iCreate hits a low of 80 cents on Thursday.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange inched modestly higher on Thursday, following two days of above normal levels of decline.
Investors exchanged 26 pushed securities down from 29 on Wednesday and pushed prices of 10 down while moving 6 higher and left 10 unchanged, leading to the market index gaining 9.97 points to close at 3,003.91, down 7.5 percent for the year to date.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Trading resulted in an exchange of 1,300,783 units valued at $4,737,252, compared to 4,599,999 units valued $17,666,220 changing hands on Wednesday. Trading ended with an average of 50,030 units for an average of $182,202 in contrast to 158,621 units for an average of $609,180 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 108,069 valued at $384,099 and previously 115,502 valued at $409,958 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 closed at $45.50, with an exchange of 3,000 shares, Blue Power concluded trading with 433 units at $4.50, Cargo Handlers gained 5 cents to at $11, with 3,500 shares passing through the market, Caribbean Cream ended trading of 13,917 shares and lost 2 cents to close at $5.28. Caribbean Flavours traded 11,600 stock units at $16.80, Caribbean Producers finished trading with 34,150 units, and fell 10 cents to $4.60, Derrimon Trading ended 22 cents higher at $2.72, with 3,500 shares clearing the exchange, Everything Fresh finished at $1.40, trading 55,899 stock units, Elite Diagnostic settled with a loss of 5 cents at $2.85, with 138,334 units changing hands. Express Catering ended trading with 3,162 shares, after falling 50 cents to close at $7, FosRich Group exchanged 6,585 shares, with a loss of 10 cents at $3.90, Fontana finished trading 139,911 shares, with a loss of 10 cents at $3.90, General Accident closed 50 cents higher at $4.50, with an exchange of 64,523 stock units. GWest Corporation ended at $1.35, with 50,700 units changing 
hands, Honey Bun concluded trading of 102,733 shares, at $3.70, iCreate lost 18 cents to close at an all-time low of 80 cents, with an exchange of 51,586 shares, Indies Pharma finished at $3.03, trading 144,477 shares, Jamaican Teas traded with 55,972 units and rose 40 cents to close at $4.10. Jetcon Corporation finished trading of 41,176 shares, with a loss of 5 cents to close at $2.45, Knutsford Express traded 5,094 stock units at $11.90, Lasco Distributors finished 2 cents higher at $3.72, with 39,800 units clearing the exchange, Lasco Financial settled 30 cents higher at $4.40, with 79,321 shares changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 203,560 shares at $3.21, Main Event fell 51 cents to close at $4.90, with 7,139 shares changing hands, Stationery and Office concluded trading of 38,511 shares at $6.75 and tTech settled with a loss of 20 cents at $5.30, in trading 2,200 stock units.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
