Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Friday ended with 26 securities changing hands, up from 22 securities changing hands on Thursday and resulted in the prices of 9 securities advancing, 13 declining and 4 remaining unchanged. The Junior Market index fell 4.39 points to close at 3,172.37.
Market activities resulted in an exchange of 1,993,202 units valued at $6,873,532 compared to 2,993,554 units at $10,198,424 shares trading on Thursday.
Trading ended with an average of 76,662 units for an average of $264,367 in contrast to 136,071 units for an average of $463,565 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 2,732,277 units valued at $8,589,661 and previously 2,903,607 valued at $9,126,777, 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 4 stocks ended with higher bids than their last selling prices and 5 closing with lower offers.
At the close of the day’s activities, Access Financial dropped $2.50 to close at $47.50, trading 143 shares, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 11 cents at $2.39, with 78,377 stock units changing hands, Blue Power concluded trading of 4,000 units, with a loss of 10 cents to end at $4.85. CAC 2000 finished with a loss of 1 cent at $15, with an exchange of 1,300 shares, Caribbean Cream ended trading at $5.85, with an exchange of 5,239 shares, Caribbean Producers traded 33,427 units, and closed 25 cents higher at $5.25, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 5 cents at $2.65, with 39,150 shares changing hands. Elite Diagnostic finished 15 cents higher at $3, with an exchange of 21,300 stock units, Everything Fresh rose 30 cents in closing trading of 64,682 shares at $1.95, Express Catering settled at $7.97, trading 40,093 units, Fontana lost 19 cents to close at $3.36 with 1,294,249 shares changing hands. FosRich Group ended trading 1 cent higher at $3.76, with 33,288 shares, General Accident traded 35,678 shares at $3.50, Honey Bun closed with a loss of 5 cents at $3.75, with 
3,971 stock units changing hands. Indies Pharma gained 5 cents and ended at $3.05, with 16,438 units changing hands, Jamaican Teas finished trading of 31,650 shares with a loss of 30 cents at $3.70. Jetcon Corporation settled with a loss of 15 cents at $3.15, in exchanging 4,500 shares, Key Insurance ended trading with a loss of 8 cents at $3.10, with 7,947 stock units, Knutsford Express traded 5,752 shares, with a loss of 1 cent at $12, Lasco Distributors closed 10 cents higher at $3.80, with 35,142 shares changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading of 39,200 stock units and moved 2 cents higher to $3.22, Main Event finished 60 cents higher at $6.50, trading 20,833 units, Medical Disposables settled with a loss of 40 cents at $6.60, with 6,900 shares trading, Paramount Trading ended with a rise of 5 cents to $2.05, with an exchange of 61,831 shares and tTech closed at $5, with an exchange of 3,600 units. In the Junior Market preference segment, CAC 2000 lost 16 cents to close at $1, trading 104,512 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
at $3.50, Honey Bun closed at $3.75, with 9,177 stock units changing hands. Indies Pharma rose by 20 cents to end at $3.15, trading 15,986 shares, Jamaican Teas closed at $4, with 25,813 shares traded, Jetcon Corporation settled with a loss of 20 cents at $3.10, with an exchange of 29,414 shares, Knutsford Express finished trading 8,984 shares with a loss of 1 cent at $12. Lasco Distributors closed at $3.70, with 80,575 shares trading, Lasco Financial ended 5 cents higher at $4.50, with 55,330 shares changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading of 65,410 stock units, with a loss of 10 cents to end at $3.30. Main Event finished with a loss of $1.08 at $5.90, exchanging 1,991 units, Medical Disposables settled at $6.50, trading 24,000 shares. Stationery and Office traded 22,286 shares with a loss of 10 cents at $8.40 and tTech closed with a loss of 50 cents at $5, after 43,924 units were traded.
average of $3,621,958 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 755,754 units valued at $3,148,757 and previously 810,207 units valued at $3,433,396. In contrast, December ended with an average of 136,222 units at a value of $737,367 for each security traded.
shares, Jamaican Teas finished with a loss of 40 cents at $4, with a swapping of 155,568 shares. Jetcon Corporation settled with a loss of 25 cents at $3.18, trading 73,424 shares, KLE Group traded 100 units with a loss of 10 cents at $2.90, Knutsford Express jumped 75 cents to $11.50 trading 100 shares, Lasco Distributors closed with a loss of 10 cents at $3.80, with 129,735 shares changing hands. Lasco Financial ended 3 cents higher at $4.23, trading 33,050 shares, Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading 149,974 stock units with a loss of 13 cents at $3.85, Main Event finished with a loss of 98 cents at $6, with an exchange of 1,000 units. Medical Disposables settled 1 cent higher at $7.01, trading 1,350 shares, Paramount Trading ended trading 50,822 shares with a loss of 30 cents at $2.15, following release of below par quarterly profit and Stationery and Office traded 6,000 shares with a rise of 60 cents to end at $9.
higher at $8, with the trading of 39,130 units, FosRich Group ended trading of 9,000 shares with a loss of 15 cents at $3.60. General Accident traded 5 cents higher at $3.45, in exchanging 35,246 shares. Investors reacted negatively to Indies Pharma full year results with lower profits than for 2017 and sold the stock down by 25 cents, to end at $3.10, trading 1,411,221 shares. Jamaican Teas traded 17,740 shares with a loss of 10 cents to close at $4.40, Jetcon Corporation settled with a loss of 1 cent at $3.03, with 133,058 shares changing hands, Key Insurance ended trading of 100 stock units at 10 cents higher to $3.20, Knutsford Express finished trading of 100,187 shares with a loss of 1 cent at $12. Lasco Distributors closed 20 cents higher at $4, with an exchange of 14,700 shares, Lasco Financial ended 10 cents higher at $4.30, with the trading of 371,892 shares, Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading 18 cents higher at $3.98, with 21,195 stock units, Main Event finished at $6.98, trading 200 units and Medical Disposables settled at $7, with 3,475 shares changing hands.
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$1.81. Honey Bun closed with a loss of 10 cents at $3.75, in exchanging 18,500 stock units, Indies Pharma traded 105,904 shares and rose 15 cents to end at $3.35, Jetcon Corporation settled with a loss of 16 cents at $3.04, with an exchange of 7,000 shares, KLE Group traded 8,000 units and lost 5 cents at $2.95. Knutsford Express finished trading of 7,539 shares at $13, Lasco Distributors fell 9 cents at $3.80, trading 27,240 shares. Lasco Financial closed at $4.20, with an exchange of 96,350 shares, Medical Disposables fell 10 cents in settling at $7, in exchanging 14,682 shares. Paramount Trading ended trading with a loss of 15 cents at $2.45, while trading 8,176 shares and Stationery and Office jumped 40 cents to close at $8.40, while exchanging 19,087 shares.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Index rose by a strong 64.45 points to close at 3,246.84, a rise of 18.8 percent above the close of 2017 as 5 stocks gained over 100 percent and 4 others gained between 50 to 73 percent for the year. 
trading of 110,629 shares at $1.60. Iron Rock ended with a loss of 10 cents at $4.90, with 100 units changing hands, Indies Pharma rose 10 cents in trading 70,468 shares to close at $3.20, Jamaican Teas finished 50 cents higher at $4.50, in exchanging 2,000 shares, Jetcon Corporation settled with a loss of 41 cents at $3.04, with 82,400 shares changing hands. KLE Group traded 16,000 units with a loss of 20 cents to close at $3.20. Knutsford Express finished trading 1,500 shares and rose $1.20 to $13, Lasco Distributors closed at $3.99, with 135,566 shares being exchanged, Lasco Financial ended at $4.50, trading 46,204 shares, Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading 25 cents higher at $3.70, with 36,612 stock units. Main Event finished $1.10 higher at $7, with 4,700 units changing hands, Medical Disposables settled at $6.50, with 5,579 shares and Stationery and Office traded 25 cents higher at $8.35, with 1,950 shares changing hands.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange remained subdued on Friday, with trading with 21 securities changing hands, down from 27 securities that trading on Thursday. 
higher at $3.90, with an exchange of 3,100 units, Indies Pharma lost 10 cents in trading 21,209 shares to close at $3.10, Jamaican Teas settled with a loss of 70 cents at $4, trading 29,126 shares. Jetcon Corporation ended trading with 172,189 stock units, and rose 5 cents to $3.45, Key Insurance traded 14,000 units at $4, Lasco Distributors ended at $3.99, with 9,700 shares trading, Lasco Financial concluded trading at $4.50, with 19,325 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing finished at $3.45, with an exchange of 11,100 units. Main Event settled at $5.90, with 45,484 shares trading and Stationery and Office finished trading at $8.10, with 23,400 stock units changing hands.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange dropped back sharply on Thursday from the elevated levels on Wednesday. 
amounts to 245,207 units at a value of $1,397,711, versus 271,046 units at a value of $1,552,211, previously. November, ended with an average of 190,475 units valued at $653,358 for each security traded.
General Accident finished trading of 1,301 shares, with a loss of 45 cents to end at $3.30, GWest Corporation lost 15 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.30, with an exchange of 27,000 stock units, Honey Bun ended 30 cents higher at $3.80, with 1,310 units changing hands, Indies Pharma traded 122,376 shares to close at $3.10, Iron Rock concluded trading of 14,256 shares for a rise of 70 cents to $4.40. Jamaican Teas settled at $3.70, with an exchange of 2,793 shares, Knutsford Express closed 10 cents higher at $10.50, with 1,797 shares changing hands, Lasco Distributors ended 10 cents higher at $3.90, in trading 262,985 shares, Lasco Financial concluded trading 80 cents higher at $4.90, with 10,947 stock units. Main Event settled with a loss of 1 cent at $6, with 12,654 shares changing hands and Stationery and Office finished trading 2,262 stock units with a loss of 25 cents to end at $8.55.
Caribbean Producers finished trading just 300 units for 9 cents higher at $5.44, Derrimon Trading rose 5 cents to $2.70, with 25,539 shares changing hands, 
29 cents to close at $3.16, Main Event settled with a loss of 50 cents at $6, in exchanging 4,329 shares, Medical Disposables ended trading with 5,063 shares at $6.40. Paramount Trading lost 43 cents to close at $2.52, with 741 shares traded, SSL Venture Capital traded 2,590 shares after gaining 1 cent to close at $1.82, Stationery and Office finished trading 30 cents higher at $8.80, with 15,270 stock units trading and 
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange was modest on Friday with just 60 percent of Thursday’s volume on and just 37 percent of the value. 
units, Honey Bun ended 28 cents higher at $3.80, with 10,390 units, Indies Pharma traded 84,004 shares to close at $3.15, Iron Rock concluded trading 20 cents higher at $3.70, with 5,000 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas settled 8 cents higher at $3.78, with an exchange of 24,862 shares. Jetcon Corporation ended trading with a loss of 8 cents at $3.32, with 10,000 stock units changing hands, Knutsford Express closed with a loss of 13 cents at $11.50 and ended trading 1,000 shares, Lasco Distributors ended with a loss of 20 cents at $3.70, and finished trading 166,901 shares, Lasco Financial concluded trading of 5,743 stock units and rose 15 cents higher to $4.15. Lasco Manufacturing finished trading 200 units at $3.45, Main Event settled at $6.50, in exchanging 17,000 shares, Medical Disposables ended trading of 50,000 shares with a loss of 10 cents at $6.40 and Stationery and Office finished trading with a loss of 45 cents at $8.50, with 8,987 stock units changing hands.