Investors pushed trading sharply higher by more than 500 percent on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Monday with an exchange of 7,175,205 units valued at $36,704,045, compared to 1,150,661 units valued at $4,145,571 on Friday but with a modest rise in the market index.
The market ended on Monday with 28 securities trading, up from 25 changing hands on Friday, resulting in the prices of 14 securities advancing, 9 declining and 5 remaining unchanged with the Junior Market Index rising 3.79 points to close at 3,408.06. The market closed with negative sentiments, as shown by the IC bid-offer Indicator as the market approaches resistance above the current level.
Trading ended with an average of 256,257 units at $1,310,859 for each in contrast to 46,026 units for an average of $165,823 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 105,112 shares at $574,274 and previously 79,306 shares at $448,516, for each security traded.
In contrast, October closed with an average of 186,927 units valued at $788,734 for each security changing hands.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading was heavily weighted to a decline in the market on Tuesday with just 2 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 9 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial fell 50 cents in trading of 5,304 units to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $31.50, Caribbean Cream exchanged 4,100 units and gained 10 cents to end at $3.90, Caribbean Producers climbed 29 cents in trading 1,500 shares at $4.80. Consolidated Bakeries closed 6 cents higher at $1.80, with 2,650 stock units trading, Dolphin Cove closed with 3,273 units crossing the exchange and gained 50 cents to end at $10.50, Elite Diagnostic lost 28 cents in trading 11,882 units at $5.50, Everything Fresh lost 8 cents to end at $1.17, after swapping of 229 shares. Express Catering traded 43,421 shares, after rising 30 cents to end at $6.50, Fosrich closed with a rise of 10 cents at $4.80, with 82,811 stock units crossing the exchnage, Fontana closed 22 cents higher at $7.45, with 67,745 stock units changing hands, General Accident ended market activity exchanging 7,220 shares to close at $8 after falling 15 cents. GWest Corporation lost 8 cents trading 1,918 shares to close at $1.06, Honey Bun closed 29 cents higher at $6.59, with an exchange of 10,591 stock units, iCreate climbed 5 cents and exchanged 36,748 shares at 70 cents,
Indies Pharma ended with a loss of 1 cent at 3.04 with 33,494 stock units changing hands. Jamaican Teas lost 2 cents in trading 18,539 units at $6.22, Jetcon Corporation closed with a loss of 3 cents at $1.77, in swapping 24,466 shares, Knutsford Express ended trading with 200 shares, after rising 5 cents to end at $10.65. Lasco Manufacturing lost 15 cents in exchanging 6,429,477 shares to close at $5.20, Main Event climbed 99 cents and exchanged 100,000 shares at $6.10. Medical Disposables ended with 7,600 shares crossing the market, after rising 95 cents to end at $7.95, Limners and Bards rose 24 cents to close at $2.98, with the trading of 78,399 stock units and Stationery and Office Supplies closed with an exhnage of 2,000 units and gained 2 cents to end at $12.32.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.


Honey Bun lost 30 cents in trading 40,000 units to land at $6.30, iCreate declined 5 cents in trading of 101,598 units at 65 cents, ISP Finance gained $2 to end at $27 with an exchange of 10,200 stock units, Jamaican Teas ended with a loss of 1 cent at $6.24 with 4,510 stock units changing hands. Jetcon Corporation declined by 19 cents trading of 44,000 units at $1.80, Lasco Manufacturing climbed 15 cents as it exchanged 266 shares at $5.35, Limners and Bards added 2 cents, trading 24,700 shares at $2.74 and Stationery and Office Supplies lost 20 cents in trading 10,380 stock units to close at $12.30.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market declined 26.40 points to 3,352.15 when trading ended on Thursday with 14 securities gaining, 13 falling and 3 remaining unchanged.
Indies Pharma declined 5 cents in trading of 65,667 units at $3.05, Jetcon Corporation climbed 22 cents and exchanged 3,500 shares at $1.99, Knutsford Express closed 20 cents higher at $10.60, with 1,409 stock units changing hands. Lasco Financial dipped 10 cents in trading 7,454 units at $5.10, Lasco Manufacturing shed 20 cents exchanging 27,012 units at $5.20, Limners and Bards ended market activity with 95,414 shares to close at $2.72 after falling 26 cents, Main Event ended with 7,783 shares crossing the exchange to close at $5.11 after falling 11 cents. Stationery and Office Supplies climbed 30 cents and exchanged 12,550 shares at $12.50, while SSL Venture ended with an exchange of 33,812 shares to close at $1.15 after falling 15 cents. In the Junior Market preference segment, Derrimon Trading closed with an exchange of 3,316 units and gained 5 cents at $2.10.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market bounced 33.01 points to 3,378.55 on Wednesday with 12 securities gaining, 8 falling and 10 remaining unchanged as the market claws back portion of the near 69 points drop on Tuesday.
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.
Key Insurance traded 1,218 shares after rising 40 cents to end at $3.50, Lasco Distributors closed with a loss of 29 cents at $3.30, swapping of 570,450 shares, Lasco Financial declined by 10 cents to settle at $5.20, with 112,030 units trading, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 90,191 shares, after rising 15 cents to end at $5.40. Limners and Bards closed 26 cents higher at $2.98, with 42,500 stock units trading, Medical Disposables fell 50 cents trading 1,340 units at $7. Stationery and Office Supplies closed with 5,430 units crossing the exchange and gained 9 cents to end at $12.20, and tTech exchanged 20,271 units and gained 30 cents to end at $6.30.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market plunged 68.65 points to close at 3,345.54 when trading ended on Tuesday with 9 securities gaining, 12 falling and 6 remaining unchanged.
Jamaican Teas traded 27,723 units and gained 25 cents to end at $6.25. Jetcon Corporation ended market activity exchanging 21,000 shares to close at $1.80 after falling 19 cents, Knutsford Express climbed 1 cent and exchanged 15,028 shares at $10.41. Lasco Distributors ended trading with 205,849 stock units, after rising 29 cents to end at $3.59, Lasco Financial closed 20 cents higher at $5.30, with 20,850 stock units trading. Lasco Manufacturing fell 25 cents in trading 28,700 units in closing at $5.25, Medical Disposables lost 50 cents with 500 shares changing hands to close at $7.50, Stationery and Office Supplies exchanged 61,988 shares to close at $12.11 after falling 6 cents and SSL Venture lost 29 cents trading 12,508 shares to close at 1.30 cents.

Honey Bun lost 10 cents in trading 4,030 units at $6.50, Jamaican Teas slipped 5 cents in trading 10,030 units at $6, Knutsford Express dipped 45 cents in trading of 3,468 units at $10.40. Lasco Financial declined by 10 cents trading 151,300 shares to settle at $5.10, Lasco Manufacturing closed 25 cents higher at $5.50, with 74,346 stock units trading, Limners and Bards shed 28 cents in trading of 116,064 units at $2.72 and SSL Venture ended with a loss of 1 cent at 1.59 with 66,344 stock units changing hands.
Price movements were almost evenly spread on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market at the close on Friday as trading ended with 5,230,729 units valued at $27,124,560 changing hands. 
GWest Corporation ended trading with 21,082 shares and gained 7 cents to end at $1.12, iCreate closed 3 cents higher at 71 cents, with 4,306 stock units trading, Lasco Distributors closed with 111,180 units changing hands and gained 5 cents to end at $3.30, Lasco Financial climbed 25 cents and exchanged 51,666 shares at $5.20. Lasco Manufacturing closed trading of 3,500,905 units and gained 22 cents to end at $5.25, Limners and Bards climbed 14 cents in exchanging 665,000 shares to close at $3, Main Event climbed 2 cents after exchanging 700 shares at $5.22 and Stationery and Office Supplies declined 28 cents trading 5,800 units at $12.17.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market ended with heavy trading on Wednesday with six securities exchanging more than one million shares each leading to trading in 32,683,130 units valued at $145,214,995 compared to 1,069,455 units valued at $6,472,676 on Tuesday. 
Honey Bun declined by 20 cents to settle at $6.40, iCreate ended with a loss of 1 cent at 68 cents with 135,645 stock units changing hands, Indies Pharma ended trading with 2,186,278 shares, after rising 2 cents to end at $3.12. Jamaican Teas exchanged 1,539,506 shares, after rising 5 cents to end at $6.05, Lasco Distributors closed 8 cents higher at $3.33, with 11,400,136 stock units trading, Lasco Financial shed 20 cents in trading of 9,030 units at $4.90. Lasco Manufacturing ended market activity exchanging 11,775,157 shares to close at $5.03 after falling 2 cents, Limners and Bards climbed 16 cents and exchanged 153,520 shares at $2.72, SSL Venture closed trading of 16,919 units and gained 10 cents to end at $1.60 and Stationery and Office Supplies closed 5 cents higher at $12.05, with 41,224 stock units changing hands.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market Index declined by 30.21 points to close at 3,344.40 on Tuesday as 31 securities changed hands, with 16 rising, 9 declining and 6 remaining unchanged.
Key Insurance climbed 10 cents and exchanged 2,100 shares at $3.10, Lasco Distributors dipped 15 cents in exchanging 11,083 units at $3.25. Lasco Financial closed trading of 22,570 units and gained 20 cents to end at $5.10, Limners and Bards closed trading of 54,518 units and gained 11 cents to end at $2.56, Main Event rose 19 cents in trading 1,000 units at $5.30, Paramount Trading had 4,312 units changing hands and gained 30 cents to end at $2.10. Stationery and Office Supplies closed trading of 14,258 units and gained 13 cents to end at $12 and SSL Venture climbed 5 cents and exchanged 4,831 shares at $1.50.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market Index jumped 42.15 points to close at 3,374.61 on Monday as 30 securities changed hands, with 11 rising, 12 declining and 7 remaining unchanged.
Jamaican Teas ended trading with 63,736 shares after rising 37 cents to end at $6.30. Jetcon Corporation lost 9 cents with 8,100 units crossing the exchange at $1.90, Lasco Financial rose 5 cents to end at $4.90, with an exchange of 86,959 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing lost 30 cents trading 23,036 units at $5.05. Limners and Bards closed 5 cents lower at $2.45, with 30,992 stock units changing hands, Main Event climbed 9 cents in exchanging 8,053 shares at $5.11, Medical Disposables closed with a loss of 9 cents at $8, after swapping 1,000 shares. Paramount Trading ended market activity exchanging 100 shares to close at $1.80 after falling 20 cents and SSL Venture ended trading with 33,190 shares, after rising 15 cents to end at $1.45.