Junior Market has been consolidating for most of 2018, after peaking in mid 2017.
The Junior Market Index slipped just 0.19 points to close at 2,931.12 on Monday, from 18 securities changing hands, leading to 7 advancing, 7 falling and 4 remaining unchanged.
Trading ended with an exchange of 1,101,351 units valued at $3,914,113.37, compared with 1,215,407 units valued at $4,590,122 from 21 securities changing hands on Friday.
Market activity ended with an average of 61,186 units for an average of $217,451 compared to an average of 57,877 units for an average of $218,577 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 139,878 units at $592,290, compared to an average of 143,548 units at $609,769 on the previous trading day. February closed with an average of 338,697 units at an average value of $1,495,774 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows just 5 stocks ending with the bid higher than the last selling price and 6 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended trading at $2, with 166,225 stock units, CAC 2000 finished market activity at $8.70, with 8,290 shares, Caribbean Producers finished trading with a loss of 3 cents at $4.67, as 28,364 units changed hands, Elite Diagnostic settled 2 cents higher at $3.20, with 400,400 units, Express Catering traded 45 cents higher to $4.95, with 266,510 shares, after the company reported third quarter results showing a 166 percent jump in profits. FosRich Group finished trading with a loss of 25 cents at $2.40, with an exchange of 13,695 shares, General Accident closed with a loss of 6 cents at $3.13, as 3,000 stock units traded, Honey Bun concluded market activity with a loss of 2 cents at $4.73, with 34,250 shares, Jamaican Teas ended trading 6 cents higher at $4.51, with 4,901 stock units. 
Jetcon Corporation added 5 cents to close at $4.25, with 50,889 units, Knutsford Express ended with a loss of 48 cents at $14, with 961 shares trading, Lasco Distributors concluded trading 5 cents higher at $4.05, with 46,436 stock units, Lasco Financial finished with a loss of 8 cents at $4.92, trading just 188 units. Lasco Manufacturing settled with a loss of 20 cents at $4, with 9,350 shares, Main Event ended trading at $5.81, with 2,000 shares, Medical Disposables closed 18 cents higher at $5, with 38,254 shares and Stationery and Office closed at $5.50, while exchanging 8,989 units. In the junior market preference segment, Derrimon Trading closed 14 cents higher at $2.14, with 18,649 shares, changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.