Junior Market activities ended on Monday with 26 securities changing hands, from 29 on Friday, resulting in an exchange of 883,148 units valued at $4,794,911 compared to 2,703,365 units valued at $18,646,706 on Friday.
At the close, the market index gained 37.52 points to close at 3,411.59, resulting from gains in 9 securities and declines in 11 while the prices of 7 remained unchanged and moving the market’s average PE to 12.6.
Trading ended with an average of 33,967 units for an average of $184,420 in contrast to 93,219 units for an average of $642,990 on Friday. In contrast, November closed with an average of 120,579 shares at $506,880 for each security exchanged
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At the close of the market, Access Financial dropped $6.68 trading 10,522 units to finish at $30, Caribbean Flavours lost $2.26 to end at $15.64 with a mere 50 units crossing the market. Derrimon Trading gained just 3 cents to end at $2.62 with 149,264 stock units changing hands, Dolphin Cove closed with a rise of only 1 cent at $11.11, in swapping of 589 shares. Elite Diagnostic added 8 cents and exchanged 86,142 shares at $5.40, Express Catering dropped 38 cents after exchanging 43,365 shares at $6. Fontana closed trading of 16,028, units, but fell 30 cents to end at $7.50, GWest Corporation ended with 5,000 shares trading, after rising 6 cents to end at $1.06. Honey Bun closed 50 cents higher at $7.50, with 63,788 stock units crossing the exchange, Indies Pharma traded 5,536 shares and rose 25 cents and close at $3.35. ISP Finance traded 302 shares after falling 31 cents to end at $31.99, KLE Group gained 13 cents in trading of 200 units at $1.53, 
Lasco Distributors closed trading of 9,000 units and gained 40 cents to end at $3.90. Lasco Financial closed trading of 17,100 units and shed 9 cents to end at $4.41, Lasco Manufacturing exchanged 171,733 shares, after rising 17 cents to end at $5.22, Limners and Bards lost 5 cents and traded 7,500 shares at $2.95. Paramount Trading rose 2 cents in transferring 38,656 stock units at $1.98, Stationery and Office Supplies fell 5 cents in trading of 16,904 units at $11 and tTech exchanged 8,000 shares at $6 with the fall of 1 cent.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Junior Market activities ended on Friday with 29 securities changing hands, from 32 on Thursday, resulting in an exchange of 2,703,365 shares costing $18,646,706, compared to 9,668,717 units for $14,175,803 on Thursday. 
Knutsford Express traded 57,500 units and gained 82 cents to end at $11. KLE Group fell 30 cents in trading of 25,000 units at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.40, Lasco Distributors closed trading of 161,966 units and gained 20 cents to end at $3.50. Lasco Financial closed trading of 49,351 units and gained 11 cents to end at $4.50, Lasco Manufacturing exchanged 18,705 shares, after rising 3 cents to end at $5.05, Limners and Bards climbed 18 cents and traded 29,455 shares at $3, Paramount Trading shed 4 cents in a transfer of 21,750 units at $1.96 and Stationery and Office Supplies fell 45 cents in trading of 4,921 units at $11.05.
At the close of the market, Access Financial climbed $8 to settle at $37 with 68,059 shares changing hands, Blue Power lost 5 cents at $6.90, in swapping 6,743 units, Caribbean Flavours added 5 cents after exchanging 4,702 stock units at $13. Dolphin Cove gained $1.90 to end at $11.20 in trading 3,196 shares, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 1 cent at $2.64 with 7,405 stock units changing hands, Express Catering fell 20 cents trading 650 units at $6.20, Everything Fresh ended with 8,910,186 shares crossing the exchange, after rising 21 cents to $1.25. Express Catering fell 20 cents trading 650 units at $6.20, Fosrich lost 10 cents in trading 27,056 shares to close at $4.70, General Accident gained 55 cents to end at $7.75, in exchanging 10,000 shares, GWest Corporation closed with 100,000 units crossing the exchange and gained 7 cents to end at 97 cents. 
Indies Pharma ended market activity exchanging 137,922 shares to close at $3.10 after falling 26 cents, Jamaican Teas gained 10 cents with 24,400 shares crossing the market at $6.20, Lasco Distributors dipped 20 cents in an exchange of 14,190 units at $3.30, Lasco Financial closed 9 cents higher at $4.39, with 4,075 stock units changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing lost 8 cents trading 4,555 shares to close at $5.02, Stationery and Office Supplies rose 31 cents in an exchange of 40,958 shares at $11.50 and tTech traded 3,626 shares, after rising 50 cents to end at $6.01.
Investors traded the same number of Junior Market securities of 30 for each day this week up to Wednesday with modest volume changing hands.
Indies Pharma closed 16 cents higher at $3.36, with 22,045 stock units trading, Jamaican Teas closed 15 cents higher at $6.10, with 6,500 stock units trading. KLE Group fell 5 cents in trading of 540 units at $1.70, Knutsford Express lost 32 cents in trading 7,900 shares, to close at $10.18, Lasco Distributors closed 20 cents higher at $3.50, with 713 stock units changing hands, Lasco Financial fell 20 cents in trading of 26,760 units to close at $4.30. Lasco Manufacturing closed 10 cents higher at $5.10, with a transfer of 187,153 stock units, Limners and Bards climbed 12 cents and exchanged 56,121 shares at $2.82, Main Event fell 50 cents in trading of 9,500 units at $6 and Medical Disposables lost 84 cents with 4,000 units changing hands at $7.96.
Investors traded the same number of Junior Market securities on Tuesday as on Monday but with fewer units changing hands with a mere 779,323 units valued at $4,286,981 compared to 1,945,433 units valued at $5,415,942 on Monday.
Indies Pharma slipped 16 cents in trading 12,809 stock units to close at $3.20, Jamaican Teas shed 25 cents with 15,300 units crossing the exchange at $5.95. Jetcon Corporation declined 10 cents in trading 3,210 units at $1.80, Knutsford Express saw 3,368 units transferred with a gain of 50 cents to end at $10.50, Lasco Distributors shed 10 cents in trading of 55,474 units at $3.30, Lasco Manufacturing lost 15 cents in 54,354 units changing hands at $5. Limners and Bards fell 5 cents in trading of 33,137 units at $2.70, Medical Disposables traded with 27,000 shares, after rising 80 cents to end at $8.80, Paramount Trading closed with a transfer of 26,842 units and gained 25 cents to end at $2 and SSL Venture lost 8 cents in trading 3,000 shares to close at $1.50.
Kingston Wharves closed $1.53 lower to $57.25, with 2,600 units changing hands, Mayberry Investments lost 30 cents in transferring 28,450 shares to settle at $8.20, Mayberry Jamaica Equities closed $1.10 higher at $13.30 trading 207,200 units. 138 Student Living added 42 cents, ending the day at $4.30, transferring 626 shares, PanJam Investment lost 90 cents to close at $101.10 with 537 units trading. Proven Investments added 50 cents to $48, after exchanging 21,603 units, Pulse Investments rose to $4.55 with gains of 55 cents while trading 106,793 shares, Scotia Group tumbled to $52.95 with a fall of $2.05 in transferring 105,340 shares and Seprod closed 38 cents lower to $50.62, with 43,247 units changing hands.
Trading activity on the Junior Market on Monday ended with 30 securities changing hands, against 26 26 on Friday but with an exchange of just 1,945,433 units valued at $5,415,942 compared to 5,092,867 units valued at $20,132,259 on Friday.
Blue Power closed trading of 1,600 units and gained 10 cents to end at $7.30, Caribbean Flavours rose 70 cents higher to close at $13, with 2,298 stock units changing hands. Caribbean Producers closed with a loss of 5 cents at $4.70, in swapping of 109,552 shares, Consolidated Bakeries exchanged 35,000 units and gained 1 cent to end at $1.80, Elite Diagnostic ended trading with 81,123 shares, after rising 31 cents to $5.30. Investors transferred 252,481 units of Everything Fresh moving the price up by 5 cents to end at $1.10, Express Catering gained 30 cents to end at $6.40, in trading 18,082 shares, Fosrich fell 5 cents with 18,900 units changing hands at $4.75, General Accident climbed 79 cents to end at $8.09, with 19,988 stock units trading. Honey Bun rose 5 cents and exchanged 882 shares at $6.50, iCreate gained 1 cent to end at 62 cents, after trading 281,304 shares, Indies Pharma shed 3 cents with 30,104 units crossing the exchange at $3.36, Iron Rock Insurance lost 3 cents in trading 93,990 units at $3.45. Jamaican Teas lost 3 cents trading 17,750 units at $6.20, 
Jetcon Corporation closed with a loss of 5 cents at $1.90, in swapping of 20,200 shares, Knutsford Express lost 85 cents in trading 3,643 stocks units to close at $10, Lasco Distributors dropped 49 cents in trading of 6,091 units at $3.40. Lasco Financial closed trading of 322,888 units and gained 35 cents to end at $4.50, Lasco Manufacturing fell 4 cents in trading of 45,901 units at $5.15, Limners and Bards climbed 3 cents and exchanged 63,595 shares at $2.75. Medical Disposables closed trading of 3,000 units and gained 55 cents to end at $8, Main Event climbed 40 cents in exchanging 200 shares at $6.50, Stationery and Office Supplies rose 13 cents to settle at $11.19 with 2,300 shares changing hands. SSL Venture gained 8 cents to close at $1.58, with 373,768 stock units trading and Ttech climbed 1 cent and exchanged 14,936 shares at $5.51.
General Accident had 1,300 units crossing the exchange and gained 20 cents to end at $7.30, Honey Bun shed 5 cents in trading of 10,000 units at $6.45. Indies Pharma exchanged 19,802 units and gained 4 cents to end at $3.39, Iron Rock Insurance fell 2 cents in trading of 128,140 units at $3.48, Jamaican Teas declined by 7 cents with an exchange of 183,943 units to close at $6.23, Lasco Distributors lost 2 cents to settle at $3.89 while trading 4,004,247 shares. Lasco Manufacturing ended with a loss of 1 cent at $5.19 with 59,007 stock units changing hands, Medical Disposables closed 70 cents higher at $7.45, in trading 1,000 stock units, Stationery and Office Supplies traded 2,000 stock units and gained 6 cents to end at $11.06 and SSL Venture climbed 20 cents and exchanged 23,600 shares at $1.50.
The JSE market indices declined marginally for the third consecutive day on Friday even as more stock rose than fall as investors continue to search for a longer-term direction for stocks.
NCB Financial Group dropped $5 to close at $205, in exchanging 49,914 units, 138 Student Living gained 38 cents, ending the day at $3.88, in transferring 43,183 shares. Proven Investments climbed 50 cents to $47.50, after trading 17,142 units, Scotia Group lost 55 cents to settle at $55, in swapping 82,307 shares, Stanley Motta closed 30 cents lower to $5.15, with 27,800 units exchanged and Sygnus Credit Investments gained 30 cents trading 100 units, ending the day’s trade at $22.30.
Jamaican Teas closed trading of 41,424 units and gained 35 cents to end at $6.30, Lasco Distributors traded 500 shares, after rising 31 cents to end at $3.91, Lasco Financial climbed 15 cents and exchanged 145,200 shares at $4.15. Lasco Manufacturing ended market activity exchanging 35,100 shares to close at $5.20 after falling 2 cents, Main Event climbed 5 cents after exchanging 22,181 shares at $6.10, Paramount Trading dipped 10 cents in trading of 1,227 units at $1.75 and SSL Venture closed trading of 300 units and gained 15 cents to end at $1.30.