The Junior Market index to closed just 7.96 points higher at 3,068.50 on Thursday, with an increase in the number of securities trading and marginally higher volume and value than on Wednesday.
Trading ended with 28 securities changing hands, leading to an exchange of 1,831,466 units valued at $7,827,314, compared to trading of 24 securities leading to 1,734,955 units valued at $7,708,054 on Wednesday.
At the close of market activities, the prices of 9 securities advanced, 9 declined and 10 remained unchanged.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Trading ended with an average of 65,410 units for an average of $279,547 in contrast to 72,290 units for an average of $321,169 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 101,559 units valued at $347,167 and previously, 108,262 units valued at $359,706. In contrast, April closed with an average of 87,963 units valued $317,267 for each security traded.
At the close of the market, Access Financial traded 933 shares and closed at $43.20, AMG Packaging ended at $2, with 10,000 stock units trading, Blue Power concluded trading with 209,065 units, leading to a loss of 10 cents at $4.20, Caribbean Cream ended trading 11,753 shares and rose 3 cents higher to $5.30. Caribbean Flavours closed at $16.50, with an exchange of 4,600 stock units, Caribbean Producers exchanged 173,900 units, with a loss of 37 cents to end at $4.61, Consolidated Bakeries closed with a loss of 9 cents at $1.85, with 4,400 shares crossing the exchange, Derrimon Trading ended 5 cents higher at $2.75, trading 4,425 shares. Dolphin Cove concluded trading of 40,000 shares at $12.05, Everything Fresh settled at $1.55 with trading in 6,000 units, Elite Diagnostic ended trading of 1,200 shares, with a loss of 34 cents to close at $3.01, FosRich Group rose 30 cents to $4.40, in exchanging 22,123 shares. Fontana closed with a loss of 30 cents at $4.40, with 183,502 stock units changing hands, General Accident ended with a loss of 29 cents at $4.20, with an exchange of 299,246 units, GWest Corporation ended trading of 10,000 shares and rose 4 cents higher to $1.39, Honey Bun finished 25 cents higher at $4.05, trading 700 shares. iCreate settled at 85 cents, trading 10,000 shares, Iron Rock traded 7,492 units at $3.50,
Jamaican Teas closed with a loss of 15 cents at $4, with an exchange of 10,493 shares, Jetcon Corporation ended at $2.30, with 2,939 shares changing hands. Lasco Distributors ended trading with 335,790 shares, at $3.90, Lasco Financial traded 19,887 shares and rose 10 cents to $4.50, Lasco Manufacturing closed with a loss of 4 cents at $3.60, with an exchange of 454,922 stock units, Medical Disposables ended with a loss of 65 cents at $6.85, with 393 shares trading. Paramount Trading concluded trading of just 100 shares and rose 16 cents to $2.20, Stationery and Office settled at $7.01, trading 7,000 stock units, Sweet River ended trading with 503 units and rose 2 cents higher to $3.02 and tTech traded a mere 100 shares and rose 10 cents to $5.25.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange made good gains in trading on Wednesday, leading to a strong 45.43 points rise in the market index to close at 3,060.54 but with 52 percent less volume than on Tuesday. 
Trading ended with an average of 72,290 units for an average of $321,169 in contrast to 129,846 units for an average of $490,337 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 108,262 units valued at $359,706 and previously, 115,060 units valued at $366,988. In contrast, April closed with an average of 87,963 units valued $317,267 for each security traded.
9,174 shares and lost 35 cents to end at $3.80, iCreate closed trading of 10,200 shares with a gain of 7 cents to end at 85 cents, Indies Pharma exchanged 603,300 shares at $3.35, Iron Rock settled with a loss of 40 cents at $3.50, with 256 shares. Jamaican Teas closed 21 cents higher at $4.15, with 32,934 units changing hands, Jetcon Corporation finished trading at $2.30, in exchanging 17,863 shares. Lasco Distributors traded 116,192 units for 1 cent higher, at $3.90, Lasco Financial settled at $4.40, trading 124,901 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended with a rise of 39 cents to $3.64, with the trading of 116,121 shares, 
In contrast, April closed with an average of 87,963 units valued $317,267 for each security traded.
with a fall of 8 cents to end at all-time low of 78 cents. Indies Pharma gained 23 cents to close at $3.35, in exchanging 185,468 shares, Jetcon Corporation traded 12,360 shares band declined 20 cents to close at $2.30, Knutsford Express exchanged just 600 shares and lost 5 cents to end at $12.95, Lasco Distributors rose 3 cents to end at $3.89, with 23,874 units changing hands. Lasco Financial closed with a gain of 15 cents at $4.40, with an exchange of 52,032 shares, Lasco Manufacturing added 5 cents trading 30,200 to close at $3.25, Main Event traded 10,000 and closed at $6, Medical Disposables finished trading 19,000 stock units with a loss of 50 cents at $6.50. Paramount Trading closed at $2.04, with exchange of 23,245 units, SSL Venture Capital ended 10 cents higher at $1.60, while trading of 8,500 shares and tTech loss of 3 cents trading 46,823 shares to close at $5.15.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange dropped 24.47 points to 3,000.73 as the volume of stocks trading dropped 77 percent from Friday’s level. 
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 110,879 units valued at $332,102 and previously 137,077 units valued at $404,485. In contrast, April closed with an average of 87,963 units valued $317,267 for each security traded.
iCreate closed trading of 61,000 shares with a fall of 4 cents to end at 86 cents, Indies Pharma finished with a loss of 3 cents at $3.12, with an exchange of 55,052 shares, Iron Rock settled at $3.90, trading 3,000 shares. Jamaican Teas traded 1,116 units and rose 4 cents at $3.94, Jetcon Corporation traded just 100 shares but rose 20 cents to close at $2.50, Knutsford Express exchanged just 666 shares at $13, Lasco Distributors rose 6 cents to end at $3.86, with 16,483 units changing hands. Lasco Financial closed at $4.25, with an exchange of 91,163 shares, Lasco Manufacturing lost 5 cents trading 38,622 to close at $3.20, Main Event traded 13,516 and rose $1 to close at $6. Paramount Trading lost 43 cents and closed at $2.04, with exchange of 1,600 units, Stationery and Office Supplies lost 10 cents and finished trading 5,900 stock units at $6.75 and tTech rose 38 cents trading 7,340 shares to close at $5.18.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange enjoyed a strong day on Friday, with the market index closing above the 3,000 mark for the first time since April 11, by jumping 41.02 points to 3,025.22 in trading. 
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed at $43, with an exchange of 100 shares, AMG Packaging ended at $2, with 56,645 stock units changing hands, Cargo Handlers settled 4 cents higher at $11, while trading 3,000 shares, Caribbean Flavours traded 943 stock units $4 higher at $20.50. Caribbean Producers added 37 cents to close at $4.98, trading with 3,500 units, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 3 cents at $2.72, as 38,482 shares crossed the exchange, Dolphin Cove concluded trading 30,345 shares 33 cents higher at $12.05, Everything Fresh finished with a loss of 5 cents at $1.50, with an exchange of 386,678 stock units, Elite Diagnostic exchanged 65,365 units and rose 8 cents to end at $3.05. Express Catering ended trading of 14,706 shares at $7.70, FosRich Group enjoyed a big day trading 3,048,363 shares, to close at $4, Fontana finished trading 7 cents higher at $4.10, with 82,640 shares changing hands, General Accident closed with a loss of 10 cents at $3.90, after an exchange of 130,000 stock units. 
Honey Bun concluded trading of 6,590 shares and gained 25 cents to end at $4.25, iCreate closed trading of 120,876 shares to close at 90 cents, Indies Pharma finished with a loss of 5 cents at $3.15, with an exchange of 3,000 shares, Iron Rock settled at $3.90, trading 256 shares. Jamaican Teas traded 2,000 units with a loss of 5 cents at $3.90, Lasco Distributors closed with a loss of 8 cents at $3.80, with 163,794 units changing hands, Lasco Financial settled 5 cents higher at $4.25, with an exchange of 2,500 shares, Medical Disposables finished trading at $7, with 6,951 stock units and Paramount Trading closed at $2.47, with an exchange of 5,612 units.
At the close of the market, Access Financial exchanged 283 shares and closed 50 cents higher at $43, AMG Packaging ended at $2, trading 22,171 stock units, Caribbean Producers finished trading with a rise of 11 cents at $4.61, with 12,315 units, Derrimon Trading ended at $2.75, with an exchange of 34,000 shares. Everything Fresh gained 3 cents to close at $1.55, with 12,800 stock units changing hands, Elite Diagnostic settled 1 cent higher at $2.97, in trading 19,836 units, FosRich Group traded 6,650 shares resulting in a rise of 9 cents to close at $4, Fontana finished trading 64,780 shares with a loss of 7 cents at $4.03. GWest Corporation ended 4 cents higher at $1.35, trading 16,150 units, Honey Bun gained 1 cent to close at $4, trading of 58,594 shares, iCreate closed trading of 22,559 shares with a rise of 1 cent to close at 90 cents. Indies Pharma finished 5 cents higher at $3.20, with an exchange of 37,257 shares, Iron Rock climbed 40 cents to $3.90, with 743 shares trading, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 17,425 shares and fell 18 cents to end at $2.30. KLE Group ended at $2.40, with 10,406 shares changing 
hands, Knutsford Express concluded trading with 3,909 stock units and rose 1 cent to close at $13, Lasco Distributors exchanged 34,706 units at $3.88, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 20 cents at $4.20, with 18,833 shares trading. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 7 cents higher at $3.25, with an exchange of 17,508 shares, Main Event traded 6,000 shares at $5, Medical Disposables added 50 cents to end at $7, with an exchange of 1,165 stock units, Paramount Trading closed with a loss of 3 cents at $2.47, in exchanging 1,227 units and SSL Venture Capital ended with a loss of 10 cents at $1.50, with 66,000 shares changing hands.
Blue Power concluded trading of 3,200 units, at $4.20. Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of 4 cents at $10.96, after trading 100 shares, Caribbean Producers traded 7,835 units at $4.50, Consolidated Bakeries closed 20 cents higher at $2, with 250,745 shares changing hands. Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 4 cents at $2.75, with the exchanging of 2,206 shares, Dolphin Cove concluded trading of 3,357 shares with a loss of 33 cents at $11.72, Everything Fresh finished 4 cents higher at $1.52, with 119,546 stock units crossing the exchange. Elite Diagnostic settled 1 cent higher at $2.96, trading 26,229 units, Express Catering ended trading with 7,000 shares and rose 50 cents to end at $7.70, FosRich Group traded with a loss of 9 cents at $3.91, with 1,502,876 shares changing hands, Fontana finished trading 10 cents higher at $4.10, with 994,116 shares. GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 4 cents at $1.31, with an exchange of 1,000 units, iCreate closed trading of 14,231 shares to close at 89 cents. Indies Pharma finished with a loss of 10 cents at $3.15, with 31,715 shares trading, Jamaican Teas traded 6,351 units and rose 44 cents to end at $3.95, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 13,235 shares and 
gained 18 cents to $2.48. KLE Group ended with a loss of 10 cents at $2.40, with 17,810 shares changing hands, Knutsford Express concluded trading of 1,200 stock units, with a gain of 99 cents to $12.99, Lasco Distributors finished 19 cents higher at $3.88, with 9,899 units trading, Lasco Financial added 20 cents to close at $4.40, with an exchange of 1,500 shares. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading of 133,000 shares and rose 9 cents to end at $3.18, Main Event fell 30 cents to $5, with 21,943 shares changing hands, Medical Disposables exchanged 20,000 stock units to close at $6.50, Paramount Trading closed 25 cents higher at $2.50, with 1,300 units passing through the exchange. SSL Venture Capital ended 10 cents higher at $1.60, trading 3,338 shares and tTech settled with a loss of 35 cents at $4.80, with 3,000 stock units changing hands.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange lost more ground on Tuesday and closed April with a 5 percent fall in value, bringing the four months losses to 9.4 percent compared to a 5.8 percent rise for the All Jamaica index.
an average of $90,191 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 87,963 units valued $317,267 and previously, 88,152 units valued $318,072 for each security traded. In contrast, March closed with an average of 195,942 shares valued at $777,498 for each security traded.
cents higher at $3.25, with 1,160,900 shares changing hands, Iron Rock settled at $3.50, with 6,256 shares crossing the exchange, Jamaican Teas rose just 1 cent trading 29,188 units to end at $3.51, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 5,000 shares with a loss of 5 cents at $2.30. Knutsford Express concluded trading of 650 stock units with a loss of 99 cents at $12, Lasco Distributors closed with a gain of 17 cents at $3.69, in transferring 157,383 units, Lasco Financial rose 15 cents higher to close at $4.20, with 53,532 shares trading, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 27,045 shares with a loss of 11 cents at $3.09. Paramount Trading closed with a loss of 22 cents at $2.25, with an exchange of 8,987 units and Stationery and Office concluded trading 10 cents higher at $6.85, with 16,929 shares.
Jamaican Teas traded 27,812 units with a loss of 10 cents at $3.50, Jetcon Corporation finished trading of 3,724 shares, with a loss of 5 cents to close at $2.35, Key Insurance closed 10 cents higher at $3.25, with swapping of 2,500 shares. Knutsford Express concluded trading of 338 stock units and rose 49 cents higher to $12.99, Lasco Distributors finished 1 cent higher at $3.52, with 46,495 units changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading at $3.20, with 6,309 shares, Main Event traded with a loss of 50 cents at $5.30, after trading 12,594 shares. Paramount Trading closed with a loss of 3 cents at $2.47, trading 4,000 units, SSL Venture Capital ended with a loss of 4 cents at $1.50, with 2,185 shares changing hands and Stationery and Office traded 6,000 shares with a loss of 75 cents at $6.75.
to 91,615 units valued $329,850 and previously, 86,708 units valued $310,507 for each security traded. In contrast, March closed with an average of 195,942 shares valued at $777,498 for each security traded.
Iron Rock exchanged 12,967 shares with a loss of 40 cents in closing at $3.50, Jamaican Teas traded 5,000 units at $3.60, Jetcon Corporation finished the trading of 81,080 shares at $2.40, Knutsford Express closed at $12.50, while trading 600 stock units, Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 9 cents at $3.51, with 51,500 units changing hands. Lasco Financial settled 5 cents higher at $4.05, with $2.93, with an exchange of 59,528 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 60,000 shares, 4 cents higher at $3.20, Main Event traded 8,620 shares after falling 5 cents to $5.80, SSL Venture Capital ended at $1.54, in exchanging 1,640 shares and tTech settled 15 cents higher at $5.15, with 16,200 stock units changing hands.