
FosRich traded at an all-time high of $4.99 on Friday.
The Junior Market index to closed just 7.96 points higher at 3,068.50 on Friday, with an increase in the number of securities trading and marginally higher volume and value than on Thursday.
Trading ended with 32 securities changing hands, leading to an exchange of 1,771,092 units valued at $9,457,886, compared to trading of 28 securities leading to 1,831,466 units valued at $7,827,314on Thursday. At the close of market activities, the prices of 16 securities advanced, 11 declined and 5 remained unchanged.
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 6 with lower offers.
Trading ended with an average of 55,347 units for an average of $295,559 in contrast to 65,410 shares for an average of $279,547 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 94,551 units valued at $339,340 and previously, 101,559 units valued at $347,167. In contrast, April
closed with an average of 87,963 units valued $317,267 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 2 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 7 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed with a rise of 80 cents to $44, with 956 shares traded, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 10 cents at $1.90, with an exchange of 10,000 stock units, Blue Power closed 40 cents higher at $4.60 in trading of 100 units. CAC 2000 jumped 75 cents to $12, with 250 shares changing hands, Cargo Handlers settled at $10.95, with 100 shares trading, Caribbean Cream ended trading of 15,278 shares with a loss of 3 cents at $5.27, Caribbean Flavours traded 7,103 stock units at $16.50, Caribbean Producers finished trading of 14,680 units and lost 1 cent to close at $4.60. Consolidated Bakeries closed with a loss of 5 cents at $1.80, with 6,600 shares crossing the exchange, Derrimon Trading lost 7 cents to end at $2.68, trading 40,082 shares, Dolphin Cove concluded trading of 203,000 shares, at $12.05, Everything Fresh finished 5 cents higher at $1.60, with 324,146 stock units changing hands. Elite Diagnostic ended trading of 42,038 shares with a loss of 1 cent at $3, Express Catering rose 1 cent to $7.16 in trading 4,365 shares, FosRich Group exchanged 14,774 shares to close at $4.40 after trading at an intra-day high of $4.99, Fontana rose 10 cents to $4.50, with 195,988 stock units changing hands. General Accident ended with a loss of 18 cents at $4.02, with an exchange of 130,000 units, Honey Bun finished 5 cents higher at $4.10, in trading 500 shares, iCreate settled 5 cents higher at 90 cent, with 33,000 shares changing hands,
Indies Pharma ended trading of 53,782 stock units with a loss of 15 cents at $3.20. Iron Rock exchanged 2,576 units with a gain of 40 cents to $3.90, ISP Finance a lost $1.30 cents to close at $11.20 while trading 78,500 shares with, Jamaican Teas closed 10 cents higher at $4.10, with an exchange 18,290 shares, Jetcon Corporation ended 18 cents higher at $2.48, in trading 300 shares. Key Insurance concluded trading of 100 stock units and rose 45 cents higher to $3.70, Knutsford Express added 5 cents to end at $13, with 5,600 shares changing hands, Lasco Distributors ended trading of 55,252 shares, at $3.90, Lasco Financial gained 50 to end at $5, with an exchange of 26,163 shares. Lasco Manufacturing traded 14,145 stock units, and closed with a loss of 8 cents at $3.52, Paramount Trading concluded trading of 25,572 shares, and lost 10 cents to close at $2.10, SSL Venture Capital finished 10 cents higher at $1.70, with 1,800 shares changing hands and tTech traded 446,052 shares and led to a 95 cents jump to close at $6.20.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
The Junior Market index to closed just 7.96 points higher at 3,068.50 on Thursday, with an increase in the number of securities trading and marginally higher volume and value than on Wednesday.
At the close of the market, Access Financial traded 933 shares and closed at $43.20, AMG Packaging ended at $2, with 10,000 stock units trading, Blue Power concluded trading with 209,065 units, leading to a loss of 10 cents at $4.20, Caribbean Cream ended trading 11,753 shares and rose 3 cents higher to $5.30. Caribbean Flavours closed at $16.50, with an exchange of 4,600 stock units, Caribbean Producers exchanged 173,900 units, with a loss of 37 cents to end at $4.61, Consolidated Bakeries closed with a loss of 9 cents at $1.85, with 4,400 shares crossing the exchange, Derrimon Trading ended 5 cents higher at $2.75, trading 4,425 shares. Dolphin Cove concluded trading of 40,000 shares at $12.05, Everything Fresh settled at $1.55 with trading in 6,000 units, Elite Diagnostic ended trading of 1,200 shares, with a loss of 34 cents to close at $3.01, FosRich Group rose 30 cents to $4.40, in exchanging 22,123 shares. Fontana closed with a loss of 30 cents at $4.40, with 183,502 stock units changing hands, General Accident ended with a loss of 29 cents at $4.20, with an exchange of 299,246 units, GWest Corporation ended trading of 10,000 shares and rose 4 cents higher to $1.39, Honey Bun finished 25 cents higher at $4.05, trading 700 shares. iCreate settled at 85 cents, trading 10,000 shares, Iron Rock traded 7,492 units at $3.50,
Jamaican Teas closed with a loss of 15 cents at $4, with an exchange of 10,493 shares, Jetcon Corporation ended at $2.30, with 2,939 shares changing hands. Lasco Distributors ended trading with 335,790 shares, at $3.90, Lasco Financial traded 19,887 shares and rose 10 cents to $4.50, Lasco Manufacturing closed with a loss of 4 cents at $3.60, with an exchange of 454,922 stock units, Medical Disposables ended with a loss of 65 cents at $6.85, with 393 shares trading. Paramount Trading concluded trading of just 100 shares and rose 16 cents to $2.20, Stationery and Office settled at $7.01, trading 7,000 stock units, Sweet River ended trading with 503 units and rose 2 cents higher to $3.02 and tTech traded a mere 100 shares and rose 10 cents to $5.25.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange made good gains in trading on Wednesday, leading to a strong 45.43 points rise in the market index to close at 3,060.54 but with 52 percent less volume than on Tuesday.
Trading ended with an average of 72,290 units for an average of $321,169 in contrast to 129,846 units for an average of $490,337 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 108,262 units valued at $359,706 and previously, 115,060 units valued at $366,988. In contrast, April closed with an average of 87,963 units valued $317,267 for each security traded.
9,174 shares and lost 35 cents to end at $3.80, iCreate closed trading of 10,200 shares with a gain of 7 cents to end at 85 cents, Indies Pharma exchanged 603,300 shares at $3.35, Iron Rock settled with a loss of 40 cents at $3.50, with 256 shares. Jamaican Teas closed 21 cents higher at $4.15, with 32,934 units changing hands, Jetcon Corporation finished trading at $2.30, in exchanging 17,863 shares. Lasco Distributors traded 116,192 units for 1 cent higher, at $3.90, Lasco Financial settled at $4.40, trading 124,901 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended with a rise of 39 cents to $3.64, with the trading of 116,121 shares,
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange dropped 24.47 points to 3,000.73 as the volume of stocks trading dropped 77 percent from Friday’s level.
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 110,879 units valued at $332,102 and previously 137,077 units valued at $404,485. In contrast, April closed with an average of 87,963 units valued $317,267 for each security traded.
iCreate closed trading of 61,000 shares with a fall of 4 cents to end at 86 cents, Indies Pharma finished with a loss of 3 cents at $3.12, with an exchange of 55,052 shares, Iron Rock settled at $3.90, trading 3,000 shares. Jamaican Teas traded 1,116 units and rose 4 cents at $3.94, Jetcon Corporation traded just 100 shares but rose 20 cents to close at $2.50, Knutsford Express exchanged just 666 shares at $13, Lasco Distributors rose 6 cents to end at $3.86, with 16,483 units changing hands. Lasco Financial closed at $4.25, with an exchange of 91,163 shares, Lasco Manufacturing lost 5 cents trading 38,622 to close at $3.20, Main Event traded 13,516 and rose $1 to close at $6. Paramount Trading lost 43 cents and closed at $2.04, with exchange of 1,600 units, Stationery and Office Supplies lost 10 cents and finished trading 5,900 stock units at $6.75 and tTech rose 38 cents trading 7,340 shares to close at $5.18.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange enjoyed a strong day on Friday, with the market index closing above the 3,000 mark for the first time since April 11, by jumping 41.02 points to 3,025.22 in trading.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed at $43, with an exchange of 100 shares, AMG Packaging ended at $2, with 56,645 stock units changing hands, Cargo Handlers settled 4 cents higher at $11, while trading 3,000 shares, Caribbean Flavours traded 943 stock units $4 higher at $20.50. Caribbean Producers added 37 cents to close at $4.98, trading with 3,500 units, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 3 cents at $2.72, as 38,482 shares crossed the exchange, Dolphin Cove concluded trading 30,345 shares 33 cents higher at $12.05, Everything Fresh finished with a loss of 5 cents at $1.50, with an exchange of 386,678 stock units, Elite Diagnostic exchanged 65,365 units and rose 8 cents to end at $3.05. Express Catering ended trading of 14,706 shares at $7.70, FosRich Group enjoyed a big day trading 3,048,363 shares, to close at $4, Fontana finished trading 7 cents higher at $4.10, with 82,640 shares changing hands, General Accident closed with a loss of 10 cents at $3.90, after an exchange of 130,000 stock units.
Honey Bun concluded trading of 6,590 shares and gained 25 cents to end at $4.25, iCreate closed trading of 120,876 shares to close at 90 cents, Indies Pharma finished with a loss of 5 cents at $3.15, with an exchange of 3,000 shares, Iron Rock settled at $3.90, trading 256 shares. Jamaican Teas traded 2,000 units with a loss of 5 cents at $3.90, Lasco Distributors closed with a loss of 8 cents at $3.80, with 163,794 units changing hands, Lasco Financial settled 5 cents higher at $4.25, with an exchange of 2,500 shares, Medical Disposables finished trading at $7, with 6,951 stock units and Paramount Trading closed at $2.47, with an exchange of 5,612 units.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange lost more ground on Tuesday and closed April with a 5 percent fall in value, bringing the four months losses to 9.4 percent compared to a 5.8 percent rise for the All Jamaica index.
an average of $90,191 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 87,963 units valued $317,267 and previously, 88,152 units valued $318,072 for each security traded. In contrast, March closed with an average of 195,942 shares valued at $777,498 for each security traded.
cents higher at $3.25, with 1,160,900 shares changing hands, Iron Rock settled at $3.50, with 6,256 shares crossing the exchange, Jamaican Teas rose just 1 cent trading 29,188 units to end at $3.51, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 5,000 shares with a loss of 5 cents at $2.30. Knutsford Express concluded trading of 650 stock units with a loss of 99 cents at $12, Lasco Distributors closed with a gain of 17 cents at $3.69, in transferring 157,383 units, Lasco Financial rose 15 cents higher to close at $4.20, with 53,532 shares trading, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 27,045 shares with a loss of 11 cents at $3.09. Paramount Trading closed with a loss of 22 cents at $2.25, with an exchange of 8,987 units and Stationery and Office concluded trading 10 cents higher at $6.85, with 16,929 shares.

After a long period of inactivity, ISP Finance finally traded but fell $3 to close at $12.50 with exchange of a mere 100, Jamaican Teas traded with a loss of 35 cents at $3.55, with the swapping of 17,771 units. Jetcon Corporation gained 5 cents at $2.35, with 5,464 shares passing through the exchange, Knutsford Express concluded trading of 9,300 stock units at $11.90, Lasco Distributors dropped 10 cents and finished at $3.60, with an exchange of 19,550 units, Lasco Financial lost 1 cent and settled at $4.15, trading 10,781 shares. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 79,700 shares, with an increase of 12 cents at $3.25, Main Event traded 5 cents higher at $5.05, with an exchange of 821 shares, Stationery and Office concluded trading with 481,767 shares at $6.75 and tTech closed 30 cents higher at $5.30, with an exchange of 8,361 stock units.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed with volume rising 85 percent and value increasing 104 percent over Tuesday’s levels, but the market index lost 13.59 points to 2,953.24, down 9 percent for 2019 so far.
units 100,529 valued $356,911 and previously 98,795 valued $352,089 for each security traded. In contrast, March closed with an average of 195,942 shares valued at $777,498 for each security traded.
Iron Rock settled with a loss of 5 cents at $3.45, with 1,500,000 shares. Jamaican Teas traded 55 cents higher at $4.10, with 8,500 units, Jetcon Corporation finished trading at $2.35, with 11,206 shares, Knutsford Express concluded trading with a loss of 30 cents at $12, with 7,025 stock units, Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 5 cents at $3.70, with 22,724 units changing hands. Lasco Financial settled with an exchange of 3,295 shares and lost 24 cents at $4.16, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 101,962 shares and closed 1 cent higher at $3.21, Paramount Trading closed 34 cents higher at $2.49, with 25,000 units changing hands. SSL Venture Capital ended 5 cents higher at $1.60, with an exchange of 5,100 shares and tTech settled with a loss of 30 cents at $5, with 64,585 stock units changing hands. In the junior market preference segment, CAC 2000 9% closed at $1.15, trading 5,600 shares.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed at $45.50, with an exchange of 15,421 shares, AMG Packaging traded 13,660 stock units to end at $2.23, Caribbean Cream ended trading of 10,900 shares at $5.28, Caribbean Flavours lost 80 cents to close at $16, with 38,000 stock units changing hands. Caribbean Producers traded 29,825 units with a loss of 40 cents to end at $4.20, Derrimon Trading ended 3 cents higher at $2.75, with 129,215 shares crossing the exchange, Dolphin Cove concluded trading with 34,346 shares at $12.50, Everything Fresh finished 9 cents higher at $1.49, in an exchange of 500 stock units. Elite Diagnostic settled 11 cents higher at $2.96, trading 214,512 units, Express Catering ended trading with 87,172 shares and rose 80 cents to $7.80, FosRich Group closed at $3.90, with the swapping of 17,996 shares, Fontana lost 9 cents to end at $3.81, with 162,711 shares changing hands. General Accident closed with a loss of 55 cents at $3.95, with an exchange of 1,500 stock units. GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 5 cents at $1.30, with 25,082 units traded, Indies Pharma finished exchanging 1,128,131 shares and lost loss of 1 cent to close at $3.02, Jamaican Teas lost 5 cents to close at $4.05, with 12,257 units changing hands, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 2,000 shares and closed 8 cents higher at $2.53. Knutsford Express ended trading with 25,800 stock units to close 40 cents higher at $12.30, Lasco Distributors finished
with a loss of 2 cents at $3.70, with an exchange of 55,200 units, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 6 cents at $4.34, with the trading of 13,647 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 148,000 shares at $3.21. Main Event exchanged with 11,398 shares and gained 35 cents in closing at $5.25, Medical Disposables finished trading 10,477 stock units with a loss of $1.50 to $6.50, Paramount Trading closed with a loss of 35 cents at $2.15, in exchanging 30,000 units, SSL Venture Capital ended with a loss of 10 cents at $1.55, with the trading of 9,709 shares and Stationery and Office concluded trading with 102,096 shares and rose 1 cent to end at $6.76,. In the junior market preference segment, CAC 2000 closed at $1.15, with 370 shares passing through the market
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed at $45.50, with an exchange of 3,000 shares, Blue Power concluded trading with 433 units at $4.50, Cargo Handlers gained 5 cents to at $11, with 3,500 shares passing through the market, Caribbean Cream ended trading of 13,917 shares and lost 2 cents to close at $5.28. Caribbean Flavours traded 11,600 stock units at $16.80, Caribbean Producers finished trading with 34,150 units, and fell 10 cents to $4.60, Derrimon Trading ended 22 cents higher at $2.72, with 3,500 shares clearing the exchange, Everything Fresh finished at $1.40, trading 55,899 stock units, Elite Diagnostic settled with a loss of 5 cents at $2.85, with 138,334 units changing hands. Express Catering ended trading with 3,162 shares, after falling 50 cents to close at $7, FosRich Group exchanged 6,585 shares, with a loss of 10 cents at $3.90, Fontana finished trading 139,911 shares, with a loss of 10 cents at $3.90, General Accident closed 50 cents higher at $4.50, with an exchange of 64,523 stock units. GWest Corporation ended at $1.35, with 50,700 units changing
hands, Honey Bun concluded trading of 102,733 shares, at $3.70, iCreate lost 18 cents to close at an all-time low of 80 cents, with an exchange of 51,586 shares, Indies Pharma finished at $3.03, trading 144,477 shares, Jamaican Teas traded with 55,972 units and rose 40 cents to close at $4.10. Jetcon Corporation finished trading of 41,176 shares, with a loss of 5 cents to close at $2.45, Knutsford Express traded 5,094 stock units at $11.90, Lasco Distributors finished 2 cents higher at $3.72, with 39,800 units clearing the exchange, Lasco Financial settled 30 cents higher at $4.40, with 79,321 shares changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 203,560 shares at $3.21, Main Event fell 51 cents to close at $4.90, with 7,139 shares changing hands, Stationery and Office concluded trading of 38,511 shares at $6.75 and tTech settled with a loss of 20 cents at $5.30, in trading 2,200 stock units.