Lumber Depot jumped 48 percent on Monday on top of the 32.5 percent rise on Friday and is now up 97 percent from the Initial Public offer of $1.20, but MailPac stole the show in trading more than 33 million shares.
The market Index advanced 6.03 points to close at 3,412.43 in trading on Monday with 29 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 35,927,004 units at $93,505,697 compared to 42,348,512 units at $92,545,825 from 25 securities changing hands on Friday.
The Market closed with gains in 10 stocks, while the prices of 7 declined and prices of 7 remained unchanged and the average PE at 14.5 with the earnings for Limners and Bards switched to 2020 with 20 cents per share compared to 12 cents for 2019.
Trading ended with an average of 1,238,862 units at $3,224,334 for each security traded, in contrast to 1,693,940 units for an average of $3,701,833 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 464,764 shares at $1,086,617 compared to an average of 384,302 shares at $864,417 for each security traded. In contrast, November closed with an average of 120,579 shares at $506,880 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investors Choice bid-offer indicator with three stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial gained $1.50 in trading of 11,500 units at $33.50, Blue Power exchanged 11,280 shares, after shedding 1 cent to end at $6.12, Cargo Handlers rose 44 cents in trading 1,800 units at $9.94. Caribbean Cream traded 604 shares and rose 1 cent, to close at $4.30, lost Consolidated Bakeries dropped 17 cents with 11,100 units changing hands at $1.80, Dolphin Cove rose 20 cents with a mere 45 units changing hands at $11.10, Everything Fresh traded 5,670 stock units and fell 15 cents to close at $1.05, Express Catering added 22 cents in exchanging 13,500 shares to close at $6.32. 
Fontana traded 604,270 shares but lost 39 cents to end at $7.40, FosRich gained 38 cents to settle at $4.20 in trading 44,140 stock units, Honey Bun slipped just 1 cent in exchanging 13,040 shares at $7.49. iCreate added 1 cent to end at 71 cents in exchanging 4,600 shares, Indies Pharma slipped 10 cents trading 15,111 units at $3.10. Jamaican Teas lost 1 cent with 16,080 units changing hands at $5.99, Lasco Distributors gained 3 cents with 221,755 shares crossing the exchange at $3.33, Lasco Manufacturing exchanged 138,726 shares to close at $5.25 after rising 15 cents, Limners and Bards rose lost 20 cents to close at $2.78 with 86,530. Lumber Depot surged 77 cents with 1,481,121 shares changing to close at $2.36. Main Event increased by 5 cents to settle at $6.45 while exchanging 6,222 units and SSL Venture Capital lost 4 cents with an exchange of 10,000 shares to close at $1.36 and Stationery and Office Supplies dropped $1 to $10 with 6,042 shares trading.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
The Junior Market had another listing as Lumber Depot made its debut on the market on Friday, bring the number of companies listed to 41 and total listings to 44. 
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 384,302 shares at $864,417 compared to an average of 255,401 shares at $585,144 for each security traded. In contrast, November closed with an average of 120,579 shares at $506,880 for each security switching owners.
Jamaican Teas lost 6 cents with 14,118 units changing hands at $6, Knutsford Express dropped back 91 cents with just 1,500 shares crossing the exchange at $10.29, Lasco Manufacturing exchanged 138,726 shares to close at $5.25 after rising 15 cents, Limners and Bards rose 13 cents trading 29,990 units at $2.98. Lumber Depot rose 39 cents 
At the close of trading on Thursday, the Junior Market index recovered just 31.86 points of the 55.78 points lost on Wednesday and the 66.99 points fall on Monday as the market closed at 3,373.16 on Thursday. 
Iron rock Insurance closed at $3.80 after falling 20 cents with 13,000 shares trading. Jamaican Teas recovered the 7 cents lost on Wednesday with 6,306 units changing hands at $6.06, Jetcon Corporation exchanged 30,000 shares to close at $1.80 after falling 13 cents, Knutsford Express jumped $1.20 with just 100 shares crossing the exchange at $11.20, Limners and Bards rose 4 cents in trading 27,920 units at $2.85. MailPac rose 16 cents to end at $1.94 with 3,706,223 shares changing hands, Main Event gained 38 cents to settle at $6.45 while exchanging 74,342 units, Paramount Trading rose 45 cents with an exchange of 20,000 shares to close at $2 and tTech recovered 61 cents to close at $6.01 after an exchange of 55,296 shares.
The Junior Market index inched 1.16 points higher to close at 3,397.08 on Tuesday after dropping sharply by 66.99 points on Monday, with declining stocks exceeding rising ones.
Indies Pharma declined 3 cents in trading of 18,976 units at $3.02, Jetcon Corporation ended market activity exchanging 59,702 shares to close at $1.80 after falling 13 cents. Knutsford Express climbed 50 cents and traded 8,800 shares at $11.50, Lasco Distributors declined 26 cents in trading of 52,105 units at $3.30, Lasco Financial exchanged 1,000 units and put on 20 cents to end at $4.60, Limners and Bards dipped 2 cents in trading of 31,662 units at $2.83. MailPac pulled back 3 cents to end at $1.95 with 10,264,726 shares changing hands, Medical Disposables declined by 40 cents to settle at $7.10 with an exchange of 156,000 units, SSL Venture exchanged 25,000 shares to close at $1.20 after falling 20 cents and tTech ended trading of a mere 77 shares, after rising 5 cents to $5.40.
Indies Pharma traded 11,122 shares and lost 15 cents in closing at $3.05, Jamaican Teas fell 9 cents in exchanging 21,220 shares to end at $6.06, Jetcon Corporation traded just 581 shares and gained 13 cents to close at $1.93. Lasco Distributors closed with just 100 units changing hands after rising 6 cents to end at $3.56, Lasco Financial lost 2 cents with the trading of 27,926 shares at $4.40, Limners and Bards rose 8 cents with 26,272 shares changing hands at $2.85. Recently listed, MailPac, traded 12,827,913 shares with the price pulling back 24 cents to end at $1.98, Medical Disposables exchanged 13,090 shares after gaining 40 cents to close at $7.50 and Paramount Trading closed at $2 after slipping 5 cents with an exchange of 21,000 shares.
After surging 100.47 points on Thursday, the Junior Market pulled back slightly on Friday with the market index shedding 14.43 points to close at 3,462.91 resulting from gains in 11 securities declines in 10 while the prices of 6 remained unchanged, 
Limners and Bards lost 3 cents with 8,328 shares changing hands at $2.77. Recently listed, MailPac traded 16,845,367 shares, with the price rising 5 cents to end at a new closing high of $2.22 after trading at an intraday high of $2.60. Main Event rose 15 cents to close at $6.15 after trading 47,320 units, Medical Disposables exchanged 11,910 shares after dropping 90 cents to close at $7.10, Paramount Trading closed at $2.05 after slipping 9 cents with an exchange of 5,000 shares. SSL Venture Capital, to be renamed Boost Venture, traded 3,500 shares and rose 30 cents close at $1.45, Stationery and Office Supplies fell 50 cents in trading 42,176 units at $11 and tTech traded 806 and lost 15 cents to close at $5.35.
Losses|Clico Investment Fund ended trading 2 cents lower at $24.98, in swapping 2,861 shares, Ansa Mcal dropped $1.49 and completed trading at a 52 weeks’ low of $52.50, with 2,040 stock units changing hands. Massy Holdings closed with a loss of 25 cents and completed trading at $59.75, with 1,054 units crossing the exchange, National Flour closed 4 cents down at $1.36, with 15,876 stock units changing hands. NCB Financial dropped 10 cents and ended at $11.20, with 79,906 units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL declined 4 cents in trading 3,707 shares to close at $21.11.
Lasco Financial gained just 1 cent to close at $4.42 with 17,200 shares changing hands, Limners and Bards lost 2 cents with 32,050 shares changing hands at $2.80. Recently listed, MailPac traded 3,596,138 shares with the price jumped 85 cents to close at a new high of $2.17. The stock has more than doubled the IPO price of $1; it went to the market in November. Medical Disposables traded 2,536 shares after rising 51 cents to close at $8, SSL Venture Capital, to be renamed Boost Venture traded 70,850 shares but fell 35 cents close at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.15 and Stationery and Office Supplies rose 50 cents in trading 96 units at $11.50.
Junior Market activities ended on Wednesday with 30 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 1,154,175 units for $4,201,370 compared to 1,065,830 units valued at $4,608,133 from 25 securities trading on Tuesday. 
Investors transferred 30,200 shares of Jetcon Corporation after falling 15 cents to end at $1.80, Knutsford Express lost 90 cents in trading 1,500 stock units at $10.10,Lasco Distributors closed trading with 88,435 units and gained 20 cents to end at $3.70. Limners and Bardslost 7 cents with 36,899 shares changing hands at $2.82, newly listed MailPac traded 49,373 shares and rose 32 cents to close at a new high of $1.32.Main Eventlost 20 cents to close at $6 after 36,234 shares crossed the exchange, Stationery and Office Supplies lost 55 cents in trading 36,550 units at $11 and tTechfell 50 cents in transferring 50 stock units at $5.50.
Junior Market activity ended on Tuesday with 25 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 1,065,830 units valued at $4,608,133 compared to 783,241 units at $4,794,911 from 26 securities trading on Monday. 
Jetcon Corporation transferred just 15 shares after rising 15 cents to end at $1.95, Lasco Distributors closed trading of 17,427 units and shed 40 cents to end at $3.50.