Blue Power in big $12 jump.
Blue Power stock price jumped $12 to $42 on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday following the announcement that the directors will be discussing a possible stock split at a meeting in July.
Other movement of note was the trading of just under 13 million shares of Lasco Manufacturing and leading to overall exchange of 13,450,013 units valued at $56,708,412 compared to 1,463,979 units valued at $7,919,572. on Wednesday.
At the close of market activities, the prices of 12 securities advanced, 5 declined and 2 remained unchanged as 20 securities traded compared to 24 on Wednesday. The Junior Market Index advanced by 23.93 points to 3,028.37.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers. 
Trading ended with an average of 707,895 units for an average of $2,984,653 in contrast to 60,999 units for an average of $329,982 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 162,661 units valued at $812,413 and previously 166,085 units valued at $682,228. May closed with an average of 217,589 units, valued at $1,322,452 for each security traded.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 10 cents at $2.10, with 6,370 stock units, Blue Power jumped $12 to close $42, with 27,417 units trading, Caribbean Producers finished trading with a loss of 5 cents to end at $5.20, with 17,922 units, Consolidated Bakeries declined by 7 cents to $2, with 29,835 shares, Elite Diagnostic settled 4 cents higher at $3.10, with 21,926 units. Express Catering traded with a loss of 84 cents at $7.16, with 33,100 shares, FosRich Group finished trading 15 cents higher at $2.95, with 35,010 shares, General Accident closed 30 cents higher at $3, with 500 stock units, GWest Corporation ended 20 cents higher at $2.50, with 16,272 units. 
Honey Bun concluded trading after gaining 2 cents to $5.02, with 8,892 shares, Iron Rock finished at $2.95, with 10,000 shares, Jetcon Corporation added 2 cents to close at $4.05, with 659 units, Lasco Distributors concluded trading 5 cents higher at $4.15, with 243,625 stock units. Lasco Financial rose 1 cent to $5, with 5,000 units, Lasco Manufacturing closed after rising 10 cents to end at $4.20, with 12,911,850 shares, Main Event ended trading $1 higher at $7, with 31,441 shares, Stationery and Office closed with a loss of 40 cents at $7.60, with 41,094 units and tTech concluded trading 70 cents higher at $6, with 3,100 shares. In the junior market preference segment, Eppley 9% finished $6 higher at $6, with 6,000 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Trading ended with an average of 60,999 units for an average of $329,982 in contrast to 70,911 units for an average of $407,120 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 166,085 units valued at $802,331 and previously 135,539 units valued at $711,179. May closed with an average of 217,589 units, valued at $1,322,452 for each security traded.
General Accident finished trading with a loss of 28 cents at $2.70, exchanging 78,444 shares, GWest Corporation closed 5 cents higher at $2.30, with 2,000 stock units. Honey Bun ended at $5, with 5,000 units, Jamaican Teas settled with a loss of 5 cents at $5.95, after 18,000 shares traded, Jetcon Corporation ended trading 659,115 stock units and lost 12 cents in closing at $4.03, Knutsford Express closed with a loss of 1 cent at $11.50, exchanging 50,000 shares. Lasco Distributors fell 10 cents to $4.10, with 111,599 shares, Lasco Financial concluded trading with a loss of 1 cent at $4.99, while 89,621 stock units were exchanged, Lasco Manufacturing finished at $4.10, with 47,145 units, Main Event settled with a loss of $1 at $6, with 58,500 shares. Paramount Trading closed at $2.90, with 7,275 shares, Stationery and Office finished trading $1.15 higher at $8, with just 500 stock units changing hands and tTech ended at $5.30, with 9,000 shares changing hands.
May closed with an average of 217,589 units, valued at $1,322,452 for each security traded.
KLE Group closed with a loss of 25 cents at $2.70, while trading 29,500 shares, Knutsford Express ended 50 cents higher at $12.50, with 5,389 shares changing hands, Lasco Distributors concluded trading at $4.20, with 198,580 stock units, Lasco Financial finished with a loss of 10 cents at $5, with 37,301 units. Lasco Manufacturing settled with a loss of 10 cents at $4.10, with 30,000 shares, Main Event ended trading 7,050 shares at $7, Medical Disposables traded 1,500 shares 25 cents higher at $5, Paramount Trading finished trading with a loss of 10 cents at $2.90, with 2,197 stock units and Stationery and Office closed with a loss of 90 cents at $6.85, with 572,850 units changing hands.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, recovered more of the losses suffered last week as stocks rising was just ahead of those falling. 
Trading ended with an average of 15,159 units for an average of $67,269 in contrast to 109,180 units for an average of $508,603 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date, ends at 140,805 units valued at $735,954 and previously 151,951 units valued at $795,273. May closed with an average of 217,589 units, valued at $1,322,452 for each security traded.
GWest Corporation ended 3 cents higher at $2.25, with 23,782 units, Honey Bun concluded trading at $5, trading 28,808 shares, Jamaican Teas ended trading at $5.50, with 4,124 stock units, after trading at an intraday high of $5.82. KLE Group closed at $2.95, with 7,912 shares, Knutsford Express ended at $12, with 1,900 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading with a loss of 5 cents at $4.20, with 39,817 stock units, Lasco Financial fell 10 cents and closed at $5.10, with 34,970 units. Lasco Manufacturing settled at $4.20, with 7,478 shares trading, Main Event ended trading with a loss of 80 cents ot $7, with 7,952 shares, Medical Disposables traded with a loss of 25 cents at $4.75, with 13,903 shares, Paramount Trading finished trading at $3, with 53,715 stock units and Stationery and Office closed at $7.75, with 15,847 units changing hands.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, recovered some of the losses suffered over the previous three days, as advancing stocks out-numbered declining ones on Friday, still leaving the index below the 3,000 mark. 
Trading ended with an average of 109,180 units for an average of $508,603 in contrast to 340,462 units for an average of $1,362,698 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 151,951 units valued at $795,273 and previously 155,908 units valued at $821,793. May closed with an average of 217,589 units, valued at $1,322,452 for each security traded.
Jamaican Teas finished trading at $5.50, with 174,438 units, Jetcon Corporation closed 10 cents higher at $4.10, with 9,464 shares, Knutsford Express traded 25 cents higher at $12, with 100 units, Lasco Distributors rose 5 cents to $4.25, with 135,635 shares, Lasco Financial closed with a gain of 15 cents at $5, trading 78,477 shares. Lasco Manufacturing ended with 1,192,669 shares trading at $4.20, Main Event concluded trading 30 cents higher at $7.80, with 30,500 stock units, Medical Disposables finished with a loss of 10 cents at $5, trading 126,888 units, Paramount Trading settled at $3, with 3,179 shares changing hands and Stationery and Office ended trading at $7.75, with 12,926 shares. In the junior market preference segment, Eppley 8.25% finished trading at $6, with 293,200 shares changing hands.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 7 with lower offers.
Honey Bun concluded trading with a loss of 25 cents at $4.75, after exchanging 104,000 shares, Iron Rock finished at $3.05, with 500 shares, Key Insurance finished trading at $4, trading 9,015 shares. Knutsford Express ended 25 cents higher at $11.75, with 5,000 shares changing hands, Lasco Distributors concluded trading with a loss of 24 cents at $4.20, in exchanging 48,971 stock units, Lasco Financial finished with a loss of 30 cents at $4.85, with 47,634 units, Lasco Manufacturing fell 25 cents to close at $4.20, with 4,973,719 shares. Main Event ended trading with a loss of 50 cents at $7.50, with 5,722 shares, Paramount Trading finished trading 30 cents higher at $3, with 964 stock units and Stationery and Office gained 15 cents in closing at $7.75, with 13,244 units changing hands.
In contrast, May closed with an average of 217,589 units, valued at $1,322,452 for each security traded.
Honey Bun concluded trading 31,090 shares and rose 36 cents to $5, Iron Rock finished 5 cents higher at $3.05, with 3,000 shares traded. Jamaican Teas ended trading at $5.50, with 649 stock units, Jetcon Corporation traded at $4, with 185,045 units, KLE Group closed at $2.95, with 100 shares changing hands, 
Trading ended with an average of 45,104 units for an average of $249,482 in contrast to 28,832 units for an average of $145,642 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 132,834 units valued at $745,632 and previously 144,989 units valued at $814,376. In contrast, May closed with an average of 217,589 units, valued at $1,322,452 for each security traded.
GWest Corporation ended at $2.45, with 22,215 units trading, Jamaican Teas ended trading 186,011 stock units and rose 50 cents to $5.50, Jetcon Corporation traded at $4, with 9,200 units, Key Insurance finished trading at $4, with 1,600 shares. KLE Group closed 30 cents higher at $2.95, with 2,867 shares, Knutsford Express ended at $12.80, with 750 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading with a loss of 12 cents at $4.30, with 169,329 stock units changing hands, Lasco Financial finished at $5.21, trading 23,287 units. Lasco Manufacturing settled with a loss of 10 cents at $4.15, with 48,380 shares, Medical Disposables lost 20 cents to end at $5.10, with 2,561 shares, Paramount Trading finished trading with a loss of 30 cents at $2.70, with 137,180 stock units trading, Stationery and Office closed at $8, with 30,300 units and tTech concluded trading with a loss of 70 cents at $5.30, with 2,000 shares. In the junior market preference segment, Eppley 8.25% concluded trading at $6, with 3,400 units changing hands.
In contrast, May closed with an average of 217,589 units, valued at $1,322,452 for each security traded.
Iron Rock concluded trading at $3, with 512 shares, Jamaican Teas settled at $5, with 12,370 shares. Jetcon Corporation traded 51,900 stock units at $4, Knutsford Express closed 80 cents higher at $12.80, after exchanging just 300 shares, Lasco Distributors ended 27 cents higher at $4.42, with 5,500 shares, Lasco Financial concluded trading 6 cents higher at $5.21, with 76,982 stock units. Lasco Manufacturing finished 7 cents higher at $4.25, with 3,000 units, Main Event settled with a loss of 57 cents at $7, in swapping 3,827 shares, Medical Disposables ended trading 3,259 shares and rose 30 cents to $5.30, Paramount Trading closd at $3, with 50,000 shares traded, Stationery and Office finished trading 20 cents higher at $8, with 85,425 stock units and tTech ended with a loss of 10 cents at $6, exchanging 200 shares trading.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange 80.20 points of the nearly 145 points fall over the past two days after to close at 3004.55 on Friday as the prices of 9 securities advanced, 4 declined and 11 remained unchanged. 
In contrast, May closed with an average of 217,589 units, valued at $1,322,452 for each security traded.
Jetcon Corporation closed trading at $4, with 14,250 units, Key Insurance traded 1,000 shares at $4, KLE Group closed with a loss of 30 cents at $2.65, with 1,800 shares trading, Knutsford Express ended 50 cents higher at $12, with an exchange of 2,192 shares. Lasco Distributors concluded trading at $4.15, with 123,991 stock units, Lasco Financial finished at $5.15, exchanging 51,027 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled 18 cents higher at $4.18, with 3,060,100 shares, Main Event ended trading 1 cent higher at $7.57, with 22,861 shares. Medical Disposables climbed 70 cents higher to $5, with 872 shares, Paramount Trading finished trading at $3, with 32,135 stock units and Stationery and Office closed with a loss of 20 cents at $7.80, with 31,483 units changing hands.
