The Junior Market index closed on Wednesday with 37.35 points fall to close at 3,343.59 and bringing the two days decline to 69 points after 15 stocks rose and 13 declined and five remaining unchanged, leaving the average PE at 14.3.
Trading ended with 34 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 18,818,737 units for $46,426,781 compared to 7,297,442 units valued at $19,020,024 from 29 securities changing hands on Tuesday.
Trading ended with an average of 553,492 units for an average of $1,365,494 in contrast to 260,623 units for an average of $679,287 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 457,469 shares at $1,081,418 compared to an average of 447,752 shares at $1,052,673 for each security traded. In contrast, November closed with an average of 120,579 shares at $506,880 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investors Choice bid-offer indicator remains negative, with four stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial dipped $1.50 in trading of 6,630 units at $31, AMG Packaging gained 20 cents to end at $2.10 while trading 38,136 shares, Blue Power exchanged 13,164 stock units, after rising 7 cents to end at $5.67, Consolidated Bakeries fell 11 cents with 34,051 units changing hands at $1.60. Derrimon Trading exchanged 7,700 shares and rose 5 cents to close at $2.63. Dolphin Cove rose 20 cents with 976 units changing hands at $11.10, Elite Diagnostic traded 11,622 units and rose 20 cents to end at $5.29, Everything Fresh added 4 cents to close at $1.10 with 6,766 stock units changing hands. Express Catering slipped 15 cents in exchanging 1,020 shares to close at $6.15. Fontana traded 304,106 shares but dropped $1 to end at $6.25, FosRich lost 20 cents to settle at $3.90 in trading 8,804 stock units, Honey Bun rose 70 cents in exchanging 610,750 units at $8.50. iCreate shed 1 cent to end at 69 cents in exchanging 33,957 shares, Indies Pharma slipped 40 cents while trading 56,562 units at $2.70, Iron Rock Insurance lost 35 to close at $3.45 with 66,600 shares changing hands, 
Jamaican Teas added 20 cents with 31,746 units changing hands at $6.20. Knutsford Express exchanged 3,420 with a gain of 71 cents to end at $11, Lasco Distributors rose 2 cents with 63,690 shares crossing the exchange at $3.22, Lasco Financial traded 39,866 stock units and lost 1 cent to close at $4.49. Lasco Manufacturing exchanged 3,443 shares and rose 21 cents to close at $5.04, Limners and Bards rose 10 cents to close at $3.10 with 309,984 units changing hands, Lumber Depot pulled back 21 cents with 15,177,863 shares changing to close at $2.15, MailPac lost 20 cents to settle at $2.20 while exchanging 1,851,500 units. Main Event lost 32 cents in exchanging 979 units at $6.13, Medical Disposables climbed 90 cents to $8 with 34,770 shares crossing the market, SSL Venture Capital traded 17,650 stock units and fell 17 cents to end at $1.19. Stationery and Office Supplies added 1 cent to close at $11 with 1,636 shares trading and tTech traded 3,700 and lost 51 cents in closing at $5.50.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
The Junior Market index closed on Tuesday with a fall of 31.49 points to 3,380.94 with 28 securities changing hands, resulting in gains of 8 stocks with 15 declining and 5 remaining unchanged, leaving the average PE at 14.4.
iCreate shed 1 cent to end at 70 cents in exchanging 222,318 shares, Indies Pharma slipped 10 cents trading 15,111 units at $3.10. Jamaican Teas added 1 cent with 12,111 units changing hands at $6, Lasco Distributors fell 13 cents with 61,190 shares crossing the exchange at $3.20, Lasco Manufacturing exchanged 22,339 shares and fell 42 cents to close at $4.83, Limners and Bards rose 22 cents to close at $3 with 499,296 units changing hands. Lumber Depot pulled back 21 cents with 3,855,904 shares changing to close at $2.15, MailPac lost 20 cents to settle at $2.20 while exchanging 2,000,618 units and Stationery and Office Supplies rose 99 cents to $10.99 with 10,638 shares trading.
Lumber Depot jumped 48 percent on Monday on top of the 32.5 percent rise on Friday and is now up 97 percent from the Initial Public offer of $1.20, but MailPac stole the show in trading more than 33 million shares.
Fontana traded 604,270 shares but lost 39 cents to end at $7.40, FosRich gained 38 cents to settle at $4.20 in trading 44,140 stock units, Honey Bun slipped just 1 cent in exchanging 13,040 shares at $7.49. iCreate added 1 cent to end at 71 cents in exchanging 4,600 shares, Indies Pharma slipped 10 cents trading 15,111 units at $3.10. Jamaican Teas lost 1 cent with 16,080 units changing hands at $5.99, Lasco Distributors gained 3 cents with 221,755 shares crossing the exchange at $3.33, Lasco Manufacturing exchanged 138,726 shares to close at $5.25 after rising 15 cents, Limners and Bards rose lost 20 cents to close at $2.78 with 86,530. Lumber Depot surged 77 cents with 1,481,121 shares changing to close at $2.36. Main Event increased by 5 cents to settle at $6.45 while exchanging 6,222 units and SSL Venture Capital lost 4 cents with an exchange of 10,000 shares to close at $1.36 and Stationery and Office Supplies dropped $1 to $10 with 6,042 shares trading.
The Junior Market had another listing as Lumber Depot made its debut on the market on Friday, bring the number of companies listed to 41 and total listings to 44. 
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 384,302 shares at $864,417 compared to an average of 255,401 shares at $585,144 for each security traded. In contrast, November closed with an average of 120,579 shares at $506,880 for each security switching owners.
Jamaican Teas lost 6 cents with 14,118 units changing hands at $6, Knutsford Express dropped back 91 cents with just 1,500 shares crossing the exchange at $10.29, Lasco Manufacturing exchanged 138,726 shares to close at $5.25 after rising 15 cents, Limners and Bards rose 13 cents trading 29,990 units at $2.98. Lumber Depot rose 39 cents 
The Junior Market index dropped a sharp 55.78 points to close at 3,341.30 on Wednesday after 66.99 points were slashed on Monday, with declining stocks exceeding rising ones for the third consecutive day.
In contrast, November closed with an average of 120,579 shares at $506,880 for each traded security.
Jamaican Teas fell 7 cents while 84,824 changed hands at $5.99, Jetcon Corporation exchanged 119,193 shares to close at $1.93 after rising 13 cents. Knutsford Express dived $1.50 with 43,436 shares crossing the exchange at $10, Lasco Financial exchanged 57,950 units, but fell 10 cents to end at $4.50, Lasco Manufacturing gained 10 cents trading of 45,000 units at $5.10, Limners and Bards slipped 2 cents in trading of 126, 814 units at $2.81. MailPac pulled back 17 cents to end at $1.78 with 5,881,440 shares changing hands, Main Event declined 8 cents to settle at $6.07 with an exchange of 31,212 units and Paramount Trading lost 45 cents with a transfer of 62,639 shares to close at $1.55.
The Junior Market index inched 1.16 points higher to close at 3,397.08 on Tuesday after dropping sharply by 66.99 points on Monday, with declining stocks exceeding rising ones.
Indies Pharma declined 3 cents in trading of 18,976 units at $3.02, Jetcon Corporation ended market activity exchanging 59,702 shares to close at $1.80 after falling 13 cents. Knutsford Express climbed 50 cents and traded 8,800 shares at $11.50, Lasco Distributors declined 26 cents in trading of 52,105 units at $3.30, Lasco Financial exchanged 1,000 units and put on 20 cents to end at $4.60, Limners and Bards dipped 2 cents in trading of 31,662 units at $2.83. MailPac pulled back 3 cents to end at $1.95 with 10,264,726 shares changing hands, Medical Disposables declined by 40 cents to settle at $7.10 with an exchange of 156,000 units, SSL Venture exchanged 25,000 shares to close at $1.20 after falling 20 cents and tTech ended trading of a mere 77 shares, after rising 5 cents to $5.40.
Indies Pharma traded 11,122 shares and lost 15 cents in closing at $3.05, Jamaican Teas fell 9 cents in exchanging 21,220 shares to end at $6.06, Jetcon Corporation traded just 581 shares and gained 13 cents to close at $1.93. Lasco Distributors closed with just 100 units changing hands after rising 6 cents to end at $3.56, Lasco Financial lost 2 cents with the trading of 27,926 shares at $4.40, Limners and Bards rose 8 cents with 26,272 shares changing hands at $2.85. Recently listed, MailPac, traded 12,827,913 shares with the price pulling back 24 cents to end at $1.98, Medical Disposables exchanged 13,090 shares after gaining 40 cents to close at $7.50 and Paramount Trading closed at $2 after slipping 5 cents with an exchange of 21,000 shares.
After surging 100.47 points on Thursday, the Junior Market pulled back slightly on Friday with the market index shedding 14.43 points to close at 3,462.91 resulting from gains in 11 securities declines in 10 while the prices of 6 remained unchanged, 
Limners and Bards lost 3 cents with 8,328 shares changing hands at $2.77. Recently listed, MailPac traded 16,845,367 shares, with the price rising 5 cents to end at a new closing high of $2.22 after trading at an intraday high of $2.60. Main Event rose 15 cents to close at $6.15 after trading 47,320 units, Medical Disposables exchanged 11,910 shares after dropping 90 cents to close at $7.10, Paramount Trading closed at $2.05 after slipping 9 cents with an exchange of 5,000 shares. SSL Venture Capital, to be renamed Boost Venture, traded 3,500 shares and rose 30 cents close at $1.45, Stationery and Office Supplies fell 50 cents in trading 42,176 units at $11 and tTech traded 806 and lost 15 cents to close at $5.35.
Lasco Financial gained just 1 cent to close at $4.42 with 17,200 shares changing hands, Limners and Bards lost 2 cents with 32,050 shares changing hands at $2.80. Recently listed, MailPac traded 3,596,138 shares with the price jumped 85 cents to close at a new high of $2.17. The stock has more than doubled the IPO price of $1; it went to the market in November. Medical Disposables traded 2,536 shares after rising 51 cents to close at $8, SSL Venture Capital, to be renamed Boost Venture traded 70,850 shares but fell 35 cents close at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.15 and Stationery and Office Supplies rose 50 cents in trading 96 units at $11.50.
Junior Market activities ended on Wednesday with 30 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 1,154,175 units for $4,201,370 compared to 1,065,830 units valued at $4,608,133 from 25 securities trading on Tuesday. 
Investors transferred 30,200 shares of Jetcon Corporation after falling 15 cents to end at $1.80, Knutsford Express lost 90 cents in trading 1,500 stock units at $10.10,Lasco Distributors closed trading with 88,435 units and gained 20 cents to end at $3.70. Limners and Bardslost 7 cents with 36,899 shares changing hands at $2.82, newly listed MailPac traded 49,373 shares and rose 32 cents to close at a new high of $1.32.Main Eventlost 20 cents to close at $6 after 36,234 shares crossed the exchange, Stationery and Office Supplies lost 55 cents in trading 36,550 units at $11 and tTechfell 50 cents in transferring 50 stock units at $5.50.