Jamaican Teas closed at a all-time high of $6 on Tuesday.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed activities with the market Index rising 15.26 points to 3,021.90 as 22 securities changed hands, resulting in as the prices of 6 securities rising, 9 declining and 7 remaining unchanged.
The volume and value traded rose to 1,560,032 units valued at $8,956,643 compared to 333,499 units valued at $1,479,924 from the trading of 21 securities on Monday. Jamaican Teas traded at a new all-time high of $6.
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Trading ended with an average of 70,911 units for an average of $407,120 in contrast to 15,159 units for an average of $67,269 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 135,539 units valued at $711,179 and previously 140,805 units valued at $735,954. 
May closed with an average of 217,589 units, valued at $1,322,452 for each security traded.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 5 cents to close at $2.10, with 2,678 stock units, Blue Power jumped $1.50 to $30, after 3,025 units changed hands Caribbean Producers finished trading at $5.20, with 29,901 units, Consolidated Bakeries closed with a loss of 5 cents at $2.05, while trading 23,000 shares, Elite Diagnostic settled at $3.10, with 75,106 units changing hands. Eppley ended trading with a loss of 85 cents at $9.15, in exchanging 128,195 shares, Express Catering rose 1 cent to $7, with 15,682 shares, FosRich Group finished trading at $2.90, with 145,603 shares, General Accident closed with a loss of 2 cents at $2.98, in the trading of 1,000 stock units. GWest Corporation ended at $2.25, trading 7,398 units, Honey Bun concluded trading at $5, with 103,203 shares, Jamaican Teas ended at an all-time high of $6 after rising 50 cents and trading 108,130 stock units, Jetcon Corporation rose cents to end at $4.15, with 32,744 units. 
KLE Group closed with a loss of 25 cents at $2.70, while trading 29,500 shares, Knutsford Express ended 50 cents higher at $12.50, with 5,389 shares changing hands, Lasco Distributors concluded trading at $4.20, with 198,580 stock units, Lasco Financial finished with a loss of 10 cents at $5, with 37,301 units. Lasco Manufacturing settled with a loss of 10 cents at $4.10, with 30,000 shares, Main Event ended trading 7,050 shares at $7, Medical Disposables traded 1,500 shares 25 cents higher at $5, Paramount Trading finished trading with a loss of 10 cents at $2.90, with 2,197 stock units and Stationery and Office closed with a loss of 90 cents at $6.85, with 572,850 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, recovered some of the losses suffered over the previous three days, as advancing stocks out-numbered declining ones on Friday, still leaving the index below the 3,000 mark. 
Trading ended with an average of 109,180 units for an average of $508,603 in contrast to 340,462 units for an average of $1,362,698 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 151,951 units valued at $795,273 and previously 155,908 units valued at $821,793. May closed with an average of 217,589 units, valued at $1,322,452 for each security traded.
Jamaican Teas finished trading at $5.50, with 174,438 units, Jetcon Corporation closed 10 cents higher at $4.10, with 9,464 shares, Knutsford Express traded 25 cents higher at $12, with 100 units, Lasco Distributors rose 5 cents to $4.25, with 135,635 shares, Lasco Financial closed with a gain of 15 cents at $5, trading 78,477 shares. Lasco Manufacturing ended with 1,192,669 shares trading at $4.20, Main Event concluded trading 30 cents higher at $7.80, with 30,500 stock units, Medical Disposables finished with a loss of 10 cents at $5, trading 126,888 units, Paramount Trading settled at $3, with 3,179 shares changing hands and Stationery and Office ended trading at $7.75, with 12,926 shares. In the junior market preference segment, Eppley 8.25% finished trading at $6, with 293,200 shares changing hands.
In contrast, May closed with an average of 217,589 units, valued at $1,322,452 for each security traded.
Iron Rock concluded trading at $3, with 512 shares, Jamaican Teas settled at $5, with 12,370 shares. Jetcon Corporation traded 51,900 stock units at $4, Knutsford Express closed 80 cents higher at $12.80, after exchanging just 300 shares, Lasco Distributors ended 27 cents higher at $4.42, with 5,500 shares, Lasco Financial concluded trading 6 cents higher at $5.21, with 76,982 stock units. Lasco Manufacturing finished 7 cents higher at $4.25, with 3,000 units, Main Event settled with a loss of 57 cents at $7, in swapping 3,827 shares, Medical Disposables ended trading 3,259 shares and rose 30 cents to $5.30, Paramount Trading closd at $3, with 50,000 shares traded, Stationery and Office finished trading 20 cents higher at $8, with 85,425 stock units and tTech ended with a loss of 10 cents at $6, exchanging 200 shares trading.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended at $2.10, with 3,874 stock units, Blue Power dived a sharp $9 to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $28, with 538,182 units changing hands, Cargo Handlers rose 25 cents to $9.75, with 735 shares, Caribbean Cream ended trading at $4.64 after falling of 46 cents, with 3,000 shares, Caribbean Producers declined 35 cents to $4.70, with 3,400 units. Consolidated Bakeries closed with a loss of 38 cents at $2.10, with 7,307 shares trading, Dolphin Cove dropped $1.10 to end at $16.80, with just 200 stock unit trading, Elite Diagnostic settled at $3.13, with 99,568 units, Eppley ended trading with a loss of 11 cents at $9.07, exchanging 1,000 shares. Express Catering traded with a loss of 37 cents at $7.43, with 16,619 shares traded, FosRich Group finished trading at $2.75, with 29,899 shares, General Accident closed 24 cents higher at $3.39, with 480 stock units, GWest Corporation ended at $2.30, with 580 units. Honey Bun ended trading 20 cents higher at $5.20, with 24,500 shares, Iron Rock finished with a loss of 5 cents at $3, while 4,243,672 shares changed hands, Jetcon Corporation traded with a loss of 6 cents at $4 and an exchange of 13,500 units,
Key Insurance finished trading 50 cents higher at $4, with 3,000 shares. KLE Group closed after rising 9 cents to $2.95, with 7,833 shares, Knutsford Express ended at $11.50, with 108,454 shares trading, Lasco Distributors concluded trading 5 cents higher at $4.15, with 124,100 stock units, Lasco Financial finished with 335,286 units trading and rose 5 cents to $5.15. Lasco Manufacturing settled with a loss of 20 cents at $4, with 6,070 shares, Main Event fell 44 cents to end at $7.56, with 14,867 shares, Paramount Trading finished trading at $3, with 2,000 stock units and Stationery and Office closed at $8, with 1,875 units. changing hands.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange main market is currently trading in record territory with the all Jamaica Composite index having surpassed the 334,000 mark around mid day, moved to more than 335,000 points just ahead of the close.
CAC 2000 finished with a loss of 50 cents at $8, with 100 shares, Caribbean Cream rose 4 cents to close at $5.10, with 13,840 shares, Caribbean Producers finished trading with a loss of 20 cents at $5.05, in exchanging 25,000 units. C2W Music ended at 45 cents, with 25,000 shares traded, Elite Diagnostic settled at $3.13, with 48,467 units, Eppley ended trading $1.04 higher at $9.18, with 1,700 shares, Express Catering traded at $7.80, with 2,453,192 shares. FosRich Group gained 5 cents to $2.75, with 41,869 shares, General Accident closed with a loss of 15 cents at $3.15, after 32,000 stock units changed hands, Honey Bun concluded trading 40 cents higher at $5, with 42,404 shares, Jamaican Teas rose 10 cents to $5, with 124,213 stock units. Jetcon Corporation traded 6 cents higher at $4.06, with 140,299 units, 
Key Insurance traded 7,947 shares and rose 21 cents to $3.50, KLE Group closed with a loss of 14 cents at $2.86, in exchanging 2,000 shares, Knutsford Express dropped $2.25 to $11.50, with 1,790,027 shares changing hands. Lasco Distributors added 10 cents in trading 1,978 stock units at $4.10, Lasco Financial finished with a loss of 2 cents at $5.10, trading 1,263,476 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled 30 cents higher at $4.20, with 700,000 shares, Main Event climbed 65 cents higher to $8, with 93,893 shares. Paramount Trading finished trading at $3, with 1,498 stock units, Stationery and Office closed with a loss of 6 cents at $8, after 26,634 units changed hands and tTech concluded trading 35 cents higher at $6.10, with 715 shares. In the junior market preference segment, Eppley 8.75% settled at $6, with 561,575 shares changing hands.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange resulted in an exchange of 2,550,756 units valued at $11,503,215 compared to 3,694,880 units valued at $16,175,190 on Wednesday. 
April closed with an average of 121,622 units at $506,803, for each security traded.
KLE Group finished trading 50 cents higher at $3, with 7,466 shares. Knutsford Express closed at $12.50, with 671 shares, Lasco Distributors ended with a loss of 6 cents at $4.04, after 384,910 shares traded, Lasco Financial concluded trading and gained 5 cents to $5.25, with 28,264 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing fell 25 cents to close at $3.95, with 159,483 units traded. Main Event settled with a loss of 35 cents at $7.35, with 33,031 shares after trading at a 52 weeks’ high of $8.10, Medical Disposables ended trading 2 cents higher at $4.52, with 21,000 shares, Stationery and Office closed with a loss of 12 cents at $8, after 13,397 stock units changed hands and tTech ended with a loss of 10 cents at $6, while 113,585 shares traded. In the junior market preference segment, Eppley 9.5% settled at $6, with 4,883 shares that changed hands.
Jamaica cross country luxury bus operators, Knutsford Express traded 19.44 million shares on the Junior Market as the NCB Financial Group continues to reduce their holdings in the company and booking some hefty profits in the process. 
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 224,366 units with an average value of $1,343,731 and previously 187,592 units with an average value of $886,396. April closed with an average of 121,622 units at $506,803, for each security traded.
Jetcon Corporation traded with a loss of 6 cents at $4, while 34,435 units changed hands, KLE Group closed with a loss of 35 cents at $2.50, trading 13,000 shares, Knutsford Express ended with a loss of 99 cents at a 52 weeks’ low of $11.50, with 19,440,611 shares changing hands, Lasco Distributors concluded trading 10 cents higher at $4, with 56,281 stock units. Lasco Financial finished 40 cents higher at $5.40, with 4,985 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled at $4, with 17,000 shares, Main Event ended trading with a loss of 30 cents at $7.30, as 6,277 shares were exchanged, Stationery and Office closed with a loss of 29 cents at $8.10, with 76,232 units and tTech concluded trading with a loss of 25 cents at $6.25, exchanging 3,967 shares. In the Junior Market preference segment, Eppley 8.25% concluded trading at $6, with 3,400 units, Eppley 9.5% finished 1 cent higher at $6.01, with 2,942 shares, changed hands.
Trading levels on the Junior Market fell sharply from Friday’s 6,308,783 units valued at $25,012,631, to just 776,551 units valued at a mere $3,574,246 on Monday. 
April closed with an average of 121,622 units at $506,803, for each security traded.
Knutsford Express ended 49 cents higher at $12.49, with 741 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading with a loss of 14 cents at $3.90, with 17,497 stock units. Lasco Financial finished with a loss of 20 cents at $5, with 91,733 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled with a loss of 20 cents at $4, with 16,873 shares, Main Event ended trading 60 cents higher at $7.60, with 67,788 shares, Medical Disposables traded with a loss of 10 cents at $4.50, with 29,378 shares. Paramount Trading finished trading 24 cents higher at $3, with 15,166 stock units, Stationery and Office closed 11 cents lower to $8.39, with 48,983 units and tTech gained 50 cents to close at $6.50, with 5,905 shares. In the junior market preference segment, Eppley 8.25% concluded trading at $6, as 5,000 units changed hands.
Trading levels on the Junior Market were in line with Thursday as 6,308,783 units valued at $25,012,631 traded on Friday compared to 7,377,691 units valued at $23,298,507 changing hands on Thursday. 
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 195,232 units with an average value of $922,724 and previously 190,095 units with an average value of $910,702. April closed with an average of 121,622 units at $506,803, for each security traded.
GWest Corporation ended at $2.10, with 954,958 units. Honey Bun concluded trading with a loss of 2 cents at $4.61, with 77,739 shares, Iron Rock finished with a loss of 2 cents at $3.05, with 21,000 shares, ISP Finance drifted $1 lower to $17, with 500 shares, Jamaican Teas ended trading 6 cents higher at $4.40, with 30,563 stock units. Jetcon Corporation traded 10 cents higher at $4.10, with 4,198,551 units, Knutsford Express ended at $12, with 29,985 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading with a loss of 11 cents at $4.04, with 8,600 stock units, Lasco Financial finished at $5.20, trading 11,263 units. Lasco Manufacturing settled 20 cents higher at $4.20, with 382,421 shares, Main Event ended trading at $7, with 38,000 shares, Paramount Trading finished trading with a loss of 24 cents at $2.76, with just 1,000 stock units changing hands, Stationery and Office closed with a loss of 30 cents at $8.50, with 36,389 units and tTech concluded trading with a loss of 50 cents to $6, after 67,564 shares changed hands.
