The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange declined further on Wednesday, following Tuesday’s big fall but with a more balanced advance decline ratio, with 158 percent greater volume and at 209 percent more value.
Investors exchanged 29 securities, up from 25 on Tuesday, but pushed down prices of 10 while moving 9 higher and left 10 unchanged, leading to the market index dropping 30.97 points to close at 2,993.94, down 7.8 percent for the year to date.
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 4 with lower offers.
Trading resulted in an exchange of 4,599,999 units valued at $17,666,220 or 209 percent greater than $5,720,615 on Tuesday from 1,
785,030 units changing hands. Trading ended with an average of 158,621 units for an average of $609,180 in contrast to 71,401 units for an average of $228,825 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 115,502 valued at $409,958 and previously 108,316 valued at $376,754 for each security traded. In contrast, March closed with an average of 195,942 shares valued at $777,498 for each security traded.
At the close of the market, Access Financial exchanged 27,372 shares at $45.50, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 7 cents at $2.23, with 40,500 stock units changing hands, Blue Power concluded trading with 100 units at $4.50, Caribbean Cream ended with a loss of 20 cents at $5.30, with an exchange of 17,000 shares. Caribbean Flavours lost 15 cents to close at $16.80, with 117 stock units crossing the exchange, Caribbean Producers finished trading 10,950 units, 10 cents higher at $4.70, Derrimon Trading gained 10 cents to end at $2.50, while 94,050 shares were exchanged. Everything Fresh finished with a loss of 1 cent at $1.40, with 65,492 stock units changing hands, Elite Diagnostic lost 1 cent to end at $2.90, with 19,661 units trading, Express Catering ended trading 174,327 shares, with a loss of 40 cents at $7.50, FosRich Group traded 21,204 shares with a loss of 30 cents in closing at $4. Fontana finished 20 cents higher at $4, trading 223,817 shares, General Accident closed with a loss of 20 cents at $4, with 50,300 stock units changing hands, GWest Corporation ended 5 cents higher at $1.35, with 25,000 units crossing the exchange, Honey Bun concluded trading of 5,100 shares, with a loss of 10 cents at $3.70. iCreate closed at 98 cents, with 
an exchange of 5,500 shares, Indies Pharma finished at $3.03, in exchanging of 1,754,506 shares, Jamaican Teas traded 500 units 20 cents higher, at $3.70, Jetcon Corporation ended trading of 40,424 shares at $2.50, Key Insurance closed 5 cents higher at $3.05, with 13,000 shares crossing the exchange. KLE Group ended 5 cents higher at $2.70, with an exchange of 417 shares, Knutsford Express concluded trading with 11,842 stock units at $11.90, Lasco Distributors closed at $3.70, as 1,480,615 units changed hands, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 40 cents at $4.10, as 26,130 shares traded. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading of 316,736 shares, at $3.21, Main Event traded 57,209 shares, 1 cent higher to end at $5.41, SSL Venture Capital rose 5 cents higher to $1.65, trading 11,530 shares and Stationery and Office concluded trading at $6.75, with 100,200 shares passing through the exchnage. In the junior market preference segment, CAC 2000 closed at $1.15, with 6,400 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange picked up, on Wednesday, with investors exchanging 378,808 shares at $4,842,548, compared to 247,862 shares for $2,016,105 on Tuesday.
$6.80, with 100 stock units changing hands, Sagicor Financial closed with a loss of 30 cents at $8.50, after exchanging 130,100 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL shed 9 cents and completed trading with 17,443 units at $29.40.
shares, Kingston Wharves gave up $1 to settle at $70, trading 1,986 units, Mayberry Investments gained 50 cents in trading 33,501 shares, at $9. Sagicor Real Estate Fund lost 37 cents in trading 32,500 shares at $10.03, Seprod lost 52 cents to close at $42.15, with 18,647 shares traded, Stanley Motta gained 50 cents and ended at $5, in trading 3,000 shares and Supreme Ventures rose 73 cents and finished at $26.73, with 506,307 units changing hands.
A sea of red covered the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Tuesday as investors pushed down prices 16 securities with just 1 rising out of 25 trading, leading to the market index dropping a sharp 66.35 points, to 3,024.91. 
$5,720,615 compared to 3,199,174 units valued at $8,299,261 23 securities changing hands on Monday. Trading ended with an average of 71,401 units for an average of $228,825 in contrast to 139,095 units for an average of $360,837 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 108,316 valued at $376,754 and previously 114,510 valued at $401,574 for each security traded. In contrast, March closed with an average of 195,942 shares valued at $777,498 for each security traded.
Iron Rock lost 9 cents in closing at $3.90, with 24,300 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas traded 62,261 units with a loss of 3 cents in ending at $3.50, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 33,100 shares for a rise of 19 cents to close at $2.50, Knutsford Express lost $1.09 to close at $11.90, with an exchange of 6,786 stock units. Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 1 cent at $3.70, with 35,500 units changing hands, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 49 cents at $4.50, exchanging 58,797 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading of 115,642 shares, after falling 27 cents to close at $3.21, Main Event traded at $5.40, with 7,622 shares passing through the market and Stationery and Office concluded trading of 28,500 shares at $6.75.
Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended with 3 stocks rising, 2 declining and 8 remaining unchanged as the volume and value of trades rose from that on Monday. 
shares valued at $2,052,536 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 216,255 shares at $2,996,728 for each security, compared to 289,643 shares at $3,590,315 previously. Trading for March resulted in an average of 438,501 shares at $9,851,307, for each security traded.
trading 28,000 shares, at $8.50. NCB Financial Group traded 19,678 shares in losing 49 cents to close at $144.01, Sagicor Group gained 69 cents, ending trading with 39,457 stock units at $38.74, Scotia Group dropped $1.60 trading 7,455 shares at $50.40 and Supreme Ventures lost 75 cents, finishing at $26, with 19,644 units changing hands.
with a loss of 4 cents in closing at $3.95, General Accident closed 5 cents higher at $4.30, with an exchange of 81,000 stock units. GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 20 cents at $1.30, with 82,735 units changing hands, Honey Bun concluded trading of 4,145 shares at $4, iCreate lost 1 cent and closed at $1, with an exchange of 1,011,174 shares, Indies Pharma finished with a loss of 1 cent at $3.05, trading 1,066,647 shares. Jamaican Teas traded 5,000 units and gained 33 cents to close at $3.53, Lasco Distributors finished 1 cent higher at $3.71, with an exchange of 415,000 units. Lasco Financial settled 49 cents higher at $4.99, with 1,254 shares changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 24,028 shares at 3 cents higher to $3.48, Main Event traded with 6,200 shares at $5.40. SSL Venture Capital ended with a loss of 5 cents at $1.60, with an exchange of 29,947 shares and Stationery and Office concluded trading at $6.75, with 15,500 shares changing hands.
Trading on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Friday with JSE All Jamaican Composite Index climbing 1,739.73 points to 424,572.25 and the JSE Index advancing by 1,580.91 points to 386,815.40.
to 289,643 shares at $3,590,315 for each security, compared to 341,904 units valued at $3,094,443 previously. Trading for March resulted in an average of 438,501 shares at $9,851,307, for each security traded.
Mayberry Investments fell $1 in trading 5,000 shares, at $8, Mayberry Jamaican Equities loaded 62 cents and ended trading of 9,296 shares at $9.70, NCB Financial Group traded 36,941 shares, losing 50 cents to close at $144.50. Scotia Group climbed $1.80 trading 508,817 shares at $52, Stanley Motta lost 81 cents to end at $4.50, trading 9,000 shares and Wisynco Group rose 54 cents, ending trading of 240,423 shares at $11.95.
40 cents to $4.30. Fontana finished trading 91,304 shares and fell 1 cent to $3.99, General Accident closed with a loss of 25 cents at $4.25, in exchanging 20,000 stock units, GWest Corporation ended at $1.50, with 7,000 units trading. Honey Bun concluded trading of 2,055 shares with a loss of 18 cents in closing at $4, iCreate added 1 cent and closed at $1.01, with an exchange of 100,791 shares, Indies Pharma finished 1 cent higher at $3.06, with an exchange 979 shares, Jamaican Teas traded with a loss of 90 cents at a 52 weeks’ low of $3.20, in swapping 61,000 units. Jetcon Corporation finished trading 26,470 shares, with a loss of 59 cents to close at $2.31, Knutsford Express concluded trading 18,881 stock units with a loss of 89 cents to $12.99, Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 10 cents at $3.70, with an exchange 68,485 units. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 4,597 shares with a loss of 10 cents at $3.45, Medical Disposables traded 100 stock units at $8 and Stationery and Office concluded trading of 4,000 shares at $6.75.
