Fontana finished the trading of 3.7 million shares to end at a record close of $4.01.
Trading ended with 28 securities changed hands, leading to increased trading of 3,635,699 units valued at $13,729,423, as General Accident traded more than 2.3 million shares, compared to trading of 26 securities on Monday that led to 970,319 units valued at $3,350,642 changing hands.
The market closed with the prices of 13 stocks advancing, 10 declining and 5 remaining unchanged.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Trading ended with an average of 129,846 units for an average of $490,337 in contrast to 37,320 units for an average of $128,871 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 115,060 units valued at $366,988 and previously, 110,879 units valued at $332,102.
In contrast, April closed with an average of 87,963 units valued $317,267 for each security traded.At the close of the market, Access Financial closed 20 cents higher at $43.20, with an exchange of 15,421 shares, AMG Packaging ended at $2, with 24,635 stock units changing hands, Blue Power traded 15,366 with the price rising 30 cents to close at $4.30, Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of 5 cents at $10.95, in trading 15,000 shares. Caribbean Producers declined 5 cents to close at $4.80, while exchanging 27,053 units, Consolidated Bakeries gained 9 cents to close at $1.94, trading 40,000 shares, Derrimon Trading lost 2 cents and ended at $2.70, as 25,411 shares crossed the exchange, Dolphin Cove concluded trading of 54,000 shares to close at $12.05. Elite Diagnostic exchanged 13,335 units after rising 5 cents to end at $3, Everything Fresh finished 10 cents higher at $1.60, with an exchange of 23,367 stock units, Express Catering ended trading of 11,190 shares after rising 55 cents to end at $7.70. Fontana gained 10 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $4.30, with 87,760 shares changing hands. The price hit an all-time high of $4.50, as the supply of the stock has sharply declined, ahead of the release of the company’s March results. FosRich Group exchanged 11,719 shares and rose 5 cents in closing at $4.05, General Accident closed with a loss of 30 cents at $4, after an exchange of 2,303,000 stock units. GWest Corporation ended at $1.35 trading 138,500 units, Honey Bun concluded trading of a mere 200 shares and fell 5 cents to end at $4.15, iCreate closed trading of 417,640 shares
with a fall of 8 cents to end at all-time low of 78 cents. Indies Pharma gained 23 cents to close at $3.35, in exchanging 185,468 shares, Jetcon Corporation traded 12,360 shares band declined 20 cents to close at $2.30, Knutsford Express exchanged just 600 shares and lost 5 cents to end at $12.95, Lasco Distributors rose 3 cents to end at $3.89, with 23,874 units changing hands. Lasco Financial closed with a gain of 15 cents at $4.40, with an exchange of 52,032 shares, Lasco Manufacturing added 5 cents trading 30,200 to close at $3.25, Main Event traded 10,000 and closed at $6, Medical Disposables finished trading 19,000 stock units with a loss of 50 cents at $6.50. Paramount Trading closed at $2.04, with exchange of 23,245 units, SSL Venture Capital ended 10 cents higher at $1.60, while trading of 8,500 shares and tTech loss of 3 cents trading 46,823 shares to close at $5.15.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Market activity ended with an average of 68,494 units valued at an average of $1,604,009 for each security traded. In contrast to 119,975 units valued at an average of $7,039,516 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 107,663 units valued at $4,590,690 and previously, 121,185 units valued at $5,621,806. Trading for April resulted in an average of 157,923 shares at $3,718,919, for each security traded.
Proven Investments traded 8,300 and lost $1 in closing at $31. Sagicor Group lost 80 cents to end trading of 22,286 stock units at $45.70, Sagicor Real Estate Fund lost $1.55 to end at $8.50 after trading 62,275 shares, Scotia Group declined by $2.25 in trading 42,276 shares to close at $50.75. Stanley Motta rose 75 cents in trading 35,235 shares to close $5.30, Supreme Ventures jumped $3 and finished at $29.50, with 328,380 units changing hands and Sygnus Credit Investments lost 50 cents with 17,125 units trading, to end at $12.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange dropped 24.47 points to 3,000.73 as the volume of stocks trading dropped 77 percent from Friday’s level. 
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 110,879 units valued at $332,102 and previously 137,077 units valued at $404,485. In contrast, April closed with an average of 87,963 units valued $317,267 for each security traded.
iCreate closed trading of 61,000 shares with a fall of 4 cents to end at 86 cents, Indies Pharma finished with a loss of 3 cents at $3.12, with an exchange of 55,052 shares, Iron Rock settled at $3.90, trading 3,000 shares. Jamaican Teas traded 1,116 units and rose 4 cents at $3.94, Jetcon Corporation traded just 100 shares but rose 20 cents to close at $2.50, Knutsford Express exchanged just 666 shares at $13, Lasco Distributors rose 6 cents to end at $3.86, with 16,483 units changing hands. Lasco Financial closed at $4.25, with an exchange of 91,163 shares, Lasco Manufacturing lost 5 cents trading 38,622 to close at $3.20, Main Event traded 13,516 and rose $1 to close at $6. Paramount Trading lost 43 cents and closed at $2.04, with exchange of 1,600 units, Stationery and Office Supplies lost 10 cents and finished trading 5,900 stock units at $6.75 and tTech rose 38 cents trading 7,340 shares to close at $5.18.
More records were shattered on another record breaking day, on the Jamaica Stock Exchange main market on Friday, with both main market indices ending at new highs, for five consecutive days. 
$34, Mayberry Investments rose $1.25 to end trading of a mere 210 shares at $9.25, NCB Financial Group rose $2.15 in trading 1,033,816 shares to close at $147, Sagicor Group added $1 to end trading 59,341 stock units at $46.50, with. Scotia Group gained $2.50 in trading 514,622 shares to close at $53, Seprod rose $2.50 in trading 15,959 shares to close $46, Supreme Ventures fell 50 cents and finished at $26.50, with 20,995 units changing hands and Sygnus Credit Investments rose 87 cents with 17,243 units trading, to end at $12.50.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange enjoyed a strong day on Friday, with the market index closing above the 3,000 mark for the first time since April 11, by jumping 41.02 points to 3,025.22 in trading. 
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed at $43, with an exchange of 100 shares, AMG Packaging ended at $2, with 56,645 stock units changing hands, Cargo Handlers settled 4 cents higher at $11, while trading 3,000 shares, Caribbean Flavours traded 943 stock units $4 higher at $20.50. Caribbean Producers added 37 cents to close at $4.98, trading with 3,500 units, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 3 cents at $2.72, as 38,482 shares crossed the exchange, Dolphin Cove concluded trading 30,345 shares 33 cents higher at $12.05, Everything Fresh finished with a loss of 5 cents at $1.50, with an exchange of 386,678 stock units, Elite Diagnostic exchanged 65,365 units and rose 8 cents to end at $3.05. Express Catering ended trading of 14,706 shares at $7.70, FosRich Group enjoyed a big day trading 3,048,363 shares, to close at $4, Fontana finished trading 7 cents higher at $4.10, with 82,640 shares changing hands, General Accident closed with a loss of 10 cents at $3.90, after an exchange of 130,000 stock units. 
Honey Bun concluded trading of 6,590 shares and gained 25 cents to end at $4.25, iCreate closed trading of 120,876 shares to close at 90 cents, Indies Pharma finished with a loss of 5 cents at $3.15, with an exchange of 3,000 shares, Iron Rock settled at $3.90, trading 256 shares. Jamaican Teas traded 2,000 units with a loss of 5 cents at $3.90, Lasco Distributors closed with a loss of 8 cents at $3.80, with 163,794 units changing hands, Lasco Financial settled 5 cents higher at $4.25, with an exchange of 2,500 shares, Medical Disposables finished trading at $7, with 6,951 stock units and Paramount Trading closed at $2.47, with an exchange of 5,612 units.
Trading for April resulted in an average of 157,923 shares at $3,718,919, for each security traded.
Scotia Group lost $1.49 in trading with 62,660 shares at $50.50, Seprod fell $3.50 in trading 342,629 shares to close $44. Sygnus Credit Investments lost 87 cents with 81,165 units trading, to end at $11.63 and Wisynco Group climbed 80 cents trading with 529,420 shares at an all-time high of $14.30.
At the close of the market, Access Financial exchanged 283 shares and closed 50 cents higher at $43, AMG Packaging ended at $2, trading 22,171 stock units, Caribbean Producers finished trading with a rise of 11 cents at $4.61, with 12,315 units, Derrimon Trading ended at $2.75, with an exchange of 34,000 shares. Everything Fresh gained 3 cents to close at $1.55, with 12,800 stock units changing hands, Elite Diagnostic settled 1 cent higher at $2.97, in trading 19,836 units, FosRich Group traded 6,650 shares resulting in a rise of 9 cents to close at $4, Fontana finished trading 64,780 shares with a loss of 7 cents at $4.03. GWest Corporation ended 4 cents higher at $1.35, trading 16,150 units, Honey Bun gained 1 cent to close at $4, trading of 58,594 shares, iCreate closed trading of 22,559 shares with a rise of 1 cent to close at 90 cents. Indies Pharma finished 5 cents higher at $3.20, with an exchange of 37,257 shares, Iron Rock climbed 40 cents to $3.90, with 743 shares trading, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 17,425 shares and fell 18 cents to end at $2.30. KLE Group ended at $2.40, with 10,406 shares changing 
hands, Knutsford Express concluded trading with 3,909 stock units and rose 1 cent to close at $13, Lasco Distributors exchanged 34,706 units at $3.88, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 20 cents at $4.20, with 18,833 shares trading. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 7 cents higher at $3.25, with an exchange of 17,508 shares, Main Event traded 6,000 shares at $5, Medical Disposables added 50 cents to end at $7, with an exchange of 1,165 stock units, Paramount Trading closed with a loss of 3 cents at $2.47, in exchanging 1,227 units and SSL Venture Capital ended with a loss of 10 cents at $1.50, with 66,000 shares changing hands.
$31.50, with 37,209 shares 37,209 shares. Kingston Wharves lost 75 cents to settle at $71, with an exchange of 5,450 units, Mayberry Investments lost 75 cents and ended trading at with 882,928 shares at $8.75. Mayberry Equities rose by 50 cents to close trading at $11.50, trading 2,096,031 shares, NCB Financial Group dived $20 in trading 792,711 shares to close at $145. Sagicor Group fell $1.79 to end at $45.20 in an exchange of 58,420 shares, Seprod rose $2.50 in trading 12,306 shares to close $47.50, Supreme Ventures rose 50 cents to close at $27, with 5,887 units changing hands and 
Blue Power concluded trading of 3,200 units, at $4.20. Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of 4 cents at $10.96, after trading 100 shares, Caribbean Producers traded 7,835 units at $4.50, Consolidated Bakeries closed 20 cents higher at $2, with 250,745 shares changing hands. Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 4 cents at $2.75, with the exchanging of 2,206 shares, Dolphin Cove concluded trading of 3,357 shares with a loss of 33 cents at $11.72, Everything Fresh finished 4 cents higher at $1.52, with 119,546 stock units crossing the exchange. Elite Diagnostic settled 1 cent higher at $2.96, trading 26,229 units, Express Catering ended trading with 7,000 shares and rose 50 cents to end at $7.70, FosRich Group traded with a loss of 9 cents at $3.91, with 1,502,876 shares changing hands, Fontana finished trading 10 cents higher at $4.10, with 994,116 shares. GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 4 cents at $1.31, with an exchange of 1,000 units, iCreate closed trading of 14,231 shares to close at 89 cents. Indies Pharma finished with a loss of 10 cents at $3.15, with 31,715 shares trading, Jamaican Teas traded 6,351 units and rose 44 cents to end at $3.95, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 13,235 shares and 
gained 18 cents to $2.48. KLE Group ended with a loss of 10 cents at $2.40, with 17,810 shares changing hands, Knutsford Express concluded trading of 1,200 stock units, with a gain of 99 cents to $12.99, Lasco Distributors finished 19 cents higher at $3.88, with 9,899 units trading, Lasco Financial added 20 cents to close at $4.40, with an exchange of 1,500 shares. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading of 133,000 shares and rose 9 cents to end at $3.18, Main Event fell 30 cents to $5, with 21,943 shares changing hands, Medical Disposables exchanged 20,000 stock units to close at $6.50, Paramount Trading closed 25 cents higher at $2.50, with 1,300 units passing through the exchange. SSL Venture Capital ended 10 cents higher at $1.60, trading 3,338 shares and tTech settled with a loss of 35 cents at $4.80, with 3,000 stock units changing hands.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange main market closed at a new record high on Tuesday for the second consecutive day and the second time for 2019 and in the process posted gains of 5.8 percent for the year.
After five months of consolidation, with a slight upward bias, the market finally broke the record high reached on November 29 last year of 433,307.22 on the All Jamaica index and 394,791.89 on the JSE Index on Monday and has gone on the new heights on Tuesday.
Mayberry Investments rose by $1 and ended trading at $9.50, with 882,928 shares changing hands. Mayberry Equities rose by $1 and ended trading at $11, with 1,109,121 shares trading, NCB Financial Group jumped $21.50 in trading 67,382 shares to close at an all-time record high of $165. Portland JSX gained 60 cents trading 9,087 shares at $8.10, Sagicor Group fell 51 cents to end at $46.99 in an exchange of 33,999 shares and Scotia Group rose $1.49 in trading 23,218 shares to close $51.99.
