The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on trading Friday, with 32 securities changing hands and the prices of 15 securities rising, 9 declining and 8 remaining unchanged.
At the close, the market Index advanced 12.33 points to close at 3,103.60. On the final trading day of June, 3,027,637 shares valued at $13,035,247 changed hands, compared to 11,216,280 units valued at $36,194,066 from securities 27 trading on Thursday.
At the halfway mark for the year, the Junior Market is down 4.4 percent with the PE of the market at just 11 times current year’s earnings. At the end of June 2018, the market gained of 11 percent with the PE at that is similar to this year’s.
Trading ended with an average of 94,614 units for an average of $407,351 in contrast to 415,418 units for an average of $1,340,521 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 166,169 for an average of $674,841 and previously, 170,386 for an average of $690,604. 
In contrast, May ended with an average of 81,626 units for $311,248 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 12 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial close with a loss of $1.50 at $45, in trading 290 shares, AMG Packaging rose 1 cent in exchanging 4,582 shares at $2, Blue Power ended trading with 134,658 shares, after rising 21 cents to end at $5, Cargo Handlers exchanged 4,395 shares at $9.50. Caribbean Cream traded 146,395 shares and declined by 2 cents to settle at $5.25, Caribbean Producers traded 722,891 units at $4.80, Derrimon Trading dipped 2 cents in trading 116,581 units at $2.53. Dolphin Cove closed trading of 2,155 units to end at $12, Elite Diagnostic climbed 1 cent and exchanged 138,061 shares at $4, Everything Fresh traded 69,307 units at $1.40, Express Catering closed trading of 41,574 units and gained 40 cents to end at $6.60. FosRich Group dipped 20 cents in trading of 9,300 units at $4.50, Fontana ended trading with 77,547 shares, after rising 18 cents to end at $4.80. GWest Corporation closed 6 cents higher at $1.21, with 102,253 stock units traded, Honey Bun lost 25 cents trading 9,678 units at $6.75, iCreate ended trading with 90,000 shares, after rising 4 cents to end at 74 cents, Indies Pharma exchanged 210,899 shares, after rising 12 cents to end at $3.15. Iron Rock shed 5 cents in trading of 143,183 units at $3.50, Jamaican Teas climbed 7 cents in exchanging 59,500 shares at $4.25, Jetcon Corporation climbed 13 cents and exchanged 25,872 shares at $1.88, 
Key Insurance closed with a loss of 35 cents at $3.35, in swapping of 4,400 shares. KLE Group ended trading with 34,000 shares, after rising 20 cents to end at $2.35, Knutsford Express finished trading 8,566 shares and rose $1 higher to $12.50, Lasco Distributors traded 46,835 units to close at $3.30, Lasco Financial closed trading of 6,700 units and gained 1 cent to end at $4.71. Lasco Manufacturing declined by 15 cents to settle at $4.05 in trading 477,000 units, Medical Disposables traded 28,592 units at $6.70, Paramount Trading closed trading 2,690 units at $2, Stationery and Office closed with a loss of 59 cents at $9.01, in the swapping of 148,000 shares and tTech ended trading with 37,141 shares, after rising 16 cents to end at $5.46. In the Junior Market preference segment, CAC 2000 closed trading of 1,000 units and gained 15 cents to end at $1.15.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
