Derrimon Trading closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $10.50 on Thursday.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Thursday with 25 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 3,622,077 units valued at $8,835,893 down from 5,405,843 units valued at $23,297,183.
At the close of market activities, the prices of 13 securities advanced, 6 declined and 6 remained unchanged. The Junior Market Index advanced by just 7.05 points to close at 2,959.02.
Market activity ended with an average of 144,883 units for an average of $353,436 in contrast to 40,887 units for an average of $154,734 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 147,796 units with an average value of $529,433 and previously 149,489 units valued at $631,756. April closed with an average of 121,622 units at $506,803, for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended 1 cent higher at $1.94, with 2,728,431 stock units, CAC 2000 finished 55 cents higher at $9, with 5,368 shares, Caribbean Cream ended trading 1 cent higher at $4.61, with 700 shares, Caribbean Flavours traded at $11, with 150 stock units, Caribbean Producers finished trading at $5.30, with 8,483 units. Consolidated Bakeries closed 15 cents higher at $2.05, with 63,656 shares, C2W Music ended 2 cents higher at 45 cents, with 94,087 shares, Derrimon Trading concluded trading 50 cents higher at a 52 weeks’ high of $10.50, with 9,121 shares, Elite Diagnostic settled 4 cents higher at $3.25, with 16,367 units. Eppley ended trading with a loss of 15 cents at $9.50, with 2,000 shares, Express Catering traded 5 cents higher at $6, with 164,654 shares, FosRich Group finished trading at $2.45, with 40,493 shares, 
General Accident closed with a loss of 1 cent at $3, with 18,500 stock units. GWest Corporation ended at $2.40, with 79,075 units, Honey Bun concluded trading with a loss of 20 cents at $4.60, with 7,326 shares, Jamaican Teas ended trading 40 cents higher at $5, with 14,572 stock units, Jetcon Corporation traded with a loss of 2 cents at $4.13, with 30,765 units. Key Insurance finished trading 30 cents higher at $3.90, with 150 shares, Knutsford Express ended with a loss of 48 cents at $13.47, with 120 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading with a loss of 5 cents at $4.20, with 198,867 stock units, Lasco Financial finished 5 cents higher at $5.55, with 28,040 units. Lasco Manufacturing settled 2 cents higher at $3.75, with 67,278 shares, Main Event ended trading at $7.25, with 9,348 shares, Stationery and Office closed 20 cents higher at $6.20, with 32,246 units and tTech concluded trading at $5.75, with 2,280 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Trading on the Junior Market Index declined sharply from Tuesday, with an exchange of 1,022,183 units valued at $3,868,338.79, down from 5,405,843 shares valued at $23,297,183. 
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Honey Bun concluded trading at $4.80, with 3,000 shares, Jamaican Teas ended trading with a loss of 40 cents at $4.60, with 11,892 stock units, Jetcon Corporation traded with a loss of 10 cents at $4.15, with 6,133 units, Key Insurance finished trading 10 cents higher at $3.60, with 13,837 shares. Knutsford Express ended with a loss of 5 cents at $13.95, with 1,157 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading with a loss of 5 cents at $4.25, with 14,352 stock units, Lasco Financial finished with a loss of 12 cents at $5.50, with 24,698 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled with a loss of 36 cents at $3.73, with 566,919 shares. Main Event ended trading 25 cents higher at $7.25, with 5,000 shares, Medical Disposables traded at $5, with 12,130 shares, Paramount Trading finished trading at $3.10, with 11,281 stock units and tTech concluded trading with a loss of 25 cents at $5.75, with 34,495 shares changing hands.
The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange that closed at record high on Monday and went on to close higher on Tuesday, at yet another record, is again trading in record territory at the start of trading on Wednesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
Jetcon Corporation traded 10 cents higher at $4.25, with 100,300 units, Lasco Distributors concluded trading 25 cents higher at $4.30, with 4,423,848 stock units, Lasco Financial finished at $5.62, with 34,210 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled 1 cent higher at $4.09, with 42,844 shares. Main Event ended trading at $7, with 16,018 shares, Medical Disposables traded at $5, with 35,681 shares, Paramount Trading finished trading at $3.10, with 100,000 stock units, Stationery and Office closed 4 cents higher at $6, with 470,750 units and tTech concluded trading at $6, with 4,500 shares changing hands.
Stocks closed much higher on the Jamaica Stock Exchange main market on Monday than on Friday as the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index jumped 2,366.31 points to record close of 328,893.09. 
In contrast to 922,149 units valued at an average of $13,107,025 on Friday. The average for the month to date is 708,206 shares with a value of $6,395,518 and previously 723,010 shares with a value of $5,999,413. In contrast, March closed with an average of 626,526 units with an average value at $20,492,207 for each security traded.
Scotia Group finished trading at $50, with 608,581 shares traded, Seprod rose 76 cents and concluded trading at $34.99, with 2,700 stock units, Supreme Ventures gained 13 cents and settled at $11.70, with 1,089,028 shares. Victoria Mutual Investments gained 5 cents and ended trading at $4.25, with 194,155 shares, Wisynco Group traded with a gain of 16 cents at $10.85, with 1,382,174 shares. In the main market preference segment, Jamaica Money Market 7.25% lost 5 cents and ended trading at $2.50, with 1,800 shares, Jamaica Money Market7.5% traded at $1.92, with 2,138 stock units, JMMBC 7.25% ended rose 10 cents to $2.10, with 50,000 shares, Proven Investments 8.25% rose 90 cent and closed at $5.90, with 712,300 stock units changing hands.
The Junior Market Index closed trading on Monday with a gain of just 3.84 points to 2,988.82 as 26 securities changed hands up from 25 trading on Friday, with 5 rising, 12 declining and 9 remaining unchanged. 
At the close of the market, Access Financial ended at $47, with 144 shares trading, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 4 cents to a 52 weeks’ low of $1.93, while exchanging 138,986 stock units, Caribbean Cream fell 65 cents to $5, with 1,000 shares, Caribbean Producers finished trading at $5.40, with 15,072 units, Consolidated Bakeries closed with a loss of 5 cents at $1.90, after 11,951 shares changed hands. Derrimon Trading concluded trading at $10, with 6,000 shares, Elite Diagnostic settled with a loss of 5 cents at $3.20, with 121,237 units, Eppley ended trading 10 cents higher at $9.60, with 500 shares, Express Catering traded at $6, with 28,667 shares. FosRich Group finished trading 10 cents higher at $2.45, with 37,631 shares, General Accident closed with a loss of 15 cents at $3.02, with 26,000 stock units, GWest Corporation ended with a loss of 3 cents at $2.42, with 28,853 units changing hands, Honey Bun concluded trading with a loss of 5 cents at $4.60, with 31,000 shares. Jamaican Teas ended trading at $5, with 64,809 stock units, 
Jetcon Corporation traded with a loss of 15 cents at $4.15, with 530,003 units, Key Insurance finished trading 10 cents higher at $3.50, with 1,000 shares, KLE Group closed at $2.45, with 1,796 stock units. Knutsford Express ended at $14, with 761 shares, Lasco Distributors concluded trading with a loss of 5 cents at $4.05, with 45,252 stock units, Lasco Financial finished with a loss of 3 cents at $5.62, with 325,528 units, Lasco Manufacturing settled with a loss of 41 cents at $4.08, with 6,000 shares. Main Event ended trading 38 cents higher at $7, with 21,938 shares, Paramount Trading finished trading 5 cents higher at $3.10, with 450 stock units, Stationery and Office closed with a loss of 3 cents at $5.96, with 1,479 units and tTech concluded trading at $6, with 16,240 shares. In the junior market preference segment, Eppley settled at $6, with 5,000 shares, changing hands.
Stocks closed much higher on the Jamaica Stock Exchange main market on Friday than on Thursday as the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index increased by 96.51 points to 325,799.33 and the JSE Index advanced by 87.93 points to 296,840.01.
Main market activity ended with 22,131,577 units valued at $314,568,605 compared to 6,955,242 units valued at over $271,269,169 on Thursday. At the close of trading Wisynco Group ended with 8,307,655 units and accounted for 37.54 percent of the day’s volume followed by Ciboney Group with 7,063,873 units and 31.92 percent of the volume and Sagicor Group closed with 4,907,816 units and 22.18 percent of the day’s volume.
Pulse Investments concluded trading at $1.79, with 1,085 shares, Sagicor Group settled at $37.60, with a rise of 10 cents after 4,907,816 shares traded and Sagicor Real Estate Fund settled at $15, with 20,000 shares. Scotia Group lost 50 cents to trade at $50, with 202,000 units, Seprod fell 77 cents and finished trading at $34.23, with 58,738 shares, Supreme Ventures lost 18 cents and ended at $11.57, with 297,625 shares, Victoria Mutual Investments concluded trading at $4.20, after losing 10 cents with 227,874 stock units and Wisynco Group finished at $10.69, up 19 cents with 8,307,655 units changing hands. In the main market preference segment, JMMB Group 7.5% finished at 99 cents, with 10,590 stock units changing hands.
A total of 15 securities rose on and only 4 fell on the Junior Market Index on Friday leading to a 22.8 4 points rise to close at 2,98.984 as 25 securities changed hands, up from 24 on Thursday. 
IC bid-offer Indicator|At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows just 1 stock ending with the bid higher than the last selling price and 2 with lower offers.
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