The junior market declined moderately on Wednesday with just 9 securities changing hands as trading ended with 1,960,611 units, valued at $11,818,736 changing hands. At the close 3 stocks rose
while 3 declined with one closing at new highs. The market index fell 7.61 points to close at 2,230.46.
At the end of trading 7 stocks closed with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 ended with lower offers.
At the close, Caribbean Cream had 418,620 shares changing hands, but fell 5 cents to close at $7, Consolidated Bakeries traded 81,150 units to end at $2.50, C2W Music traded 11,000 shares and lost 2 cent to end at 28 cents, Honey Bun had 38,815 shares changing hands with a gain of 1 cent, to close at $5.60. 
Jamaican Teas traded 3,286 units to close at $3.80, Jetcon Corporation traded 326,248 shares and gained 30 cents to close at $3, following the company’s six months’ results, showing strong gains in profit over the 2015 period. Lasco Distributors ended with 1,054,718 shares changing hands at $7, Lasco Financial gained 10 cents while trading 13,000 units to close at $3.40 and Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.97 with 13,774 shares trading, after falling 3 cents.
Juniors suffer small fall – Wednesday
Juniors make full recovery – Tuesday
ISP Finance closed at a new high on Tuesday.
ISP Finance Services is the only stock trading at new highs on Tuesday. At the end of trading 7 stocks closed with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 ended with lower offers.
At the close, AMG Packaging rose by 62 cents, to close with 24,500 units changing hands at $13.12,
Cargo Handlers ended with 3,719 shares changing hands at $72, after trading at an intraday high of $72.02. Caribbean Cream had 3,030 shares changing hands, to close at $7.05, Caribbean Flavours traded 2,900 units to end at $7 with a gain of 48 cents, Caribbean Producers fell 13 cents, in trading 63,478 units to close at $3.30, Consolidated Bakeries traded 80,000 units and lost 5 cents, to end at $2.50. Derrimon Trading ended at $3.05 with 35,868 shares changing hands, General Accident had 239,266 shares changing hands to close 20 cents higher, at $2.20. Honey Bun had 84,181 shares changing hands with a gain of 6 cents, to close at $5.59, ISP Finance Services had 34,654 shares changing hands with a rise of 22 cents to end at 52 weeks’ high of $5. 
Jamaican Teas traded 9,000 units and fell 20 cents to close at $3.80, Jetcon Corporation traded 99,225 shares and gained 1 cent to close at $2.70, after trading as high as $3. Knutsford Express closed with 176 units changing hands at $20. Lasco Distributors ended with a rise of 20 cents while 222,361 shares changed hands at $7, Lasco Financial traded 43,419 units to close at $3.30, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $5 with 705,000 shares trading, after rising 48 cents. Medical Disposables traded 28,247 shares to close at $3.50 and tTech dropped 65 cents and ended with 4,489 units changing hands at $3.85.
Juniors dropped sharply – Monday
The two big Lasco companies hit the junior market index hard on Monday.
Stocks trading at new highs are Blue Power, Cargo Handlers and Paramount Trading. At the end of trading 6 stocks closed with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 ended with lower offers.
At the close, Blue Power rose by 50 cents, to close with 765 units changing hands at an all-time high of $17, CAC 2000 traded 5,000 shares but fell 40 cents, to close at $6, Cargo Handlers jumped $4 and ended with 1,500 shares changing hands, at an all-time high of $72. Caribbean Cream lost 25 cents with 2,500 shares changing hands, to close at $7.05, Caribbean Producers fell 2 cents, in trading 11,065 units at $3.43, Consolidated Bakeries traded 26,500 units, to end at $2.55, General Accident had 88,928 shares changing hands to close 8 cents lower, at $2. Honey Bun had 115,709 shares changing hands with a loss of 17 cents, to close at $5.53, Iron Rock Insurance traded 4,768 units and fell 2 cents to close at $3.28, ISP Financial Services had 800 shares changing hands with a loss of 15 cents to end at $5. 
Jetcon Corporation traded 37,411 shares at $2.69, Key Insurance traded 75,413 units to close at $2.50, Knutsford Express closed with 19,324 units changing hands at $20 after rising by 75 cents. Lasco Distributors ended with a loss of 20 cents while 646,920 shares changed hands at $7, Lasco Financial traded 155,762 units and gained 4 cents to close at $3.30, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.52 with 330,420 shares trading, but lost 43 cents. Medical Disposables traded 2,700 shares to close at $3.50, Paramount Trading climbed 60 cents to end with 123 shares changing hands at a new high of $12.10 and tTech ended with 400 units changing hands at $4.50.
Eppley’s dominance – Friday
Big $79M trade for Eppley
Trading ended with 1,111,273 units traded, valued at $85,439,536, of which 4 stocks rose while 6 declined.
At the end of trading 6 stocks closed with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 ended with lower offers.
At the close of trading, Caribbean Cream lost 70 cents with 41,750 shares changing hands, to close at $7.30, Caribbean Flavours traded 3,993 units to close with a loss of 48 cents at $6.52. Caribbean Producers fell 5 cents, in trading 30,015 units at $3.45, Consolidated Bakeries traded 6,262 units, to end at $2.55, General Accident had 30,000 shares changing hands to close 1 cent lower, at $2.08. Honey Bun had 10,050 shares changing hands with a gain of 25 cents, to close at $5.70, Jamaican Teas traded 25,618 units and rose by 50 cents to end at $4. 
Jetcon Corporation traded 56,590 shares at $2.69, Knutsford Express closed with 6,700 units changing hands at $19.25 after rising by 25 cents. Lasco Distributors ended with 592,109 shares changing hands at $7, Lasco Financial traded 26,419 units and gained 1 cent to close at $3.26, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.95 with 61,972 shares trading, but lost 5 cents. Medical Disposables traded 83,038 shares to close at $3 and Derrimon Trading preference share, ended with 8,365 units changing hands at $2.10.
Trading jumps sharply for juniors – Thursday
The two big Lasco companies traded nearly 8.7M shares on the junior market on Thursday.
At the end of trading 4 stocks closed with bids higher than their last selling prices and none ended with a lower offer. The junior market is showing that the lowest prices for stocks being offered, are moving away from the last traded prices for a number of the companies, with a few having no stocks being offered currently.
At the close, AMG Packaging traded 1,674 units at $12.50, Blue Power had 2,400 shares changing hands to close at $16.50, Caribbean Cream gained 70 cents with 22,610 shares changing hands, to close at a new all-time high of $8, Caribbean Flavours traded 195,663 units to close with a gain of 70 cents at $7. Caribbean Producers gained 20 cents, in trading 14,000 units at $3.50, Derrimon Trading lost 1 cent in trading 14,000 units, to end at $3.05, Dolphin Cove rose $1.50 and ended at $15.50 with 1,493 shares trading, General Accident Insurance had 69,656 shares changing hands to close 1 cent lower, at $2.09. Iron Rock Insurance had 720 shares changing hands with a gain of 2 cents, to close at $3.30, 
Jamaican Teas traded 3,637 units to end at $3.50. Knutsford Express closed with 2,872 units changing hands at $19, Lasco Distributors ended with 3,964,178 shares changing hands at $7, Lasco Financial traded 98,000 units and lost 20 cents to close at $3.25, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $5 with 4,747,095 shares trading, but gained 5 cents. Medical Disposables traded 206,820 shares and fell 5 cents, to close at $3.50, Sweet River ended with 25,000 units changing hands at $3.86, after rising 1 cent, tTech fell 25 cents and ended with 466,472 units changing hands at $4.50, after it traded at $5 earlier in the day. tTech’s board meets today, to consider a dividend payment at the same time, the company released results for the June quarter, after trading, showing a 42 percent growth in revenues for the June quarter compared to 30 percent for the six months, with profit after tax, up to $16 million from $12.4 million for the six months. Derrimon Trading preference share, ended with 445,496 units changing hands, to close at $2.10.
2 junior stocks up 25% – Wednesday
tTech jumped 27% in trading on Wednesday.
The junior market rose on Wednesday with 16 securities changing hands of which 7 stocks rose while 6 declined, the market index rose 21.20 points to close at 2,217.35, with only 496,276 units traded, valued at $3,940,720. The highlight of trading is a 25 percent jump in the price of Cargo Handlers to a new high and a climb of 27 percent in the price tTech.
At the end of trading 4 stocks closed with bids higher than their last selling prices and none ended with a lower offer. The junior market is showing that the lowest prices for stocks being offered, are moving away from the last traded prices for a number of the companies, with a few having no stocks being offered currently.
At the close, 
Access Financial lost $1.25 in trading 113,000 units at $16.25, Cargo Handlers jumped $14 and ended with 500 shares changing hands at an all-time high of $70, Caribbean Cream gained 5 cents with 4,500 shares changing hands at $7.30, Caribbean Flavours traded just 10,200 units to close with a gain of 20 cents at $6.30. Caribbean Producers lost 18 cents in trading 6,000 units at $3.30, Consolidated Bakeries traded 19,700 units to end at $2.55, there were just one offer posted at the close, to sell 5,000 units at $2.60. Dolphin Cove ended at $14 with 761 shares trading, 
Honey Bun had 105,259 shares changing hands at 5 cents lower to close at $5.45, Jamaican Teas traded 3,338 units and rose by 35 cents, to end at $3.50, Jetcon Corporation rose 4 cents, to end with 12,000 shares changing hands at $2.69. Key Insurance traded 9,713 units to close at $2.50 after shedding 10 cents, Knutsford Express closed with 6,865 units changing hands to end at $19, Lasco Distributors ended with 59,700 shares changing hands with a rise of 20 cents at $7. Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.95 with 59,386 shares trading, but fell by 5 cents and tTech ended with 83,354 units changing hands at $4.75 after rising $1.
5 rising stocks steady juniors – Monday
The junior market rose moderately on Monday with 12 active securities. 5 stocks rose and 1 declined including a jump of $2.30 in the price of Knutsford Express. The market index rose 2.66 points to close at 2,193.86, with only 257,522 units trading, valued at $1,655,683.
At the end of trading 4 stocks closed with bids higher than their last selling prices and none ended with a lower offer.
At the close, Caribbean Cream gained 3 cents with 1,000 shares changing hands at $7.03, Consolidated Bakeries did not trade, but the bid for the stock climbed to $2.44, there were just two offers posted at the close, to sell 15,000 units. The stock last traded to close at $2.13, Dolphin Cove traded 300 shares to close at $14. General Accident traded 42,019 shares and gained 1 cent to end at $2.16, Honey Bun had 26,357 shares changing hands, to close at $5.60, ISP Finance traded 4,000 shares at $5.15,
Jetcon Corporation ended with 3,700 shares changing hands at $2.70, KLE Group ended at $1.30 with 918 shares changing hands. Knutsford Express closed with 23,977 units changing hands at $19, after climbing $2.30, Lasco Distributors lost 20 cents and ended with 77,580 shares changing hands at $6.80, Lasco Financial ended with 2,860 shares changing hands at $3.49, for a gain of 24 cents. Lasco Manufacturing closed at $5 with 74,311 shares trading and Derrimon Trading preference share ended with 500 units changing hands at $2.10.
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Juniors hit with falling prices – Friday
The junior market lost moderately on Friday with 13 active securities of which 3 stocks rose and 6 declined including a drop of $2.82 in the price of Knutsford Express. The market index slipped 5.64 points to close at 2,191.20, with only 260,545 units trading, valued at $1,819,326.
A total of 3 stocks closed with bids higher than their last selling prices and none ended with a lower offer.
At the close, AMG Packaging traded 2,099 shares at $12.50, Caribbean Cream gained 10 cents with 7,970 shares changing hands at $7, Caribbean Flavours traded 154,637 units to end at $6.50 with a loss of 3 cents, Caribbean Producers traded 8,323 units and rose 25 cents to close at $3.50. Consolidated Bakeries lost 12 cents in trading 12,000 shares to close at $2.13, Honey Bun had 25,450 shares changing hands, to close with a gain of 5 cents, at $5.60 after the company reported sales increasing by 36 percent and profit before taxes jumping 124 percent to $38 million for the June quarter.
Iron rock Insurance fell 32 cents while trading 3,000 shares to close at $3.28, KLE Group ended at $1.30 with 4,232 shares changing hands, after losing 5 cents, Knutsford Express closed with 21,500 units changing hands at $16.70, after dropping $2.82. Lasco Distributors ended with 15,784 shares changing hands at $7, Lasco Financial ended with 2,850 shares changing hands at $3.25, for a fall of 10 cents, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $5 with 2,500 shares trading and Eppley 10% preference share, traded 200 units at $6.10.
Juniors end with 3 new highs – Thursday
Blue Power hit a new high of $16.50 on Thursday.
A total of 2 stocks closed with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 ended with a lower offer.
At the close, Access Financial traded just 163 shares at $17.50, Blue Power Group ended with 5,000 shares changing hands with a gain of 40 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $16.50, CAC 2000 had 2,589 units changing hands to close with a loss of 10 cents at $6.40.
Caribbean Cream closed 10 cents lower with 38,177 shares changing hands at $6.90, Caribbean Producers traded 16,000 units with at $3.25, Consolidated Bakeries gained 5 cents in trading 4,104 shares to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.25. C2W Music closed with a gain of 1 cent as 33,000 units changed hands to close at 30 cents, the stock traded at an intraday low of 25 cents. Dolphin Cove rose by 35 cents while 2,000 units were traded, to close at $14, Honey Bun had 47,118 shares changing hands, to close with a gain of 10 cents, at $5.55. Iron rock Insurance gained 42 cents while trading 1,000 shares to close at $3.60, ISP Finance jumped 65 cents to a new high of $5.15 with only 1,000 shares changing hands. Key Insurance traded 2,000 units at $2.60, 
KLE Group ended at $1.35 with 100,000 shares changing hands, after rising by 5 cents, Knutsford Express closed with 30,000 units changing hands at $19.52, after rising by 52 cents. Lasco Distributors ended with 37,152 shares changing hands at $7, Lasco Financial ended with 32,985 shares changing hands at $3.35, for a rise of 5 cents, Lasco Manufacturing lost 5 cents and closed at $5 with 88,000 shares trading. Medical Disposables traded with a loss of 35 cents to close at $3.15 with 20,000 shares changing hands and Derrimon Trading preference share, traded 449,000 units at $2.07.
Juniors end lower on Wednesday
The junior market closed down on Wednesday with as an equal number of 6 stocks rising and declining. The market closed with 13 securities being active. The index declined 28.52 points to close at 2,184.50.
One stock closed at a new high as a total of 2,802,872 units traded, valued at $13,180,124.
A total of 10 stocks closed with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 ended with a lower offer.
At the close, Cargo Handlers had 1,000 units changing hands to close at $56, Caribbean Flavours with 4,440 shares changing hands, closed at $3.25, Caribbean Producers traded 17,425 units with a rise of 1 cent at $3.26, Consolidated Bakeries gained 10 cents in trading 37,000 shares to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.20,. General Accident traded 1,157,300 units at $2.15, after falling by 25 cents, Honey Bun had 2,882 shares changing hands, to close with a gain of 5 cents, at $5.45. 
Jetcon Corporation gained 10 cents while trading 500 shares to close at $2.70, Key Insurance traded 1,883 units as the price rose 10 cents to $2.60, Lasco Distributors ended with 1,234,719 shares changing hands, to end 20 cents lower at $7, Lasco Financial ended with 10,606 shares changing hands at $3.30, for a fall of 19 cents. Lasco Manufacturing rose 5 cents and closed at $5.05 with 253,217 shares trading, tTech traded with a loss of 25 cents at $3.75 with 1,900 shares changing hands and Eppley 10% preference share traded 80,000 units at $6.10.