Blue Power in big drop to close at $30.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Friday with 26 securities changing hands, compared to 25 on Thursday.
At the close of market activities 1,252,974 units valued at $5,418,449 were exchanged, compared to 3,622,077 units valued at $8,835,894, on Thursday. Trading ended with the prices of 8 securities advancing, 7 declining and 11 remained unchanged and the Junior Market Index advanced by 9.51 points to close at 2,968.53.
Market activity ended with an average of 48,191 units for an average of $208,402 in contrast to 144,883 units for an average of $353,436 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 120,246 units with an average value of $437,478 and previously 147,796 units with an average value of $529,433. April closed with an average of 121,622 units at $506,803, for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Blue Power concluded trading with a drop of $6.85 cents to a 52 weeks’ low of $30, with 1,859 units, Cargo Handlers settled at $10, with 2,217 shares, Caribbean Cream ended trading at $4.61, with 2,200 shares, Caribbean Producers finished trading 20 cents higher at $5.50, with 124,930 units, Dolphin Cove finished at $17, with 2,755 stock units. Elite Diagnostic settled at $3.25, with 53,409 units, Eppley ended trading with a loss of 30 cents at $9.20, with 73,571 shares, Express Catering traded with a loss of 50 cents at $5.50, with 37,300 shares, FosRich Group finished trading 5 cents higher at $2.50, with 53,467 shares. General Accident closed 20 cents higher at $3.20, with 500,363 stock units, GWest Corporation ended at $2.40, with 28,513 units, Honey Bun concluded trading 20 cents higher at $4.80, with 10,000 shares, ISP Finance settled 80 cents higher at $18, with 1,000 shares. Jamaican Teas ended trading at $5, with 39,880 stock units, Jetcon Corporation traded with a loss of 4 cents at $4.09, with 14,500 units, 
Key Insurance finished trading at $3.90, with 10,000 shares, Knutsford Express ended 43 cents higher at $13.90, with 5,290 shares. Lasco Distributors concluded trading 10 cents higher at $4.30, with 87,570 stock units, Lasco Financial finished at $5.55, with 24,986 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled 10 cents higher at $3.85, with 9,140 shares, Main Event ended trading with a loss of 46 cents at $6.79, with 8,560 shares. Paramount Trading finished trading with a loss of 10 cents at $3, with 70,851 stock units, Stationery and Office closed with a loss of 15 cents at $6.05, with 10,346 units and tTech concluded trading at $5.75, with 29,327 shares. In the junior market preference segment, Derrimon Trading 9% ended at $2, with 2,390 stock units, Eppley 8.75% concluded trading at $6, with 48,550 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
General Accident closed with a loss of 1 cent at $3, with 18,500 stock units. GWest Corporation ended at $2.40, with 79,075 units, Honey Bun concluded trading with a loss of 20 cents at $4.60, with 7,326 shares, Jamaican Teas ended trading 40 cents higher at $5, with 14,572 stock units, Jetcon Corporation traded with a loss of 2 cents at $4.13, with 30,765 units. Key Insurance finished trading 30 cents higher at $3.90, with 150 shares, Knutsford Express ended with a loss of 48 cents at $13.47, with 120 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading with a loss of 5 cents at $4.20, with 198,867 stock units, Lasco Financial finished 5 cents higher at $5.55, with 28,040 units. Lasco Manufacturing settled 2 cents higher at $3.75, with 67,278 shares, Main Event ended trading at $7.25, with 9,348 shares, Stationery and Office closed 20 cents higher at $6.20, with 32,246 units and tTech concluded trading at $5.75, with 2,280 shares changing hands.
The Junior Market Index closed trading on Monday with a gain of just 3.84 points to 2,988.82 as 26 securities changed hands up from 25 trading on Friday, with 5 rising, 12 declining and 9 remaining unchanged. 
At the close of the market, Access Financial ended at $47, with 144 shares trading, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 4 cents to a 52 weeks’ low of $1.93, while exchanging 138,986 stock units, Caribbean Cream fell 65 cents to $5, with 1,000 shares, Caribbean Producers finished trading at $5.40, with 15,072 units, Consolidated Bakeries closed with a loss of 5 cents at $1.90, after 11,951 shares changed hands. Derrimon Trading concluded trading at $10, with 6,000 shares, Elite Diagnostic settled with a loss of 5 cents at $3.20, with 121,237 units, Eppley ended trading 10 cents higher at $9.60, with 500 shares, Express Catering traded at $6, with 28,667 shares. FosRich Group finished trading 10 cents higher at $2.45, with 37,631 shares, General Accident closed with a loss of 15 cents at $3.02, with 26,000 stock units, GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 3 cents at $2.42, with 28,853 units changing hands, Honey Bun concluded trading with a loss of 5 cents at $4.60, with 31,000 shares. Jamaican Teas ended trading at $5, with 64,809 stock units, 
Jetcon Corporation traded with a loss of 15 cents at $4.15, with 530,003 units, Key Insurance finished trading 10 cents higher at $3.50, with 1,000 shares, KLE Group closed at $2.45, with 1,796 stock units. Knutsford Express ended at $14, with 761 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading with a loss of 5 cents at $4.05, with 45,252 stock units, Lasco Financial finished with a loss of 3 cents at $5.62, with 325,528 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled with a loss of 41 cents at $4.08, with 6,000 shares. Main Event ended trading 38 cents higher at $7, with 21,938 shares, Paramount Trading finished trading 5 cents higher at $3.10, with 450 stock units, Stationery and Office closed with a loss of 3 cents at $5.96, with 1,479 units and tTech concluded trading at $6, with 16,240 shares. In the junior market preference segment, Eppley settled at $6, with 5,000 shares, changing hands.
The Junior Market fell at the close of trading on Thursday with the market Index declined by 22.81 points to close at 2,962.84 with 24 securities changing hands up from 21 on Wednesday. 
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows just 3 stocks ending with bids higher than the last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Honey Bun concluded trading 15 cents higher at $4.65, with 17,050 shares. Jetcon Corporation gained 1 cent to end at $4.16, with 17,480 units, KLE Group closed at $2.45, with 18,204 shares, Knutsford Express ended with a loss of 5 cents at $13.95, exchanging just 1,146 shares, Lasco Distributors fell 5 cents to $4.10, with 130,657 stock units. Lasco Financial finished with a loss of 15 cents at $5.50, with 62,740 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled 15 cents higher at $4.15, trading 205,000 shares, Main Event ended trading 1 cent higher at $7, with 5,100 shares, Medical Disposables traded with a loss of 50 cents at $4.50, with 26,446 shares. Paramount Trading finished trading with a fall of 2 cents at $3.08, with 8,015 stock units, Stationery and Office closed 3 cents higher at $5.98, with 2,060 units and tTech concluded trading 4 cents higher at $5.79, with 3,000 shares changing hands.
The Junior Market rose at the close of trading on Wednesday with the market Index advancing by 20.94 points to close at 2,985.65. 
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows just 2 stocks ending with bids higher than the last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Honey Bun concluded trading at $4.50 after rising 9 cents with 28,332 shares, Iron Rock Insurance gained 50 cents to end at $3.50, with 28,271 shares, Jetcon Corporation traded with a loss of 15 cents at $4.15, with 25,000 units. Knutsford Express ended at $14, with 31,313 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading with a loss of 5 cents at $4.15, with 1,516,542 stock units changing hands, Lasco Financial finished 15 cents higher at $5.65, with 44,100 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled at $4, with 337,151 shares. Main Event ended trading 79 cents higher at $6.99, with 79,305 units, Medical Disposables traded at $5, with 10,000 shares, Paramount Trading finished trading at $3.10, with 2,447 stock units and Stationery and Office closed with a loss of 5 cents at $5.95, with 10,294 units changing hands.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows just 3 stocks ending with bids higher than the last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Jamaican Teas ended trading 45 cents higher at $5, with 300 stock units, Jetcon Corporation traded 10 cents higher at $4.30, with 31,645 units. Knutsford Express ended at $14, with 14,800 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading 20 cents higher at $4.20, with 1,549,452 stock units, Lasco Financial finished 16 cents higher at $5.50, with 11,600 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled at $4, with 10,530 shares. Main Event ended trading at $6.20, with 550 shares, Paramount Trading finished trading at $3.10, with 160 stock units, Stationery and Office closed at $6, with 104,008 units and tTech concluded trading 25 cents higher at $5.75, with 13,831 shares. In the junior market preference segment, Eppley settled with a loss of 1 cent at $6, with 162,000 shares changing hands.
The Junior Market fell at the close of trading on Monday with 19 securities changing hands, the same number on Friday, the market Index declined by 14.28 points to close at 2,933.45. 
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows just 5 stocks ending with bids higher than the last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 5 cents at $2.45, with 15,300 units, Honey Bun concluded trading with a loss of 20 cents at $4.40, exchanging 4,961 shares, Iron Rock finished at $3, with 49,100 shares, Jamaican Teas ended trading with a loss of 45 cents at $4.55, after 20,000 stock units changed hands. Jetcon Corporation traded with a loss of 30 cents at $4.20, with 12,706 units, Knutsford Express ended at $14, with 7,200 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading with a loss of 15 cents at $4, exchanging 68,550 stock units, Lasco Financial finished 14 cents higher at $5.34, with 206 units. Lasco Manufacturing settled at $4, with 13,010 shares and Stationery and Office closed 10 cents higher at $6, with 65,442 units changing hands.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows just 3 stocks ending with bids higher than the last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 147,346 units at $595,413 compared to 156,870 units at $634,740 on the prior trading day. March closed with an average of 149,999 units valued at $623,819, for each security traded.
Eppley ended trading with a loss of 9 cents at $9.51, with 288 shares, Express Catering traded at $5.30, with 2,639 shares, FosRich Group finished trading at $2.40, with 11,040 shares. General Accident closed with a loss of 5 cents at $2.95, with 229,895 stock units, GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 59 cents at $2.50, with 179,700 units, Honey Bun concluded trading with a loss of 35 cents at $4.40, with 6,500 shares, Iron Rock finished at $3, with 109,700 shares. Jamaican Teas ended trading with a loss of 16 cents at $5, with 750 stock units, Jetcon Corporation traded at $4.15, with 18,938 units, KLE Group closed with a loss of 5 cents at $2.45, with 11,500 shares, Knutsford Express ended with a loss of 1.52 cents at $12.48, with 850 shares. Lasco Distributors concluded trading $4.02 higher at $4.02, with 160,040 stock units, Lasco Financial finished with a loss of 2 cents at $5.28, with 8,970 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled with a loss of 1 cent at $3.99, with 271,118 shares, Main Event ended trading with a loss of 4 cents at $6, with 14,067 shares. Medical Disposables traded at $5.10, with 7,400 shares, Stationery and Office closed 48 cents to a record closing high of $6, with 267,550 units and tTech concluded trading 5 cents higher at $5.80, with 5,000 shares changing hands.