Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange remained low keyed on Thursday, with low volume and a rise in the market Index by 12.87 points to close at 3,189.76.
Trading ended with 27 securities changing hands with the prices of 10 rising, 10 falling and 7 remaining unchanged. The market closed with 678,952 shares, valued at $3,223,519 changing hands, compared to 1,192,642 units valued at $4,117,828 on Monday, from 25 securities that traded.
Trading ended with an average of 25,146 units for an average of $119,390 in contrast to 47,706 units for an average of $164,713 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 147,500 units at a value of $806,936, versus 156,428 units at a value of $857,109, previously. November, ended with an average of 190,475 units valued at $653,358 for each se curity traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ended with higher bids than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
At the close of the day’s activity, AMG Packaging ended trading 5 cents higher at $1.90, with 15,608 stock units changing hands, Blue Power ended trading 10,637 units with a rise of 50 cents to $5.50, Caribbean Cream closed trading of 2,978 shares at $5.82, Caribbean Producers traded 5,092 units at $5.44. Consolidated Bakeries closed with a fall of 20 cents to a 52 weeks’ low of $1.70, with an exchange of 4,454 shares, Derrimon Trading fell 7 cents and ended at $2.50, with 49,226 shares trading, Dolphin Cove concluded trading of 317 shares but fell $1 to $15, Elite Diagnostic rose 13 cents to finished $3, with 35,425 stock units changing hands, Everything Fresh ended trading 7,930 shares to close at $1.40. Express Catering ended trading 188,327 shares at $8, FosRich Group lost 10 cents to end at $3.95, trading 32,559 shares, General Accident ended trading $3.50 with an exchange of 55,000 shares, GWest Corporation finished trading $1.60 with an 
exchange of 1,618 shares. Honey Bun closed $3.20 after falling 20 cents as 63,349 stock units traded, Indies Pharma rose 10 cents and ended trading 22,153 shares to close at $3.20, Jamaican Teas jumped 80 cents to end at $4.70, with 5,000 shares changing hands. Jetcon Corporation gained 30 cents to settle at $3.40, with 25,100 shares traded, Knutsford Express fell $1.20 and finished trading 7,653 shares at $11.80, Lasco Distributors rose 19 cents and closed at $3.99, with 27,426 shares changing hands, Lasco Financial ended 53 cents higher to $4.50, trading 7,858 shares. Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading 35 cents higher to $3.45, with the trading of 69,805 stock units, Main Event finished 10 cents down to $5.90, with an exchange of 10,332 units, Medical Disposables lost 20 cents to end at $6.50, with 957 shares trading. Paramount Trading ended trading 45 cents higher to close at $2.90, with an exchange of 12,901 shares, Stationery and Office lost 40 cents, trading 3,417 shares, to close at $8.10 and tTech dropped 60 cents to close $4.59 higher at $4.59, with 130 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
