Fontana traded at a record high of $6.50.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange finished on Thursday with 31 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 1,571,911 units valued at $7,260,237 compared to 2,596,610 units valued at $10,273,509 on Wednesday.
At the close of market activities, the prices of 12 securities advanced, 11 declined and 8 remained unchanged. The Junior Market Index advanced 9.90 points to close at 3,108.84.
rading ended with an average of 50,707 units for an average of $234,201 in contrast to 89,538 units for an average of $354,259 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 59,608 shares valued at $233,610 for each security traded compared to 63,015 shares valued at $233,383 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 8 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging declined 10 cents in trading of 21,794 units at $1.90, Caribbean Cream shed 20 cents in trading of 63,191 units to close at $4.80, Caribbean Flavours climbed 30 cents and exchanged 10,000 shares at $14.30, Caribbean Producers ended trading with 1,500 shares, after rising 19 cents to end at $4.95. Consolidated Bakeries declined by 20 cents to settle at $1.80, in exchanging 25,100 shares, Dolphin Cove climbed 5 cents and traded 25,332 shares at $11.75, Derrimon Trading climbed 4 cents with 20,100 shares trading at $2.54. Everything Fresh lost 3 cents in trading 26,106 units at $1.37, Elite Diagnostic ended trading with 73,335 shares, after rising 5 cents to end at $4.40, Express Catering closed 17 cents higher at $6.87, with 20,125 stock units trading, Fosrich Group lost 21 cents in trading 24,039 shares to close at 4.25 cents. Fontana ended trading with 418,248 shares, after rising 5 cents to end at a record high of $5.90,but the stock traded as higgh as $6.50 in the morning. 
General Accident ended trading with 27,371 shares, after rising 15 cents to end at $4.20, GWest Corporation declined by 3 cents to settle at all-time low of 98 cents, iCreate closed 1 cent higher at 73 cents, with 54,529 stock units trading. Indies Pharma climbed 3 cents and exchanged 22,427 shares at $3.18, ISP Finance declined $3.35 in trading of 2,916 units to close at $13.65, Jetcon Corporation lost 18 cents in trading of 10,650 units at close at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.70, Key Insurance decline 35 cents in trading of 5,494 units at $3. Lasco Distributors gained 5 cents and finished trading at 40,207 shares at $3.35, Lasco Financial closed trading of 280,000 shares at $4.10, Lasco Manufacturing lost 5 cents in trading 221,052 shares to close at $4.20, Main Event closed trading of 44,886 units and gained 42 cents to end at $6.52 and Paramount Trading lost 20 cents in trading of 1,300 units at $1.80.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Indies Pharma climbed 14 cents and exchanged 82,496 shares at $3.15. Iron Rock Insurance climbed 15 cents and exchanged 3,002 shares at $3.50, ISP Finance closed at $17 with an exchange of 3,200 shares, Jamaican Teas ended trading with 15,333 shares, after rising 54 cents to end at $4.40. Key Insurance traded 8,867 shares at $3.35, Lasco Distributors fell 10 cents in trading of 415,716 units at $3.30, Lasco Financial closed with a loss of 60 cents at $4.10, in trading of 383,802 shares, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.25, with an exchange of 651,176 stock units. Main Event ended at $6.10, trading 34,859 stock units and Medical Disposables declined 2 cents in exchanging 30,500 units at $6.70 and Derrimon Trading preference shares saw 2,000 units crossing the exchange at $2.
At the close of the market, Access Financial dipped 30 cents in trading of 720 units at $46, AMG Packaging closed trading of 25,100 units and gained 1 cent to end at $2.06, Blue Power decline 5 cents in trading of 3,000 units at $4.95. CAC 2000 settled at $15 with only 7,000 stock units trading, Caribbean Cream ended market activity exchanging 31,682 shares to close at $5 after falling 25 cents, Cargo Handlers traded 1,2598 shares at $9.50, Caribbean Producers exchanged 9,986 shares at $4.90, Consolidated Bakeries closed 23 cents higher at $2, with 10,000 stock units trading. Derrimon Trading close with a loss of 3 cents at $2.49, after swapping 294,634, shares, Dolphin Cove dipped 25 cents in trading of 793 units at $11.75. Elite Diagnostic closed 10 cents higher at $4.10, with 95,751 stock units trading, Everything Fresh ended trading with 200,100 shares, after rising 11 cents to end at $1.48, Express Catering ended trading with 36,396 shares, to end at $6.70. FosRich Group ended with a loss of 1 cent at 4.49 with 21,629 stock units changing hand. Fontana closed trading of 144,842 units and gained 35 cents to end at $5.60, GWest Corporation fell 16 cents in trading of 155,689 units to close at $1.05 after the company reported a big loss for the year ended March, Honey Bun shed 5 cents in trading of 28,300 units at $6.60. iCreate ended with an exchange of 142,800 shares, after rising 1 cent to end at 73 cents, 
Indies Pharma closed with a loss of 9 cents at $3.01, in trading 200,000 shares, Iron Rock closed with a loss of 15 cents at $3.35, exchanging 25,000, shares, ISP Finance lost $2.63 in trading just 300 units at $17. Jamaican Teas shed 39 cents in trading 302,054 units to close at $3.86, Key insurance traded 2,000 shares to close at $3.35, Knutsford Express closed trading of 18,800 units and gained 29 cents to end at $12.79, Lasco Distributors ended trading with 129,119 shares, to end at $3.40, Lasco Financial fell 30 cents with 187,457 units changing hands at $4.70. Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.25, with an exchange of 8,209 stock units, Main Event closed 39 cents higher at $6.10, with 30,891 stock units trading and Medical Disposables rose 2 cents to $6.72, trading 6,236 stock units.
iCreate declined by 2 cents to settle at 72 cents with 43,220 shares changing hands, Indies Pharma fell 5 cents in trading of 1,600 units at $3.10. Lasco Distributors ended trading with 5,537 shares, after rising 10 cents to end at $3.40, Lasco Financial exchanged 2,255 shares, after rising 29 cents to end at $5, Lasco Manufacturing closed 20 cents higher at $4.25, with an exchange of 39,538 stock units, Main Event ended market activity exchanging 2,522 shares to close at $5.71 after falling 29 cents. Stationery and Office ended trading with 20,000 shares, after rising 69 cents to end at $9.70 and tTech closed 4 cents higher at $5.50, with 5,000 stock units changing hands.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on trading Friday, with 32 securities changing hands and the prices of 15 securities rising, 9 declining and 8 remaining unchanged.
In contrast, May ended with an average of 81,626 units for $311,248 for each security traded.
Key Insurance closed with a loss of 35 cents at $3.35, in swapping of 4,400 shares. KLE Group ended trading with 34,000 shares, after rising 20 cents to end at $2.35, Knutsford Express finished trading 8,566 shares and rose $1 higher to $12.50, Lasco Distributors traded 46,835 units to close at $3.30, Lasco Financial closed trading of 6,700 units and gained 1 cent to end at $4.71. Lasco Manufacturing declined by 15 cents to settle at $4.05 in trading 477,000 units, Medical Disposables traded 28,592 units at $6.70, Paramount Trading closed trading 2,690 units at $2, Stationery and Office closed with a loss of 59 cents at $9.01, in the swapping of 148,000 shares and tTech ended trading with 37,141 shares, after rising 16 cents to end at $5.46. In the Junior Market preference segment, CAC 2000 closed trading of 1,000 units and gained 15 cents to end at $1.15.
AMG Packaging closed at $1.99 with 14,425 stock units changing hands, Blue Power declined by 16 cents to settle at $4.79, Caribbean Cream closed trading 28,640 units at $5.27, Caribbean Producers traded 27,541 units at $4.80. Derrimon Trading ended market activity in exchanging 18,202 shares to close at $2.55 after falling 3 cents, Dolphin Cove closed trading of 4,409 units and gained 25 cents to end at $12, Elite Diagnostic ended trading with 18,067 shares at $3.99. Everything Fresh exchanged 188,461 units at $1.40, Express Catering ended market activity exchanging 94,422 shares to close at $6.20 after falling 80 cents, Fontana closed trading of 239,209 units with a rise of 7 cents to end at $4.62. FosRich Group close with an exchange of 12,066 units at $4.70, General Accident traded 105,404 units to end at $4.10, GWest Corporation gained 11 cents to end at $1.15, in trading 277,027 units, iCreate ended market activity exchanging 12,930 shares to close at 70 cents. Indies Pharma traded of 8,634,384 units at $3.03, Iron Rock closed with a loss of 7 cents at $3.55, in swapping 66,702 shares, Jamaican Teas fell 12 cents trading 36,649 units to close at $4.18. 
Jetcon Corporation lost 5 cents in trading of 177,109 units at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.75, Knutsford Express closed at $11.50 with 9,450 stock units changing hands, Lasco Distributors dipped 9 cents in trading of 28,853 units at $3.30, Lasco Financial traded 156,112 units to close at $4.70. Lasco Manufacturing climbed 10 cents and exchanged 938,182 shares at $4.20, Medical Disposables traded 7,786 units at $6.70, Paramount Trading fell 45 cents in trading 5,861 units at $2, Stationery and Office Supplies climbed 2 cents and exchanged 93,187 shares at $9.60 and tTech decline 5 cents in trading of 1,100 units at $5.30.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended trading on Wednesday, with an exchange of 3,778,290 units valued at $13,398,281 compared to 1,838,031 units valued at $6,450,947 on Tuesday. 
Indies Pharma declined 9 cents in trading of 142,783 units at $3.03, Iron Rock ended trading of 67,246 shares, after rising 12 cents to end at $3.62, Jamaican Teas fell 5 cents in trading of 3,500 units at $4.30, Jetcon Corporation declined 5 cents in exchanging 1,055,936 units at $1.80. Knutsford Express declined $1 to end at $11.50 with 2,167 stock units changing hand, Lasco Distributors climbed 24 cents and exchanged 214,358 shares at $3.39, Lasco Financial closed the trading of 1,181,077 units and gained 20 cents to end at $4.70, Lasco Manufacturing shed 20 cents in trading of 85,400 units at $4.10. Main Event closed with a loss of 90 cents at $6, swapping of 1,928, shares, Medical Disposables dipped 30 cents trading of 5,000 units at $6.70, Stationery and Office Supplies fell 32 cents, trading 50,000 units at $9.58 and tTech declined 11 cents trading 18,203 units in closing at $5.35.
Caribbean Cream ended trading of 4,662 units at $5.27. Caribbean Producers closed trading of 58,622 units and gained 14 cents to end at $4.90, Consolidated Bakeries lost 23 cents trading 77,148 units to close at $1.77. Derrimon Trading at $2.59 with 57,558 stock units changing hands, Dolphin Cove traded 5,100 shares to end at $11.75, Elite Diagnostic exchanged 141 shares and declined by 3 cents to settle at $3.97, Everything Fresh exchanged 100,000 units at $1.40, Express Catering declined by 40 cents to settle at $6.75, with an exchange of 37,840 units. FosRich Group closed with a loss of 5 cents at $4.95, in the swapping of 6,208 shares, Fontana closed 11 cents higher at $4.51, with 171,655 stock units changing hands after the price hit an intraday all-time high of $4.96, GWest Corporation closed with 102,148 units changing hands at $1.02. General Accident lost 3 cents in trading of 17,684 units at $4.07. Honey Bun closed at $6.50 after hitting a new all-time high of $7.33 in trading 34,500 shares after dropping 50 cents, iCreate ended with a loss of 1 cent at to close at 79 cents with 201,050 stock units changing hand, 
Indies Pharma traded 79,119 shares, after rising 5 cents to end at $3.12. Jamaican Teas shed 35 cents in trading of 35,443 units to close at $4.35. Jetcon Corporation lost 2 cents in trading of 23,100 units at $1.85, Knutsford Express concluded trading of 14,883 shares at $12.50, Lasco Distributors shed 24 cents in trading of 339,755 units at 52 weeks’ low of $3.15, Lasco Financial dipped 15 cents in trading of 166,950 units to close at $4.50. Lasco Manufacturing hit a 52 weeks’ high of $4.50 but lost altitude by the close to finish trading 112,917 shares at $4.30, Main Event settled at $6.90 after 126,857 shares were traded, Medical Disposables climbed 30 cents and exchanged 1,000 shares at $7. Paramount Trading closed 42 cents higher at $2.45, with 5,800 stock units trading and Stationery and Office closed trading of 500 units and gained 30 cents to end at $9.90. In the junior market preference segment, CAC2000 preference share closed with a loss of 10 cents at $1, after swapping of 12,991 shares.
iCreate exchanged 100,200 shares, after rising 9 cents to end at 80 cents, Indies Pharma closed with a loss of 13 cents at $3.07, with an exchange of 173,410 shares, Jamaican Teas rose 15 cents to conclude trading of 9,540 shares at $4.70. Jetcon Corporation shed 3 cents in trading of 4,795 units at $1.87, Key Insurance closed 10 cents higher at $3.70, with 207 stock units changing hands, Knutsford Express fell $1.50 in concluding trading of 74,906 at $12.50, Lasco Distributors dipped 30 cents in trading of 74,906 units at $3.39. Lasco Financial declined 15 cents to settle at $4.65 and trading 42,255 shares, Lasco Manufacturing added 10 cents in closing trading at $4.30 with an exchange of 126,983 shares, Main Event settled $1 higher at $6.90 after 25,856 shares were traded. Medical Disposables lost 30 cents in trading of 1,500 units at $6.70 and Stationery and Office Supplies closed with 39,420 shares changing hands at $9.60.
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 173,031 for an average of $731,049, previously, 195,632 at $730,567. In contrast, May ended with an average of 81,626 units for $311,248 for each security traded.
General Accident exchanged 34,633 shares at $4.15. GWest Corporation traded 38,980 shares to end at $1.15, iCreate fell 9 cents in trading 577,519 units to close at 71 cents, Jamaican Teas finished trading 16,033 shares with a rise of 20 to $4.55, Jetcon Corporation closed with a loss of 10 cents at $1.90, in swapping 533 shares. Key Insurance ended trading with 7,000 shares, after rising 25 cents to $3.60, Knutsford Express exchanged 13,588 shares at $11, Lasco Distributors closed 9 cents higher at $3.69, with 185,348 stock units changing hands. Lasco Financial declined 60 cents to $4.80 in trading of 1,098,116 units and Lasco Manufacturing exchanged 1,801,604 shares, and rose 10 cents to end at $4.20. Medical Disposables closed trading of 45,260 units at $7, SSL Venture Capital ended market activity with 25,000 shares trading at $1.61 and Stationery and Office Supplies closed with 3,408 shares changing hands at $9.60.