The Junior Market Index slipped 4.73 points to close at 3,449.27 on Friday with 26 securities changing hands, with 11 securities rising, 11 declining as 4 remained unchanged.
Trading resulted in an exchange of 2,702,763 units valued at $10,370,231 compared to 8,459,100 units at $64,413,332 on Thursday from 27 securities.
Market activity ended with an average of 103,952 units for an average of $398,855 in contrast to 313,300 units for an average of $2,385,679 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 1,269,357 valued at $3,264,913 and previously 1,377,283 valued at $3,452,615. August ended with an average of 232,398 units valued at $1,072,851 for each traded security.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the close of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 9 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging declined 18 cents to settle at $1.82 with an exchange of 15,361 shares, Blue Power traded 1,196 shares, after rising 55 cents to end at $8.99, Caribbean Cream lost 29 cents in trading 5,587 shares to close at $5, Caribbean Producers exchanged 253,849 shares after rising 5 cents to end at $4.80. Consolidated Bakeries closed 5 cents higher at $1.70, with 2,000 stock units trading, Derrimon Trading dipped 5 cents in trading 26,297 units at $2.47, Express Catering closed trading of 110,546 units and gained 49 cents to end at $6.50, Elite Diagnostic closed with a loss of 15 cents at $5.60, after swapping of 33,370 shares. Fosrich ended trading with 27,594 shares, after rising 3 cents to end at $4.93, Fontana fell 5 cents in trading of 99,103 units at $8.10, General Accident lost 15 cents in trading 117,978 shares to close at $6.25, GWest Corporation closed 2 cents higher at $1.07, with 45,000 stock units trading. 
Honey Bun lost 20 cents to close at $6.20, after swapping of 1,116 shares, iCreate closed 2 cents higher at 77 cents, with 151,499 stock units trading, Indies Pharma shed 13 cents trading 53,023 units at $3.30, Jamaican Teas closed trading of 80,953 units and gained 2 cents to end at $5.98. Knutsford Express ended trading with 5,713 shares, after rising 4 cents to end at $10.99, Limners and Bards ended market activity exchanging 1,236,217 shares to close at $2.52 after falling 30 cents, Lasco Financial closed with a loss of 32 cents at $4.68, in swapping of 37,300 shares. Medical Disposables closed trading of 68,130 units and gained 70 cents to end at $8.10 and Main Event closed 4 cents higher at $5.65, with 3,648 stock units trading. In the Junior Market preference segment, CAC 2000 lost 4 cents in trading 44,500 shares to close at $1.10.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
