Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Friday with 27 securities changing hands, compared to 28 securities changing hands on Thursday, with a sharp drop in the number of securities trading.
Trading ended with, the prices of 11 securities rising, 6 declining and 10 remaining unchanged leading the Junior Market Index to rise 25.47 points to end at 3,143.78.
Market activity, resulted in an exchange of 970,997 units valued at $3,844,893, compared to 12,627,615 units valued at $50,730,330, trading on Thursday.
Trading ended with an average of 35,963 units for an average of $142,403 in contrast to 450,986 units for an average of $1,811,797 on Thursday, in contrast, the average trade in January was 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 higher bids than their last selling prices and 4 closing with lower offers.
At the close of the day’s activities, Access Financial closed at $45.50, with 13,668 shares changing hands, AMG Packaging ended 19 cents higher at $2.65, with an exchange of 84,556 stock units, Blue Power concluded trading 11,384 units at $4.85, CAC 2000 finished 2 cents higher at $15.02, with 1,900 shares trading. Cargo Handlers settled at $15, while trading 2,584 shares, Caribbean Producers finished trading 2,266 units with a loss of 22 cents at $4.78, Consolidated Bakeries closed 18 cents higher at $2.08, with an exchange of 3,800 shares, Derrimon Trading ended trading 63,365 shares at $2.60, Elite Diagnostic finished 5 cents higher at $3.10, with 29,106 stock units changing hands. Everything Fresh lost 20 cents trading 119,700 shares, to close at $1.60, Express Catering settled with a loss of 30 cents at $7.50, trading 4,165 units, Fontana rose 5 cents to close at $3.50 with 164,928 shares changing hands, FosRich Group ended trading 1,100 shares, with a loss of 7 cents at $3.88. General Accident traded 48,120 shares, with a loss of 18 cents at $3.82, GWest Corporation finished trading 77,708 shares at $1.50, Honey Bun closed at $3.90, with 7,500 stock units trading, Iron Rock ended 5 
cents higher at $4.50, with 10,410 units changing hands, Jamaican Teas finished at $4, trading 900 shares. Jetcon Corporation settled 10 cents higher at $3.25, with the exchange of 78,059 shares. Knutsford Express traded 14,902 shares at $12.70, Lasco Distributors closed at $3.80, exchanging 140,902 shares, Lasco Financial closed with 32,549 shares changing hands and ended 10 cents higher at $4.60, Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading of 35,958 stock units 3 cents higher at $3.28. Main Event finished exchanging 6,247 units, with a loss of 45 cents at $6.50, Stationery and Office traded 8,400 shares at $8.60 and tTech climbed 85 cents to $5.85, with 5,020 units changing hands. In the junior market preference segment, CAC 2000 closed at $1, with the trading of 1,800 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange made modest gains at the close of trading on Wednesday as the Junior Market Index rose 8.54 points to close at 3,128.39.
contrast, December ended with an average of 136,222 units at a value of $737,367 for each security traded.
$1.72, Honey Bun closed 15 cents higher at $3.90, with 33,133 stock units changing hands, Indies Pharma rose 5 cents in ending at $3, with 42,773 units changing hands. Jetcon Corporation settled 20 cents higher at $3.30, with an exchange of 5,323 shares, Knutsford Express finished trading 2,900 shares, and rose 70 cents higher to $12.70, Lasco Distributors closed with a loss of 8 cents at $3.65, with an exchange of 38,172 shares. Lasco Financial ended with a loss of 10 cents at $4.50, while trading 232,583 shares, Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading of 29,461 stock units 1 cent higher at $3.40, SSL Venture Capital lost 25 cents in exchanging 367,161 shares to close at $1.70 and tTech finished trading with a loss of 1 cent at $4.99, with 130 stock units changing hands.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange suffered a big fall at the close of trading on Tuesday with the Junior Market Index dropping 45.86 points to close at 3,119.85.
and previously 2,584,919 units valued at $8,127,677. In contrast, December ended with an average of 136,222 units at a value of $737,367 for each security traded. 
Express Catering settled with a loss of 40 cents at $7.40, with 45,270 units changing hands, Fontana lost 10 cents to close at $3.40 with 1,747,405 shares changing hands. FosRich Group ended trading at $3.76, in exchanging 52,145 shares, General Accident traded 57,077 shares and rose 25 cents to $3.75, Honey Bun closed with a loss of 7 cents at $3.75, trading 14,671 stock units. Indies Pharma lost 5 cents in ending at $2.95, with 682,906 units changing hands. Jamaican Teas finished 1 cent higher at $3.71, with an exchange 97,211 shares, Jetcon Corporation settled with a loss of 5 cents at $3.10, in trading 27,560 shares, KLE Group traded 5 cents higher at $3.10, with 95,000 units changing hands, Knutsford Express finished trading 19,903 shares with a loss of $1.30 cents at $12. Lasco Distributors closed with a loss of 7 cents at $3.73, with an exchange of 14,152 shares, Lasco Financial ended 10 cents higher at $4.60, with 49,851 shares trading, Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading of 4,541 stock units at $3.39. Main Event rose 45 cents in trading 10,218 units at $6.95, Stationery and Office ended trading at $9, as 69,852 shares changed owners and tTech finished trading at $5, with 10,100 stock units changing hands.
at $9,627,015, previously 560,963 units valued at $2,271,558. In contrast, December ended with an average of 136,222 units at a value of $737,367 for each security traded.
$3.80, with an exchange of 23,900 stock units, Iron Rock ended with a loss of 20 cents at $4.70, with 3,429 units changing hands, Jetcon Corporation settled 5 cents higher at $3.15, in exchanging 5,356 shares. Key Insurance ended trading of 14,900 stock units and lost 1 cent to close at $3.18, Knutsford Express finished trading of 132,084 shares and moved 50 cents higher to $12.50, Lasco Distributors closed 10 cents higher at $3.80, with trading in 25,648 shares, Lasco Financial ended at $4.50, with 3,438 shares changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading of 20,673 stock units at $3.30, Medical Disposables settled 50 cents higher at $7, with an exchange of 50,000 shares, SSL Venture Capital exchanged 10,000 shares to close at $1.95 and Stationery and Office traded just 156 shares and moved 60 cents higher to $9.
hands. Caribbean Cream ended trading with 181,879 shares, rising 36 cents higher to $5.85, Caribbean Flavours traded 10,200 stock units, and gained $2 to close at $19, Caribbean Producers finished trading 38,890 units, for 1 cent higher at $4.97, Consolidated Bakeries closed with a loss of 5 cents at $2.10, in exchanging 28,740 shares. Derrimon Trading ended 35 cents higher at $2.95, with 18,012 shares changing hands, Elite Diagnostic finished 18 cents higher at $3.05, with 382,687 stock units trading, Everything Fresh rose 8 cents in trading 104,348 shares at $1.92, Express Catering settled at $8, with 129,312 units changing hands, Fontana lost 10 cents in trading 1,105,394 shares and closed at $3.20. FosRich Group ended trading 11,067 shares, for 10 cents higher at $4, GWest Corporation finished trading at $1.75, with an exchange of 4,931 shares. Honey Bun closed at $3.75, with 1,812 stock units trading, Indies Pharma fell 5 cents to end at $2.95, trading 85,832 shares, ISP Finance concluded trading of 6,995 shares at $13, KLE Group traded 1,039 units with a loss of 10 cents to end at $2.80, Knutsford Express traded 12,868 shares at $13. 
Lasco Distributors closed at $3.70, in trading 50,300 shares, Lasco Financial ended 10 cents higher at $4.45, in swapping 22,703 shares, Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading of 2,000 stock units, with a loss of 30 cents at $3.40, Main Event finished 8 cents higher at $6.98, with 33,323 units changing hands. Medical Disposables settled with a loss of 10 cents at $6.50, after 1,000 shares were exchanged, SSL Venture Capital exchanged 33,723 shares to close at $1.95, Stationery and Office traded 20,816 shares at $8.50 and tTech closed at $5.50, trading 35,022 units. In the junior market preference segment, CAC 2000 closed with a loss of 10 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of at $1, with 104,777 shares traded.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Friday resulted in an exchange of 2,589,319 units valued at $7,927,611, down from 8,871,009 units valued at $29,431,464 on Thursday.
an exchange of 700 shares. Consolidated Bakeries closed at $2.15, with 604,234 shares trading, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 15 cents at $2.60, exchanging 207,513 shares. Elite Diagnostic finished with a loss of 4 cents at $2.87, trading 4,500 stocks, Everything Fresh lost 3 cents to end trading of 106,600 shares at $1.84. Express Catering jumped 60 cents to $8, with 75,198 units changing hands, Fontana gained 10 cents in trading 843,661 shares and closed at $3.30, but the stock closed with more selling than buying, FosRich Group ended trading of 4,500 shares at $3.90. GWest Corporation traded 18,666 shares at $1.75, Honey Bun concluded trading of 3,778 units at $3.75, Indies Pharma fell 10 cents to end at $3, trading 56,353 shares, ISP Finance ended at $13, with just 1,000 units 
trading, Jamaican Teas concluded trading with 24,904 shares at $4, Jetcon Corporation finished at $3.30, with 26,161 shares trading. Knutsford Express traded 14,050 units at $13, Lasco Distributors finished trading 122,917 shares at $3.70, Lasco Financial closed at $4.35, trading 13,000 shares. Main Event concluded trading with 21,677 stock units, and gained 90 cents to close at $6.90, Medical Disposables finished 10 cents higher at $6.60, with 3,500 units changing hands, SSL Venture Capital exchanged 92,000 shares to close at $1.95 and tTech finished trading of just 1,705 stock units with a loss of 40 cents at $5.50.
trading at $13, with an exchange of 31,895 shares, Jamaican Teas closed at $4, with 26,665 shares trading, Jetcon Corporation settled with a loss of 13 cents at $3.30, with 54,920 shares changing hands. Key Insurance ended trading with a loss of 1 cent at $3.19, with 13,250 stock units, Knutsford Express finished trading 4,590 shares for $1.40 higher to close at $13, Lasco Distributors closed with a loss of 6 cents at $3.70, trading 257,635 shares, Lasco Financial ended 15 cents higher at $4.35, with 49,262 shares changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading of 20,338 stock units with a loss of 13 cents to close at $3.70, Main Event finished with a loss of 90 cents at $6, in exchanging 5,920 units, Medical Disposables settled with a loss of 51 cents at $6.50, with 478 shares trading. Paramount Trading ended at $2, with an exchange of 108,433 shares, SSL Venture Capital exchanged 2,000 shares to close at $1.95 and tTech closed at $5.90, with 906 units changing hands.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange finished on Wednesday with 22 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 3,592,672 units valued at $12,085,054. 
loss of 4 cents at $3.76, with 6,358 shares changing hands, Lasco Financial ended with a loss of 3 cents at $4.20, in the swapping of 54,759 shares, Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading 17,762 stock units with a loss of 2 cents at $3.83. Main Event finished 90 cents higher at $6.90, with an exchange of 15,103 units, Paramount Trading ended trading of 10,000 shares with a loss of 15 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $2 and Stationery and Office traded 2,381 shares with a loss of 50 cents at $8.50. In the junior market preference segment, CAC 2000 closed with a loss of 6 cents at 52 weeks’ low of $1.10, with 6,741 shares traded.
average of $3,621,958 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 755,754 units valued at $3,148,757 and previously 810,207 units valued at $3,433,396. In contrast, December ended with an average of 136,222 units at a value of $737,367 for each security traded.
shares, Jamaican Teas finished with a loss of 40 cents at $4, with a swapping of 155,568 shares. Jetcon Corporation settled with a loss of 25 cents at $3.18, trading 73,424 shares, KLE Group traded 100 units with a loss of 10 cents at $2.90, Knutsford Express jumped 75 cents to $11.50 trading 100 shares, Lasco Distributors closed with a loss of 10 cents at $3.80, with 129,735 shares changing hands. Lasco Financial ended 3 cents higher at $4.23, trading 33,050 shares, Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading 149,974 stock units with a loss of 13 cents at $3.85, Main Event finished with a loss of 98 cents at $6, with an exchange of 1,000 units. Medical Disposables settled 1 cent higher at $7.01, trading 1,350 shares, Paramount Trading ended trading 50,822 shares with a loss of 30 cents at $2.15, following release of below par quarterly profit and Stationery and Office traded 6,000 shares with a rise of 60 cents to end at $9.
5 cents to close at $3.45, FosRich Group ended trading 2,131 shares 30 cents higher at $3.90, General Accident traded 2,300 shares at $3.45, GWest Corporation finished trading 5,838 shares at $1.81, Honey Bun closed at $3.75, with an exchange of 8,619 stock units. Indies Pharma rose 5 cents, to end at $3.15, trading 90,084 shares, Jetcon Corporation settled 40 cents higher at $3.43, trading 1,000 shares, KLE Group traded 17,617 units for 5 cents higher at $3. Knutsford Express finished trading with a loss of $1.25 at $10.75, with 6,679,341 shares changing hands, as 
