Junior Market stock trading.
The Junior Market Index advanced 30.36 points to close at 3,491.24 on Monday as 29 securities changing hands up from 24 on Friday as the prices of 9 advanced, 14 declined and 6 remained unchanged.
At the close, investors exchanged 1,582,639 units valued at $10,125,399 compared to 1,829,747 units valued at $8,214,344 on Friday.
Trading ended with an average of 54,574 units for an average of $349,152 in contrast to 76,239 units for an average of $342,264 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,503,456 units valued at $3,331,836 and previously 1,650,303 units valued at $3,636,406 for each security traded. In contrast, August ended with an average of 232,398 units valued at $1,072,851 for each traded security.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 closing with lower offers.
Stocks closing with price changes| Blue Power closed with a loss of 60 cents at $8.40, in swapping 2,848 shares, Cargo Handlers closed trading of 200 units and gained 6 cents to end at $9.51, Caribbean Producers exchanged 135,057 units and gained 5 cents to end at $4.80. Consolidated Bakeries dipped 5 cents in trading of 5,000 units and closed at $1.65, Derrimon Trading declined 7 cents with 77,557 units changing hands at $2.47, Everything Fresh slipped 6 cents in trading 12,100 units at $1.25, Elite Diagnostic climbed 10 cents and exchanged 16,800 shares at $5.55. Fosrich lost 30 cents to settle at $5 with 105,279 changing hands, Fontana shed 49 cents in trading of 180,371 units at $7.51, General Accident closed trading of 8,178 units and gained 34 cents to end at $6.34, GWest Corporation exchanged 200 units and gained 5 cents to end at $1.20. Honey Bun ended trading with 5,600 shares, after rising 49 cents to close at $6, iCreate ended with a loss of 1 cent at 79 cents with 18,042 stock units changing hands, Indies Pharma closed 3 cents higher at $3.43, with trading of 82,106 stock units, Jamaican Teas lost 20 cents in closing at $6.30, in swapping of 100,462 shares. 
Key Insurance lost 25 cents in trading 200 shares to close at $3, Limners and Bards ended with a loss of 1 cent at $3 with 349,292 stock units changing hands, Lasco Distributors slipped 1 cent to $3.50 with the trading of 43,257 stock units. Lasco Financial ended market activity exchanging 14,665 shares to close at $5 after falling 40 cents, Lasco Manufacturing ended with a loss of 1 cent at $5.51 with 19,300 stock units changing hands, Medical Disposables climbed $2.40 to settle at $8 with a mere 100 shares trading. Main Event closed with a loss of 50 cents at $6, the swapping of 8,761 shares and Stationery and Office Supplies ended trading with 355,751 shares, after rising 17 cents to end at $13.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Monday with trading in 16 securities against 13 on Friday, with 2 advancing, 2 declining and 12 remaining unchanged. 
First Citizens Bank settled at $40.39, with 35 units changing hands, Guardian Holdings ended at $18.10, with 5,842 units crossing the exchange, JMMB Group completed trading of 8,386 units at $2.25. National Flour ended at $1.68 with 3,474 units changing hands, NCB Financial completed trading of 48 units at $10.40, One Caribbean Media settled at $10, with 607 units crossing the exchange, Sagicor Financial ended at $10.20, with an exchange of 1,630 stock units. Scotiabank ended at $58.60, with an exchange of 3,284 units, Trinidad Cement settled at $2.10, trading 2,700 stock units and West Indian Tobacco completed trading at $105, with an exchange of 508 stock shares.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange ended trading on Friday with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index rising 1,052.67 points to 564,753.60 even as declining stocks exceeded those rising.
JMMB Group gained 90 cents to settle at $48.90 with 364,022 shares changing hands. Mayberry Investments lost 49 cents to end at $8.81 with 185,343 stock units trading, Mayberry Jamaican Equities shed 48 cents to end at $12, trading 21,617 shares, MPC Caribbean Energy gained $22.66 to end at all-time high of $153.06, in trading 520 shares, NCB Financial rose $4 to end at $213, with an exchange of 553,993 stock units. Sagicor Group fell $1.49 to settle at $71.01 with 6,406 shares changing hands, Salada Foods fell 50 cents to close at $32 with an exchange of 3,571 shares, Seprod lost 50 cents to settle at $54 with 64,415 shares changing hands and Sygnus Credit Investments rose $1 in trading 214,718 shares at $25.
The Junior Market Index slipped on Friday but IC bid-offer Indicator with a reading of 10 to 2 points to a positive opening for the market on Monday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 10 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 closing with lower offers.
General Accident lost 35 cents at $6, in swapping of 100 shares, Honey Bun dipped 89 cents in trading 8,000 units at $5.51, Indies Pharma traded 51,075 units and gained 11 cents to end at $3.40, Iron Rock Insurance lost 57 cents in trading of 7,700 units at $3.36, ISP Finance lost 2 cents in trading 200 units at $25. Jamaican Teas shed 49 cents in exchanging 278,205 units at $6.50, 
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Friday with trading in 13 securities against 15 on Thursday, with 4 advancing, 2 declining and 7 remaining unchanged. 
Trinidad Cement share fell 1 cent and settled at $2.10, with 26,910 stock units changing hands.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange ended trading on Thursday with The JSE All Jamaican Composite Index dropping 4,474.99 points to end at 563,700.93, the JSE Index declined by 3,932.73 points to 513,291.77.
Pulse Investments added 70 cents to close at $3.60 with an exchange of 197,642 shares, Scotia Group exchanged 236,649 shares after rising by 80 cents to end at $57.30, Seprod climbed $2.75 to settle at $54 with 64,415 shares changing hands, Sygnus Credit Investments rose $2 in trading 68,673 shares at $24 and Wisynco traded 383,221 shares and rose $1 to close at $23.
The Junior Market Index made a partial recovery on Thursday from the big 73 points fall on Wednesday and rose 41.16 points to close at 3,482.98 but with an equal number of stocks rising and falling.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 closing with lower offers.
Iron Rock Insurance climbed 45 cents and exchanged 42,300 shares at $3.93, Jamaican Teas dropped 98 cents in trading of 485,457 units to close at $6.99. Jetcon Corporation lost 25 cents in trading of 48,000 units at $1.90, Limners and Bards ended trading with 228,456 shares, after rising 8 cents to end at $3.05, Lasco Distributors climbed 35 cents and exchanged 1,154,277 shares at $3.50. Lasco Financial shed 28 cents in trading of 17,720 units at $5, Lasco Manufacturing closed trading of 1,855,600 units and gained 39 cents to end at $5.50 and tTech gained 1 cent to end at $5.01, in trading 10,956 shares.
Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange resulted in a near 50 percent dominance of stocks gaining at the close of trading on Thursday but on sharply reduced trading volumes. 
The Jamaica Stock Exchange main market closed down on Wednesday, with advancing outpaced by declining stocks for the second consecutive day as some investors seek cash to buy into a new IPO that is on offer in the market. 
Trading closed with an average of 1,449,305 units valued at an average of $3,127,030 for each security traded. In contrast to 800,249 units valued at an average of $10,515,341 on Tuesday, for each security traded on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 81,431 shares valued at $7,254,739 for every security traded, compared to 696,737 shares valued at $7,854,199 for each security traded. The market closed out August with an average of 1,743,431 units valued at $9,907,963 for each security traded.
Jamaica Stock Exchange gained $1 to settle at $26 with 15,234 shares changing hands. JMMB Group added $1.45 to settle at $49.45 with an exchange of 39,868 units, NCB Financial slipped $1.95 to end at $212.05, with an exchange of 65,234 stock units, Pulse Investments lost 50 cents to close at $2.90 while just 2,400 shares were exchanged, Sagicor Group exchanged 21,005 shares after declining by 35 cents to end at $72.50, Sygnus Credit Investments gained 40 cents in trading 67,351 shares at $22 and Wisynco traded 290,312 shares but lost $2.501 to close at $22.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 9 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 closing with a lower offer.
Jamaican Teas closed 47 cents higher at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $7.97, with 629,009 stock units changing, hands, Jetcon Corporation shed 4 cents in trading of 81,058 units to end at $2.15, Limners and Bards lost 3 cents in trading 382,871 shares to close at $2.97. Lasco Distributors lost 19 cents in swapping 1,723 shares to close at $3.15, Lasco Financial ended trading with 717 shares, after rising 27 cents to end at $5.28, Lasco Manufacturing shed 58 cents in trading of 3,500 units at $5.11, Main Event ended market activity exchanging 156,203 shares to close at $6.50 after falling 2 cents. Paramount Trading exchanged 10,000 shares to close at $1.78 after falling 22 cents, Stationery and Office Supplies ended with a loss of 1 cent at $12.50 with 57,593 stock units changing hands and tTech lost 1 cent to close at $5 with 1,000 stock units changing hands.
