Trading which dropped sharply on the Junior Market on Monday declined even more on Tuesday with only 401,316 units changing hands down from 671,349 units trading on Monday. Traded valued also declined to $2,286,974 from $3,163,547.
At the close 16 securities traded, up from 21 on Monday with the market index posting a loss of 16.66 points to end at 2,970.41 as the price of 6 stocks advanced and 5 declined. Trading closed with 3 stocks having a higher bids than the last traded price and 3 closing with lower offers.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average of just 25,082 units for an average value of $142,936 compared to 31,969 units for an average value of $150,645 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 55,788 units valued at $307,527 compared 58,347 units valued at $321,243 previously. 
In contrast, June closed with averages of 395,969 units valued at $1,799,200 for each security traded.
At the close of the market, Access Financial Services lost 4 cents to close at $46.01 in trading traded 413 units, CAC 2000 gained 1 cent to end at $6.73 with 10,000 shares trading, Caribbean Producers lost 10 cents and closed trading with 17,628 units, at $3.40, Consolidated Bakeries ended with 29,635 units changing hands, to close at $2.62 General Accident closed trading with 2,960 shares to end at $2.70, Honey Bun . 
lost 14 cents to close trading with 2,000 shares at $5.70, ISP Finance dropped 50 cents and closed with 12,000 units changing hands at $13, Jamaican Teas ended trading 9,700 shares at $4.20, Jetcon Corporation traded 12,961 shares and rose 5 cents to end at $4.54, Knutsford Express traded 750 shares to end at $14.50, after falling 20 cents, Lasco Distributors closed at $6.37 after trading 164,442 units, Lasco Financial ended with 500 shares changing hands to end at $3.60, Lasco Manufacturing fell 3 cents and ended with 117,131 shares trading at $4.77, Main Event rose 32 cents with 3,048 shares trading to end at $5.50, tTech added $2 trading 17,148 units to close at $10 and Eppley 9.5% preference share lost 5 cents to close at $6 with 1,000 units trading.
More declines for Junior Market – Tuesday
Trading jumps on Junior Market – Friday
Caribbean Producers commanded the largest trade on Friday.
Trading picked up on the Junior Market with more than 3,595,987 units changing hands, well up on the 786,779 units trading on Thursday. Traded valued also climbed sharply over Thursday’s low level of $4,004,721 to end at $20,377,796.
At the close 18 securities traded, up from 17 on Thursday, with the market index posting a loss of 31.61 points to end at 3,008.64, as the price of 6 stocks advanced and 8 declined. Trading closed with 1 stock having a higher bid than the last traded price and 4 closing with lower offers.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average of 199,777 units for an average value of $1,132,100 compared to 46,281 units for an average value of $235,572 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 60,745 units valued at $336,751, compared 46,842 units valued at $257,217 previously. In contrast, June closed with averages of 395,969 units valued at $1,799,200 for each security traded.
At the close of the market, Blue Power saw investors buying 419 shares and close $6 higher at $50, Caribbean Producers shed 68 cents and closed trading with 2,407,473 units, at $3.01, Derrimon Trading ended with 500 units changing hands, to close at $8.02 after adding 2 cents. Dolphin Cove dived $2.50 to end at $17.50 with 503,584 shares changing hands, General Accident closed trading with 59,606 shares to end at $2.70, 
Honey Bun climbed 57 cents to close trading with 281,092 shares at $6.11, ISP Finance dropped $2.39 and closed with 1,500 units changing hands at $13.56, Jamaican Teas gained 20 cents and ended trading 200,000 shares at $4, Jetcon Corporation traded 12,400 shares and fell 20 cents to end at $4.30, KLE Group ended at $2.10 with 450 shares changing hands, Knutsford Express traded 1,610 shares to end at $14.85, after falling 15 cents, Lasco Distributors fell 73 cents and closed at $6.25 after trading 18,200 units, Lasco Financial ended with 12,497 shares changing hands and fell 10 cents to end at $3.60, Lasco Manufacturing rose 30 cents and ended with 27,727 shares trading at $4.70, Main Event rose 33 cents with 14,828 shares trading to end at $5.93, Medical Disposables ended at $5.50 with 747 units trading, Sweet River fell 4 cents and ended with 12,000 units changing hands at $3.51 and tTech traded 41,354 units to close at $10.
Junior Market jumps – Thursday
Caribbean Cream ended down with a sharp fall in Q1 profit.
Trading on the Junior Market continues to remain low, with 786,779 units valued $4,004,721 trading, resulting from 17 active securities, up from 14 on Wednesday when 246,438 units valued at $1,330,403 passed through the market.
The market index continued the recovery from the steep fall recently, posting 57.54 points rise to end at 3,040.25 as the price of 7 stocks advanced and 8 declined. Trading closed with 3 stocks having higher bids than their last traded prices and 3 closing with lower offers.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average of only 46,281 units for an average value of $235,572 compared to 17,603 units for an average value of $95,029 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 46,842 units valued at $257,217, compared 46,904 units valued at $259,622 previously. In contrast, June closed with averages of 395,969 units valued at $1,799,200 for each security traded.
At the close of the market, Access Financial Services rose 50 cents to close at $46.50 in trading 101 units, Caribbean Cream lost 30 cents and ended at $7 with 115,109 shares trading, after the company posted lower profit in the first quarter ending in May, with earnings of 9 cents per share versus 19 cents in the similar quarter in 2016. Caribbean Producers rose 19 cents and closed trading with 1,416 units to end at $3.69, Consolidated Bakeries closed trading with 62,875 shares and lost 10 cents, to close at $2.62, Derrimon Trading ended with 11,510 units changing hands, to close at $8 after slipping 5 cents. Dolphin Cove jumped $2.50 to end at $20 with 3,095 shares changing hands, General Accident closed trading with 16,215 shares to end at $2.70, after falling 20 cents, 
Honey Bun fell 16 cents to close trading with 6,419 shares to end at $5.54, ISP Finance closed with 263 units changing hands at $16, Jamaican Teas ended trading 139,044 shares, to end at $3.80, Jetcon Corporation traded 1,000 shares and fell 30 cents to end at $4.50, Knutsford Express traded 1,208 shares to end at $15, after falling 49 cents, Lasco Distributors rose 73 cents and closed at $6.98 after trading 201,000 units, Lasco Financial ended with 207,492 shares changing hands and rose 10 cents to end at $3.70, Lasco Manufacturing rose 10 cents and ended with 9,820 shares trading, to close at $4.40, Main Event rose 42 cents with 212 shares trading to end at $5.60, and Paramount Trading ended at $2.99 with 10,000 units trading.
Junior Market breaks fall – Wednesday
Trading on the Junior Market remains very low, with just 246,438 units valued at $1,330,403 trading resulting from 14 securities trading, down from 16 securities on Tuesday.
On Tuesday 405,167 units valued at $2,384,673 passed through the market.
The market index breaks its recent decent, as it is approaches close to a short term support level and rose a mere 3.48 points, to end at 2,982.71, as the price of 1 stock advanced and 3 declined.
Trading closed with 5 stocks having higher bids than their last traded prices and 5 closing with lower offers.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average of only 17,603 units for an average value of $95,029 compared to 11,587 units for an average value of $96,328 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 46,904 units valued at $259,622, compared 50,567 units valued at $280,196 previously. In contrast, June closed with averages of 395,969 units valued at $1,799,200 for each security traded.
At the close of the market, Caribbean Cream lost 50 cents and ended at $7.30 with 2,000 shares trading, Caribbean Producers closed trading with 1,647 units to end at $3.50,
Consolidated Bakeries closed trading with 8,000 shares at $2.72, Derrimon Trading closed at $8.05 with 2,387 shares changing hands, Dolphin Cove dropped $2.50 to end at $17.50 with 100 shares changing hands, General Accident closed trading with 1,000 shares to end at $2.90, Honey Bun closed trading with 3,000 shares to end at $5.70, ISP Finance closed with 3,183 units changing hands at $16, Jamaican Teas ended trading 71,714 shares, to close at $3.80, Jetcon Corporation traded 1,054 shares and fell 5 cents to end at $4.80, Lasco Distributors closed at $6.25 after trading 122,492 units, Lasco Financial ended with 17,499 shares changing hands at $3.60, Main Event rose 8 cents with 10,862 shares trading to end at $5.18 and tTech traded 1,500 units to close at $10.
Junior Market down 7% in July
The Junior Market took another big hit on Monday, as trading levels dipped 77 percent below Friday’s levels, with a fall of 66.04 points, the second consecutive day of more than 60 points fall, following the near 69 points loss on Friday.
The latest fall, brings the loss since the start of July to 224 points or 7 percent, with index closing at 2,998.42 points, which is the lowest level since April 18, this year, when the index closed at 2,998.48. The market index is down 11 percent since it peaked at an all-time high of 3,375.24 points on May 24, this year.
Market activity resulted in declining stocks outnumbered advancing ones 8 to 7, as 18 securities were traded versus 19 on Friday. Investors exchanged a mere 405,167 units valued at $2,384,673 compared with 1,798,125 units valued at $9,009,745 on Friday.
Trading closed with 3 stocks having higher bids than their last traded prices and 1 closing with a lower offer.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average of 22,509 units for an average value of $132,482 compared to 94,638 units for an average value of $474,197 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 65,529 units valued at $357,539 compared with 74,132 units valued at $402,551 previously. In contrast, June closed with averages of 395,969 units valued at $1,799,200 for each security traded.
At the close of the market, Access Financial Services lost 30 cents to close at $46.20, trading 1,440 units, AMG Packaging closed at $4 with 3,000 units changing hands, Blue Power saw investors chopped $6 off the price to at $44 with 1,500 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream shed 6 cents to end at $7.80 with 102,300 shares trading, 
Caribbean Flavours ended trading 476 units at $12, after falling by 10 cents, Caribbean Producers closed trading with 132,698 units to end at $3.50 after adding 10 cents, Consolidated Bakeries closed trading with 2,714 shares at $2.72, Dolphin Cove rose by 25 cents to end at $18.25 with 7,021 shares changing hands, Honey Bun closed trading with 9,038 shares to end at $5.70 with a rise of 20 cents, ISP Finance dropped by $2.50 and closed with 800 units changing hands at $16, Jamaican Teas rose 10 cents trading 55,000 shares, to end at $3.90, Jetcon Corporation rose 35 cents to $4.85 with 5,807 shares trading, Knutsford Express traded 8,618 shares and gained 64 cents to end at $15.49, Lasco Distributors shed 80 cents and closed at $6 after trading 9,570 units, Lasco Financial ended with 12,000 shares changing hands at $3.60, Lasco Manufacturing rose 25 cents and ended with 13,400 shares trading, to close at $4.55, Main Event fell 40 cents to end trading 31,659 shares at $5.10 and tTech traded 8,126 units and lost $1 to close at $8.50.
Juniors drop 5% for week
At the close of the Junior Market on Friday, the market index shed almost 5 percent as it fell 68.54 points on and 157.79 points for the week, to end at 3,064.46. Advancing stocks outnumbered declining ones, 6 to 5, at the close of trading, for the week.
The market closed with 19 securities versus 16 on Thursday leading to 1,798,125 units valued at $9,009,745 trading, compared with 1,273,040 units valued at $6,292,991 on Thursday.
Trading closed with 7 stocks having higher bids than their last traded prices and 1 closing with a lower offer as the short term desire to sell continued to dominate the market currently.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average of 94,638 units for an average value of $474,197 compared to 67,002 units for an average value of $331,210 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 74,132 units valued at $402,551 compared with units 69,006 units valued at $384,639 previously. 
In contrast, June closed with averages of 395,969 units valued at $1,799,200 for each security traded.
At the close of the market, Access Financial Services lost 50 cents to close at $46.50, trading 199 units AMG Packaging closed at $4 with 22,679 units changing hands, Blue Power closed at $50 with 862 units changing hands, CAC 2000 shed $1.43 to end at $6.75 with 27,757 shares trading, Cargo Handlers traded 1,259 shares and fell 5 cents to $14.45, Caribbean Flavours ended trading 240 units at $12.10, Caribbean Producers closed trading with 11,400 units to end at $3.40, Consolidated Bakeries closed trading with 12,732 shares at $2.72, Derrimon Trading ended at $8.05 with 132,000 shares changing hands, 
General Accident closed trading with 103,720 shares to end at $2.90, Iron Rock lost 30 cents and closed with 200 units, changing hands at $3.20 Jamaican Teas lost 30 cents trading 9,800 shares, to end at $3.80, Jetcon Corporation shed 55 cents to $4.50 with 804,795 shares trading, Knutsford Express traded 11,582 shares and lost 15 cents to end at $14.85, Lasco Distributors closed at $6.80 after trading 16,000 units, Lasco Financial ended with 68,052 shares changing hands at $3.60 after slipping 20 cents, Lasco Manufacturing fell 40 cents and ended with 535,551 shares trading, to close at $4.30. Main Event gained 50 cents to end trading 31,922 shares at $5.50 and Medical Disposables lost 50 cents and closed at $5.50 with 7,375 units trading.
More declines for Juniors on Thursday
tTech, one of ICI Insider.com top selections for 2017, traded at arecord high of $9.50.
The Junior Market suffered more losses on Thursday with the market index slipping 12.11 points to end at 3,133.00 as advancing stocks were outnumbered by declining ones 9 to 5. Volume traded fell from Wednesday’s 2 million units to 1.27 million shares.
The junior Market closed with 19 securities versus 16 on Wednesday leading to 1,273,040 units valued at $6,292,991 trading, compared with 1,959778 units valued at $11,361,648 on Wednesday.
Trading closed with 4 stocks having higher bids than their last traded prices and 3 closing with lower offers as the short term desire to sell dominates the market currently.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average of 67,002 units for an average value of $331,210 compared to 122,383 units for an average value of $710,103 on Wednesday. 
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 69,006 units valued at $384,639 compared with units 69,674 valued at $402,449 previously. In contrast, June closed with averages of 395,969 units valued at $1,799,200 for each security traded.
At the close of the market, Access Financial Services gained 50 cents to close at $47, trading 2,070 units AMG Packaging lost 4 cents and closed at $4 with 8,694 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream fell 15 cents in trading 150,867 units to end at $7.86, Caribbean Producers closed trading with 81,274 units but lost 29 cents to end at $3.40, Consolidated Bakeries rose 10 cents in trading 30,000 shares to close at $2.72, Eppley traded 4,009 shares to close at $12.95, General Accident closed trading with 203,693 shares and fell 10 cents to end at $2.90, Honey Bun lost 20 cents and closed with 41,767 units, changing hands at $5.50, 
Jamaican Teas lost 5 cents trading 114,265 shares, to end at $4.10, Jetcon Corporation rose 5 cents to $5.05 with 215,883 shares trading, KLE Group ended at $2.10 with 7,734 shares changing hands, Knutsford Express traded 8,798 shares and lost 80 cents to end at $15, Lasco Distributors rose 30 cents and closed at $6.80 after trading 16,000 units, Lasco Financial ended with 47,663 shares changing hands at $3.80 after rising 5 cents, Lasco Manufacturing fell 20 cents and ended with 305,377 shares trading to close at $4.70. Main Event ended trading 13,350 shares at $5, Medical Disposables closed at $6 with 15,166 units trading, Paramount Trading lost 1 cent to end at $2.99 with 3,350 units trading and tTech traded 3,000 units to gain 99 cents to close at record high of $9.50.
Juniors drop again on Wednesday
The Junior Market lost further ground on Wednesday as the market index slipped 31.33 points to end at 3,145.11 as advancing stocks just edged out declining ones 6 to 5. Volume traded increased from Tuesday’s 1 million unit level to just under 2 million units.
The junior Market closed with 16 securities versus 18 on Tuesday leading to 1,959,778 units valued at $11,361,648 trading, compared with 1,057,031 units valued at $6,029,750 on Tuesday.
Trading closed with 4 stocks having higher bids than their last traded prices and 3 closing with lower offers as the short term desire to sell dominates the market currently.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average of 122,383 units for an average value of $710,103 compared to 58,724 units for an average value of $334,986 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to just 69,674 units valued at $402,449 compared with 43,268 units valued at $248,622, previously. In contrast, June closed with averages of 395,969 units valued at $1,799,200 for each security traded.
At the close of the market, stocks trading and their last traded price are: AMG Packaging closed at $4.10 with 10,000 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream added 56 cents in trading 2,000 units to end at $8.01, Consolidated Bakeries rose 10 cents in trading 14,096 shares to close at $2.72, C2W Music lost 2 cents in trading 1,350 shares to close at 40 cents, Dolphin Cove lost $2 and ended at $18 with 2,979 shares trading, 
General Accident closed trading with 1,000 shares at $3, Honey Bun lost 17 cents and closed with 1,000 units, changing hands at $5.70 Jamaican Teas lost 5 cents trading 24,538 shares, to end at $4.15, Jetcon Corporation lost 48 cents and ended at $5 with 1,280,719 shares trading, Knutsford Express traded 9,454 shares to end at $15.80, Lasco Distributors fell 48 cents and closed at $6.50 after trading 15,575 units, Lasco Financial ended with 2,000 shares changing hands at $3.75 after losing 5 cents, Lasco Manufacturing ended with 69,398 shares trading closed at $4.90 after rising 2 cents. Main Event dropped 30 cents and ended trading 140,248 shares at $5, Paramount Trading lost 2 cents to end at $3 with 10,000 units trading and tTech traded 374,621 units for 71 cents more to $8.51.
Juniors drop again on Tuesday
The Junior Market lost further ground on Tuesday with the market index slipping 19.51 points, to end at 3,176.44, as advancing stocks just edged out declining ones 7 to 6. Volume traded recovered somewhat from Monday’s low level, to just over 1 million units.
The junior Market closed with 18 securities versus the same number on Monday leading to only 1,057,031 units valued at $6,029,750 trading, compared with 500,614 units valued at $2,920,659 on Monday.
Trading closed with 4 stocks having higher bids than their last traded prices and 6 closing with lower offers as the short term desire to sell dominates the market currently.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average of just 58,724 units for an average value of $334,986 compared to 28,812 units for an average value of $162,259 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to just 43,268 units valued at $248,622 compared with 162,259 units valued at $162,259, previously.
In contrast, June closed with averages of 395,969 units valued at $1,799,200 for each security traded.
At the close of the market, stocks trading and their last traded price are: Blue Power closed at $50 with a mere 800 units changing hands, Cargo Handlers dropped $1.40 in trading 500 shares to end at $14.50, Caribbean Cream dropped 56 cents in trading 168,533 units to end at $7.45, Caribbean Flavours gained 10 cents in trading 560 units to end at $12.10, Caribbean Producers ended trading with 25,160 shares to close at $3.69, C2W Music lost 1 cents in trading 17,385 shares to close at 42 cents, Dolphin Cove recovered the $3 it dropped on Monday and ended at $20 with 5,037 shares trading, Honey Bun gained 27 cents and closed with 5,000 units, changing hands at $5.87, 
Jamaican Teas traded 24.400 shares, to end at $4.20, Jetcon Corporation rose 13 cents and ended at $5.48 with 713,635 shares trading, Key Insurance traded 1,035 shares to end at $3.05. Knutsford Express traded 4,570 shares and rose 80 cents to end at $15.80, Lasco Distributors fell 2 cents and closed at $6.98 after trading 24,253 units, Lasco Financial ended with 1,622 shares changing hands at $3.80, Lasco Manufacturing ended with 4,925 shares trading closed at $4.88 after falling 12 cents. Main Event dropped 70 cents and ended trading 26,572 shares at $5.30, Medical Disposables rose 0 cents and ended at $6 with 30,544 units trading and Paramount Trading rose 2 cents to end at $3.02 with 100 units trading.
Juniors jump sharply – Friday
The Junior Market recovered lost ground on Friday as the market index jumped 57.14 points to end at 3,222.25. Volume traded suffered a 28 percent reduction and the value of stocks trading dropped 52 percent, compared to trading on Thursday.
The junior Market closed with 1,459,166 units valued at $7,939,041 traded compared with 2,034,224 units valued at $16,616,055 on Thursday.
Trading closed with 23 securities versus 18 on Thursday leading to 11 stocks rising and 9 declining and with 6 stocks having higher bids than their last traded prices and 2 closing with lower offers.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average of 63,442 units for an average value of $345,176 compared to of 113,012 units for an average value of $923,114 on the previous trading day. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 395,969 units valued at $1,799,200 compared with 411,804 units valued at $1,868.440, previously. In contrast, May closed with averages of just 89,339 units at $596,722.
At the close of the market, stocks trading and their last traded price are: AMG Packaging closed at $4.05 with 15,000 units changing hands, Blue Power closed at $50 with 5,021 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream jumped 76 cents in trading 20,000 units to end at $8.01, Caribbean Flavours jumped by $1 in trading 100 units to end at $12, Caribbean Producers gained 20 cents in trading 118,077 shares to close at $3.50, Consolidated Bakeries fell 8 cents in trading 10,300 shares to close at $2.62, Derrimon Trading lost 45 cents and ended at $8.05 with 44,095 shares changing hands, Eppley closed with 6,548 units, changing hands at $12. General Accident rose 65 cents and closed trading with 6,000 shares at $3.35, Honey Bun lost 44 cents in trading 5,300 shares changing hands and closed at $5.60, ISP Finance lost $2 and ended at $18 with 17,019 units changing hands. Jamaican Teas traded 19,000 shares, losing 20 cents to end at $4.20, Jetcon Corporation climbed 58 cents and ended at $5.49 with 947,393 shares trading, 
Knutsford Express traded 10,400 shares but lost 25 cents to end at $15.70. Lasco Distributors ended at $7 after rising 10 cents trading 1,000 units, Lasco Financial gained 15 cents with 100 shares changing hands, to end at $3.75, Lasco Manufacturing added 35 cents and ended with 8,100 shares trading to close at $5, Main Event dropped 62 cents and ended trading 24,937 shares at $5.25, Paramount Trading added 7 cents and ended at $3.02 with 32,000 units trading, Sweet River fell 5 cents and ended with 5,006 units changing hands at $3.50, tTech ended with 5,770 units changing hands and fell 20 cents to close at $7.80 and< strong> Derrimon Trading preference share rose 30 cents to end at $2.50 with 150,000 shares changing hands.
