The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed Tuesday the market index surging 42.58 points to close at 3,613.39 even as the number of declining and advancing stocks were virtually tied.
A total of 30 securities changed hands compared to 31 on Monday, ending with, the prices of 12 rising, 13 declining while 6 closed unchanged. Investors exchanged 2,978,768 units valued at $15,284,957 compared to 2,287,830 units valued at $11,502,066 on Monday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks closing with higher bids than their last selling prices and 1 closing with a lower offer.
Trading ended with an average of 99,292 units for an average of $509,499 in contrast to 73,801 units for an average of $371,034 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 235,076 units at $1,048,167 and previously 243,001 units at $1,079,607 for each security traded. July ended with an average of 138,412 units at $563,215 for each security traded.
Stocks ending with price changes| Blue Power traded 15,000 units and gained 5 cents to end at $9.48, CAC 2000 climbed 10 cents exchanging 22,385 shares at $15.10, Caribbean Cream traded 2,000 units and gained 43 cents to end at $5.28, Caribbean Flavours declined by $1.05 to settle at $16 in trading of 600 units. Caribbean Producers ended trading with 173,320 shares, after rising 18 cents to end at $4.80. Derrimon Trading closed trading of 10,011 units and gained 10 cents to end at $2.90, Express Catering ended trading with 270,925 shares, after rising 1 cent to end at $6.48, Elite Diagnostic ended trading with 87,027 shares, after rising 19 cents to end at $6.99. Fosrich fell 53 cents in trading 51,365 units and finishing at $4.97, Fontana ended with a loss of 1 cent at $8.41 with 353,893 stock units changing hands, General Accident shed 20 cents in trading of 22,379 units at $6.20, Honey Bun declined 10 cents in trading of 31,553 units to settle at $6.90. Indies Pharma fell 25 cents exchanging of 630 units at $3.50, Iron Rock Insurance closed 20 cents higher at $4.20, with 96,608 stock units trading, Jamaican Teas closed trading of 332,805 units and gained 6 cents to end at $5.91. 
Jetcon Corporation dipped 17 cents in trading of 20,500 units to settle at $2.10, Knutsford Express declined 8 cents in trading of 2,268 units at $11.10, KLE Group closed trading of 20,000 units and gained 10 cents to end at $2.10, Limners and Bards lost 9 cents in trading of 771,984 units to finish at $3.05. Lasco Financial shed 28 cents in trading of 45,367 units at $5.15, Lasco Manufacturing lost 50 cents in trading of 285,009 units at $5.25, Main Event ended trading with 15,333 shares, after rising 70 cents to end at $7.70, Paramount Trading ended with a loss of 1 cent at $1.69 with 150,390 stock units changing hands, Stationery and Office Supplies lost 1.60 cents in trading 2,672 shares to close at 11.40 cents and tTech closed trading of 610 units and gained 80 cents to end at $7.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed Monday with more stocks rising than falling but the market index lost 35.82 points to close at 3,570.81. 
Jamaican Teas traded 319,587 units and gained 24 cents to end at $5.85. Jetcon Corporation fell 23 cents in trading of 65,506 units to finish the day at $2.27, KLE Group ended with a loss of 1 cent at $2 with 30,000 stock units changing hands, Limners and Bards shed 6 cents trading of 239,674 units to conclude market activity at $3.14. Lasco Distributors climbed 5 cents and exchanged 50,000 shares at $3.50, Lasco Financial ended market activity exchanging 24,300 shares to close at $5.43 after falling 2 cents, Lasco Manufacturing climbed 25 cents and exchanged 520,957 shares to end at $5.75. Main Event closed with a rise of 50 cents at $7, with 163,462 stock units changing hands, Medical Disposables gained 10 cents to end at $7.50 with 324 stock units trading and Ttech dropped 80 cents to settle at $6.20 in trading of 23,000 units.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange jumped 46.09 points to close at 3,645.10 on Wednesday, as the market continues to recover from the 104 points fall up to Monday.
Stocks ending with price changes| AMG Packaging ended trading with 200 shares, after rising 7 cents to end at $2.08, Blue Power ended trading of 37,579 shares, after rising 70 cents to end at $12, Caribbean Cream declined 50 cents trading 10,000 units to close at $4.20. Caribbean Flavours closed trading of 1,052 units and gained 24 cents to end at $18.99, Caribbean Producers ended with a loss of 1 cent at $4.60 with 118,519 stock units changing hands, Consolidated Bakeries closed trading of 208,705 units and gained 10 cents to end at $2, Derrimon Trading shed 12 cents in trading of 62,033 units at $2.78. Everything Fresh closed trading of 35,087 units and gained 2 cents to end at $1.39. Elite Diagnostic dipped 50 cents in trading of 99,710 units at $6.50. Fosrich ended trading with 23,296 shares, after rising 10 cents to end at $5.60, Fontana closed 10 cents higher at $8.10, with 109,447 stock units trading. General Accident ended trading with 20,533 shares, after rising 66 cents to end at $5.85, GWest Corporation closed 5 cents higher at $1.45, with 179,656 stock units trading. Honey Bun declined 65 cents to settle at $6.50, in trading 77,900 shares, iCreate lost 9 cents in trading 115,034 units to end at 81 cents. Indies Pharma ended trading with 90,977 shares, after rising 30 cents to end at $3.75, Jamaican Teas closed trading of 245,137 units and gained 2 cents to end at $5.92. 
Jetcon Corporation closed 10 cents higher at $2, trading 281,758 stock units, Knutsford Express closed trading of 9,641 units and gained 5 cents to end at $11.15. Limners and Bards closed trading of 279,233 units and gained 10 cents to end at $3.30. Lasco Distributors closed 27 cents to end at $3.56, with 1,000,200 stock units changing hands, Lasco Financial closed trading of 62,465 units and gained 42 cents to end at $5.42, Lasco Manufacturing climbed 45 cents and exchanged 1,616,668 shares at $5.75, Medical Disposables climbed 10 cents and exchanged 100 shares at $7.60. Main Event lost 35 cents in trading 19,800 shares to close at $6.50, Paramount Trading fell 40 cents in trading 165,785 units to close at $1.60, Ironrock Insurance closed trading of 16,500 units and gained 35 cents to end at $4.35. Stationery and Office Supplies ended with a loss of 1 cent at $14.49 with 1,494 stock units changing hands and tTech closed with a loss of 30 cents at $7, after swapping of 4,400 shares.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange jumped 40.27 points to close at 3,599.01 on Tuesday, as the prices of 12 securities rose and 17 declined while 3 closed unchanged.
Stocks ending with price changes| Access Financial gained $2 to end at $42 in trading 474 stock units, AMG Packaging fell 28 cents in trading of 155,000 units at $2.01, Blue Power ended trading with 34,911 shares, after rising 35 cents to end at $11.30, Caribbean Cream lost 59 cents in trading 241,833 shares to close at $4.70. Caribbean Flavours shed 24 cents in trading of 1,557 units at $18.75, Cargo Handlers gained $1 to end at $11 with 100 stock units trading, Caribbean Producers ended market activity exchanging 100,137 shares to close at $4.61 after falling 4 cents, Consolidated Bakeries ended trading with 64,895 shares, after rising 9 cents to end at $1.90. Express Catering closed trading of 473,595 units and gained 10 cents to end at $6.50, Everything Fresh declined 8 cents in exchanging 22,260 units in ending at $1.37, Elite Diagnostic ended trading with 173,867 shares, after rising 1 cent to end at $7. Fosrich closed 70 cents higher at $5.50, with an exchange of 33,246 stock units, Fontana lost 48 cents in trading 118,978 shares to close at $8. General Accident dipped 71 cents in trading of 107,220 units to close at $5.19, GWest Corporation closed 5 cents higher at $1.40, with 2,800 stock units trading, Honey Bun closed trading of 338,726 units and gained 65 cents to end at $7.15, iCreate lost 2 cents in trading of 68,475 units to close at 90 cents. Indies Pharma closed trading of 525,248 units and gained 5 cents to end at $3.45, 
Jamaican Teas lost 10 cents trading 237,066 units at $5.90. Jetcon Corporation closed 20 cents higher at $1.90, trading 74,860 stock units, Knutsford Express shed 5 cents trading 5,032 units to close at $11.10. KLE Group lost 29 cents trading 15,000 units at $2.01, Limners and Bards dipped 10 cents in trading of 1,928,642 units to end at $3.20, Lasco Distributors ended with a loss of 1 cent at 3.29 with 86,497 stock units changing hands, Lasco Financial lost 20 cents in trading 44,624 shares to close at $5. Lasco Manufacturing declined by 20 cents to settle at $5.30 in trading 936,497 shares. Main Event ended trading with 21,500 shares, after rising 35 cents to end at $6.85, Stationery and Office Supplies declined by 25 cents trading 15,920 units to close at $14.50 and tTech shed 5 cents in trading 100 units at $7.30.
Honey Bun closed trading of 14,170 units and gained 29 cents to end at $6.50, iCreate closed trading of 326,610 units and gained 12 cents to end at 92 cents. Iron Rock Insurance lost 50 cents in trading of 9,419 units at $4, Jetcon Corporation climbed 12 cents and exchanged 242,483 shares at $1.70, Limners and Bards closed 15 cents higher at $3.30, with 1,833,785 stock units trading. Lasco Distributors shed 17 cents in trading of 17,466 units at $3.30, Lasco Financial closed trading of 86,947 units and gained 46 cents to end at $5.20. Medical Disposables ended trading with 2,356 shares, after rising 20 cents to end at $7.50, Main Event fell 50 cents in trading of 32,699 units at $6.50, Stationery and Office Supplies fell 25 cents in trading of 4,090 units at $14.75 and tTech ended trading with 100 shares, after rising 80 cents to end at $7.35.
Stocks ending with price changes| Access Financial lost 50 cents in trading 480 shares to close at $42.50, AMG Packaging traded 1,000 shares, after rising 14 cents to end at $2.22, Blue Power climbed 50 cents and exchanged 52,410 shares at $9.50. CAC 2000 ended trading with 100 shares, after rising 15 cents to close at $15.15, Caribbean Flavours exchanged 4,867 shares, after rising 10 cents to end at $20. Consolidated Bakeries closed with a loss of 48 cents swapping 5,000 shares to settle at $1.90, Derrimon Trading closed 6 cents higher at $2.96, with 9,602,973 stock units changing hands, Express Catering climbed 3 cents in exchanging 27,600 shares to close at $6.40. Everything Fresh dipped 19 cents in trading of 20,216 units at $1.44, Elite Diagnostic shed 27 cents in trading of 93,833 units and ended at $6.75. Fosrich lost 10 cents trading of 175,196 units to close at $4.70, Fontana climbed 15 cents and exchanged 165,350 shares at $8.40, General Accident closed 89 cents higher at $5.90, with 1,027,500 stock units trading, Honey Bun fell 29 cents and ended market activity exchanging 1,560,020 shares to close at $6.21. iCreate climbed 5 cents and exchanged 50,000 shares at 80 cents, Indies Pharma dipped 10 cents in trading of 5,827,287 units at $3.40. 
Iron Rock Insurance ended trading with 5,000,300 shares, after rising 40 cents to end at $4.50, ISP Finance closed with a loss of $2 at $19, in exchanging 5,202 shares, Jamaican Teas closed trading of 366,635 units and gained 40 cents to end at $6. Jetcon Corporation lost 22 cents in trading 315,384 shares to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.58, Knutsford Express climbed 5 cents and exchanged 1,000 shares at $11.15, Limners and Bards shed 5 cents in trading of 312,043 units at $3.15, Lasco Distributors ended trading with 7,326,848 shares, after rising 17 cents to end at $3.47. Lasco Financial closed with a loss of 76 cents at $4.74, as 602,100 shares changed hands, Medical Disposables ended market activity exchanging 42,151 shares to close at $7.30 after falling 16 cents. Main Event exchanged 28,570 units and gained 90 cents to end at $7, Stationery and Office Supplies fell 50 cents, trading 69,105 units to close at $15 and tTech dropped $1.44 in trading of 22,730 units to finish at $6.55.
Lasco Distributors lost 20 cents trading 282,673 units to close at $3.20, Lasco Financial dipped 15 cents with 31,200 units crossing the exchange at $6.40, Lasco Manufacturing declined 6 cents in exchanging 185,929 units to settle at $5.44. Medical Disposables lost 56 cents trading 11,000 shares to close at $6.94, Main Event fell 98 cents in exchanging 27,784 shares to close at $6.02. Paramount Trading closed with 25,000 units changing hands with a rise of 15 cents to end at $1.95, Stationery and Office Supplies climbed 6 cents and exchanged 11,042 shares to end at a record close of $15.75 and tTech Limited closed trading of 27,500 units and gained 52 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $7.45.
iCreate closed trading of 72,000 units and gained 5 cents to end at 90 cents, Indies Pharma ended with a loss of 1 cent at $3.50 with 116,868 stock units changing hands, ISP Finance climbed $1.35 to settle at $15 with 5,000 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas ended trading with 147,621 shares, after rising 40 cents to end at $6.40. Jetcon Corporation closed 15 cents higher at $1.95, with 32,690 stock units trading, Knutsford Express traded 590 shares and declined 80 cents to settle at $11.20, The Limners and Bards lost 50 cents to settle at $3 in trading 1,193,400 shares. Lasco Distributors fell 6 cents in trading of 794,236 units to end at $3.40, Lasco Financial exchanged 65,884 shares and rose 55 cents to end at $6.55, Lasco Manufacturing closed trading of 421,033 units with a gain of 25 cents to end at $5.50. Medical Disposables climbed 50 cents and exchanged 6,500 shares at $7.50, Main Event ended trading with 40,125 shares, after rising 50 cents to end at $7 and Stationery and Office Supplies gained $1.89 to end at an all-time closing high of $15.69 with 40,390 stock units Changing hands.
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 181,805 units valued at $823,437 for each security and previously 195,575 valued at $871,008 for each security traded. July ended with an average of 138,412 units with a value of $563,215 for each security traded.
GWest Corporation ended trading of 64,760 shares, after rising 6 cents to close at $1.40, Honey Bun climbed 60 cents and exchanged 464,000 shares at $6. Indies Pharma lost 41 cents in trading 151,509 shares to close at $3.30 after trading at 52 weeks’ intraday high of $4.10, Jamaican Teas declined $1.10 trading of 172,919 units to close at $6.85, Limners and Bards ended market activity exchanging 1,029,798 shares to close at $3.70 after falling 24 cents. Lasco Distributors closed 29 cents higher at $3.75, with 557,503 stock units trading, Medical Disposables climbed $1 to settle at $8 with 17,000 shares changing hands. Main Event fell 50 cents trading of 48,978 units at $6.50 and tTech closed trading of 53,772 units and gained 50 cents to end at $6.50 after investors responded positively to half-year results showing a 62 percent rise in the second-quarter results to $15.7 million.
The record-breaking run by the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange was halted, in trading on Wednesday, with the market index declining 28.31 points to close at 3,540.54 for the first fall in 12 days.
July ended with an average of 138,412 units with a value of $563,215 for each security traded.
Jetcon Corporation climbed 4 cents in exchanging 2,287 shares at $2. Knutsford Express settled at $12 with 2,653 shares changing hands, Limners and Bards added 4 cents and exchanged 4,245,953 shares to end at a record close of $3.94. Lasco Distributors rose 31 cents trading 62,793 shares to close at $3.46, Lasco Financial closed trading of 192,840 units and gained 53 cents to end at 52 weeks’ high of $6.50, Lasco Manufacturing climbed 76 cents in exchanging 880,251 shares to end at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $5.16. Medical Disposables ended trading of 32,090 shares, after rising $1.80 to end at $7 after the company reported slightly lower profit in the first quarter, to June. Main Event ended market activity exchanging 7,360 shares to close at $7 after falling 84 cents, Paramount Trading shed 40 cents trading of 2,000 units to close at $1.80, and Stationery and Office Supplies closed trading of 2,664 units and shed 59 cents to end at $12 and tTech settle at $6 with 43,529 shares changing hands.