Nice bounce for Junior Market – Monday

Fontana ended at a new closing high as selling pressure eases.

Stocks made strong gains in trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Monday, breaking four consecutive days of decline last week. The 2 to 1 positive advance decline ratio pushed the market index up 31.38 points to 3,094.46.
Twenty seven (27) securities changed hands, compared with 31 securities on Friday. At the close of trading the prices of 15 securities rose, 7 fell and 5 remained unchanged. FosRich Group ended at new closing high as well as Fontana that closed with very limited stocks on offer below $5.50, as demand for it has picked up.
The market closed with 1,429,394 units valued $5,552,802 being exchanged, compared to 3,286,973 shares valued at $12,890,201 on Friday.
Trading ended with an average of 52,941 units for an average of $205,659 in contrast to 106,031 units for an average of $415,813 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 131,423 shares valued at $514,778 compared to 146,891 shares valued at $575,700 on the previous day. In contrast, February closed with average of 235,225 units valued at $679,790 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
At the close of trading, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 4 cents at $2.25, with 114,379 stock units changing hands, Caribbean Cream ended trading of 251 shares at $5.25, Caribbean Flavours dropped $1.54 to close at $16.95 after trading 2,000 stock units, Caribbean Producers finished trading 3 cents higher at $4.50, with 26,300 units changing hands. Derrimon Trading ended 9 cents higher at $2.89, with 21,600 shares switching ownership. Dolphin Cove jumped $1.76 higher to $13.36, with an exchange of 100 shares, Everything Fresh finished with a loss of 15 cents at $1.50, in trading 24,000 stock units, Elite Diagnostic settled at $3.20, with 126,553 units, Express Catering ended trading with a loss of 31 cents at $7.99, with 5,318 shares. FosRich Group gained 20 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $4.20, trading 62,102 shares, Fontana finished trading of 307,794 shares and rose 10 cents to end at an all-time closing high of $4.10. General Accident closed 15 cents higher, at $4.50, with 121,000 stock units changing hands, GWest Corporation ended at $1.75, with an exchange of 6,172 units, Honey Bun concluded trading of 33,352 shares for 2 cents higher at $3.72. ICreate rose 1 cent to close at 94 cents, trading 66,000 shares.  Indies Pharma gained 25 cents to end at $3, with 119,744 shares trading, Jamaican Teas traded 56,495 units with a loss of 5 cents at $3.75,  Jetcon Corporation  closed 5 cents higher at $2.77, trading 6,460 shares. Knutsford Express  jumped 90 cents higher to $12.90, with 37,592 stock units changing hands, Lasco Distributors  closed at $3.70, with an exchange of 14,587 units, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 19 cents at $4.40, in exchanging 153,968 shares. Main Event  traded 25,212 shares for an 80 cents hike to $5.80, Medical Disposables  finished with a loss of 50 cents at $6.50, with 14,000 stock units changing hands, Paramount Trading  closed 36 cents higher at $2.40, with an exchange of 1,283 units. SSL Venture Capital ended at $1.70, trading 44,732 shares, Stationery and Office concluded trading of 5,400 shares, after rising of 50 cents to $7.50 and tTech settled 50 cents higher at $6, with 33,000 stock units changing hands.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Junior Market drops again – Thursday

Junior Market trading.

Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended trading on Thursday with more stocks declining than rising for a third day, leading to another fall in the market index of 26.87 points to 3,082.74.
At the close of market activities, 23 securities changed hands, compared with 28 securities trading on Tuesday and ending with the prices of 8 securities advancing, 13 declining and 2 remaining unchanged.
The market closed with 2,723,771 units valued at $7,748,383 compared to 3,968,653 units valued at $16,061,548, trading on Tuesday.
Trading ended with an average of 118,425 shares valued 336,886 each compared to 141,738 units for an average of $573,627 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 158,840 shares valued at $622,459 compared to 170,040 shares valued at $701,594 on the previous day. In contrast, February closed with average of 235,225 units valued at $679,790 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
At the close of trading, Access Financial lost $4 and closed at $49, with 5,313 shares changing hands, AMG Packaging lost 11 cents to end at $2.20, trading 252,300 stock units, Cargo Handlers settled at $12.85 with a loss of 5 cents, in exchanging 3,101 shares, Caribbean Cream rose 5 cents trading of 3,500 shares to close at $5.25. Caribbean Flavours traded 1,580 stock units with a fall of $2.01 to close at $18.49, Caribbean Producers finished trading 2,500 units and lost 3 cents to end at $4.47, Derrimon Trading ended 2 cents down at $2.91, with 15,720 shares changing hands, Everything Fresh fell 10 cents to close at $1.55, with 34,600 stock units trading. Express Catering ended trading with 3,025 shares, for a loss of 7 cents at $7.88, Fontana finished trading 145,041 shares, with a rise of 4 cents at $4, FosRich Group climbed 15 cents in trading 116,294 shares, to end at $4, General Accident shed 20 cents in closing at $4.30, with an exchange of 158,226 stock units. Honey Bun concluded trading of 14,006 shares with a loss of 5 cents at $3.70, investors gobbled up 450,683, iCreate shares, to close with a gain of 5 cents at 95 cents, Indies Pharma  rose 4 cents to $3, with 520,129 shares trading, Jamaican Teas  traded 52,575 units at $3.85, Knutsford Express  concluded trading of 1,289 stock units at $12. Lasco Distributors  finished 4 cent higher at $3.75, in exchanging 210,134 units, Lasco Financial  settled with a loss of 29 cents at $4.51, in trading just 2,150 shares, Lasco Manufacturing  added 1 cent and ended trading at $3.01, with 347,874 shares changing hands. Main Event  traded 56,028 shares with a loss of 79 cents at $4.56, Medical Disposables finished trading 6,500 stock units with a gain of 25 cents to close at $6.80, SSL Venture Capital lost 25 cents to end at $1.70, trading 321,203 shares.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Falling stock prices hit Junior Market – Tuesday

Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended trading on Tuesday with more stocks declining than rising for the second day leading to another fall in the market index of 10.21 points to 3,109.61.
At the close of market activities 28 securities changed hands, compared with 29 securities trading on Monday and ending with the prices of 6 securities advancing, 13 declining and 9 remaining unchanged.
The market closed with 3,968,653 units valued at $16,061,548 trading, compared to 6,546,471 units valued at $26,108,684 exchanged on Monday.
Trading ended with an average of 141,738 units for an average of $573,627 in contrast to 225,740 units for an average of $900,299 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 170,040 shares valued at $701,594 compared to 184,448 units valued at $766,741 on the previous day. In contrast, February closed with average of 235,225 units valued at $679,790 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 bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 with a lower offer.
At the close of trading, Access Financial closed at $53, with 642 shares changing hands, AMG Packaging ended at $2.31, trading 35,650 stock units, Blue Power concluded trading of 19,040 units, with a loss of 35 cents to close at $4.50, Cargo Handlers settled at $12.90 with a loss of 10 cents, exchanging 3,900 shares. Caribbean Flavours traded 8,119 stock units with a leap of $2.01 to close at $20.50, Caribbean Producers finished trading 63,841 units at $4.50, Derrimon Trading ended 23 cents higher at $2.93, with 36,758 shares changing hands, Everything Fresh finished 13 cents higher at $1.65, with 4,402 stock units trading, Elite Diagnostic settled at $3.30, with 10,100 units changing hands. Express Catering ended trading with 12,020 shares, for 10 cents higher to $7.95, FosRich Group traded 29,900 shares, for 5 cents higher at $3.85, Fontana finished trading 45,952 shares, with a loss of 5 cents at $3.96, General Accident closed at $4.50, with an exchange of 486,619 stock units. GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 5 cents at $1.75, trading 104,195 units, Honey Bun concluded trading of 53,158 shares with a loss of 5 cents at $3.75, investors dumped 257,234 ICreate shares to close at a record low of 90 cents, having fallen 11 cents. Indies Pharma ended with a loss of 4 cents at $2.96, with 9,200 shares trading, Iron Rock settled at $3.50, exchanging 4,832 shares, Jamaican Teas traded 74,106 units with a loss of 15 cents at $3.85, Jetcon Corporation lost 15 cents to end at $2.95, with the swapping of 27,400 shares. KLE Group ended with a loss of 30 cents at $2.80, with 550 shares changing owners, Knutsford Express  concluded trading of 4,311 stock units at $12, Lasco Distributors  finished 1 cent higher at $3.71, in exchanging 210,500 units, Lasco Financial  settled with a loss of 20 cents at $4.80, trading 2,260,678 shares. Lasco Manufacturing  ended trading at $3, with 182,048 shares changing hands, Main Event  traded 16,400 shares with a loss of 5 cents at $5.35, SSL Venture Capital ended at $1.95, trading 4,298 shares and Stationery and Office concluded trading of 2,800 shares with a loss of 20 cents to close at $8.20.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

17 Junior Market stocks fall on Monday

Fontana finished the trading of 3.7 million shares to end at a record close of $4.01.

Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended trading on Monday with 29 securities changing hands, compared with 26 securities trading on Friday and ending with the prices of 8 securities advancing, 17 declining and 4 remaining unchanged.
Market activities led to the Junior Market index dropping 23.96 points to close at 3,119.82 as of 6,546,471 units valued at $26,108,684 were exchanged, compared to 3,598,159 units valued at $16,062,046 on Friday.
Trading ended with an average of 225,740 units for an average of $900,299 in contrast to 138,391 units for an average of $617,771 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 184,448 valued at $766,741. In contrast, February closed with average of 235,225 units valued at $679,790 for each security traded.
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 3 with lower offers.
At the close of trading, Access Financial exchanged 200 shares to close at $53, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 18 cents at $2.31, with an exchange of 18,331 stock units, Blue Power concluded trading of 11,150 units with a loss of 8 cents to close at $4.85. Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of 20 cents at $13, with 7,500 shares trading, Caribbean Cream ended trading of 4,500 shares, for 8 cents higher at $5.20, Caribbean Producers traded 44,000 units, with a loss of 10 cents in closing at $4.50, Derrimon Trading ended 10 cents higher at $2.70, with 90,990 shares changing hands. Dolphin Cove concluded trading of 77,298 shares, with a loss of 50 cents to end at $13.50, Everything Fresh finished 2 cents higher at $1.52, trading 38,000 stock units. Elite Diagnostic rose 10 cents to $3.30, with the trading of 16,229 units, Express Catering ended trading with 16,120 shares after rising 39 cents higher to close at $7.85, FosRich Group traded 120,668 shares, with a loss of 20 cents at $3.80. Fontana finished the trading of 3,702,697 shares and rose 5 cents to end at a record close of $4.01, General Accident closed at $4.50, with 32,665 stock units crossing the exchange trading platform, Honey Bun ended trading 12,744 shares with a loss of 1 cent at $3.80, ICreate swapped 60,985 and rose 1 cent to close at $1.01. Indies Pharma lost 14 cents to close at $3, with 78,934 shares changing hands, Iron Rock settled with the trading 30,000 shares at $3.50, Jamaican Teas  lost 24 cents to close at $4, with trading 14,090 units, Jetcon Corporation  finished trading with 26,734 shares but lost 20 cents to close at $3.10.  Knutsford Express  concluded exchanging 2,670 stock units, with a loss of 87 cents to end at $12,  Lasco Distributors  finished with a loss of 9 cents at $3.70, with 985,338 units changing hands. Lasco Financial  settled 60 cents higher at $5, with an exchange of 659,332 shares, Lasco Manufacturing  ended trading with 257,520 shares after declining 24 cents at $3,  Main Event traded 7,286 shares at $5.40,  Medical Disposables  swapped 18,300 stock units with a loss of 5 cents at $6.55. Paramount Trading closed with a loss of 4 cents at $2.04, with 211,090 units changing hands, Stationery and Office Supplies concluded trading of 1,000 shares with a loss of 10 cents, at $8.40 and tTech settled with a loss of 70 cents at $5.50, with and exchange of 100 stock units.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Falling stocks dominate Junior Market – Friday

Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended trading on Friday with 26 securities changing hands, compared with 25 securities trading on Thursday and ending with the prices of 6 securities advancing, 13 declining and 6 remaining unchanged.
At the close of market activities, 3,598,159 units valued at $16,062,044 changed hands, compared to 10,156,220 units valued at $31,853,419 on Thursday. Trading ended with an average of 138,391 units for an average of $617,771 in contrast to 406,249 units for an average of $1,274,137 on Thursday. In contrast, February closed with average of 235,225 units valued at $679,790 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
At the close of the trading, Access Financial closed $3 higher to $53, with 6,150 shares trading, AMG Packaging closed 9 cents higher at $2.49, with 18,125 stock units changing hands, Blue Power concluded trading of 21,298 units at $4.93, CAC 2000 finished trading with a loss of 10 cents at $12.40, with an exchange of 2,500 shares. Caribbean Flavours lost $1.51, exchanging 44,483 stock units, at $18.49, Caribbean Producers finished trading 15,692 units at $4.60, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 10 cents at $2.60, trading 277,652 shares, Everything Fresh finished with a loss of 15 cents at $1.50, with an exchange of 79,794 stock units. Elite Diagnostic settled at $3.20, with an exchange of 35,968 units, Express Catering ended trading of 583,562 shares, with a loss of 39 cents at $7.46, FosRich Group traded 66,355 shares to close at $4, Fontana finished trading with a loss of 2 cents at $3.96, with 164,513 shares changing hands. General Accident closed at $4.50, with 561,039 exchanging stock units, Honey Bun concluded trading 1,143,609 shares 1 cent higher at $3.81, ICreate swapped 275,417 and lost 2 cents to close at all-time low of $1. Indies Pharma finished 14 cents higher at $3.14, trading 36,886 shares, Iron Rock settled at $3.50, with an exchange of 27,500 shares, Jamaican Teas  traded 58,475 units with a loss of 26 cents to end at $4.24. Jetcon Corporation  finished trading 3,768 shares and rose 20 cents to $3.30,  Lasco Distributors  finished with a loss of 1 cent at $3.79, with 28,381 units changing hands, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 20 cents at $4.40, with 4,261 shares crossing the trading platform. Lasco Manufacturing  ended trading 54,369 shares, with a loss of 1 cent to close at $3.24,  Main Event  traded 3,080 shares with a loss of 10 cents to end at $5.40,  Medical Disposables  finished with a loss of 20 cents at $6.60, trading 8,700 stock units and tTech settled 70 cents higher at $6.20, with just 200 stock units trading. In the junior market preference segment, Derrimon Trading preference share ended at $2.10, with 76,382 stock units changing hands.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Derrimon dominates Junior Market – Thursday

Derrimon Trading exchanged 5.66m shares.

Derrimon dominated trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday with 5.66 million shares changing hands accounting for nearly 56 percent of the Junior Market volume traded.
At the close of market activities advancing stocks edged out declining ones with the Index inching 0.15 points higher to close at 3,127.66 as the prices of 11 securities rose, 10 declined and 4 remained unchanged.
Trading ended on Thursday with 25 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 10,156,220 units valued at $31,853,419 compared to 3,473,115 units valued at $10,367,273 on Wednesday from 28 securities changing hands.
Trading closed with an average of 406,249 units for an average of $1,274,137 in contrast to 124,040 units for an average of $370,260 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 235,225 units valued at $679,790 and previously, 226,842 units valued at $650,656 in contrast to 204,171 units for an average of $803,427. In contrast, January closed with average of 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 8 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
At the close of the trading, AMG Packaging ended 5 cents higher at $2.40, while trading 3,000 shares, Blue Power concluded trading of 32,702 units, with a loss of 7 cents to close at $4.93, Cargo Handlers gained 20 cents to close at $13.20, with 1,250 shares crossing over the trading platform. Caribbean Flavours traded 2,050 stock units and climbed $2 to $20, Caribbean Producers finished trading 10 cents higher at $4.60, with an exchange of 8,285 units. Consolidated Bakeries closed with a loss of 1 cent at $1.99, with 500 shares changing hands, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 20 cents at $2.70, with an exchange of 5,664,385 shares, Everything Fresh finished with a loss of 10 cents at $1.65, trading 72,506 stock units. Elite Diagnostic settled 3 cents higher at $3.20, with 20,000 units changing hands, Express Catering ended trading 404,531 shares after rising 55 cents higher at $7.85, FosRich Group traded 95,912 shares at $4,  Fontana finished trading 348,963 shares with a loss of 1 cent at $3.98, General Accident closed 35 cents higher at $4.50, with 21,500 stock units changing hands. GWest Corporation ended at $1.80, with 35,447 units traded, Honey Bun concluded trading of 4,800 shares with a loss of 2 cents at $3.80, ICreate traded 399,531 shares with a lost of 2 cents to close at $1.02. Indies Pharma finished 24 cents higher at $3, with 728,417 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas traded 1,037,035 units and rose 50 cents higher to close at $4.50. Jetcon Corporation finished trading 1,098,133 shares, with a loss of 5 cents at $3.10,  Knutsford Express  concluded trading of 1,700 stock units at $12.87,  Lasco Distributors finished 5 cents higher at $3.80, with 44,807 units changing hands, Lasco Financial  settled 10 cents higher at $4.60, in trading 16,244 shares. Lasco Manufacturing  ended trading of 61,113 shares at $3.25,  Main Event traded 13,409 shares  with a loss of 10 cents to close at $5.50 and Medical Disposables finished trading 100,000 stock units with a loss of 20 cents at $6.80.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Junior Market index moved up – Tuesday

Junior Market stock trading.


Trading ended on Tuesday with 31 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 4,609,652 units valued at $19,878,004, compared to 6,329,310 units valued at $24,906,239.61 changing hands on Monday.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with on Monday with the Index advanced by 12.91 points to close at 3,179.14 as the prices of 9 securities rose, 9 fell and 13 remained unchanged.
Trading ended with an average of 148,698 units for an average of $641,226 in contrast to 204,171 units for an average of $803,427 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 232,813 units valued at $666,944 and previously 148,698 units for an average of $641,226, in contrast to 204,171 units for an average of $803,427 previously. In contrast, January closed with average of 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 bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
At the close of the trading,  AMG Packaging  ended with a loss of 10 cents at $2.35, with 130,507 stock units changing hands, Blue Power concluded trading 1,586 units, with a loss of 1 cent at $4.97, Caribbean Cream closed with a loss of 17 cents at $5.20, with an exchange of 7,000 shares. Caribbean Flavours  traded 3,605 stock units, at $18,  Caribbean Producers finished trading  11,200 units to close at $4.60, Consolidated Bakeries closed 20 cents higher at $2, with 100 shares changing hands, Derrimon Trading ended at $2.90, with 135,485 shares crossing the exchange’s trading platform. Dolphin Cove  concluded trading with 75,093 shares, with a loss of 95
cents to close at $14,  Everything Fresh  finished 10 cents higher at $1.75, in exchanging 12,000 stock units. Elite Diagnostic settled with a loss of 5 cents at $3.10,  trading 4,900 units, Express Catering ended trading of 694,970 shares, with a loss of 16 cents to close at $7.30, FosRich Group traded 34,968 shares, at $4, Fontana closed trading 8 cents higher at
$3.99, with 511,282 shares changing hands. General Accident jumped 49 cents higher to $4.49, with an exchange of 1,038,615 stock units, GWest Corporation ended at $1.80, with 12,882 units trading, Honey Bun concluded trading of 1,100 shares for 7 cents more to end at $3.87, ICreate traded 561,314 and lost 4 cents to close at $1.05. Indies Pharma finished 13 cents higher at $2.83, trading 13,467 shares. Iron Rock settled at $3.50, with 92,970 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas  traded 15 cents higher at $4, with an exchange of 19,276 units, Jetcon Corporation  finished trading 108,985 shares, at $3,  Key Insurance  closed at $3, with the trading of 5,000 shares. Knutsford Express  concluded trading with 3,814 stock units at $12.90, Lasco Distributors  closed at $3.80, with 1,047,602 units changing hands, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 20 cents at $4.60, after trading 10,462 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 10,451 shares with a loss of 2 cents to close at $3.25. Main Event traded with a loss of 20 cents at $5.60, with 1,236 shares changing hands, Medical Disposables rose 11 cents to close at $6.60, trading 19,900 stock units, SSL
Venture Capital
 ended at $1.95, with 15,000 shares trading and Stationery and Office concluded trading of 5,259 shares with a rise of 8 cents to $8.33. In the Junior Market preference segment, Derrimon Trading 9% ended at $2.10, with 19,623 stock units trading.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Strong Junior Market index move – Monday

Jamaican Teas was the leading trade with 4.5 million shares on Monday.

Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with on Monday with the Index climbing 38.36 points to close at
3,166.23 as the prices of 11 securities rose, 11 fell and 9 remained unchanged.

ICreate was listed on Monday and traded to close at a 52 weeks’ high, of $1.09. The stock was sold to the public in an IPO at $1.01 in late January.
Trading ended with 31 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 6,329,310 units valued at $24,906,240 compared to 2,862,529 units valued at $11,545,436 from 28 securities changing hands on Friday.
The average was 204,171 units for $803,427, in contrast to 102,233
units for an average of $412,337 on Friday. The average volume and value
for the month to date amounts to units 238,595 valued at $668,712 and
previously 241,136 valued at $658,769. In contrast, January closed with average of 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 bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
At the close of the trading, Access Financial closed $4 higher at $53, trading 1,469 shares, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 4 cents at $2.45, with an exchange of 5,500 stock units, Blue Power concluded trading of 2,000 units and rose 4 cents to close at $4.98,  Cargo Handlers settled at $14,with 3,950 shares changing hands. Caribbean Cream ended trading of 415 shares after a 5 cents rise to $5.37, Caribbean Producers traded 100,000 units with the price moving 10 cents higher to $4.60, Consolidated Bakeries closed at $1.80, with 10,000 shares changing hands, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 5 cents at $2.90, with an exchange of 266,310 shares. Dolphin Cove climbed 95 cents higher to $14.95 in trading 15,000 shares,  Everything Fresh  finished with a loss of 9 cents at $1.65, with an exchange of 44,519 stock units, Express Catering  ended trading 17,000 shares with a loss of 3 cents  at $7.46, FosRich Group traded 7,484 shares, at $4. Fontana lost 4 cents to close at $3.91, in exchanging 913,786 shares.General Accident closed at $4, with 5,575 stock units trading, GWest Corporation ended 5 cents higher at $1.80, with an exchange of 10,000 units, Honey Bun concluded trading of 11,200 shares, with a loss of 18 cents at $3.80, Indies Pharma finished with a loss of 21 cents at $2.70, trading 25,735 shares. Iron Rock settled with a loss of 5 cents at $3.50, with 39,030 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas traded 4,523,710 shares, but lost 10 cents to close at $3.85,  Jetcon Corporation  finished trading 4,015 shares, at $3,  Knutsford Express  concluded trading with a loss of 10 cents at $12.90, with 10,948 stock units passing through the market. Lasco Distributors finished 5 cents higher at $3.80, in exchanging 33,333 units, Lasco Financial settled at $4.80, trading 4,000 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 3,162 shares at $3.27,  Main Event traded 80 cents higher at $5.80, with 6,657 shares crossing the stock exchange platform. Medical Disposables jumped 99 cents and finished trading 65,774 stock units at $6.49,  SSL Venture Capital concluded trading of 4,500 shares, at $1.95,  Stationery and Office  finished 15 cents higher at $8.25, in exchanging 9,551 shares and tTech ended trading of 138 units with a loss of 39 cents to $5.50.
In the junior  market preference segment, CAC 2000 closed at $1, with the trading 6,652 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at
which the last trade took place.

Junior Market climbs – Wednesday

Junior market trading ended with the Index gaining 27.35 points to close at 3,101.31 on Wednesday with the prices of 13 securities advancing, 9 declining and 5 remaining unchanged.
Trading ended with 27 securities changing hands, compared to 26 previously, resulting in an exchange of 2,637,177 units valued at $9,847,525, compared to 3,139,829 units valued at $14,134,481 on Tuesday.
Trading ended with an average of 97,673 units for an average of $364,723 in contrast to 120,763 units for an average of $543,634 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 270,714 valued at $702,301 and previously 276,019 valued at $729,188. In contrast, January closed with average of 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 5 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended at $2.50, with an exchange of 2,420 stock units, Blue Power traded 6,315 units and rose 15 cents to close at $5, CAC 2000 finished with a loss of 48 cents at $12.12, with 500 shares changing hands. Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of 50 cents at $14, in exchanging 500 shares, Caribbean Flavours traded 500 stock units with a gain of $1.42 to close at $18, Caribbean Producers finished trading 19,809 units at $4.70, Derrimon Trading ended at $2.70, with an exchange of 155,256 shares. Dolphin Cove concluded trading of 700 shares at $15, with a loss of 50 cents. Everything Fresh finished with a loss of 19 cents at $1.60, trading 57,525 stock units, Elite Diagnostic settled at $3, with an exchange of 4,100 units, Express Catering ended trading of 62,902 shares, at $7.06. FosRich Group traded 204,252 shares, with a loss of 7 cents to close at $3.98, Fontana finished trading with a loss of 4 cents at $3.95, with 816,855 shares changing hands. General Accident closed 1 cent higher at $4, while exchanging 82,475 stock units, GWest Corporation ended 14 cents higher at $1.69, with 15,182 units trading, Honey Bun concluded trading of 201,036 shares and rose 14 cents higher to $3.99,  Indies Pharma finished 10 cents higher at $2.80, in exchanging 61,592 shares. ISP Finance  ended trading with 5,000 stock units and climbed $2 to $13,  Jamaican Teas  traded 81,678 units for 28 cents more at $4, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 446,571 shares, adding 15 cents to end at $3.15,  Knutsford Express  lost $1.60 cents to close at $10.90, with 4,100 stock units changing hands. Lasco Distributors  finished with a loss of 29 cents at $3.70, with 210,378 units trading, Lasco Financial  settled 24 cents higher at $4.80, with 82,082 shares crossing through the exchange, Lasco Manufacturing  ended trading with 101,576 shares, and rose 4 cents to end at $3.20,  Medical Disposables finished trading 1,381 stock units and gained 25 cents to end at $5.75. SSL Venture Capital ended with a loss of 5 cents at $1.90, trading 9,803 shares and Stationery and Office concluded trading 30 cents higher at $8.50, with 2,689 shares changing hands.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Big pull back for Junior Market – Tuesday

The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange dropped 35.86 points to close at 3,073.96 on Tuesday, the market climbed back from a much deeper decline in the earlier part of trading when it was down more than 70 points.
Trading ended with 26 securities changing hands compared to 28 securities on Monday and resulted in the prices of just 6 securities rising and 14 declining and 6 holding firm, on a day when 3 securities traded at 52 weeks’ lows. The day ended with an exchange of 3,139,829 units valued at $14,134,481 compared to 2,108,297 units valued at $6,747,118 on Monday.
Trading ended with an average of 120,763 units for an average of $543,634 in contrast to 75,296 units for an average of $240,969 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 276,019 valued at $729,188 and previously 288,915 valued at $744,601. In contrast, January closed with average of 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 6 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed trading of 4,700 shares and rose 90 cents to end at $49, AMG Packaging ended at $2.50, with 282,792 stock units changing hands, Blue Power concluded trading of 23,300 units, with a loss of 15 cents at $4.85. Cargo Handlers settled 50 cents higher at $14.50, with an exchange of 3,200 shares, Caribbean Cream ended trading of 263,111 shares at $5.32, after hitting a low for the day of $5.10, Caribbean Flavours dropped $2.92 to end at $16.58, with 23,000 stock units trading. Caribbean Producers concluded trading of 65,600 units at $4.70, Derrimon Trading ended at $2.70, with 205,000 shares changing hands, Dolphin Cove concluded trading of 1,282 shares and climbed $3.50 to close at $15.50, after hitting a 52 weeks low of $10.20, earlier in the day. Everything Fresh finished with a loss of 6 cents at $1.79, with an exchange of 101,900 stock units, Elite Diagnostic settled with a loss of 10 cents at $3, while trading 33,955 units, Express Catering ended trading with 526,905 shares, after falling 44 cents to end at $7.06.  FosRich Group traded 37,512 shares with a loss of 12 cents at $4.05, Fontana traded 844,663 shares to end at $3.99,  General Accident  closed with a loss of 2 cents at $3.99, with an exchange of 257,155 stock units, Honey Bun concluded trading of 31,400 shares, with a loss of 15 cents at $3.85. Indies Pharma finished with a loss of 27 cents at $2.70, in exchanging 175,005 shares, Jamaican Teas traded 5,208 units, with a loss of 28 cents to close at $3.72,  Jetcon Corporation  ended trading of 4,457 shares, with a loss of 7 cents at $3.  Knutsford Express  closed trading of 33,454 stock units with a loss of 20 cents, to end at $12.50, Lasco Distributors  finished 29 cents higher at $3.99, with 5,978 units trading, Lasco Financial  settled 6 cents higher at $4.56, with 5,033 shares changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing  ended trading of 185,000 shares, at $3.16, Main Event traded a mere 111 shares, with a loss of 1 cent to close at $5.80, SSL Venture Capital ended 25 cents higher at $1.95, with an exchange of 5,108 shares and Stationery and Office concluded trading of 15,000 shares with a loss of 30 cents to end at $8.20.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.