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Junior Market volume drops 37%

November 21, 2019 by IC Insider.com

Junior Market trades

Trading activity on the Junior Market on Thursday declined 37 percent from Thursday’s level to just 713,482 units valued at $2,556,745, compared to 1,131,976 units valued at $4,612,663 on Wednesday as 28 securities changed hands, down from 31 on Wednesday.
At the close, the market index rose by just 0.20 points to close at 3,313.88. Trading resulted in just 11 securities rising and 6 declining while the prices of 11 remained unchanged and the market’s PE stood at 14.3.
Trading ended with an average of 25,482 units at $91,312 for each security traded, in contrast to 36,515 units for an average of $148,796 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 120,987 shares at $592,225 and previously 182,254 shares at $627,201, for each security traded. In contrast, October closed with an average of 186,927 units valued at $788,734 for each security traded.

IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator with 7 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging closed trading of 3,851 units and gained 10 cents to end at $2, Blue Power declined by 2 cents to settle at $6.96 after trading 2,826 shares changed hands, CAC2000 ended with a loss of $1 at $10 with the trading of 3,500 stock units. Derrimon Trading exchanged 1,000 shares, after rising 4 cents to end at $2.64, Elite Diagnostic lost 14 cents in trading 56,501 shares to close at $4.85, Everything Fresh shed 4 cents in trading of 88,170 units at $1.04, Express Catering closed trading of 858 units and gained 15 cents to end at $6.15. Fosrich closed trading of 25,000 units and gained 4 cents to end at $4.80, Fontana ended trading with 17,804 shares, after rising 31 cents to close at $7.30. General Accident exchanged 3,505 shares, after rising 69 cents to end at $7.10,

Jamaican Teas closed trading of 41,424 units and gained 35 cents to end at $6.30, Lasco Distributors traded 500 shares, after rising 31 cents to end at $3.91, Lasco Financial climbed 15 cents and exchanged 145,200 shares at $4.15. Lasco Manufacturing ended market activity exchanging 35,100 shares to close at $5.20 after falling 2 cents, Main Event climbed 5 cents after exchanging 22,181 shares at $6.10, Paramount Trading dipped 10 cents in trading of 1,227 units at $1.75 and SSL Venture closed trading of 300 units and gained 15 cents to end at $1.30.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Access Financial, AMG Packaging, Best performing stock market, Blue Power, CAC2000, Cargo Handlers, Caribbean Producers, Consolidated Bakeries, Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, Elite Diagnostic, Emerging markets, Everything Fresh, Express Catering, Fontana, FosRich, General Accident, GWest, iCreate, Indies Pharma, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, Knutsford Express, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Limners and Bards, Main Event, Paramount Trading, SSL Venture Capital, Stationery and Office, Trading Activity

Junior Market trading drops

November 20, 2019 by IC Insider.com

Consolidated Bakeries (Purity) traded at a 52 weeks’ low on Wednesday.

Trading activity on the Junior Market on Wednesday declined sharply to just 1,131,976 units valued at $4,612,663, compared to 12,854,412 units amounting to $57,700,892 on Tuesday as 31 securities changed hands, down from 29 on Tuesday.
At the close, the market index rose 5.29 points to close at 3,313.68. At the close on Tuesday, the JSE had the market closing at 3,349.46 points, but it was revised down to 3,308.68. Trading resulted in just 6 securities rising and 12 declining while the prices of 13 remained unchanged and the market’s PE stood at 14.2.
Trading ended with an average of 36,515 units at $148,796 for each security traded, in contrast to 443,256 units for an average of $1,989,686 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 182,254 shares at $627,201 and previously 135,292 shares at $667,284, for each security traded. In contrast, October closed with an average of 186,927 units valued at $788,734 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator with 9 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging dipped 17 cents in trading of 55,892 units at $1.90, Blue Power lost 2 cents in exchanging of 1,800 stock units at $6.98, Consolidated Bakeries declined by 10 cents in trading of 51,953 units to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.50. Derrimon Trading ended with 126,975 shares crossing the exchange, after rising 3 cents to end at $2.60, Elite Diagnostic close with a loss of 26 cents at $4.99, in swapping 56,515 stock units, Everything Fresh climbed 6 cents and exchanged 36,968 shares at $1.08. Express Catering closed with a loss of 30 cents at $6, after swapping of 12,500 shares, Fontana ended with a loss of 1 cent at $6.99 with 111,225 stock units changing hands, Fosrich climbed 1 cent and exchanged 34,329 shares at $4.76, General Accident dropped $1.59 in trading 6,500 shares to close at $6.41. iCreate climbed 1 cent and exchanged 110,353 shares at 61 cents, Jamaican Teas exchanged 26,121 units and declined 35 cents to settle at $5.95, Jetcon Corporation closed trading of 6,200 units and gained 15 cents to end at $1.95, KLE Group ended with a loss of 1 cent at $1.75 with 4,000 stock units changing hands. Lasco Distributors traded 15,626 stock units and declined by 30 cents to settle at $3.60, Lasco Financial ended market activity exchanging 64,860 shares to close at $4 after falling 18 cents, Lasco Manufacturing lost 3 cents in trading of 25,880 units at $5.22 and Main Event climbed 15 cents and exchanged 42,877 shares at $6.05.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Filed Under: Initial Public Offers, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Access Financial, AMG Packaging, Best performing stock market, Blue Power, CAC2000, Cargo Handlers, Caribbean Flavours, Caribbean Producers, Consolidated Bakeries, Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, Dolphin Cove, Elite Diagnostic, Emerging markets, Everything Fresh, Express Catering, Fontana, FosRich, General Accident, GWest, Honey Bun, iCreate, Indies Pharma, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, Knutsford Express, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Limners and Bards, Main Event, Medical Disposables, Paramount Trading, Stationery and Office, Trading Activity

Sharp rise in Junior Market trading

November 19, 2019 by IC Insider.com

Trading on the Junior Market surged on Tuesday with an exchange of 12,854,412 units amounting to $57,700,892, compared to 1,518,746 units valued $8,756,192 on Monday as 29 securities changed hands, down from 34 on Monday.
At the close, the market index rose 14.97 points to close at 3,308.39 after pushing the prices of 10 securities lower and 8 higher while leaving the prices of 11 unchanged and the market’s PE at 13.8.
Trading ended with an average of 443,256 units for an average of $1,989,686 in contrast to 44,669 units for an average of $257,535 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 135,292 shares at $667,284 and previously 109,101 shares at $554,821, for each security traded. In contrast, October closed with an average of 186,927 units valued at $788,734 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator with 2 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial ended with a loss of $1 cent and ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $29 with 13,900 stock units changing hands, AMG Packaging climbed 17 cents and exchanged 365,511 shares at $2.07, Blue Power closed trading of 14,431 units and gained 19 cents to end at $7. Caribbean Flavours ended with a loss of 1 cent at $12.30 with 10,387 stock units changing hands, Consolidated Bakeries shed 20 cents in trading of 3,500 units at $1.60, Dolphin Cove lost 40 cents in exchanging 100 shares to close at $10.50. Elite Diagnostic lost 25 cents as 369,485 units crossing the exchange at $5.25, Everything Fresh closed with a loss of 8 cents at $1.02, in the swapping of 208,000 shares, Express Catering traded 131,780 shares, after rising 30 cents to end at $6.30, Fosrich ended with 7,492 shares changing hands, after rising 5 cents to end at $4.75. Fontana closed 16 cents higher at $7, with 137,572 stock units trading, General Accident climbed $1.50 to end at $8 with an exchange of 46,000 stock units, GWest Corporation closed with a loss of 3 cents at 95 cents, in swapping of 4,342 shares, iCreate fell 9 cents in trading of 28,984 units at 60 cents. Jetcon Corporation lost 13 cents with a transfer of just 11,000 shares to close at $1.80, Lasco Distributors climbed 57 cents and inn exchanging 7,112,148 shares at $3.90, Lasco Financial shed 12 cents in trading of 27,655 units at $4.18, Lasco Manufacturing closed trading of 312,553 units and gained 20 cents to end at $5.25.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Access Financial, AMG Packaging, Best performing stock market, Blue Power, Caribbean Flavours, Caribbean Producers, Consolidated Bakeries, Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, Dolphin Cove, Elite Diagnostic, Emerging markets, Everything Fresh, Express Catering, Fontana, FosRich, General Accident, GWest, Honey Bun, iCreate, Indies Pharma, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, Knutsford Express, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Limners and Bards, Main Event, Paramount Trading, Stationery and Office, Trading Activity

Junior Market in deep dive

November 18, 2019 by IC Insider.com

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Investors drove the Junior Market Index down 67.60 points to close at 3,293.42 on Monday after pushing the prices of 20 securities lower and just 4 higher while leaving the prices of 10 unchanged and the market’s PE at 14.3.
The decline is consistent with the market movement in the past with the advent of new initial public offerings on the market as investors seek funds to buy into them. Currently, there are five offerings to sell shares in the market.
The number of securities changing hands rose to 34 from 30 on Friday, resulting in an exchange of 1,518,746 units valued $8,756,192, compared to 5,647,257 units amounting to $26,657,444 on Friday.
Trading ended with an average of 44,669 units for an average of $257,535 in contrast to 188,242 units for an average of $888,581 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 109,101 shares at $554,821 and previously 116,237 units at $587,745, for each security traded. In contrast, October closed with an average of 186,927 units valued at $788,734 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator with 3 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial ended with a loss of $1 and ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $30 with 10,900 stock units changing hands, AMG Packaging fell 10 cents in trading of 3,780 units at $1.90, Blue Power swapped 3,780 shares and declined 59 cents to settle at $6.81. Caribbean Flavours shed 9 cents in trading of 8,000 units at $12.31. Cargo Handlers ended market activity exchanging 6,007 shares to close at $10.05 after falling 45 cents. Caribbean Producers lost 5 cents in trading 57,760 shares to close at $4.70, Derrimon Trading closed 2 cents higher at $2.57, with 77,361 stock units trading, Everything Fresh added 8 cents and exchanged 114,425 shares at $1.10, Express Catering shed 30 cents in trading of 11,734 units at $6. Fontana exchanged 294,026 and declined by 16 cents to settle at $6.84, General Accident dropped $1.50 in trading 68,119 shares to close at $6.50, GWest Corporation dipped 2 cents with 2,942 units changing hands at 98 cents, Honey Bun closed with a loss of 50 cents at $6.50, in swapping of 4,213 shares. iCreate ended trading with 14,000 shares, after rising 1 cent to end at 69 cents, Iron Rock Insurance fell 10 cents in trading of 40,000 units at $3.50, ISP Finance ended market activity exchanging 360 shares to close at $32.90 after falling 9 cents. Jetcon Corporation shed 6 cents trading 18,227 units at $1.93, Lasco Distributors declined 28 cents with 19,163 units crossing the exchange at $3.33, Lasco Financial ended market activity exchanging 67,025 shares to close at $4.30 after falling 15 cents. Lasco Manufacturing lost 15 cents in trading 36,574 shares to close at $5.05, Main Event closed trading of 6,189 units and gained 26 cents to end at $5.90. Medical Disposables ended market activity exchanging 25,000 shares to close at $6.75 after falling 25 cents, Paramount Trading shed 2 cents in trading of 1,000 units at $1.85 and Stationery and Office Supplies lost 20 cents in trading of 113,564 units to close at $11.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Access Financial, AMG Packaging, Best performing stock market, Blue Power, Cargo Handlers, Caribbean Flavours, Caribbean Producers, Consolidated Bakeries, Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, Dolphin Cove, Elite Diagnostic, Emerging markets, Everything Fresh, Express Catering, Fontana, FosRich, General Accident, GWest, Honey Bun, iCreate, Indies Pharma, ISP Finance, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Limners and Bards, Main Event, Medical Disposables, Paramount Trading, Stationery and Office, Trading Activity, tTech

Junior Market stable – Friday

November 15, 2019 by IC Insider.com

Junior Market Index closed trading on Friday with the prices of 10 securities advancing, 15 declining and 5 remaining unchanged, leading the Junior Market Index to eke out a minor rise of 0.72 points to close at 3,361.02.
On Friday, 30 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 5,647,257 units valued at $26,657,444, compared to 3,576,032 units valued at $15,984,300 from 28 securities on Thursday.
Trading ended with an average of 188,242 units for an average of $888,581 in contrast to 127,715 units for an average of $570,868 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 116,237 shares at $587,745 and previously 108,439 shares at $555,164, for each security traded. In contrast, October closed with an average of 186,927 units valued at $788,734 for each security changing hands.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator with 3 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial fell 60 cents to settle at 52 weeks’ low of $31 with 4,220 shares changing hands, Blue Power traded 400 shares, after rising 40 cents to end at $7.40, Caribbean Flavours lost $2.10 in trading 17,760 units at $12.40, Caribbean Producers added 5 cents in exchanging 510,474 shares at $4.75. Dolphin Cove shed 10 cents trading 9,000 units at $10.90, Derrimon Trading declined by 5 cents to settle at $2.55 after 72,200 shares crossed the market, Elite Diagnostic lost 20 cents in trading of 11,259 units at $5.50, Everything Fresh shed 21 cents in trading of 53,433 units at $1.02. Fosrich declined by 19 cents in trading of 23,627 units to close at $4.70, Fontana fell 20 cents exchanging 60,495 units at $7, General Accident ended trading with 553,622 shares, after rising 20 cents to end at $8. Honey Bun traded 66,789 units and gained 55 cents to end at $7. iCreate lost 1 cent in closing at 68 cents with 40,500 stock units changing hands, Indies Pharma gained 29 cents to close at $3.35, with 1,878,500 stock units passing through the market. Iron Rock Insurance lost 10 cents in transferring 1,000 units at $3.60, ISP Finance closed at $32.99 after jumping $2.99 in trading 1,000 shares. Jamaican Teas climbed 37 cents and exchanged 1,150,008 shares at $6.30 after reporting strong full-year results, Key Insurance fell 20 cents in trading of 1,800 units at $3.30. Lasco Distributors ended trading with 568,151 shares, and rose 31 cents to end at $3.61, Lasco Manufacturing climbed 20 cents and exchanged 362,459 shares at $5.20, Limners and Bards fell 16 cents in trading of 25,784 units at $2.72, Main Event lost 48 cents with 2,114 units crossing the exchange at $5.64. Medical Disposables closed trading of 1,290 units and gained 30 cents to end at $7, Paramount Trading shed 13 cents in trading of 37,100 units at $1.87 and tTech lost $1.40 in trading 18,689 shares to close at $5.50.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Access Financial, Best performing stock market, Blue Power, Caribbean Flavours, Caribbean Producers, Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, Dolphin Cove, Elite Diagnostic, Emerging markets, Everything Fresh, Express Catering, Fontana, FosRich, General Accident, Honey Bun, iCreate, Indies Pharma, ISP Finance, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, Knutsford Express, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Limners and Bards, Main Event, Medical Disposables, Paramount Trading, Stationery and Office, Trading Activity, tTech

Big drop for Junior Market – Thursday

November 14, 2019 by IC Insider.com

Junior Market Index dropped 38.60 points to close at 3,360.30 at the close of trading on Thursday with the prices of 7 securities rising, 13 declining and 8 remaining unchanged.
Similar to Wednesday, investors traded in 28 securities on Thursday, resulting in an exchange of 3,576,032 units valued at $15,984,300 compared to 4,967,518 units valued at $25,373,913 on Wednesday.
Trading ended with an average of 127,715 units for an average of $570,868 in contrast to 177,411 units for an average of $906,211 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 108,439 shares at $555,164 and previously 97,258 shares at $528,565, for each security traded. In contrast, October closed with an average of 186,927 units valued at $788,734 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator with 2 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial lost 40 cents to settle at $31.60 with 3,903 shares changing hands, AMG Packaging climbed 10 cents and exchanged 233,120 stock units at $2, Blue Power declined by 90 cents in trading 48,548 units at $7. CAC 2000 transferred 1,000 stock units and dropped $1.50 to settle at $11. Caribbean Cream inched just 1 cent higher in exchanging 257,455 shares at $4.06, Dolphin Cove ended market activity in transferring 500 shares to close at $11 after falling 75 cents. Elite Diagnostic closed 20 cents higher at $5.70, with 425,228 stock units trading, Everything Fresh ended with 50,944 shares changing hands, after rising 9 cents to end at $1.23. Express Catering lost 40 cents in trading 69,050 stock units to close at $6.30. Fontana lost 25 cents to close at $7.20 with investors switching ownership of 201,386 units, General Accident dipped 5 cents with 25,900 units changing hands at $7.80. Indies Pharma lost by 6 cents in trading 847,485 units at $3.06, Jamaican Teas ended market activity in exchanging 344,273 shares to close at $5.93 after falling 27 cents, Jetcon Corporation traded 25,300 shares, after rising 19 cents to end at $1.99, Lasco Distributors dipped 10 cents with 77,810 units crossing the exchange at $3.30. Lasco Financial shed 84 cents in trading 112,401 units at $4.45, following the release of the second-quarter results with a loss of $16 million in the quarter after making a loan loss provision of $180 million in the quarter, Limners and Bards fell 6 cents in trading 200,891 units at $2.88. Medical Disposables declined 30 cents to settle at $6.70. Paramount Trading climbed 15 cents and exchanged 10,694 shares at $2 and Stationery and Office Supplies ended trading 84,263 stock units after rising 17 cents to close at $11.20.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Access Financial, AMG Packaging, Best performing stock market, Blue Power, CAC2000, Caribbean Producers, Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, Dolphin Cove, Elite Diagnostic, Emerging markets, Everything Fresh, Express Catering, Fontana, FosRich, General Accident, GWest, iCreate, Indies Pharma, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Limners and Bards, Main Event, Medical Disposables, Paramount Trading, Stationery and Office, Trading Activity

Junior Market trading jumps – Wednesday

November 13, 2019 by IC Insider.com

Junior Market trading closed with 28 securities changing hands on Wednesday, resulting in an exchange of 4,967,518 units valued at $25,373,913, compared to 1,312,567 units valued at $6,552,084 from 29 securities Passing through the market on Tuesday.
At the close of market activities, the prices of 10 securities advanced, 12 declined and 6 remained unchanged. The Junior Market Index advanced by 14.05 points to close at 3,398.90.
Trading ended with an average of 177,411 units for an average of $906,211 in contrast to 45,261 units for an average of $225,934 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 97,258 shares at $528,565 and previously 97,258 shares at $528,565, for each security traded. In contrast, October closed with an average of 186,927 units valued at $788,734 for each security.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator with 4 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial ended trading with 7,121 shares, after rising 50 cents to end at $32, Blue Power closed with a loss of 5 cents at $7.90, in the swapping of 2,429 stock units, Caribbean Flavours dropped $3.50 while exchanging just 1,000 shares at $14.50. Caribbean Producers traded 3,377,581 shares and declined by 10 cents to settle at $4.70, Derrimon Trading ended market activity exchanging 128,184 shares to close at $2.60 after falling 9 cents, Dolphin Cove climbed to $11.75 after a gain of $1.25 with 96,722 shares changing hands. Everything Fresh fell 1 cent to $1.14 with 10,000 stock units crossing the exchange, Express Catering climbed 30 cents and exchanged 11,971 shares at $6.70, Fosrich closed trading of 11,962 units and gained 19 cents to end at $4.89. GWest Corporation traded 5,000 shares, after rising 20 cents to close at $1, Honey Bun fell 14 cents to $6.45, after swapping of 5,500 shares, Indies Pharma gained 2 cents to close at $3.12, with 101,118 stock units trading, ISP Finance lost $3 in trading 2,200 shares to close at $30. Jamaican Teas dipped 2 cents in trading of 13,261 units at $6.20, Lasco Distributors shed 18 cents in trading of 318,006 units at $3.40, Lasco Financial closed 29 cents higher at $5.29, with an exchange of 15,000 stock units. Lasco Manufacturing lost 20 cents in trading of 64,065 units at $5, Limners and Bards ended market activity exchanging 662 shares to close at $2.94 after falling 4 cents, Main Event ended trading with 19,340 shares, after rising 77 cents to end at $6.12. Stationery and Office Supplies ended market activity exchanging 212,491 shares to close at $11.03 after falling $1.47 and tTech ended trading with 34,206 shares, after rising 60 cents to end at $6.90.
In the Junior Market preference segment, CAC2000 closed 2 cents higher at $1.10, with 9,800 stock units trading.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Access Financial, Best performing stock market, Blue Power, CAC2000, Caribbean Flavours, Caribbean Producers, Consolidated Bakeries, Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, Dolphin Cove, Elite Diagnostic, Emerging markets, Everything Fresh, Express Catering, Fontana, FosRich, GWest, Honey Bun, iCreate, Indies Pharma, ISP Finance, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, Knutsford Express, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Limners and Bards, Main Event, Medical Disposables, Stationery and Office, Trading Activity, tTech

Junior Market trading drops 82% – Tuesday

November 12, 2019 by IC Insider.com

Investors pushed trading sharply lower by 82 percent on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Tuesday with an exchange of 1,312,567 units valued at $6,552,084, compared to 7,175,205 units for $36,704,045 on Monday, leading to slippage in the market index.
The market ended on with 29 securities trading, versus 28 changing hands on Monday, resulting in the prices of 8 securities advancing, 9 declining and 12 remaining unchanged with the Junior Market Index declined by 23.21 points to close at 3,384.85. The market closed with negative sentiments for the second day, as shown by the IC bid-offer Indicator as the market approaches resistance above the current level.
Trading ended with an average of 45,261 units for $225,934 each security traded in contrast to 256,257 units for an average of $1,310,859 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 97,258 shares at $528,565 and previously 105,112 shares at $574,274, for each security traded. In contrast, October closed with an average of 186,927 units valued at $788,734 for each security.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading was heavily weighted to a decline in the market on Tuesday with just 3 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 9 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Blue Power lost 5 cents in trading of 2,500 units at $7.95, Caribbean Cream gained 15 cents to end at $4.05, with 117,444 stock units trading, Everything Fresh lost 2 cents exchanging 23,310 units at $1.15, Express Catering lost 10 cents with 61,893 shares crossing the market to close at $6.40. Fosrich dipped 10 cents in trading 19,574 units at $4.70, General Accident shed 15 cents in swapping of 31,696 units at $7.85, GWest Corporation lost 26 cents in trading 23,000 shares to close at 0.80 cents, iCreate ended with a loss of 1 cent at 0.69 with 51,306 stock units changing hands. Indies Pharma closed 6 cents higher at $3.10, in trading 20,000 shares, Iron Rock Insurance exchanged 540 units and gained 9 cents to end at $3.70, ISP Finance climbed to an all-time high of $33 after jumping $6 with 6,667 shares changing hands. Jetcon Corporation exchanged 200 shares and gained 3 cents to end at $1.80, Knutsford Express traded 2,600 shares, after rising 20 cents to end at $10.85, Lasco Distributors closed 28 cents higher at $3.58, with 261,904 stock units changing hands, Lasco Financial fell 10 cents in trading 1,195 units at $5. Main Event fell 75 cents and exchanged 6,718 shares to close at $ 5.35, Medical Disposables lost 95 cents in trading 2,000 stock units to close at $7. Paramount Trading dropped 25 cents in swapping 21,000 units at $1.85 and Stationery and Office Supplies rose 18 cents to close at $12.50, with 50,100 stock units crossing the exchange.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Access Financial, AMG Packaging, Best performing stock market, Blue Power, Daily Trading, Dolphin Cove, Elite Diagnostic, Emerging markets, Everything Fresh, Express Catering, Fontana, FosRich, General Accident, GWest, Honey Bun, iCreate, Indies Pharma, ISP Finance, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Jamaican stocks, Jamaican Teas, Jetcon Corporation, Knutsford Express, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Limners and Bards, Main Event, Medical Disposables, Paramount Trading, Stationery and Office, Trading Activity

Sharp jump in Junior Market trading – Monday

November 11, 2019 by IC Insider.com

Investors pushed trading sharply higher by more than 500 percent on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Monday with an exchange of 7,175,205 units valued at $36,704,045, compared to 1,150,661 units valued at $4,145,571 on Friday but with a modest rise in the market index.
The market ended on Monday with 28 securities trading, up from 25 changing hands on Friday, resulting in the prices of 14 securities advancing, 9 declining and 5 remaining unchanged with the Junior Market Index rising 3.79 points to close at 3,408.06. The market closed with negative sentiments, as shown by the IC bid-offer Indicator as the market approaches resistance above the current level.
Trading ended with an average of 256,257 units at $1,310,859 for each in contrast to 46,026 units for an average of $165,823 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 105,112 shares at $574,274 and previously 79,306 shares at $448,516, for each security traded. In contrast, October closed with an average of 186,927 units valued at $788,734 for each security changing hands.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading was heavily weighted to a decline in the market on Tuesday with just 2 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 9 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial fell 50 cents in trading of 5,304 units to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $31.50, Caribbean Cream exchanged 4,100 units and gained 10 cents to end at $3.90, Caribbean Producers climbed 29 cents in trading 1,500 shares at $4.80. Consolidated Bakeries closed 6 cents higher at $1.80, with 2,650 stock units trading, Dolphin Cove closed with 3,273 units crossing the exchange and gained 50 cents to end at $10.50, Elite Diagnostic lost 28 cents in trading 11,882 units at $5.50, Everything Fresh lost 8 cents to end at $1.17, after swapping of 229 shares. Express Catering traded 43,421 shares, after rising 30 cents to end at $6.50, Fosrich closed with a rise of 10 cents at $4.80, with 82,811 stock units crossing the exchnage, Fontana closed 22 cents higher at $7.45, with 67,745 stock units changing hands, General Accident ended market activity exchanging 7,220 shares to close at $8 after falling 15 cents. GWest Corporation lost 8 cents trading 1,918 shares to close at $1.06, Honey Bun closed 29 cents higher at $6.59, with an exchange of 10,591 stock units, iCreate climbed 5 cents and exchanged 36,748 shares at 70 cents, Indies Pharma ended with a loss of 1 cent at 3.04 with 33,494 stock units changing hands. Jamaican Teas lost 2 cents in trading 18,539 units at $6.22, Jetcon Corporation closed with a loss of 3 cents at $1.77, in swapping 24,466 shares, Knutsford Express ended trading with 200 shares, after rising 5 cents to end at $10.65. Lasco Manufacturing lost 15 cents in exchanging 6,429,477 shares to close at $5.20, Main Event climbed 99 cents and exchanged 100,000 shares at $6.10. Medical Disposables ended with 7,600 shares crossing the market, after rising 95 cents to end at $7.95, Limners and Bards rose 24 cents to close at $2.98, with the trading of 78,399 stock units and Stationery and Office Supplies closed with an exhnage of 2,000 units and gained 2 cents to end at $12.32.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

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Lasco Manufacturing 6-month profit up12%

November 11, 2019 by IC Insider.com

With its best performance in the last five years with a 92 percent jump in profit to $1 billion in 2019 financial year, Lasco Manufacturing went on to increase profit a mere 5.5 percent in the September quarter from weak sales growth.
The improvement in profit emanated from increased efficiency than from increased sales.
Sale revenues fell slightly for the quarter to $2.06 billion from $2.066 billion in the 2018 period and rose 1.3 percent for the six months to $3.85 billion from $3.80 billion in 2018.
Profit grew to $280 million from $265 million in the quarter and 12 percent for the six months to September to $563 million from $503 million in 2018. Second-quarter profit declined compared to the June quarter when the company posted $283 million after-tax.
Improvements in operations led to gross profit margin in half the year rising to 37 percent from 35 percent in 2018 as the cost of sales fell 3 percent in the quarter and 2 percent for the year to date. Operating profit slipped slightly in the quarter, to $359 million from $364 million but jumped 7 percent for the year to date, to $714 million from $667 million in 2018, as Administrative expenses rose much faster than sales and gross profit. Administrative expenses increased 14 percent to $392 million in the quarter and 11 percent in the half-year to $722 million. Finance cost declined in the quarter to $ 22 million from $32 million in 2018 and from $64 million to $54 million for the six months. Provision for profit tax fell from $66 million to $57 million in the quarter, with the half-year ending at $98 million versus $100 million in 2018.

Lasco Manufacturing products

Gross cash flow brought in $791 million, but receivables and reduction in trade payables used up $697 million, $250 million went to pay dividends and $214 million as repayment of loans. Lasco invested $275 million in what is stated to be a long term investment in stocks these and other payments left cash generated at a negative $517 million, leaving liquid funds on hand at $401 million. At the end of September, shareholders’ equity stood at $6 billion, with the current portion of long-term loans at $484 million and long-term liability at $807 million. Current assets ended the period at $3.6 billion inclusive of trade and other receivables of $2 billion, cash and bank balances of $401 million and current liabilities ended the period at $1.4 billion.
With limited growth in sales from existing products, the company is expanding factory and warehousing facilities. “Capital investments being undertaken in a new warehouse facility and build-out of the expansion of the Dry Blend plant at White Marl,” Managing Director, James Rawle reported to shareholders in his commentary on the quarterly.
The company paid a dividend of 6.1 cents on June 28, amounting to $250 million, 61 percent greater than dividends paid out in 2018. The dividend yield was just 1.5 percent, with the stock price just over $4 on the record date in June.
Earnings per share came out at 7 cents for the quarter and 14 cents for the six months and should be in the 30-35 cents region for the full year. The stock last traded at $5.25 on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Friday with a PE of 14.