Investors drove the Junior Market Index down 67.60 points to close at 3,293.42 on Monday after pushing the prices of 20 securities lower and just 4 higher while leaving the prices of 10 unchanged and the market’s PE at 14.3.
The decline is consistent with the market movement in the past with the advent of new initial public offerings on the market as investors seek funds to buy into them. Currently, there are five offerings to sell shares in the market.
The number of securities changing hands rose to 34 from 30 on Friday, resulting in an exchange of 1,518,746 units valued $8,756,192, compared to 5,647,257 units amounting to $26,657,444 on Friday.
Trading ended with an average of 44,669 units for an average of $257,535 in contrast to 188,242 units for an average of $888,581 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 109,101 shares at $554,821 and previously 116,237 units at $587,745, for each security traded. 
In contrast, October closed with an average of 186,927 units valued at $788,734 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator with 3 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial ended with a loss of $1 and ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $30 with 10,900 stock units changing hands, AMG Packaging fell 10 cents in trading of 3,780 units at $1.90, Blue Power swapped 3,780 shares and declined 59 cents to settle at $6.81. Caribbean Flavours shed 9 cents in trading of 8,000 units at $12.31. Cargo Handlers ended market activity exchanging 6,007 shares to close at $10.05 after falling 45 cents. Caribbean Producers lost 5 cents in trading 57,760 shares to close at $4.70, Derrimon Trading closed 2 cents higher at $2.57, with 77,361 stock units trading, Everything Fresh added 8 cents and exchanged 114,425 shares at $1.10, Express Catering shed 30 cents in trading of 11,734 units at $6. Fontana exchanged 294,026 and declined by 16 cents to settle at $6.84, General Accident dropped $1.50 in trading 68,119 shares to close at $6.50, GWest Corporation dipped 2 cents with 2,942 units changing hands at 98 cents, Honey Bun closed with a loss of 50 cents at $6.50, in swapping of 4,213 shares. 
iCreate ended trading with 14,000 shares, after rising 1 cent to end at 69 cents, Iron Rock Insurance fell 10 cents in trading of 40,000 units at $3.50, ISP Finance ended market activity exchanging 360 shares to close at $32.90 after falling 9 cents. Jetcon Corporation shed 6 cents trading 18,227 units at $1.93, Lasco Distributors declined 28 cents with 19,163 units crossing the exchange at $3.33, Lasco Financial ended market activity exchanging 67,025 shares to close at $4.30 after falling 15 cents. Lasco Manufacturing lost 15 cents in trading 36,574 shares to close at $5.05, Main Event closed trading of 6,189 units and gained 26 cents to end at $5.90. Medical Disposables ended market activity exchanging 25,000 shares to close at $6.75 after falling 25 cents, Paramount Trading shed 2 cents in trading of 1,000 units at $1.85 and Stationery and Office Supplies lost 20 cents in trading of 113,564 units to close at $11.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Junior Market trading closed with 28 securities changing hands on Wednesday, resulting in an exchange of 4,967,518 units valued at $25,373,913, compared to 1,312,567 units valued at $6,552,084 from 29 securities Passing through the market on Tuesday. 
Jamaican Teas dipped 2 cents in trading of 13,261 units at $6.20, Lasco Distributors shed 18 cents in trading of 318,006 units at $3.40, Lasco Financial closed 29 cents higher at $5.29, with an exchange of 15,000 stock units. Lasco Manufacturing lost 20 cents in trading of 64,065 units at $5, Limners and Bards ended market activity exchanging 662 shares to close at $2.94 after falling 4 cents, Main Event ended trading with 19,340 shares, after rising 77 cents to end at $6.12. Stationery and Office Supplies ended market activity exchanging 212,491 shares to close at $11.03 after falling $1.47 and tTech ended trading with 34,206 shares, after rising 60 cents to end at $6.90.
Investors pushed trading sharply higher by more than 500 percent on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Monday with an exchange of 7,175,205 units valued at $36,704,045, compared to 1,150,661 units valued at $4,145,571 on Friday but with a modest rise in the market index. 
In contrast, October closed with an average of 186,927 units valued at $788,734 for each security changing hands.
Indies Pharma ended with a loss of 1 cent at 3.04 with 33,494 stock units changing hands. Jamaican Teas lost 2 cents in trading 18,539 units at $6.22, Jetcon Corporation closed with a loss of 3 cents at $1.77, in swapping 24,466 shares, Knutsford Express ended trading with 200 shares, after rising 5 cents to end at $10.65. Lasco Manufacturing lost 15 cents in exchanging 6,429,477 shares to close at $5.20, Main Event climbed 99 cents and exchanged 100,000 shares at $6.10. Medical Disposables ended with 7,600 shares crossing the market, after rising 95 cents to end at $7.95, Limners and Bards rose 24 cents to close at $2.98, with the trading of 78,399 stock units and Stationery and Office Supplies closed with an exhnage of 2,000 units and gained 2 cents to end at $12.32.
Honey Bun lost 30 cents in trading 40,000 units to land at $6.30, iCreate declined 5 cents in trading of 101,598 units at 65 cents, ISP Finance gained $2 to end at $27 with an exchange of 10,200 stock units, Jamaican Teas ended with a loss of 1 cent at $6.24 with 4,510 stock units changing hands. Jetcon Corporation declined by 19 cents trading of 44,000 units at $1.80, Lasco Manufacturing climbed 15 cents as it exchanged 266 shares at $5.35, Limners and Bards added 2 cents, trading 24,700 shares at $2.74 and Stationery and Office Supplies lost 20 cents in trading 10,380 stock units to close at $12.30.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market declined 26.40 points to 3,352.15 when trading ended on Thursday with 14 securities gaining, 13 falling and 3 remaining unchanged.
Indies Pharma declined 5 cents in trading of 65,667 units at $3.05, Jetcon Corporation climbed 22 cents and exchanged 3,500 shares at $1.99, Knutsford Express closed 20 cents higher at $10.60, with 1,409 stock units changing hands. Lasco Financial dipped 10 cents in trading 7,454 units at $5.10, Lasco Manufacturing shed 20 cents exchanging 27,012 units at $5.20, Limners and Bards ended market activity with 95,414 shares to close at $2.72 after falling 26 cents, Main Event ended with 7,783 shares crossing the exchange to close at $5.11 after falling 11 cents. Stationery and Office Supplies climbed 30 cents and exchanged 12,550 shares at $12.50, while SSL Venture ended with an exchange of 33,812 shares to close at $1.15 after falling 15 cents. In the Junior Market preference segment, Derrimon Trading closed with an exchange of 3,316 units and gained 5 cents at $2.10.
Price movements were almost evenly spread on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market at the close on Friday as trading ended with 5,230,729 units valued at $27,124,560 changing hands. 
GWest Corporation ended trading with 21,082 shares and gained 7 cents to end at $1.12, iCreate closed 3 cents higher at 71 cents, with 4,306 stock units trading, Lasco Distributors closed with 111,180 units changing hands and gained 5 cents to end at $3.30, Lasco Financial climbed 25 cents and exchanged 51,666 shares at $5.20. Lasco Manufacturing closed trading of 3,500,905 units and gained 22 cents to end at $5.25, Limners and Bards climbed 14 cents in exchanging 665,000 shares to close at $3, Main Event climbed 2 cents after exchanging 700 shares at $5.22 and Stationery and Office Supplies declined 28 cents trading 5,800 units at $12.17.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market ended with heavy trading on Wednesday with six securities exchanging more than one million shares each leading to trading in 32,683,130 units valued at $145,214,995 compared to 1,069,455 units valued at $6,472,676 on Tuesday. 
Honey Bun declined by 20 cents to settle at $6.40, iCreate ended with a loss of 1 cent at 68 cents with 135,645 stock units changing hands, Indies Pharma ended trading with 2,186,278 shares, after rising 2 cents to end at $3.12. Jamaican Teas exchanged 1,539,506 shares, after rising 5 cents to end at $6.05, Lasco Distributors closed 8 cents higher at $3.33, with 11,400,136 stock units trading, Lasco Financial shed 20 cents in trading of 9,030 units at $4.90. Lasco Manufacturing ended market activity exchanging 11,775,157 shares to close at $5.03 after falling 2 cents, Limners and Bards climbed 16 cents and exchanged 153,520 shares at $2.72, SSL Venture closed trading of 16,919 units and gained 10 cents to end at $1.60 and Stationery and Office Supplies closed 5 cents higher at $12.05, with 41,224 stock units changing hands.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market Index declined by 30.21 points to close at 3,344.40 on Tuesday as 31 securities changed hands, with 16 rising, 9 declining and 6 remaining unchanged.
Key Insurance climbed 10 cents and exchanged 2,100 shares at $3.10, Lasco Distributors dipped 15 cents in exchanging 11,083 units at $3.25. Lasco Financial closed trading of 22,570 units and gained 20 cents to end at $5.10, Limners and Bards closed trading of 54,518 units and gained 11 cents to end at $2.56, Main Event rose 19 cents in trading 1,000 units at $5.30, Paramount Trading had 4,312 units changing hands and gained 30 cents to end at $2.10. Stationery and Office Supplies closed trading of 14,258 units and gained 13 cents to end at $12 and SSL Venture climbed 5 cents and exchanged 4,831 shares at $1.50.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market Index jumped 42.15 points to close at 3,374.61 on Monday as 30 securities changed hands, with 11 rising, 12 declining and 7 remaining unchanged.
Jamaican Teas ended trading with 63,736 shares after rising 37 cents to end at $6.30. Jetcon Corporation lost 9 cents with 8,100 units crossing the exchange at $1.90, Lasco Financial rose 5 cents to end at $4.90, with an exchange of 86,959 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing lost 30 cents trading 23,036 units at $5.05. Limners and Bards closed 5 cents lower at $2.45, with 30,992 stock units changing hands, Main Event climbed 9 cents in exchanging 8,053 shares at $5.11, Medical Disposables closed with a loss of 9 cents at $8, after swapping 1,000 shares. Paramount Trading ended market activity exchanging 100 shares to close at $1.80 after falling 20 cents and SSL Venture ended trading with 33,190 shares, after rising 15 cents to end at $1.45.
shows 8 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Knutsford Express fell 40 cents in trading of 3,500 units to close at $10.60, Lasco Distributors closed with a loss of 15 cents at $3.35, in swapping of 30,854 shares, Lasco Financial ended market activity exchanging 24,295 shares to close at $4.85 after falling 6 cents. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 67,885 shares, after rising 45 cents to end at $5.35, Main Event dipped 96 cents in trading of 7,525 units at $5.02, Stationery and Office Supplies closed trading of 4,300 units and gained 2 cents to end at $11.87. SSL Venture fell 8 cents exchanging 30,900 units at $1.30 and tTech lost 79 cents in trading 2,140 shares to close at $6.
