Junior Market trading.
At the close of market activities, 23 securities changed hands, compared with 28 securities trading on Tuesday and ending with the prices of 8 securities advancing, 13 declining and 2 remaining unchanged.
The market closed with 2,723,771 units valued at $7,748,383 compared to 3,968,653 units valued at $16,061,548, trading on Tuesday.
Trading ended with an average of 118,425 shares valued 336,886 each compared to 141,738 units for an average of $573,627 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 158,840 shares valued at $622,459 compared to 170,040 shares valued at $701,594 on the previous day. In contrast, February closed with average of 235,225 units valued at $679,790 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
At the close of trading, Access Financial lost $4 and closed at $49, with 5,313 shares changing hands, AMG Packaging lost 11 cents to end at $2.20, trading 252,300 stock units, Cargo Handlers settled at $12.85 with a loss of 5 cents, in exchanging 3,101 shares, Caribbean Cream rose 5 cents trading of 3,500 shares to close at $5.25. Caribbean Flavours traded 1,580 stock units with a fall of $2.01 to close at $18.49, Caribbean Producers finished trading 2,500 units and lost 3 cents to end at $4.47, Derrimon Trading ended 2 cents down at $2.91, with 15,720 shares changing hands, Everything Fresh fell 10 cents to close at $1.55, with 34,600 stock units trading. Express Catering ended trading with 3,025 shares, for a loss of 7 cents at $7.88, Fontana finished trading 145,041 shares, with a rise of 4 cents at $4, FosRich Group climbed 15 cents in trading 116,294 shares, to end at $4, General Accident shed 20 cents in closing at $4.30, with an exchange of 158,226 stock units. Honey Bun concluded trading of 14,006 shares with a loss of 5 cents at $3.70, investors gobbled up 450,683,
iCreate shares, to close with a gain of 5 cents at 95 cents, Indies Pharma rose 4 cents to $3, with 520,129 shares trading, Jamaican Teas traded 52,575 units at $3.85, Knutsford Express concluded trading of 1,289 stock units at $12. Lasco Distributors finished 4 cent higher at $3.75, in exchanging 210,134 units, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 29 cents at $4.51, in trading just 2,150 shares, Lasco Manufacturing added 1 cent and ended trading at $3.01, with 347,874 shares changing hands. Main Event traded 56,028 shares with a loss of 79 cents at $4.56, Medical Disposables finished trading 6,500 stock units with a gain of 25 cents to close at $6.80, SSL Venture Capital lost 25 cents to end at $1.70, trading 321,203 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended trading on Tuesday with more stocks declining than rising for the second day leading to another fall in the market index of 10.21 points to 3,109.61.
9,200 shares trading, Iron Rock settled at $3.50, exchanging 4,832 shares, Jamaican Teas traded 74,106 units with a loss of 15 cents at $3.85, Jetcon Corporation lost 15 cents to end at $2.95, with the swapping of 27,400 shares. KLE Group ended with a loss of 30 cents at $2.80, with 550 shares changing owners, Knutsford Express concluded trading of 4,311 stock units at $12, Lasco Distributors finished 1 cent higher at $3.71, in exchanging 210,500 units, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 20 cents at $4.80, trading 2,260,678 shares. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading at $3, with 182,048 shares changing hands, Main Event traded 16,400 shares with a loss of 5 cents at $5.35, SSL Venture Capital ended at $1.95, trading 4,298 shares and Stationery and Office concluded trading of 2,800 shares with a loss of 20 cents to close at $8.20.
Indies Pharma lost 14 cents to close at $3, with 78,934 shares changing hands, Iron Rock settled with the trading 30,000 shares at $3.50, Jamaican Teas lost 24 cents to close at $4, with trading 14,090 units, Jetcon Corporation finished trading with 26,734 shares but lost 20 cents to close at $3.10. Knutsford Express concluded exchanging 2,670 stock units, with a loss of 87 cents to end at $12, Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 9 cents at $3.70, with 985,338 units changing hands. Lasco Financial settled 60 cents higher at $5, with an exchange of 659,332 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 257,520 shares after declining 24 cents at $3, Main Event traded 7,286 shares at $5.40, Medical Disposables swapped 18,300 stock units with a loss of 5 cents at $6.55. Paramount Trading closed with a loss of 4 cents at $2.04, with 211,090 units changing hands, Stationery and Office Supplies concluded trading of 1,000 shares with a loss of 10 cents, at $8.40 and tTech settled with a loss of 70 cents at $5.50, with and exchange of 100 stock units.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended trading on Friday with 26 securities changing hands, compared with 25 securities trading on Thursday and ending with the prices of 6 securities advancing, 13 declining and 6 remaining unchanged.
cents higher at $3.14, trading 36,886 shares, Iron Rock settled at $3.50, with an exchange of 27,500 shares, Jamaican Teas traded 58,475 units with a loss of 26 cents to end at $4.24. Jetcon Corporation finished trading 3,768 shares and rose 20 cents to $3.30, Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 1 cent at $3.79, with 28,381 units changing hands, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 20 cents at $4.40, with 4,261 shares crossing the trading platform. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 54,369 shares, with a loss of 1 cent to close at $3.24, Main Event traded 3,080 shares with a loss of 10 cents to end at $5.40, Medical Disposables finished with a loss of 20 cents at $6.60, trading 8,700 stock units and tTech settled 70 cents higher at $6.20, with just 200 stock units trading. In the junior market preference segment, Derrimon Trading preference share ended at $2.10, with 76,382 stock units changing hands.
$1.80, with 35,447 units traded, Honey Bun concluded trading of 4,800 shares with a loss of 2 cents at $3.80, ICreate traded 399,531 shares with a lost of 2 cents to close at $1.02. Indies Pharma finished 24 cents higher at $3, with 728,417 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas traded 1,037,035 units and rose 50 cents higher to close at $4.50. Jetcon Corporation finished trading 1,098,133 shares, with a loss of 5 cents at $3.10, Knutsford Express concluded trading of 1,700 stock units at $12.87, Lasco Distributors finished 5 cents higher at $3.80, with 44,807 units changing hands, Lasco Financial settled 10 cents higher at $4.60, in trading 16,244 shares. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading of 61,113 shares at $3.25, Main Event traded 13,409 shares with a loss of 10 cents to close at $5.50 and Medical Disposables finished trading 100,000 stock units with a loss of 20 cents at $6.80.
Falling stocks dominated the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Wednesday with the Index diving 51.63 points to close at 3,127.51 as the prices of 6 securities rose, 12 fell and 9 remained unchanged. 
Indies Pharma finished trading of 183,190 shares with a loss of 7 cents at $2.76, Jamaican Teas traded 17,119 units at $4, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 15 cents higher at $3.15, with 98,264 shares traded, KLE Group ended with a loss of 10 cents at $3.10, exchanging 5,918 shares. Knutsford Express concluded trading of 3,250 stock units with a loss of 3 cents at $12.87, Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 5 cents at $3.75, with an exchange of 24,883 units, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 10 cents at $4.50, trading 138,706 shares. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading of 9,370 shares at $3.25, Main Event exchanged 13,250 shares, at $5.60, Medical Disposables finished trading 40 cents higher at $7, with 140,000 stock units changing hands, SSL Venture Capital closed at $1.95, with an exchange of 35,000 shares and Stationery and Office concluded trading with 81,850 shares after rising 17 cents to $8.50.
$3.87, ICreate traded 561,314 and lost 4 cents to close at $1.05. Indies Pharma finished 13 cents higher at $2.83, trading 13,467 shares. Iron Rock settled at $3.50, with 92,970 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas traded 15 cents higher at $4, with an exchange of 19,276 units, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 108,985 shares, at $3, Key Insurance closed at $3, with the trading of 5,000 shares. Knutsford Express concluded trading with 3,814 stock units at $12.90, Lasco Distributors closed at $3.80, with 1,047,602 units changing hands, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 20 cents at $4.60, after trading 10,462 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 10,451 shares with a loss of 2 cents to close at $3.25. Main Event traded with a loss of 20 cents at $5.60, with 1,236 shares changing hands, Medical Disposables rose 11 cents to close at $6.60, trading 19,900 stock units, SSL
Iron Rock settled with a loss of 5 cents at $3.50, with 39,030 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas traded 4,523,710 shares, but lost 10 cents to close at $3.85, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 4,015 shares, at $3, Knutsford Express concluded trading with a loss of 10 cents at $12.90, with 10,948 stock units passing through the market. Lasco Distributors finished 5 cents higher at $3.80, in exchanging 33,333 units, Lasco Financial settled at $4.80, trading 4,000 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 3,162 shares at $3.27, Main Event traded 80 cents higher at $5.80, with 6,657 shares crossing the stock exchange platform. Medical Disposables jumped 99 cents and finished trading 65,774 stock units at $6.49, SSL Venture Capital concluded trading of 4,500 shares, at $1.95, Stationery and Office finished 15 cents higher at $8.25, in exchanging 9,551 shares and tTech ended trading of 138 units with a loss of 39 cents to $5.50.
shares changing hands, Caribbean Producers finished trading 164,694 units, with a loss of 20 cents at $4.50. Consolidated Bakeries closed at $1.80, with an exchange of 10,350 shares. Derrimon Trading ended 15 cents higher at $2.95, in exchanging 390,716 shares, Dolphin Cove concluded trading of 1,973 shares with a loss of 1 cent at $14, Everything Fresh ended 4 cents higher at $1.74, with 4,500 stock units, Elite Diagnostic settled with a loss of 25 cents at $3.15, trading 10,984 units. Express Catering ended trading 241,022 shares, with a loss of 1 cent to close at $7.49, FosRich Group traded 48,639 shares at $4, Fontana finished trading 9 cents higher at $3.95, with 337,361 shares crossing the exchange platform, General Accident closed at $4, with 39,838 stock units changing hands. GWest Corporation ended 5 cents higher at $1.75, with an exchange of 97,288 units, Honey Bun concluded trading of 600 shares, with a loss of 1 cent to end at $3.98, Indies Pharma finished with a loss of 8 cents at $2.91, trading 19,777 shares, Iron Rock settled 5 cents higher at 
$3.55, in exchanging 29,885 shares. ISP Finance ended trading 15,000 stock units, at $13, Jamaican Teas traded 10,000 units, with a loss of 5 cents to close at $3.95, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 6,200 shares and rose 39 cents to end at $3, Knutsford Express concluded trading of just 100 stock units at $13. Lasco Distributors exchanged 865,988 units, at $3.75, Lasco Financial settled 1 cent higher at $4.80, with an exchange of 85,000 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 323,827 shares at $3.27, Main Event traded with 1,000 shares with a loss of 70 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $5. Medical Disposables gained 10 cents to $5.50, with 63,322 stock units changing hands, SSL Venture Capital ended 25 cents higher at $1.95, trading 4,500 shares and Stationery and Office concluded trading with 9,000 shares with a loss of 40 cents to close at $8.10.
Junior market trading ended with the Index gaining 27.35 points to close at 3,101.31 on Wednesday with the prices of 13 securities advancing, 9 declining and 5 remaining unchanged.
201,036 shares and rose 14 cents higher to $3.99, Indies Pharma finished 10 cents higher at $2.80, in exchanging 61,592 shares. ISP Finance ended trading with 5,000 stock units and climbed $2 to $13, Jamaican Teas traded 81,678 units for 28 cents more at $4, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 446,571 shares, adding 15 cents to end at $3.15, Knutsford Express lost $1.60 cents to close at $10.90, with 4,100 stock units changing hands. Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 29 cents at $3.70, with 210,378 units trading, Lasco Financial settled 24 cents higher at $4.80, with 82,082 shares crossing through the exchange, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 101,576 shares, and rose 4 cents to end at $3.20, Medical Disposables finished trading 1,381 stock units and gained 25 cents to end at $5.75. SSL Venture Capital ended with a loss of 5 cents at $1.90, trading 9,803 shares and Stationery and Office concluded trading 30 cents higher at $8.50, with 2,689 shares changing hands.