Lasco Distributors rose by 44 cents to drive Junior Market index sharply higher on Wednesday.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Wednesday with the market Index jumping by 62.85 points to close at 3,066.53 arising from the prices of 4 securities advancing, 9 declining while 5 remained unchanged.
Market activities closed with 18 securities changing hands, up from 17 on Tuesday resulting in an exchange of 726,097 units valued at $5,040,854 compared to 1,885,937 units valued at $9,218,166 from 17 securities changing hands.
Trading ended with an average of 40,339 units for an average of $280,047 in contrast to 110,937 units for an average of $542,245 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 118,172 units valued at $580,065 and previously 122,969 units valued at $598,559. 
In contrast, October closed with average of 74,690 units valued at $362,548 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 7 cents at $3, with 5,418 stock units, CAC 2000 finished 7 cents higher at $6.57, with 28,000 shares, Caribbean Producers traded with a loss of 3 cents at $4.05, with 56,540 units changing hands, Consolidated Bakeries finished with a loss of 1 cent at $2.05, with 8,280 shares, Dolphin Cove finished trading with a loss of 50 cents at $17.50, with 91,344 shares, Derrimon Trading closed at $8, with 2,730 shares. 
Express Catering ended with a loss of 20 cents at $4.40, with 39,707 stock units, Honey Bun settled at $4.80, with 4,843 shares, Iron Rock settled 1 cent higher at $2.81, with 1,040 shares, Jamaican Teas traded with a loss of 25 cents at $3.80, with 102,819 units, Jetcon Corporation finished trading with a loss of 14 cents at $4.60, with 14,689 shares. Knutsford Express closed at $13.50, with 5,100 shares, Caribbean Cream finished at $5.60, with 100 shares, Lasco Distributors climbed 40 cents higher to $5.90, with 9,000 shares, Lasco Financial ended trading at $6.50, with 222,751 stock units. Lasco Manufacturing traded with a loss of 3 cents at $4.17, with 14,000 units, Main Event closed with a loss of 44 cents at $5.51, with 10,000 shares and Stationery and Office ended trading 5 cents higher at $5.20, with 109,736 stock units.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
The Junior Market Index advanced by 30.97 points to close at 3,003.68 on Tuesday with 17 securities changing hands, as the prices of 6 securities advanced, 1 declined and 10 remained unchanged. 
valued at $598,559 and previously an average of 133,594 units valued at $602,040. In contrast, October closed with an average of 74,690 units valued at $362,548, for each security traded
Express Catering ended at $4.60, with 21,448 stock units. General Accident finished at $2.72, with 1,000 shares, Honey Bun settled at $4.80, with 11,806 shares, ISP Finance ended trading at $16, with 333 stock units, Jamaican Teas traded 5 cents higher at $4.05, with 25,100 units. Jetcon Corporation finished trading 14 cents higher at $4.74, with 154,338 shares, Knutsford Express closed at $13.50, with 43,681 shares, Lasco Financial ended trading 19 cents higher at $6.50, with 172,903 stock units. Main Event closed 45 cents higher at $5.95, with 8,250 shares, Paramount Trading concluded trading with a loss of 10 cents at $3.70, with 11,500 units, Stationery and Office ended trading at $5.15, with 397,500 stock units changing hands and tTech finished trading at $7, with 33,112 shares.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with the prices of 10 securities advancing, 6 declined and 2 remained unchanged on Monday with 19 securities changing hands, the same number as on Friday. 
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 8 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended trading on Friday with 19 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 1,034,761 units valued at $4,990,857 compared to 15,114,679 units valued at $63,009,289 on Thursday. 
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
General Accident ended at $2.70, with 800 shares traded, Jamaican Teas finished trading 10 cents higher at $4.10, with 181,181 units, Jetcon Corporation closed at $4.60, with 148,607 shares, Knutsford Express finished trading $1.49 higher at $13, with 797 shares. Lasco Distributors settled with a loss of 60 cents to closed at 52 weeks’ low of $5.20, with 214,754 shares, Lasco Financial rose 30 cents to a 52 weeks’ closing high of $6.60, with 99,459 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing closed with a loss of 11 cents at $4.04, with 96,632 units, Medical Disposables closed 1 cent higher at $5.30, with 3,000 shares. Main Event concluded trading with a loss of 45 cents at $5.50, with 3,366 shares, Paramount Trading closed at $3.50, in trading 100,000 units, Stationery and Office finished at $5.12, with 89,853 stock units and tTech concluded trading at $6.50, with 1,443 shares. In the junior market preference segment, Derrimon Trading preference share ended with 1,274 units changing hands at $2.
In contrast, October closed with a slightly higher average of 74,690 units valued at $362,548, for each security traded.
Jamaican Teas finished trading at $4, with 71,805 units. Jetcon Corporation ended trading 30 cents higher at $4.80, with 100,710 shares, Knutsford Express ended at $12.20, with 2,810 shares, KLE Group finished trading 1 cent higher at $2.51, with 502,226 units, Caribbean Cream ended at $5.62, with 13,930 shares. Lasco Distributors traded 60 cents higher at $5.60, with 362,543 shares, Lasco Financial traded $1.10 higher at $6, with 589,625 stock units, after investors attempted to trade it at $6.50 which was outside the range it could trade at for the day. Medical Disposables concluded trading 9 cents higher at $5.29, with 24,000 shares, Main Event lost 30 cents to close at $5.50, with 6,891 shares, Paramount Trading ended with a loss of 49 cents at $3.50, trading 106,600 units and Stationery and Office settled 15 cents higher at $5.15, with 78,561 stock units changing hands.
The Junior Market Index declined by 28.05 points, to close at 2,948.78 on Tuesday with 22 securities changing hands, the same numbers as on Monday. 
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Knutsford Express closed at $12.20, with 26,259 shares, Key Insurance settled at $3.99, with 9,429 stock units, KLE Group finished trading at $2.50, with 880 units. Caribbean Cream ended trading 2 cents higher at $5.62, with 1,070 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading with a loss of 95 cents at $5, with 153,244 shares, Lasco Financial ended trading at $4.90, with 763,065 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing finished trading with a loss of 7 cents at $4.05, with 23,602 units. Medical Disposables traded at $5.20, with 69,250 shares, Main Event ended at $5.80, with 4,441 shares, Paramount Trading jumped 69 cents to $3.99, with 341,058 units trading, Stationery and Office finished at $5, with 21,764 stock units and tTech traded with a loss of 7 cents at $7, with 1,640 shares.
The Junior Market Index dropped 33.82 points to close at 2,965.43 on Friday as a number of stocks suffered sizable losses as investors continue to exist stocks of companies that reported profits recently that have not encouraged much buying interest. 
In contrast, October closed with average of 74,690 units valued at $362,548 for each security traded.
Eppley closed at $11.50, with 4,000 units, General Accident concluded trading 3 cents higher at $2.73, with 100,000 shares, Honey Bun ended trading at $4.80, with 34,800 shares, Jamaican Teas closed at $4, with 2,650 units. Jetcon Corporation settled at $4.70, with 13,962 shares, Knutsford Express fell $1.60 to $12.20, with 5,500 shares, Lasco Distributors ended with a loss of 50 cents at $5.90, trading 80,111 shares. Lasco Financial ended trading at $4.60, with 239,722 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing rose 5 cents to end at $4.05, with 21,954 units, Medical Disposables ended with a loss of 40 cents at $5.30, with 900 shares trading, Main Event traded 25 cents higher at $5.75, with 53,485 shares. Paramount Trading closed with a loss of 10 cents at $3.30, with 17,450 units and Stationery and Office ended at $5, with 143,928 stock units changing hands.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange settled on Thursday with 17 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 639,827 units valued at $3,060,108 compared to 17 securities and 1,174,483 units trading valued at $5,458,374 on Wednesday. 
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 with lower offers.
Jetcon Corporation closed 20 cents higher at $4.70, with 5,000 shares, Knutsford Express recovered $1.80 of the $2.75 it lost on Wednesday to close at $13.80, with 10,560 stock units changing hands. Lasco Distributors ended at $6.40, with 54,180 shares, Lasco Financial finished with a loss of 30 cents at $4.60, with 5,629 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing finished trading 10 cents higher at $4, with 39,545 units, Medical Disposables ended trading with a loss of 5 cents at $5.70, with 28,000 shares. Main Event concluded trading at $5.50, with 15,048 shares, C2W Music ended trading 7 cents higher at 49 cents, with 9,550 stock units, Paramount Trading ended trading 25 cents higher at $3.40, with 12,000 units and Stationery and Office ended at $5, with 239,418 shares changing hands.
At the close of market activities, the prices of 6 securities advanced, 6 declined and 7 remained unchanged. The Market Index declined by 73.52 points or 2.39 percent to close at 2,998.97.
Honey Bun finished 20 cents higher at $5, with 3,956 shares trading, Knutsford Express plunged $2.75 to $12, with 10,320 shares as demand had thinned out weeks ago leaving it exposed to suffer a sharp fall with the stock considered to be overpriced. Key Insurance ended 49 cents higher at $3.99, with just 100 stock units, KLE Group rose 22 cents to $2.50, with 102,500 units changing hands. Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 10 cents at $6.40, with 251,035 shares, Lasco Financial concluded trading at $4.90, with 256,200 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading at $3.90, with 23,285 units, Medical Disposables closed 20 cents higher at $5.75, with 63,829 shares. Main Event settled with a loss of 10 cents at $5.50, with 22,000 shares, Paramount Trading traded with a loss of 15 cents at $3.15, with 15,250 units, Consolidated Bakeries finished trading with a loss of 24 cents at $2.36, with 2,000 shares, Iron Rock settled at $3.25, with 100 shares. Stationery and Office settled at $5, with 43,850 stock units and tTech ended trading at $7.40, with 5,000 shares.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Corporation ended trading with a loss of 30 cents at $4.50, with 8,200 shares. Knutsford Express concluded trading at $14.75, with 2,410 shares, KLE Group ended trading with a loss of 22 cents at $2.28, with 5,000 units, Caribbean Cream settled at $5.99, with 830 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading 23 cents higher at $6.50, with 104,920 shares. Lasco Financial finished trading 40 cents higher at $4.90, with 38,423 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing ended with a loss of 40 cents at $3.90, with 243,262 units, Medical Disposables finished trading with a loss of 27 cents at $5.55, with 16,821 shares, Main Event finished trading at $5.60, with 10,815 shares. Paramount Trading finished with a loss of 29 cents at $3.30, with 121,294 units, Consolidated Bakeries concluded trading with a loss of 21 cents at $2.60, with 3,006 shares, Stationery and Office settled 15 cents higher at $5, with 97,993 stock units and tTech settled 31 cents higher at $7.40, with 8,261 shares. In the junior market preference segment,
