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.
At the close of trading 29 securities changed hands, compared with 27 on Wednesday. The Junior Market index climbed 21.14 points to close at 3,091.22 as the prices of 12 securities rose, 9 declined and 8 remained unchanged.
Trading ended with an average of 299,290 units for an average of $1,046,353 in contrast to 657,613 units for an average of $3,329,215 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 206,420 shares valued at $875,602 compared to 194,026 shares valued at $852,887 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 8 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
At the close of trading, Access Financial closed at $48, in trading 650 shares, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 1 cent at $2, with 686,844 stock units changing hands, Blue Power concluded trading with 100 units after a loss of 35 cents to end at $4.65. Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of 7 cents at $12.58, with an exchange of 500 shares, Caribbean Flavours dropped $1.05 to close at $16.95 in trading 82,000 stock units, Caribbean Producers finished trading at $4.60, with 7,261 units changing hands. Derrimon Trading ended at $2.87, with an exchange of 30,950 shares, Everything Fresh finished 10 cents higher at $1.60, trading 7,000 stock units, Elite Diagnostic settled at $3.25, with 21,494 units trading. Express Catering ended trading 50 cents higher at $8, with 570,123 shares, FosRich Group traded with a loss of 16 cents at $4, with 75,479 shares, Fontana finished trading 130,851 shares at $4.06, General Accident closed 55 cents higher at $4.50, while exchanging 180,624 stock units. GWest Corporation gained 5 cents in closing at $1.80, trading 13,717 units, Honey Bun concluded trading of 12,800 shares at $3.85, ICreate gained 3 cents to close at 98 cents, in trading 42,305 shares, Indies Pharma finished with a loss of 10 
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.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
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.
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.
can be expected. The earnings downgrade moved the company to the 10th spot on the list.
TOP 10 stocks are likely to deliver the best returns within a 12 months period. Stocks are selected based on projected earnings for each company’s current fiscal year. Based on an assumed PE for each, the likely gains are determined and then ranked, with the stocks with the highest potential gains ranked first followed by the rest, in descending order. Potential values will change as stock prices fluctuate and will result in movements of the selection in and out of the lists for most weeks. Earnings per share are revised on an ongoing basis as new information is received that can result in changes in and out of the list.
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.
Profit for Stationery and Office Supplies fell well below expectations for 2018, resulting in a downward revision to the 2019 estimate to 75 cents per share that is not good enough to keep it in the TOP 10. 
the Junior Market at 10.6. The PE ratio for Junior Market Top 10 stocks average 6.4 and the main market PE is now 8.5.
with the stocks with the highest potential gains ranked first followed by the rest, in descending order. Potential values will change as stock prices fluctuate and will result in movements of the selection in and out of the lists for most weeks. Earnings per share are revised on an ongoing basis based on new information received that can result in changes in and out of the list as well.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended trading on Tuesday with more stocks declining than rising for the second day leading to another fall in the market index of 10.21 points to 3,109.61.
9,200 shares trading, Iron Rock settled at $3.50, exchanging 4,832 shares, Jamaican Teas traded 74,106 units with a loss of 15 cents at $3.85, Jetcon Corporation lost 15 cents to end at $2.95, with the swapping of 27,400 shares. KLE Group ended with a loss of 30 cents at $2.80, with 550 shares changing owners, Knutsford Express concluded trading of 4,311 stock units at $12, Lasco Distributors finished 1 cent higher at $3.71, in exchanging 210,500 units, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 20 cents at $4.80, trading 2,260,678 shares. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading at $3, with 182,048 shares changing hands, Main Event traded 16,400 shares with a loss of 5 cents at $5.35, SSL Venture Capital ended at $1.95, trading 4,298 shares and Stationery and Office concluded trading of 2,800 shares with a loss of 20 cents to close at $8.20.
The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange moved within less than 5,000 points of the record close in November last year as investors pushed the prices of some stocks higher during the past week.
