The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Friday, with the market rising even as more stocks fell than rose after investors traded 86 percent fewer shares than on Thursday.
Tropical Battery traded the most shares on Friday on the Junior Market.
Trading ended with 30 securities changing hands compared to 33 on Thursday and ended with nine stocks rising, the prices of 13 declining and eight with prices remaining unchanged.
At the close, the Junior Market Index increased 34.26 points to settle at 2,567.42, the highest point since August 14. The average PE Ratio of the market ended at 11 based on IC Insider.com’s forecast of 2020-21 earnings.
The market closed with an exchange of 8,653,225 shares for $15,890,750 compared to 60,168,191 units at $111,470,486 on Thursday. Tropical Battery led trading with 62.8 percent of total volume with an exchange of 5.44 million shares d, followed by Mailpac Group with 19.7 percent of the day’s trade or 1.71 million units and Lumber Depot with 404,255 units for 4.7 percent market share.
Trading ended with an average of 288,441 units at $529,692 in contrast to 1,823,279 at $3,377,894 on Thursday. For the month to date, the average trade resulted in an exchange of 1,092,403 units at $2,021,607. 
Trading in September ended, with an average of 119,171 units at $249,355.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading for the market shows four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and six with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial climbed $1.97 to end at $24 with an exchange of 216 shares, AMG Packaging fell 6 cents to settle at $1.63 with 8,040 stock units changing hands, Blue Power advanced 39 cents to finish at $3.58 with the trading of 10,006 shares. Caribbean Assurance Brokers lost 2 cents to close at $1.99 with 10,000 units passing through the market, Caribbean Cream slipped 2 cents to $4.48 with an exchange of 39,380 stocks, Caribbean Flavours declined by 5 cents to settle at $18.40 with investors switching ownership of 106,436 stock units. Caribbean Producers dropped 15 cents to end at $2.20 with 40,275 shares changing hands, Express Catering lost 10 cents to close at $4.05 with 2,000 stocks passing through the market. Fontana fell 5 cents and traded 119,410 stock units to settle at $5.05. Honey Bun increased 2 cents to finish at $4.80 with investors transferring 1,400 units, iCreate added 1 cent to end at 75 cents with an exchange of 36,226 shares, Indies Pharma declined by 5 cents to close at $2.90 with 20,940 shares changing hands. 
Jamaican Teas climbed 9 cents to finish at $5 with 399,447 units traded, Jetcon Corporation slid 4 cents to settle at 91 cents with the switching of ownership of 10,700 stock units, Knutsford Express gained 10 cents to end at $6.90 with an exchange of just three shares. Lasco Manufacturing rose 9 cents to close at $3.50 in trading 761 units, Limners and Bards advanced 10 cents to finish at $2.75 with 44,679 shares changing hands, Lumber Depot increased 4 cents to end at $1.11 with 404,255 stocks passing through the market. Mailpac Group slipped 5 cents in trading 1,708,177 stock units to close at $2, Tropical Battery slipped 1 cent to $1.17 with investors switching ownership of 5,436,363 shares, while Stationery and Office Supplies dropped 77 cents to finish at $4.82 with 1,000 stocks crossing the exchange.
In the market’s preference segment, CAC 2000, 9.5% slipped 3 cents to 99 cents, with 58,601 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
