Junior Market stock trading.
The market index dived 43.58 points to close at 3,077.63 as 26 securities changed hands with prices of 7 stocks rising, 10 declining and 9 remaining unchanged, compared with 23 securities changed hands previously.
Trading ended with an average of 119,513 units for an average of $450,677 in contrast to 69,332 units for an average of $296,654 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 122,660 valued at $474,863 and previously 124,264 units valued at $487,194. In contrast, March closed with an average of 195,942 shares valued at $777,498 for each security traded.
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shows 2 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.At the close of the market, Access Financial traded 14,046 shares at $45.50, AMG Packaging ended 4 cents higher at $2.20, with an exchange of 5,000 stock units, CAC 2000 finished with a loss of 3 cents at $9, with the swapping of 23,674 shares, Caribbean Producers traded 58,978 units, with a loss of 29 cents at $4.70. Consolidated Bakeries closed with a loss of 9 cents at $2, with 52,535 shares changing hands, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 5 cents at $2.60, while trading 181,518 shares, Everything Fresh finished 5 cents higher at $1.45, with 46,797 stock units changing hands. Elite Diagnostic settled with a loss of 14 cents at $3.02, with an exchange of 3,730 units, Express Catering ended trading of 51,100 shares at $8, FosRich Group traded with a loss of 40 cents at $4, with 7,484 shares, Fontana finished trading at $4.05, with 66,924 shares. General Accident closed with a loss of 30 cents at $4.20, with 93,750 stock units changing hands, GWest Corporation ended 10 cents higher at $1.50, trading 26,782 units, Honey Bun concluded
trading with 300 shares at $4, iCreate closed at $1.01, with an exchange of 102,200 shares. Indies Pharma ended at $3.10, with 23,500 shares changing hands, Iron Rock settled 1 cent higher at $3.99, with an exchange of 1,400 shares, Jamaican Teas traded 1,000 units for an increase of 10 cents to close at $4.10. Jetcon Corporation finished trading 6,210 shares with a rise of 5 cents to $2.85, Key Insurance closed with a loss of 15 cents at $3, with 4,000 shares changing hands, Lasco Distributors finished 2 cents higher at $3.72, with an exchange of 193,890 units. Lasco Financial traded 16,000 shares with a loss of 2 cents to end at $4.50, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with a loss of 25 cents at $3.40, while exchanging 2,015,333 shares, Main Event traded 7,248 shares at $5.45, Paramount Trading closed at $2.50, with 100 units changing hands and Stationery and Office concluded trading with 103,830 shares at $6.75.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed at $45.50, with an exchange of 7,807 shares, AMG Packaging ended 1 cent higher at $2.16, with 5,000 stock units changing hands, Blue Power concluded trading of 72,817 units, with a loss of 20 cents in closing at $4.30, Cargo Handlers settled at $11, in trading 1,500 shares. Caribbean Producers finished trading of 41,150 units with a rise of 19 cents to end $4.99, Consolidated Bakeries closed 4 cents higher at $2.09, with an exchange of 2,448 shares, Derrimon Trading ended at $2.65, with an exchange of 16,113 shares, Everything Fresh finished with a loss of 5 cents at $1.40, trading 244,900 stock units. Elite Diagnostic settled with a rise of 16 cents at $3.16, in trading 1,000 units, Express Catering swapped 33,377 shares after rising 20 cents higher at $8, FosRich Group traded 4,777 shares, in rising 65 cents higher to $4.40, Fontana finished 
trading at $4.05, with 770,452 shares, Honey Bun concluded trading at $4, with 34,550 shares. iCreate rose 1 cent to close at $1.01, with an exchange of 6,590 shares. Iron Rock settled with a loss of 1 cent at $3.98, trading 5,000 shares, Jamaican Teas traded 12,224 units and rose 10 cents higher to $4, Jetcon Corporation traded 17,185 shares, at $2.80, Key Insurance closed at $3.15, with 1,000 shares changing hands. Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 19 cents at $3.70, with an exchange of 61,905 units, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 16,413 shares and closed 10 cents higher at $3.65, Main Event traded with a loss of 6 cents at $5.45, with 650 shares crossing through the exchange. SSL Venture Capital ended with a loss of 5 cents at $1.65, with an exchange of 2,670 shares and Stationery and Office lost 5 cents to close at $6.75, with 235,105 shares changing hands.
24 cents at $4, iCreate shed 1 cent to close at $1, with an exchange of 29,530 shares. Indies Pharma finished 1 cent higher at $3.10, with an exchange of 16,923 shares, Jamaican Teas traded 12,654 units to close at $3.90, Jetcon Corporation finished trading with 1,950 shares at $2.80, Lasco Distributors finished 4 cents higher at $3.89, with 51,810 units changing hands, Lasco Financial settled 2 cents higher at $4.52, in exchanging 100 shares. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading of 7,000 shares with a loss of 5 cents at $3.55, Main Event traded 55,300 shares at $5.51, Paramount Trading closed 20 cents higher at $2.50, with 1,000 units changing hands. Stationery and Office concluded trading with 8,250 shares at $6.80 and tTech settled with a loss of 50 cents at $5.50, with an exchange of 15,000 stock units. In the junior market preference segment, Derrimon Trading 9% ended 3 cents higher at $1.98, with 30,000 stock units changing hands.
day. In contrast, February closed with an average of 235,225 units valued at $679,790 for each security traded.
loss of 5 cents at $1.40, in exchanging 10,000 units, Honey Bun concluded trading of 324 shares with a loss of 1 cent to close at $4.24. iCreate added 1 cent to close at $1.01, with an exchange of 29,400 shares, Indies Pharma finished at $3.09, with 1,946,580 shares changing hands, Iron Rock settled 44 cents higher at $3.99, with an exchange of 750 shares, Jamaican Teas traded 1,800 units to close at $3.90. Jetcon Corporation finished trading 5,865 shares with a loss of 20 cents to close at $2.80. Knutsford Express closed 80 cents higher to $12.70, with 112,159 stock units changing hands, Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 4 cents at $3.85, exchanging 55,627 units, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 5 cents at $4.50, with an exchange 145,483 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 187,738 shares with a rise of 30 cents to $3.60. Main Event traded 1 cent higher at $5.51, with 4,700 shares, Paramount Trading closed at $2.30, with the trading of 160,106 units and tTech settled at $6, with 6,425 stock units changing hands.
Lasco Manufacturing traded 10 million shares on Junior Market on Thursday, accounting for 89 percent of the day’s volume that saw 11,336,686 units changing hands at $37,683,562, compared to 6,366,628 units valued at $24,922,045, changing hands on Wednesday. 
shares, at $4.05. GWest Corporation ended 15 cents higher at $1.45, in trading 16,715 units, 
of 495 shares, AMG Packaging added 15 cents to end at $2.25, with 81,947 stock units changing hands, Blue Power concluded trading of 3,203 units at $4.60. Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of 20 cents at $12.80, in trading 2,894 shares, Caribbean Cream ended trading of 7,250 shares, 1 cent higher at $5.54, Caribbean Producers rose 39 cents to close at $4.60, with 21,522 units trading, Derrimon Trading ended 45 cents higher at $2.75, with 35,711 shares changing hands. Dolphin Cove exchanged 203 shares, at $13.99, Everything Fresh finished with a loss of 5 cents at $1.50, with an exchange of 87,000 stock units. Elite Diagnostic fell 10 cents to close at $3.10, with 17,984 units changing hands, FosRich Group traded 87,130 shares at $4.30, Fontana closed at $4.05, with 1,669,156 shares changing hands, General Accident closed with a loss of 49 cents at $4.01, trading of 2,001,721 stock units. GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 15 cents at $1.30, with 176,087 units changing hands, Honey Bun concluded trading 35 cents higher at $4.25, with 100 shares, iCreate fell 2 cents and closed at $1, with an exchange of 122,185 shares, Indies Pharma finished 3 cents higher at $3.12, with 110,487 shares changing 
hands. Iron Rock closed 51 cents higher at $3.50, in trading 71,000 shares, Jamaican Teas traded 40,061 units at $3.90, Jetcon Corporation exchanged 58,100 shares, with a loss of 29 cents to end at $2.61, Knutsford Express lost 9 cents in closing at $11.91, with an exchange of 1,135 stock units. Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 10 cents at $3.70, after 142,685 units changed hands. Lasco Financial settled 27 cents higher at $4.52, exchanging 1,542,000 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 41,957 shares and fell 10 cents to close at $3.20, Main Event traded 3,272 shares at $5.50, Paramount Trading closed at $2.30, with 10,000 units changing hands. Stationery and Office concluded trading of 31,050 shares with a loss of 10 cents at $6.80 and tTech settled 10 cents higher at $5.50, with an exchange of 293 stock units.
shares, Blue Power concluded trading with a loss of 16 cents at $4.70, with 2,236 units changing hands, Cargo Handlers settled 54 cents higher at $13, with 6,000 shares. Caribbean Cream rose 3 cents trading 9,000 shares to close at $5.53, Caribbean Producers traded 1,767 units and gained 20 cents to end at $4.40, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 1 cent at $2.65, with 32,000 shares changing hands. Everything Fresh finished with a loss of 2 cents at $1.53, with an exchange of 29,268 stock units, Elite Diagnostic settled with a loss of 5 cents at $3.20, with 24,250 units crossing through the exchange, Express Catering ended trading of 12,719 shares and rose by 10 cents to $8.10. FosRich Group traded 12,408 shares with a loss of 20 cents at $4.10, Fontana exchanged 167,291 shares and rose 3 cents higher to $4, General Accident closed at $4.50, with 10,000 stock units changing hands, GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 15 cents at $1.60, with 2,500 units. Honey Bun concluded trading 7 cents higher at $3.90, with 1,400 shares, iCreate closed market activity at $1.01, with an exchange of 180,549 shares, Indies Pharma finished 3 cents higher at $3.05, with 4,205 shares changing hands, Iron Rock settled at 
$2.99, with an exchange of 49,900 shares. Jamaican Teas traded 17,616 units with a loss of 7 cents at $3.90, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 51,563 shares and lost 34 cents to close at $2.90, Knutsford Express lost 2 cents exchanging 100 stock units at $12, Lasco Distributors finished at $3.80, with an exchange of 113,971 units. Lasco Financial gained 16 cents and ended at $4.66, with 77,998 shares changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading at $3.31, with an exchange of 11,335 shares, Main Event traded 26,337 shares for 25 cents higher at $5.75. Paramount Trading closed with a loss of 10 cents at $2.30, trading 5,894 units, Stationery and Office concluded trading with a loss of 75 cents at $6.75, with an exchange of 90,526 shares and tTech settled at $5.40, with 200 stock units changing hands.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange index rose on Thursday, as 3,232,801 units valued at $12,857,715 traded, down sharply from 9,482,082 units valued at $38,586,264 changing hands on Wednesday. 
the market, Fontana finished trading with 90,464 shares and rose 1 cent to $4.01, General Accident closed with a loss of 1 cent at $4.50, with 198,105 stock units changing hands. Honey Bun rose 13 cents to $3.83, with trading in 166,143 shares, iCreate closed market activity at $1.02, with an exchange of 20,000 shares, Indies Pharma finished 1 cent higher at $3.05, with 6,000 shares changing hands, Iron Rock added 10 cents in closing at $3.10, trading 151,920 shares. KLE Group ended with a loss of 15 cents at $2.65, with an exchange of 13,328 shares. Knutsford Express concluded trading of 2,000 stock units, with a loss of 48 cents at $12.02, Lasco Distributors rose 1 cent to $3.76, with 40,655 units changing hands, Lasco Financial gained 18 cents to close at $4.65, with an exchange of 1,358,721 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 837,591 shares for 35 cents higher to close at $3.50. Main Event traded 11,910 shares and rose 19 cents to end at $5.50, Medical Disposables finished trading $1.40 higher at $8, with 500 stock units, Stationery and Office concluded trading at $7.50, with 3,000 shares and tTech settled with a loss of 12 cents at $5.40, with an exchange of 5,807 stock units. In the junior market preference segment, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 5 cents at $1.95, with 24,980 stock units changing hands.