ISP Finance dived $8 to $12 in trading.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Index slipped on the second day of trading, with the market index losing 3.32 points to close at 3,261.36, as the price of just 3 securities rose 9 declined and 3 remained unchanged.
Trading ended, with 15 securities changing hands, down from 21 securities trading on Wednesday as 426,549 units valued at $1,722,476 compared to 654,796 shares valued at $2,503,977 on Wednesday.
The average trade ended at 28,437 units for an average of $114,832 in contrast to 31,181 units for an average of $119,237 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 30,037 valued at $117,401. In contrast December, ended with an average of 136,222 units at a value of $737,367 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 10 stocks ended with higher bids than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
At the close of the day’s activity, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 3 cents at $1.87, with 10,000 stock units changing hands, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 2 cents at $2.45,with 102,411 shares trading, Everything Fresh ended trading of 479 shares to close at $1.90. Express Catering settled with a loss of 1 cent at $8.19, with an exchange of 12,500 units, General Accident traded 6,507 shares at $3.40, GWest Corporation finished trading 
of 14,594 shares for 10 cents more at $1.70, Honey Bun closed 28 cents higher at $3.90, with an exchange of 8,400 stock units. Indies Pharma closed trading of 7,288 shares at $3.25, ISP Finance dropped $8 and concluded trading of 2,534 shares at $12, Jetcon Corporation settled with a loss of 83 cents at $2.60, with 9,593 shares changing hands, Lasco Distributors closed with a loss of 8 cents at $3.82, in exchanging 156,463 shares. Lasco Financial ended 1 cent higher at $4.76, trading 8,850 shares, Main Event finished with a loss of 3 cents at $6.97, with 57,730 units, SSL Venture Capital lost 1 cent in trading 19,200 shares to end at $1.94 and Stationery and Office traded 10,000 shares at $8.15.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
While Junior Market stocks on the Jamaica Stock Exchange chalked up gains of just 18.8 percent overall for 2018, but 5 companies’ stock rose between 104 to 282 percent for the year.
in the top 10 for two consecutive years. Caribbean Flavours landed the 6th spot with a gain of 73 percent. Statinery & Office Supplies reappeared in the Top 10 with a rise of 69 percent. ISP Financial chipped in with a rise of 67 percent in 8th spot to be followed by the Montego Bay based, Cargo Handlers that chipped in with 50 percent and the early 2018 listed Elite Diagnostic, was tenth after rising 48 percent.
reflected the losses caused by the toilet tissue operations with a decline in the stock price by 37 percent as it followed tTech with a decline of 33 percent. Eppley that migrated to the main market on the last day of 2018, declined 24 percent to the 6th worse performer, while Lasco Financial lost altitude to close out 2018 as the 7th worse performing the Junior Market stock, with a loss of 15 percent, just ahead of Knutsford Express at the 8th spot, with a fall of 13 percent, Sweat River fell 9 percent and Consolidated Bakeries ended at the 10th spot with a loss of 6 percent.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Index rose on the first day of the new year, with the market index rising 17.84 points to 3,264.68, as the price of 10 securities rose 8 declined and 3 remained unchanged. 
$3.62, with 4,523 stock units changing hands. Indies Pharma rose 5 cents in trading 16,005 shares to close at $3.25, Jamaican Teas finished 60 cents down to $3.90, in exchanging 55,680 shares, Jetcon Corporation settled with rise of 39 cents at $3.43, with 162,415 shares changing hands but only after trading at a 52 weeks’ intraday low of $2.50. KLE Group traded 300 units with a loss of 20 cents to close at $3. Lasco Distributors lost 9 cents and closed at $3.90, with an exchange of 97,487 shares, Lasco Financial added 25 cents and ended at $4.75, trading 25,500 shares, Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading of 134,261 stock units, 28 cents higher at $3.98. SSL Venture Capital traded 500 shares to end at $1.95 and Stationery and Office traded 20 cents lower at $8.15, with 25,972 shares changing hands.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Index rose by a strong 64.45 points to close at 3,246.84, a rise of 18.8 percent above the close of 2017 as 5 stocks gained over 100 percent and 4 others gained between 50 to 73 percent for the year. 
trading of 110,629 shares at $1.60. Iron Rock ended with a loss of 10 cents at $4.90, with 100 units changing hands, Indies Pharma rose 10 cents in trading 70,468 shares to close at $3.20, Jamaican Teas finished 50 cents higher at $4.50, in exchanging 2,000 shares, Jetcon Corporation settled with a loss of 41 cents at $3.04, with 82,400 shares changing hands. KLE Group traded 16,000 units with a loss of 20 cents to close at $3.20. Knutsford Express finished trading 1,500 shares and rose $1.20 to $13, Lasco Distributors closed at $3.99, with 135,566 shares being exchanged, Lasco Financial ended at $4.50, trading 46,204 shares, Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading 25 cents higher at $3.70, with 36,612 stock units. Main Event finished $1.10 higher at $7, with 4,700 units changing hands, Medical Disposables settled at $6.50, with 5,579 shares and Stationery and Office traded 25 cents higher at $8.35, with 1,950 shares changing hands.
Derrimon Trading was on the TOP 10 list on November 17, last year, but moved to $8 from $6.50 at the end of the following week and then exited the list and climbed in 2018 after a stock split and acquisition of new business.
for each company’s current fiscal year. Based on an assumed PE for each, the likely gains are determined and then ranked, with the stocks with the highest potential gains ranked first followed by the rest, in descending order. Potential values will change as stock prices fluctuate and will result in movements of the selection in and out of the lists for most weeks. Earnings per share are revised on an ongoing basis based on new information received that can result in changes in and out of the list as well.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange remained subdued on Friday, with trading with 21 securities changing hands, down from 27 securities that trading on Thursday. 
higher at $3.90, with an exchange of 3,100 units, Indies Pharma lost 10 cents in trading 21,209 shares to close at $3.10, Jamaican Teas settled with a loss of 70 cents at $4, trading 29,126 shares. Jetcon Corporation ended trading with 172,189 stock units, and rose 5 cents to $3.45, Key Insurance traded 14,000 units at $4, Lasco Distributors ended at $3.99, with 9,700 shares trading, Lasco Financial concluded trading at $4.50, with 19,325 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing finished at $3.45, with an exchange of 11,100 units. Main Event settled at $5.90, with 45,484 shares trading and Stationery and Office finished trading at $8.10, with 23,400 stock units changing hands.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange remained low keyed on Thursday, with low volume and a rise in the market Index by 12.87 points to close at 3,189.76.
exchange of 1,618 shares. Honey Bun closed $3.20 after falling 20 cents as 63,349 stock units traded, Indies Pharma rose 10 cents and ended trading 22,153 shares to close at $3.20, Jamaican Teas jumped 80 cents to end at $4.70, with 5,000 shares changing hands. Jetcon Corporation gained 30 cents to settle at $3.40, with 25,100 shares traded, Knutsford Express fell $1.20 and finished trading 7,653 shares at $11.80, Lasco Distributors rose 19 cents and closed at $3.99, with 27,426 shares changing hands, Lasco Financial ended 53 cents higher to $4.50, trading 7,858 shares. Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading 35 cents higher to $3.45, with the trading of 69,805 stock units, Main Event finished 10 cents down to $5.90, with an exchange of 10,332 units, Medical Disposables lost 20 cents to end at $6.50, with 957 shares trading. Paramount Trading ended trading 45 cents higher to close at $2.90, with an exchange of 12,901 shares, Stationery and Office lost 40 cents, trading 3,417 shares, to close at $8.10 and tTech dropped 60 cents to close $4.59 higher at $4.59, with 130 units changing hands.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange recorded sharp jump in the Market Index on Friday by 66.60 points to close at 3,207.92 with the prices of 12 securities rising, 9 falling and 4 remaining unchanged
30,000 shares changing hands, Caribbean Producers finished trading of 11,928 units with a loss of 4 cents at $5.40, Derrimon Trading ended 8 cents higher at $2.58, with an exchange of 37,841 shares. Dolphin Cove concluded trading of 570 shares with a rise of 95 cents to close at $16, Elite Diagnostic finished 13 cents higher at $3, with swapping of 29,950 stock units, Eppley settled at $9, with 150 units changing hands, Everything Fresh gained 20 cents and ended trading of 58,189 shares to close at $1.70, Express Catering ended trading with a loss of 10 cents at $7.90, with an exchange of 68,100 shares. FosRich Group traded 56,992 shares, with a loss of 10 cents to close at $3.85, General Accident finished trading 125,000 shares, after falling 5 cents to end at $3.40, Honey Bun ended with a loss of 40 cents at $3.10, with 13,545 units trading, Indies Pharma lost 20 cents trading 22,274 shares to close at $3.10, Jamaican Teas settled 10 cents higher at $3.80, with 9,935 shares changing hands. Jetcon Corporation ended trading 3,121 stock units, 
5 cents higher at $3.10, Key Insurance traded at $4, in exchanging 25,000 units, KLE Group finished the trading of 11,000 shares after rising 20 cents to $3.40, Knutsford Express closed at $12, with trading of 8,000 shares. Lasco Distributors ended 15 cents higher at $3.95, with 20,726 shares changing hands, Lasco Financial concluded trading of 2,063,937 stock units with a jump of 75 cents to $5, Lasco Manufacturing finished 14 cents higher at $3.50, in trading 281,460 units, Main Event settled with a loss of 15 cents at $6.20, with 7,095 shares changing hands, Medical Disposables ended trading with 11,500 shares at $6.70 and SSL Venture Capital traded 30,000 shares and rose 5 cents to end at $1.95.
shares, at $3.95, GWest Corporation closed at $1.60, with an exchange of 10,801 stock units, Indies Pharma rose 10 cents in trading 12,136 shares to close at $3.30, Jetcon Corporation ended trading with a loss of 10 cents at $3.05, with an exchange of 4,010 stock units. Knutsford Express closed 5 cents higher at $12, with 27,700 shares changing hands, Lasco Distributors ended with a loss of 10 cents at $3.80, as 5,310 shares were traded, Lasco Financial concluded trading of 6,618 stock units, and move 10 cents higher to $4.25, Lasco Manufacturing closed 16 cents higher at $3.36, with an exchange of 38,662 units. Main Event settled at $6.35, with 800 shares changing hands, Medical Disposables ended trading 9,200 shares and added 20 cents to finish at $6.70 and Stationery and Office climbed $1.40 to close at $9.50, with 130,730 stock units trading.
Knutsford Express closed 45 cents higher at $11.95, with the swapping of 16,181 shares, Lasco Distributors ended 10 cents higher at $3.90, after 81,989 shares traded, Lasco Manufacturing finished with a loss of 30 cents at $3.20, in exchanging 34,000 units, Main Event settled 45 cents higher at $6.35, trading 640 shares. Medical Disposables ended trading of 5,243 shares, with a loss of 30 cents at $6.50, SSL Venture Capital traded 62,840 shares and lost 10 cents to end at $1.90 and Stationery and Office finished trading 4,268 stock units at $8.10, In the Junior Market preference segment, Derrimon Trading ended at $2.10, with an exchange of 600 stock units and Eppley 8.25% finished trading 115,000 shares, with a loss of 5 cents at $6.30.
