GWest dropped to an all-time low of Monday of $2.35.
The Junior Market Index declined 35.85 points to close at 2,932.68 in trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Monday with 22 securities changing hands, compared to 26 on Friday.
At the close of market activities 806,611 units valued at $3,430,741 were exchanged, compared to 1,252,974 units valued at $5,418,449, on Friday. Trading ended with the prices of 6 securities advancing, 12 declining while 4 remained unchanged.
Market activity ended with an average of 36,664 units for an average of $155,943 in contrast to 48,191 units for an average of $208,402 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 104,394 units with an average value of $384,083 and previously 120,246 units with an average value of $437,478. April closed with an average of 121,622 units at $506,803, 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 their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
At the close of the market AMG Packaging ended 6 cents higher at $2, with 1,500 stock units trading, 
Blue Power concluded trading at $30, with 100 units, Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of 15 cents at $9.85, with 6,247 shares, Caribbean Producers finished trading with a loss of 21 cents at $5.29, with 1,600 units changing hands, Consolidated Bakeries closed with a loss of 20 cents at $1.85, with 123,000 shares. Elite Diagnostic settled at $3.25, with 76,190 units, Eppley ended trading 2 cents higher at $9.22, with 55,000 shares, Express Catering traded 1 cent higher at $5.51, with 3,523 shares, FosRich Group finished trading with a loss of 1 cent at $2.49, with 3,349 shares. General Accident closed with a loss of 5 cents at $3.15, trading 5,637 stock units, GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 5 cents at a 52 weeks’ low of $2.35, while exchanging 22,537 units, Honey Bun concluded trading at $4.80, with 1,006 shares,
Jamaican Teas ended trading with a loss of 55 cents at $4.45, with 100,409 stock units. Jetcon Corporation traded with a loss of 9 cents at $4, with 173,947 units, after trading at a 52 weeks’ low of $3.50, KLE Group closed 5 cents higher at $2.50, with 6,204 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading with a loss of 2 cents at $4.28, with 98,131 stock units, Lasco Financial finished at $5.55, with 78,200 units. Lasco Manufacturing settled with a loss of 11 cents at $3.74, with 29,470 shares, Main Event ended trading 21 cents higher at $7, with 11,500 shares, Paramount Trading finished trading with a loss of 30 cents at $2.70, with 2,000 stock units, Stationery and Office closed 15 cents higher at $6.20, with 6,091 units and tTech concluded trading with a loss of 3 cents at $5.72, with 970 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Key Insurance finished trading at $3.90, with 10,000 shares, Knutsford Express ended 43 cents higher at $13.90, with 5,290 shares. Lasco Distributors concluded trading 10 cents higher at $4.30, with 87,570 stock units, Lasco Financial finished at $5.55, with 24,986 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled 10 cents higher at $3.85, with 9,140 shares, Main Event ended trading with a loss of 46 cents at $6.79, with 8,560 shares. Paramount Trading finished trading with a loss of 10 cents at $3, with 70,851 stock units, Stationery and Office closed with a loss of 15 cents at $6.05, with 10,346 units and tTech concluded trading at $5.75, with 29,327 shares. In the junior market preference segment, Derrimon Trading 9% ended at $2, with 2,390 stock units, Eppley 8.75% concluded trading at $6, with 48,550 units changing hands.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
General Accident closed with a loss of 1 cent at $3, with 18,500 stock units. GWest Corporation ended at $2.40, with 79,075 units, Honey Bun concluded trading with a loss of 20 cents at $4.60, with 7,326 shares, Jamaican Teas ended trading 40 cents higher at $5, with 14,572 stock units, Jetcon Corporation traded with a loss of 2 cents at $4.13, with 30,765 units. Key Insurance finished trading 30 cents higher at $3.90, with 150 shares, Knutsford Express ended with a loss of 48 cents at $13.47, with 120 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading with a loss of 5 cents at $4.20, with 198,867 stock units, Lasco Financial finished 5 cents higher at $5.55, with 28,040 units. Lasco Manufacturing settled 2 cents higher at $3.75, with 67,278 shares, Main Event ended trading at $7.25, with 9,348 shares, Stationery and Office closed 20 cents higher at $6.20, with 32,246 units and tTech concluded trading at $5.75, with 2,280 shares changing hands.
Trading on the Junior Market Index declined sharply from Tuesday, with an exchange of 1,022,183 units valued at $3,868,338.79, down from 5,405,843 shares valued at $23,297,183. 
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Honey Bun concluded trading at $4.80, with 3,000 shares, Jamaican Teas ended trading with a loss of 40 cents at $4.60, with 11,892 stock units, Jetcon Corporation traded with a loss of 10 cents at $4.15, with 6,133 units, Key Insurance finished trading 10 cents higher at $3.60, with 13,837 shares. Knutsford Express ended with a loss of 5 cents at $13.95, with 1,157 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading with a loss of 5 cents at $4.25, with 14,352 stock units, Lasco Financial finished with a loss of 12 cents at $5.50, with 24,698 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled with a loss of 36 cents at $3.73, with 566,919 shares. Main Event ended trading 25 cents higher at $7.25, with 5,000 shares, Medical Disposables traded at $5, with 12,130 shares, Paramount Trading finished trading at $3.10, with 11,281 stock units and tTech concluded trading with a loss of 25 cents at $5.75, with 34,495 shares changing hands.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Jetcon Corporation traded 10 cents higher at $4.25, with 100,300 units, Lasco Distributors concluded trading 25 cents higher at $4.30, with 4,423,848 stock units, Lasco Financial finished at $5.62, with 34,210 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled 1 cent higher at $4.09, with 42,844 shares. Main Event ended trading at $7, with 16,018 shares, Medical Disposables traded at $5, with 35,681 shares, Paramount Trading finished trading at $3.10, with 100,000 stock units, Stationery and Office closed 4 cents higher at $6, with 470,750 units and tTech concluded trading at $6, with 4,500 shares changing hands.
The Junior Market Index closed trading on Monday with a gain of just 3.84 points to 2,988.82 as 26 securities changed hands up from 25 trading on Friday, with 5 rising, 12 declining and 9 remaining unchanged. 
At the close of the market, Access Financial ended at $47, with 144 shares trading, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 4 cents to a 52 weeks’ low of $1.93, while exchanging 138,986 stock units, Caribbean Cream fell 65 cents to $5, with 1,000 shares, Caribbean Producers finished trading at $5.40, with 15,072 units, Consolidated Bakeries closed with a loss of 5 cents at $1.90, after 11,951 shares changed hands. Derrimon Trading concluded trading at $10, with 6,000 shares, Elite Diagnostic settled with a loss of 5 cents at $3.20, with 121,237 units, Eppley ended trading 10 cents higher at $9.60, with 500 shares, Express Catering traded at $6, with 28,667 shares. FosRich Group finished trading 10 cents higher at $2.45, with 37,631 shares, General Accident closed with a loss of 15 cents at $3.02, with 26,000 stock units, GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 3 cents at $2.42, with 28,853 units changing hands, Honey Bun concluded trading with a loss of 5 cents at $4.60, with 31,000 shares. Jamaican Teas ended trading at $5, with 64,809 stock units, 
Jetcon Corporation traded with a loss of 15 cents at $4.15, with 530,003 units, Key Insurance finished trading 10 cents higher at $3.50, with 1,000 shares, KLE Group closed at $2.45, with 1,796 stock units. Knutsford Express ended at $14, with 761 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading with a loss of 5 cents at $4.05, with 45,252 stock units, Lasco Financial finished with a loss of 3 cents at $5.62, with 325,528 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled with a loss of 41 cents at $4.08, with 6,000 shares. Main Event ended trading 38 cents higher at $7, with 21,938 shares, Paramount Trading finished trading 5 cents higher at $3.10, with 450 stock units, Stationery and Office closed with a loss of 3 cents at $5.96, with 1,479 units and tTech concluded trading at $6, with 16,240 shares. In the junior market preference segment, Eppley settled at $6, with 5,000 shares, changing hands.
A total of 15 securities rose on and only 4 fell on the Junior Market Index on Friday leading to a 22.8 4 points rise to close at 2,98.984 as 25 securities changed hands, up from 24 on Thursday. 
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows just 1 stock ending with the bid higher than the last selling price and 2 with lower offers.
ISP Finance
The Junior Market fell at the close of trading on Thursday with the market Index declined by 22.81 points to close at 2,962.84 with 24 securities changing hands up from 21 on Wednesday. 
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows just 3 stocks ending with bids higher than the last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Honey Bun concluded trading 15 cents higher at $4.65, with 17,050 shares. Jetcon Corporation gained 1 cent to end at $4.16, with 17,480 units, KLE Group closed at $2.45, with 18,204 shares, Knutsford Express ended with a loss of 5 cents at $13.95, exchanging just 1,146 shares, Lasco Distributors fell 5 cents to $4.10, with 130,657 stock units. Lasco Financial finished with a loss of 15 cents at $5.50, with 62,740 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled 15 cents higher at $4.15, trading 205,000 shares, Main Event ended trading 1 cent higher at $7, with 5,100 shares, Medical Disposables traded with a loss of 50 cents at $4.50, with 26,446 shares. Paramount Trading finished trading with a fall of 2 cents at $3.08, with 8,015 stock units, Stationery and Office closed 3 cents higher at $5.98, with 2,060 units and tTech concluded trading 4 cents higher at $5.79, with 3,000 shares changing hands.
The Junior Market rose at the close of trading on Wednesday with the market Index advancing by 20.94 points to close at 2,985.65. 
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows just 2 stocks ending with bids higher than the last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Honey Bun concluded trading at $4.50 after rising 9 cents with 28,332 shares, Iron Rock Insurance gained 50 cents to end at $3.50, with 28,271 shares, Jetcon Corporation traded with a loss of 15 cents at $4.15, with 25,000 units. Knutsford Express ended at $14, with 31,313 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading with a loss of 5 cents at $4.15, with 1,516,542 stock units changing hands, Lasco Financial finished 15 cents higher at $5.65, with 44,100 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled at $4, with 337,151 shares. Main Event ended trading 79 cents higher at $6.99, with 79,305 units, Medical Disposables traded at $5, with 10,000 shares, Paramount Trading finished trading at $3.10, with 2,447 stock units and Stationery and Office closed with a loss of 5 cents at $5.95, with 10,294 units changing hands.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows just 3 stocks ending with bids higher than the last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Jamaican Teas ended trading 45 cents higher at $5, with 300 stock units, Jetcon Corporation traded 10 cents higher at $4.30, with 31,645 units. Knutsford Express ended at $14, with 14,800 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading 20 cents higher at $4.20, with 1,549,452 stock units, Lasco Financial finished 16 cents higher at $5.50, with 11,600 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled at $4, with 10,530 shares. Main Event ended trading at $6.20, with 550 shares, Paramount Trading finished trading at $3.10, with 160 stock units, Stationery and Office closed at $6, with 104,008 units and tTech concluded trading 25 cents higher at $5.75, with 13,831 shares. In the junior market preference segment, Eppley settled with a loss of 1 cent at $6, with 162,000 shares changing hands.
