Trading volume fell a sharp 63 percent on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday leading to a fall of 18.02 points in the market index to close at 3,156.02.
Trading ended with 25 securities changing hands, similar to Wednesday and resulted in prices of 10 securities advancing, 11 declining and 3 remaining unchanged.
Market activity resulted in an exchange of 917,451 units down 63 percent compared to the 2,474,682 units traded previously. Traded value dropped 56 percent to $3,945,523 from $8,912,227 on Wednesday.
Trading ended with an average of 36,698 units for an average of $157,821 in contrast to 98,987 units for an average of $356,489 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 89,199 shares valued $325,469 and previously 102,324 shares valued $367,381. In contrast, the average trade in January was 2,245,428 units with a value of $7,372,574 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 4 closing with lower offers.
At the close of the day’s activities, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 5 cents at $2.40, in trading 55,380 stock units, Blue Power concluded trading of 27,801 units, with a loss of 1 cent in closing at $5, Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of 10 cents at $14.90, with an exchange of 721 shares. Caribbean Producers finished trading 7,440 units at $4.70, Consolidated Bakeries closed with a loss of 33 cents at $1.70, with 12,997 shares changing hands. Derrimon Trading ended at $2.95, with an exchange of 1,500 shares, Dolphin Cove concluded trading of 10,086 shares, with a loss of 70 cents at $14.80, Everything Fresh finished 5 cents higher at $1.60, with the trading of 11,216 stock units, Elite Diagnostic settled 2 cents higher at $3.13, with 5,000 units changing hands. FosRich Group traded 37 cents higher at $3.97, with 490 shares, Fontana ended trading 391,687 shares and rose 1 cent higher to $3.61, General Accident closed with a loss of 4 cents at $3.90, in exchanging 41,719 stock units, GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 1 cent at $1.44, while trading of 66,734 units. Honey Bun traded 6,015 shares with a loss of 16 cents to end at $3.73, Indies Pharma finished 5 cents higher to $3, with 51,480 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas traded 2,000 units and rose 15 cents higher to close at $4, Jetcon Corporation finished trading of 2,000 shares with a loss of 10 cents at $3.15. Knutsford Express traded 37,816 stock 
units with a loss of 60 cents to end at $12.10, Lasco Distributors closed at $3.80, with 15,000 units changing hands, Lasco Financial settled 1 cent higher at $4.21, with an exchange of 2,400 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 3,086 shares 9 cents higher to $3.39. Main Event traded 15 cents higher at $5.70, with 100,000 shares changing hands, Medical Disposables finished trading with a loss of 10 cents at $6.50, with an exchange of 58,183 stock units and SSL Venture Capital ended 20 cents higher at $1.95, with 2,000 shares. In the Junior Market preference segment, CAC 2000 9.5% closed at $1, with 4,700 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
stock units trading, Honey Bun concluded trading of 21,701 shares, and closed 14 cents higher at $3.89, Indies Pharma ended trading at $2.95, with 82,351 units, Jamaican Teas closed trading with 5,600 stock units after declining 15 cents at $3.85. Jetcon Corporation closed at $3.25, with 13,000 units changing hands, KLE Group closed 10 cents higher at $3.20, after trading 530 shares, Knutsford Express ended at $12.70, with an exchange of 15,039 shares, Lasco Distributors lost 20 cents to close at $3.80, with 20,683 stock units changing hands. Lasco Financial finished with a loss of 40 cents at $4.20, with an exchange of 42,118 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled 7 cents higher at $3.30, in trading 11,813 shares, Main Event ended trading 2,000 shares, with a loss of 7 cents to close at $5.55, Stationery and Office ended at $8.40, trading 10,000 shares and tTech finished with a loss of 5 cents at $5.80, as 3,227 shares changed hands.
The Junior Market index of the Jamaica Stock Exchange dropped 19.89 points to 3,169.67 at the end of trading on Tuesday, as the prices of 7 securities rose, 9 declined and 11 remained unchanged.
of 15 cents at $3.75, with an exchange of 8,100 stock units, Indies Pharma closed at $3.05 trading 104,845 shares. Iron Rock ended 50 cents higher at $5, with 7,000 units trading, Jamaican Teas exchanged 100 shares at $4, Knutsford Express finished trading of 40,878 shares at $12.70, Lasco Distributors closed 11 cents higher at $4, in trading 11,886 shares. Lasco Financial ended 10 cents higher at $4.60, with 3,196 shares traded, Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading of 23,455 stock units, with a loss of 17 cents to end at $3.23, Main Event dropped 88 cents to close at $5.62, in exchanging 9,541 units. Paramount Trading ended trading with a loss of 15 cents at $2.05, with 27,433 shares and Stationery and Office traded 10,643 shares with a loss of 20 cents at $8.40. In the Junior Market preference segment, CAC 2000 closed trading at $1, with 1,000 shares changing hands.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Friday with 27 securities changing hands, compared to 28 securities changing hands on Thursday, with a sharp drop in the number of securities trading.
cents higher at $4.50, with 10,410 units changing hands, Jamaican Teas finished at $4, trading 900 shares. Jetcon Corporation settled 10 cents higher at $3.25, with the exchange of 78,059 shares. Knutsford Express traded 14,902 shares at $12.70, Lasco Distributors closed at $3.80, exchanging 140,902 shares, Lasco Financial closed with 32,549 shares changing hands and ended 10 cents higher at $4.60, Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading of 35,958 stock units 3 cents higher at $3.28. Main Event finished exchanging 6,247 units, with a loss of 45 cents at $6.50, Stationery and Office traded 8,400 shares at $8.60 and tTech climbed 85 cents to $5.85, with 5,020 units changing hands. In the junior market preference segment, CAC 2000 closed at $1, with the trading of 1,800 shares.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange lost 4 percent in value since the start of the year and would have suffered a greater loss had Fontana that was listed in the dying days of 2018 not added positively to the index. 
shares, AMG Packaging ended 6 cents higher at $2.46, with an exchange of 33,184 stock units, Blue Power concluded trading with 7,507 units and lost 15 cents to end at $4.85, CAC 2000 finished trading 100 shares at $15. Cargo Handlers lost 3 cents to close at $15, with 128,861 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cream ended trading of 14,700 shares with the price rising 55 cents to $5.85, Caribbean Flavours traded 5,620 stock units and rose $1 to end at $19, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 19 cents at $2.60, with an exchange of 49,631 shares. Elite Diagnostic finished 5 cents higher at $3.05, with an exchange of 36,461 stock units. Everything Fresh traded 23,680 shares to close at $1.80, Express Catering settled 30 cents higher at $7.80, with 77,267 units changing hands, Fontana lost 4 cents to close at $3.45 with 9,633,854 shares changing hands and sucking out a great deal of the supply hanging over the market. FosRich Group ended trading of 14,920 shares and gained 19 cents to $3.95, General Accident traded 235,753 shares and gained 25 cents to close at $4, GWest Corporation finished trading 79,376 shares with a loss of 22 cents at $1.50. Honey Bun closed at $3.90, with 500 stock 
units changing hands, Indies Pharma rose 5 cents in ending at $3.05, with 346,285 units trading, Jamaican Teas finished 29 cents higher at $4, with an exchange of 3,000 shares, Jetcon Corporation settled with a loss of 15 cents at $3.15, with 580,985 shares trading. Key Insurance ended trading 5,590 stock units, with a loss of 10 cents, to end at $3, Knutsford Express finished trading of 6,706 shares, at $12.70, Lasco Distributors closed 15 cents higher at $3.80, exchanging 507,480 shares, Lasco Financial ended at $4.50, with 20,544 shares. Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading with a loss of 15 cents at $3.25, with an exchange of 273,968 stock units, Paramount Trading ended trading of 244,690 shares, 11 cents higher at $2.20, Stationery and Office traded 20,881 shares with a loss of 40 cents to close at $8.60 and tTech gained 1 cent to end at $5, trading 118,072 units. In the junior market preference segment, Derrimon Trading ended at $2.10, with 48,000 stock units changing hands.
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.
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.
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.
$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.
