Eppley jumped $85 to close at $735
The stocks trading at new highs are, Cargo Handlers climbing 98 cents to $76.01 with 3,470 shares changing hands, Eppley closing at $735 with 9,000 units traded and Knutsford Express Services jumping $1.75 to close at $25 as just 190 units of the company’s shares traded.
The standoff between buyers and sellers as the market continues to consolidate with volumes being offered slowly
falling remains in place at the market’s close leaving a number of stocks short on supply to meet any meaningful demand. Trading ended with 5 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 ending with lower offers.At the close, CAC 2000 gained 40 cents in trading 81,096 shares, to end at $6.40, Caribbean Cream closed with 55,718 shares changing hands at $7, Caribbean Flavours traded 2,791 units to end at $7, Caribbean Producers rose 15 cents in trading 91,336 units at $3.55, Dolphin Cove ended at $15.61 with 2,000 shares trading, to gain 11 cents.
Honey Bun rose 45 cents with 9,140 shares changing hands, to close at $5.55, Iron Rock with 3,697 units changing hands, ended at $3.30, KLE Group ended at $1.40 with 86,818 shares changing hands after falling by 3 cents. Lasco Distributors ended with 15,875 shares changing hands at $7, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.55 with 111,727 shares trading, after falling 35 cents. Medical Disposables ended with a rise of 3 cents as 28,207 shares changed hands at $3.09, Sweet River Abattoir with 6,000 units trading rose 1 cent to end at $3.85 and Derrimon Trading preference share gained 12 cents ended with 2,050 units changing hands to close at $2.20.
The junior market closed on Thursday with just 7 securities trading, leading the junior market index, to close with a gain of 52.50 points at 2,252.77, thus reversing almost all of the fall of the previous two days. At the end, 318,651 units, valued at $1,661,887 traded. 
At the close, 
Cargo Handlers traded 7,518 shares but lost just 1 cent in closing at $75.03, after trading earlier at an intraday high of $76.10. Caribbean Flavours traded 2,791 units to end at $7. Caribbean Producers rose 9 cents in trading 4,885 units at $3.40, Consolidated Bakeries rose 5 cents with 1,353 units changing hands, to end at $2.40, Derrimon Trading traded 7,050 units to close at $3.05. Honey Bun had 44,404 shares changing hands, to close at $5.08, Iron Rock Insurance traded 24,393 units to close at $3.30, Jamaican Teas traded 13,508 units to close at $3.40, 
Jetcon Corporation fell by 15 cents with 15,098 units to end at $2.85. KLE Group gained 3 cents and ended at $1.43 with 284 shares changing hands, Lasco Distributors fell 5 cents and ended with 18,002 shares changing hands at $7, Lasco Financial lost 10 cents in trading 758,513 units to close at $3.25. Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.50 with 550,005 shares trading, after falling 35 cents, Medical Disposables ended with a loss of 10 cents as 65,000 shares changed hands at $3.15 and tTech climbed 59 cents and ended at $5 with 235,988 units changing hands.
At the close, 
Knutsford Express climbed $2 with 144,537 units changing hands to end at $22, Lasco Distributors ended with 8,392,560 shares changing hands but fell 1 cent to land at $7. Lasco Financial gained 8 cents while trading 11,721 units to close at $3.40, 
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.
At the close, 
Jetcon Corporation traded 37,411 shares at $2.69, Key Insurance traded 75,413 units to close at $2.50, 
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.
At the close, 
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. 
Manufacturing that traded 4,046,000 units at $5, Medical Disposables with 157,858 units at $3.50. Barita Investments traded 213,650 down to $2.50, Grace Kennedy had 303,578 shares trading at $41.68, Sterling Investments traded 395,000 units at $13 and JMMB Group 7.50% preference share traded 2,842,800 units at $1.10. 
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 far away from the last traded prices for a number of the companies, with a few having no stocks being offered currently.
there were just two offers posted at the close, to sell 14,700 units. General Accident traded 7,722 shares and lost 6 cents to end at $2.10, Honey Bun had 4,810 shares changing hands at 10 cents lower to close at $5.50, Iron Rock Insurance traded 358,746 units to close at $3.28, Jamaican Teas traded 7,902 units at $3.15, 
