Iron Rock hits 52 weeks’ high of $4.07 on Friday.
The Junior Market move higher at the close of trading on Friday rising just 0.99 points to close at 3,126.60 as the number of declining and advancing stocks were equal for a second day.
At the end of market activity, three stocks traded at a 52 weeks’ high and one closed at a 52 weeks’ low.
The market closed with, 1,989,152 units valued at $15,833,325.80 compared to 17,879,196 units valued at $94,384,927 on Thursday and ended with 26 securities changing hands, compared to 22 on Thursday, with 10 advancing, 10 falling and 6 remaining unchanged.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading had 8 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices, 3 closed with lower offers.
Trading closed with an average of 76,506 units for an average of $608,974 in contrast to 812,691 units for an average of $4,290,224 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 213,423 units valued at $1,178,519, compared to 245,494 units valued at $1,311,926 previous trading day. 
Trading in July, averaged 154,060 units valued at $655,146 for each security traded.
At the close of trading, Access Financial closed at $36, exchanging 1,800 shares, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 9 cents at $1.91, trading 7,000 stock units, Blue Power concluded trading at $40, with 4,820 units, Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of 89 cents at $10, trading 310,120 shares, Caribbean Flavours traded 5,000 stock units and rose 50 cents to $13. Derrimon Trading concluded trading of 236,050 shares and rose $1 to a 52 weeks’ high of $24, after trading at $25 ahead of the close as news broke that the company entered into an agreement to acquire Woodcats International. Dolphin Cove finished at $16.50, with 816 stock units changing hands, Elite Diagnostic settled 15 cents higher at $2.90, with 90,678 units, Everything Fresh traded 157,069 shares and lost 1 cent to end at 1.90, Express Catering traded 72,934 shares and ended 10 cents higher at a 52 weeks’ high of $8.10. FosRich Group finished trading 26,184 shares with a loss of 7 cents to end at $2.90, General Accident climbed 40 cents to $3.80, after trading 8,350 stock units, Honey Bun concluded trading with a loss of 41 cents at $3.90, with 1,000 shares, Iron Rock jumped 92 cents higher to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $4.07, with 553,112 shares changing hands. 
Jamaican Teas ended trading with a loss of 15 cents at $3.90, with 5,000 stock units, Jetcon Corporation traded at $4, with 29,302 units, Key Insurance finished trading 12,547 shares with a loss of 45 cents to end at $3.02, Knutsford Express ended with a loss of 21 cents at 52 weeks’ low of $11.30, after exchanging 2,000 shares. Lasco Distributors concluded trading at $4, with 4,740 stock units, Lasco Financial traded 68,728 units and finished 39 cents higher at $5.79, Lasco Manufacturing rose 7 cents to end at $4, trading 38,000 shares, Main Event ended trading with a loss of 85 cents at $6, with 15,400 shares traded. Medical Disposables traded 92,420 shares and rose 40 cents to $6.40, Stationery and Office closed at $9 after gaining 97 cents with 238,725 units changing hands and tTech concluded trading at $5, with 2,357 shares trading. In the junior market preference segment, Eppley 8.25% concluded trading with a loss of 1 cent at $6.20, with 5,000 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
The Junior Market move higher at the close of trading on Thursday rising 39.96 points to close at 3,125.61 as the number of declining and advancing stocks were equal but with a bounce in volume. 
General Accident closed with a loss of 46 cents at $3.40, trading 27,032 stock units, Honey Bun concluded trading and rose 6 cents to $4.31, with 7,000 shares, Iron Rock finished trading at $3.15, with 50,052 shares, Jamaican Teas ended trading 5 cents higher at $4.05, with 25,091 stock units changing hands. Jetcon Corporation traded 18,720 units at $4, Lasco Distributors concluded trading 412,642 stock units, at $4, Lasco Financial finished 10 cents higher at $5.40, with 16,753,104 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled at $3.93, exchanging 40,000 shares. Main Event ended trading at $6.85, with 2,006 shares changing hands, Medical Disposables traded with a loss of 20 cents at $6, with 50,000 shares and Stationery and Office closed with a loss of 1 cent at $8.03, trading 72,513 units. In the junior market preference segment, Eppley 9.5% finished at $5.98, with 100,000 shares.
Sales for the three months ended June 2018, rose 15 percent to $332 million over the 2017 out turn of $289 million at 
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 105,288 units valued at $575,717, compared to 38,741 units valued at $161,485. Trading in July, averaged 154,060 units valued at $655,146 for each security traded.
The Junior Market Index moved higher by 20.70 points to close at 3,150.90 on Tuesday after closing on Monday, for the Independence Day public holiday and being up in 6 of the last 7 trading sessions. 
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 38,741 units valued at $161,485, compared to 49,641 units valued at $202,520. Trading in July, averaged 154,060 units valued at $655,146 for each security traded.
The Junior Market Index climbed higher by 19.74 points to close at 3,130.20 on Friday as 23 securities changed hands, compared to 19 on Thursday, with 9 advancing, 8 falling and 6 remaining unchanged. 
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 49,641 units valued at $202,520. Trading in July, averaged 154,060 units valued at $655,146 for each security traded.
At the close of trading, Access Financial closed at $47, with 723 shares changing hands, AMG Packaging ended at $1.99 after rising 3 cents in trading 78,745 stock units, CAC 2000 finished with a loss of 11 cents at $9.89, while trading 12,197 shares, Cargo Handlers settled with 3,600 shares trading at $10.89, Caribbean Cream ended trading 10,000 shares and rose 47 cents to $5.77. Caribbean Producers finished 1 cent higher at $6, trading 43,477 units, Consolidated Bakeries closed at $2.10, with 4,000 shares changing hands, C2W Music ended with 3,600 shares and lost 1 cent to close at $1.70, Derrimon Trading closed at $23.50 trading 2,000 shares. Elite Diagnostic settled 12 cents higher at $2.97, with 33,526 units, Everything Fresh traded 86,132 shares and lost 5 cents to end at an all-time low of $1.90. Express Catering traded 23,000 shares with a loss of 14 cents to end at $7.81, FosRich Group finished trading with a loss of 25 cents at $2.72, swapping 29,250 shares, General Accident closed 18 cents higher at $3.33, trading 22,000 stock units. GWest Corporation ended at $2.20, with 3,411 units, Honey Bun concluded trading of 5,366 shares and rose 15 cents to $4.65, Iron Rock finished 5 cents higher at $3.15, with 5,000 shares trading, Jamaican Teas lost 75 cents to close at $4 in exchanging 1,122,839 stock units. 
Jetcon Corporation traded 216,062 units at $4, KLE Group closed 10 cents higher at $3, exchanging 7,034 shares, Knutsford Express ended with a loss of 9 cents at $11.51, trading 4,271 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading 263,097 stock units and rose 26 cents to $4, with. Lasco Financial finished 15 cents higher at $5.21, with 1,533,871 units, changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing settled with a loss of 1 cent at $4.01, switching ownership of 10,564 shares, Main Event traded 6,194 shares at $7.45, Medical Disposables closed 20 cents higher at $5.80, exchanging 2,000 shares and Paramount Trading finished trading with a loss of 21 cents at $2.75, with 101,007 stock units, after the company posted a decline in profit for the year to May of $59 million versus $101 million. In the junior market preference segment, Eppley 8.75% traded 26,700 shares at $6.
The Junior Market Index rose 13.46 points to close at 3,106.56, the highest point since closing at 3,126.33 points on November 6, last year. 
Trading in June, ended with an average of 139,543 units, valued at $671,002 for each security traded.
Jetcon Corporation traded at $4, with 170,000 units. Knutsford Express ended with a loss of 35 cents at $11.60, with 13,153 shares trading, Lasco Distributors concluded trading with a loss of 6 cents at $3.74, with 41,946 stock units, Lasco Financial finished 1 cent higher at $5.06, trading 1,070,500 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled with a loss of 3 cents at $4.02, after exchanging 40,991 shares. Main Event ended trading 1,630 shares at $7.45, Medical Disposables traded 15,000 shares and rose 9 cents to $5.60, Paramount Trading finished trading with a loss of 4 cents at $2.96, while exchanging 40,000 stock units and Stationery and Office closed with a loss of 50 cents at $8, trading 8,959 units. In the junior market preference segment, Eppley 9.5% finished with a loss of 2 cents at $5.98, with 8,153 shares changing hands.
At the close of trading, Access Financial closed at $46.70, trading 2,500 shares, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 2 cents at $1.98, in exchanging 56,013 stock units, CAC 2000 rose 10 cents to end at $9.10, with 2,407 shares changing hands, Cargo Handlers gained 33 cents to close at $10.33, trading 179,074 shares, Caribbean Cream ended trading with a loss of 50 cents at $5.30, with 65,795 shares. Caribbean Flavours traded 60 cents higher at $12.70, with 6,000 stock units being exchanged, Caribbean Producers finished trading with a loss of 10 cents at $5.70, with 2,000 units, Consolidated Bakeries closed 5 cents higher at $2.10, with 7,500 shares, C2W Music ended at $2, with 2,250 shares. Derrimon Trading concluded trading at $20.50, with 7,545 shares, Elite Diagnostic settled at $2.90, with 29,475 units changing hands, Everything Fresh traded 91,598 shares and gained 8 cents to end at $2.08, Express Catering traded 10 cents higher at $7.80, with 12,945 shares, FosRich Group finished trading with a gain of 55 cents at $2.97, with 40,147 shares. General Accident closed 5 cents higher at $3.15, with 48,812 stock units trading, 
GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 5 cents at $2.35, exchanging 3,869 units, Honey Bun concluded trading with a loss of 4 cents at $4.96, after 1,272 shares changed hands, Jamaican Teas declined 49 cents to $4.51, with 29,000 stock units trading. Jetcon Corporation traded 44,268 units and lost 10 cents to close at $4, KLE Group closed at $2.90, trading 30,137 shares, Knutsford Express ended 40 cents higher at $11.95, exchanging 8,585 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading at $3.80, with 296,375 stock units changing hands. Lasco Financial traded just 262 units and finished with a loss of 5 cents at $5.05, Main Event ended trading at $7.45, with 17,284 shares, Medical Disposables traded 48,807 shares with a loss of 49 cents at $5.51, Paramount Trading finished trading 16,539 stock units at $3 and Stationery and Office rose 50 cents to $8.50, exchanging 6,420 units. In the junior market preference segment, Derrimon Trading 9% preference share ended at $2.50, with 50,292 stock units changing hands.
The evenness of the advance decline ratio in trading on Thursday pretty much sums up trading on the Junior Market as the market index hardly moved, closing just 1.20 points down to close at 3,086.75 after the prices of 9 securities advanced, 9 declined and 4 remained unchanged. 
Caribbean Flavours traded with a rise of 10 cents to $12.10, with 2,900 stock units changing hands, Caribbean Producers added 30 cents in exchanging 5,000 units at $5.80, C2W Music ended at $2, with 10,200 shares traded. Derrimon Trading concluded trading with a loss of 50 cents at $20.50, with 1,500 shares, Elite Diagnostic settled 10 cents higher at $2.90, with 29,004 units, Express Catering traded with a loss of 10 cents at $7.70, with 2,538 shares changing hands, FosRich Group fell 13 cents to $2.42, trading 34,309 shares. Honey Bun concluded trading 30 cents higher at $5, with 8,300 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas traded 6,406 stock units at $5, Jetcon Corporation closed at $4.10, with 29,139 units, Key Insurance climbed 45 cents to $3.47, exchanging just 1,000 shares. KLE Group closed at $2.90, with 72,767 shares, 
Knutsford Express ended with a loss of 5 cents at $11.55, with 3,133 shares, Lasco Distributors declined 20 cents to $3.80, trading 1,227,017 stock units, Lasco Financial finished with a loss of 10 cents at $5.10, with 2,100 units. Lasco Manufacturing settled 5 cents higher at $4.05, with 86,223 shares, Main Event ended trading with a loss of 20 cents at $7.45, after 3,079 shares crossed over the exchnage, Medical Disposables jumped 98 cents to $6, with just 200 shares being traded, while Stationery and Office closed with a loss of 50 cents at $8, as investors sold off 656,458 shares and tTech concluded trading with a loss of 15 cents at $5.25, with 16,900 shares changing hands.