Fontana traded at a record high of $6.50.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange finished on Thursday with 31 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 1,571,911 units valued at $7,260,237 compared to 2,596,610 units valued at $10,273,509 on Wednesday.
At the close of market activities, the prices of 12 securities advanced, 11 declined and 8 remained unchanged. The Junior Market Index advanced 9.90 points to close at 3,108.84.
rading ended with an average of 50,707 units for an average of $234,201 in contrast to 89,538 units for an average of $354,259 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 59,608 shares valued at $233,610 for each security traded compared to 63,015 shares valued at $233,383 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 8 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging declined 10 cents in trading of 21,794 units at $1.90, Caribbean Cream shed 20 cents in trading of 63,191 units to close at $4.80, Caribbean Flavours climbed 30 cents and exchanged 10,000 shares at $14.30, Caribbean Producers ended trading with 1,500 shares, after rising 19 cents to end at $4.95. Consolidated Bakeries declined by 20 cents to settle at $1.80, in exchanging 25,100 shares, Dolphin Cove climbed 5 cents and traded 25,332 shares at $11.75, Derrimon Trading climbed 4 cents with 20,100 shares trading at $2.54. Everything Fresh lost 3 cents in trading 26,106 units at $1.37, Elite Diagnostic ended trading with 73,335 shares, after rising 5 cents to end at $4.40, Express Catering closed 17 cents higher at $6.87, with 20,125 stock units trading, Fosrich Group lost 21 cents in trading 24,039 shares to close at 4.25 cents. Fontana ended trading with 418,248 shares, after rising 5 cents to end at a record high of $5.90,but the stock traded as higgh as $6.50 in the morning. 
General Accident ended trading with 27,371 shares, after rising 15 cents to end at $4.20, GWest Corporation declined by 3 cents to settle at all-time low of 98 cents, iCreate closed 1 cent higher at 73 cents, with 54,529 stock units trading. Indies Pharma climbed 3 cents and exchanged 22,427 shares at $3.18, ISP Finance declined $3.35 in trading of 2,916 units to close at $13.65, Jetcon Corporation lost 18 cents in trading of 10,650 units at close at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.70, Key Insurance decline 35 cents in trading of 5,494 units at $3. Lasco Distributors gained 5 cents and finished trading at 40,207 shares at $3.35, Lasco Financial closed trading of 280,000 shares at $4.10, Lasco Manufacturing lost 5 cents in trading 221,052 shares to close at $4.20, Main Event closed trading of 44,886 units and gained 42 cents to end at $6.52 and Paramount Trading lost 20 cents in trading of 1,300 units at $1.80.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,270,097 units valued at $4,635,018 changing hands, compared 762,722 units valued at $3,096,727fro each securities traded. June closed with an average of 1,608,485 units valued at $19,605,318 for each security traded.
NCB Financial Group added 50 cents and concluded trading 79,816 shares at $190, while 138 Student Living rose 28 cents to $3.95, in trading 50,472 shares. PanJam Investment lost $4 to settle at $96 with 211,728 shares changing hands, Pulse Investments lost 28 cents trading 300,000 shares to close at $2.50, Sagicor Group gained $1 and finished trading 191,385 stock units at $58 and Stanley Motta traded 10,263,122 units and lost 30 cents in ending at $5.
Indies Pharma climbed 14 cents and exchanged 82,496 shares at $3.15. Iron Rock Insurance climbed 15 cents and exchanged 3,002 shares at $3.50, ISP Finance closed at $17 with an exchange of 3,200 shares, Jamaican Teas ended trading with 15,333 shares, after rising 54 cents to end at $4.40. Key Insurance traded 8,867 shares at $3.35, Lasco Distributors fell 10 cents in trading of 415,716 units at $3.30, Lasco Financial closed with a loss of 60 cents at $4.10, in trading of 383,802 shares, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.25, with an exchange of 651,176 stock units. Main Event ended at $6.10, trading 34,859 stock units and Medical Disposables declined 2 cents in exchanging 30,500 units at $6.70 and Derrimon Trading preference shares saw 2,000 units crossing the exchange at $2.
The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed at a new record high on Tuesday, the third record close in three days, but advancing stocks were outgunned by declining ones almost two to one. 
NCB Financial Group lost 50 cents and concluded trading 79,816 shares at $189.50, while 138 Student Living fell 33 cents to $3.67, in trading 6,450 shares. PanJam Investment lost $1 to settle at $100 with 39,307 shares changing hands, Scotia Group dropped $2.95 to settle at $57.05, while trading 579,341 shares, Seprod declined $1.60 to end trading of 9,058 shares at $46.90 and Sygnus Credit Investments rose 50 cents to end at a record close of $16, with 54,245 units trading.
At the close of the market, Access Financial dipped 30 cents in trading of 720 units at $46, AMG Packaging closed trading of 25,100 units and gained 1 cent to end at $2.06, Blue Power decline 5 cents in trading of 3,000 units at $4.95. CAC 2000 settled at $15 with only 7,000 stock units trading, Caribbean Cream ended market activity exchanging 31,682 shares to close at $5 after falling 25 cents, Cargo Handlers traded 1,2598 shares at $9.50, Caribbean Producers exchanged 9,986 shares at $4.90, Consolidated Bakeries closed 23 cents higher at $2, with 10,000 stock units trading. Derrimon Trading close with a loss of 3 cents at $2.49, after swapping 294,634, shares, Dolphin Cove dipped 25 cents in trading of 793 units at $11.75. Elite Diagnostic closed 10 cents higher at $4.10, with 95,751 stock units trading, Everything Fresh ended trading with 200,100 shares, after rising 11 cents to end at $1.48, Express Catering ended trading with 36,396 shares, to end at $6.70. FosRich Group ended with a loss of 1 cent at 4.49 with 21,629 stock units changing hand. Fontana closed trading of 144,842 units and gained 35 cents to end at $5.60, GWest Corporation fell 16 cents in trading of 155,689 units to close at $1.05 after the company reported a big loss for the year ended March, Honey Bun shed 5 cents in trading of 28,300 units at $6.60. iCreate ended with an exchange of 142,800 shares, after rising 1 cent to end at 73 cents, 
Indies Pharma closed with a loss of 9 cents at $3.01, in trading 200,000 shares, Iron Rock closed with a loss of 15 cents at $3.35, exchanging 25,000, shares, ISP Finance lost $2.63 in trading just 300 units at $17. Jamaican Teas shed 39 cents in trading 302,054 units to close at $3.86, Key insurance traded 2,000 shares to close at $3.35, Knutsford Express closed trading of 18,800 units and gained 29 cents to end at $12.79, Lasco Distributors ended trading with 129,119 shares, to end at $3.40, Lasco Financial fell 30 cents with 187,457 units changing hands at $4.70. Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.25, with an exchange of 8,209 stock units, Main Event closed 39 cents higher at $6.10, with 30,891 stock units trading and Medical Disposables rose 2 cents to $6.72, trading 6,236 stock units.
JMMB Group traded at a new all-time high of $40.31 and PanJam Investment closed trading at an all-time high of $101 after trading at $110.60 earlier in the day.
PanJam Investment jumped $3.90 to settle at record close of $101 with 33,450 shares changing hands, Sagicor Real Estate Fund lost 67 cents to settle at $9.32, with 2,329 stock units trading, Salada Foods jumped $4 to $38 trading 6,165 stock units, Scotia Group gained $1.50 to settle at $59, trading 221,140 shares. Seprod increased $1 to end trading of 265,053 shares at $48.50, Sygnus Credit Investments rose 50 cents to close at $15.50, with 122,962 units trading and Wisynco Group lost 34 cents trading of 73,616 shares to close at $18.76.
iCreate declined by 2 cents to settle at 72 cents with 43,220 shares changing hands, Indies Pharma fell 5 cents in trading of 1,600 units at $3.10. Lasco Distributors ended trading with 5,537 shares, after rising 10 cents to end at $3.40, Lasco Financial exchanged 2,255 shares, after rising 29 cents to end at $5, Lasco Manufacturing closed 20 cents higher at $4.25, with an exchange of 39,538 stock units, Main Event ended market activity exchanging 2,522 shares to close at $5.71 after falling 29 cents. Stationery and Office ended trading with 20,000 shares, after rising 69 cents to end at $9.70 and tTech closed 4 cents higher at $5.50, with 5,000 stock units changing hands.
Everything Fresh and Main Event eased out of the Junior Market listing. Earnings of Wisynco Group, a former TOP 10 listing, have also been switched to 2020 fiscal year earnings, but with the price having risen strongly this year, potential gains will not be sufficient to put it in the list any time soon.
Projected earnings, for each company’s current fiscal year, are used in determining, the selected stocks. The PE for and projected earnings for each stock are computed to show potential gains for the year, which are ranked in descending order. Potential values will change as stock prices fluctuate and will result in movements of the selection in and out of the lists for most weeks. Earnings per share are revised on an ongoing basis as new information is received that can result in changes in and out of the list.
The market closed with average of 1,073,507 units valued at an average of $3,922,962 for each security traded. In contrast to 2,339,509 units for an average of $6,607,757 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 1,608,485 units valued at $19,605,318 and previously, 1,635,033 units valued at $20,425,473. In contrast, May closed with an average of 2,248,261 units at an average of $12,751,529 for each security traded.
Portland JSX ended trading of 73,099 stock units with a gain of $1.05 to close at $8.55, Pulse Investments rose 29 cents trading 1,000 units in closing at $2.79, Sagicor Group rose $1.05 to end at a record close of $57.05, with 197,070 shares trading. Sagicor Real Estate Fund rose 99 cents to settle at $9.99, with 81,613 stock units trading, Scotia Group gained 50 cents to settle at $57.50, trading 344,363 shares, Seprod declined $2.49 to end trading of 17,650 shares at $47.50, Supreme Ventures added $1 and closed at $28, with an exchange of 175,517 units and Sygnus Credit Investments lost 45 cents to close at $15, with 219,970 units trading.
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on trading Friday, with 32 securities changing hands and the prices of 15 securities rising, 9 declining and 8 remaining unchanged.
In contrast, May ended with an average of 81,626 units for $311,248 for each security traded.
Key Insurance closed with a loss of 35 cents at $3.35, in swapping of 4,400 shares. KLE Group ended trading with 34,000 shares, after rising 20 cents to end at $2.35, Knutsford Express finished trading 8,566 shares and rose $1 higher to $12.50, Lasco Distributors traded 46,835 units to close at $3.30, Lasco Financial closed trading of 6,700 units and gained 1 cent to end at $4.71. Lasco Manufacturing declined by 15 cents to settle at $4.05 in trading 477,000 units, Medical Disposables traded 28,592 units at $6.70, Paramount Trading closed trading 2,690 units at $2, Stationery and Office closed with a loss of 59 cents at $9.01, in the swapping of 148,000 shares and tTech ended trading with 37,141 shares, after rising 16 cents to end at $5.46. In the Junior Market preference segment, CAC 2000 closed trading of 1,000 units and gained 15 cents to end at $1.15.
