The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market Index rose 38.69 points to close at 3,189.88 on Tuesday and sits just 1.8 percent below the opening level for the year and just slightly lower than the close on January 23.
Blue Power jumped to a 52 weeks’ intraday high of $10 while Elite Diagnostic traded at a 52 weeks’ high of $5.20 but pulled back to $5 at the close.
The market closed on Tuesday with 31 securities changing hands, compared to 28 on Monday, resulting in the prices of 11 rising 10 declining and 7 remaining unchanged.
Trading picked up over Monday’s levels with an exchange of 6,303,420 units valued at $17,549,511, compared to 2,560,330 units priced at $11,043,949 on Monday.
Trading ended with an average of 203,336 units at $566,113 for each security traded, in contrast to 91,440 units for an average of $394,427 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 94,283 units with a value of $324,317 for each security traded, compared to 87,090 units with a value of $308,369 traded previously.
June ended with an average of 166,169 units at $674,841 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and one closed with a lower offer.
Stocks ending with price changes| Access Financial gained $1.45 to end at $47.95, trading 1,093 shares, Access Financial gained $47.95 to end at $1.45, trading 1,093 shares, AMG Packaging exchanged 89,626 shares to close at $2.30 after falling 13 cents, Blue Power gained $2.01 to end at record high of $10 trading 2,100 stock units. Derrimon Trading lost 37 cents trading of 4,953,267 units at $2.19, Express Catering closed trading of 82,000 units and gained 34 cents to end at $6.15, Elite Diagnostic ended market activity exchanging 23,000 shares to close at $5 after falling 15 cents, Fosrich Group climbed 4 cents and exchanged 23,155 shares at $4.72.
Fontana gained $1.14 to end at $8.45 with 355,933 stock units trading, General Accident dipped 23 cents in trading of 64,972 units at $4.15, iCreate closed trading of 102,500 units and gained 6 cents to end at 66 cents, ISP Finance fell 20 cents in trading of 3,783 units to end at $13.65. Jamaican Teas lost 13 cents in trading 100 shares to close at $4.30, Jetcon Corporation exchanged 73,886 shares to close at $1.60 after falling 20 cents, Lasco Distributors dipped 18 cents in trading of 55,300 units at $3.15, Lasco Manufacturing shed 8 cents in trading of 29,235 units at $4.20. Medical Disposables closed trading of 53,095 units and gained 30 cents to end at $7. Main Event climbed 45 cents and exchanged 12,176 shares at $7, Ironrock Insurance climbed 4 cents and exchanged 500 shares at $3.57, Stationery and Office Supplies climbed 69 cents and exchanged 26,328 shares to end at $9.70 and tTech Limited ended trading of 62,382 shares, after rising 15 cents to end at $5.25.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market Index rose 24.98 points to 3,151.19 on Monday as rising stocks edged out declining ones. 
GWest Corporation ended trading with 96,535 shares, after rising 4 cents to end at $1, Honey Bun lost $1.05 cents in trading of 15,660 units at $5. iCreate Limited declined by 10 cents to settle at record low of 60 cents, in trading of 118,800 units, Jamaican Teas ended with a loss of 1 cent at $4.43 with 7,762 stock units changing hands, Lasco Distributors ended trading with 354,542 shares, after rising 13 cents to end at $3.30. Lasco Manufacturing exchanged 243,393 shares after rising 8 cents, to end at $4.28. Main Event lost 15 cents in trading of 13,570 units to close at $6.55 and Paramount Trading ended with a loss of 1 cent at 1.79 with 5,000 stock units changing hands.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market Index jumped 42.38 points to close at 3,126.21 on Friday as rising stocks beat declining ones 3 to 2.
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 86,814 units with a value of $302,918 for each security traded, compared to 89,989 units with a value of $295,131 traded previously. June ended with an average of 166,169 units at $674,841 for each security traded.
Honey Bun climbed 15 cents and exchanged 1,000 shares at $6.05, iCreate ended with a loss of 1 cent at 70 cents with 102,230 stock units changing hands. Indies Pharma ended trading with 320,470 shares, after rising 1 cent to end at $3.02, Jamaican Teas ended with a loss of 1 cent at $4.44 with 21,911 stock units changing hands, Jetcon Corporation fell 9 cents in trading 2,084 units at $1.80. Lasco Distributors closed 5 cents higher at $3.20, with 38,196 stock units trading. Iron Rock Insurance closed trading of 3,000 units with a gain of 3 cents to end at $3.53, Stationery and Office Supplies declined 1 cent, to close at 9.01, with 58,105 stock units changing hands and tTech ended trading of 27,199 shares, after rising 10 cents to end at $5.10.
June ended with an average of 166,169 units at $674,841 for each security traded.
GWest Corporation closed trading of 171,006 units with a gain of 9 cents to end at 91 cents, Honey Bun dipped 15 cents in trading of 10,000 units at $5.90. iCreate fell 2 cents in trading 9,496 units at 71 cents, Indies Pharma declined 2 cents in trading of 80,365 units to close at $3.01, Jamaican Teas climbed 1 cent in exchanging 19,777 shares at $4.45, Lasco Distributors closed 5 cents higher at $3.15, with 680,499 stock units trading. Lasco Financial ended trading with 104,594 shares, after rising 10 cents to close at $4.60, Medical Disposables declined 23 cents in trading 6,160 units at $6.70, Stationery and Office Supplies shed 48 cents in trading 217,587 units to close at $9.02, tTech shed 25 cents in trading of 6,000 units to end at $5. In the junior market preference segment, Derrimon Trading climbed 5 cents and exchanged 6,114 shares at $2.05.
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 89,671 units with a value of $300,971 for each security traded, compared to 90,656 shares valued at $304,347 traded previously. June ended with an average of 166,169 units at $674,841 for each security traded.
Fontana gained $1.05 to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $7.15, trading 87,465 stock units, General Accident climbed 20 cents exchanging 6,688 shares to end at $4.10. Gwest Corporation gained 1 cent to end at 82 cents, in trading 284,451 shares, Honey Bun closed trading of 19,210 units and gained 5 cents to end at $6.05, iCreate ended trading with 127,464 shares, after rising 2 cents to end at 73 cents, Indies Pharma climbed 2 cents and exchanged 368,800 shares at $3.03. Jetcon Corporation traded 465 shares, after rising 19 cents to end at $1.89, KLE Group exchanged 20,000 shares, after rising 2 cents to end at $1.72, Lasco Financial lost 20 cents in trading 27,752 shares to close at $4.50. Main Event ended trading with 114,524 shares, after rising 30 cents to end at $6.70, Ironrock Insurance closed trading of 60,334 units with a gain of 15 cents to end at $3.50 and tTech declined 25 cents in trading of 1,811 units to close at $5.25.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange enjoyed a big bounce on Tuesday with the market Index jumping 63.13 points to close at 3,076.53. 
Honey Bun closed 5 cents higher at $6, with 29,579 stock units trading, Indies Pharma shed 5 cents in trading of 272,182 units at $3.01, Iron Rock Insurance shed 15 cents in trading of 4,230 units at $3.35, Jamaican Teas ended trading with 250 shares, after rising 4 cents to end at $4.44, Jetcon Corporation gained 10 cents to end at $1.70 with 137,940 stock units trading. Key Insurance lost 5 cents in trading 12,693 shares to close at 52 weeks’ low of $2.85, Lasco Distributors climbed 10 cents in exchanging 38,962 shares at $3.10, Lasco Financial ended trading with 143,000 shares, after rising 21 cents to end at $4.70, Medical Disposables dipped 16 cents in trading of 1,000 units at $6.93. Main Event ended trading with 10,793 shares, after rising 8 cents to end at $6.40 shares and Stationery and closed 35 cents higher at $9.50, with an exchange of 9,573 stock units.
June ended with an average of 166,169 units at $674,841 for each security traded.
Fontana closed trading of 171,573 units and gained 13 cents to end at $6.20. General Accident lost 10 cents trading 1,540 units at $4.20, Gwest Corporation declined 14 cents in trading of 558,259 units to end at an all-time closing low of 70 cents, Honey Bun lost 5 cents in exchanging 6,000 units at $5.95, Jamaican Teas dipped 5 cents in with 44,032 units changing hands at $4.40. Jetcon Corporation declined 35 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.60, trading 85,000 shares, Key Insurance ended market activity exchanging 2,021 shares, to close at $2.90 after falling 10 cents. Lasco Financial ended with a loss of 1 cent at $4.49 with 18,200 stock units changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing climbed 14 cents after exchanging 134,182 shares at $4.20 and Main Event lost 38 cents in trading 12,734 shares to close at $6.32.

Gwest Corporation closed 3 cents higher at 84 cents, with 167,462 stock units trading, but traded at an all-time low of 70 cents earlier in the trading session. Honey Bun ended market activity exchanging 87,841 shares to close at $6 after falling 21 cents, iCreate Limited ended with a loss of 1 cent at 71 cents with 551,200 stock units changing hands, Jamaican Teas shed 5 cents in trading of 36,000 units at $4.45, Jetcon Corporation lost 5 cents in exchanging 7,813 shares to close at $1.95. Knutsford Express lost 50 cents trading 108,090 units to close at $11. Lasco Distributors declined 30 cents trading of 466,362 units to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $3. Lasco Manufacturing lost 4 cents in exchanging 103,219 units at $4.06, Medical Disposables climbed 9 cents and exchanged 12,999 shares at $7.09, Main Event ended trading with 6,882 shares, after rising 99 cents to end at $6.70 and Stationery and Office Supplies ended market activity with 2,500 shares changing hands to close at $9.15 after falling 65 cents.

Gwest Corporation ended trading with 146,416 shares, after rising 1 cent to end at 81 cents, iCreate closed 2 cents higher at 72 cents, with an exchange of 50,704 stock units, Indies Pharma exchanged 165,048 shares, after rising 5 cents to end at $3.06, ISP Finance traded 5,000 shares, after rising 20 cents to end at $13.85. Jamaican Teas closed 9 cents higher at $4.50, with 164,588 stock units changing hands, Lasco Distributors fell 10 cents in trading 43,349 units at $3.30, Lasco Manufacturing closed 1 cent higher at $4.10, with 26,900 stock units trading and Stationery and Office Supplies climbed 79 cents to $9.80, with an exchange of 94,378 stock units. In the junior market preference segment, CAC 2000 shed 25 cents in trading 80,114 units at 52 weeks’ low of 90 cents.

KLE Group lost 40 cents in trading of 7,700 units in closing at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.70. Caribbean Cream climbed 70 cents and exchanged 8,895 shares at $5.50, Lasco Distributors ended trading with 16,523 shares, after rising 20 cents to close at $3.40, Lasco Financial closed with a loss of 10 cents at $4.50, in swapping 39,324 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended with a loss of 1 cent at 4.09 with 3,653,139 stock units changing hands. Medical Disposables closed trading of 14,410 units and gained 30 cents to end at $7, Paramount Trading ended with a loss of 1 cent at 1.80 with 14,879 stock units trading, Stationery and Office Supplies closed with a loss of 34 cents at $9.01, trading 6,156 shares and tTech closed 30 cents higher at $5.50, with 4,024 stock units trading.