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Trading was dominated by Fontana with 75 percent of the total volume traded in the Junior Market.
At the close, 27 securities changed hands versus 22 changing hands on Friday leading to the prices of 12 securities advancing, 9 declining and 6 remaining unchanged and a rise of 25.69 points in the market index to close at 3,154.52.
Trading ended with an average of 118,619 units for an average of $448,942 in contrast to 68,235 units for an average of $260,022 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 91,113 shares valued $336,354 and previously 86,061 shares valued $315,674. In contrast, the average trade in January was 2,245,428 units with a value of $7,372,574 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 higher bids than their last selling prices and 4 closing with lower offers.
At the close of the day’s activities, Access Financial closed at $47, in trading 5,515 shares, AMG Packaging ended 10 cents higher at $2.50, with an exchange of 31,162 stock units, Blue Power concluded trading of 10,218 units after rising 80 cents to $5.80, CAC 2000 finished with a loss of 10 cents at $12.40, in exchanging 3,200 shares. Derrimon Trading ended 5 cents higher at $2.95, with 53,000 shares changing hands, Everything Fresh lost 22 cents to end at $1.61, with 63,050 stock units trading, Elite Diagnostic settled at $3.19, with an exchange 26,852 units, Express Catering ended trading of 21,766 shares with a loss of 30 cents at $7.50. FosRich Group traded just 103 shares with a loss of 1 cent at $3.99, Fontana finished trading 10 cents higher at $3.70, with 2,408,200 shares trading, General Accident closed with 80,376 stock units trading, with the price rising 10 cents higher to $4, GWest Corporation fell 19 cents to an all-time low of $1.11, with an exchange of 98,080 units. Honey Bun concluded trading of 36,070 shares with a loss of 5 cents at $3.70, Indies Pharma lost 19 cents at $2.95, in trading 36,151 shares,
Jamaican Teas traded 1,140 units at $4, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 5,100 shares, with a rise of 4 cents to $3.19. Knutsford Express fell 20 cents to end at $12.50, in exchanging 45,925 stock units, Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 30 cents at $3.70, trading 89,999 units, Lasco Financial settled 30 cents higher at $4.50, with an exchange of 14,610 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 133,307 shares 8 cents higher at $3.18. Main Event traded 20,196 shares and moved 30 cents higher to $6, Medical Disposables finished trading at $6.50, with an exchange of 2,000 stock units, Paramount Trading ended swapping 7,000 units for 35 cents higher at $2.40, SSL Venture Capital ended at $1.94, with an exchange of 700 shares. Stationery and Office concluded trading of 1,000 shares and jumped 90 cents higher to $8.40 and tTech settled 4 cents higher at $5.84, with 2,000 stock units changing hands. In the Junior Market preference segment, Derrimon Trading ended at $2.10, with the trading of 6,000 stock units.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
higher at $3.75, with 49,560 shares, Indies Pharma closed 14 cents higher at $3.14, with 89,033 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas traded just 2,500 units at $4, Knutsford Express concluded trading of 1,229 stock units and rose 60 cents higher to $12.70. Lasco Distributors finished 20 cents higher at $4, exchanging 32,593 units, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 1 cent at $4.20, trading 60,136 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 53,600 shares, with a loss of 29 cents at $3.10, SSL Venture Capital ended with a loss of 1 cent at $1.94, with an exchange of 5,300 shares and Stationery and Office concluded trading of 11,000 shares with a loss of 90 cents at $7.50.
Trading volume fell a sharp 63 percent on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday leading to a fall of 18.02 points in the market index to close at 3,156.02.
units with a loss of 60 cents to end at $12.10, Lasco Distributors closed at $3.80, with 15,000 units changing hands, Lasco Financial settled 1 cent higher at $4.21, with an exchange of 2,400 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 3,086 shares 9 cents higher to $3.39. Main Event traded 15 cents higher at $5.70, with 100,000 shares changing hands, Medical Disposables finished trading with a loss of 10 cents at $6.50, with an exchange of 58,183 stock units and SSL Venture Capital ended 20 cents higher at $1.95, with 2,000 shares. In the Junior Market preference segment, CAC 2000 9.5% closed at $1, with 4,700 shares changing hands.
stock units trading, Honey Bun concluded trading of 21,701 shares, and closed 14 cents higher at $3.89, Indies Pharma ended trading at $2.95, with 82,351 units, Jamaican Teas closed trading with 5,600 stock units after declining 15 cents at $3.85. Jetcon Corporation closed at $3.25, with 13,000 units changing hands, KLE Group closed 10 cents higher at $3.20, after trading 530 shares, Knutsford Express ended at $12.70, with an exchange of 15,039 shares, Lasco Distributors lost 20 cents to close at $3.80, with 20,683 stock units changing hands. Lasco Financial finished with a loss of 40 cents at $4.20, with an exchange of 42,118 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled 7 cents higher at $3.30, in trading 11,813 shares, Main Event ended trading 2,000 shares, with a loss of 7 cents to close at $5.55, Stationery and Office ended at $8.40, trading 10,000 shares and tTech finished with a loss of 5 cents at $5.80, as 3,227 shares changed hands.
The Junior Market index of the Jamaica Stock Exchange dropped 19.89 points to 3,169.67 at the end of trading on Tuesday, as the prices of 7 securities rose, 9 declined and 11 remained unchanged.
of 15 cents at $3.75, with an exchange of 8,100 stock units, Indies Pharma closed at $3.05 trading 104,845 shares. Iron Rock ended 50 cents higher at $5, with 7,000 units trading, Jamaican Teas exchanged 100 shares at $4, Knutsford Express finished trading of 40,878 shares at $12.70, Lasco Distributors closed 11 cents higher at $4, in trading 11,886 shares. Lasco Financial ended 10 cents higher at $4.60, with 3,196 shares traded, Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading of 23,455 stock units, with a loss of 17 cents to end at $3.23, Main Event dropped 88 cents to close at $5.62, in exchanging 9,541 units. Paramount Trading ended trading with a loss of 15 cents at $2.05, with 27,433 shares and Stationery and Office traded 10,643 shares with a loss of 20 cents at $8.40. In the Junior Market preference segment, CAC 2000 closed trading at $1, with 1,000 shares changing hands.
The Junior Market index of the Jamaica Stock Exchange climbed by a strong 45.78 points to closed at 3,189.56 at the end of trading on Monday as the prices of 8 securities rose, 6 declined and 7 remained unchanged.
General Accident traded 18 cents higher at $4, with 8,050 shares changing hands, GWest Corporation finished trading 48,353 shares with a loss of 5 cents at $1.45, Honey Bun closed at $3.90, with 8,672 stock units trading, Indies Pharma closed at $3.05 trading 20,959 shares. Jamaican Teas finished trading 2,316 shares at $4. Knutsford Express finished trading 3,200 shares at $12.70, Lasco Distributors gained 9 cents to close at $3.89, trading 62,066 shares, Lasco Financial ended with a loss of 10 cents at $4.50, with 84,924 shares changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading of 500 stock units and rose 12 cents to close at $3.40. SSL Venture Capital rose 5 cents in exchanging 567,557 shares to close at $1.75 and Stationery and Office closed at $8.60, with 16,300 shares changing hands.
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Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Friday with 27 securities changing hands, compared to 28 securities changing hands on Thursday, with a sharp drop in the number of securities trading.
cents higher at $4.50, with 10,410 units changing hands, Jamaican Teas finished at $4, trading 900 shares. Jetcon Corporation settled 10 cents higher at $3.25, with the exchange of 78,059 shares. Knutsford Express traded 14,902 shares at $12.70, Lasco Distributors closed at $3.80, exchanging 140,902 shares, Lasco Financial closed with 32,549 shares changing hands and ended 10 cents higher at $4.60, Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading of 35,958 stock units 3 cents higher at $3.28. Main Event finished exchanging 6,247 units, with a loss of 45 cents at $6.50, Stationery and Office traded 8,400 shares at $8.60 and tTech climbed 85 cents to $5.85, with 5,020 units changing hands. In the junior market preference segment, CAC 2000 closed at $1, with the trading of 1,800 shares.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange lost 4 percent in value since the start of the year and would have suffered a greater loss had Fontana that was listed in the dying days of 2018 not added positively to the index. 
shares, AMG Packaging ended 6 cents higher at $2.46, with an exchange of 33,184 stock units, Blue Power concluded trading with 7,507 units and lost 15 cents to end at $4.85, CAC 2000 finished trading 100 shares at $15. Cargo Handlers lost 3 cents to close at $15, with 128,861 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cream ended trading of 14,700 shares with the price rising 55 cents to $5.85, Caribbean Flavours traded 5,620 stock units and rose $1 to end at $19, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 19 cents at $2.60, with an exchange of 49,631 shares. Elite Diagnostic finished 5 cents higher at $3.05, with an exchange of 36,461 stock units. Everything Fresh traded 23,680 shares to close at $1.80, Express Catering settled 30 cents higher at $7.80, with 77,267 units changing hands, Fontana lost 4 cents to close at $3.45 with 9,633,854 shares changing hands and sucking out a great deal of the supply hanging over the market. FosRich Group ended trading of 14,920 shares and gained 19 cents to $3.95, General Accident traded 235,753 shares and gained 25 cents to close at $4, GWest Corporation finished trading 79,376 shares with a loss of 22 cents at $1.50. Honey Bun closed at $3.90, with 500 stock 
units changing hands, Indies Pharma rose 5 cents in ending at $3.05, with 346,285 units trading, Jamaican Teas finished 29 cents higher at $4, with an exchange of 3,000 shares, Jetcon Corporation settled with a loss of 15 cents at $3.15, with 580,985 shares trading. Key Insurance ended trading 5,590 stock units, with a loss of 10 cents, to end at $3, Knutsford Express finished trading of 6,706 shares, at $12.70, Lasco Distributors closed 15 cents higher at $3.80, exchanging 507,480 shares, Lasco Financial ended at $4.50, with 20,544 shares. Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading with a loss of 15 cents at $3.25, with an exchange of 273,968 stock units, Paramount Trading ended trading of 244,690 shares, 11 cents higher at $2.20, Stationery and Office traded 20,881 shares with a loss of 40 cents to close at $8.60 and tTech gained 1 cent to end at $5, trading 118,072 units. In the junior market preference segment, Derrimon Trading ended at $2.10, with 48,000 stock units changing hands.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange made modest gains at the close of trading on Wednesday as the Junior Market Index rose 8.54 points to close at 3,128.39.
contrast, December ended with an average of 136,222 units at a value of $737,367 for each security traded.
$1.72, Honey Bun closed 15 cents higher at $3.90, with 33,133 stock units changing hands, Indies Pharma rose 5 cents in ending at $3, with 42,773 units changing hands. Jetcon Corporation settled 20 cents higher at $3.30, with an exchange of 5,323 shares, Knutsford Express finished trading 2,900 shares, and rose 70 cents higher to $12.70, Lasco Distributors closed with a loss of 8 cents at $3.65, with an exchange of 38,172 shares. Lasco Financial ended with a loss of 10 cents at $4.50, while trading 232,583 shares, Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading of 29,461 stock units 1 cent higher at $3.40, SSL Venture Capital lost 25 cents in exchanging 367,161 shares to close at $1.70 and tTech finished trading with a loss of 1 cent at $4.99, with 130 stock units changing hands.