Fontana’s Waterloo Road branch. The company’s stock traded at an all-time high of $7.25 on Wednesday.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange rose on Wednesday with the market Index rising 31.02 points to close at 3,107.55 resulting in full recovery of the 90 points loss in first half of July.
The market closed still below the level reached in of 3,165.12 points the index closed at on the first day in July. On Wednesday with 26 securities changing hands compared to 32 trading on Tuesday, and resulted in an exchange of 1,982,466 units valued at $6,630,174 compared to 2,823,887 units valued at $8,379,276 on Tuesday.
At the close of market activities, the prices of 13 securities advanced, 5 declined and 8 remained unchanged. Fontana jumped to a 52 weeks’ closing high of $7.15 and Consolidated Bakeries trading at an intraday low of $1.60.
Trading ended with an average of 76,249 units for an average of $255,007 in contrast to 88,246 units for an average of $261,852 on Tuesday. 
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 89,671 units with a value of $300,971 for each security traded, compared to 90,656 shares valued at $304,347 traded previously. June ended with an average of 166,169 units at $674,841 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 2 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 closed with lower offers.
Stocks ending with price changes| AMG Packaging dipped 13 cents in trading 16,652 units at $2.30, Caribbean Producers slipped 4 cents in trading of 27,414 units at $4.75, Consolidated Bakeries ended with a loss of 1 cent at $1.79 with 112,883 stock units changing hands, Everything Fresh ended trading with 52,714 shares, after rising 6 cents to end at $1.36. Elite Diagnostic climbed 5 cents and exchanged 228,566 shares at $4.85, Fosrich Group closed 4 cents higher at $5, with 209,864 stock units trading, 
Fontana gained $1.05 to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $7.15, trading 87,465 stock units, General Accident climbed 20 cents exchanging 6,688 shares to end at $4.10. Gwest Corporation gained 1 cent to end at 82 cents, in trading 284,451 shares, Honey Bun closed trading of 19,210 units and gained 5 cents to end at $6.05, iCreate ended trading with 127,464 shares, after rising 2 cents to end at 73 cents, Indies Pharma climbed 2 cents and exchanged 368,800 shares at $3.03. Jetcon Corporation traded 465 shares, after rising 19 cents to end at $1.89, KLE Group exchanged 20,000 shares, after rising 2 cents to end at $1.72, Lasco Financial lost 20 cents in trading 27,752 shares to close at $4.50. Main Event ended trading with 114,524 shares, after rising 30 cents to end at $6.70, Ironrock Insurance closed trading of 60,334 units with a gain of 15 cents to end at $3.50 and tTech declined 25 cents in trading of 1,811 units to close at $5.25.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Trading activity picked up on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday with 95,948 shares valued $1,974,730 trading, compared to 308,036 shares valued $6,367,532 on Tuesday. 
Guardian Holdings lost 30 cents and settled at $18.10, trading 213 units, Massy Holdings lost 1 cent trading 1,050 stock units at $55.08, NCB Financial fell 15 cents and ended at $9.35, after exchanging 4,500 shares and West Indian Tobacco closed 2 cents down to settle at $110.25, with 75 units crossing the exchange.
Also trading good volumes were 
Kingston Wharves recovered the $4.16 it lost on Monday, to end trading of 2,200 shares at $70. 
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange enjoyed a big bounce on Tuesday with the market Index jumping 63.13 points to close at 3,076.53. 
Honey Bun closed 5 cents higher at $6, with 29,579 stock units trading, Indies Pharma shed 5 cents in trading of 272,182 units at $3.01, Iron Rock Insurance shed 15 cents in trading of 4,230 units at $3.35, Jamaican Teas ended trading with 250 shares, after rising 4 cents to end at $4.44, Jetcon Corporation gained 10 cents to end at $1.70 with 137,940 stock units trading. Key Insurance lost 5 cents in trading 12,693 shares to close at 52 weeks’ low of $2.85, Lasco Distributors climbed 10 cents in exchanging 38,962 shares at $3.10, Lasco Financial ended trading with 143,000 shares, after rising 21 cents to end at $4.70, Medical Disposables dipped 16 cents in trading of 1,000 units at $6.93. Main Event ended trading with 10,793 shares, after rising 8 cents to end at $6.40 shares and Stationery and closed 35 cents higher at $9.50, with an exchange of 9,573 stock units.
Trading activity picked up on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday with 308,036 shares valued $6,367,532 trading, compared to 76,614 shares valued $1,275,582 on Monday. 
Trading ended with the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index dropped 3,105.25 points to close at 534,818.03, the JSE Index declined 2,821.86 points to close at 486,998.17 and The JSE Financial Index lost 0.85 points in closing at 131.46 points.
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,375,075 shares valued at $15,899,090 changing hands, compared 1,203,120 shares valued at $10,102,136 for each securities traded. June closed with an average of 1,608,485 units valued at $19,605,318 for each security traded.
Sagicor Group lost 50 cents trading 169,100 stock units to end at $54. Salada Foods climbed $1.50 to end at $35 in trading 25,000 shares, Supreme Ventures rose $2 and ended trading with 93,843,191 shares to close at $28, Sygnus Credit Investments lost 77 cents to close at $15 while trading 53,303 shares and Wisynco Group exchanged 112,712 shares and gained 35 cents to close at $19.95.
June ended with an average of 166,169 units at $674,841 for each security traded.
Fontana closed trading of 171,573 units and gained 13 cents to end at $6.20. General Accident lost 10 cents trading 1,540 units at $4.20, Gwest Corporation declined 14 cents in trading of 558,259 units to end at an all-time closing low of 70 cents, Honey Bun lost 5 cents in exchanging 6,000 units at $5.95, Jamaican Teas dipped 5 cents in with 44,032 units changing hands at $4.40. Jetcon Corporation declined 35 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.60, trading 85,000 shares, Key Insurance ended market activity exchanging 2,021 shares, to close at $2.90 after falling 10 cents. Lasco Financial ended with a loss of 1 cent at $4.49 with 18,200 stock units changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing climbed 14 cents after exchanging 134,182 shares at $4.20 and Main Event lost 38 cents in trading 12,734 shares to close at $6.32.
Trinidad & Tobago NGL declined 5 cents trading 7,283 units to close at $28 and West Indian Tobacco closed with a loss of 2 cents at $110.25, with 365 stock units trading.
Momentum continues to move the market away from long-term resistance at 520,000 points.
The three most attractive Junior Market stocks are, Iron Rock with gains of 243 percent, followed by Caribbean Producers with projected gains of 233 percent and tTech with possible gains of 191 percent.
TOP 10 stocks are likely to deliver the best returns within a 12 months period. Projected earnings, for each company’s current fiscal year, are used in determining, the selected stocks. The PE for and projected earnings for each stock are computed to show potential gains for the year, which are ranked 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 as new information is received that can result in changes in and out of the list.
PanJam Investment gained 50 cents and ended trading with 9,100 stock units at $99, Sagicor Group rose 26 cents trading 341,009 stock units to end at $54.50. Sagicor Real Fund climbed 98 cents to end trading with 17,391 units at $11, Salada Foods rose 50 to end at $33.50 in trading 10,000 shares, Scotia Group exchanged 107,923 shares but fell 50 cents to close at $57. Seprod lost 95 cents and settled at $47 in exchanging 20,450 shares and Supreme Ventures lost $2 and ended trading with 1,645,858 shares to close at $26.
