Junior Market stock trading.
The Junior Market Index advanced 30.36 points to close at 3,491.24 on Monday as 29 securities changing hands up from 24 on Friday as the prices of 9 advanced, 14 declined and 6 remained unchanged.
At the close, investors exchanged 1,582,639 units valued at $10,125,399 compared to 1,829,747 units valued at $8,214,344 on Friday.
Trading ended with an average of 54,574 units for an average of $349,152 in contrast to 76,239 units for an average of $342,264 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,503,456 units valued at $3,331,836 and previously 1,650,303 units valued at $3,636,406 for each security traded. In contrast, August ended with an average of 232,398 units valued at $1,072,851 for each traded security.
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 5 closing with lower offers.
Stocks closing with price changes| Blue Power closed with a loss of 60 cents at $8.40, in swapping 2,848 shares, Cargo Handlers closed trading of 200 units and gained 6 cents to end at $9.51, Caribbean Producers exchanged 135,057 units and gained 5 cents to end at $4.80. Consolidated Bakeries dipped 5 cents in trading of 5,000 units and closed at $1.65, Derrimon Trading declined 7 cents with 77,557 units changing hands at $2.47, Everything Fresh slipped 6 cents in trading 12,100 units at $1.25, Elite Diagnostic climbed 10 cents and exchanged 16,800 shares at $5.55. Fosrich lost 30 cents to settle at $5 with 105,279 changing hands, Fontana shed 49 cents in trading of 180,371 units at $7.51, General Accident closed trading of 8,178 units and gained 34 cents to end at $6.34, GWest Corporation exchanged 200 units and gained 5 cents to end at $1.20. Honey Bun ended trading with 5,600 shares, after rising 49 cents to close at $6, iCreate ended with a loss of 1 cent at 79 cents with 18,042 stock units changing hands, Indies Pharma closed 3 cents higher at $3.43, with trading of 82,106 stock units, Jamaican Teas lost 20 cents in closing at $6.30, in swapping of 100,462 shares. 
Key Insurance lost 25 cents in trading 200 shares to close at $3, Limners and Bards ended with a loss of 1 cent at $3 with 349,292 stock units changing hands, Lasco Distributors slipped 1 cent to $3.50 with the trading of 43,257 stock units. Lasco Financial ended market activity exchanging 14,665 shares to close at $5 after falling 40 cents, Lasco Manufacturing ended with a loss of 1 cent at $5.51 with 19,300 stock units changing hands, Medical Disposables climbed $2.40 to settle at $8 with a mere 100 shares trading. Main Event closed with a loss of 50 cents at $6, the swapping of 8,761 shares and Stationery and Office Supplies ended trading with 355,751 shares, after rising 17 cents to end at $13.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
The Junior Market Index made a partial recovery on Thursday from the big 73 points fall on Wednesday and rose 41.16 points to close at 3,482.98 but with an equal number of stocks rising and falling.
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 2 closing with lower offers.
Iron Rock Insurance climbed 45 cents and exchanged 42,300 shares at $3.93, Jamaican Teas dropped 98 cents in trading of 485,457 units to close at $6.99. Jetcon Corporation lost 25 cents in trading of 48,000 units at $1.90, Limners and Bards ended trading with 228,456 shares, after rising 8 cents to end at $3.05, Lasco Distributors climbed 35 cents and exchanged 1,154,277 shares at $3.50. Lasco Financial shed 28 cents in trading of 17,720 units at $5, Lasco Manufacturing closed trading of 1,855,600 units and gained 39 cents to end at $5.50 and tTech gained 1 cent to end at $5.01, in trading 10,956 shares.
Prices declined across the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Wednesday with 31 securities changing hands and leading to the prices of 4 securities advancing, 20 falling and 7 remaining unchanged with the Junior Market Index diving 72.87 points to 3,441.82.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 9 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 closing with a lower offer.
Jamaican Teas closed 47 cents higher at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $7.97, with 629,009 stock units changing, hands, Jetcon Corporation shed 4 cents in trading of 81,058 units to end at $2.15, Limners and Bards lost 3 cents in trading 382,871 shares to close at $2.97. Lasco Distributors lost 19 cents in swapping 1,723 shares to close at $3.15, Lasco Financial ended trading with 717 shares, after rising 27 cents to end at $5.28, Lasco Manufacturing shed 58 cents in trading of 3,500 units at $5.11, Main Event ended market activity exchanging 156,203 shares to close at $6.50 after falling 2 cents. Paramount Trading exchanged 10,000 shares to close at $1.78 after falling 22 cents, Stationery and Office Supplies ended with a loss of 1 cent at $12.50 with 57,593 stock units changing hands and tTech lost 1 cent to close at $5 with 1,000 stock units changing hands.
The company’s subsidiary, QWI Investments released the prospectus after closing on Monday and it provided information that shareholders of Jamaica Teas, are entitled to buy shares at a preferential price. Jetcon Corporation closed 9 cents higher at $2.19, with 75,062 stock units trading, Knutsford Express fell 50 cents in trading of 2,496 units at $11, Lasco Distributors ended with a loss of 1 cent at 3.34 with 149,874 stock units changing hands. Lasco Financial closed trading of 10,700 units and gained 29 cents to end at $5.01, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 137,702 shares, after rising 9 cents to end at $5.69, Main Event declined by 48 cents to settle at $6.52 after exchanging 1,122 units and Stationery and Office Supplies declined by 32 cents to settle at $12.51 trading 37,100 shares.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed on Monday with 30 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 2,753,477 units valued at $12,406,027 compared to 6,535,788 units valued at $30,540,149 on Friday. 
Stocks closing with price changes| AMG Packaging ended market activity exchanging 315,138 shares to close at $2.25 after falling 5 cents, Blue Power gained $1.49 to end at $8.49, trading 4,982 shares, Cargo Handlers declined 25 cents in trading of 1,151 units at $9, Caribbean Cream dropped $1.15 to settle at $4.35 with 16,000 shares changing hands. Consolidated Bakeries ended market activity exchanging 1,370 shares to close at $1.71 after falling 28 cents, Derrimon Trading exchanged 374,613 units and gained 20 cents to end at $2.70, Express Catering ended with 14,100 shares changing hands to close at $6.90 after falling 10 cents. Everything Fresh gained 1 cent to end at $1.37, after trading 91,679 shares, Elite Diagnostic exchanged 155,002 shares to close at $6.20 after falling 30 cents, Fosrich closed 42 cents higher at $5.27, with 29,150 stock units trading, Fontana ended market activity exchanging 311,985 shares to close at $8 after falling 53 cents. General Accident closed trading of 112,000 units and gained 84 cents to end at $6.39, Gwest Corporation closed trading of 5,271 units and gained 9 cents to end at $1.30, Honey Bun declined 50 cents to settle at $6.50 while 70,100 shares, were exchanged, iCreate declined 8 cents to 75 cents trading of 90,942 units. Indies Pharma closed trading of 142,496 units after gaining 26 cents to end at $3.60, Iron Rock Insurance closed with a loss of 70 cents at $3.40, after swapping 7,200 shares, Jamaican Teas climbed 20 cents and exchanged 102,303 shares at $6.30. 
Key Insurance climbed 25 cents and traded 100 shares at $3.25, KLE Group closed 5 cents higher at $2, with 4,781 stock units changing hands. Lasco Distributors declined by 15 cents to settle at $3.35 as investors exchanged 27,321 shares, Lasco Financial dropped 78 cents in trading of 118,051 units to close at $4.72, Lasco Manufacturing declined 10 cents in trading of 201,445 units to finish at $5.60. Main Event shed 10 cents in trading of 3,400 units at $7, Medical Disposables closed with a loss of $2.50 at $5.60 after swapping of 20,000 shares, Stationery and Office Supplies lost 16 cents trading of 8,121 units to end at $12.83 and tTech ended market activity exchanging 42,000 shares to close at $6 after falling 55 cents.
The Junior Market returned to normal trading levels on Thursday after investors exchanged 432 million shares in Derrimon Trading on Wednesday to swell the total volume passing through the market. 
Jetcon Corporation closed trading of 1,857,700 units and gained 25 cents to end at $2.10. KLE Group shed 5 cents in trading of 500 units at $1.95, Limners and Bards ended market activity exchanging 270,872 shares to close at $3 after falling 11 cents, Lasco Distributors dipped 20 cents in trading of 60,055 units at $3.30, Lasco Manufacturing lost 99 cents in trading 222,904 shares to close at 5.01 cents. Medical Disposables ended trading with 21,400 shares, after rising 70 cents to end at $8.10, Paramount Trading ended with a rise of 22 cents with $2.2073,425 shares changing hands and tTech Limited ended market activity exchanging 16,000 shares to close at $5.80 after falling $1.14.
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 5,200,435 units valued at $10,678,613 and previously 110,675 units at $560,569 for each security traded. In contrast, August ended with an average of 232,398 units valued at $1,072,851 for each traded security.
General Accident exchanged 1,000 shares, after rising 50 cents to end at $6, GWest Corporation climbed 4 cents and exchanged 11,392 shares at $1.34, iCreate gained 1 to end at 83 cents in trading 23,809 shares, Indies Pharma declined 11 cents to settle at $3.29 after exchanging 19,816 shares. ISP Finance gained $6 to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $27 trading 6,940 shares, Jamaican Teas closed 5 cents higher at $6.05, with 262,619 stock units trading, Jetcon Corporation declined 13 cents in trading of 135,200 units to close at $1.85, Knutsford Express shed 45 cents trading just 500 units at $11.50. Limners and Bards fell 7 cents in trading of 72,040 units at $3.11, Lasco Distributors closed 13 cents higher at $3.50, with 1,870,298 stock units trading, Lasco Manufacturing exchanged 670,000 units and gained 30 cents to end at $6. Stationery and Office Supplies closed trading of 74,400 units and gained 1 cent to end at $12.50 and tTech Limited closed 24 cents higher at $6.94, with 3,670 stock units changing hands.
Honey Bun lost 7 cents in trading 7,500 shares to close at 7 cents, iCreate closed with a loss of 5 cents at 82 cents, in swapping of 92,486 shares, Indies Pharma lost 10 cents in trading of 136,276 units o end tat $3.40, Iron Rock Insurance dipped 20 cents in exchanging of 2,862 units at $4. ISP Finance jumped $3.49 to end at $21 with 3,000 stock units trading, Jamaican Teas traded 121,817 shares and rose 10 cents to end at $6, Jetcon Corporation fell 22 cents to end at $1.98, with 22,800 units crossing the exchange, Limners and Bards closed 18 cents higher at $3.18, with 34,438 stock units changing hands. Lasco Distributors closed trading of 1,397,412 units and gained 7 cents to end at $3.37. Lasco Financial dipped 5 cents in trading of 12,618 units at $5.50, Lasco Manufacturing climbed 20 cents and exchanged 220,077 shares to end at $5.70, Paramount Trading ended trading 1,474 shares, after rising 38 cents to end at $1.98 and Stationery and Office Supplies ended with a loss of 1 cent at $12.49 with 5,550 stock units changing hands.
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 5 closing with lower offers.
Lasco Financial ended market activity exchanging 55,470 shares to close at $5 after falling 15 cents, Lasco Manufacturing climbed 30 cents with 178,292 shares crossing the exchange at $5.60 at the close, Medical Disposables gained $1.09 to end at $8.59 with 30,144 stock units trading. Paramount Trading ended with a loss of 1 cent at $1.99 with 33,800 stock units changing hands and Stationery and Office Supplies ended with a loss of 1 cent at $12.49 with 25,691 stock units changing hands. In the junior market preference segment, CAAC 2000 gained 24 cents exchanging just 100 shares at $1.14.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market Index declined 17.30 points to close at 3,559.31 on Thursday, with 28 securities trading with the prices of 10 securities rising, 12 declining and 6 remaining unchanged.
Stocks ending with price changes| AMG Packaging ended trading with a loss of 1 cent at $2.29 with 41,456 stock units changing hands, Blue Power dipped 49 cents in trading 3,684 units at $8.50, Caribbean Cream closed 22 cents higher at $5.50, with 8,301 stock units trading, Caribbean Producers shed 3 cents exchanging 63,197 units at $4.75. Consolidated Bakeries ended trading with 800 shares, after rising 1 cent to end at $2.07, Dolphin Cove closed 25 cents higher at $12, with 7,975 stock units crossing the exchange, Derrimon Trading swapped 10,000 shares and rose 10 cents to end at $2.80. Elite Diagnostic ended trading with 152,751 shares, after rising 1 cent to close at $7, Fontana declined 50 cents in exchanging 240,434 units at $8, General Accident ended market activity with 9,350 shares changing hands to close at $6 after falling 20 cents, GWest Corporation climbed 1 cent and exchanged 500 shares at $1.30. Indies Pharma lost 2 cents in trading 284,628 shares to close at $3.40, Iron Rock Insurance ended market activity exchanging 136,626 shares to close at $4 after falling 20 cents, Jamaican Teas ended with a loss of 1 cent at $5.90 with 1,865,619 stock units changing hands. 
Knutsford Express ended trading with 81,435 shares, after rising 10 cents to end at $11.20, Limners and Bards closed 9 cents higher at $3.10, with an exchange of 150,067 stock units, Lasco Distributors lost 30 cents in trading of 5,440 units at $3.20, Lasco Financial swapped 55,899 shares, after rising 5 cents to end at $5.15. Lasco Manufacturing shed 20 cents and ended market activity exchanging 7,998 shares to close at $5.30. Main Event ended trading with 4,510 shares, after rising 26 cents at $6.86, Stationery and Office Supplies gained 49 cents to end at $12.50 with an exchange of 3,984 shares and tTech ended market activity with 11,720 shares changing hands to close at $6.70 after falling 25 cents.
