The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange gained moderately on Thursday, with the market index rising 16.60 points to close at 2,671.26 as the prices of 7 securities advanced, 4 declined and 4 remained unchanged.
At the close of market activities on a day with sharply lower trading levels than on Wednesday, only 15 securities changed hands, resulting in an exchange of 421,479 units valued at $1,639,472 compared to 2,224,289 units valued at $10,033,873 on Wednesday from 20 securities trading.
Trading ended with an average of 28,099 units for an average of $109,298 in contrast to 111,214 units for an average of $501,694 on Wednesday. 
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 79,086 valued at $326,414 and previously, 83,407 shares valued at $344,814. In contrast, November closed with average of 107,477 units valued at $545,989 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ending with bids higher than the last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed at $38, with 1,565 shares trading, CAC 2000 settled with a loss of 6 cents at $6.44, with 2,714 shares, Cargo Handlers ended trading 5 cents higher at $10.90, with 100 stock units, Caribbean Cream traded 14 cents higher at $5.75, with 1,099 units, Caribbean Producers closed with a loss of 39 cents at $3.61, with 42,543 shares. 
Express Catering ended trading 1 cent higher at $4.29, with 24,811 stock units, Jamaican Teas concluded trading 37 cents higher at $3.70, with 44,213 units, Jetcon Corporation finished at $4.30, with 67,551 shares, KLE Group ended trading 42 cents higher at $2.50, with 1,118 stock units. Lasco Distributors finished trading with a loss of 24 cents at $4.11, with 31,962 shares, Lasco Financial closed at $4.75, with 4,948 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended with a loss of 15 cents at $3.30, with 81,530 stock units, Medical Disposables finished 5 cents higher at $5, with 965 shares, Paramount Trading settled 18 cents higher at $2.88, with 100,310 shares and tTech finished trading at $5.50, with 16,050 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.