Main Event ended at a 52 weeks’ closing high on friday of $8.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange resulted in an exchange of 3,931,183 units valued at $15,372,700, compared to 2,550,756 units valued at $11,503,215 on Thursday.
At the close of market activities 23 securities changed hands compared to 23 on Thursday. Trading ended on Friday with the prices of 9 securities rising, 9 falling and 5 remaining unchanged leading the Junior Market Index gained 15.47 points to close at 2,965.34.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 7 with lower offers.
Market activity ended with an average of 170,921 units for an average of $668,378 in contrast to 110,902 units for an average of $500,140 on Thursday. May closed with an average of 217,589 units valued at $1,322,452 for each security traded.
At the close of the market, Access Financial closed at $48, with 1,156 shares trading, AMG Packaging ended 10 cents higher at $2.10, with 1,786 stock units, Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of 50 cents at $9.50, trading 611 shares, Caribbean Producers finished trading 45 cents higher at $5.25, with 102,100 units, Consolidated Bakeries jumped 50 cents to close at $2.50, with 40,000 shares. Derrimon Trading rose 15 cents to end at $9.15, with 6,769 shares, Elite Diagnostic settled with a loss of 2 cents at $3.13, with 61,939 units, Eppley ended trading with a loss of $2.04 at $8.14, while exchnaging 3,000 shares, Express Catering traded 65 cents higher at $6.75, with 18,900 shares. FosRich Group finished trading with a loss of 1 cent at $2.58, with 11,017 shares changing hands, General Accident closed with a loss of 6 cents at $3.39, with 979,394 stock units trading, GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 4 cents at $2.11, with 11,755 units, Iron Rock finished at $3.05, with 32,000 shares. 
Jamaican Teas ended trading at $4.80, exchanging 167,054 stock units, Jetcon Corporation traded 5 cents higher at $4.10, with 35,500 units, Lasco Distributors concluded trading with a loss of 4 cents at $4, as 2,106,900 shares changed hands, Lasco Financial finished with a loss of 5 cents at $5.20, with 21,690 units. Lasco Manufacturing settled with a rise of 5 cents to $4, trading 266,500 shares, Main Event traded 65 cents higher to end at a 52 weeks’ closing high of $8, with 9,962 shares, Medical Disposables traded with a loss of 22 cents at $4.30, with 5,000 shares, Stationery and Office closed 6 cents higher at $8.06, with 14,152 units and tTech concluded trading with a loss of 70 cents at $5.30, trading 10,000 shares. In the junior market preference segment, Eppley 8.75% settled at $6, with 23,998 shares changed hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
aribbean Cement jumped $1.95 to finish at $40, with 290,000 shares, Grace Kennedy ended trading at $49.65, with 615 shares, Jamaica Broilers dived $3.81 in trading 169,101,565 stock units to close at $18.19, Jamaica Producers gained 35 cents and finished trading at $16.60, with 55,264 units. JMMB Group ended at $27.80 after falling 20 cents, with 32,827 shares, Kingston Wharves climbed $1.90 to end at $46.90, with 8,237 stock units, Mayberry Investments added 35 cents to settle at $6.45, with 16,539 units, NCB Financial Group ended trading at $95 after rising $1, with 30,897 shares changing hands. 1834 Investments traded at $1.16, with 45,000 shares, 138 Student Living lost 10 cents to end at $4.99, with 229 units, PanJam Investment closed at $45, with 16,005 stock units, 
Portland JSX rose 25 cents and ended at $9.50, with 3,000 units, Radio Jamaica finished at $1.28, with 54,000 shares. Sagicor Group rallied $1.30 to settle at $38.30, with 113,627 shares changing hands, Sagicor Real Estate Fund settled at $14, with 16,082 shares, Salada Foods ended trading at $14, with 35,962 stock units, Scotia Group dropped $1.53 in closing trading at $50, with 102,271 units, Sterling Investments closed at $12.80, with 455 shares. Supreme Ventures ended with a gain of 20 to end at $13, with 30,505 shares, Victoria Mutual Investments concluded trading at $4, with 37,052 stock units, Wisynco Group finished at $9.95 having risen 25 cents, with 162,964 units. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market 7.5% traded at $2, with 972 stock units, Productivity Business 9.75% lost $2 in trading 1,000 shares at $103.
In the US dollar market, Productivity Business Solutions, ordinary share finished trading with a fall of 1 cent, to 61 US cents, with 1,512 units trading and Proven Investments ended with 12,550 units trading with the rise of 1 cents to 23 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index rose 7.33 points to close at 181.11.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange resulted in an exchange of 2,550,756 units valued at $11,503,215 compared to 3,694,880 units valued at $16,175,190 on Wednesday. 
April closed with an average of 121,622 units at $506,803, for each security traded.
KLE Group finished trading 50 cents higher at $3, with 7,466 shares. Knutsford Express closed at $12.50, with 671 shares, Lasco Distributors ended with a loss of 6 cents at $4.04, after 384,910 shares traded, Lasco Financial concluded trading and gained 5 cents to $5.25, with 28,264 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing fell 25 cents to close at $3.95, with 159,483 units traded. Main Event settled with a loss of 35 cents at $7.35, with 33,031 shares after trading at a 52 weeks’ high of $8.10, Medical Disposables ended trading 2 cents higher at $4.52, with 21,000 shares, Stationery and Office closed with a loss of 12 cents at $8, after 13,397 stock units changed hands and tTech ended with a loss of 10 cents at $6, while 113,585 shares traded. In the junior market preference segment, Eppley 9.5% settled at $6, with 4,883 shares that changed hands.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 9 with lower offers.
Knutsford Express ended at $12.50 after gaining $1 trading 34,769 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading with a rise of 10 cents at $4.10, exchanging 12,000 stock units, Lasco Financial finished with a loss of 20 cents at $5.20, with 4,659 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled 20 cents higher at $4.20, with 10,450 shares. Main Event rose 40 cents to $7.70, with 21,539 shares, Paramount Trading finished trading with a loss of 12 cents at $2.88, in exchnaging 5,000 stock units, Stationery and Office closed 2 cents higher at $8.12, with 25,797 units and tTech concluded trading with a loss of 15 cents at $6.10, after 100 shares changed hands. In the Junior Market preference segment, Eppley 8.25% concluded trading at $6, with 162,933 units trading, Eppley 8.75% settled at $6, with 32,500 shares and Eppley 9.5% finished with a loss of 1 cent at $6, trading 8,275 shares.
Jamaica cross country luxury bus operators, Knutsford Express traded 19.44 million shares on the Junior Market as the NCB Financial Group continues to reduce their holdings in the company and booking some hefty profits in the process. 
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 224,366 units with an average value of $1,343,731 and previously 187,592 units with an average value of $886,396. April closed with an average of 121,622 units at $506,803, for each security traded.
Jetcon Corporation traded with a loss of 6 cents at $4, while 34,435 units changed hands, KLE Group closed with a loss of 35 cents at $2.50, trading 13,000 shares, Knutsford Express ended with a loss of 99 cents at a 52 weeks’ low of $11.50, with 19,440,611 shares changing hands, Lasco Distributors concluded trading 10 cents higher at $4, with 56,281 stock units. Lasco Financial finished 40 cents higher at $5.40, with 4,985 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled at $4, with 17,000 shares, Main Event ended trading with a loss of 30 cents at $7.30, as 6,277 shares were exchanged, Stationery and Office closed with a loss of 29 cents at $8.10, with 76,232 units and tTech concluded trading with a loss of 25 cents at $6.25, exchanging 3,967 shares. In the Junior Market preference segment, Eppley 8.25% concluded trading at $6, with 3,400 units, Eppley 9.5% finished 1 cent higher at $6.01, with 2,942 shares, changed hands.
Trading levels on the Junior Market fell sharply from Friday’s 6,308,783 units valued at $25,012,631, to just 776,551 units valued at a mere $3,574,246 on Monday. 
April closed with an average of 121,622 units at $506,803, for each security traded.
Knutsford Express ended 49 cents higher at $12.49, with 741 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading with a loss of 14 cents at $3.90, with 17,497 stock units. Lasco Financial finished with a loss of 20 cents at $5, with 91,733 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled with a loss of 20 cents at $4, with 16,873 shares, Main Event ended trading 60 cents higher at $7.60, with 67,788 shares, Medical Disposables traded with a loss of 10 cents at $4.50, with 29,378 shares. Paramount Trading finished trading 24 cents higher at $3, with 15,166 stock units, Stationery and Office closed 11 cents lower to $8.39, with 48,983 units and tTech gained 50 cents to close at $6.50, with 5,905 shares. In the junior market preference segment, Eppley 8.25% concluded trading at $6, as 5,000 units changed hands.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange recovered some of the grounds lost on Friday but the gains in the indices still was short of the more than 2,000 points fall on Friday. 
Trading resulted in an average of 97,725 units valued at an average of $1,581,684 compared to 281,927 units valued at $2,621,725 for each security traded on Friday. The average for the month to date is 321,872 shares with a value of $11,460,634, previously 335,057 shares with a value of $12,075,324. In contrast, April closed with an average of 708,206 shares with a value of $6,395,518 for each security traded.
Trading on the JSE main market ended with the overall volume and value falling below normal levels on Monday as 2,736,291 units valued at over $44,287,155 changed hands. 
Grace Kennedy ended trading at $48.60 after rising 10 cents, with 10,193 shares, Jamaica Broilers rose 25 cents in closing at $20.25, with 51,343 stock units, Jamaica Producers fell 45 cents to finish trading at $16.25, with 1,000 units, Jamaica Stock Exchange closed with a loss of 40 cents to $7.10, in trading 700 shares. JMMB Group rose 5 cents to end at $27.05, with 38,277 shares, Kingston Wharves dropped $1 and finished at $46, with 329,678 stock units trading, Mayberry Investments settled at $6.25, after rising 25 cents with 29,780 units trading, NCB Financial Group shed 19 cents and ended trading at $94.80, with 81,775 shares. 138 Student Living settled at $5.09, after slipping 1 cents with 10,000 units, PanJam Investment added 50 cents to trade at $45, with 55,613 shares, Portland JSX closed at $10, with 4,524 stock units, Radio Jamaica rose 29 cents and concluded trading at $1.29, with 22,024 shares, Sagicor Group finished 35 cents higher at $36.50, trading 70,113 shares, Salada Foods lost $1 in settling at $14, with 10,000 shares changing hands. 
Scotia Group ended trading at $50.63, with 4,964 stock units, Seprod ended trading at $35, with 77,744 units, Supreme Ventures rose 40 cents and closed at $13, with 44,500 shares, Victoria Mutual Investments lost 5 cents and ended at $4, with 1,373,388 shares and Wisynco Group rose 30 cents and concluded trading at $10, with 159,255 stock units changing hands. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market 7.5% traded at $2, with 500 stock units, JMMB Group 7% closed at $2.01, with 124,800 shares, JMMB Group 7.25% issued in 2019 ended at $2.05, with 24,800 shares and the older dated JMMB Group 7.25% concluded trading at $1.50, with 100 shares, changing hands.