The Junior Market Index jumped 45.19 points to close at 3,443.97 in trading on Tuesday and almost erased the 50 points fall on Monday.
At the close of market activities, the prices of 11 securities advanced, 8 declined and 6 remained unchanged as 25 securities changed hands, down from 29 changing hands on Monday.
Trading close with an exchange of 2,090,635 units valued at $8,975,710 compared to 2,155,083 units valued at $9,679,894 on Monday.
Trading ended with an average of 83,625 units for an average of $359,028 in contrast to 74,313 units for an average of $333,789 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 1,134,557 valued at $2,934,410 and previously 1,192,684 valued at $3,076,854 for each security traded. August ended with an average of 232,398 units valued at $1,072,851 for each traded security.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the close of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Blue Power ended with a loss of 1 cent at $8.98 with 1,249 stock units changing hands, Derrimon Trading shed 4 cents trading of 17,370 units to close at $2.40, Express Catering exchanged 19,966 units and gained 40 cents to end at $6, Everything Fresh climbed 25 cents and exchanged 150,107 shares at $1.25. Elite Diagnostic ended trading with 20,774 shares, after rising 29 cents to end at $5.60. Fontana closed with 207,538 units crossing the exchange and gained 40 cents to end at $8.45, General Accident closed 15 cents higher to a 52 weeks’ closing high of $7, with 36,322 stock units trading, GWest Corporation climbed 4 cents and exchanged 57,450 shares at $1.11, Honey Bun lost 50 cents trading 6,569 shares to close at $6.
iCreate ended market activity in exchanging 70,000 shares to close at 72 cents after falling 3 cents, Iron Rock Insurance closed 5 cents higher at $4, with 12,500 stock units trading, Jamaican Teas climbed 40 cents and exchanged 5,350 shares at $6.50, Key Insurance ended trading 1,000 shares, after rising 20 cents to end at $3. Limners and Bards declined 4 cents exchanging 243,826 units at $2.51, Lasco Financial climbed 2 cents after swapping 75,441 shares at $4.92, Lasco Manufacturing dipped 9 cents in trading 28,763 units at $5.35. Main Event ended market activity exchanging 2,452 shares to close at $5.70 after falling 29 cents, Paramount Trading climbed 30 cents and exchanged 15,000 shares at $2 and Stationery and Office Supplies dropped $1.20 in trading of 189,909 units to close at $10.30.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Jetcon Corporation climbed 30 cents with 188,632 shares changing hands at $2.10, Knutsford Express ended market activity exchanging 2,750 shares to close at $10.90 after falling 9 cents, Limners and Bards closed 3 cents higher at $2.55, with 252,272 stock units clearing the exchange, Lasco Distributors ended exchanging 126,000 shares to close at $3.25 after falling 23 cents. Lasco Financial traded 95,877 shares, after rising 22 cents to end at $4.90, Medical Disposables climbed 70 cents and exchanged 99,870 shares at $8.80, Main Event ended trading with 150 shares, after rising 34 cents to end at $5.99 and tTech swapped 27,000 shares, after rising 70 cents to end at $6.60. In the junior market preference segment, CAC 2000 dipped 2 cents in trading 18,045 units at $1.08.
The Junior Market Index slipped 4.73 points to close at 3,449.27 on Friday with 26 securities changing hands, with 11 securities rising, 11 declining as 4 remained unchanged.
Honey Bun lost 20 cents to close at $6.20, after swapping of 1,116 shares, iCreate closed 2 cents higher at 77 cents, with 151,499 stock units trading, Indies Pharma shed 13 cents trading 53,023 units at $3.30, Jamaican Teas closed trading of 80,953 units and gained 2 cents to end at $5.98. Knutsford Express ended trading with 5,713 shares, after rising 4 cents to end at $10.99, Limners and Bards ended market activity exchanging 1,236,217 shares to close at $2.52 after falling 30 cents, Lasco Financial closed with a loss of 32 cents at $4.68, in swapping of 37,300 shares. Medical Disposables closed trading of 68,130 units and gained 70 cents to end at $8.10 and Main Event closed 4 cents higher at $5.65, with 3,648 stock units trading. In the Junior Market preference segment, CAC 2000 lost 4 cents in trading 44,500 shares to close at $1.10.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the close of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Indies Pharma lost 2 cents in trading of 1,850 units at $3.43, Jamaican Teas lost 4 cents in trading 16,223 units to close at $5.96. Knutsford Express traded 4,837,099 units and gained 5 cents to end at $10.95, Limners and Bards closed with a loss of 13 cents at $2.82, in moving 2,386,967 shares, Lasco Distributors climbed 18 cents and exchanged 185,821 shares to end at $3.48, Lasco Manufacturing declined 2 cents to settle at $5.44 in trading 16,398 shares. Medical Disposables lost 60 cents trading 5,000 shares to close at $7.40, Main Event had 2,500 shares changing hands, after rising 4 cents to end at $5.61, Paramount Trading closed with a loss of 8 cents higher at $1.70, with 100 stock units trading and tTech closed trading of 4,421 units and gained 30 cents to end at $5.90.
Trading ended with an average of 82,731 units for an average of $356,514 in contrast to 54,574 units for an average of $349,152 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 1,378,282 valued at $3,071,604 and previously 1,502,456 units for $3,331,836. August ended with an average of 232,398 units valued at $1,072,851 for each traded security.
Iron Rock Insurance exchanged 3,000 shares after rising 59 cents to end at $3.95, Jamaican Teas declined by 30 cents to settle at $6 in trading 362,394 shares, Knutsford Express fell 10 cents in trading of 5,641 units at $10.90, Key Insurance lost 20 cents in trading 100 shares to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $2.80. Limners and Bards lost 4 cents trading 165,769 units at $2.96, Lasco Distributors ended with a loss of 1 cent at $3.49 with 54,665 stock units changing hands, Lasco Financial dipped 50 cents in trading of 212,070 units to end at $4.50. Lasco Manufacturing dipped 21 cents in exchanging 25,049 units at $5.30, Main Event closed 95 cents higher at $6.95, with 1,000 stock units trading, Stationery and Office Supplies declined by $1.95 to settle at $11.05 but with 7,594 shares being traded and tTech closed trading of 355 units and gaining 89 cents to end at $5.90.
Key Insurance lost 25 cents in trading 200 shares to close at $3, Limners and Bards ended with a loss of 1 cent at $3 with 349,292 stock units changing hands, Lasco Distributors slipped 1 cent to $3.50 with the trading of 43,257 stock units. Lasco Financial ended market activity exchanging 14,665 shares to close at $5 after falling 40 cents, Lasco Manufacturing ended with a loss of 1 cent at $5.51 with 19,300 stock units changing hands, Medical Disposables climbed $2.40 to settle at $8 with a mere 100 shares trading. Main Event closed with a loss of 50 cents at $6, the swapping of 8,761 shares and Stationery and Office Supplies ended trading with 355,751 shares, after rising 17 cents to end at $13.
The Junior Market Index slipped on Friday but IC bid-offer Indicator with a reading of 10 to 2 points to a positive opening for the market on Monday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 10 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 closing with lower offers.
General Accident lost 35 cents at $6, in swapping of 100 shares, Honey Bun dipped 89 cents in trading 8,000 units at $5.51, Indies Pharma traded 51,075 units and gained 11 cents to end at $3.40, Iron Rock Insurance lost 57 cents in trading of 7,700 units at $3.36, ISP Finance lost 2 cents in trading 200 units at $25. Jamaican Teas shed 49 cents in exchanging 278,205 units at $6.50, 
The Junior Market Index made a partial recovery on Thursday from the big 73 points fall on Wednesday and rose 41.16 points to close at 3,482.98 but with an equal number of stocks rising and falling.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 closing with lower offers.
Iron Rock Insurance climbed 45 cents and exchanged 42,300 shares at $3.93, Jamaican Teas dropped 98 cents in trading of 485,457 units to close at $6.99. Jetcon Corporation lost 25 cents in trading of 48,000 units at $1.90, Limners and Bards ended trading with 228,456 shares, after rising 8 cents to end at $3.05, Lasco Distributors climbed 35 cents and exchanged 1,154,277 shares at $3.50. Lasco Financial shed 28 cents in trading of 17,720 units at $5, Lasco Manufacturing closed trading of 1,855,600 units and gained 39 cents to end at $5.50 and tTech gained 1 cent to end at $5.01, in trading 10,956 shares.
Prices declined across the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Wednesday with 31 securities changing hands and leading to the prices of 4 securities advancing, 20 falling and 7 remaining unchanged with the Junior Market Index diving 72.87 points to 3,441.82.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 9 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 closing with a lower offer.
Jamaican Teas closed 47 cents higher at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $7.97, with 629,009 stock units changing, hands, Jetcon Corporation shed 4 cents in trading of 81,058 units to end at $2.15, Limners and Bards lost 3 cents in trading 382,871 shares to close at $2.97. Lasco Distributors lost 19 cents in swapping 1,723 shares to close at $3.15, Lasco Financial ended trading with 717 shares, after rising 27 cents to end at $5.28, Lasco Manufacturing shed 58 cents in trading of 3,500 units at $5.11, Main Event ended market activity exchanging 156,203 shares to close at $6.50 after falling 2 cents. Paramount Trading exchanged 10,000 shares to close at $1.78 after falling 22 cents, Stationery and Office Supplies ended with a loss of 1 cent at $12.50 with 57,593 stock units changing hands and tTech lost 1 cent to close at $5 with 1,000 stock units changing hands.
The company’s subsidiary, QWI Investments released the prospectus after closing on Monday and it provided information that shareholders of Jamaica Teas, are entitled to buy shares at a preferential price. Jetcon Corporation closed 9 cents higher at $2.19, with 75,062 stock units trading, Knutsford Express fell 50 cents in trading of 2,496 units at $11, Lasco Distributors ended with a loss of 1 cent at 3.34 with 149,874 stock units changing hands. Lasco Financial closed trading of 10,700 units and gained 29 cents to end at $5.01, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 137,702 shares, after rising 9 cents to end at $5.69, Main Event declined by 48 cents to settle at $6.52 after exchanging 1,122 units and Stationery and Office Supplies declined by 32 cents to settle at $12.51 trading 37,100 shares.
