The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed with reduced volume and value compared to Tuesday’s levels, but the market index gained 10.77 points to close at 2,965.51.
Investors exchanged 22 stocks on Wednesday compared to 26 on Tuesday with prices of 10 rising, 5 declining while 7 remaining unchanged. Trading resulted in an exchange of 723,588 units valued at over $2,470,037 compared to 1,647,966 units valued $7,220,502 on Tuesday.
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 3 with lower offers.
Trading ended with an average of 32,890 units for an average of $112,274 in contrast to 63,383 units for an average of $277,712 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 90,668 units valued $324,180 and previously, 94,076 units valued $336,678 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, AMG Packaging ended 3 cents higher at $2.15, with an exchange 819 stock units, Blue Power concluded trading of 3,000 units, at $4.40, Caribbean Producers finished trading at $4.85, with 10,000 units changing hands, Derrimon Trading ended trading of 34,500 shares, at $2.71. Everything Fresh finished 5 cents higher at $1.50, with an exchange of 34,775 stock units, Express Catering ended trading 20,966 shares, at $7.11, FosRich Group traded 7,110 shares with a loss of 60 cents at $3.90, Fontana finished trading 7 cents higher at $3.95, with an exchange of 118,321 shares, General Accident closed at $4, after trading 3,750 stock units. Honey Bun traded 12,911 shares and closed 6 cents higher at $3.81, iCreate closed trading at 90 cents, with an exchange of 33,400 shares. Indies Pharma finished with a loss of 9 cents at $3.01, with 329,659 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas traded 7,000 units and rose 45 
cents higher to $4, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 14 cents higher at $2.49, with an exchange of 31,399 shares. Knutsford Express concluded trading of 5,225 stock units, 40 cents higher at $12.30, Lasco Distributors finished 3 cents higher at $3.63, with 1,801 units changing hands, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 15 cents at $4, with 30,400 shares crossing the exchange, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 3,162 shares with a loss of 5 cents at $3.20. Main Event traded 1,928 shares and rose 34 cents to close at $5.39, SSL Venture Capital ended at $1.60, while exchanging 1,900 shares, Stationery and Office concluded trading with 29,786 shares for 25 cents higher at $7 and tTech settled with a loss of 30 cents at $5, with 1,776 stock units trading.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
