Junior Market trading positively with higher highs and higher lows
The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market jumped by a sharp 52.12 points to 3,404.27 on Friday with 9 securities gaining, 9 falling and 7 remaining unchanged.
The market closed with 25 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 1,150,661 units valued at $4,145,571, compared to 3,148,377 units valued $25,692,771 from 30 securities trading on Thursday.
Trading ended with an average of 46,026 units for an average of $165,823 in contrast to 104,946 units for an average of $856,426 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 79,306 shares at $448,516 and previously 85,292 shares at $499,360, for each security traded. In contrast, October closed with an average of 186,927 units valued at $788,734 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 5 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging shed 14 cents in trading 52,000 units to close at $1.90, Caribbean Producers lost 29 cents to end at $4.51, in swapping of 52,000 shares, Consolidated Bakeries ended with a loss of 1 cent at $1.74 with 40,000 stock units changing hands. Dolphin Cove climbed $1 to settle at $10 with an exchange of 100 shares, Derrimon Trading rose 9 cents and exchanged 298,418 shares and finished at $2.69. Elite Diagnostic rose 28 cents and swapped 10,650 shares at $5.78. Everything Fresh rose 7 cents with 156,568 shares changing hands at $1.25, Fontana ended market activity exchanging 101,689 shares to close at $7.23 after falling 27 cents. General Accident closed trading of 21,635 units and gained 64 cents to end at $8.15, GWest Corporation closed 9 cents higher at $1.14, with 809 stock units crossing the exchange. 
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.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
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.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market closed October with heavy trading on Thursday with Derrimon Trading 31 million shares out of a total of 31,699,661 units amounting to $87,399,668 compared to 32,683,130 units valued at $145,214,995 on Wednesday.
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 186,927 units valued at $788,734 and previously 142,388 units valued at $670,885 for each security trading. In contrast, September closed with an average of 954,574 units valued at $2,612,695 for each security traded.
Fosrich closed with an increase of 1 cent at $4.71, with 8,000 stock units trading, GWest Corporation lost 6 cents in trading 7,500 units at $1.05, Honey Bun rose 20 cents in exchanging 1,202 shares at $6.60, Indies Pharma declined by 2 cents to settle at $3.10 after exchanging 38,826 shares. Knutsford Express traded 591 units and gained 25 cents to end at $10.85, Lasco Distributors fell 8 cents with 1,061 units crossing the exchange to close at $3.25, Lasco Financial ended 5 cents higher at $4.95, with 23,366 stock units changing hands. Limners and Bards closed 14 cents higher at $2.86, with 130,400 stock units crossing the exchange, Main Event lost 10 cents in trading 1,000 shares to close at $5.20 and Stationery and Office Supplies ended trading with 2,200 shares, after rising 40 cents to end at $12.45.
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.
shows 8 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Knutsford Express fell 40 cents in trading of 3,500 units to close at $10.60, Lasco Distributors closed with a loss of 15 cents at $3.35, in swapping of 30,854 shares, Lasco Financial ended market activity exchanging 24,295 shares to close at $4.85 after falling 6 cents. Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 67,885 shares, after rising 45 cents to end at $5.35, Main Event dipped 96 cents in trading of 7,525 units at $5.02, Stationery and Office Supplies closed trading of 4,300 units and gained 2 cents to end at $11.87. SSL Venture fell 8 cents exchanging 30,900 units at $1.30 and tTech lost 79 cents in trading 2,140 shares to close at $6.
