The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market Index rose 10.62 points to close at 3,362.79 on Thursday as 31 securities changed hands, with 13 rising, 8 declining while 10 remained unchanged.
Trading settled on Thursday with an exchange of 3,125,553 units valued at $7,771,742 compared to 2,463,223 units for $8,312,204 from 28 securities changing hands on Wednesday.
Trading ended with an average of 100,824 units for $250,701 for each security traded, in contrast to 87,972 units for an average of $296,864 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 98,703 units valued at $466,158 and previously 98,564 valued at $480,309. In contrast, September closed with an average of 954,574 units valued at $2,612,695 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial gained $1 to end at $35 in trading 5,000 shares, AMG Packaging closed trading of 5,000 units and gained 30 cents to end at $2, Blue Power ended market activity exchanging 53,270 shares to close at $7.70 after falling 5 cents. Derrimon Trading climbed 3 cents and exchanged 4,000 shares at $2.48, Elite Diagnostic ended trading with 30,929 shares, after rising 20 cents to end at $5.80, Everything Fresh closed 10 cents higher at $1.25, with 65,418 stock units trading, Express Catering gained 10 cents at $6, trading 25,429 stock units. Fosrich ended trading with 4,060 shares, after rising 3 cents to end at $4.87, Fontana closed trading of 20,733 units and gained 10 cents to close at $7.35, General Accident closed trading of 154,808 units and gained 3 cents to end at $8.03 after trading at a record high of $9. GWest Corporation climbed 6 cents and exchanged 122,251 shares at $1.10, Honey Bun traded 2,665 units and gained 9 cents to end at $6.90, 
iCreate climbed 6 cents and exchanged 33,028 shares at 72 cents, Iron Rock Insurance shed 35 cents in trading of 8,500 units at $3.60. Lasco Distributors dipped 30 cents in exchanging 8,838 units at $3.50, Lasco Manufacturing dipped 5 cents trading 7,527 units at $4.90, Limners and Bards closed with a loss of 5 cents at $2.50, in swapping of 302,524 shares, Medical Disposables ended with a loss of 1 cent at $8.09 with 4,549 stock units changing hands. Paramount Trading closed with a loss of 18 cents at $2, after swapping 55,600 shares, Stationery and Office Supplies dropped 65 cents to settle at $11.85 with 2,800 shares crossing the exchange and tTech ended trading with 36,000 shares, after rising 49 cents to end at $6.79.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market Index eked out a minor gain of 4.01 points to 3,352.17 after trading closed on Wednesday after a near 47 points fall on Tuesday. 
In contrast, September closed with an average of 954,574 units valued at $2,612,695 for each security traded.
Indies Pharma ended with a loss of 1 cent at $3.15 with 20,560 stock units changing hands, Jetcon Corporation lost 26 cents trading 206,970 units in closing at $1.60, Lasco Distributors lost 10 cents with 109,700 shares crossing the exchange to close at $3.80. Lasco Financial closed trading of 46,726 units and gained 21 cents to end at $4.91, Lasco Manufacturing climbed 10 cents and exchanged 230,707 shares at $4.95, Limners and Bards closed 3 cents higher at $2.55, with 78,286 stock units trading. Medical Disposables closed trading of 100 units and gained 80 cents to end at $8.10, SSL Venture climbed 3 cents and exchanged 55,169 shares to end at $1.38 and tTech lost 10 cents trading 1,060 shares to close at $6.30.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market Index dropped 49.65 points to 3,348.16 after trading resumed on Tuesday after the heroes’ holiday break on Monday. 
Honey Bun lost 45 cents trading 7,028 units to close at $6.70, Jamaican Teas gained 9 cents with 19,125 units changing hands to end at $6.30, Jetcon Corporation ended trading with 57,060 shares, after rising 1 cent to end at $1.86. KLE Group shed 24 cents to end at $1.76 with 3,321 stock units trading, Knutsford Express closed trading of 4,446 units and gained 40 cents to end at $11, Lasco Distributors closed trading of 2,880 units and lost 8 cents to end at $3.90, Lasco Manufacturing closed trading of 1,375,455 units and fell 12 cents to end at $4.85. Limners and Bards ended with a loss of 3 cents at $2.52 with 33,046 stock units changing hands, Medical Disposables lost 81 cents to end at $7.30, after trading 7,700 shares and SSL Venture ended trading of 4,331 shares and rose 15 cents to end at $1.35.
Jamaican Teas declined 9 cents in trading of 19,125 units to end at $6.21, Jetcon Corporation ended trading with 45,528 shares, after rising 5 cents to end at $1.85. Knutsford Express closed trading of 150 units and gained 60 cents to end at $10.60, Lasco Distributors closed trading of 1,889 units and gained 22 cents to end at $3.98. Lasco Financial ended market activity exchanging 45,463 shares to close at $4.70 after falling 15 cents, Lasco Manufacturing closed trading of 17,115 units and gained 2 cents to end at $4.97. Limners and Bards ended with a loss of 1 cent at $2.55 with 89,957 stock units changing hands, Main Event traded 13,834 shares, after rising 63 cents to end at $5.98. Medical Disposables gained $1.11 to end at $8.11, trading 100 shares, Stationery and Office Supplies gained $1.34 to end at $12.50, after exchanging 5,850 shares and SSL Venture ended trading of 40,500 shares and rose 5 cents to end at $1.20.
The Junior Market Index jumped 30.63 points to close at 3,393.46 on Tuesday as 29 securities changed hands versus 32 on Monday and ending with 17 securities rising, 8 declining and 4 remaining unchanged. 
Knutsford Express swapped 364 shares, after rising 12 cents to end at $10.12, Lasco Distributors dipped 10 cents in trading of 3,500 units at $3.90. Lasco Financial ended trading 1,326,224 shares, after rising 3 cents to end at $4.73, Lasco Manufacturing ended with an exchange of 664,323 shares after rising 5 cents to end at $4.99, Limners and Bards closed with a loss of 14 cents at $2.55, with 256,454 shares changing hands. Main Event fell 25 cents in trading of 502,985 units to close at $5.25, Medical Disposables closed with 72,997 units crossing the exchange and gained 91 cents to end at $7.10, Paramount Trading added 5 cents in trading 10,000 shares at $2.25 and Stationery and Office Supplies climbed 50 cents and exchanged 30,000 shares at $12.50.
The Junior Market Index dropped 41.96 points on Monday to close at 3,362.83 as 32 securities changed hands versus 26 trading on Friday and ending with 14 securities rising, 11 declining and 7 remaining unchanged. 
Jetcon Corporation lost 9 cents trading 12,455 units at $1.90, Knutsford Express shed 50 cents in swapping 3,640 units to end at $10, Lasco Distributors closed trading of 249,546 units and gained 10 cents to end at $4, Lasco Financial closed with a loss of 10 cents at $4.70, after swapping 646,062 shares. Lasco Manufacturing fell 16 cents in trading of 165,919 units at $4.94, Limners and Bards lost 3 cents in exchanging 59,039 units at $2.69, Medical Disposables shed 81 cents in trading 4,959 units at $6.19. Main Event fell 25 cents in trading 174,015 units at $5.50, Stationery and Office Supplies gained $1 to end at $12, trading 5,544 shares, SSL Venture added 1 cent and exchanged 179,949 shares at $1.10 and tTech closed trading of 21,266 units after climbing 79 cents to end at $6.79.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market index slipped just 1.72 points to close at 3,404.79 in trading on Thursday as volumes rose 66 percent and value up 95 percent over Thursday’s levels 
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 93,190 units at $489,550 compared to 89,655 units at $454,422 previously, in contrast, September closed with an average of 954,574 units valued at $2,612,695 for each security traded.
Jamaican Teas closed with 10,865 units changing hands and gained 10 cents to end at $6.20, Knutsford Express climbed 25 cents in exchanging 6,000 shares at $10.50. Lasco Financial fell 20 cents in trading of 14,363 units at $4.80, Lasco Manufacturing lost 10 cents with 67,212 units changing hands at $5.10, Limners and Bards climbed 14 cents and exchanged 9,719 shares at $2.72, Main Event closed 5 cents higher at $5.75, with 19,900 stock units trading. Iron Rock Insurance closed trading of 78,000 units and gained 4 cents to end at $3.99, Stationery and Office Supplies exchanged 526,755 shares to close at $11 after falling 50 cents and tTech ended trading with 2,660 shares, after rising 50 cents to end at $6.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange dived 71.97 points to close at 3,413.32 in trading on Tuesday, almost wiping out the 73 points gain over the past two trading days. 
Iron Rock Insurance fell 5 cents in trading of 88,900 units at $3.95, Jamaican Teas climbed 10 cents and exchanged 87,914 shares in closing at $6.10, Knutsford Express ended with a loss of 1 cent at $10.99 with 2,855 stock units changing hands. Lasco Distributors closed trading of 8,830 units and gained 20 cents to end at $3.90, Lasco Financial shed 10 cents in trading of 319,907 units at $4.80, Lasco Manufacturing declined 10 cents trading 102,211 units at $5.40. Limners and Bards ended market activity exchanging 11,200 shares to close at $2.62 after falling 18 cents, Main Event fell 40 cents in trading of 600 units at $5.60, Paramount Trading ended with a loss of 1 cent at $2.24 with 10,000 stock units changing hands. Stationery and Office Supplies ended with a loss of $1 at $11 with 116,071 stock units changing hands and SSL Venture declined 34 cents in trading 46,412 shares to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.01.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange traded 30 securities on Thursday with the prices of 12 securities advanced, 13 declined and 5 remained unchanged leading the market Index to dipped just 4.40 points to 3,422.55. 
Jamaican Teas closed 10 cents higher at $6.10, with 24,774 stock units moving through the market, Jetcon Corporation lost 20 cents in trading of 25,559 units at $1.80. Knutsford Express fell 19 cents in exchanging 3,785 units at $10.81, Lasco Distributors closed 10 cents higher at $3.80, with 976,000 stock units changing hands. Lasco Financial ended market activity exchanging 554,327 shares to close at $4.76 after falling 29 cents, Lasco Manufacturing climbed 9 cents and exchanged 32,560 shares at $5.29, Limners and Bards dipped 7 cents in trading 90,522 units at $2.75, Medical Disposables closed 5 cents higher at $7.05, trading 4,000 stock units. Main Event lost 49 cents in exchanging 24,779 shares to close at $5.51, Paramount Trading climbed 20 cents and exchanged 15,000 shares at $2.20. Stationery and Office Supplies ended trading with 2,250 shares, after rising 35 cents to end at $11.15 and SSL Venture Capital resumed trading after a long suspension and ended with a loss of 1 cent at 1.60 with 9,121 stock units changing hands.
Jamaican Teas fell 30 cents trading of 25,248 units at $6, Jetcon Corporation fell 20 cents in trading of 71,233 units at $2, Knutsford Express dipped 10 cents in trading 10,310 units at $11, Lasco Distributors closed trading of 3,069,824 units and gained 15 cents to end at $3.70. Lasco Financial ended with 94,729 shares crossing the exchange, after rising 5 cents to end at $5.05, Lasco Manufacturing closed with a loss of 20 cents at $5.20, after swapping 31,500 shares. Limners and Bards closed 7 cents higher at $2.82, with 88,901 stock units trading, Paramount Trading lost 20 cents in trading of 6,721 units at $2 and Stationery and Office Supplies dipped 79 cents in trading of 62,770 units to end at $10.80.
