Junior Market stock trading.
At the close, the market index rose 20.20 points to 3,091.26 as 23 securities changed hands with prices of 10 rising, 8 declining and 5 remaining unchanged, compared with 24 securities changing hands, previously. FosRich Group traded at an intraday record high of $4.60 but drifted lower at the close.
Trading ended with an average of 139,095 units for an average of $360,837 in contrast to 129,020 units for an average of $399,675 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 114,510 valued at $401,574 and previously 110,022 valued at $409,011 for each security traded. In contrast, March closed with an average of 195,942 shares valued at $777,498 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 10 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended trading 10 cents higher at $2.30, with an exchange of 10,000 stock units, Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of 5 cents at $10.95, with 4,494 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cream ended trading of 1,098 shares and rose 20 cents to close at $5.70. Caribbean Producers traded 9,500 units, with a loss of 9 cents at $4.86, Derrimon Trading ended 20 cents higher at $2.70, with an exchange of 89,835 shares. Dolphin Cove dropped $1.50 in closing at $12.50, with an exchange of 1,784 shares, Everything Fresh ended at $1.41, with 8,900 stock units changing hands, Elite Diagnostic settled 8 cents higher at $3.10, with 17,159 units changing hands, Express Catering ended trading of 1,900 shares 48 cents higher at $7.99. FosRich Group closed at $4.30 after trading 23,408 shares at a record high of $4.60, Fontana finished trading 288,466 shares,
with a loss of 4 cents in closing at $3.95, General Accident closed 5 cents higher at $4.30, with an exchange of 81,000 stock units. GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 20 cents at $1.30, with 82,735 units changing hands, Honey Bun concluded trading of 4,145 shares at $4, iCreate lost 1 cent and closed at $1, with an exchange of 1,011,174 shares, Indies Pharma finished with a loss of 1 cent at $3.05, trading 1,066,647 shares. Jamaican Teas traded 5,000 units and gained 33 cents to close at $3.53, Lasco Distributors finished 1 cent higher at $3.71, with an exchange of 415,000 units. Lasco Financial settled 49 cents higher at $4.99, with 1,254 shares changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 24,028 shares at 3 cents higher to $3.48, Main Event traded with 6,200 shares at $5.40. SSL Venture Capital ended with a loss of 5 cents at $1.60, with an exchange of 29,947 shares and Stationery and Office concluded trading at $6.75, with 15,500 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
40 cents to $4.30. Fontana finished trading 91,304 shares and fell 1 cent to $3.99, General Accident closed with a loss of 25 cents at $4.25, in exchanging 20,000 stock units, GWest Corporation ended at $1.50, with 7,000 units trading. Honey Bun concluded trading of 2,055 shares with a loss of 18 cents in closing at $4, iCreate added 1 cent and closed at $1.01, with an exchange of 100,791 shares, Indies Pharma finished 1 cent higher at $3.06, with an exchange 979 shares, Jamaican Teas traded with a loss of 90 cents at a 52 weeks’ low of $3.20, in swapping 61,000 units. Jetcon Corporation finished trading 26,470 shares, with a loss of 59 cents to close at $2.31, Knutsford Express concluded trading 18,881 stock units with a loss of 89 cents to $12.99, Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 10 cents at $3.70, with an exchange 68,485 units. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 4,597 shares with a loss of 10 cents at $3.45, Medical Disposables traded 100 stock units at $8 and Stationery and Office concluded trading of 4,000 shares at $6.75.
Trading dropped more than 70 percent on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Thursday, resulting in an exchange of 1,321,507 units for just $5,378,634 compared to 3,107,329 units valued at $11,717,595 on Wednesday.
$4, General Accident closed 30 cents higher at $4.50, with an exchange of 200 stock units, GWest Corporation ended at $1.50, with 10,000 units trading. Honey Bun traded 259,350 shares, and rose 18 cents to end at $4.18, iCreate lost 1 cent and closed at $1, with an exchange of 44,410 shares. Indies Pharma finished with a loss of 5 cents at $3.05, with an exchange of 58,280 shares, Iron Rock settled at $3.99, with 1,714 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas traded 11,475 units at $4.10. Jetcon Corporation finished trading 5 cents higher at $2.90, with an exchange of 40,467 shares, Knutsford Express concluded trading of 270 stock units, with a loss of 60 cents in closing at $12.10, Lasco Distributors finished 8 cents higher at $3.80, with an exchange of 1,166 units, Lasco Financial settled at $4.50, trading 6,760 shares. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading of 76,687 shares at 15 cents higher to $3.55, Main Event traded 3,971 shares with a loss of 5 cents to end at $5.40 and Medical Disposables gained 40 cents to close at $8, with 10,000 stock units changing hands.
shows 2 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
trading with 300 shares at $4, iCreate closed at $1.01, with an exchange of 102,200 shares. Indies Pharma ended at $3.10, with 23,500 shares changing hands, Iron Rock settled 1 cent higher at $3.99, with an exchange of 1,400 shares, Jamaican Teas traded 1,000 units for an increase of 10 cents to close at $4.10. Jetcon Corporation finished trading 6,210 shares with a rise of 5 cents to $2.85, Key Insurance closed with a loss of 15 cents at $3, with 4,000 shares changing hands, 
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed at $45.50, with an exchange of 7,807 shares, AMG Packaging ended 1 cent higher at $2.16, with 5,000 stock units changing hands, Blue Power concluded trading of 72,817 units, with a loss of 20 cents in closing at $4.30, Cargo Handlers settled at $11, in trading 1,500 shares. Caribbean Producers finished trading of 41,150 units with a rise of 19 cents to end $4.99, Consolidated Bakeries closed 4 cents higher at $2.09, with an exchange of 2,448 shares, Derrimon Trading ended at $2.65, with an exchange of 16,113 shares, Everything Fresh finished with a loss of 5 cents at $1.40, trading 244,900 stock units. Elite Diagnostic settled with a rise of 16 cents at $3.16, in trading 1,000 units, Express Catering swapped 33,377 shares after rising 20 cents higher at $8, FosRich Group traded 4,777 shares, in rising 65 cents higher to $4.40, Fontana finished 
trading at $4.05, with 770,452 shares, Honey Bun concluded trading at $4, with 34,550 shares. iCreate rose 1 cent to close at $1.01, with an exchange of 6,590 shares. Iron Rock settled with a loss of 1 cent at $3.98, trading 5,000 shares, Jamaican Teas traded 12,224 units and rose 10 cents higher to $4, Jetcon Corporation traded 17,185 shares, at $2.80, Key Insurance closed at $3.15, with 1,000 shares changing hands. Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 19 cents at $3.70, with an exchange of 61,905 units, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 16,413 shares and closed 10 cents higher at $3.65, Main Event traded with a loss of 6 cents at $5.45, with 650 shares crossing through the exchange. SSL Venture Capital ended with a loss of 5 cents at $1.65, with an exchange of 2,670 shares and Stationery and Office lost 5 cents to close at $6.75, with 235,105 shares changing hands.
day. In contrast, February closed with an average of 235,225 units valued at $679,790 for each security traded.
loss of 5 cents at $1.40, in exchanging 10,000 units, Honey Bun concluded trading of 324 shares with a loss of 1 cent to close at $4.24. iCreate added 1 cent to close at $1.01, with an exchange of 29,400 shares, Indies Pharma finished at $3.09, with 1,946,580 shares changing hands, Iron Rock settled 44 cents higher at $3.99, with an exchange of 750 shares, Jamaican Teas traded 1,800 units to close at $3.90. Jetcon Corporation finished trading 5,865 shares with a loss of 20 cents to close at $2.80. Knutsford Express closed 80 cents higher to $12.70, with 112,159 stock units changing hands, Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 4 cents at $3.85, exchanging 55,627 units, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 5 cents at $4.50, with an exchange 145,483 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 187,738 shares with a rise of 30 cents to $3.60. Main Event traded 1 cent higher at $5.51, with 4,700 shares, Paramount Trading closed at $2.30, with the trading of 160,106 units and tTech settled at $6, with 6,425 stock units changing hands.
Lasco Manufacturing traded 10 million shares on Junior Market on Thursday, accounting for 89 percent of the day’s volume that saw 11,336,686 units changing hands at $37,683,562, compared to 6,366,628 units valued at $24,922,045, changing hands on Wednesday. 
shares, at $4.05. GWest Corporation ended 15 cents higher at $1.45, in trading 16,715 units, 
of 495 shares, AMG Packaging added 15 cents to end at $2.25, with 81,947 stock units changing hands, Blue Power concluded trading of 3,203 units at $4.60. Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of 20 cents at $12.80, in trading 2,894 shares, Caribbean Cream ended trading of 7,250 shares, 1 cent higher at $5.54, Caribbean Producers rose 39 cents to close at $4.60, with 21,522 units trading, Derrimon Trading ended 45 cents higher at $2.75, with 35,711 shares changing hands. Dolphin Cove exchanged 203 shares, at $13.99, Everything Fresh finished with a loss of 5 cents at $1.50, with an exchange of 87,000 stock units. Elite Diagnostic fell 10 cents to close at $3.10, with 17,984 units changing hands, FosRich Group traded 87,130 shares at $4.30, Fontana closed at $4.05, with 1,669,156 shares changing hands, General Accident closed with a loss of 49 cents at $4.01, trading of 2,001,721 stock units. GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 15 cents at $1.30, with 176,087 units changing hands, Honey Bun concluded trading 35 cents higher at $4.25, with 100 shares, iCreate fell 2 cents and closed at $1, with an exchange of 122,185 shares, Indies Pharma finished 3 cents higher at $3.12, with 110,487 shares changing 
hands. Iron Rock closed 51 cents higher at $3.50, in trading 71,000 shares, Jamaican Teas traded 40,061 units at $3.90, Jetcon Corporation exchanged 58,100 shares, with a loss of 29 cents to end at $2.61, Knutsford Express lost 9 cents in closing at $11.91, with an exchange of 1,135 stock units. Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 10 cents at $3.70, after 142,685 units changed hands. Lasco Financial settled 27 cents higher at $4.52, exchanging 1,542,000 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 41,957 shares and fell 10 cents to close at $3.20, Main Event traded 3,272 shares at $5.50, Paramount Trading closed at $2.30, with 10,000 units changing hands. Stationery and Office concluded trading of 31,050 shares with a loss of 10 cents at $6.80 and tTech settled 10 cents higher at $5.50, with an exchange of 293 stock units.
