11, 10,000 shares on August 10, while another 21,000 shares were sold on August 10-11.
Mayberry Investments was the main buyer of LASCO Financial Services shares recently in an effort to up their holdings to maintain their 20 percent holding in light of an increase in the issued shares in connection with the staff option plan an informed source told IC Insider. The inside trades resulted from a connected party purchasing 552,729 of the company’s shares on September 2, while on August 24, a connected party sold 37,480 shares and a connected party purchased 701,234 shares.
A connected party of Caribbean Producers sold 54,074 CPJ shares on September 7 and on September 1 connected parties sold a combined total of 3,245,289 shares.
TCL 2An Officer of Trinidad Cement purchased through the TCL’s Employee Share Ownership Plan 107,715 TCL shares on September 6 and a related party sold 15,000 TCL shares over the period August 16-18.
A National Commercial Bank, related parties purchased 27,664 shares on August 30. Parties connected with Blue Power Group purchased 48,421 shares during the period June 30 to August 18 and sold 2,000 shares on August 18.
A Supreme Ventures connected party sold 8,000,000 shares and another sold 1,223,602 shares on August 3 and August 16, respectively. A connected party sold 838,345 shares and a member of the Senior Management purchased 12,465 shares on September 8.
A Director has sold 50,000 Honey Bun shares on August 22 and on August 12 a director sold 10,050 shares and an Eppley connected party sold 121,667 shares in the company on August 12.

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2 junior stocks rise 4 fall – Monday

September 12, 2016 by

JM Sign The Junior market closed on Monday, with limited trades that fell 63 percent below Friday’s levels, but with a few more securities traded than on Friday. At the close, only 6 stocks had changes in their prices as 2 gained, while 4 declined out of 14 securities that traded, up from 12 on Friday.
The market index rose just 4.21 points, to close at 2,280.42 and is up 27 percent for the year to date.
Market activities ended with 7 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 ending with lower offers.
ICI Jm sum 12-09-16Trading ended with 314,520 units changing hands, 63 percent less than on Friday, while the value traded dropped a whopping 73 percent, with just $1,453,100 down from $5,439,011 changing hands on Friday.
At the close, AMG Packaging dropped $1.70 and ended at $17.50, with just 535 units changing hands, Cargo Handlers traded at a new high of $86.10 after rising 10 cents with just 200 shares trading, at the close the bid on the stock was for 1,500 shares at 86.50 with none on offer. Caribbean Cream closed with 1,200 shares changing hands at $8, Caribbean Producers traded 4,489 shares to close at $3.25 after falling 53 cents, ICI jm trade 12-09-16C2W Music closed at 20 cents with 950 units changing hands, Derrimon Trading rose 5 cents to close at $3.10 with 2,000 shares changing hands, General Accident traded 150,000 units to end at $2.30. Honey Bun traded 3,634 units to end at $5.52, Knutsford Express traded 4,000 shares to close at $26, Lasco Distributors ended with 24,964 shares changing hands and fell 5 cents to close at $7. Lasco Financial had just 2,899 shares changing hands at $3.50, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.35 for a loss of 15 cents with 110,563 shares trading, Medical Disposables traded 117,630, shares and closed at $3.55 and tTech traded 26,456 shares at $5.25.

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5 junior stocks rise 4 fall – Friday

September 9, 2016 by

AMG stock price jumped $2.50 in trading on Friday to $19.20.

AMG stock price jumped $2.50 in trading on Friday to $19.20.

The Junior market closed on Friday, with Lasco Distributors dominating trading volume with 82 percent of the total market volume. Far fewer securities traded than on Thursday, the market index fell 22.64 points, to close at 2,276.21.
Trading ended with 844,487 units changing hands, 54 percent less than on Thursday, while the value traded dropped 41 percent from Thursday, with $5,439,011 changing hands on Friday. At the close 5 stocks gained, while 4 declined out of 12 securities that traded, down from 19 on Thursday.
Market activities ended with 5 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 ending with ICI Jm sum 9-09-16lower offers as the supply of many stocks continue to evaporate.
At the close, AMG Packaging climbed $2.50 and ended at $19.20, with just 2,450 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream closed with 16,000 shares changing hands with a loss of 50 cents at $8, Consolidated Bakeries traded 18,293 shares to close at $2.20 after falling 5 cents. C2W Music closed at 20 cents with 40,000 units changing hands, General Accident traded 11,553 units to end at $2.30. Honey Bun traded 4,000 units and gained 2 cents to end at $5.52, Jamaican Teas rose 60 cents in trading just 1,133 shares to close at $4 but was on offer to sell 3,900 units at $3.80, ICI jm trade 9-09-16Lasco Distributors ended with 689,330 shares changing hands and gained 35 cents to close at $7.05. Lasco Financial had just 100 shares changing hands at $3.50, for a loss of 2 cents, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.50 with 10,128 shares trading and tTech rose 25 cents in trading 1,500 shares at $5.25.
Stocks to watch in the coming week are AMG Packaging, Blue Power, Cargo Handlers, Caribbean Cream, Honey Bun, ISP Finance, Jetcon, Knutsford Express, Lasco Financial, Paramount and tTech. The supplies for most of these stocks have pretty much dried up around current prices.

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12 junior stocks rise – Thursday

September 9, 2016 by

Caribbean Cream - 1 of 4 stocks trading at a new high on Thursday.

Caribbean Cream – 1 of 4 stocks trading at a new high on Thursday.

The Junior market closed on Thursday, with greater volume and more securities trading than it did on Wednesday, the market index jumped 70.92 points, to close at 2,298.85. Trading ended with 1,832,518 units changing hands, 23 percent more than on Wednesday, while the value rose 34 percent from Wednesday, with $6,870,963 changing hands on Thursday.
Trading in the junior market resulted in 12 stocks rising, while 3 declined out of 19 securities that traded. Market activities ended with 5 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 ending with lower offers as the supply of many stocks continue to evaporate thus setting the stage for a big push forward in the prices of many of the junior listings.
At the close, Access Financial gained $1 in trading 1,500 units to end at $18.50, AMG Packaging climbed $2.20 and ended at $16.70, with just 300 units changing hands,ICI Jm sum 8-09-16r Blue Power lost a cent to close with 578 shares changing hands at $20.02, Cargo Handlers traded 1,500 shares to close $4 higher at a new 52 weeks’ high of $86. Caribbean Cream closed with 75,442 shares changing hands with a gain of $1 to a new 52 weeks’ high of $8.50, Caribbean Producers had 22,572 units changing hands, to close with a gain of 28 cents at $3.78, Consolidated Bakeries traded 9,700 shares to close at $2.25. C2W Music traded up by 3 cents to close at 20 cents with 210,000 units changing hands, General Accident traded 104,311 units and gained 22 cents to end at $2.30. Honey Bun traded 4,000 units at $5.50, after slipping 1 cent, Iron Rock Insurance rose 9 cents in trading 5,000 units, to close at $3.28,ICI jm trade 8-09-16 Jamaican Teas fell 23 cents in trading just 1,803 shares to close at $3.40, Jetcon Corporation gained 10 cents to end with 18,991 shares trading and closed at a new all-time high of $3.30. Knutsford Express had 14,300 units changing hands, to end with a rise of 93 cents at a new closing high of $26, Lasco Distributors ended with 495,390 shares changing hands, loss 20 cents to close at $6.70, Lasco Financial had 618 shares changing hands at $3.52, for a rise of 2 cents. Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.50 with 854,813 shares trading, Paramount Trading jumped $1 in trading 3,000 shares at $14 and tTech traded 8,700 shares at $5.

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7 junior stocks up 4 down – Wednesday

September 7, 2016 by

Blue Power closed at a new high of $20.03 on Thursday.

Blue Power closed at a new high of $20.03 on Thursday.

The Junior market closed on Wednesday, with similar volumes as it did on Tuesday but fell 4.41 points in the market index, to close at 2,227.93. The market closed with 1,483,909 units trading, 6 percent more than on Tuesday, but the value traded rose 7 percent from Tuesday, with $6,870,963 changing hands on Wednesday.
Trading in the junior market resulted in 7 stocks rising, the same as on Tuesday, while 4 declined compared to 5 on Tuesday out of 13 securities that traded.
Trading ended with 7 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 ending with lower ICI Jm sum 7-09-16offers as the supply of many stocks continue to evaporate thus setting the stage for a big push forward in the prices of many of the junior listings.
At the close, AMG Packaging lost 5 cents and ended at $14.50, with 19,750 units changing hands, Blue Power rose 3 cents to close with 1,600 shares changing hands at a new 52 weeks’ closing high of $20.03. At the close there was only one offer to sell 25,000 shares at $25, Caribbean Producers had 55,974 units changing hands, to close with a gain of 30 cents at $3.50, Consolidated Bakeries traded 300 shares but lost 15 cents to close at $2.25, General Accident traded 4,400 units but lost 1 cent to end at $2.08. Honey Bun traded 374,000 units at $5.51, after rising 1 cent, Jetcon Corporation ended with 24,916 shares trading at $3.20,ICI jm trade 7-09-16 Knutsford Express closed with 1,200 units changing hands, to end with a gain of 7 cents at a new closing high of $25.0, KLE Group traded just 100 units at $1.40. Lasco Distributors ended with 87,374 shares changing hands, gaining 30 cents, in the process to close at $6.90, Lasco Financial saw Mayberry Investments buying most of the stocks to trade, for in house purposes as 570,000 shares changed hands at $3.50, for a rise of 25 cents. Lasco Manufacturing fell 15 cents and closed at $4.50 with 342,295 shares trading and Paramount Trading jumped $1 in trading 2,000 shares at $13.

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7 junior stocks up 5 down – Tuesday

September 6, 2016 by

tTech closed at $5 on Tuesday with the highest volume traded.

tTech closed at $5 on Tuesday with the highest volume traded.

The Junior market closed on Tuesday, adding to the gains enjoyed on Monday with a jump of 39.80 points in the market index, to close at 2,234.94 as trading in tTech and Jetcon Corporation shares dominated trading volume on a day when C2W Music traded at a new low of 17 cents.
The market closed with 1,397,863 units trading, 13 percent more than on Monday, but the value traded fell 24 percent from Monday, with $6,429,584 changing hands on Tuesday. Trading in the junior market resulted in 7 stocks rising, down from 8 on Monday, while 5 declined up from only 1 on Monday out of 14 securities that traded.
ICI Jm sum 6-09-16Trading ended with 5 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 ending with lower offers.
At the close, AMG Packaging ended at $14.55, with 1,900 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream lost 50 cents to close with 78,131 shares changing hands at $7.50, at the close there was only three offers to sell 16,000 shares between $8 and $9.50. Caribbean Flavours traded 32,000 units to end at $8.50 with a rise of 74 cents, leaving two offers for 24,000 units between $8.50 and $9.59, Caribbean Producers had just 2,165 units changing hands, to close with a gain of 20 cents at $3.20. Consolidated Bakeries traded 16,560 shares and gained 5 cents to close at $2.40, C2W Music traded 20,000 units and was down 3 cents to a new low of 17 cents,ICI jm trade 6-09-16 Honey Bun traded 25,000 units at $5.50 after rising 20 cents, Iron Rock Insurance rose 1 cent, in trading 5,000 units to close at $3.19. Jetcon Corporation ended with 399,800 shares trading with a gain of 30 cents to end at $3.20, at the close there was only one offer to sell at $4.80 but bids are not strong with 152,000 units from $2.80 to $3.01. Knutsford Express closed with 1,007 units changing hands to end at $25, but had only 248 shares on offer at the close at $29.50, Lasco Distributors ended with 11,702 shares changing hands with a loss of 10 cents at $6.60, Lasco Financial ended with 29,623 shares changing hands at $3.25, for a fall of 28 cents. Lasco Manufacturing fell 20 cents and closed at $4.65 with 71,642 shares trading and tTech jumped by 50 cents in trading 703,333 shares at $5. Trading removed almost all of the supply leaving only 26,000 units on offer at the close for the technology stock.

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8 junior stocks rise 1 fall – Monday

September 5, 2016 by

C2W falls to a new low on the JSE on Tuesday.

C2W falls to a new low on the JSE on Tuesday.

The Junior market closed on Monday with a gain of 18.26 points in the market index, to close at 2,195.14 as the market continues in consolidation mood but the majority of stocks trading gained but C2W Music closed at a new low of 20 cents. Jetcon Corporation traded nearly 16,000 units at $3.50 but the trade was cancelled as the price change was above 15 percent, with less than an hour for trading to close and allow for the price freeze to be removed so that the stock could trade for the day.
At the end of trading only 8 stocks rose up from 7 on Friday, while only 1 declined down from 3 on Friday out of 13 securities that traded. The market closed with 1,236,624 units trading, 11 percent less than on Friday, ICI Jm sum 5-09-16as the valued traded is 31 percent more than on Friday, with $8,459,914 changing hands on Monday. Trading ended with 5 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 ending with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial end trading with 1,552 units at $17.50, AMG Packaging closed with a gain of 85 cents to end at $14.55, with 17,100 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream climbed 75 cents to close with 683,250 shares changing hands at $8. Caribbean Flavours traded 22,558 units to end at $7.76 with a rise of 56 cents, Caribbean Producers had just 170 units changing hands, to close at $3, Consolidated Bakeries traded 2,800 shares and gained 15 cents to close at $2.35.ICI jm trade 5-09-16 C2W Music traded 100,000 units and was down 4 cents to a new low of 20 cents, General Accident traded 18,500 units at $2.09 after rising 4 cents, Jamaican Teas ended with 1,495 shares trading with a gain of 43 cents to end at $3.63. Lasco Distributors ended with 370,871 shares changing hands at up to $6.70, after trading earlier in the day at $6.50, Lasco Financial ended with 7,000 shares changing hands at $3.53, for a rise of 3 cents. Lasco Manufacturing rose 44 cents and closed at $4.85 with 9,800 shares trading and Medical Disposables traded 1,528 shares. At $3.55.

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