The junior market within touch of record territory
Trading volume rose strongly from Friday’s levels, ending with 397,764 units changing hands, 88 percent lower than on Friday, while the value traded dropped 89 percent to $1,373,477 from $12,272,247, on Friday.
Market activities ended with 8 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 ending with a lower offer.
In market activity Cargo Handlers stock has not traded since it closed at $86.10 on September 12, the market closed today with the bid at $88 to buy 3,000 units, with no units offered for sale, the will be split 10 for 1 stock, effective from the close of business on October 21.In trading activity, AMG Packaging closed with a gain of 50 cents at $18 with 920 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream gained 1 cent with just 500 shares changing hands to close at $9.30, Caribbean Producers traded 200,000 units to end at $3.30, Consolidated Bakeries dropped 5 cents to end at $2.40 after trading 50,000 shares. C2W Music closed with 21,500 units changing hands to close at 24 cents, Derrimon Trading rose 10 cents and closed with 5,000 shares at $3.60, General Accident Insurance rose by 24 cents with 3,620 units changing hands at $2.64,
Honey Bun traded 3,800 shares at $6.10 after falling 9 cents. Jamaican Teas rose 14 cents in trading 4,400 shares to close at $4.04, Key Insurance that was under selling pressure for weeks finally traded down to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $2.29 with 2,500 units for a loss of 10 cents, but the stock was on offer at $2.25. There were no bids to buy the stock at the close. KLE Group ended at $2.05 with 9,500 shares changing hands after falling by 5 cents, Lasco Distributors closed with a loss of 5 cents as only 499 units traded at $7.05, Lasco Financial ended with 9,703 shares changing hands at $3.35, after rising 5 cents and Lasco Manufacturing closed at $5.05 with 85,822 shares trading.
closure on Monday due to the threat of hurricane. With more than an hour’s trading only 14 securities changed hands. 
In market activity, Cargo Handlers stock has not traded since it closed at $86.10 on September 12, the market closed with the bid at $87.05 to buy 105 units, next in line to buy is 393 shares at $87,with the next at $76.55, there were stocks offered for sale at the close. Shareholders at a recent extraordinary meeting approved a 10 for 1 stock split, to take effect from the close of business on October 21. Key Insurance remains under pressure with the offer at $2.20 to sell 1,000 units compared with the last sale of $2.49. There were no bids to buy the stock at the close.
Lasco Distributors closed with a loss of 14 cents as 229,084 units traded at $7.10, Lasco Financial ended with 8,000 shares changing hands at $3.30, after rising 12 cents, Lasco Manufacturing rose 5 cents and closed at $5.05 with 105,000 shares trading. Medical Disposables traded 1,500 shares to close at $4.36, Paramount Trading jumped $2 to a new all-time high of $19.50 with just 2,000 shares changing hands, Sweet River Abattoir fell 35 cents with 700 units trading to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $3.50 and tTech dropped $1.20 and ended with 37,984 shares changing hands at $5.30.
Trading on the Junior market ended with a third consecutive record high Thursday as the closed at a new high of 2,373.89 for a gain of 7.58 points as 4 stocks rose and 2 declined with just 10 securities that trading. 
In market activity Cargo Handlers stock has not traded since it closed at $86.10 on September 12, the market closed with the bid at $91 to buy 3,000 units, with no units offered for sale, next in line to buy is 6,540 shares at $89, there were stocks offered for sale at the close. The company at a recent extraordinary meeting approved a 10 for 1 stock split, to take effect from the close of business on October 21. Key Insurance remains under pressure with the offer at $2.30 to sell 30,000 units compared with the last sale of $2.49. There were no bids to buy the stock at the close.
changing hands to close at $9.27, C2W traded 37,949 shares to close at 24 cents, Honey Bun with 3,050 shares changing hands and closed at $6.19 with a gain of 19 cents. Jetcon Corporation had just 2,200 units changing hands, to end at $4.70, KLE Group ended at $2.10 with 48,500 shares changing hands after rising by 24 cents, Knutsford Express traded 10,500 units to close at $24 after shedding 48 cents, Lasco Distributors closed with a gain of 24 cents as 1,610,495 units traded at $7.24. Lasco Financial ended with 11,739 shares changing hands at $3.18, after rising by 13 cents, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $5 with 9,565 shares trading. 
Market activities ended with 5 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 ending with lower offers.
Honey Bun with 16,248 shares changing hands and closed at $6, Jetcon Corporation had just 30,993 units changing hands, to end at $4.70, Lasco Distributors closed with a loss of 5 cents as 130,170 units traded at $7. Lasco Financial ended with 124,025 shares changing hands at $3.05, after declining by 17 cents, Lasco Manufacturing rose 2 cents and closed at $5 with 252,795 shares trading. Medical Disposables traded 44,073 shares to end at a new record high of $4.36 trading as high as $4.60 but gained just 1 cent at the close, Sweet River Abattoir with 24,000 units traded with a rise of 1 cent to end at $3.85 and tTech ended with 5,000 shares changing hands at $6.50.
Market activities ended with 5 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 ending with lower offers.
Caribbean Producers traded 135,746 units to end at $3.30 with the loss of 10 cents, C2W Music closed with a gain of 1 cent as 7,539 units changed hands to close at 24 cents, Consolidated Bakeries gained 25 cents in trading 135,825 shares to close at $2.50. Derrimon Trading ended at $4 with 12,360 shares changing hands, Jetcon Corporation had just 100 units changing hands, to end at $4.70, Lasco Distributors closed with 125,554 units trading and ended at $7.05. Lasco Financial ended with 16,097 shares changing hands at $3.22, after declining by 3 cents, Lasco Manufacturing fell 2 cents and closed at $4.98 with 2,278 shares trading and Medical Disposables traded 21,442 shares to end at a new record high of $4.35 after gaining 35 cents.
Market activities ended with 7 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 ending with a lower offer.
Iron Rock Insurance traded 10,750 shares and gained 2 cents to end at $3.30, Jamaican Teas traded 122,341 units to end at $4, Jetcon Corporation had 15,745 units changing hands, to end at $4.70, KLE group traded 1,100 shares with the price rising 1 cent to $1.85. Knutsford Express closed with a loss of 2 cents, at $24.48 with just 190 units changing hands, Lasco Distributors closed with 386,432 units trading and ended at $7.05. Lasco Financial ended with 15,850 shares changing hands at $3.25, after declining by 3 cents, Lasco Manufacturing rose 25 cents and closed at $5 with 138,708 shares trading and tTech traded 12,528 shares to end at a new record high of $6.50 after gaining 70 cents.
At the close, Cargo Handlers stock price closed with the bid at $90.05 with 3,000 units, nearly $4 ahead of the last sale price with no units offered for sale, next in line to buy is 5865 shares at $90, there were 1,000 units offered at $100. Key Insurance that reported poor second quarter results continued with the offer at $2.35 to sell 18,566 shares, immediately below, is an offer of 152,290 units at $2.38, compared with the last sale of $2.49. There were no bids to buy the stock at the close.
C2W Music ended at 23 cents with 1,200 shares changing hands after rising 3 cents. Derrimon Trading rose 40 cents to end at $3.50 with 2,000 shares trading, General Accident closed trading with 600,171 units at $2.10, Honey Bun gained 10 cents in trading just 86,500 units to end at $6.25. Jetcon Corporation had 17,344 units changing hands to end at with a loss of 25 cents at $4.70. Lasco Distributors closed with 312,271 units trading and ended at $7, Lasco Manufacturing fell 5 cents and closed at $4.75 with 119,872 shares trading, Medical Disposables traded 16,733, shares with the price remaining unchanged at $4 and tTech traded 11,273 shares to end at $6.
market slipped by just 4 points on relatively low volume. 
At the close, Cargo Handlers stock price closed with the bid at $90.01 with 5,765 units, nearly $4 ahead of the last sale price with no units offered for sale. Key Insurance that reported poor second quarter results continued with the offer at $2.37 to sell 152,290 units, compared with the last sale of $2.49. There were to be no bids to buy the stock at the close.
General Accident fell 15 cents and closed trading with 253,080 units at $2.10, Honey Bun lost 9 cents in trading just 200 units to end at $6.15. KLE Group ended at $1.85 with 5,800 shares changing hands after rising 5 cents, Knutsford Express had 334 units changing hands to end at with a rise of 50 cents at $24.50, Lasco Distributors closed with 240,980 units trading and ended with a rise of 20 cents at $7. Lasco Financial rose by 3 cents with 2,850 shares changing hands to close at $3.28, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.80 with 388,949 shares trading, Medical Disposables traded 18,400, shares with the price remaining unchanged at $4 and tTech traded 28,870 shares at $6.
