Trading climbed sharply on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Wednesday, ending in an exchange of 9,482,082 units valued at $38,586,264 compared to only 690,239 units valued at a mere $2,210,720, on Tuesday.
At the close of trading, 28 securities changed hands, compared with 22 on Tuesday. The market index lost 4.35 points to close at 3,075.32 as the prices of 15 securities rose, 9 declined and 4 remained unchanged.
Trading ended with an average of 338,646 units for an average of $1,378,081 in contrast to 31,375 units for an average of $100,487 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 194,902 shares valued at $813,620 compared to 182,206 shares valued at $763,762 on the previous day. 
In contrast, February closed with average of 235,225 units valued at $679,790 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended 2 cents higher at $2.10, with 542,000 stock units changing hands, Blue Power concluded trading of 49,000 units and rose 20 cents to close at $4.85, Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of 2 cents at $12.50, with an exchange of 300 shares. Caribbean Cream ended trading 1,350,100 shares and lost 43 cents to end at $5.52, Caribbean Flavours traded 2 cents higher at $17.22, with 100,000 stock units changing hands, Caribbean Producers swapped 2,477,187 units and fell 15 cents to close at $4.30, Consolidated Bakeries closed with a loss of 20 cents at $1.80, with an exchange of 2,500 shares. Derrimon Trading ended 1 cent higher at $2.81, with 3,520 shares trading, Dolphin Cove concluded trading of 110,100 units $13.99 after jumping by 49 cents, Everything Fresh concluded trading of 2,500 shares and rose 39 cents to $1.79. Express Catering settled at $7.80, with 200 units changing hands, FosRich Group ended trading 89,585 shares at 30 cents higher to $4.30, Fontana traded 8 cents higher at $4, with an exchange of 368,987 shares, Honey Bun ended with a loss of 10 cents at $3.70, with the trading of 30,000 units. iCreate closed market activity at $1.02, with an exchange of 95,836 shares, Indies Pharma concluded trading of 697,280 shares, 2 
cents higher at $3.04, Iron Rock finished with a loss of 10 cents at $3, with 13,404 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas ended trading 20,000 stock units with a loss of 40 cents to close at $3.60. Jetcon Corporation closed 7 cents higher at $2.87, with an exchange of 2,613,091 units. Knutsford Express ended at $12.50, in exchanging 14,412 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading of 22,243 stock units at $3.75, Lasco Financial finished 2 cents higher at $4.47, with 76,883 units trading, Lasco Manufacturing settled with a loss of 5 cents at $3.15, with 450,370 shares changing hands. Main Event ended trading with 5,940 shares and rose 1 cent to $5.31, Medical Disposables traded with a loss of 1.20 cents at $6.60, with 47,571 shares, Paramount Trading finished trading 106,618 stock units after rising 30 cents to close at $2.40, Stationery and Office ended 3 cents higher at $7.50, trading 148,545 shares and tTech finished 2 cents higher at $5.52, with 108,946 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Trading dived sharply on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Tuesday, ending in an exchange of only 690,239 units valued at a mere $2,210,720 compared to 3,646,013 shares valued at $12,828,763, on Monday. 
exchange of 95,836 shares, Indies Pharma finished with a loss of 1 cent at $3.02, with the trading of 86,733 shares, Jamaican Teas traded 50 cents higher at $4, with 2,000 units passing through the market, Knutsford Express concluded trading of 1,100 stock units at $12.50. Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 5 cents at $3.75, with the trading of 110,949 units, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 5 cents at $4.45, with 1,388 shares changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 7 cents higher at $3.20, in trading 39,427 shares. Main Event traded of 5,582 shares, with a loss of 50 cents at $5.30, Medical Disposables finished trading $1.20 higher at $7.80, with 2,000 stock units and Stationery and Office concluded trading of 200 shares at $7.47.
Trading picked up on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Monday, ending in an exchange of 3,646,013 shares valued at $12,828,763, compared to 2,437,146 units valued at $10,799,411 on Friday, 
units at $15.50. Jetcon Corporation traded 1,950 shares with a loss of 30 cents to close at $2.80, Knutsford Express concluded trading 15,643 stock units at $12.50, Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 9 cents at $3.80, with an exchange of 14,485 units, Lasco Financial settled 5 cents higher at $4.50, with 3,139 shares changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 590,096 shares with a loss of 7 cents at $3.13, Medical Disposables finished trading with 50,000 stock units, at $6.60, Stationery and Office closed trading with 4,238 shares at $7.47 and tTech settled at $5.50, with 23,949 stock units changing hands. In the junior market preference segment, CAC 2000 9.5% closed 15 cents higher at $1.15, in trading 6,400 shares.
shows 10 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
buying interest for 641,501 shares at 98 cents, Indies Pharma finished 7 cents higher at $3.08, with an exchange of 21,870 shares. Jamaican Teas traded 72,000 units with a loss of 30 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $3.50. Knutsford Express concluded trading of 3,500 stock units with a loss of 20 cents at $12.50, Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 11 cents at $3.89, with 59,000 units changing hands, Lasco Financial settled 4 cents higher at $4.45, with an exchange of 235,500 shares, Lasco Manufacturing traded with 10,707 shares and rose 14 cents to $3.20. Medical Disposables finished trading with a loss of 90 cents at $6.60, with an exchange of 26,962 stock units, Paramount Trading closed with a loss of 1 cent at $2.10, with 8,000 units crossing the exchange platform. Stationery and Office concluded trading of 12,999 shares for a rise of 22 cents at $7.47 and tTech settled at $5.50, with 336,063 stock units changing hands.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange climbed sharply on Thursday with 8,679,414 units valued at $30,344,251 crossing the exchange, compared to 17,755,553 units valued at $89,888,819 exchanged on Wednesday.
cents at $3.01,with 475,330 shares changing hands. ISP Finance ended trading 500 stock units and rose $2 to close at $15.50, Jamaican Teas traded 72,300 units and rose 5 cents higher to $3.80, KLE Group ended at $2.80, with 8,689 shares changing hands, Knutsford Express concluded trading with 150 stock units and lost 10 cents to end at $12.70. Lasco Distributors finished 30 cents higher at $4, with an exchange of 10,150 units, Lasco Financial settled 1 cent higher at $4.41, with 10,400 shares trading, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 6,167,975 shares after rising 6 cents to $3.06, Main Event traded 55 cents higher at $5.80, with 1,229 shares changing hands. Medical Disposables finished trading 43,371 stock units and rose 50 cents to $7.50, SSL Venture Capital ended at $1.70, with just 2,500 shares passing through the exchange, Stationery and Office concluded trading 23,924 shares with a loss of 22 cents in closing at $7.25 and Sweet River finished with a loss of 50 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of at $3, with 198 shares changing hands.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange climbed sharply on Wednesday with 17,755,553 units valued at $89,888,819 crossing the exchange, compared to 2,988,737 units valued at $11,616,949 exchanged on Tuesday. 
compared to 128,493 shares valued at $502,830 on the previous day. In contrast, February closed with average of 235,225 units valued at $679,790 for each security traded.
with a loss of 40 cents at $7.50. FosRich Group traded 78,897 shares with a loss of 9 cents at $4.16, Fontana closed 6 cents higher at $4.06, with 522,903 shares changing hands, General Accident closed with a loss of 55 cents at $3.95, while switching ownership of 2,422,309 stock units, GWest Corporation ended at $1.75, trading just 647 units. ICreate fell 4 cents to close at 95 cents, in trading 36,885 shares, Indies Pharma finished with a loss of 5 cents at $3.11, with an exchange of 336,665 shares, Jamaican Teas traded 51,111 units, with a loss of 5 cents at $3.75, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 33 cents higher at $3.10, with 33,533 shares changing hand. Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 6 cents at $3.70, with 1,318,768 units crossing the exchange, Lasco Financial settled at $4.40, trading 47,833 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 791,665 shares, with a loss of 10 cents at $3, Paramount Trading closed at $2.11, with an exchange of 2,000,000 units, SSL Venture Capital ended 4 cents higher at $1.70, with 16,350 shares changing hands and Stationery and Office concluded trading of 3,011,550 shares with a loss of 3 cents to end at $7.47.
$12.65, with an exchange of 2,000 shares, Caribbean Producers finished trading 46,928 units and rose 1 cent higher to $4.51. Consolidated Bakeries closed at $2, with the trading of 3,000 shares, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 9 cents at $2.80, with an exchange of 68,000 shares, Everything Fresh finished with a loss of 5 cents at $1.45, as 139,500 stock units traded, Elite Diagnostic settled 5 cents higher at $3.25, with 35,055 units passing through the market. Express Catering ended trading with 229,963 shares after a loss of 9 cents in closing at $7.90, FosRich Group traded 28,691 shares and rose 5 cents to $4.25, Fontana finished trading with 999,692 shares as the price slipped 10 cents to $4, Honey Bun closed 13 cents higher at $3.85, in exchanging 500 shares. ICreate rose 5 cents to close at 99 cents, in trading 49,810 shares, Indies Pharma finished 16 cents higher at $3.16, with 108,168 shares changing hands. Jamaican Teas traded 5 cents higher at $3.80, with 53,685 units crossing through the exchange butt traded at a 52 
weeks’ intraday low of $3.60. Jetcon Corporation finished trading 3,741 shares at $2.77, Knutsford Express concluded trading of 915 stock units with a loss of 10 cents at $12.80, Lasco Distributors finished 6 cents higher at $3.76, while trading 61,941 units, Lasco Financial settled at $4.40, with an exchange of 219,416 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading of 277,959 shares, 5 cents higher at $3.10. Main Event closed with a loss of 55 cents at $5.25, with 2,491 shares traded, Medical Disposables finished trading with 2,100 stock units 50 cents higher at $7, Paramount Trading closed with a loss of 29 cents at $2.11, with 114,522 units changing hands, SSL Venture Capital lost 4 cents at $1.66, with 70,000 shares trading, Stationery and Office concluded trading of 17,200 shares at $7.50 and tTech settled with a loss of 50 cents at $5.50, with 207,650 stock units trading. In the junior market preference segment, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 10 cents at $2, trading 146,720 stock units.
compared to 146,891 shares valued at $575,700 on the previous day. In contrast, February closed with average of 235,225 units valued at $679,790 for each security traded.
Indies Pharma gained 25 cents to end at $3, with 119,744 shares trading, Jamaican Teas traded 56,495 units with a loss of 5 cents at $3.75, Jetcon Corporation closed 5 cents higher at $2.77, trading 6,460 shares. Knutsford Express jumped 90 cents higher to $12.90, with 37,592 stock units changing hands, Lasco Distributors closed at $3.70, with an exchange of 14,587 units, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 19 cents at $4.40, in exchanging 153,968 shares. Main Event traded 25,212 shares for an 80 cents hike to $5.80, Medical Disposables finished with a loss of 50 cents at $6.50, with 14,000 stock units changing hands, Paramount Trading closed 36 cents higher at $2.40, with an exchange of 1,283 units. SSL Venture Capital ended at $1.70, trading 44,732 shares, Stationery and Office concluded trading of 5,400 shares, after rising of 50 cents to $7.50 and tTech settled 50 cents higher at $6, with 33,000 stock units changing hands.
hands, Cargo Handlers ended $12.65 higher at $12.65, with 5,500 stock units, Caribbean Cream settled at $5.25, with an exchange of 9,438 shares, Caribbean Producers traded 97,982 stock units at $4.47, Consolidated Bakeries finished trading 3,650 units, 1 cent higher to $2. Derrimon Trading closed with a loss of 11 cents at $2.80, with 25,009 shares changing hands, Dolphin Cove ended with a loss of $1.90 to $11.60, trading 176,147 shares, Everything Fresh concluded trading of 158,747 shares for 10 cents higher at $1.65, Elite Diagnostic finished with a loss of 10 cents at $3.20, with 10,000 stock units changing hands. Express Catering settled 42 cents higher at $8.30, with an exchange of 114,037 units, FosRich Group ended trading 33,093 shares at $4,after trading at an intraday all-time high of $4.50. Fontana traded 622,444 shares to close at $4, General Accident exchanged 73,369 shares with a gain of 5 cents to $4.35, GWest Corporation closed at $1.75, with 6,342 stock units changing hands, Honey Bun ended at $3.70, trading 705,845 units, ICreate fell 2 cents to close at 93 cents, trading 409,781 shares. Indies Pharma concluded trading of 42,204 shares with a loss of 25 cents at $2.75, Iron Rock finished with a loss of 50 cents at $3, with an exchange of 127,000 shares, ISP Finance rose 50 cents higher to $13.50, with 19,934 shares changing hands. Jamaican Teas ended trading 
79,420 stock units, with a loss of 5 cents at $3.80, Jetcon Corporation swapped 11,594 units, with a loss of 23 cents at $2.72, Key Insurance finished trading 5,000 shares and rose 15 cents higher to $3.15, Knutsford Express ended at $12, with 200 shares changing hands. Lasco Distributors lost 5 cents to end at $3.70, with an exchange of 193,061 stock units, Lasco Financial finished 8 cents higher at $4.59, trading 14,764 units, Lasco Manufacturing gained 4 cents to end at $3.05, with 48,900 shares changing hands, Main Event ended trading of 59,700 shares and gained 44 cents to close at $5. Medical Disposables traded 6,500 shares after rising 20 cents higher to $7, Stationery and Office dropped $1.20 to $7, with 39,298 shares changing hands and SSL Venture Capital closed at $1.70, with 28,115 units. In the junior market preference segment, Derrimon Trading 9% preference share concluded trading of 31,724 units at $2.10.
iCreate shares, to close with a gain of 5 cents at 95 cents, Indies Pharma rose 4 cents to $3, with 520,129 shares trading, Jamaican Teas traded 52,575 units at $3.85, Knutsford Express concluded trading of 1,289 stock units at $12. Lasco Distributors finished 4 cent higher at $3.75, in exchanging 210,134 units, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 29 cents at $4.51, in trading just 2,150 shares, Lasco Manufacturing added 1 cent and ended trading at $3.01, with 347,874 shares changing hands. Main Event traded 56,028 shares with a loss of 79 cents at $4.56, Medical Disposables finished trading 6,500 stock units with a gain of 25 cents to close at $6.80, SSL Venture Capital lost 25 cents to end at $1.70, trading 321,203 shares.
