Investors pushed trading sharply lower by 82 percent on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Tuesday with an exchange of 1,312,567 units valued at $6,552,084, compared to 7,175,205 units for $36,704,045 on Monday, leading to slippage in the market index.
The market ended on with 29 securities trading, versus 28 changing hands on Monday, resulting in the prices of 8 securities advancing, 9 declining and 12 remaining unchanged with the Junior Market Index declined by 23.21 points to close at 3,384.85. The market closed with negative sentiments for the second day, as shown by the IC bid-offer Indicator as the market approaches resistance above the current level.
Trading ended with an average of 45,261 units for $225,934 each security traded in contrast to 256,257 units for an average of $1,310,859 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 97,258 shares at $528,565 and previously 105,112 shares at $574,274, for each security traded. In contrast, October closed with an average of 186,927 units valued at $788,734 for each security.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading was heavily weighted to a decline in the market on Tuesday with just 3 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 9 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Blue Power lost 5 cents in trading of 2,500 units at $7.95, Caribbean Cream gained 15 cents to end at $4.05, with 117,444 stock units trading, Everything Fresh lost 2 cents exchanging 23,310 units at $1.15, Express Catering lost 10 cents with 61,893 shares crossing the market to close at $6.40. Fosrich dipped 10 cents in trading 19,574 units at $4.70, General Accident shed 15 cents in swapping of 31,696 units at $7.85, GWest Corporation lost 26 cents in trading 23,000 shares to close at 0.80 cents, iCreate ended with a loss of 1 cent at 0.69 with 51,306 stock units changing hands. Indies Pharma closed 6 cents higher at $3.10, in trading 20,000 shares, Iron Rock Insurance exchanged 540 units and gained 9 cents to end at $3.70, 
ISP Finance climbed to an all-time high of $33 after jumping $6 with 6,667 shares changing hands. Jetcon Corporation exchanged 200 shares and gained 3 cents to end at $1.80, Knutsford Express traded 2,600 shares, after rising 20 cents to end at $10.85, Lasco Distributors closed 28 cents higher at $3.58, with 261,904 stock units changing hands, Lasco Financial fell 10 cents in trading 1,195 units at $5. Main Event fell 75 cents and exchanged 6,718 shares to close at $ 5.35, Medical Disposables lost 95 cents in trading 2,000 stock units to close at $7. Paramount Trading dropped 25 cents in swapping 21,000 units at $1.85 and Stationery and Office Supplies rose 18 cents to close at $12.50, with 50,100 stock units crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Investors pushed trading sharply higher by more than 500 percent on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Monday with an exchange of 7,175,205 units valued at $36,704,045, compared to 1,150,661 units valued at $4,145,571 on Friday but with a modest rise in the market index. 
In contrast, October closed with an average of 186,927 units valued at $788,734 for each security changing hands.
Indies Pharma ended with a loss of 1 cent at 3.04 with 33,494 stock units changing hands. Jamaican Teas lost 2 cents in trading 18,539 units at $6.22, Jetcon Corporation closed with a loss of 3 cents at $1.77, in swapping 24,466 shares, Knutsford Express ended trading with 200 shares, after rising 5 cents to end at $10.65. Lasco Manufacturing lost 15 cents in exchanging 6,429,477 shares to close at $5.20, Main Event climbed 99 cents and exchanged 100,000 shares at $6.10. Medical Disposables ended with 7,600 shares crossing the market, after rising 95 cents to end at $7.95, Limners and Bards rose 24 cents to close at $2.98, with the trading of 78,399 stock units and Stationery and Office Supplies closed with an exhnage of 2,000 units and gained 2 cents to end at $12.32.
Honey Bun lost 30 cents in trading 40,000 units to land at $6.30, iCreate declined 5 cents in trading of 101,598 units at 65 cents, ISP Finance gained $2 to end at $27 with an exchange of 10,200 stock units, Jamaican Teas ended with a loss of 1 cent at $6.24 with 4,510 stock units changing hands. Jetcon Corporation declined by 19 cents trading of 44,000 units at $1.80, Lasco Manufacturing climbed 15 cents as it exchanged 266 shares at $5.35, Limners and Bards added 2 cents, trading 24,700 shares at $2.74 and Stationery and Office Supplies lost 20 cents in trading 10,380 stock units to close at $12.30.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market declined 26.40 points to 3,352.15 when trading ended on Thursday with 14 securities gaining, 13 falling and 3 remaining unchanged.
Indies Pharma declined 5 cents in trading of 65,667 units at $3.05, Jetcon Corporation climbed 22 cents and exchanged 3,500 shares at $1.99, Knutsford Express closed 20 cents higher at $10.60, with 1,409 stock units changing hands. Lasco Financial dipped 10 cents in trading 7,454 units at $5.10, Lasco Manufacturing shed 20 cents exchanging 27,012 units at $5.20, Limners and Bards ended market activity with 95,414 shares to close at $2.72 after falling 26 cents, Main Event ended with 7,783 shares crossing the exchange to close at $5.11 after falling 11 cents. Stationery and Office Supplies climbed 30 cents and exchanged 12,550 shares at $12.50, while SSL Venture ended with an exchange of 33,812 shares to close at $1.15 after falling 15 cents. In the Junior Market preference segment, Derrimon Trading closed with an exchange of 3,316 units and gained 5 cents at $2.10.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market bounced 33.01 points to 3,378.55 on Wednesday with 12 securities gaining, 8 falling and 10 remaining unchanged as the market claws back portion of the near 69 points drop on Tuesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Key Insurance traded 1,218 shares after rising 40 cents to end at $3.50, Lasco Distributors closed with a loss of 29 cents at $3.30, swapping of 570,450 shares, Lasco Financial declined by 10 cents to settle at $5.20, with 112,030 units trading, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 90,191 shares, after rising 15 cents to end at $5.40. Limners and Bards closed 26 cents higher at $2.98, with 42,500 stock units trading, Medical Disposables fell 50 cents trading 1,340 units at $7. Stationery and Office Supplies closed with 5,430 units crossing the exchange and gained 9 cents to end at $12.20, and tTech exchanged 20,271 units and gained 30 cents to end at $6.30.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market plunged 68.65 points to close at 3,345.54 when trading ended on Tuesday with 9 securities gaining, 12 falling and 6 remaining unchanged.
Jamaican Teas traded 27,723 units and gained 25 cents to end at $6.25. Jetcon Corporation ended market activity exchanging 21,000 shares to close at $1.80 after falling 19 cents, Knutsford Express climbed 1 cent and exchanged 15,028 shares at $10.41. Lasco Distributors ended trading with 205,849 stock units, after rising 29 cents to end at $3.59, Lasco Financial closed 20 cents higher at $5.30, with 20,850 stock units trading. Lasco Manufacturing fell 25 cents in trading 28,700 units in closing at $5.25, Medical Disposables lost 50 cents with 500 shares changing hands to close at $7.50, Stationery and Office Supplies exchanged 61,988 shares to close at $12.11 after falling 6 cents and SSL Venture lost 29 cents trading 12,508 shares to close at 1.30 cents.
Honey Bun lost 10 cents in trading 4,030 units at $6.50, Jamaican Teas slipped 5 cents in trading 10,030 units at $6, Knutsford Express dipped 45 cents in trading of 3,468 units at $10.40. Lasco Financial declined by 10 cents trading 151,300 shares to settle at $5.10, Lasco Manufacturing closed 25 cents higher at $5.50, with 74,346 stock units trading, Limners and Bards shed 28 cents in trading of 116,064 units at $2.72 and SSL Venture ended with a loss of 1 cent at 1.59 with 66,344 stock units changing hands.
Price movements were almost evenly spread on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market at the close on Friday as trading ended with 5,230,729 units valued at $27,124,560 changing hands. 
GWest Corporation ended trading with 21,082 shares and gained 7 cents to end at $1.12, iCreate closed 3 cents higher at 71 cents, with 4,306 stock units trading, Lasco Distributors closed with 111,180 units changing hands and gained 5 cents to end at $3.30, Lasco Financial climbed 25 cents and exchanged 51,666 shares at $5.20. Lasco Manufacturing closed trading of 3,500,905 units and gained 22 cents to end at $5.25, Limners and Bards climbed 14 cents in exchanging 665,000 shares to close at $3, Main Event climbed 2 cents after exchanging 700 shares at $5.22 and Stationery and Office Supplies declined 28 cents trading 5,800 units at $12.17.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market closed October with heavy trading on Thursday with Derrimon Trading 31 million shares out of a total of 31,699,661 units amounting to $87,399,668 compared to 32,683,130 units valued at $145,214,995 on Wednesday.
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 186,927 units valued at $788,734 and previously 142,388 units valued at $670,885 for each security trading. In contrast, September closed with an average of 954,574 units valued at $2,612,695 for each security traded.
Fosrich closed with an increase of 1 cent at $4.71, with 8,000 stock units trading, GWest Corporation lost 6 cents in trading 7,500 units at $1.05, Honey Bun rose 20 cents in exchanging 1,202 shares at $6.60, Indies Pharma declined by 2 cents to settle at $3.10 after exchanging 38,826 shares. Knutsford Express traded 591 units and gained 25 cents to end at $10.85, Lasco Distributors fell 8 cents with 1,061 units crossing the exchange to close at $3.25, Lasco Financial ended 5 cents higher at $4.95, with 23,366 stock units changing hands. Limners and Bards closed 14 cents higher at $2.86, with 130,400 stock units crossing the exchange, Main Event lost 10 cents in trading 1,000 shares to close at $5.20 and Stationery and Office Supplies ended trading with 2,200 shares, after rising 40 cents to end at $12.45.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market ended with heavy trading on Wednesday with six securities exchanging more than one million shares each leading to trading in 32,683,130 units valued at $145,214,995 compared to 1,069,455 units valued at $6,472,676 on Tuesday. 
Honey Bun declined by 20 cents to settle at $6.40, iCreate ended with a loss of 1 cent at 68 cents with 135,645 stock units changing hands, Indies Pharma ended trading with 2,186,278 shares, after rising 2 cents to end at $3.12. Jamaican Teas exchanged 1,539,506 shares, after rising 5 cents to end at $6.05, Lasco Distributors closed 8 cents higher at $3.33, with 11,400,136 stock units trading, Lasco Financial shed 20 cents in trading of 9,030 units at $4.90. Lasco Manufacturing ended market activity exchanging 11,775,157 shares to close at $5.03 after falling 2 cents, Limners and Bards climbed 16 cents and exchanged 153,520 shares at $2.72, SSL Venture closed trading of 16,919 units and gained 10 cents to end at $1.60 and Stationery and Office Supplies closed 5 cents higher at $12.05, with 41,224 stock units changing hands.
