The Junior Market Index fell at the close of trading on Monday, falling points to close at 2,729.19, following gains in the prices of 5 securities, declines in 10 with prices 6 closing unchanged.
Trading ended with 21 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 1,326,412 units valued at $4,542,759 compared to 3,580,303 units valued at $11,760,975 from 23 securities trading on Friday.
Trading ended with an average of 63,162 units for an average of $216,322 in contrast to 155,665 units for an average of $511,347 on Friday. For the month to date an average of 107,489 shares valued at $428,985 and previously, an average of 111,860 shares valued at $449,952. December closed with an average of 568,732 units valued at $3,447,957 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ending with bids higher than the last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended at $2.55, with 55,936 stock units, CAC 2000 finished with a loss of 50 cents at $8.20, trading 1,791 shares, Caribbean Cream ended trading at $5.77, with 2,200 shares, Caribbean Producers finished trading 9 cents higher at $4.37, with 210,229 units, C2W Music ended at 60 cents, with 3,000 shares. Express Catering ended trading with a loss of 35 cents at $4.85, with 47,496 shares, FosRich Group lost 10 cents to end at $2.50, with 281,281 shares, General Accident finished trading with a loss of 15 cents at $2.80, after 96,000 shares changed hands, GWest Corporation fell 3 cents to $2.90, with 141,865 stock units. Honey Bun ended with a loss of 5 cents at $4, trading 10,340 units, Jamaican Teas settled with a loss of 11 cents at $4.54, exchanging 2,640 shares, Jetcon Corporation ended trading 10 cents higher at $4.55, with 51,595 stock units,
Knutsford Express closed at $15, with 7,060 shares. Lasco Distributors ended with a loss of 47 cents at $3.16, with 199,976 shares, Lasco Financial concluded trading with a loss of 10 cents at $5.40, with 10,000 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing finished 13 cents higher at $3.48, with 149,634 units, Main Event settled 38 cents higher at $5.41, with 1,245 shares. Paramount Trading traded with a loss of 9 cents at $3.50, with 50,000 shares, Stationery and Office finished trading at $4.90, with 2,624 stock units and tTech ended 38 cents higher at $6.38, with 1,000 shares. In the junior market preference segment, Eppley 8.25% ended at $5.45, with 500 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

In main market activity, Berger Paints closed $1 higher at $18, with 2,410 shares, Barita Investments ended with a loss of 16 cents at $8.50, with 18,715 stock units, Cable & Wireless concluded trading at $1.30, with 210,965 units, Carreras finished with a loss of 5 cents at $11.30, with 160,130 shares, Grace Kennedy traded 36 cents higher at $43.36, with 43,901 stock units. Jamaica Broilers finished trading with a loss of 50 cents at $17.50, with 17,659 units, Jamaica Producers closed with a loss of 20 cents at $16.50, with 6,639 shares, Jamaica Stock Exchange ended at $6.95, with 41,887 shares, JMMB Group concluded trading with a loss of 52 cents at $23.80, with 1,142,852 shares changing hands. Kingston Wharves settled with a loss of $1.85 at $31.15, with 1,271 units, Mayberry Investments ended trading with a loss of 35 cents at $7, with 46,000 shares, NCB Financial Group traded with a loss of 48 cents at $99.02, with 44,706 shares, 1834 Investments finished trading at $1.27, with 620 shares.
PanJam Investment ended with a loss of 52 cents at $40.50, with 20,001 units, Pulse Investments finished with a loss of 10 cents at $1.90, with 24,330 shares, Radio Jamaica settled 2 cents higher at $1.10, with 50,600 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading with a loss of 40 cents at $35, with 108,464 stock units. Sagicor Real Estate Fund ended trading at $14, with 4,418 shares, Scotia Group finished trading with a loss of 91 cents at $50.50, with 60,457 shares, Seprod closed with a loss of 95 cents at $29, with 100,120 shares, Supreme Ventures concluded trading at $12, with 67,497 stock units, VM Investments Limited finished 15 cents higher at $4.15, with 403,301 units, Wisynco Group settled 2 cents higher at $10.02, with 574,139 shares.
The Main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange suffered another day of a sharp fall in the market indices in trading on Friday, with more prices rising and less falling than on Thursday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks ending with bids higher than the last selling prices and 6 with lower offers.
KLE Group finished trading at $2.30, with 100 shares. Knutsford Express closed 15 cents higher at $15, with 6,798 shares, Lasco Distributors ended 13 cents higher at $3.63, with 2,958,400 shares but traded at an intraday cents at a 52 weeks’ low of $3.08, Lasco Financial concluded trading 9 cents higher at $5.50, with 32,202 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing finished with a loss of 20 cents at $3.35, with 55,901 units. Main Event settled with a loss of 77 cents at $5.03, in trading 53,695 shares, Medical Disposables ended trading 5 cents higher at $5, with 500 shares, Paramount Trading traded 12 cents higher at $3.59, with 1,175 shares and Stationery and Office finished trading 1 cent higher at $4.90, with 91,557 stock units. In the junior market preference segment, Eppley 10% ended 2 cents higher at $6.02, with 100 stock units and Eppley 8.25% concluded trading with a loss of 5 cents at cents at a 52 weeks’ low of $5.45, with 8,850 units trading.
National Enterprises finished trading with a gain 1 cent and concluded at $9.79, with 2,790 units, National Flour closed with an increase of 8 cents and ended with $1.99, trading 73,529 shares, Scotiabank closed with a rise of 99 cents and finished at $61, with 2,418 stock units. Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose 50 cents to end at $26.50, with 44,283 units, with a value of $1,165,984 and West Indian Tobacco ended trading with an increase of 1 cent to close at $90, with 1,603 stock units changing hands.
Trading on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Thursday with more prices rising and less falling than on Wednesday leading to the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index dropping 2,332.02 points to 312,808.10 and the JSE Index dived 2,124.73 points to 285,003.54. 
Activity in the US dollar market ended with Productivity Business closing at 55 cents with 31,673 shares traded and Proven Investments ordinary share exchanging 20,400 units with a rise of 1 cent to close at 23 US cents. The JSE US Equities Index closed up 3.69 points at 173.43.
Pulse Investments finished at $2, with 37,000 shares, Sagicor Group ended trading with a loss of 60 cents at $35.40, with 662,632 stock units, Salada Foods traded at $11, with 232 units. Scotia Group finished trading at $51.41, with 34,171 shares, Seprod closed at $29.95, with 27,900 shares, Supreme Ventures concluded trading 1 cent higher at $12, with 278,963 stock units, VM Investments Limited finished 9 cents higher at $4, with 1,099,190 units. 
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended 2 cents higher at $2.72, with 10,000 stock units trading,

Losses| Massy lost 6 cents and closed at a 52 weeks’ low of $47.94, with 140 stock units, National Enterprise ended trading 1 cent lower and ended at $9.78, with 540 shares changing hands and West Indian Tobacco concluded trading with a loss of 1 cent, ending at a 52 weeks’ low of $89.99, with 400 stock units trading.
In the main market activity,
Portland JSX concluded trading with a loss of 25 cents at $10.75, with 2,000 units,