The Junior Market Index advanced by 34.58 points to close at 3,208.39 at the close on Friday as 23 securities traded versus 28 on Thursday with 6 stocks rising, 10 declining and 7 remaining unchanged.
At the close, investors exchanged 956,921 units valued at $3,959,209 compared to 1,426,982 units valued at $5,935,222 on Thursday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator closed Friday with 3 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices, while 3 closed with lower offers.
Trading ended with an average of 41,605 units for an average of $172,139 in contrast to 50,964 units for an average of $211,972 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 101,813 units valued at $501,965 and previously 101,813 units valued at $501,965. October, ended with an average of 69,421 units valued at $347,455 for each security traded.
At the close of trading, AMG Packaging gained 5 cents to end at $1.80, trading 15,810 stock units, Blue Power concluded trading 19,170 units at $4.80, CAC2000 finished trading at $16, while exchanging 20,200 shares, Caribbean Cream ended trading of 19,950 shares, with a loss of 98 cents at $5.02, Caribbean Producers finished trading with a loss of 25 cents at $5.75, in exchanging 18,630 units. Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 10 cents at $2.60, with 96,381 shares changing hands. Everything Fresh rose 20 cents in trading 73,762 shares to close at $1.80, Express Catering ended trading 117,837 shares, with a loss of 6 cents at $7.49, FosRich Group lost 2 cents to end at $3.84, with 43,049 shares changing hand, General Accident finished trading 1,000 shares at $4. Honey Bun ended 2 cents higher at $4, with 8,781 units changing hands, Indies Pharma fell 5 cents and ended trading 20,039 shares to close at $3, Jamaican Teas settled 48 cents higher at $4.38, trading 14,000 shares, Jetcon Corporation traded 78,210 stock units, but fell 
20 cents to $3.80, Key Insurance traded 200 units with a loss of 9 cents at $3.16. Knutsford Express closed at $12, with 13,000 shares changing hands, Lasco Distributors lost 20 cents to close at $3.80, in an exchange of 60,406 shares, Lasco Financial concluded trading of 60,000 stock units at 4 cents higher at $5.05, Lasco Manufacturing gained 24 cents to $3.44, with 11,568 units changing hands. Medical Disposables ended trading at $7.50, with 2,123 shares SSL Venture Capital traded 4,599 shares and lost 1 cent to end at $1.75 and Stationery and Office traded 16,206 shares at $9.98. In the junior market preference segment, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 36 cents at $2.15, with 242,000 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
