Activity on the Junior Market closed with 5 securities trading and ending with just 67,673 units changing hands valued at a mere $109,559. The JSE Junior Market Index remained unchanged at 732.52, with no prices changing at the close.
At the close of the market, there were 4 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 with a lower offer. The junior market ended with 4 securities closing with no bids to buy and 10 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, AMG Packaging had 10,000 shares trading at $2.26, Blue Power closed at $7.51 with 3,400 shares changing hands, Consolidated Bakeries traded 990 shares at 82 cents, Lasco Distributors 10,000 shares traded between $1.43 and Lasco Manufacturing traded 43,283 shares and closed at $1.07.
Juniors record no price change
Juniors make slight gain Monday
Activity on the Junior Market closed with 7 securities traded ending with units 3,116,855 changing hands valued at $3,021,677. The JSE Junior Market Index declined 0.76 points to close at 742.03, with the price of 3 stocks advancing and 1 declining.
At the close of the market, there were 3 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 with a lower offer. The junior market ended with 5 securities closing with no bids to buy and 11 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, Caribbean Cream in only one trade ending with 2,500,000 units changing hands for 10 cents higher at 75 cents. Paramount Trading ended with 15,000 shares trading at $3.57, to gain 2 cents. General Accident Insurance had 282,299 shares trading at $1.70, to decline by 1 cent, Lasco Distributors ended with 26,000 shares trading at $1.43, Lasco Financial Services with 28,300 units at $1.15, Lasco Manufacturing 215,456 units at $1.13 and Eppley 9.5% preference share trading 49,800 shares and gained a cent to end at $6.01.
CPJ trades 1.74m shares
Activity on the Junior Market ended with 9 securities traded, comprising 2,201,563 units changing hands, valued at $4,588,656, Caribbean Producers dominated trading with more than 1.74 million units to close at $2.31 in only two trades as the stock gained 1 cent. The JSE Junior Market Index declined 7.17 points to close at 740.74, with the price of 6 stocks advancing and 2 declining and 1 remained unchanged.
At the close of the market, there were 3 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 with the offer that was lower. The junior market ended with 5 securities closing with no bids to buy and 10 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, Caribbean Cream trading 25,055 shares at 65 cents as the price rose by 5 cents. Caribbean Flavours had 10,968 units changing hands, 5 cents higher at $1.85, Derrimon Trading put through 15,000 shares at $2.04, Honey Bun traded 10,000 shares but lost 11 cents in closing at $1.80. Lasco Financial Services had 15,000 units trading 5 cents higher, at $1.15, Lasco Manufacturing traded 352,851 units for 7 cents more at $1.13, Medical Disposables put through 27,000 shares in trading and ended up 4 cents better off at $1.80 and Paramount Trading had 4,905 units changing hands at $3.55 for a 55 cents fall.
4 juniors up 2 down on Tuesday
Activity on the Junior Market closed with 6 securities traded ending with 149,771 units changing hands valued at $179,558. The JSE Junior Market Index gained 4.29 points to close at 732.18, with the price of 4 stocks advancing and 2 declining.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, Access Financial Services traded 200 shares at $13.21, as the price eased 1 cent, Caribbean Cream closed trading with 10,000 shares, to end with a 5 cents decline at a new low of 60 cents. The stock was initially recorded as trading at 76 cents at the start of market, but that trade was eventually cancelled, as the price it attempted to trade at, was in excess of 15 percent initially permitted, effectively triggering the initial circuit breaker and thus the freeze.
Trading in the stock was suspended for an hour before it was permitted to trade again. At the close there was a bid to buy 47,000 units at 60 cents.Caribbean Producers traded only 100 shares at $2.40, Lasco Distributors saw 51,418 units changing hands at $1.40 to gain 3 cents, Lasco Financial Services had 84,053 units trading to close at $1.10, after gaining a cent, after trading as high as $1.15 and Lasco Manufacturing put through 4,000 shares at 1.06 to gain 1 cent.
The market closed with AMG Packaging having a bid for 41,000 shares to buy at $2.50, compared to a last sale of $2.26.
5 junior stocks rose none fell
Activity on the Junior Market returned to the more familiar trend recently of moderate trading and closed with just 7 securities trading and ending with 519,491 units changing hands valued at $948,548. The JSE Junior Market Index rose 8.04 points to close at 723.55, with the price of 5 stocks advancing and none declining.
At the close of the market, there were 3 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 stock with a lower offer. The junior market ended with 5 securities closing with no bids to buy and 10 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, Caribbean Producers trading 69,950 units, moving up by 15 cents to $2.30, General Accident was up 2 cents to $1.72 while trading 289,200 shares but traded as high as $1.80 earlier in the day. Lasco Distributors trading shares closed at $1.37, 2 cents higher than on the previous day, Lasco Financial Services ended trading with 117,944 units at $1.09 to gain 1 cent, Lasco Manufacturing traded just 8,771 units at $1.15, Medical Disposables trading just 245 shares at $1.80, up 4 cents and Paramount Trading with 23,496 closed at $3.60.
Juniors back to base with low activity
The bid on AMG is $2.40 vs. last sale of $2.26
The JSE Junior Market Index rose 9.08 points to close at 715.51, with the price of 1 stock advancing and 1 declining.
At the close, there were 4 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 stock with the offer lower.
The junior market ended with 5 securities closing with no bids to buy and 10 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale. Of interest is the bid to buy 459,000 units of AMG Packaging at $2.40 against the last traded price of $2.26.Stocks trading in the junior market are, Access Financial Services traded 11,000 units with a gain of $1.50 to end at $11.50, Caribbean Producers traded 3,971 units at $2.15, Lasco Manufacturing ended at $1.15 with 10,060 units trading at $1.15 and Lasco Distributors trading 12,065 shares and lost 2 cents in closing at $1.35.
Juniors’ most active day
Dolphin Cove closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $9.20 on Tuesday
At the close of the market, there were 3 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 with a lower offer. The junior market ended with 5 securities closing with no bids to buy and there were 8 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, AMG Packaging finishing with 579 units to close with a gain of 1 cent to $2.26, Caribbean Producers closing with 130,050 shares to end with an increase of 5 cents at $2.15, Consolidated Bakeries finishing trading with 27,954 shares while gaining 8 cents to 90 cents. Dolphin Cove finishing with 10,000 shares traded, with a gain of 20 cents, to a 52 weeks’ high of $9.20. General Accident completing trading 13,416 units as the price gained 3 cents to $1.70, Jamaican Teas while exchanging 400 units, closed higher by 4 cents at $2.55, Lasco Financial finishing trading with 26,370 shares changing hands, 1 cent higher to $1.08, Lasco Manufacturing closing with 751,302 shares unchanged at $1.15, Caribbean Cream closing with 10,000 units, the price slipped to 65 cents, for a 10 cents loss and Lasco Distributors concluding trading with 719,397 units to close lower by 10 cents to $1.35
2 rise 1 fall in junior market
Activity on the Junior Market closed with limited trading resulting in only 4 securities trading and ending in 1,132,161 units changing hands valued at $1,423,265. The JSE Junior Market Index advanced 0.80 points to close at 708.37, with the price of 2 stocks advancing and 1 declining.
At the close of the market, there were 6 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 stock with a lower offer. The junior market ended with 6 securities closing with no bids to buy and there were 8 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, Blue Power contributing 10,465 units with the price gaining 28 cents, to $7.51. Lasco Distributors ending trading with 329,500 units, the price edged higher by 1 cent at $1.45, Lasco Financial finishing trading with 500,998 shares changing hands at $1.07 and Lasco Manufacturing trading with 291,198 units to close lower by 2 cents at $1.15.
9 stocks with higher bids than last sale.
Activity on the Junior Market closed with 4 securities traded ending with 278,501 units changing hands valued at $770,977. The JSE Junior Market Index declined 1.48 points to close at 705.57, with the price of 2 stocks advancing and 1 declining.
At the close of the market, there was a clear indication of a fairly board rally in junior market stocks with 9 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 1 with the offer that was lower. The junior market ended with 4 securities closing with no bids to buy compared 8 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, General Accident Insurance had 57076 shares changing hands, to close at 2 cents higher at $1.67, Medical Disposables & Supplies trading 134,000 shares to gain 2 cents and end at $1.72. Dolphin Cove closing unchanged at $9 while trading 44,000 shares and Lasco Manufacturing having 43425 shares changing hands, with a loss of 2 cents at $1.13.
Low trading by juniors on Wednesday
Activity on the Junior Market closed with 4 securities traded ending with 251,020 units changing hands valued at $286,011. The JSE Junior Market Index gained 0.89 points to close at 707.05, with the price of 1 stocks advancing and 1 declining.
At the close of the market, there were 6 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 with a lower offer. The junior market ended with 5 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, Caribbean Producers traded 10.000 units at $2.10, Lasco Distributors closed with 19,500 units trading at $1.46 for a 1 cent gain, Lasco Financial Services ended with 181,520 shares trading unchanged at $1.05 and Lasco Manufacturing with 40,000 shares closing 1 cent down at $1.14.