AMG stock price jumped $2.50 in trading on Friday to $19.20.
Trading ended with 844,487 units changing hands, 54 percent less than on Thursday, while the value traded dropped 41 percent from Thursday, with $5,439,011 changing hands on Friday. At the close 5 stocks gained, while 4 declined out of 12 securities that traded, down from 19 on Thursday.
Market activities ended with 5 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 ending with
lower offers as the supply of many stocks continue to evaporate.At the close, AMG Packaging climbed $2.50 and ended at $19.20, with just 2,450 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream closed with 16,000 shares changing hands with a loss of 50 cents at $8, Consolidated Bakeries traded 18,293 shares to close at $2.20 after falling 5 cents. C2W Music closed at 20 cents with 40,000 units changing hands, General Accident traded 11,553 units to end at $2.30. Honey Bun traded 4,000 units and gained 2 cents to end at $5.52, Jamaican Teas rose 60 cents in trading just 1,133 shares to close at $4 but was on offer to sell 3,900 units at $3.80,
Lasco Distributors ended with 689,330 shares changing hands and gained 35 cents to close at $7.05. Lasco Financial had just 100 shares changing hands at $3.50, for a loss of 2 cents, Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.50 with 10,128 shares trading and tTech rose 25 cents in trading 1,500 shares at $5.25.Stocks to watch in the coming week are AMG Packaging, Blue Power, Cargo Handlers, Caribbean Cream, Honey Bun, ISP Finance, Jetcon, Knutsford Express, Lasco Financial, Paramount and tTech. The supplies for most of these stocks have pretty much dried up around current prices.
Trading of note so far took place for 106,580 Cable & Wireless shares with 181,615 shares in 1834 Investments changing hands while 59,745 shares of Grace Kennedy traded and JMMB Group had 275,597 units trading at $9.88 in the main market and in the junior market the stocks with the leading volumes traded are C2W Music with 40,000 units and Eppley Preference Shares 2019 had 50,000 units changing hands.
Jamaican Teas fell 23 cents in trading just 1,803 shares to close at $3.40, 
At the close of the market prices of 19 securities gained out of a total of 39 that traded, with 8 declining in the overall market, including 12 stocks rising and 3 falling, in the junior market.
JMMB Group traded 19,900 units and rose by 5 cents to $9.95. Kingston Wharves dropped $1.45 in trading 5,261 shares to close at $16.10, Mayberry Investments gained 20 cents ended with 3,570 shares trading to close at $3.50, National Commercial Bank had 15,840 units changing hands to close at $40, Palace Amusement traded 500 units and rose $5 to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $170. Pan Jamaican Investments fell 19 cents and closed at $24.30 after trading 2,950 shares, Portland JSX traded 27,200 units at $11, Sagicor Group traded 1,820 shares while rising 30 cents to close at $22.50, Scotia Group gained 50 cents to close at $31 with 22,700 shares changing hands. Supreme Ventures had 879,445 units changing hands and fell 9 cents to $4.75 and Proven Investments traded 20,849 units to close at 19.87 US cents after slipping 0.13 cent.
the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading showed 13 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 6 with lower offers, suggesting continued fluidity in price movements ahead.
Margaritaville Turks traded 6,540 shares to close at 21 US cents, Mayberry Investments ended with 502,200 shares trading to close at $3.30, 
offers as the supply of many stocks continue to evaporate thus setting the stage for a big push forward in the prices of many of the junior listings.
Knutsford Express closed with 1,200 units changing hands, to end with a gain of 7 cents at a new closing high of $25.0, KLE Group traded just 100 units at $1.40. Lasco Distributors ended with 87,374 shares changing hands, gaining 30 cents, in the process to close at $6.90, Lasco Financial saw Mayberry Investments buying most of the stocks to trade, for in house purposes as 570,000 shares changed hands at $3.50, for a rise of 25 cents. Lasco Manufacturing fell 15 cents and closed at $4.50 with 342,295 shares trading and Paramount Trading jumped $1 in trading 2,000 shares at $13.
Meaningful volumes came from penny stocks Cable & Wireless with 113,022 units at $1 and 1834 Investments with 159,400 shares at $1.25 followed by Jamaica Stock Exchange with 55,577 units at $27.15, National Commercial Bank with 401,780 shares at $39.99 and Proven Investments with 389,000 units at US 19.9 cents.
Trading ended with 5 securities closing with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 ending with lower offers.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, in the main and junior markets, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading showed 9 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers, suggesting continued fluidity in price movements ahead.
Jetcon Corporation traded 399,800 units at $3.20, after rising 30 cents, tTech jumped 50 cents while it traded 503,333 shares at $5 and Cable & Wireless had 524,622 units trading at $1. Gains in prices moved the market indices much higher than at the close on Monday. 
