Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with on Thursday the Index gaining 7.05 points to close at 3,108.36 as the prices of 10 securities rose, 10 fell and 6 remained unchanged.
At the close of market settled with 26 securities changing hands, compared to with 27 securities on Wednesday, resulting in an exchange of 2,207,101 units valued at $8,095,275 compared to 2,637,177 units valued at $9,847,525 on Wednesday.
Trading ended with an average of 84,889 units for an average of $311,357 in contrast to 97,673 units for an average of $364,723 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 251,058 valued at $676,371 and previously 270,714 valued at $702,301. In contrast, January closed with average of 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 5 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 5 cents at $2.45, with 43,350 stock units trading, Blue Power concluded trading with 100 units, at $5, CAC 2000 closed at $12.12, with 2,000 shares changing hands, Caribbean Producers finished trading 22,620 units at $4.70, Derrimon Trading ended 10 cents higher at $2.80, exchanging 394,231 shares. Dolphin Cove traded 200 shares at $15, Everything Fresh finished 10 cents higher at $1.70, with 57,666 stock units changing hands, Elite Diagnostic settled 40 cents higher at $3.40, trading 20,000 shares, Express Catering ended trading with 92,005 shares and rose 44 cents to $7.50. FosRich Group traded 1,200 shares after closing 2 cents higher at $4, Fontana finished trading with a loss of 9 cents at $3.86, with 211,257 shares passing through the market, General Accident closed at $4, trading 33,084 stock units, GWest Corporation ended 1 cent higher at $1.70, with an exchange of 63,959 units. Indies Pharma finished 19 cents higher at $2.99, exchanging 145,371 shares, Iron Rock settled with a loss of $1.50 down to $3.50, with 10,000 shares traded, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 134,604 shares with a loss 
of 54 cents at $2.61, Knutsford Express exchanged 30,553 stock units after rising $2.10 to close at $13. Lasco Distributors finished 5 cents higher at $3.75, trading 86,259 units, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 1 cent at $4.79, with 31,401 shares changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 500,787 shares after closing 7 cents higher at $3.27. Main Event traded 13,357 shares with a loss of 10 cents to end at $5.70. Medical Disposables lost 35 cents to close at $5.40, with 147,678 stock units passing through the market, Paramount Trading closed with a loss of 32 cents at $2.08, after 90,800 units traded. SSL Venture Capital ended with a loss of 20 cents at $1.70, with 23,937 shares, Stationery and Office concluded trading of 40,000 shares at $8.50 and tTech settled with a loss of 86 cents at $5.89, in exchanging 10,682 stock units.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
