Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Friday ended with 26 securities changing hands, up from 22 securities changing hands on Thursday and resulted in the prices of 9 securities advancing, 13 declining and 4 remaining unchanged. The Junior Market index fell 4.39 points to close at 3,172.37.
Market activities resulted in an exchange of 1,993,202 units valued at $6,873,532 compared to 2,993,554 units at $10,198,424 shares trading on Thursday.
Trading ended with an average of 76,662 units for an average of $264,367 in contrast to 136,071 units for an average of $463,565 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 2,732,277 units valued at $8,589,661 and previously 2,903,607 valued at $9,126,777, In contrast, December ended with an average of 136,222 units at a value of $737,367 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ended with higher bids than their last selling prices and 5 closing with lower offers.
At the close of the day’s activities, Access Financial dropped $2.50 to close at $47.50, trading 143 shares, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 11 cents at $2.39, with 78,377 stock units changing hands, Blue Power concluded trading of 4,000 units, with a loss of 10 cents to end at $4.85. CAC 2000 finished with a loss of 1 cent at $15, with an exchange of 1,300 shares, Caribbean Cream ended trading at $5.85, with an exchange of 5,239 shares, Caribbean Producers traded 33,427 units, and closed 25 cents higher at $5.25, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 5 cents at $2.65, with 39,150 shares changing hands. Elite Diagnostic finished 15 cents higher at $3, with an exchange of 21,300 stock units, Everything Fresh rose 30 cents in closing trading of 64,682 shares at $1.95, Express Catering settled at $7.97, trading 40,093 units, Fontana lost 19 cents to close at $3.36 with 1,294,249 shares changing hands. FosRich Group ended trading 1 cent higher at $3.76, with 33,288 shares, General Accident traded 35,678 shares at $3.50, Honey Bun closed with a loss of 5 cents at $3.75, with 
3,971 stock units changing hands. Indies Pharma gained 5 cents and ended at $3.05, with 16,438 units changing hands, Jamaican Teas finished trading of 31,650 shares with a loss of 30 cents at $3.70. Jetcon Corporation settled with a loss of 15 cents at $3.15, in exchanging 4,500 shares, Key Insurance ended trading with a loss of 8 cents at $3.10, with 7,947 stock units, Knutsford Express traded 5,752 shares, with a loss of 1 cent at $12, Lasco Distributors closed 10 cents higher at $3.80, with 35,142 shares changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading of 39,200 stock units and moved 2 cents higher to $3.22, Main Event finished 60 cents higher at $6.50, trading 20,833 units, Medical Disposables settled with a loss of 40 cents at $6.60, with 6,900 shares trading, Paramount Trading ended with a rise of 5 cents to $2.05, with an exchange of 61,831 shares and tTech closed at $5, with an exchange of 3,600 units. In the Junior Market preference segment, CAC 2000 lost 16 cents to close at $1, trading 104,512 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Thursday with 22 securities changing hands, down from 26 on Wednesday with 6 securities advancing, 9 declining and 7 remaining unchanged leaving the index 23.48 points lower at 3,176.76.
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higher at $3.30, with 92,655 shares trading, Knutsford Express finished trading of 1,465 shares and rose 50 cents higher to $13, Lasco Distributors closed with a loss of 10 cents at $3.70, trading 69,196 shares, Lasco Financial ended 4 cents higher at $4.54, with an exchange of 68,077 shares. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 58,075 stock units, with a loss of 10 cents at $3.20, Main Event finished at $5.90, with 4,429 units, Paramount Trading closed at $2, with 108,345 shares trading, SSL Venture Capital exchanged 1,100 shares to close at $1.95 and Stationery and Office traded 5,408 shares at $9. In the junior market preference segment, CAC 2000 gained 16 cents and closed at $1.16, with 202,228 shares changing hands.
at $3.50, Honey Bun closed at $3.75, with 9,177 stock units changing hands. Indies Pharma rose by 20 cents to end at $3.15, trading 15,986 shares, Jamaican Teas closed at $4, with 25,813 shares traded, Jetcon Corporation settled with a loss of 20 cents at $3.10, with an exchange of 29,414 shares, Knutsford Express finished trading 8,984 shares with a loss of 1 cent at $12. Lasco Distributors closed at $3.70, with 80,575 shares trading, Lasco Financial ended 5 cents higher at $4.50, with 55,330 shares changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading of 65,410 stock units, with a loss of 10 cents to end at $3.30. Main Event finished with a loss of $1.08 at $5.90, exchanging 1,991 units, Medical Disposables settled at $6.50, trading 24,000 shares. Stationery and Office traded 22,286 shares with a loss of 10 cents at $8.40 and tTech closed with a loss of 50 cents at $5, after 43,924 units were traded.
hands. Caribbean Cream ended trading with 181,879 shares, rising 36 cents higher to $5.85, Caribbean Flavours traded 10,200 stock units, and gained $2 to close at $19, Caribbean Producers finished trading 38,890 units, for 1 cent higher at $4.97, Consolidated Bakeries closed with a loss of 5 cents at $2.10, in exchanging 28,740 shares. Derrimon Trading ended 35 cents higher at $2.95, with 18,012 shares changing hands, Elite Diagnostic finished 18 cents higher at $3.05, with 382,687 stock units trading, Everything Fresh rose 8 cents in trading 104,348 shares at $1.92, Express Catering settled at $8, with 129,312 units changing hands, Fontana lost 10 cents in trading 1,105,394 shares and closed at $3.20. FosRich Group ended trading 11,067 shares, for 10 cents higher at $4, GWest Corporation finished trading at $1.75, with an exchange of 4,931 shares. Honey Bun closed at $3.75, with 1,812 stock units trading, Indies Pharma fell 5 cents to end at $2.95, trading 85,832 shares, ISP Finance concluded trading of 6,995 shares at $13, KLE Group traded 1,039 units with a loss of 10 cents to end at $2.80, Knutsford Express traded 12,868 shares at $13. 
Lasco Distributors closed at $3.70, in trading 50,300 shares, Lasco Financial ended 10 cents higher at $4.45, in swapping 22,703 shares, Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading of 2,000 stock units, with a loss of 30 cents at $3.40, Main Event finished 8 cents higher at $6.98, with 33,323 units changing hands. Medical Disposables settled with a loss of 10 cents at $6.50, after 1,000 shares were exchanged, SSL Venture Capital exchanged 33,723 shares to close at $1.95, Stationery and Office traded 20,816 shares at $8.50 and tTech closed at $5.50, trading 35,022 units. In the junior market preference segment, CAC 2000 closed with a loss of 10 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of at $1, with 104,777 shares traded.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Friday resulted in an exchange of 2,589,319 units valued at $7,927,611, down from 8,871,009 units valued at $29,431,464 on Thursday.
an exchange of 700 shares. Consolidated Bakeries closed at $2.15, with 604,234 shares trading, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 15 cents at $2.60, exchanging 207,513 shares. Elite Diagnostic finished with a loss of 4 cents at $2.87, trading 4,500 stocks, Everything Fresh lost 3 cents to end trading of 106,600 shares at $1.84. Express Catering jumped 60 cents to $8, with 75,198 units changing hands, Fontana gained 10 cents in trading 843,661 shares and closed at $3.30, but the stock closed with more selling than buying, FosRich Group ended trading of 4,500 shares at $3.90. GWest Corporation traded 18,666 shares at $1.75, Honey Bun concluded trading of 3,778 units at $3.75, Indies Pharma fell 10 cents to end at $3, trading 56,353 shares, ISP Finance ended at $13, with just 1,000 units 
trading, Jamaican Teas concluded trading with 24,904 shares at $4, Jetcon Corporation finished at $3.30, with 26,161 shares trading. Knutsford Express traded 14,050 units at $13, Lasco Distributors finished trading 122,917 shares at $3.70, Lasco Financial closed at $4.35, trading 13,000 shares. Main Event concluded trading with 21,677 stock units, and gained 90 cents to close at $6.90, Medical Disposables finished 10 cents higher at $6.60, with 3,500 units changing hands, SSL Venture Capital exchanged 92,000 shares to close at $1.95 and tTech finished trading of just 1,705 stock units with a loss of 40 cents at $5.50.
trading at $13, with an exchange of 31,895 shares, Jamaican Teas closed at $4, with 26,665 shares trading, Jetcon Corporation settled with a loss of 13 cents at $3.30, with 54,920 shares changing hands. Key Insurance ended trading with a loss of 1 cent at $3.19, with 13,250 stock units, Knutsford Express finished trading 4,590 shares for $1.40 higher to close at $13, Lasco Distributors closed with a loss of 6 cents at $3.70, trading 257,635 shares, Lasco Financial ended 15 cents higher at $4.35, with 49,262 shares changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading of 20,338 stock units with a loss of 13 cents to close at $3.70, Main Event finished with a loss of 90 cents at $6, in exchanging 5,920 units, Medical Disposables settled with a loss of 51 cents at $6.50, with 478 shares trading. Paramount Trading ended at $2, with an exchange of 108,433 shares, SSL Venture Capital exchanged 2,000 shares to close at $1.95 and tTech closed at $5.90, with 906 units changing hands.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange finished on Wednesday with 22 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 3,592,672 units valued at $12,085,054. 
loss of 4 cents at $3.76, with 6,358 shares changing hands, Lasco Financial ended with a loss of 3 cents at $4.20, in the swapping of 54,759 shares, Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading 17,762 stock units with a loss of 2 cents at $3.83. Main Event finished 90 cents higher at $6.90, with an exchange of 15,103 units, Paramount Trading ended trading of 10,000 shares with a loss of 15 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $2 and Stationery and Office traded 2,381 shares with a loss of 50 cents at $8.50. In the junior market preference segment, CAC 2000 closed with a loss of 6 cents at 52 weeks’ low of $1.10, with 6,741 shares traded.
average of $3,621,958 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 755,754 units valued at $3,148,757 and previously 810,207 units valued at $3,433,396. In contrast, December ended with an average of 136,222 units at a value of $737,367 for each security traded.
shares, Jamaican Teas finished with a loss of 40 cents at $4, with a swapping of 155,568 shares. Jetcon Corporation settled with a loss of 25 cents at $3.18, trading 73,424 shares, KLE Group traded 100 units with a loss of 10 cents at $2.90, Knutsford Express jumped 75 cents to $11.50 trading 100 shares, Lasco Distributors closed with a loss of 10 cents at $3.80, with 129,735 shares changing hands. Lasco Financial ended 3 cents higher at $4.23, trading 33,050 shares, Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading 149,974 stock units with a loss of 13 cents at $3.85, Main Event finished with a loss of 98 cents at $6, with an exchange of 1,000 units. Medical Disposables settled 1 cent higher at $7.01, trading 1,350 shares, Paramount Trading ended trading 50,822 shares with a loss of 30 cents at $2.15, following release of below par quarterly profit and Stationery and Office traded 6,000 shares with a rise of 60 cents to end at $9.
5 cents to close at $3.45, FosRich Group ended trading 2,131 shares 30 cents higher at $3.90, General Accident traded 2,300 shares at $3.45, GWest Corporation finished trading 5,838 shares at $1.81, Honey Bun closed at $3.75, with an exchange of 8,619 stock units. Indies Pharma rose 5 cents, to end at $3.15, trading 90,084 shares, Jetcon Corporation settled 40 cents higher at $3.43, trading 1,000 shares, KLE Group traded 17,617 units for 5 cents higher at $3. Knutsford Express finished trading with a loss of $1.25 at $10.75, with 6,679,341 shares changing hands, as 
An overall view of stocks indicates that the main market continues to be steered higher by an upward sloping support line as well the 45 and 125 day moving averages, lending support just below. The Junior Market is currently guided by an upward rising long-term support line, pointing to more gains ahead.