The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange index rose on Friday, 1,895,979 units valued at $7,592,683traded, down sharply from 3,232,801 units valued at $12,857,715 changing hands on Thursday.
At the close of trading, 23 securities changed hands, compared with 27 on Thursday. The market index rose 15.40 points to close at 3,108.25 as the prices of 7 securities rose, 9 declined and 7 remained unchanged.
Trading ended with an average of 82,434 units for an average of $330,117 in contrast to 119,733 units for an average of $476,212 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 183,215 shares valued at $$754,782 compared to 222,952 shares valued at $789,131 on the previous day. In contrast, February closed with an average of 235,225 units valued at $679,790 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading 
shows 4 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended at $2.10, trading 20,200 stock units ,Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of 4 cents at $12.46, with 600 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cream ended trading of 4,434 shares at $5.50, Caribbean Flavours traded 4,358 stock units, with a loss of 17 cents at $17.05. Caribbean Producers finished 7 cents higher at $4.20, with an exchange of 3,727 units, Derrimon Trading ended 1 cent higher at $2.66, in trading 15,145 shares, Everything Fresh finished at $1.55, with 36,825 stock units changing hands, Elite Diagnostic settled 5 cents higher at $3.25, with 194,985 units passing through the market. Express Catering ended trading 93,875 shares with a rise of 40 cents to $8, FosRich Group traded with 946,315 shares, with a loss of 20 cents to close at $4.30, Fontana finished trading with a loss of 4 cents at $3.97, with 28,700 shares crossing the exchange trading platform. General Accident closed at 
$4.50, with an exchange of 19,850 stock units, iCreate lost 1 cent and closed market activity at $1.01, with an exchange of 111,640 shares, Indies Pharma finished with a loss of 3 cents at $3.02, in trading 34,600 shares. Iron Rock settled with a loss of 11 cents at $2.99, with 119,786 shares trading, Jamaican Teas traded 4,500 units, after rising 37 cents to $3.97, Jetcon Corporation climbed 37 cents higher to $3.24, with an exchange of 7,785 shares, KLE Group ended at $2.65, with 150 shares trading. Lasco Distributors closed 4 cents higher at $3.80, with 97,950 units changing hands, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 15 cents at $4.50, trading 68,459 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 37,509 shares and lost 19 cents to close at $3.31, Main Event traded 42,586 shares at $5.50 and Stationery and Office concluded trading of 2,000 shares at $7.50.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
units, National Flour lost 5 cents and ended at $1.60, after exchanging 791 shares, Republic Financial Holdings ended trading 75 cents lower and ended at $118, in exchanging 2,875 shares. Sagicor Financial concluded trading with a loss of 10 cents at $8.90, with 1,606 stock units changing hands and Trinidad Cement lost 5 cents and ended at $2.50, after exchanging 2,000 shares.
Volume traded on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday dived sharply, to be well below normal levels, with just 1,589,969 units valued $46,193,207 crossing the market, 
389,701 shares at $11,692,398 for each security traded, in contrast to 414,746 shares at $12,506,920 on the prior trading day. Trading for February resulted in an average of 281,016 shares with a value of $11,715,160, for each security traded.
concluding trading with 96,005 shares at $31, Mayberry Investments lost 50 cents to end trading of 21,120 shares at $9. PanJam Investment gained 70 cents to $81.70, trading 14,162 units, Portland JSX fell 99 cents in trading 4,991 stock units to close at $7.50, Proven Investments dropped $5 to $30 trading 26,000 shares, Pulse Investments fell 39 cents to $2.60, with an exchange of 81,700 stock units, Scotia Group lost 80 cents trading 11,974 shares to close at $50.20 and Supreme Ventures rose 30 cents and finished at record close of $25.30, with 221,684 units changing hands.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange index rose on Thursday, as 3,232,801 units valued at $12,857,715 traded, down sharply from 9,482,082 units valued at $38,586,264 changing hands on Wednesday. 
the market, Fontana finished trading with 90,464 shares and rose 1 cent to $4.01, General Accident closed with a loss of 1 cent at $4.50, with 198,105 stock units changing hands. Honey Bun rose 13 cents to $3.83, with trading in 166,143 shares, iCreate closed market activity at $1.02, with an exchange of 20,000 shares, Indies Pharma finished 1 cent higher at $3.05, with 6,000 shares changing hands, Iron Rock added 10 cents in closing at $3.10, trading 151,920 shares. KLE Group ended with a loss of 15 cents at $2.65, with an exchange of 13,328 shares. Knutsford Express concluded trading of 2,000 stock units, with a loss of 48 cents at $12.02, Lasco Distributors rose 1 cent to $3.76, with 40,655 units changing hands, Lasco Financial gained 18 cents to close at $4.65, with an exchange of 1,358,721 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 837,591 shares for 35 cents higher to close at $3.50. Main Event traded 11,910 shares and rose 19 cents to end at $5.50, Medical Disposables finished trading $1.40 higher at $8, with 500 stock units, Stationery and Office concluded trading at $7.50, with 3,000 shares and tTech settled with a loss of 12 cents at $5.40, with an exchange of 5,807 stock units. In the junior market preference segment, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 5 cents at $1.95, with 24,980 stock units changing hands.
Stocks closing losses| First Caribbean International Bank closed with a loss of 1 cent at $8.35, with 6,720 units changing hands, 
contrast to 389,292 shares at $5,984,735 on the prior trading day. Trading for February resulted in an average of 281,016 shares with a value of $11,715,160, for each security traded.
to close at $144.90. PanJam Investment gained 80 cents to $81, trading 5,113 units, Portland JSX gained 99 cents in trading 11,119 stock units to close at $8.49, Pulse Investments gained 49 cents to $2.99, with an exchange of 11,555 stock units, Sagicor Group lost 48 cents in trading 196,108 shares, to close at $39.52.
Trading climbed sharply on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Wednesday, ending in an exchange of 9,482,082 units valued at $38,586,264 compared to only 690,239 units valued at a mere $2,210,720, on Tuesday. 
In contrast, February closed with average of 235,225 units valued at $679,790 for each security traded.
cents higher at $3.04, Iron Rock finished with a loss of 10 cents at $3, with 13,404 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas ended trading 20,000 stock units with a loss of 40 cents to close at $3.60. Jetcon Corporation closed 7 cents higher at $2.87, with an exchange of 2,613,091 units. Knutsford Express ended at $12.50, in exchanging 14,412 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading of 22,243 stock units at $3.75, Lasco Financial finished 2 cents higher at $4.47, with 76,883 units trading, Lasco Manufacturing settled with a loss of 5 cents at $3.15, with 450,370 shares changing hands. Main Event ended trading with 5,940 shares and rose 1 cent to $5.31, Medical Disposables traded with a loss of 1.20 cents at $6.60, with 47,571 shares, Paramount Trading finished trading 106,618 stock units after rising 30 cents to close at $2.40, Stationery and Office ended 3 cents higher at $7.50, trading 148,545 shares and tTech finished 2 cents higher at $5.52, with 108,946 shares changing hands.
Market activity on Wednesday ended with 12 securities trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange similar to the number trading on Tuesday, with 6 advancing, 4 declining and 2 remaining unchanged.
exchanging 10,311 shares and Scotiabank closed with a gain of 6 cents and completed trading of 60,309 stock units at $63.58.
The volume of stocks traded on the main and US dollar markets of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Tuesday rose over Monday’s level, with just a minimal decline in value as less securities were active.
50,869 units, Pulse Investments shed 50 cents and closed at $2.50, with an exchange of 497,091 stock units, Sagicor Group gained 50 cents in trading 27,458 shares, to close at $40. Scotia Group gained 75 cents in trading 1,049,510 stock units to close at $51 and Supreme Ventures concluded trading with a gain of 50 cents to end at $24.90, with 409,756 stock units changing hands.
Trading dived sharply on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Tuesday, ending in an exchange of only 690,239 units valued at a mere $2,210,720 compared to 3,646,013 shares valued at $12,828,763, on Monday. 
exchange of 95,836 shares, Indies Pharma finished with a loss of 1 cent at $3.02, with the trading of 86,733 shares, Jamaican Teas traded 50 cents higher at $4, with 2,000 units passing through the market, Knutsford Express concluded trading of 1,100 stock units at $12.50. Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 5 cents at $3.75, with the trading of 110,949 units, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 5 cents at $4.45, with 1,388 shares changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 7 cents higher at $3.20, in trading 39,427 shares. Main Event traded of 5,582 shares, with a loss of 50 cents at $5.30, Medical Disposables finished trading $1.20 higher at $7.80, with 2,000 stock units and Stationery and Office concluded trading of 200 shares at $7.47.
