The junior market ended the week on a mixed note as investors continued profit taking, in continuation of Thursday declines. At the close, the junior market was down a moderate 14.42 points to end at 2,266.34 with 13 securities trading, 6 of which advanced, 5 declined with 3 closing at new 52 weeks’ highs.
The volume of 2,572,307 units changed hands, valued at $13,732,252 with indicators showing potential for a resumption of upward price movements, with the supply of stocks being reduced as indicated by the increased number of stocks without offers. At the close, 1 security ended with no bid and 11 securities had no stocks being offered for sale. A total of 7 stocks closed with bids higher than their last traded prices while 2 closed with lower offers.
In trading, AMG Packaging price rose $2 to a new high of $11.05 with only 3,000 shares changing hands in response to profits rising 87 percent in the November quarter to $29 million, C2W Music ended at 49 cents while 7,000 units changed hands, Caribbean Cream ended with a loss of 15 cents as 464,151 shares changed hands at $4.95. Caribbean Producers had 10,392 units changing hands but slipped 27 cents to close at $5.20, Consolidated Bakeries saw trading in 9,753 units but fell 4 cents to $1.36, General Accident rose by 13 cents with trading in 10,000 shares to close at $2.19. Honey Bun rose to a new 52 weeks’ high of $7.18 and gained of 18 cents as 11,000 shares changed hands, Lasco Distributors closed with 366,072 units trading and ended with a rise of 9 cents at $8.09, Lasco Financial lost 5 cents to close at $4.70 with 334,168 shares changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing traded 1,028,935 shares and gained 26 cents to close at $5, Medical Disposables had 170,000 shares changing hands at $3.30, Paramount Trading closed with a gain of 40 cents to a 52 weeks’ high of $10.50 while 57,575 units traded and tTech closed with a loss of 6 cents at $4.95 with 100,261 units changing hands.
Juniors eased further on Friday
4 juniors close at new high
The junior market enjoyed another day of mostly increasing prices but ended with a 8.50 points loss of the index to 1,627.75. Trading finished with 14 active securities, 7 of which advanced and 5 declined. A total of 3,428,064 units, valued at $14,859,800 changed hands. The market ended with 4 stocks closing at new 52 weeks’ high.
Only 2 securities ended with no bids to buy and 11 had no stocks being offered for sale, an indication of chronic supply shortage of junior market stocks. A total of 8 stocks closed with bids higher than the last traded prices and none closed with a lower offer.
In trading, Access Financial lost $1, in trading 23,727 shares to close at $12.50. Caribbean Cream ended with 145,545 shares changing hands at $4.60, for a gain of 10 cents, Caribbean Flavours traded 140,890 units to end at $5, Caribbean Producers closed with a gain of 1 cent in trading 2,239,031 units at $4.61, for a new 52 weeks’ high but the stock traded as high as $6. Investors pushed Consolidated Bakeries up by 5 cents at the close, to end at $1.65 with 56,578 units changing hands. Derrimon Trading rose 30 cents with a mere 588 units changing hands at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.50, Dolphin Cove traded 145 units at $13.70 while losing 58 cents, General Accident Insurance traded 251,641 units at $1.90 for a 2 cents decline. Honey Bun with 73,727 shares changing hands, closed higher by 20 cents to a 52 a weeks’ high of $5.50, KLE Group gained 8 cents and ended with 14,920 units trading at 82 cents, Lasco Distributors closed with 5,350 shares changing hands to end at $4.38. Lasco Financial ended with a decline of 10 cents to $3.40, with a total of 400,852 shares changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $3.75 with 65,070 shares trading with a loss of 20 cents and Paramount Trading ended with 3,102 shares changing hands and gained of $1.79 to $9, for a new 52 weeks’ high.
3 new highs for juniors as market gains
Only 3 securities ended with no bids to buy and 10 had no stocks being offered for sale, an indication of chronic supply shortage of junior market stocks. A total of 8 stocks closed with bids higher than the last traded prices and one closed with a lower offer.
In trading, Blue Power traded 100,000 shares and gained 10 cents in closing at $13.10, Caribbean Cream ended with 12,000 shares changing hands at $4.50 with a loss of 10 cents. Caribbean Flavours traded 155,000 units to end with a gain of 10 cents at $5 for a 52 weeks high, Caribbean Producers gained 22 cents and traded 136,000 units at $4.15 for a new 52 weeks’ high as investors continued to respond to good first quarter results, icinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/JM-Trade-13-11-15.png”>22855″ />the stock closed without an offer, Consolidated Bakeries ended at $1.90, with 2,000 units changing hands. Dolphin Cove had 26,000 shares changing hands at a new 52 weeks’ high $14.28, for a rise of $1.43, General Accident Insurance traded only 14,000 units at $1.91, KLE Group ended with 12,000 units trading at 65 cents, Lasco Distributors closed with 43,628 shares changing hands, with a fall of 14 cents to $4.31 after trading as high as $4.45. Lasco Financial closed with a decline of 6 cents to $3.25 with a total of 78,563 shares changing hands after trading as high as $3.40, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4 with 70,500 shares trading.