The Junior market is down 4.8% for 2019 but the chart is flashing some positives.
The Junior Market closed the first quarter of the year with a decline of 4.8 percent but technical indicators suggest that a major change is coming soon, with the early signals suggesting it could be to the upside.
The market index declined 20.30 points to 3,092.02 as the prices of 9 securities rose, 10 declined and 10 remained unchanged. At the close of trading, 29 securities changed hands, versus 28 Thursday.
Market activities, was more normal on Friday from Thursday swollen volume, with a 70 percent drop in the day’s volume, to 3,378,621 units for $15,299,931, compared to 11,336,686 units changing hands at $37,683,562 on Thursday.
Trading ended with an average of 116,504 units for an average of $527,584 in contrast to 404,882 units for an average of $1,345,842 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 195,942 shares valued at $777,498 compared to 200,568 shares valued at $792,051 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 6 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed with a loss of 60 cents at $46, with 1,000 shares changing hands, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 10 cents at $2.15, exchanging 2,150 stock units, Blue Power concluded trading with 5,618 units at $4.60, CAC 2000 finished at $12, with 8,000 shares trading. Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of $1.94 at $11.06, with 354,500 shares changing hand, Caribbean Cream ended trading with 2,000 shares, 1 cent higher at $5.55, Caribbean Flavours traded 10,000 stock units 5 cents higher at $17.10, Caribbean Producers rose 17 cents to close at $4.77, with an exchange of 36,500 units. Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 9 cents at $2.65, with an exchange of 30,400 shares. Everything Fresh finished at $1.51, with 3,000 stock units changing hands, Elite Diagnostic settled at $3, trading 10,000 units, Express Catering ended trading 20,152 shares, with a loss of 20 cents at $7.60, FosRich Group closed at $4, with 20,000 shares changing hands. Fontana finished trading 199,144 shares, at $4.05, General Accident closed 49 cents higher at $4.50, with 9,200 stock units changing hands, GWest Corporation ended with a 
loss of 5 cents at $1.40, in exchanging 10,000 units, Honey Bun concluded trading of 324 shares with a loss of 1 cent to close at $4.24. iCreate added 1 cent to close at $1.01, with an exchange of 29,400 shares, Indies Pharma finished at $3.09, with 1,946,580 shares changing hands, Iron Rock settled 44 cents higher at $3.99, with an exchange of 750 shares, Jamaican Teas traded 1,800 units to close at $3.90. Jetcon Corporation finished trading 5,865 shares with a loss of 20 cents to close at $2.80. Knutsford Express closed 80 cents higher to $12.70, with 112,159 stock units changing hands, Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 4 cents at $3.85, exchanging 55,627 units, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 5 cents at $4.50, with an exchange 145,483 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 187,738 shares with a rise of 30 cents to $3.60. Main Event traded 1 cent higher at $5.51, with 4,700 shares, Paramount Trading closed at $2.30, with the trading of 160,106 units and tTech settled at $6, with 6,425 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Lasco Manufacturing traded 10 million shares on Junior Market on Thursday, accounting for 89 percent of the day’s volume that saw 11,336,686 units changing hands at $37,683,562, compared to 6,366,628 units valued at $24,922,045, changing hands on Wednesday. 
shares, at $4.05. GWest Corporation ended 15 cents higher at $1.45, in trading 16,715 units, 
of 495 shares, AMG Packaging added 15 cents to end at $2.25, with 81,947 stock units changing hands, Blue Power concluded trading of 3,203 units at $4.60. Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of 20 cents at $12.80, in trading 2,894 shares, Caribbean Cream ended trading of 7,250 shares, 1 cent higher at $5.54, Caribbean Producers rose 39 cents to close at $4.60, with 21,522 units trading, Derrimon Trading ended 45 cents higher at $2.75, with 35,711 shares changing hands. Dolphin Cove exchanged 203 shares, at $13.99, Everything Fresh finished with a loss of 5 cents at $1.50, with an exchange of 87,000 stock units. Elite Diagnostic fell 10 cents to close at $3.10, with 17,984 units changing hands, FosRich Group traded 87,130 shares at $4.30, Fontana closed at $4.05, with 1,669,156 shares changing hands, General Accident closed with a loss of 49 cents at $4.01, trading of 2,001,721 stock units. GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 15 cents at $1.30, with 176,087 units changing hands, Honey Bun concluded trading 35 cents higher at $4.25, with 100 shares, iCreate fell 2 cents and closed at $1, with an exchange of 122,185 shares, Indies Pharma finished 3 cents higher at $3.12, with 110,487 shares changing 
hands. Iron Rock closed 51 cents higher at $3.50, in trading 71,000 shares, Jamaican Teas traded 40,061 units at $3.90, Jetcon Corporation exchanged 58,100 shares, with a loss of 29 cents to end at $2.61, Knutsford Express lost 9 cents in closing at $11.91, with an exchange of 1,135 stock units. Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 10 cents at $3.70, after 142,685 units changed hands. Lasco Financial settled 27 cents higher at $4.52, exchanging 1,542,000 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 41,957 shares and fell 10 cents to close at $3.20, Main Event traded 3,272 shares at $5.50, Paramount Trading closed at $2.30, with 10,000 units changing hands. Stationery and Office concluded trading of 31,050 shares with a loss of 10 cents at $6.80 and tTech settled 10 cents higher at $5.50, with an exchange of 293 stock units.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange jumped 839 percent on Tuesday, with 8,865,251 units valued at $30,164,992, up from just 944,033 units valued at $3,531,740 changing hands on Monday. 
185,926 shares valued at $750,760 compared to 173,730 shares valued at $714,860 on the previous day. In contrast, February closed with an average of 235,225 units valued at $679,790 for each security traded.
shares after rising 5 cents to $4.05, GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 15 cents at $1.45, with 97,853 units trading, iCreate rose 1 cent and closed market activity at $1.02, with an exchange of 159,046 shares, Indies Pharma finished 4 cents higher at $3.09, in trading 7,319,465 shares, Jamaican Teas swapped 6,266 units at $3.90. Lasco Distributors finished at $3.80, with 57,687 units changing hands, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 41 cents at $4.25, with an exchange of 8,074 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 5,744 shares and lost 1 cent to end at $3.30, Main Event fell 25 cents to close at $5.50, with 5,310 shares trading. Stationery and Office concluded trading with 6,200 shares after rising 15 cents higher to $6.90 and tTech settled at $5.40, with 22,800 stock units changing hands.
shares, Blue Power concluded trading with a loss of 16 cents at $4.70, with 2,236 units changing hands, Cargo Handlers settled 54 cents higher at $13, with 6,000 shares. Caribbean Cream rose 3 cents trading 9,000 shares to close at $5.53, Caribbean Producers traded 1,767 units and gained 20 cents to end at $4.40, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 1 cent at $2.65, with 32,000 shares changing hands. Everything Fresh finished with a loss of 2 cents at $1.53, with an exchange of 29,268 stock units, Elite Diagnostic settled with a loss of 5 cents at $3.20, with 24,250 units crossing through the exchange, Express Catering ended trading of 12,719 shares and rose by 10 cents to $8.10. FosRich Group traded 12,408 shares with a loss of 20 cents at $4.10, Fontana exchanged 167,291 shares and rose 3 cents higher to $4, General Accident closed at $4.50, with 10,000 stock units changing hands, GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 15 cents at $1.60, with 2,500 units. Honey Bun concluded trading 7 cents higher at $3.90, with 1,400 shares, iCreate closed market activity at $1.01, with an exchange of 180,549 shares, Indies Pharma finished 3 cents higher at $3.05, with 4,205 shares changing hands, Iron Rock settled at 
$2.99, with an exchange of 49,900 shares. Jamaican Teas traded 17,616 units with a loss of 7 cents at $3.90, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 51,563 shares and lost 34 cents to close at $2.90, Knutsford Express lost 2 cents exchanging 100 stock units at $12, Lasco Distributors finished at $3.80, with an exchange of 113,971 units. Lasco Financial gained 16 cents and ended at $4.66, with 77,998 shares changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading at $3.31, with an exchange of 11,335 shares, Main Event traded 26,337 shares for 25 cents higher at $5.75. Paramount Trading closed with a loss of 10 cents at $2.30, trading 5,894 units, Stationery and Office concluded trading with a loss of 75 cents at $6.75, with an exchange of 90,526 shares and tTech settled at $5.40, with 200 stock units changing hands.
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. 
shows 4 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
$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.
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.
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.
Trading picked up on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Monday, ending in an exchange of 3,646,013 shares valued at $12,828,763, compared to 2,437,146 units valued at $10,799,411 on Friday, 
units at $15.50. Jetcon Corporation traded 1,950 shares with a loss of 30 cents to close at $2.80, Knutsford Express concluded trading 15,643 stock units at $12.50, Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 9 cents at $3.80, with an exchange of 14,485 units, Lasco Financial settled 5 cents higher at $4.50, with 3,139 shares changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 590,096 shares with a loss of 7 cents at $3.13, Medical Disposables finished trading with 50,000 stock units, at $6.60, Stationery and Office closed trading with 4,238 shares at $7.47 and tTech settled at $5.50, with 23,949 stock units changing hands. In the junior market preference segment, CAC 2000 9.5% closed 15 cents higher at $1.15, in trading 6,400 shares.
