The Junior Market of the lost much grounds on Friday on a day when all the Jamaica Stock Exchange indices declined. The Junior Market Index declined 50.10 points to close at 2,994.40 and follows a 22 points fall on Thursday.
Trading on the ended with the prices of 9 securities declining, 3 rising, and 7 remained unchanged with 20 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 1,089,369 units valued at $4,857,835 compared to 1,766,060 units valued at $7,828,514 on Thursday, from 22 securities.
Trading ended with an average of 54,468 units for an average of $242,892 in contrast to 80,275 units for an average of $355,842 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 112,183 units valued at $546,893 and previously 115,661 units valued at $565,207. 
In contrast, October closed with average of 74,690 units valued at $362,548 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed with a loss of 1 cent at $41, with 127 shares, Cargo Handlers ended trading 99 cents higher at $12, with 1,000 stock units, Caribbean Cream finished at $5.55, with 600 shares, Caribbean Producers traded with a loss of 30 cents at $4.20, with 50,447 units, Express Catering ended 10 cents higher at $4.50, with 31,819 stock units, General Accident finished at $2.70, with 31,827 shares. Honey Bun settled with a loss of 10 cents at $4.70, with 2,065 shares,
The chart now carries the dividends declared fro the last twelve months and the yields based on the last traded price of each stock.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
The Jamaican dollar made its strongest gains against the US dollar in November in foreign exchange trading on Friday, with it taking 20 cents less to buy the US dollar than on Thursday. 
The fate of the currency is now in the hands of the central bank, as the country enters a period of heighten inflows and relatively less demand up to April. For November, the central bank selling to the market by way of auction was limited US$27 million with the last two weeks being $4 million each. The central bank indicates that market intelligence suggest no need to intervene on the sell side for the first two weeks in December.
Carreras traded with a loss of 45 cents at $11.05, with 116,095 units, Grace Kennedy closed 44 cents higher at $43.44, with 1,661 shares, Jamaica Broilers ended with a loss of 50 cents at $17.50, with 2,044 stock units, Jamaica Producers concluded trading 50 cents higher at $16, with 12,982 units. JMMB Group settled with a loss of 40 cents at $27.95, with 13,068 shares, Kingston Wharves traded 50 cents higher at $33, with 8,900 units, Mayberry Investments finished trading 10 cents higher at $5.10, with 5,333 shares, NCB Financial Group closed with a drop of $4.40 to $95, with 121,584 shares. 1834 Investments ended at $1.30, with 2,500 stock units trading, 
PanJam Investment concluded trading at $41.50, with 4,370,132 units, Portland JSX finished with a loss of 10 cents at $9, with 10,749 shares, Radio Jamaica ended trading 7 cents higher at $1.07, with 5,605 stock units, Sagicor Group traded $1.10 higher at $38.10, with 3,011,732 units. Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished trading 50 cents higher at $14.50, with 11,669 shares, Scotia Group ended at $51.20, with 327,028 stock units, Seprod concluded trading 20 cents higher at $32.20, with 2,489 units and Supreme Ventures settled at $10.50, with 1,109,526 shares.
Trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Thursday with 21 securities changing hands, 7 advanced, 7 declined and 5 traded firm with 3,984,045 units valued at $54,400,232 compared to 4,352,178 units valued at $47,081,186 on Wednesday. 
In contrast, October closed with an average of 1,185,251 units valued at $16,528,582 for each security traded.
Trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Thursday with the market indices slipping moderately as 21 securities changing hands, of which 7 advanced, 7 declined and 5 traded firm with 3,984,045 units valued at $54,400,232 changing hands. 
Carreras traded at $11.50, with 91,328 units. Grace Kennedy closed at $43, with 5,561 shares, Jamaica Broilers ended with a loss of 40 cents at $18, with 47,667 stock units, Jamaica Producers concluded trading 50 cents higher at $15.50, with 80,157 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange finished 23 cents higher at $7.25, with 7,660 shares. JMMB Group settled 30 cents higher at $28.35, with 335,902 shares, Kingston Wharves traded with a loss of 40 cents at $32.50, with 12,116 units, NCB Financial Group closed $1.90 higher at $99.40, with 94,324 shares, PanJam Investment concluded trading at $41.50, with 46,281 units. 
Radio Jamaica ended trading with a loss of 9 cents at $1, with 2,210,747 stock units, Sagicor Group traded 50 cents higher at $37, with 607,088 units, Salada Foods closed with a loss of 80 cents at $10, with 2,000 shares, Scotia Group ended with a loss of $1.30 at $51.20, with 42,816 stock units changing hands. Sterling Investments finished with a loss of $1 at $12, with 3,702 shares and Supreme Ventures settled at $10.50, with 200,528 shares. In the main market preference shares segment, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 7.25% traded 4,091 units to close at $2.49, JMMB Group 7.5% ended at $1.10 with 43,000 units, JMMB Group 7.5% preference share ended trading at $1.10, with 50,000 stock units, in the US dollar market JMMB Group US 6% preference share ended trading at $1.121, with 14,159 stock units, Productivity Business lost 2 US cents in trading 3,600 units at 55 US cents and Proven Investments traded 103,248 ordinary shares at 23.97 US cents after rising 4 cents.
Trading picked up on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday with 22 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 1,766,060 units valued at $7,828,514 compared to 726,097 units valued at $5,040,854, from 18 securities on Wednesday.
General Accident finished with a loss of 2 cents at $2.70, with 68,981 shares. Honey Bun settled at $4.80, with 11,554 shares, Iron Rock closed with a loss of 1 cent at $2.80, with 22,038 shares, Jamaican Teas traded 40 cents higher at $4.20, with 867 units, Jetcon Corporation finished trading with a loss of 10 cents at $4.50, with 184,554 shares, Knutsford Express closed at $13.50, with 2,000 shares. Key Insurance ended 76 cents higher at a 52 weeks’ high of $4.75, with 19,362 stock units changing hands, KLE Group concluded trading at $2.51, with 50,022 units, Lasco Distributors settled 8 cents higher at $5.98, with 27,534 shares. Lasco Financial ended trading at $6.50, with 60,317 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing traded with a loss of 12 cents at $4.05, with 8,138 units, Medical Disposables finished trading with a loss of 20 cents at $5.10, with 2,000 shares, Main Event closed 38 cents higher at $5.89, with 54,026 shares, Paramount Trading concluded trading with a loss of 20 cents at $3.50, with 256,698 units and Stationery and Office ended trading with a loss of 7 cents at $5.13, with 171,226 stock units.
Barita Investments concluded trading with a loss of $1 at $8, with 3,078 units, Berger Paints finished 50 cents higher at $16.50, with 1,680 shares, Cable & Wireless settled with a loss of 7 cents at $1, with 469,227 shares, Caribbean Cement ended trading with a loss of $2.92 at $32.08, with 91,341 stock units. Carreras traded with a loss of $1.18 cents at $10.02, with 206,700 units, Ciboney Group finished trading at 27 cents, with 466,000 shares, Grace Kennedy closed with a loss of 10 cents at $43, with 6,997 shares, Jamaica Broilers ended 10 cents higher at $18.90, with 10,480 stock units changing hands. Jamaica Producers concluded trading with a loss of 50 cents at $15, with 33,650 units, JMMB Group settled with a loss of 90 cents at $28.50, with 36,774 shares,
Kingston Wharves traded with a loss of 10 cents at $32.90, with 10,210 units, Mayberry Investments finished trading 10 cents higher at $5.30, with 424,589 shares. NCB Financial Group closed with a loss of $3.50 at $99.50, with 5,452,901 shares traded, 1834 Investments ended at $1.30, with 4,761 stock units, Portland JSX finished at $9.10, with 1,273 shares, Pulse Investments settled at $1.80, with 12,000 shares, Radio Jamaica ended trading at $1.10, with 62,500 stock units. Sagicor Group traded $1.90 higher at $37.50, with 530,438 units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund finished trading 50 cents higher at $15, with 61,620 shares, Scotia Group ended 27 cents higher at $52.27, with 127,574 stock units, Seprod concluded trading 1 cent higher at $32, with 9,358 units and Supreme Ventures settled 25 cents higher at $11.05, with 13,895,672 shares. In the main market preference segment, JMMB Group 7.5% preference share rose 5 cents and ended at $1.05, with 6,272,469 stock units.
The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Wednesday with 27 securities changing hands, of which 7 advanced, 12 declined and 8 traded firm leading to 4,352,178 units valued at $47,081,186 changing hands.
Jamaica Stock Exchange finished 2 cents higher at $7.02, with 1,952 shares, JMMB Group settled with a loss of 45 cents at $28.05, with 88,942 shares, Mayberry Investments finished trading with a loss of 30 cents at $5, with 142,076 shares. NCB Financial Group closed with a loss of $2 at $97.50, with 48,675 shares, 1834 Investments ended at $1.30, with 13,000 stock units, 138 Student Living closed 5 cents higher at a 52 weeks’ high of $6.05, with 1,500 shares, PanJam Investment concluded trading with a loss of 49 cents at $41.50, with 21,728 units, Pulse Investments settled at $1.80, with 126,800 shares, Radio Jamaica ended trading with a loss of 1 cent at $1.09, with 52,970 stock units. 
Sagicor Group traded with a loss of $1 at $36.50, with 13,678 units, Sagicor Real Estate Fund fell $1 to $14, with 29,497 shares, Salada Foods jumped $2.30 to $10.80, with 16,250 shares, Scotia Group gained 23 cents to end at $52.50, with 8,897 stock units and Supreme Ventures settled with a loss of 55 cents at $10.50, with 745,984 shares. In the main market preference segment, JMMB 7.25% traded just 500 units to close at $2.49, JMMB Group 7.25% ended at $1.50 with only 200 units, JMMB Group 7.5% preference share ended trading at $1.10, with 50,000 stock units, Proven Investments 8.25% preference share traded 177,000 units and rose 30 cents to $5.50. Proven Investments traded 750 ordinary shares in the US dollar market at 20 US cents after slipping 4 cents.
In contrast, October closed with average of 74,690 units valued at $362,548 for each security traded.
