Dolphin Cove dominated trading.
Trading in Fontana shares was again dominant in the trading on Friday the Junior Market as the price pulled back from Thursday’s close, but Dolphin Cove shared in the spotlight with 47 percent of the volume traded versus 37 per cent for Fontana.
Market activity ended trading with an exchange of 16,780,456 units valued at $150,707,233, compared to 10,552,784 units valued at $39,947,417 on Thursday. At the close of trading, 25 securities changed hands, resulting in the prices of 10 rising, 9 declining and 6 remained unchanged, compared to 22 securities changing hands on Thursday.
The average trade ended at 671,218 units for an average of $6,028,289 in contrast to 479,672 units for an average of $1,815,792 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 859,400 units valued at $3,408,614 and previously 890,764 units valued at $2,972,001. In contrast, December ended with an average of 136,222 units at a value of $737,367 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ended with higher bids than their last selling prices and 3 closing with lower offers.
At the close of the day’s activities, AMG Packaging ended at $1.94, trading 5,512 stock units, Blue Power jumped 76 cents to $5.80, trading 33,806 units, CAC 2000 finished at $18, with 245 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cream ended trading of 69,578 shares and rose 10 cents to $5.95, Caribbean Flavours traded 7,000 stock units at $19. Caribbean Producers finished trading 1 cent higher at $4.96, with 112,023 units, Consolidated Bakeries closed 5 cents higher at $1.80, exchanging 157,000 shares, Derrimon Trading ended at $2.50, with 41,010 shares changing hands, Dolphin Cove concluded trading 7,862,970 shares with a loss of $1.50 at $15. Elite Diagnostic finished with a loss of 8 cents at $2.87, trading of 57,342 stock units, Everything Fresh shed 5 cents to end trading of 39,325 shares at $1.69, Express Catering settled 5 cents 
higher at $8, with the trading of 39,130 units, FosRich Group ended trading of 9,000 shares with a loss of 15 cents at $3.60. General Accident traded 5 cents higher at $3.45, in exchanging 35,246 shares. Investors reacted negatively to Indies Pharma full year results with lower profits than for 2017 and sold the stock down by 25 cents, to end at $3.10, trading 1,411,221 shares. Jamaican Teas traded 17,740 shares with a loss of 10 cents to close at $4.40, Jetcon Corporation settled with a loss of 1 cent at $3.03, with 133,058 shares changing hands, Key Insurance ended trading of 100 stock units at 10 cents higher to $3.20, Knutsford Express finished trading of 100,187 shares with a loss of 1 cent at $12. Lasco Distributors closed 20 cents higher at $4, with an exchange of 14,700 shares, Lasco Financial ended 10 cents higher at $4.30, with the trading of 371,892 shares, Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading 18 cents higher at $3.98, with 21,195 stock units, Main Event finished at $6.98, trading 200 units and Medical Disposables settled at $7, with 3,475 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Fontana
$1.81. Honey Bun closed with a loss of 10 cents at $3.75, in exchanging 18,500 stock units, Indies Pharma traded 105,904 shares and rose 15 cents to end at $3.35, Jetcon Corporation settled with a loss of 16 cents at $3.04, with an exchange of 7,000 shares, KLE Group traded 8,000 units and lost 5 cents at $2.95. Knutsford Express finished trading of 7,539 shares at $13, Lasco Distributors fell 9 cents at $3.80, trading 27,240 shares. Lasco Financial closed at $4.20, with an exchange of 96,350 shares, Medical Disposables fell 10 cents in settling at $7, in exchanging 14,682 shares. Paramount Trading ended trading with a loss of 15 cents at $2.45, while trading 8,176 shares and Stationery and Office jumped 40 cents to close at $8.40, while exchanging 19,087 shares.
and previously 919,199 units valued at $3,062,219. In contrast, December ended with an average of 136,222 units at a value of $737,367 for each security traded.
10,100 shares, GWest traded 12,297 but fell 25 cents to close at $1.75. Honey Bun closed with a gain of 5 cents at $3.85, in exchanging 10,500 stock units, Indies Pharma traded 23,234,566 shares at $3.20, Jamaican Teas finished at $4.50, trading 1,000 shares, Lasco Distributors closed with a rise of 9 cents at $3.89, trading 44,583 shares. Lasco Financial ended with a loss of 3 cents to close at $4.20, with an exchange of 51,050 shares, Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading of 1,036 stock units with a fall of 5 cents to $3.80, Medical Disposables rose 10 cents in settling at $7.10, in exchanging 10,000 shares. SSL Venture Capital exchanged 1,075,153 shares to close at $1.95 and Stationery and Office closed at $8, while exchanging 22,188 shares.
Fontana listed on the Junior Market on Tuesday, accompanied by strong demand to buy more than 17 million shares above $2.43. Attempts to trade the stock above $3.45 did not succeed as they were canceled at the close. 
trading 500 stock units at $3.10. Knutsford Express finished trading 15,249 shares and rose 50 cents to end at $13, Lasco Distributors closed with a loss of 19 cents at $3.80, trading 15,800 shares, Lasco Financial ended with a loss of 27 cents at $4.23, with an exchange of 29,636 shares. Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading of 7,470 stock units with a rise of 15 cents to $3.85, Medical Disposables settled at $7, exchanging 5,000 shares. Paramount Trading ended in exchanging 5,200 shares and lost 30 cents to close at $2.60, Stationery and Office fell 10 cents, in closing at $8, while exchanging 1,813,896 shares and tTech closed $1.61 higher at $6.20, trading 500 units. In the Junior Market preference segment, CAC 2000 9.5% closed at $1.16, with 16,303 shares trading.
Indies Pharma
$3.85, with 2,625 stock units changing hands, Indies Pharma lost 15 cents in trading of 92,764,938 shares at $3.10. Jamaican Teas finished 20 cents higher at $4.20, with an exchange of 85,640 shares, Jetcon Corporation jumped 74 cents to $3.34, with 9,500 shares trading, Key Insurance ended trading 20,095 stock units, with a loss of 90 cents to close at $3.10, KLE Group traded 51,833 units at $3, Knutsford Express finished trading at $12.50, with 447 shares. Lasco Distributors closed 10 cents higher at $3.99, in trading 21,600 shares. Lasco Financial ended with a loss of 10 cents at $4.50, with 51,011 shares changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading with 23,925 stock units with a loss of 29 cents at $3.70, Main Event finished 1 cent higher at $6.98, with 860 units changing hands and Stationery and Office traded 12,643 shares at $8.10. In the junior market preference segment, CAC 2000 9.5% closed at $1.16, in trading 100 shares.
In a long delayed but shortened trading session on Friday, the Junior Market traded volume jumped 154 percent over Thursday’s levels while the value of trades increased by 203 percent resulting from 1,085,040 units valued at $5,213,905 compared to 426,549 units valued at $1,722,476 on Thursday, 
$3.38, Honey Bun closed with a loss of 5 cents at $3.85, with 13,750 stock units changing hands, Indies Pharma closed trading of 50,512 shares at $3.25, ISP Finance concluded trading 3,300 shares at $1 higher to end at $13. Jamaican Teas finished 10 cents higher at $4, exchanging 500 shares. Key Insurance ended trading at $4, with an exchange 10,000 stock units, KLE Group traded 42,700 units at $3, Knutsford Express closed trading of 1,100 shares with a loss of 50 cents at $12.50. Lasco Distributors closed 7 cents higher at $3.89, with 169,003 shares changing hands, Lasco Financial ended with a loss of 16 cents at $4.60, after 25,861 shares changed hands, Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading with 13,300 stock units for a gain of 1 cent to $3.99. Medical Disposables settled 50 cents higher at $7, with the trading of 10,588 shares, Paramount Trading exchanged 4,122 shares at $2.90, SSL Venture Capital lost 1 cent in trading 5,115 shares to end at $1.93 and Stationery and Office traded with a loss of 5 cents at $8.10, with 3,966 shares changing hands.
of 14,594 shares for 10 cents more at $1.70, Honey Bun closed 28 cents higher at $3.90, with an exchange of 8,400 stock units. Indies Pharma closed trading of 7,288 shares at $3.25, ISP Finance dropped $8 and concluded trading of 2,534 shares at $12, Jetcon Corporation settled with a loss of 83 cents at $2.60, with 9,593 shares changing hands, Lasco Distributors closed with a loss of 8 cents at $3.82, in exchanging 156,463 shares. Lasco Financial ended 1 cent higher at $4.76, trading 8,850 shares, Main Event finished with a loss of 3 cents at $6.97, with 57,730 units, SSL Venture Capital lost 1 cent in trading 19,200 shares to end at $1.94 and Stationery and Office traded 10,000 shares at $8.15.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Index rose on the first day of the new year, with the market index rising 17.84 points to 3,264.68, as the price of 10 securities rose 8 declined and 3 remained unchanged. 
$3.62, with 4,523 stock units changing hands. Indies Pharma rose 5 cents in trading 16,005 shares to close at $3.25, Jamaican Teas finished 60 cents down to $3.90, in exchanging 55,680 shares, Jetcon Corporation settled with rise of 39 cents at $3.43, with 162,415 shares changing hands but only after trading at a 52 weeks’ intraday low of $2.50. KLE Group traded 300 units with a loss of 20 cents to close at $3. Lasco Distributors lost 9 cents and closed at $3.90, with an exchange of 97,487 shares, Lasco Financial added 25 cents and ended at $4.75, trading 25,500 shares, Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading of 134,261 stock units, 28 cents higher at $3.98. SSL Venture Capital traded 500 shares to end at $1.95 and Stationery and Office traded 20 cents lower at $8.15, with 25,972 shares changing hands.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Index rose by a strong 64.45 points to close at 3,246.84, a rise of 18.8 percent above the close of 2017 as 5 stocks gained over 100 percent and 4 others gained between 50 to 73 percent for the year. 
trading of 110,629 shares at $1.60. Iron Rock ended with a loss of 10 cents at $4.90, with 100 units changing hands, Indies Pharma rose 10 cents in trading 70,468 shares to close at $3.20, Jamaican Teas finished 50 cents higher at $4.50, in exchanging 2,000 shares, Jetcon Corporation settled with a loss of 41 cents at $3.04, with 82,400 shares changing hands. KLE Group traded 16,000 units with a loss of 20 cents to close at $3.20. Knutsford Express finished trading 1,500 shares and rose $1.20 to $13, Lasco Distributors closed at $3.99, with 135,566 shares being exchanged, Lasco Financial ended at $4.50, trading 46,204 shares, Lasco Manufacturing concluded trading 25 cents higher at $3.70, with 36,612 stock units. Main Event finished $1.10 higher at $7, with 4,700 units changing hands, Medical Disposables settled at $6.50, with 5,579 shares and Stationery and Office traded 25 cents higher at $8.35, with 1,950 shares changing hands.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange remained subdued on Friday, with trading with 21 securities changing hands, down from 27 securities that trading on Thursday. 
higher at $3.90, with an exchange of 3,100 units, Indies Pharma lost 10 cents in trading 21,209 shares to close at $3.10, Jamaican Teas settled with a loss of 70 cents at $4, trading 29,126 shares. Jetcon Corporation ended trading with 172,189 stock units, and rose 5 cents to $3.45, Key Insurance traded 14,000 units at $4, Lasco Distributors ended at $3.99, with 9,700 shares trading, Lasco Financial concluded trading at $4.50, with 19,325 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing finished at $3.45, with an exchange of 11,100 units. Main Event settled at $5.90, with 45,484 shares trading and Stationery and Office finished trading at $8.10, with 23,400 stock units changing hands.
