The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed trading on Tuesday with the Market Index jumping 43,88 points to close at 3,157.54 as the prices of 8 securities rising, 4 falling and 10 remaining unchanged
The market closed with 22 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 1,541,445 units valued at $5,341,261 compared to 1,343,967 units valued at $5,105,838 on Monday from trading in 25 stocks.
Trading ended with an average of 70,066 units for an average of $242,785 in contrast to 53,759 units for an average of $204,233 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 193,704 units at a value of $1,076,071, versus 204,672 units at a value of $1,149,992, previously. 
November, ended with an average of 190,475 units valued at $653,358 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 9 stocks ended with higher bids than their last selling price and 3 with lower offers.
At the close of the day’s activity, Access Financial closed with a loss of 3 cents at $47.50, trading 207 shares, Cargo Handlers settled at $15, with an exchange of 3,000 shares, Caribbean Cream ended trading 105,800 shares and rose 60 cents higher to $6, Caribbean Producers finished trading at $5.30, with 26,157 units changing hands, Consolidated Bakeries closed with a loss of 10 cents at $1.90, with trading in 500 shares. Derrimon Trading ended at $2.55, with an exchange of 26,666 shares, Elite Diagnostic closed 2 cents higher at $2.89, with 19,246 stock units changing hands, Eppley settled at $9, with trading in 2,460 units, Everything Fresh ended trading of 431,780 shares to close at $1.30, Express Catering closed trading of 37,000 shares and rose 50 cents to $8. FosRich Group traded 9 cents higher to $3.94, with 68,815 shares trading, Honey Bun ended at $3.50, with 3,000 units changing hands, Indies Pharma traded 112,128 shares to close at $3.20, Jetcon Corporation ended trading with 32,100 
stock units and rose 1 cent higher to $3.01, Knutsford Express closed at $11.50, with an exchange of 13,167 shares. Lasco Distributor ended 5 cents higher at $3.80, trading 553,428 shares, Lasco Financial concluded trading of 10,225 stock units and rose 15 cents to $4.15, Lasco Manufacturing finished 45 cents higher at $3.50, after trading 41,640 units, Medical Disposables ended trading of 2,457 shares, rising 30 cents higher to $6.80. Paramount Trading closed with a loss of 7 cents at $2.45, with 20,669 shares changing hands, SSL Venture Capital traded 1,000 shares and ended at $2 and Stationery and Office finished trading of 30,000 stock units with a loss of 40 cents to close at $8.10.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
