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9 stocks rose on junior martket

May 20, 2015 by IC Insider.com

A fall in the price of dolphin cove helped pull the junior market index south

Trading closed on the Junior Market with 13 securities trading and ended with 237,584 units changing hands valued at $516,478. The JSE Junior Market Index declined 7.38 points to close at 875.84, with the price of 9 stocks advancing and 3 declining and just one closing at 52 weeks’ high. At the end a number of the stocks closed with offers that were lower than the last sale price.
At the close of the market, there were 3 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 8 with lower offers. The junior market ended with only 2 securities closing with no bids to buy and 7 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, Access Financial ending with 3,540 shares changing hands, to close lower by 2 cents at $17, Caribbean Cream closed with 100 shares trading at $1.19 to gain 14 cents, but ended with an offer of 120,000 shares at $1.10. Caribbean Flavours finished trading with 15,774 units to close with a gain of 24 cents at $2.10, Caribbean Producers with 28,511 shares trading, ended higher by 15 cents to a 52 weeks’ high of $3.15, but had an offer of 18,000 units at $3.

Consolidated Bakeries traded unchanged at $1, with just 1,045 shares, Derrimon Trading finished with 38,000 shares changing hands and gained 15 cents to $2.15, Dolphin Cove had just 1,398 units changing hands at $10 while losing 75 cents, General Accident Insurance concluded trading with 6,507 shares changing hands, to close 17 cents higher at $2.17. Lasco Distributors traded 21,609 shares, 10 cent higher, at $1.65, Lasco Financial Services finished trading with 60,200 units, the price rose just 1 cent, to $1.31. There was dealing in 22,900 shares of Lasco Manufacturing as the stock traded lower by 3 cents to $1.37, Medical Disposables contributed 34,000 shares with the price rising 10 cents, to $1.90 and Paramount Trading ended trading with 4,000 shares to end with an increase of 4 cents at $3.76.

Filed Under: JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Caribbean Flavours, Caribbean Producers (CPJ), Consolidated Bakeries, Derrimon Trading, General Accident, Jamaican Stock, Lasco, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial Services, Lasco Manufacturing, Medical Disposables & Supplies, Paramount Trading

Junior market slips

May 19, 2015 by IC Insider.com

Derrimon is 1 of just 2 stocks gaining in the junior market on Tuesday

The Junior market slipped on Tuesday and it appears the May bug is hitting as some investors take profit and go away, but the reading of this market suggest that the rally may not be over so soon. Trading was fairly broad based on the Junior market with 12 securities trading, ending with 1,821,705 units changing hands valued at $5,472,000. The JSE Junior Market Index declined 13.58 points to close at 883.22, with the price of just 2 stocks advancing and 7 declining with Cargo Handlers closing at 52 weeks’ high.
At the close of the market, there were 5 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 1 with a lower offer. The junior market ended with 2 securities closing with no bids to buy and 6 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Access Financial traded 22,300 shares at $17.02 after falling 98 cents, Blue Power closed with 18,000 shares trading at $9.80, Cargo Handlers finished with 83,555 units to close with a gain of 20 cents to a new all-time high of $22.28, Caribbean Cream with 113,591 shares closed at $1.05 after losing 15 cents, Caribbean Producers with 233,489 shares closed at $3 to shed 7 cents, Dolphin Cove had just 300 shares trading to close at $10.75, for a fall of 27 cents, Derrimon Trading Company closed with 12,000 units trading at $2.08, up 4 cents as the company reported improved results for the march quarter with Net profit of $20.5 million compared with profit of $11.2 million in 2014.

General Accident Insurance traded 212,352 units to close at $2 after shedding 18 cents in response to poor first quarter results. Knutsford Express had only 1,000 shares changing hands at $6, Lasco Distributors ended with 1,024,375 shares trading at $1.55, for a 10 cents loss, Lasco Financial traded just 93,857 units at $1.30 with a loss of 1 cent and Lasco Manufacturing traded 6,886 units unchanged at $1.40.

Filed Under: JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Cargo Handlers, Caribbean Producers (CPJ), Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, Dolphin Cove, General Accident, JSE Company, Lasco, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial Services, Lasco Manufacturing

Access now 1,000% of IPO price

May 18, 2015 by IC Insider.com

General Accident closed at 52 weeks high on Monday but the company reported a decline of 74% in profits to hit $26m in Q1.

The Junior market closed at a new record to start off the week with 13 securities trading, with the price of stocks advancing and declining and closing at 52 weeks’ high. the most for some time, and ended with 1,683,746 units changing hands valued at $22,509,881 with Access Financial accounting for the bulk of the trade with Mayberry Investments selling 1,257,938 at a new high of $18, valued $21,452,426.
In closing at $18, Access is back at the IPO price before a ten for 1 spilt putting at the equivalent of $180 had the split not take place no other stock has performed so well on the Jamaica stock market in recent time. The stock was issued at $18 per share, making those who held on to see a 900 percent gain on their investment, plus dividends to add to the gains and the company is yet to stop growing.
The JSE Junior Market Index gained 4.60 points to close at a new all-time high of 896.80 and with 3 stocks closing at 52 weeks’ high. At the close of the market, there were 5 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 1 with a lower offer. The junior market ended with 3 securities closing with no bids to buy and 11 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Other stocks trading in the junior market are, AMG Packaging ending with 27,885 shares changing hands ,to close at $3.25, Blue Power Group closed with 979 shares trading at $9.80, Caribbean Cream finished with 100,000 units to close at $1.20, Caribbean Producers with 32,000 shares trading, closed lower by 3 cents at $3.07. Consolidated Bakeries had 2,429 shares changing hands at $1, Dolphin Cove traded 3,525 shares with the price rising 27 cents, to a 52 weeks’ high of $11.02. <a href="http://icinsider.com/profit-up-at-general-accident-but-just/" title="Profit up at

General Accident but just”>General Accident Insurance concluded trading with 25,400 shares changing hands to close 10 cents higher at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.18, Honey Bun ended trading with 4,586 shares to end with a rise of 1 cent at $2.51. Jamaican Teas traded 194,500 at $3, Lasco Distributors traded 1,100 shares unchanged at $1.65, Lasco Financial Services finished trading with 15,000 units, the price remained at $1.31 and there was dealing in 18,304 Lasco Manufacturing’s shares as the stock traded lower by 5 cents at $1.40.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: AMG Packaging, Blue Power Group, Caribbean Producers (CPJ), Consolidated Bakeries, Daily Trading, Dolphin Cove, General Accident, General Accident Insurance, Honey Bun, Jamaican Stock, Jamaican Teas, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial Services, Lasco Manufacturing

One broker pulled juniors down

May 14, 2015 by IC Insider.com

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Mayberry sold small volumes several individual stocks with less than two minutes to close, pulling the prices down.

On Wednesday the main market pulled back a few points, having surged for much of the day, with triple digit gains. Thursday was the turn of the junior market to see an apparent closing, that was lower by a few points, with prices trimmed minutes from the close for a number of stocks. The Junior Market ended with 17 securities trading, the most for some time, if not for all times and ended with 296,055 units changing hands valued at $653,047.
The JSE Junior Market Index declined 2.59 points to close at 866.40, with the price of only 3 stocks advancing and 8 declining and 2 closing at 52 weeks’ high as Mayberry intervened with less than 2 minutes to close by selling a series of small amounts to push several junior market stock prices down.
For most of the day until after 12 noon, the index for the junior market was in record territory to an all-time high. In early morning session junior stocks had put on 13.39 points to 882.38 points a then record. Several very small trades executed on the sell side by Mayberry Investments at 12.52 pm pushed the prices of several stocks down.

Access closed at an all time high of $17 but with only 200 shares purchased by MIL for in house purposes from JMMB

Prior to these trades Mayberry crossed 50,000 Lasco Distributors at $1.50, bringing the price down by 20 cents at 12:18 o’clock from the close on Wednesday and sold 13,000 units to Victoria Wealth Management at the same price for the last trade in the stock for the day. At the close the stock had a bid to buy 106,000 units at $1.52.
At the close of the market, there were 3 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers. The junior market ended with 4 securities closing with no bids to buy and 7 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, Access Financial trading at a new 52 weeks high of $17, but with just 200 units changing hands to gain $1.90, AMG Packaging ended with 2,115 shares changing hands, to close 5 cents lower, at $3.25. Blue Power traded 979 units to close with a gain of 99 cents at $9.80, to close at a 52 weeks’ high, Cargo Handlers finished with 5,000 units to close unchanged at $22.08, Caribbean Producers ended trading with 16,489 shares trading at $2.88. Consolidated Bakeries traded 968,369 units at $1 as the company reported first quarter results showing profit more than doubling from $4.6 million to $13.9 million.

General Accident Insurance concluded trading with 104,533 shares changing hands to close 7 cents lower at $2.08. Honey Bun had just one trade of a mere 2,729 shares with the price falling 40 cents, to $2.50, Jamaican Teas closed trading with 2,170 units and lost 25 cents to $2.65, Lasco Distributors traded 89,880 shares and dropped 20 cents to $1.50, Lasco Financial Services finished trading with 62,331 units, the price slipped 10 cents to $1.35. There was dealing in 9,629 Lasco Manufacturing’s shares as the stock traded lower by 1 cent to $1.34, Paramount Trading ended trading with 102,543 shares to end with an a fall of 28 cents at $3.71 and Derrimon Trading preference share finished traded just 1,000 shares to closed end up 25 cents at $2.25.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: AMG Packaging, Blue Power, Cargo Handlers, Caribbean Producers (CPJ), Consolidated Bakeries, General Accident, Jamaican Stock, Lasco, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial Services, Lasco Manufacturing, Paramount Trading, Purity, Victoria Wealth Management

Juniors closed at new high

May 13, 2015 by IC Insider.com

At the end of trading on Wednesday the Junior Market index had its third consecutive day of rising prices, to end at a new record of 868.99, at 8.03 points ahead of Tuesday’s record close. With 10 securities trading, the market ended with 707,451 units changing hands valued at $2,938,261. The JSE Junior Market close with the price of 5 stocks advancing and 1 declining including 1 closing at a 52 weeks’ high.
At the close, there were 3 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 1 with a lower offer, this is an early sign that investors may be cooling their aggressive stance in picking up stocks. The junior market ended with 3 securities closing with no bids to buy and 7 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, Cargo Handlers having 10,000 shares trading to close at $22.08, Caribbean Cream closed with 1,495,613 shares trading at $1.05, Caribbean Producers with 147,200 shares trading at $2.88, General Accident Insurance concluded trading with 86,000 shares changing hands to close 10 cents higher at a new 52 weeks’ high of $2.15. Honey Bun ended with 10,800 shares changing hands to close higher by 20 cents at $2.90, Jamaican Teas ended trading with 5,000 shares after adding 15 cents to end at $2.90, Lasco Distributors finished trading with 11,219 shares to closed at $1.70, Lasco Financial Services finished trading with 89,336 units, the price rose 8 cents to $1.45. There was dealing in 212,781 Lasco Manufacturing’s shares, the stock traded lower by 5 cents to $1.35 and Medical Disposables contributed 31,415 shares with the price remaining unchanged at $1.80.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market Tagged With: Cargo Handlers, Caribbean Producers (CPJ), Daily Trading, General Accident, Honey Bun, Jamaican Stock, Jamaican Teas, Lasco, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial Services, Lasco Manufacturing, Medical Disposables

New record for junior market

May 12, 2015 by IC Insider.com

Bottle heating machine at Lasco Manufacturing. The company’s closed at a 52 weeks high.

Lagging the performance of the main market for weeks, the junior market has quietly come into its own, posting new record highs on two consecutive days. Having surpassed the previous high on Monday, it went on to post a new high on Tuesday when it ended at 860.96 points up 16.66 points for the day.
Trading picked up on the Junior Market in the early hours of trading but slowed done considerable thereafter in the end it closed with 11 securities trading, and ended with 707,451 units changing hands valued at $2,017,008. The JSE Junior Market closed with the price of 5 stocks advancing and 3 declining including 4 that closed at 52 weeks’ highs.
At the close of the market, there were 2 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 1 with a lower offer. The junior market ended with 3 securities closing with no bids to buy and 7 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, Access Financial trading 39,172 units at $15.10, AMG Packaging ending with 7,830 shares changing hands to close at $3.30, Cargo Handlers finished with 500 units to close at a new high of $22.08, after adding 8 cents. Caribbean Cream with just 100 shares trading, gained 9 cents to close at a new

52 weeks high of $1.05, Caribbean Producers with 248,000 closed at $2.88 but traded the bulk of them at $3, General Accident Insurance concluded trading with 26,000 shares changing hands, to close 23 cents higher, at a new 52 weeks’ high of $2.05. Honey Bun closed trading with 1,200 shares to gain 60 cents and end at $2.70, Knutsford Express closed with 1,000 shares trading at $6. Lasco Distributors ended with 227,498 shares trading, 1 cent higher, at $1.50, Lasco Financial Services finished trading with 55,531 units, the price slipped 7 cents to $1.37 and Lasco Manufacturing closed with 100,620 units at $1.40 to gain 3 cents and closed at a new 52 weeks’ high.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: AMG Packaging, Cargo Handlers, Caribbean Producers (CPJ), General Accident, Honey Bun, Jamaican Stock, Knutsford Express, Lasco, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial Services, Lasco Manufacturing

New record close for junior market

May 11, 2015 by IC Insider.com

The junior market closed at a new all-time high, after Lasco Distributors shot up to close at $1.70, a new 52 weeks high. A total of 10 securities traded ending with 200,026 units changing hands valued at $378,709. The JSE Junior Market Index advanced by 7.47 points to close at 844.30, surpassing the previous high of 840.18 reached on July 9, 2013.
The market closed with the price of 5 stocks advancing and 2 declining and 3 closing at 52 weeks’ high. At the close of the market, there were 4 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 3 with lower offers. The junior market ended with 3 securities closing with no bids to buy and 6 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, Access Financial ending with only 200 shares changing hands to close unchanged at $15.10, after almost doubling pretax profit for the March Quarter.
Cargo Handlers finished with 600 units to close at $22, Caribbean Flavours with 4,750 shares trading closed 12 cents higher at $2, Dolphin Cove finished trading with 300 shares to close 20 cents higher at a new 52 weeks’ high of $10.20. Jamaican Teas concluded trading with 26,442 shares changing hands to close 4 cents higher at $2.65. Lasco Distributors traded 5,000 shares trading, 20 cents higher, at a new 52 weeks’ high of $1.70, Lasco Financial Services finished trading 36,575 units, the price rose 10 cents to $1.40. There was dealing in 8,840 Lasco Manufacturing’s shares as the stock traded lower by 1 cent to $1.34, Medical Disposables contributed 8,000 shares with the price falling 10 cents, to $1.80 and Eppley 9.5% preference share closed trading with 5,000 units at $6.01.

Filed Under: JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Cargo Handlers, Caribbean Flavours, Dolphin Cove, epp, Jamaican Teas, Lasco, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial Services, Lasco Manufacturing, Medical Disposables

Junior market inches away from high

May 8, 2015 by IC Insider.com

Trading picked up on the Junior Market with 10 securities trading, the most for some time, and ended with 1,459,016 units changing hands valued at $$1,840,696. The JSE Junior Market Index rose 12.24 points to close at 836.83, juts 4 points from the all-time high. The price of 5 stocks advanced, none declined with 1 closing at a 52 weeks’ high.
At the close of the market, there were 4 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 3 with lower offers. The junior market ended with 3 securities closing with no bids to buy and 7 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, AMG Packaging ending with 15,100 shares changing hands at $3.30, Caribbean Cream trading 1,020,000 shares at 96 cents for a new 52 days closing high but traded as high as $1.05. Caribbean Producers with 11,000 shares trading, closed higher by 12 cents at $2.90. Consolidated Bakeries traded only 100 units at $1, Derrimon Trading finished with 2,335 shares to close unchanged at $2.04, Jamaican Teas ending trading 12,700 shares to gain 6 cents to $2.61, Lasco Distributors ended with 133,688 shares trading, 3 cents higher at $1.50, Lasco Financial Services finished trading with 19,575 units, the price was unchanged at $1.30. There was dealing in 216,282 Lasco Manufacturing’s shares as the stock traded higher by 1 cent to $1.35 and Eppley 2019 preference share exchanged 28,236 units at $6.

Filed Under: JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: AMG Packaging, Caribbean Producers, Consolidated Bakeries, Derrimon Trading, Eppley, Jamaican Teas, Lasco, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial Services, Lasco Manufacturing

7 stocks rose on junior martket

May 6, 2015 by IC Insider.com

Caribbean Producers enjoyed another day trading high volume

Trading picked up on the Junior Market with 13 securities trading, the most for some time, and ended with 1,615,246 units changing hands valued at $5,248,573. The JSE Junior Market Index declined 10.85 points to close at 824.53, with the price of 7 stocks advancing and 3 declining and two closing at 52 weeks’ high.
At the close of the market, there were 6 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 2 with lower offers. The junior market ended with 4 securities closing with no bids to buy and 5 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, AMG Packaging ending with 137,533 shares changing hands to close higher by 25 cents at $3.25, Blue Power closed with 230 shares trading at $8.81, Cargo Handlers finished with 20,000 units to close with a gain of 25 cents to a new all-time high of $21.75, Caribbean Producers with 717,178 shares trading lower by 12 cents to $2.88, Derrimon Trading finished trading with 47,549 shares to closed unchanged at $2.04, General Accident Insurance concluded trading with 55,800 shares changing hands to close 2 cents higher at a 52 weeks’ high of $1.82. Lasco Distributors

traded 5,000 shares trading, 1 cent higher, at $1.46, Lasco Financial Services finished trading with 322,888 units, the price slipped 7 cents to $1.23. There was dealing in 6,918 Lasco Manufacturing’s shares as the stock traded lower by 1 cent to $1.34, Medical Disposables contributed 30,000 shares with the price rising 20 cents, to $1.90, Paramount Trading ended trading with 10,000 shares to end with an increase of 39 cents at $3.99. Eppley 9.5% preference share closed trading with 17,150 units and put on just 1 cent to $6.01 and the company’s 2019 preference share exchanged 245,000 units at $6.

Filed Under: JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: AMG Packaging, Blue Power, Cargo Handlers, Caribbean Producers, Derrimon Trading, Eppley, General Accident Insurance, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial Services, Lasco Manufacturing, Medical Disposables, Paramount Trading

Junior market within 5 pnts of record

May 5, 2015 by IC Insider.com

Caribbean Producers traded 2.8 million shares on Tuesday

Caribbean Producers traded 2.4 million shares on Tuesday

Activity on the Junior market closed with 8 securities trading and ending with 2,815,632 units changing hands valued at $8,153,644, pushing the index within just 5 points of the junior market all time high of 840.18 points recanted on July 9, 2013. The JSE Junior Market Index declined 18.38 points to close at 835.38, with the price of 3 stocks advancing and 4 declining. Three stocks closed at 52 weeks’ high and one traded during the day at intraday high.
At the close of the market, there were 7 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 1 with a lower. The junior market ended with 4 securities closing with no bids to buy and 8 that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, Access Financial

traded 7,428 units and added 1 cent to end at $15.10, a new 52 weeks’ high, Cargo Handlers closed at a new 52 weeks high of $21.50 by gaining 50 cents with 20,000 shares trading. Caribbean Cream had 8,000 units changing hands to end 4 cents higher at a new 52 weeks’ high of 85 cents. Caribbean Producers had 2,416,990 shares trading between $2.88 and $3.05, to close 9 cents lower at $2.90. Consolidated Bakeries traded 45,000 shares at 94 cents to gain 12 cents, Dolphin Cove traded 1,000 at a new 52 weeks’ high of $10, Lasco Financial Services had 28,800 units trading and closed at $1.30 and Lasco Manufacturing traded 288,414 shares between $1.35 and $1.50 and closed at $1.35, the stock traded during the day at 52 weeks high.