Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Thursday with 22 securities changing hands, down from 26 on Wednesday with 6 securities advancing, 9 declining and 7 remaining unchanged leaving the index 23.48 points lower at 3,176.76.
Market activities resulted in an exchange of 2,993,554 units valued at $10,198,424 compared to 935,202,554 shares trading for $2,856,946,636 on Wednesday.
Trading ended with an average of 136,071 units for an average of $463,565 in contrast to 38,966,773 units for an average of $119,039,443 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 2,903,607 valued at $9,126,777 and previously 2,980,227 units valued at $9,627,015, In contrast, December ended with an average of 136,222 units at a value of $737,367 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ended with higher bids than their last selling prices and 3 closing with 
lower offers.
At the close of the day’s activities, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 10 cents in trading 235,634 stock units, to close at $2.50, Blue Power concluded trading of 20,700 units and fell of 25 cents to end at $4.95, Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of 49 cents at $15.01, with 29,559 shares. Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 5 cents at $2.70, with an exchange of 118,491 shares, Elite Diagnostic finished with a loss of 3 cents at $2.85, trading 5,000 stock units, Everything Fresh lost 27 cents and closed trading of 82,577 shares at $1.67, Express Catering settled 7 cents higher at $7.97, with 6,600 units. Fontana rose 35 cents to close at $3.55 with 226,886 shares changing hands, FosRich Group ended trading of 1,508,263 shares with a loss of 5 cents to close at $3.75, Honey Bun closed at $3.80, with 17,600 stock units changing hands, Indies Pharma ended with 129,366 units changing hands at $3, ISP Finance concluded trading of 1,900 shares at $13. Jetcon Corporation settled 15 cents 
higher at $3.30, with 92,655 shares trading, Knutsford Express finished trading of 1,465 shares and rose 50 cents higher to $13, Lasco Distributors closed with a loss of 10 cents at $3.70, trading 69,196 shares, Lasco Financial ended 4 cents higher at $4.54, with an exchange of 68,077 shares. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 58,075 stock units, with a loss of 10 cents at $3.20, Main Event finished at $5.90, with 4,429 units, Paramount Trading closed at $2, with 108,345 shares trading, SSL Venture Capital exchanged 1,100 shares to close at $1.95 and Stationery and Office traded 5,408 shares at $9. In the junior market preference segment, CAC 2000 gained 16 cents and closed at $1.16, with 202,228 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
The big winners for the year to July are, 
The big losers in the main market are, 
In contrast, November closed with average of 107,477 units valued at $545,989 for each security traded.
Eppley settled at $12, with 20,000,400 shares, Express Catering ended trading 70 cents higher at $5, with 81,427 stock units, newly listed, GWest traded with a loss of 54 cents in trading 1,067,765 shares in closing price of $3.21, Honey Bun finished trading 9 cents higher at $4, with 500 shares, Iron Rock closed at $2.85, with 23,019 shares. Jetcon Corporation finished with a gain of 40 cents at $4.80, with 120,000 shares, Knutsford Express traded at $15, with 55,128 units, Lasco Distributors finished trading with a loss of 1 cent at $3.98, with 127,481 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended with a loss of 23 cents at $3.70, with 130,028 stock units. Main Event concluded trading with a loss of 72 cents at $5.28, with 4,155 units, Paramount Trading settled at $3, with 22,885 shares and Stationery and Office ended trading at $4.90, with 828 stock units. In the junior market preference segment, Eppley 10% concluded trading at $7.20, with a mere 330 units trading.
Investors continue to switch attention from Junior Market, to main market stocks, with the latter having pierced resistance around 300,000 points on the all Jamaica Composite Index could now be heading much higher as it moves on to the 
At the close of the market, the last traded prices of securities and volume changing hands are, AMG Packaging concluding at $3.48 with 4,000 shares, Blue Power with a loss of $1.50 to settled at $40 with 862 shares, CAC 2000 finished at $7.95 with 5,574 shares, Cargo Handlers climbed 50 cents higher to settle at $10 with 3,064 units, Caribbean Producers gained 20 cents to end at $3.80 with 526,752 stock units. Eppley dropped $1 and ended at $12 with 17,606 shares, Express Catering fell 2 cents to $4.49 with 72,414 shares, Honey Bun climbed 77 cents higher to $5.50 with 34,946 units, Iron Rock fell 22 cents to $2.88 with 94,238 stock units. ISP Finance closed $1 higher to $20 with 6,101 shares, 
Jamaican Teas added 15 cents to finish at $4.90 with 16,266 units, Jetcon Corporation finished at $5 with 119,344 shares, KLE Group rose 15 cents to $2.75 with 154,726 shares, Knutsford Express climbed 80 cents higher and concluded trading at $14.50 with 4,512 shares, Lasco Distributors closed 20 cents higher at $7 with 29,318 shares, Lasco Financial jumped 50 cents higher to $4 with 4,649 shares. Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading at $4.50 with 61,225 shares, Main Event ended with a loss of 5 cents, at $4.50 with 94,318 shares, Medical Disposables closed with a loss of 50 cents at $5 with 6,459 shares, Paramount Trading gave back 40 cents and ended at $2.60 with 10,000 shares, Stationery and Office rose 15 cents to $4 closing with 1,933,085 shares changing hands, including a lot of 1,322,345 units at $3.95 and tTech ended with a loss of $1 at $7 with 11,299 shares.
Market activity on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange returned to more normal levels after heightened levels on Wednesday closing trading on Thursday with 1,314,753 units valued at $5,648,856 traded.
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 277,412 units valued at $1,733,535 compared to 292,254 units valued at $1,833,412 previously. In contrast, July closed with average of 536,395 units at $1,905,441 for each security traded.
Iron Rock closed 10 cents higher to finish at $3.10 with 2,750 shares, ISP Finance rose 50 cents higher and closed at $19 with 2,000 shares, 
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed Wednesday with a big surge in trading volume of 26,534,388 units, valued at $115,148,200 compared to 2,495,496 units valued at $13,050,346 on Tuesday. Three Lasco companies accounted for 24 million of the shares trading in the market.
In contrast, July closed with average of 536,395 units at $1,905,441 for each security traded.
Corporation concluded trading 4 cents higher t0 $5.45 with 62,479 shares, KLE Group ending with a loss of 24 cents to $2.26 with 535,402 shares, Knutsford Express with a loss of 49 cents, finished at $14.50 with 16,444 shares, Lasco Distributors fell 5 cents and finished at $6.75 with 4,559,191 shares, Lasco Financial traded 12,091,213 shares with a loss of 50 cents to end at $3.50, Lasco Manufacturing ending trading 2 cents higher to $4.52 with 7,446,903 shares. Main Event inched 9 cents higher and finished at $5 with 102,913 shares, Medical Disposables climbed 10 cents to $5.30 with 335 stock units, Paramount Trading ended with a loss of 4 cents, to $2.90 with 70,970 shares, Stationery and Office lost 20 cents, to end trading at $3.80 with 429,587 shares and tTech closed with a loss of 94 cents, to $6.50 with 5,200 shares.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Tuesday with 20 securities changing hands, 12 advanced, 6 declined and 3 traded firm with 2,495,496 units valued at $13,050,346 compared to 4,968,253 units valued at $16,371,552 on Monday. 
AMG Packaging climbed 50 cents and ended at $4 with 70,000 shares, Blue Power climbed $1.50 and settled at $41.50 with 30,840 shares, Caribbean Cream rose 70 cents to $6.70 with 50,972 shares, Consolidated Bakeries traded at $2.15 with 106,223 shares, C2W Music gained 5 cents and closed at 43 cents with 10,000 shares, Dolphin Cove added 9 cents and ended at $17.50 with 4,303 shares, 
KLE Group ended 5 cents higher at $2.50 with 12,450 shares, 
The majority of Junior Market stocks gained at the close of trading on Monday as 22 securities changing hands. The prices of 9 stocks rose, 7 declined and 6 traded firm, with the market Index rising 7.61 points to end at 3,132.76. 
compared to 322,723 units valued at $1,695,591 previously. In contrast, July closed with average of 536,395 units at $1,905,441 for each security traded.
Jamaican Teas settling at $5 with 55,118 shares, Jetcon Corporation climbing 20 cents higher to $5.70 with 95,850 shares, KLE Group finished trading 2,305,004 shares, 35 cents higher to $2.45, Knutsford Express concluded trading with a loss of 3 cents, traded at $14.97 with just 190 units. Lasco Distributors concluded trading 30 cents higher, to $7 with 206,005 shares, Lasco Financial jumped 55 cents higher to settle at $3.95 with 106,434 shares, Lasco Manufacturing lost 41 cents to finish at $4.33 with 20,206 shares, Main Event inched 8 cents higher to $5.08 with 26,603 shares, Paramount Trading finished at $2.94 with 15,000 shares, Stationery and Office declined 29 cents, to $4.20 with 961,015 shares, Sweet River traded just 863 units at $3.52 and tTech with a loss of 90 cents, settled at $6 with 6,000 shares changing hands.
Trading ended with the market sentiments looking strong for Monday’s activity as 7 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
