The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market plunged 68.65 points to close at 3,345.54 when trading ended on Tuesday with 9 securities gaining, 12 falling and 6 remaining unchanged.
At the close, 27 securities changed hands, resulting in an exchange of 1,065,015 units valued at $6,766,034 changing hands, compared to 5965,495 units valued at $4,089,873 from 26 securities trading on Monday.
Trading ended with an average of 39,445 units for an average of $250,594 in contrast to 37,134 units for an average of $157,303 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 91,914 shares at $480,765 and previously 119,158 units valued at $600,278, for each security traded. In contrast, October closed with an average of 186,927 units valued at $788,734 for each security crossing the exchange.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial dropped $1.95 in exchanging of 34,536 shares to close at $32.55, AMG Packaging closed trading of 5,850 units and gained 15 cents to end at $2.05, Blue Power closed with 2,740 stock units changing hands and gained 20 cents to end at $7.10. Caribbean Producers ended with 10,376 shares crossing the exchange, after rising 5 cents to end at $4.80, Express Catering climbed 9 cents and exchanged 25,839 stock units at $6.10. Elite Diagnostic lost 30 cents in trading 17,851 shares to close at $5.50, Fosrich fell 8 cents in the trading of 21,248 units at $4.70, Fontana shed 50 cents in trading of 280,056 stock units at $7.50, General Accident dipped $1.15 in trading of 50,000 shares at $7. GWest Corporation closed 4 cents higher at $1.15, with 3,300 stock units trading, Honey Bun fell 20 cents in trading of 500 units at $6.30, iCreate closed with a loss of 2 cents at 69 cents in the swapping of 7,851 shares, 
Jamaican Teas traded 27,723 units and gained 25 cents to end at $6.25. Jetcon Corporation ended market activity exchanging 21,000 shares to close at $1.80 after falling 19 cents, Knutsford Express climbed 1 cent and exchanged 15,028 shares at $10.41. Lasco Distributors ended trading with 205,849 stock units, after rising 29 cents to end at $3.59, Lasco Financial closed 20 cents higher at $5.30, with 20,850 stock units trading. Lasco Manufacturing fell 25 cents in trading 28,700 units in closing at $5.25, Medical Disposables lost 50 cents with 500 shares changing hands to close at $7.50, Stationery and Office Supplies exchanged 61,988 shares to close at $12.11 after falling 6 cents and SSL Venture lost 29 cents trading 12,508 shares to close at 1.30 cents.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Honey Bun lost 10 cents in trading 4,030 units at $6.50, Jamaican Teas slipped 5 cents in trading 10,030 units at $6, Knutsford Express dipped 45 cents in trading of 3,468 units at $10.40. Lasco Financial declined by 10 cents trading 151,300 shares to settle at $5.10, Lasco Manufacturing closed 25 cents higher at $5.50, with 74,346 stock units trading, Limners and Bards shed 28 cents in trading of 116,064 units at $2.72 and SSL Venture ended with a loss of 1 cent at 1.59 with 66,344 stock units changing hands.
Price movements were almost evenly spread on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market at the close on Friday as trading ended with 5,230,729 units valued at $27,124,560 changing hands. 
GWest Corporation ended trading with 21,082 shares and gained 7 cents to end at $1.12, iCreate closed 3 cents higher at 71 cents, with 4,306 stock units trading, Lasco Distributors closed with 111,180 units changing hands and gained 5 cents to end at $3.30, Lasco Financial climbed 25 cents and exchanged 51,666 shares at $5.20. Lasco Manufacturing closed trading of 3,500,905 units and gained 22 cents to end at $5.25, Limners and Bards climbed 14 cents in exchanging 665,000 shares to close at $3, Main Event climbed 2 cents after exchanging 700 shares at $5.22 and Stationery and Office Supplies declined 28 cents trading 5,800 units at $12.17.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market closed October with heavy trading on Thursday with Derrimon Trading 31 million shares out of a total of 31,699,661 units amounting to $87,399,668 compared to 32,683,130 units valued at $145,214,995 on Wednesday.
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 186,927 units valued at $788,734 and previously 142,388 units valued at $670,885 for each security trading. In contrast, September closed with an average of 954,574 units valued at $2,612,695 for each security traded.
Fosrich closed with an increase of 1 cent at $4.71, with 8,000 stock units trading, GWest Corporation lost 6 cents in trading 7,500 units at $1.05, Honey Bun rose 20 cents in exchanging 1,202 shares at $6.60, Indies Pharma declined by 2 cents to settle at $3.10 after exchanging 38,826 shares. Knutsford Express traded 591 units and gained 25 cents to end at $10.85, Lasco Distributors fell 8 cents with 1,061 units crossing the exchange to close at $3.25, Lasco Financial ended 5 cents higher at $4.95, with 23,366 stock units changing hands. Limners and Bards closed 14 cents higher at $2.86, with 130,400 stock units crossing the exchange, Main Event lost 10 cents in trading 1,000 shares to close at $5.20 and Stationery and Office Supplies ended trading with 2,200 shares, after rising 40 cents to end at $12.45.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market ended with heavy trading on Wednesday with six securities exchanging more than one million shares each leading to trading in 32,683,130 units valued at $145,214,995 compared to 1,069,455 units valued at $6,472,676 on Tuesday. 
Honey Bun declined by 20 cents to settle at $6.40, iCreate ended with a loss of 1 cent at 68 cents with 135,645 stock units changing hands, Indies Pharma ended trading with 2,186,278 shares, after rising 2 cents to end at $3.12. Jamaican Teas exchanged 1,539,506 shares, after rising 5 cents to end at $6.05, Lasco Distributors closed 8 cents higher at $3.33, with 11,400,136 stock units trading, Lasco Financial shed 20 cents in trading of 9,030 units at $4.90. Lasco Manufacturing ended market activity exchanging 11,775,157 shares to close at $5.03 after falling 2 cents, Limners and Bards climbed 16 cents and exchanged 153,520 shares at $2.72, SSL Venture closed trading of 16,919 units and gained 10 cents to end at $1.60 and Stationery and Office Supplies closed 5 cents higher at $12.05, with 41,224 stock units changing hands.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market Index declined by 30.21 points to close at 3,344.40 on Tuesday as 31 securities changed hands, with 16 rising, 9 declining and 6 remaining unchanged.
Key Insurance climbed 10 cents and exchanged 2,100 shares at $3.10, Lasco Distributors dipped 15 cents in exchanging 11,083 units at $3.25. Lasco Financial closed trading of 22,570 units and gained 20 cents to end at $5.10, Limners and Bards closed trading of 54,518 units and gained 11 cents to end at $2.56, Main Event rose 19 cents in trading 1,000 units at $5.30, Paramount Trading had 4,312 units changing hands and gained 30 cents to end at $2.10. Stationery and Office Supplies closed trading of 14,258 units and gained 13 cents to end at $12 and SSL Venture climbed 5 cents and exchanged 4,831 shares at $1.50.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market Index jumped 42.15 points to close at 3,374.61 on Monday as 30 securities changed hands, with 11 rising, 12 declining and 7 remaining unchanged.
Jamaican Teas ended trading with 63,736 shares after rising 37 cents to end at $6.30. Jetcon Corporation lost 9 cents with 8,100 units crossing the exchange at $1.90, Lasco Financial rose 5 cents to end at $4.90, with an exchange of 86,959 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing lost 30 cents trading 23,036 units at $5.05. Limners and Bards closed 5 cents lower at $2.45, with 30,992 stock units changing hands, Main Event climbed 9 cents in exchanging 8,053 shares at $5.11, Medical Disposables closed with a loss of 9 cents at $8, after swapping 1,000 shares. Paramount Trading ended market activity exchanging 100 shares to close at $1.80 after falling 20 cents and SSL Venture ended trading with 33,190 shares, after rising 15 cents to end at $1.45.
shows 8 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Knutsford Express fell 40 cents in trading of 3,500 units to close at $10.60, Lasco Distributors closed with a loss of 15 cents at $3.35, in swapping of 30,854 shares, Lasco Financial ended market activity exchanging 24,295 shares to close at $4.85 after falling 6 cents. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 67,885 shares, after rising 45 cents to end at $5.35, Main Event dipped 96 cents in trading of 7,525 units at $5.02, Stationery and Office Supplies closed trading of 4,300 units and gained 2 cents to end at $11.87. SSL Venture fell 8 cents exchanging 30,900 units at $1.30 and tTech lost 79 cents in trading 2,140 shares to close at $6.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market Index rose 10.62 points to close at 3,362.79 on Thursday as 31 securities changed hands, with 13 rising, 8 declining while 10 remained unchanged.
iCreate climbed 6 cents and exchanged 33,028 shares at 72 cents, Iron Rock Insurance shed 35 cents in trading of 8,500 units at $3.60. Lasco Distributors dipped 30 cents in exchanging 8,838 units at $3.50, Lasco Manufacturing dipped 5 cents trading 7,527 units at $4.90, Limners and Bards closed with a loss of 5 cents at $2.50, in swapping of 302,524 shares, Medical Disposables ended with a loss of 1 cent at $8.09 with 4,549 stock units changing hands. Paramount Trading closed with a loss of 18 cents at $2, after swapping 55,600 shares, Stationery and Office Supplies dropped 65 cents to settle at $11.85 with 2,800 shares crossing the exchange and tTech ended trading with 36,000 shares, after rising 49 cents to end at $6.79.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market Index eked out a minor gain of 4.01 points to 3,352.17 after trading closed on Wednesday after a near 47 points fall on Tuesday. 
In contrast, September closed with an average of 954,574 units valued at $2,612,695 for each security traded.
Indies Pharma ended with a loss of 1 cent at $3.15 with 20,560 stock units changing hands, Jetcon Corporation lost 26 cents trading 206,970 units in closing at $1.60, Lasco Distributors lost 10 cents with 109,700 shares crossing the exchange to close at $3.80. Lasco Financial closed trading of 46,726 units and gained 21 cents to end at $4.91, Lasco Manufacturing climbed 10 cents and exchanged 230,707 shares at $4.95, Limners and Bards closed 3 cents higher at $2.55, with 78,286 stock units trading. Medical Disposables closed trading of 100 units and gained 80 cents to end at $8.10, SSL Venture climbed 3 cents and exchanged 55,169 shares to end at $1.38 and tTech lost 10 cents trading 1,060 shares to close at $6.30.
