The Junior Market index dropped a sharp 55.78 points to close at 3,341.30 on Wednesday after 66.99 points were slashed on Monday, with declining stocks exceeding rising ones for the third consecutive day.
Market activity resulted in 30 securities changing hands with gains in just 5, while the prices if 17 declined and prices of 8 remained unchanged. CAC 2000 Preference share, closing at a 52 weeks’ low.
Junior Market activity, left the markets average PE at 14.1. Trading ended with an exchange of 8,280,200 units for $16,484,044 compared to 11,556,651 shares for $25,163,399 from 33 securities trading on Tuesday.
Trading ended with an average of 276,007 units for an average of $549,468 for each stock traded, in contrast to 350,202 units for $762,527 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 263,515 shares at $596,709 compared to an average of 261,632 shares at $603,830 for each security traded. 
In contrast, November closed with an average of 120,579 shares at $506,880 for each traded security.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investors Choice bid-offer indicator with six stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial dropped $3 to end at $32 with 186 stock units crossing the exchange, AMG Packaging rose 2 cents in trading of 5,000 units at $1.92, Blue Power exchanged 19,300 shares, after declining 4 cents to end at $5.93. Caribbean Cream fell 11 cents in trading 3,827 units at $4.29, and Consolidated Bakeries declined by 3 cents to settle at $1.60 after trading 54,000, Elite Diagnostic exchanged82,443 shares to close at $5.50 after falling 9 cents, Everything Fresh lost 5 cents with 220,157 shares changing hands at $1.05. Express Catering lost 5 cents in exchanging 6,281 shares to close at $6.25, GWest Corporation lost 4 cents to settle at 95 cents while exchanging 21,000 units, Honey Bun slashed 90 cents from the previous close to end at $7 in a swap of 51,831 shares. iCreate traded 589,259 units and gained 8 cents to end at 70 cents, Indies Pharma declined by a cent trading of 23,619 units at $3.01, 
Jamaican Teas fell 7 cents while 84,824 changed hands at $5.99, Jetcon Corporation exchanged 119,193 shares to close at $1.93 after rising 13 cents. Knutsford Express dived $1.50 with 43,436 shares crossing the exchange at $10, Lasco Financial exchanged 57,950 units, but fell 10 cents to end at $4.50, Lasco Manufacturing gained 10 cents trading of 45,000 units at $5.10, Limners and Bards slipped 2 cents in trading of 126, 814 units at $2.81. MailPac pulled back 17 cents to end at $1.78 with 5,881,440 shares changing hands, Main Event declined 8 cents to settle at $6.07 with an exchange of 31,212 units and Paramount Trading lost 45 cents with a transfer of 62,639 shares to close at $1.55.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
The Junior Market index inched 1.16 points higher to close at 3,397.08 on Tuesday after dropping sharply by 66.99 points on Monday, with declining stocks exceeding rising ones.
Indies Pharma declined 3 cents in trading of 18,976 units at $3.02, Jetcon Corporation ended market activity exchanging 59,702 shares to close at $1.80 after falling 13 cents. Knutsford Express climbed 50 cents and traded 8,800 shares at $11.50, Lasco Distributors declined 26 cents in trading of 52,105 units at $3.30, Lasco Financial exchanged 1,000 units and put on 20 cents to end at $4.60, Limners and Bards dipped 2 cents in trading of 31,662 units at $2.83. MailPac pulled back 3 cents to end at $1.95 with 10,264,726 shares changing hands, Medical Disposables declined by 40 cents to settle at $7.10 with an exchange of 156,000 units, SSL Venture exchanged 25,000 shares to close at $1.20 after falling 20 cents and tTech ended trading of a mere 77 shares, after rising 5 cents to $5.40.
Indies Pharma traded 11,122 shares and lost 15 cents in closing at $3.05, Jamaican Teas fell 9 cents in exchanging 21,220 shares to end at $6.06, Jetcon Corporation traded just 581 shares and gained 13 cents to close at $1.93. Lasco Distributors closed with just 100 units changing hands after rising 6 cents to end at $3.56, Lasco Financial lost 2 cents with the trading of 27,926 shares at $4.40, Limners and Bards rose 8 cents with 26,272 shares changing hands at $2.85. Recently listed, MailPac, traded 12,827,913 shares with the price pulling back 24 cents to end at $1.98, Medical Disposables exchanged 13,090 shares after gaining 40 cents to close at $7.50 and Paramount Trading closed at $2 after slipping 5 cents with an exchange of 21,000 shares.
After surging 100.47 points on Thursday, the Junior Market pulled back slightly on Friday with the market index shedding 14.43 points to close at 3,462.91 resulting from gains in 11 securities declines in 10 while the prices of 6 remained unchanged, 
Limners and Bards lost 3 cents with 8,328 shares changing hands at $2.77. Recently listed, MailPac traded 16,845,367 shares, with the price rising 5 cents to end at a new closing high of $2.22 after trading at an intraday high of $2.60. Main Event rose 15 cents to close at $6.15 after trading 47,320 units, Medical Disposables exchanged 11,910 shares after dropping 90 cents to close at $7.10, Paramount Trading closed at $2.05 after slipping 9 cents with an exchange of 5,000 shares. SSL Venture Capital, to be renamed Boost Venture, traded 3,500 shares and rose 30 cents close at $1.45, Stationery and Office Supplies fell 50 cents in trading 42,176 units at $11 and tTech traded 806 and lost 15 cents to close at $5.35.
Junior Market activities ended on Wednesday with 30 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 1,154,175 units for $4,201,370 compared to 1,065,830 units valued at $4,608,133 from 25 securities trading on Tuesday. 
Investors transferred 30,200 shares of Jetcon Corporation after falling 15 cents to end at $1.80, Knutsford Express lost 90 cents in trading 1,500 stock units at $10.10,Lasco Distributors closed trading with 88,435 units and gained 20 cents to end at $3.70. Limners and Bardslost 7 cents with 36,899 shares changing hands at $2.82, newly listed MailPac traded 49,373 shares and rose 32 cents to close at a new high of $1.32.Main Eventlost 20 cents to close at $6 after 36,234 shares crossed the exchange, Stationery and Office Supplies lost 55 cents in trading 36,550 units at $11 and tTechfell 50 cents in transferring 50 stock units at $5.50.
Junior Market activities ended on Monday with 26 securities changing hands, from 29 on Friday, resulting in an exchange of 883,148 units valued at $4,794,911 compared to 2,703,365 units valued at $18,646,706 on Friday. 
Lasco Distributors closed trading of 9,000 units and gained 40 cents to end at $3.90. Lasco Financial closed trading of 17,100 units and shed 9 cents to end at $4.41, Lasco Manufacturing exchanged 171,733 shares, after rising 17 cents to end at $5.22, Limners and Bards lost 5 cents and traded 7,500 shares at $2.95. Paramount Trading rose 2 cents in transferring 38,656 stock units at $1.98, Stationery and Office Supplies fell 5 cents in trading of 16,904 units at $11 and tTech exchanged 8,000 shares at $6 with the fall of 1 cent.
Junior Market activities ended on Friday with 29 securities changing hands, from 32 on Thursday, resulting in an exchange of 2,703,365 shares costing $18,646,706, compared to 9,668,717 units for $14,175,803 on Thursday. 
Knutsford Express traded 57,500 units and gained 82 cents to end at $11. KLE Group fell 30 cents in trading of 25,000 units at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.40, Lasco Distributors closed trading of 161,966 units and gained 20 cents to end at $3.50. Lasco Financial closed trading of 49,351 units and gained 11 cents to end at $4.50, Lasco Manufacturing exchanged 18,705 shares, after rising 3 cents to end at $5.05, Limners and Bards climbed 18 cents and traded 29,455 shares at $3, Paramount Trading shed 4 cents in a transfer of 21,750 units at $1.96 and Stationery and Office Supplies fell 45 cents in trading of 4,921 units at $11.05.
At the close of the market, Access Financial climbed $8 to settle at $37 with 68,059 shares changing hands, Blue Power lost 5 cents at $6.90, in swapping 6,743 units, Caribbean Flavours added 5 cents after exchanging 4,702 stock units at $13. Dolphin Cove gained $1.90 to end at $11.20 in trading 3,196 shares, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 1 cent at $2.64 with 7,405 stock units changing hands, Express Catering fell 20 cents trading 650 units at $6.20, Everything Fresh ended with 8,910,186 shares crossing the exchange, after rising 21 cents to $1.25. Express Catering fell 20 cents trading 650 units at $6.20, Fosrich lost 10 cents in trading 27,056 shares to close at $4.70, General Accident gained 55 cents to end at $7.75, in exchanging 10,000 shares, GWest Corporation closed with 100,000 units crossing the exchange and gained 7 cents to end at 97 cents. 
Indies Pharma ended market activity exchanging 137,922 shares to close at $3.10 after falling 26 cents, Jamaican Teas gained 10 cents with 24,400 shares crossing the market at $6.20, Lasco Distributors dipped 20 cents in an exchange of 14,190 units at $3.30, Lasco Financial closed 9 cents higher at $4.39, with 4,075 stock units changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing lost 8 cents trading 4,555 shares to close at $5.02, Stationery and Office Supplies rose 31 cents in an exchange of 40,958 shares at $11.50 and tTech traded 3,626 shares, after rising 50 cents to end at $6.01.
Investors traded the same number of Junior Market securities of 30 for each day this week up to Wednesday with modest volume changing hands.
Indies Pharma closed 16 cents higher at $3.36, with 22,045 stock units trading, Jamaican Teas closed 15 cents higher at $6.10, with 6,500 stock units trading. KLE Group fell 5 cents in trading of 540 units at $1.70, Knutsford Express lost 32 cents in trading 7,900 shares, to close at $10.18, Lasco Distributors closed 20 cents higher at $3.50, with 713 stock units changing hands, Lasco Financial fell 20 cents in trading of 26,760 units to close at $4.30. Lasco Manufacturing closed 10 cents higher at $5.10, with a transfer of 187,153 stock units, Limners and Bards climbed 12 cents and exchanged 56,121 shares at $2.82, Main Event fell 50 cents in trading of 9,500 units at $6 and Medical Disposables lost 84 cents with 4,000 units changing hands at $7.96.
Investors traded the same number of Junior Market securities on Tuesday as on Monday but with fewer units changing hands with a mere 779,323 units valued at $4,286,981 compared to 1,945,433 units valued at $5,415,942 on Monday.
Indies Pharma slipped 16 cents in trading 12,809 stock units to close at $3.20, Jamaican Teas shed 25 cents with 15,300 units crossing the exchange at $5.95. Jetcon Corporation declined 10 cents in trading 3,210 units at $1.80, Knutsford Express saw 3,368 units transferred with a gain of 50 cents to end at $10.50, Lasco Distributors shed 10 cents in trading of 55,474 units at $3.30, Lasco Manufacturing lost 15 cents in 54,354 units changing hands at $5. Limners and Bards fell 5 cents in trading of 33,137 units at $2.70, Medical Disposables traded with 27,000 shares, after rising 80 cents to end at $8.80, Paramount Trading closed with a transfer of 26,842 units and gained 25 cents to end at $2 and SSL Venture lost 8 cents in trading 3,000 shares to close at $1.50.